It had been a month since that faithful day when Eleanor and Rick left their lives. Arianna watched Rava play with Rob in the yard, they were so cute together. She sighed lovingly,
“I can’t wait to have kids.” another sigh escaped her lips,
“then just get pregnant.” her sister appeared out of nowhere, flashing a grin,
“haha, not just like that!” she scoffed, giving an eye roll,
“don’t be a baby Arianna. Speaking of baby, I’m going to have mine soon.” she rubbed her stomach. Arianna laughed,
“when the time is right, I will have kids. But right now, I’m not ready." the wind blew in her face,
“okay, suit yourself." she hugged her sister and happily bounced away. Arianna smiled, when would she be ready?
…..
She couldn’t sleep, her mind raced of a million thoughts but all were unknown for some reason. She went out to soak in some moonlight, the wind blowing quite strongly tonight. Her white nightdress sparkled evidently, she flipped her hair to one side, trying to concentrate her attention on something.
Then she slowly felt the blood leaving her. She fell to the ground with a thud, blood gushing from her back staining her nightdress. It was Rick.
He held a bloody sword in his hand, kicked her onto her back, he stared at her menacingly as she coughed out blood. She was bleeding to death,
“you caused all this. You just had to poke your nose in my business. Just like your father!” his voice filled with venom. Her eyes widened,
“what do you know about my dad?” she coughed out more blood,
“everything and that I killed him of course.” her eyes widened in disbelief. She finally met her dad’s killer, “I could’ve gotten away with raping that bitch but he just had to ruin everything!” he was very bitter about it, “now you will die the same way he died, helpless!”
“and when we come back, everyone you love will be gone. Too bad you won’t be alive to see it happen.” he laughed her to scorn as her eyes closed.
And just as her eyes were closing, she caught sight of a blue emblem on his wrist. Her eyes were already halfway gone, she whispered Rob’s name and then closed her eyes.
When he saw that she was dead, he left her body there. Leaving unnoticed.
…..
Her world started to receive light as she heard him call her name,
“Arianna! Arianna!, open your eyes!” he pleaded and as she started to come around, they gave her breathing room,
“Rob.” she slurred his name as she reached for his hand, she was still very weak,
“what happened? I woke up from bed and I didn’t see you there, instead I met you outside almost dead!" his eyes showed sorrow and fear.
“Something happened,” she glanced around in the room, she looked at Adrian and then at Ruby, then her love, and her eyes finally rested on her mother.
“Rick attacked me.” the room was dead silent. She coughed a little, “they’re planning war against us."
“well, that’s no surprise ” Adrian sighed wearily. It burns to lose.
“let’s go get prepared Adrian, we have a lot of work to do.” Rob commanded. Adrian pointed at himself, wondering why he was assigning him. He left quietly with Rob to go strategize on the war.
“mom.” she called out. Sandra held her hands,
“yes sweetie?” she rubbed them gently,
“mom, dad was murdered. Rick murdered him.”
“How did you know that?!” it gripped her,
“he told me, mom. Mom, it’s all because of him. It’s all because of him." darkness engulfed her world. She was unconscious. Again.
“Arianna! Arianna!” she shook her vigorously but she wasn’t going to wake up. At least, not now. Sandra processed the information she had just heard, she left the room without a word also, leaving Ruby to tend to her daughter.
Ruby held her hand tight,
“don’t worry Arianna, everything will be alright.” she kissed her forehead and rubbed it gently.
Three days later…..
“is everything set Adrian?” he asked,
“yes sir, all the defenses are tight and the attack squad is ready to roll in for any surprise attack.” he reported, he loved this job.
“that’s good,” his gaze softened, “how’s Arianna?” now Adrian could see the soft spot,
“she’s alright your majesty,” he smirked vividly. Rob coughed and straightened himself,
“good. I hereby make you my new commander-in-chief.” his words shocked him,
“what?! Just like that?! No tests?! No questions??!” he wanted to pull his hair out. Rob laughed,
“I trust you Adrian and I think you would do well in it." he smiled. Adrian quickly bowed,
“thank you your majesty.” this was so much in a day,
“please, it’s Rob.” he brought him up to eye level and jokingly punched his shoulder, “we’re dudes, not girls." they both laughed until they turned their heads and saw their soon to be wives with arms crossed and feet tapping.
“we will pretend we didn’t hear anything and you guys didn’t say anything” Arianna tossed her hair to one side, “we’re going to fight too."
“who?!” they asked in unison,
“we.” they replied in unity,
“and so am I." Sandra’s voice was heard,
“no, no ladies. This is no joking matter. This is a war we’re talking about here, you could get killed.” Rob stated,
“it’s too dangerous to allow you to just go like that. Ruby, think about our baby. What if you get hurt? What would happen then?” he was really concerned,
“Adrian we will be fine. We aren’t kids, we can take care of ourselves.” She held his hand tight, reassuring him that nothing will happen to her.
“we’ll take extra care of her. No need to worry Adrian.” Arianna winked.
“and what about you?” Rob stared at her heart,
“oh please, I’ve saved your ass a lot of times. What makes you think I won’t be able to handle myself?” she teased him, making giggles fill the air. He sighed,
“Just be careful.” he really loved her.