Chapter 17: Annoyance

Scarlet was sitting in Salem's throne, she had stopped by a shop before coming back to Evernight castle as she had a bag of chocolates. She knew Salem didn't mind her eating anything different that wasn't human or faunus.

Mercury stood in the door way of the throne room as he scoffed looking at Scarlet, he had his arms crossed and his leg up against the wall. "Tch, who does she think she is? Getting no punishment while we do."

"Is someone jealous?" Tyrian asked with a grin. "The only reason why she isn't being punished, is because she took care of the Fang."

Mercury scoffed again as he slams his foot against the wall. "HEY!"

Scarlet dropped a whole chocolate bar into her mouth as she looked over at Mercury with a smug look. "Hmm?"

"Don't you hmm me." Mercury said as he moved away from the wall. "You're not getting off the hook of being punished, just because your Salem's daughter doesn't mean you can't be punished."

Scarlet snickered as she chewed the chocolate bar that was in her mouth, clearly not giving a crap to what he was saying. She waved her finger around as she hummed a little.

Tyrian laughs. "She's totally ignoring you."

Mercury walked into the room as he grabbed a chair, he was going to throw it but stopped frozen in his stance. "W-What the hell? Why can't I move?"

Scarlet snickers again. "Ara ara, looks like mother is back."

Salem walked into the throne room as she looked at Mercury. She then looked over at Scarlet, who was casually enjoying her bag of chocolates, she glanced back at Mercury as she grabbed the chair from him. "You've got a lot of explaining to do Black."

Tyrian laughs more as he leaves the room, not saying anymore. Scarlet glances at Salem as she got up from her throne, Salem walked over to the chair as she sat down and glanced at Mercury.

"Explain, what you were planning to do with that chair." Salem said looking at him.

Mercury clinched her fist. "I was going to throw it at Scarlet."

Salem tapped her fingers not looking too amused. "And why?"

"Why?" Mercury asked. "Why do we get punished for failing to get the relic, and not bringing Ruby back dead or alive. And Scarlet is free of not being punished."

Salem looked over to Scarlet as she looked back at Mercury. "She isn't off the hook, the only reason why she hasn't been punished like you and the others. Is because she took care of a thorn in my side, do I have to remind you of what I was planning to do to the Fang?"

Mercury scoffed. "No." He glared at Scarlet with an angry look. "And what kind of punishment is she going to get?"

"That's for me to know, and you not to worry about." Salem said.

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Salem looked at Scarlet who was still in the throne room, she had noticed her eyes was damaged as she raises an eyebrow up. "How did that happen?"

"Ruby, she used her silver eyes." Scarlet said as she covered her eye with her hand. "This is one thing that can't be healed."

Salem thinks for a moment as she had an idea. She stood up from her throne and walked over to Scarlet, she stood in front of her as she reached her hand up to her eye. "As for your punishment for failing to kill Ruby, I will be taking your eye out."

"My eye?" Scarlet asked. "But it's damaged."

"That doesn't matter." Salem said as she brought her hand forward and started to squeeze Scarlet's eye out of it's socket.

Scarlet winched a little until her eye popped out of it's socket, Salem covered the socket up with similar patch Cinder had on. "Consider this a warning. However, I will have Watts make you a new eye...any preferences?"

Scarlet ponders as she rubs her chin. "Hmm...how about...a clock?"

"A clock, interesting." Salem said. "Very well then. I will tell Watts, however..you are going to be in your room until I say other wise."

"Of course mother." Scarlet said as she leaves the throne room.

Scarlet left, and was on her way to her room in the castle until Mercury stopped her. He was blocking her way as he glares at her.

"Trying to be Cinder now, you can drop the act. You're not going to be replacing her, even if she's gone." Mercury said.

Scarlet tilts her head. "I don't know what you mean." She went to walk past him. "Move out of my way, or you'll be my meal."

"Tch, cocky little punk." Mercury said as he gut punched her. "Learn to never piss off someone."

A hand reached out from behind Mercury as it touched his shoulder, Mercury looked back to see Hazel standing there. "Don't you lay a finger on her."

"Oh I'm sorry, I didn't know you felt that way about a Grimm." Mercury said brushing Hazel's hand off. "I'm going to make her regret she was ever born."

Scarlet laughed as she stood there rubbing her stomach. "Ara ara, was that supposed to hurt?"

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Mercury was thrown across the hall of Evernight castle as he slid across the floor. He hit the wall as he slowly got up, spitting some blood from his mouth he glared at Scarlet.

"You see what happens? You're weak... Just like Adam!" Scarlet said approaching Mercury. "You think you're all high and mighty..but you just don't get how dumb and stupid you really are." She lifted Mercury up by the collar as she grins. "You were annoying the first day I came into the room, you're a waste of space, and a waste of my time. I can kill you here and now if I wanted too, but what good would it do me?"

Mercury spits on Scarlet's face as he chuckled. "...You don't have the balls to kill me..what would Cinder think?"

Scarlet hissed as she threw him across the hall once more. "Maybe I should paralyze you from the waste down, that way you can't walk anymore." She grins as she walked over to him. "I already won. This world is MINE! These people are MINE!"

"You haven't won shit." Mercury said. "What makes you think you've won?"

Scarlet stepped on Mercury's leg as she twisted her heel into his knee cap. "You're really behind on things Black...too bad no one else is here to witness your final hour."

Mercury screamed as his cries of pain echoed through the castle, this was like music to Salem's ears as she smirked a little. "Well now, it seems he pushed her buttons a bit too much."

"Get up." Scarlet said stepping on Mercury's leg more. "Get up, and bow down to your future queen. Get up, come on! The night's only just begun!"

"S-Screw..you." Mercury said.

Scarlet laughed as she stepped on his other leg twisting her heel into his knee cap. "You've always been a huge piece of shit. If I could kill you, I would. Having said that, burn in hell!" She grins with a sinister look as she picked him up and slammed him against the wall. "You're worthless..." She tossed him down onto the ground and slammed her foot onto his lower back as she twisted her heel into his back waiting to hear the pop of his spine.

Mercury cried out in pain and screamed again, until Scarlet heard the pop. She took her foot of his back as she snickered before kicking his side. "Have fun crawling Mercury, your job isn't going to be fun as you had thought." Scarlet walked off leaving Mercury laying on the floor in pain.