EP.201|Beautiful But Deadly
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 The next morning, Ben and the VKs were about to leave the NPA, Ben was saying his final goodbyes to Heine at the gate.
 
“And you have everything right? All your stuff? The map and the grail?” Heine asked. Ben nodded, “yes, grandma, I have everything, don't worry.” Ben assured her.
 
“Alright,” Heine sighed, hugging him one last time, “I’m sorry for not telling you sooner.”
 
“It’s alright,” Ben hugged her back, “I just need to do this, I have to find out more about who I am.”
 
Heine nodded “I hope you find what you’re looking for.”
 
Ben smiled brightly, Heine chuckled, I hope you never lose that smile. 
 
“Bye, grandma!” Ben called out as the VKs left out the NPA. “Ahh! It’s nice to have some sunshine!” Healer sighed in relief, the VKs jumped up in shock.
 
“What are you doing here?!” The VKs shrieked. “Duh, helping you 10 on your journey.” Healer smiled “plus, I haven’t seen Dixie in ages! I can't wait to see her again!”
 
“You and Dixie were friends?” Ben folded his arms behind his neck in a relaxed position. “Best friends! She and I did everything with each other.” Healer reminisced.
 
“Sounds like everything changed the day of the wedding…” Carlos noticed. “Yes,” Healer nodded sadly, “everything was perfect, he loved me and I loved him, he said I was the center of his world, the only reason he woke up in the morning…”
 
Healer looked up at the sky, “that’s why I need to find him...and then, we’ll have the wedding we never had.”
 
“But besides that!” Healer regained her happy composure, “we need to get to the village of Pearlshawl.”
 
“Pearlshawl?” CJ tilted her head slightly. “Mmhm, it’s about a 3-hour walk.”
 
“3 hours?!”
 
“Well yeah,” Healer shrugged. “No way,” CJ pulled out FireFly, “I am not walking 3 hours!” CJ hopped onto the bar of FireFly.
 
“I’ll float thank you,” CJ nodded proudly, Firefly jewel flashed, shrinking so CJ fell on the ground. The VKs laughed, Carlos helped her up, “I’ll walk…” CJ sighed.
 
As the VKs began their walk, Ben stood quiet when the VKs laughed at jokes made constantly. “Ben,” Mal slung her arms over Ben’s shoulder “you’re tense.”
 
“Oh...um, just unfocused that’s all…” Ben muttered. “Awe, honey, I know I’m beautiful but do I really distract you that much.” Mal kissed his cheek. “Well, yes, but you didn't distract me now, it’s just these trees…” Ben looked up at the trees above him blooming with purple and white flowers.
 
“Carlos,” Ben looked at him, instantly knowing he was feeling the same uneasiness. “It’s weird.” Carlos looked restless. “What is?” Operetta asked, Hunter, sniffed the air, “I don't like those white ones…”
 
“You too?” Jasper nodded at him. “What’s up with you guys?” Evie questioned. “Mal, you don't feel it?” Ben questioned, “you’re a demonic dragon, shouldn’t you be feeling the same.” 
 
“No,” Mal climbed up the tree, grabbing a white flower and a purple one, “shit...no wonder they’re freaking out.”
 
Mal jumped down, sitting on a rock, “Healer, pass me the black book in my bag.” Healer went into the bag, passing Mal the back book.
 
Mal flipped through the pages, looking for the picture of the flowers. She stopped at the exact picture. “Here it is! Pluwite! It’s used to ward off magic races such as dragon, animalistic, and demons.”
 
“That’s why we feel like this?” Hunter held his side, a sudden stinging pain. Operetta tried to hold him up. “Why would Pearlshawl want to ward off magical races?” Freddie rubbed her chin.
 
“I don't know, but there’s no other way to get to Pearlshawl other than this forest, and it’s a 2-hour walk. As soon as we get to Pearlshawl we’ll start asking around and find you guys a doctor.”
 
As they continued the walk through the forest, Carlos and Ben were getting somewhat on edge. “Carlos,” CJ touched his bicep, Carlos jumped up, “baby calm down.”
 
“Sorry,” Carlos sighed, shaking his head, “I already have anxiety since I was 15 but these flowers aren’t making it any better.”
 
CJ held his hand, trying to stop it from shaking, it helped somewhat. She could see the glint of purple in his eyes, “that’s new…” CJ whispered.
 
“Ben,” Mal snatched the book away from him, “if you keep reading about the dangers of these flowers your own fear will kill you before any monsters have the chance.”
 
“I know, it’s just, these things are no joke, they have no effect on you, in fact, they make you stronger, but for us, it’s basically rat poison.” Ben shivered, “according to the book, when animalistic, demons, and dragons were hunted, hunters would make these flowers into a gas.”
 
“A gas?” Zeref raised his eyebrows in concern, “yeah, if you make the gas correctly when the magical races inhale it breaks their lungs…”
 
“There’s a flower like this for god races like you Zeref but it’s found on the other side of the continent,” Ben added, Zeref sighed silently. At least I’m in the clear...Jasper, Ben, Hunter, and Carlos however.
 
