Life on Ishi

Betrayed by the king

Airlaphree was worn down like a dull blade. She was ready to just take a hot shower and go to bed. She placed her fingers on the crimson door knob, when she heard muffled arguing through the darkwood. Slowly, Air pulled the door to see what was going on. Both her sister and her father turned their attention to Airplahree. They both seemed to be flustered with sweat dripping down their angered faces. Air stepped inside, "Is everything alright?" she asked.

Vector looked his daughter up and down. "That was some study group to have all those cuts and bruises." Sapphire stayed silent but she rolled her eyes at Vector's comment.

"Oh, but I already said it was for a science project. Don't you remember?" Air switched her look from left to right.

"No, but I don't care to. I have a big day tomorrow, so i'm going to call it a night." No one said anything while he escorted himself to his bedroom. Air focused her gaze on Sapphire who had black lines staining her face from crying. Before Air could say anything, Sapph scoffed and stomped away.

Airlaphree relaxed in her bath while gently dabbing the dry blood off her skin. She couldn't help but wonder who that crazy guy was, and why Dylan would bring a dangerous man into the secret base. She also couldn't help but think about what had happened between her dad and Sapph, she may be annoying at times but Air was genuinely worried. And what was up with that vision she had? It almost seemed as if her and that girl were dragging a dead body! Airlaphree shook the thought out of her head and leaned back into the water. She took a deep breath trying to forget about the world for a moment when the sound of thumping and screaming eacoed through the mansion.

Without any hesitation, she jumped out of the water, throwing on her pink silk robe. Air ran down the hall, but stopped when she saw Vector dragging her younger sister by the hair. He threw Sapphire into her bedroom and slammed the door shut before she got a chance to say anything. He glared at Air before pushing her aside, storming off. What just happened?

The sound of painful sobbing rung through the dark halls. Air cracked the door to see Sapphire curled up in a ball on the floor. Her room was very formal with all sorts of war medals and certificates dressing them. Sapphire dug her fingernails into her knees and yelled, "get out!"

Air didn't listen, she sat next to her sister on the floor. "Are you going to be ok?"

"Does it look like I'm going to be ok?" She snapped, gripping her fingers into her hair.

Airlpahree sighed, "What happened? You guys were always happy with each other." Cold droplets of water raced down her skin, causing her to shiver.

"It doesn't matter," she hicked, " It's not like you care! The only one who ever gave a dam was dad! And look how that fucking turned out!"

"That's not true, I do care. I just wish you'd give me the chance to get along with you. I don't understand why you hate me so much."

Sapphire was quiet for a couple minutes. When she finally calmed down, Saph let the corner of her mouth crack a weak smile. "It's stupid really, and childish."

"Talk to me so I know how to fix this."

"I've honestly just been stupidly jealous of you. I mean, long lost daughter of Vector? Ever since you came into the picture, dad has been treating me a lot different. But it's not like it matters now anyway." Sapphire buried her swollen face into her knees, "dad straight up lied to me about my mom."

Air's quivering mouth dropped, she wasn't in shock that Vector lied, she wouldn't have thought he wouldn't do this to Saph at the very least. "Go on! I might be able to relate!"

"My mother never left me Air! This whole time she's been in the dungeon, and all I did was torcher h-her!" Her terrified gaze drifted off to the distant corner of the bedroom. "What have I done? Who am I?" She bellowed out from the pit of her stomach.

Airlpahree caught her crumbling sister when she fell over. "Look, It's going to be alright!" Her arms wrapped around Saphire's waist to lift her up. "Follow me, you can bunk with me for awhile."

"W-why are you being nice to me?" Sapphire cocked one of her pokabrows.

"Because you're my sister, and none of this was your fault. You can't help that dad lied and manipulated you."

Sapphire was silent while they tiptoed to Air's room. As soon as Saph hit the pillow, she fell asleep. Air was pissed off. She could feel her face get hot so she quickly got into her nightgown and stepped out into the garden filled with dead plants and broken pots. This has got to stop! She had the group phone in her hand, contemplating on rather or not she should call someone about this. Screw it, she dialed Dylan's number. Maybe he'll answer this time.

Dylan: " Hello, Is everything alright?"

Air: "No, it's Sapphire."

She explained everything to him. Dylan was concerned and convinced Air to bring Sapphire to Longfield Park tomorrow morning. Airlpahree had trouble sleeping, she felt obligated to guard her younger sister, even though Sapphire could kick her ass in a matter of seconds.

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Airlaphree has somehow convinced her sister to meet at the park with complete strangers. Demora and Dylan were leaning against the bridge when the two girls arrived. Dylan reached out his hand and introduced himself and Dem. Sapphire cut to the chase. "Why am I here?"

"Well," Dylan continued, " we are very close friends with Airlaphree and she gave me a call and talked to me about what happened. Your sister is concerned about your guy's current situation."

"Erm, okay? What does it have to do with you?" Saph crossed her arms, keeping her feet sturdy."

"We thought we could help." Dylan lowered his head, " About you mother, she is no longer with us."

"What?" Sapphire got intensely angry while the other two girls looked shocked. "What the hell do you even mean? How the hell would you even know that?"

"I have a friend on the inside who informed me before we got here that the lady who claimed to be your mother has been murdered."

"Prove it!" Sapph screamed.

Dylan pulled out his cellphone and opened a video of a woman with long black hair getting brutally stabbed by Vector.