Chapter
5
The
table in the Grand Dining Room had been set, the traditional tableware of gold
cutlery, plates with gold detail had been placed at each seat. Luke sat up in
his room dreading the night to come. He looked out of his window to see Fifi
and her parents pull up in their Hovercraft. He took one look at her and
sighed, he watched them enter the house. After a few minutes he turned and
walked towards the door.
"Welcome
Vice-Chancellor Epson" President Homestead greeted his guests "Mrs.
Epson, Fifi welcome to our home"
"Where's
Luke" Fifi demanded
"He
will be down in a minute" Seraphina told her
"Well
he should be here to greet me" she said rudely to Seraphina as if she was
nobody. Luke hovered at the top of the stairs after hearing her cold shrill
voice and contemplated turning back and hiding in his room,
"Tell
Luke I want him down here now" Fifi said to Crystal, but before she could
answer Fifi walked into the dining room and out of sight. Vice-Chancellor Epson
and his wife followed as President Homestead gestured,
"Arnold
if you agree to this marriage I will never forgive you. I will take both our
children despite how old they are to my Bellgoer Estate House and you and that
awful rude girl will never see us again" Seraphina told her husband
"Crystal darling go and get your brother"
"It's
ok I'm here" Luke appeared on the stairs. They all entered the dining room
together,
"There
you are, you should have been at the door to meet me, come there's a seat next
to me" Fifi said to Luke
"Actually
I sit at that end next to my father" Luke walked to the opposite end of
the table and sat down next to his Father. Dinner was served immediately and
all five courses where ate before anyone spoke again,
"That
was a bit dry for my liking I prefer my meat more marinated" Fifi said
"So when's this wedding happening" she asked rudely
"As
soon as you want it Fifi" her Father told her
"Great
then I want it in the next few weeks, Luke you can wear traditional wear, oh and
I want the biggest room in the house and she can be security for the day, no
way is she ruining my big day" Fifi pointed at Crystal "Also I need
the best protection there is, I don't want anyone spoiling my day especially
that poor cow Antonia Birch the little bitch"
"Don't
you dare talk about Antonia like that" Luke snapped standing up
"I
will talk about her anyway I want and so will you once we're married" Fifi
told him
"Not
in a million years"
"Yes
you will she's a nobody, a filthy whore you means nothing to no one"
"No
she's not, she kind and sweet and genuine and a better Arazonian than you will
ever be" Luke fists raged with fire
"How
dare you..." Fifi started
"That
is enough" Seraphina shouted "Luke calm down" she told her son
calmly. Luke sat back down, Seraphina turned to Fifi "and you, how dare
you address me and my family the way you do, we are the President's family and
at a much higher authority than you. This marriage will not be going ahead as I
do not approve it and never will" Seraphina's face burnt red with rage
"I
am of Nobility, you can't.."
"I
don't care. Now get out of my house" Seraphina told Fifi. Fifi's face have
turned to discuss
"Daddy
do something" she said to her Father
"President
Homestead we have an agreement" Vice-Chancellor Epson stood from his seat
"No
we don't" President Homestead said
"What"
Vice-Chancellor Epson looked shocked
"I
said we do not have an agreement and we never will, I too do not agree with the
match, how can I agree to let my only son marry a rude brat like her. He will
find someone else. Now do as my wife had said. Get out of our house or I will
have you removed" President Homestead sipped his wine as Fifi and her
parents left.
"I
can't believe Mum ripped into Fifi like that, I don't think I have ever seen
her that angry before" Crystal and Luke were in the training room doing
their combat training,
"I
know I wasn't expecting her to blow like that" Luke through his sister
over his shoulder, she jumped back up swung her leg around and knocked Luke to
the ground
"Then
Dad got involved and I'm so glad he sided with Mum over the whole Fifi
situation. I'm so glad you don't have to marry that awful bitch who calls
herself Nobility"
"I
know, but Dad still wants me to marry someone Noble" they though a few
punches and kicks at each other before Crystal put her brother in a headlock.
Luke grabbed her, rolled her over and pinned her to the ground,
"Ok,
you may have pinned me to the floor first but I'm still better than you"
Crystal told him,
"Stop
putting me in headlocks then, you know you always lose that way" he stood
up and walked towards the door
"Where
are you going" Crystal asked
"To
see if Antonia's free for a chat"
"You
like her don't you" Crystal asked him as she stood in the background
"Yes,
a little" he admitted "and I'm not going to let some stupid law get
in the way of it, even if I have to wait till I'm president to marry her" He
left the room. Luke entered his bedroom, reached for his phone and called
Antonia,
"Hi,
Antonia it's Luke, I was just wondering if you were free for a chat today"
he said as she answered the phone
"Sure,
you want to chat now or meet up" Antonia asked hopefully
"Meeting
up would be great" Luke told her and they agreed to meet under the tree by
the stream where they first meet in an hour.