“So, we can die?!” Jasper yelled. “Technically yes, but nobody’s made the gas in years so there nothing to worry about, right now, all you 4 will feel is just the anxiety and the slight pain,” Mal assured them.
 
Hunter nodded slightly, Operetta could feel his worry in waves, “it’s only 1 more hour. Don't worry.” Operetta rested her head on his shoulder.
 
Hunter bit his lip, “I know...it’s just, why can't we just get there faster…” Hunter muttered under his breath.
 
Healer looked up at the trees, one of them rustling that called her attention, she felt someone’s eyes on her.
 
She was indeed correct, there was someone watching her, “I have eyes on the magical races.” the voice in the trees confirmed.
 
“Yes sir, all four are there…Yes, she’s there too...So is the grail...Yes, I’m sure! I’m not that blind!”
 
The person holding the phone away from their ear as the person on the other side yelled at them. “Yeah yeah, they’re on their way.”
 
Healer looked back at her VKs, sighing, she knew there was something up with this forest and it wasn’t just the flowers.
 
 After finally exiting the forest, the group reached the Pearlshawl train station. The group boarded the train, gaining suspicious looks from the passengers. Freddie noticed the flowers lined on the windows.
 
“This is getting weird…” Freddie muttered. “I know, do they really hate animalistic, demons, and dragons that much that they have these flowers everywhere.” Evie scoffed, Jasper laid his head on her lap, as if the flowers weren’t enough, the motion sickness was killing him as well.
 
CJ turned towards the door when Operetta entered, “did you find anything?”
 
“Yeah, and you’re not gonna like it.” Operetta sat back down, being greeted by Hunter’s head on her lap. “Apparently, the village’s new chief put these flowers in as a precaution against magical race attacks.”
 
“Most animalistic, demons, and dragons...ugh...are harmless.” Carlos felt like his stomach was being turned inside out, plus, his anxiety wasn’t getting any better with all the flowers around.
 
“Not to the villagers, the Chief must have brainwashed them into thinking they’re all bad.” Mal bit her lip, even though the flowers had no effect on her, something still wasn’t right.
 
“It’s only a couple more hours till we hit Tregoron, after that we should be fine,” CJ assured them. Carlos was about to say something the train door locked.
 
“You’re not gonna make it to Tergoron, hun.” a familiar voice-directed their attention towards the door.
 
“It’s been a while VKs,” the demon that tortured them for a month stalked towards them.
 
“So which one are you, huh?” Mal stood up, glaring at him, “Araden, Lucifer, Geyu?”
 
“To make this simpler for your demonic dragon mind,” he placed towards fingers on Mal’s forehead, pushing her back slightly, “I’m Geyu. The one in that thief’s head,” Geyu glared at Hunter who looked like he was about to throw up, “is Geyu 0.2, or 2/10 0f me.”
 
“Hunter isn't a thief, you’re the one who entered his head when he was vulnerable.” Operetta stated. “Not my fault your baby daddy’s weak.” Geyu shrugged.
 
“Why are you here?” Evie growled. “Well,” he hed up two fingers “for two things, 1) I wanted to see how these flowers were working-”
 
“Wait, you planted these things?” Freddie scrunched up her fist. “No, no, no, no, Winter and I planted those trees.” Briar corrected, appearing in the seats behind out VKs.
 
“You!” Mal leaped over the seat, pinning Briar to the floor of the train car “you put me and my husband in different realms two months ago! Kept me in not only a box in the Yin and Yang realm but kept Ben and tons of other residents of the Shadow Realm in a prison! And! Your family is the reason why we’re in this mess!”
 
“Well, we wouldn't be here if you villains just obeyed like good little dogs.” Briar shot back. Mal wrapped her hands around Briar’s neck, “I have half a mind to strangle you!”
 
Briar kicked Mal’s side, turning her over so she could pin Mal “you were always so difficult, all you Maleficent’s are.”
 
“So, I could kill you right now,” vines poked at Mal’s throat, “slit your throat, give your dead body to my lab rats and they’d scrap you for parts.”
 
“But where’s the fun in that?” the vines wrapped around Mal’s neck, “I wanna see you suffer first, beg for me to kill you like a good villain dose!”
 
Mal snarled at her, “yeah...I’m a villain,” Mal kicked Briar off of her, ripping the vines off her neck, “but I’m not good.”
 
“I know you know where the grail is Mal.” Briar croaked, Mal’s foot was on her ribs, “be a good girl and tell me.”
 
“After all the shit you caused me, my family, my friends, you think I would give you the satisfaction of telling you where it is?” Mal rolled her eyes. “Oh, you are.” Briar snapped her fingers, more Pulwite flowers blooming.
 
The boys, except Zeref, groaned “shit…” Hunter hissed. “Tell us where it is and Briar will kill the flowers.” Winter wagered Evie, extended her hand, shards darting towards Winter.
 
“Fucking Winter White,” Evie growled when she dodged the shards. “Awe, I would never fuck you, I don't fuck with a girl who sleeps with dragons,” Winter smirked.
 
