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Part 6 of Ayres and Alden
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2026-01-11
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The Bird and the secret

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No, get the fuck off my ship. 

 

What a reaction, little bird.

 

Get the fuck off my ship. 

 

Oh, this- this is yours. This- You can't even row a boat correctly and you made your own ship? You're just a little runaway. 

 

I'm not afraid of you. 

 

Sure, sure. But I know your little friend is...

 

Get out. 

 

No.

 

You can't make me leave. I am still technically your guard, little bird. 

 

Yeah. But I do know how to fight. 

 

Oh, really? Who taught you how to fight?

 

No one cuz I taught you 

 

Xander also taught me 

 

He wasn't supposed to it was my job to teach you and I did that job 

 

Well, I had pretty little lessons. Now, get off my ship. 

 

No. As I said before, I am still your guard. You can't tell me to leave. My protocol was to protect you. Which is why I'm here.

 

Protect me from what? 

 

From that same little thing you were hiding in the corner it's a weapon without emotions it's not a friend

 

He... it was... my friend. 

 

Was. 

 

So you... took... it. 

You don't know it was me. Could've been someone else. 

 

Get out, Kaja. 

 

Not until you hand it over. Then I'll go. But not before. 

 

I will hurt you. 

 

I highly doubt that. You really think in that armor you can hurt someone like me?

 

With someone with armor? And yes. Probably. 

 

I will shoot you, without hesitation. Don't try me, little bird

 

Do it. That's what I thought. 

 

Technically I'm not allowed to hurt you, but in some cases, like abandonment, I can. You abandoned your mother.

 

She asked me to get married. I didn't want to. 

 

Everyone gets married at your age. It's not terrible.

 

But of course you had to go and run away because you're a scared little kid still. 

 

Yeah. I'm still a kid, Kaja. 

 

So what? 

 

I'm not ready to be married off to a fucking 60 year old man. Did my mom tell you that? 

 

Oh no, I knew everything. I was the one planning it. I was planning Ayres’ too, but then...

It got in the way, so I had to take matters into my own hands. I could do the same to you. But much worse. 

 

Get out of my ship. 

 

No. Again, you can't make me leave. And you can't harm me. Go ahead, try. You don't have the guts to do it.

 

I thought so. Why are you laughing, little bird? 

 

You don't think I have the guts? Yeah. I'm going to hell, Kaja. 

 

Do I care? No.

 

What happened to you? You used to be so close.

 

Really? You believed we were close? 

 

Me, you, and Ayres grew up together. Yeah, of course I thought so. 

 

You two grew up together. You know where I was? Being forced to be a little puppy for someone. Not like you knew a thing. You were just a naive little child. And you're still so naive. Your silence says so much.

Go ahead, hit me. You... really want to hurt your own guard. The same one that protected you.

 

Yeah. 

 

You haven't changed at all. Surprisingly. But I see why your mother wanted you gone. You're a little brat. Aw, poor you. Not even knowing what to say. Cause you know I'm right. 

 

I will stab you again. 

 

Go ahead. I've been stabbed multiple times.

 

You want to try? 

 

I've hit you so many times now. You've hit me, what was it, zero? 

 

I've hit you. 

 

No, you haven't.

 

I could easily place this. I could easily just let all this water in and you and your little friend will drown. Then no one has to deal with you.

 

I can't believe I fell in love with you. 

 

Ow. 

 

Get out. 

 

No. 

 

I will kill you. 

 

Sure you will.

What are you gonna do now? I took half of your tnt. 

 

I could always make more. I just don't feel like it. And I'd rather not have to try and hide your bodies. That would be... not the best time. There's not much land.

 

Don't you dare. Don't. 

 

Get out. 

 

No. 

 

Then I will.

 

I'm supposed to be your guard. 

 

I'm not afraid of you. I'm not afraid of you. 

 

Well, I'm supposed to be protecting you. 

 

Protecting me from what? You've threatened to kill me. You've threatened to kill my best friend. Threatened to blow up my ship. Said many things that I am not happy with. 

 

Well, that's how it goes sometimes. You have to threaten people to get what you want. 

 

Yeah. What do you think I'm doing?

 

Watching the clock, huh? Trying to see how long it takes. 

 

Yes. 

 

You know, that's a very bad place to stand. There's flame on this. It'll blow up your ship. Probably kill Ayres first, then you'll slowly drown. 

 

I can swim. 

 

But Ayres can't.

 

What are we gonna do now? You missed. 

 

Ah! Nope. 

 

Get off my ship. 

 

No. 

 

Okay. So I'm gonna tell you one more time. Get the fuck off my ship. 

 

Again? The answer is no. I came here for one reason.

And that reason wasn't you. You should know that by now. This was just stalling. You should have known I wasn't here for you, little bird.



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