"How
did last night go" Antonia asked as they both sat down by the tree
"Better
than I expected, Fifi was as rude as ever and my mum put her in her place and
told her the wedding wouldn't be going ahead so now I'm free to marry who I
want, well as long as she is of Nobility, I'm still working on that part"
Luke told Antonia
"I
bet Fifi wasn't happy" Antonia replied
"No
she was not, but that's not my problem. I didn't even have to use the pictures
you gave me"
"That's
good just means I can use them" Antonia said, Luke looked at her
"Just kidding" she laughed. They spent the next couple of hours
chatting and giggling away, getting to know each other better. Antonia even
opened up to him about her father's death
"Those
monsters tore him apart, like he was a rag doll, all the search team found of
him was his arm" tears rolled down her face "I didn't even know him
that well, I never spent much time with him, he worked so much to provide a
nice life for us and then he was gone just like that, I don't even remember
what he looked like"
"Don't
you have any pictures of him at home" Luke had put his arm around Antonia
and was holding her close
"No,
Mum got rid of them, every time she looked at them she would break down in
tears, so she through them out" she dried his eyes "sorry I don't
mean to cry"
"It's
ok, everyone cries every now and again" he brushed Antonia's hair out of
her face with his fingers, he was about to kiss her when they heard a loud
screeching noise,
"What
was that" Antonia asked startled, Luke stood up and looked around, he
looked to see there was nothing in sight. The screeching noise sounded again.
Antonia got up and stood close to Luke
"Stay
close to me" he told her. All of a sudden out of nowhere a creature
launched itself at them knocking Antonia to the ground. It had a long neck,
razor sharp teeth, a long tail as lethal as a wipe and held in its hand a
double sided sword
"Voxhall"
Luke shouted "Antonia stay back" Antonia got up and took a few steps
back. Luke now held in his hands a shield and sword made out fire. He started
to duel with the Voxhall. He used his shield to protect himself from the
Voxhall's tail as it kept wiping it towards Luke, they engaged in a sword
fight, every time the Voxhall's sword hit Luke's fire would burst out of it and
into the air. It looked like Luke was getting the upper hand until the Voxhall
knocked him to the ground, both sword and shield disappeared. The Voxhall moved
in,
"No,
Luke" Antonia ran towards them and reached her hand forwards before she
knew what was happening the Voxhall turned to ice,
"Oh
my god" she stood there in shock
"Antonia"
Luke got up and grabbed hold of her "Antonia it's ok, it's ok" he
held her close "I can fix it" he turned around to defrost the Voxhall
when suddenly an arrow shot right through it and shattered it into a thousand
pieces that started to melt,
"Well
that's a new way of killing a Voxhall" a voice said
"Crystal"
Luke turned to see his sister holding a bow and arrow
"Are
you both ok" she asked
"Yes
we are" Luke replied breathing heavily after his fight "How did you
know" he asked
"I
was in the control room at base and saw it approaching two people on radar, it
wasn't until I got here that I realised it was you" she told him
"Thanks
Crystal"
"No
Problem"
"She
saw me, Luke she saw me" Antonia went into a panic at the thought of
someone else knowing about her power
"Antonia
calm down, it's ok" Luke started to calm her down
"
I already now" Crystal blurted out
"What"
Antonia looked at her
"I
already know"
"How"
Antonia asked
"I
saw you both that day during the visit, I saw you both under the tree over
there" Crystal told a worried looking Antonia "your secrets safe with
me"
"Thank
you" Antonia said calmly
"I
better get back, I need to report this to General Alcatech, though I do need to
come up with a cover story for how it disappeared" Crystal told her
brother
"Tell
them I incinerated it" Luke said
"Luke
I can't, you'll get into trouble, you know the rules, you're not allowed to
incinerate outside of work, Crystal reminded him
"I
know and I will suffer the consequences but I can't risk exposing Antonia, not
when we don't know what happens to gifted women" Luke took Antonia's hand
"Ok,
I'll tell them" Crystal turned to leave
"Mention
it was matter of life or death" Antonia said
"I
will, it might just get him off the hook" Crystal smiled.
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