“There’s nothing wrong with Jasper.” Evie glared at her. “There are so many things wrong with him,” Winter rolled her eyes, “but we’re not gonna get into that.”
 
Winter noticed Evie’s necklace, “well look at that, you have all the shards,” Winter stalked over to her, “doesn’t mean you’re special.”
 
“Like you are? You terrorized my entire life, almost had me executed, and not to mention running a jail in the shadow realm!”
 
“I wonder,” Winter walked right past her, “how many Pulwhite will it take to crush your boyfriend’s lung?”
 
Winter reached towards him, Evie grabbed her wrist, flinging her across the car, “don't touch my dragon!”
 
Winter chuckled, “normally the dragon is the possessive one, not the human.”
 
“Don't care, come near him again,” a dark aura surrounded Evie, “and I’ll make sure your insides are your outsides.”
 
“You don't scare me, Evie.” Winter stood up, wiping her blood off her lips, the two coming face to face “heroes aren’t scared of villains.”
 
Evie growled and punched Winter in the eye, “you should be scared of me.”
 
Winter growled and darted towards Evie, sweeping her legs so she’d fall, Winter held one of her legs, facing her towards Jasper, “oh dragon boy~”
 
Jasper opened his eyes slightly, “Habibti…”
 
“Awe, he calls you Habibti, that’s cute,” Winter had a disgusted look on her face, “villains shouldn’t be cute.”
 
Snow circled around Winter’s hand as she clutched her thigh, “snow blitz.”
 
“Come with me,” Winter grabbed Jasper by the neck, Winter put a mask around her, covering her mouth and nose, “tell me where the grail is, or the boys get gassed.”
 
Evie stood quiet, Winter looked back at Geyu and Briar who all had a mask on, “do it.”
 
Geyu pressed a button on the compartment door, releasing a purple and white gas into it. “Shit!” CJ tried her hardest to shield the gas from Carlos, she could hear Carlos coughing and hacking, so was she but it didn't affect CJ as much as it did him.
 
Operetta held Hunter close, trying to close in any distance so the gas wouldn't reach him, “Operetta...it hurts.” Hunter cried. Operetta nodded, “I know, baby, I know...just keep fighting.”
 
Mal tried to reach Ben but Briar’s vines held him back, Briar extended the other hand, holding back Evie, CJ, and Operetta from protecting the boys.
 
“Tell us where it is!” Briar yelled. “Never!” The VKs yelled. Geyu upped the gas, Carlos fell to the floor, clutching his chest, “ca-can't breathe!”
 
Winter yelled Jasper by the neck, holding him in front of Evie as she watched from binds are her boyfriend struggled to breathe.
 
“Why does this...hurt so fucking much!” Hunter clenched his eyes shut, trying to stop the pain.
 
Mal couldn't watch anymore, “we’ll tell you-”
 
“Don't!” Ben yelled through weak lungs “please...don't tell them...”
 
Mal sighed as the gas stopped, “fine since they won't tell us that way,” Geyu took off the bask, slipping on gloves as he took out a gun.
 
He pointed the gun at Jasper, shooting a purple bullet into his leg, “Jasper!” Evie yelled, tears welling up in her eyes.
 
“I-I-I’m fine!” Jasper coughed up blood, the bullet was oozing into his skin, making him howl out in pain. “Where’s the grail?” Geyu shot Hunter in the arm. “We aren’t telling you!” Hunter hissed, holding his arm, what the fuck is up with these...ugh!...bullets!”
 
“Their Pulwhite bullets, they seep into dragons, animalistic, and demons bloodstream and poison them till they die,” Briar explained with a sick smirk on her face.
 
“And we’ll keep shooting them until one of you caves,” Winter added, grabbing the gun and shooting Carlos. Healer scrunched up her fist, “that’s it!” she yelled, a white light surrounding the vines that bound her.
 
“I’ve tried to be nice,” Healer dusted off her clothing, “but apparently you idiots don't deserve my niceness.”
 
“Oh please, what is she gonna do-” Briar soon came to regret those words when a stream of white light blasted Briar into the next car. “Anyone else wanna doubt my abilities?” Healer charged up her fist again.
 
“Big deal, so you can blast Briar-” Winter couldn't believe how fast Healer was, in a matter of milliseconds, Healer kicked Winter into the air, and into the seats. She raised her hand, levitating Winter onto the ceiling, putting strong binds to leave her there.
 
She rolled up her sleeves, marching towards Geyu, “and you!” fire streamed out of her mouth, burning Geyu, “take this beating I’m about to give you a warning,” Healer pummelled him into the ground. Geyu felt his blood curdling, Healer moved her hand around, controlling Geyu like a puppet.
 
Healer made him pick up the gun, pointing it to his thigh, making him pull the trigger and releasing the bullet into his thigh “don't mess with my VKs.”

~A/N~

I like writing scenes with Healer in them! It's fun! Ur gonna be seeing her a lot more in the upcoming episodes.

Because of the whole virus they closed all schools in the city I'm in so I have time to write when my teachers aren't spamming me on Google classroom!

Stay Sweet,
Sugar_And_Spice125 💕