Chapter 8 Syringe

Normal POV

The Warden slam his fist against his table.

His men immediately come running.

"Where's Cynthia?" He asked one of his men.

They only look each other, no one wants to answer the angry Warden.

"Answer me!" He snapped.

"Father..." Fortunately, Cynthia finally appears.

The Warden turn his back to look at her.

"You..." He finally calmed down and take a seat.

He pressed his fingers in his temple. He frowned.

"The stones are missing, find it." He orders as he raised his hand.

The men immediately get out of his office, leaving Cynthia and him alone.

"Where's she?" He looked at her.

"Yuu's...uhm...in her room" she looked away, she's not really good at lying.

The Warden sighs in frustration.

"Just find her, I can't afford another trouble right now, the capitol have their eyes on us..."

Cynthia left the room, holding the strap of her sniper in her left, she wears her masked and disappear.

...

Yuu finally finished her painting.

Her clothes are now stained with different color of paints.

"Feeling better now?" Lucian steps closer to look at her finished work.

"Yeah, thanks again" she tossed the paint brush in the bucket of water and starts cleaning herself up.

Before she left, Lucian called out for her.

"Hey!" He hesitate.

She look over him. "Hmm?"

"If you know...if the stones were found, just tell me..or something..." He rubbed his neck indicating that he felt some kind of guilt.

He doesn't intend to make her betrayed his father.

However, if he got the stones, he'll use it for the greater good.

Yuu only nods, she turned her back and light up her lamp.

She hum her mother's favorite melody again while she walk through the pipes.

...

It take a while until she reaches where she came from.

Cynthia were there, leaning against the wall while waiting for her.

Yuu blows the fire out of the lamp and put it down.

"Father's looking for you..." Cynthia said while wiping her sniper's nuzzle.

"Like I said I didn't take the stones..." She said angrily as she walk pass Cynthia.

"I know..." Cynthia's reply made her stop.

"Why still bothering me?" Yuu's hand grip her stuffed toy.

"Father's ask me to watch over you, keeping you away from troubles..." Cynthia finally finished from cleaning her sniper and walk closer to Yuu.

"Suit yourself!" Yuu continue to walk while humming as if she doesn't mind someone is stalking her.

"What's on your mind?" Cynthia asked while walking behind Yuu.

Yuu only raised her eyebrow.

"You're not the type of person to ask that kind of question...are you sick? Or high?" Cynthia punch Yuu's shoulder light while Yuu laugh to her own question.

"I'm not high, I'm just... worried" Cynthia mumbles.

"You're not the type of person who gets worried about me" Yuu said in defense.

It's true though, Cynthia is not capable to be worried about others. Yuu thinks that Cynthia is acting strange because the Warden might say something to her.

Cynthia only stay in silent.

Yuu continue humming her melody as they passed through the dark alleyways in the Barrel Zone.

...

For the past fews days, Cynthia keep her eyes on Yuu.

That makes Yuu not to see Lucian very often.

She mostly stayed in her room, or hanging out in the beer house.

She really did stay out of trouble.

Yuu was now playing with her dolls again.

Cynthia really don't get it.

The Warden can treat Yuu very poorly, and sometimes mentally abuse her.

Yuu still swallows every hurtful words and be happy just because the Warden gift her some worn out dolls.

The Warden works with someone in the capitol, and everyone didn't know about it.

Before he sit in his throne, he and the king have a negotiation.

The King won't touch the people in Barrel Zone as long as the people of the Barrel Zone don't touch the nobles in the capitol.

For 20 years, that negotiation between them were kept secret.

But Yuu knows about it.

And that's the reason why the Warden wants to keep her in check.

For him, Yuu is 'her' treasure that's why he was treating her like a treasure too.

That's what people believe.

Warden saw a lot of potential in Yuu, that's why he kept her by his side.

Everyone expect that Cynthia or Melrick will take over the Warden's place if he died or retired.

But he had another plan.

Yuu is like a double edged sword.

She was dangerous if pointed at the enemy but too dangerous if she was used carelessly.

The Warden's fear is to Yuu to find out everything about 'her'.

...

The Warden summon Yuu in his office.

The stones are still missing.

It seems Yuu already lost her interest to the stones.

She steps closer to the Warden as she knelt down and put her head in his lap.

The Warden's stroke her hair gently.

"How's your day?" The Warden asked.

"It's fine, I'm getting bored staying at my room though..." She looked up to him.

The Warden pat his lap. Yuu immediately stand up and sit on it.

He stroke her hair again.

He noticed that the white streak in her hair is spreading.

"Did you do something again?" He asked firmly.

Yuu only nuzzle against him, avoiding the question.

"I'm asking you..." He pull her chin to make her look up to him

"I just....like you said, I trained again" Yuu pouts as she look up to meet his gaze.

The Warden's sigh in her replied.

He pull the drawer open, he pull out a small bottle and a syringe.

"I didn't use it though..." She starts trembling.

"Your white hair is spreading, you still need to do it..." He fill the syringe with the mysterious liquid and hand it to her.

Yuu take the syringe with trembling hands.

Hesitating to use it to herself.

"Go on, you need to do it on yourself from now on..." The Warden stroke her white hair while the venom drips from his mouth.

Yuu take a deep breath and slowly pierced the syringe in her arm.

She let out a loud groan as she press the syringe.

After the mysterious liquid is finally inside her, she pulled out the syringe and threw it away.

"Ah!" She falls down in the ground, holding her head.

"Ahn! Ah!" She scream in pain while holding her head.

Her sight is getting fuzzy and blurry.

Her head is throbbing painfully, as if her brain wants to explode.

Her eyes suddenly turn into red for a second and turn back to normal.

The white streak in her hair is slowly disappearing.

Finally, after the pain she suffers, she stopped screaming in the floor.

She was now breathing heavily as she tried to catch her breath.

She hate it when she had to use the syringe.

She doesn't even know why she need to do it everytime her white hair is coming out.

She looked up to the Warden with teary eyes.

"It hurts, father..."

The Warden reach for her and carry her back to his lap.

"It's gone now, good girl..." He hugs her small form and stroke her hair.

She starts humming her mother's favorite melody to soothe her pain.