Sort our indifference

Liliana Roslyn's POV.

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My legs take me inside the large medieval-built museum and with each steps, I find myself getting amused and lost in the diagrams that made up the floor of the inside of the building. The painting covers the whole grounds and my eyes start to take in all descriptions of its alluring images.

The work of the artist is well descriptive. Every paintings shows the step-by-steps of how it all happened. How the war, named, mass(reborn) started.

From the start of the painting;

On the first side of the painting, A darkness broke into the world, destroying a barrier that's differentiating two worlds. All were fueled by its rage. Its lust.

The creatures from the two worlds were in a fit of war. A fit of war between humans and benders. On the next part is a woman who's a strong hunter, all dressed in a cloak with the hood covering her face but her braveness could be felt in her existence in the painting.

She rode through leagues of lands, and in expressing it. The artist made an image in circling of the sun and the moon and the changes in the lands. From woods to fields to deserts.

On the next side, a male bender found her and remove her hood. She had a deep black hair and sky blue eyes. He had a striking blue eyes, likely resembling cerulean and a dark blonde hair. Next painting shows that her hood is off her body along with her hunter's equipments.

She was now afront the bender, holding his heart. At their sides, shows humans in disagreement to their affairs. According to what I'm seeing in the painting. They are in a relationship. Two different creatures.

Some of this lamenting humans released a arrow that pierce through the bender's heart which the woman was holding.

Another side shows two mighty benders in glowing armors. Their whole body radiating. They went to a woman bender who at her sides shows two elements which she can control and retrieve some benders with them.

Along the way, these two benders take another six benders with them, each with their powers which was shown in the paintings. The glowing in their body represent the kind of powers they possess. Red glowing bodies shows that they are fire benders. Blue shows that they are water benders. Sandy shows that they are earth benders and Hazel shows that they are air benders. But among this eight mighty warriors is a strong male bender who has all the four elements surrounding him. His eyes terrifies through the painting as his powers embed him, showing his invulnerablity.

The green grounds that represent where the humans were standing were suddenly stained with reds. My species!

Butchered until the whole green fields was turned into red colours. Bloods of my species! Millions were murdered. The dark backgrounds were stained with flecks of reds. Then another part shows that the male bender whose heart was dripping blood yearned for the arrival of the woman hunter after murdering everyone as he knelt and raise his head heavenwards.

The next part shows humans in chains,  being dragged by the conquerors till date. To show this, the artist made a recycling of the sun and moon to describe day and night. Months and years.

This must have been how it all happened and why the mass(reborn) was created.

Because some bender man was broken by some humans and in the process losing his love. They decided to destroy us all.

I continue to watch the images, letting them bore into me and to understand more of what the artist is informing. Its beauty made me get carried away until when a voice startle me from where I'm standing.

"Hey, Liliana." A familiar voice that I surely would recognize from sea of voices calls me. Its king Adrian's voice.

I turn my back to look at him. I couldn't speak but press my lips together into a thin line. He looks more dull than Lucas. Maybe he's only pretending. He takes a step towards me, and that's when I see the reddened bulgy eyes of his.

An urge to care for him hits me but I restrain. His hair is ruffled and messy, scattering onto his flawless face.

"I'm sorry for what I did yesterday." He says.

"My king you did nothing. I'm responsible for whatever happened. It was my fault. I was being insolent." I quickly say. I can't risk getting angry at him thus causing more humans to die. I need to act subserviently.

"Your king?" He looks down for a bit second. His voice shows seriousness. "I know you Ana. Please don't pretend. Remember you're my fighter. Also our Ardens(fiery)." He pulls out a small laugh.

"You.." I restrain again. It may be a trick.

"Don't hold back."

"You.. You killed two humans yesterday. You haunt me. You put the blames on me. I.. You're a murderer." I say. Even though I would have loved my voice to be harsh, it couldn't. It could only tremble. I feel like I've been betrayed.

"Yes. I am. I am a beast. And so is your race. We are all murderers." King Adrian says, taking another step forward. His gaze is fixated onto the dreadful floor.

"Those humans you killed didn't kill your race. I didn't kill any bender yet I'm a slave."

"Its because they aren't given the chance. The darkness has fueled everyone." He says and I try to say something to tackle him but I'm too brittle to do so.

He continue. "When the.. harlows controlling Lucas made him bring forth the moon, it required a lot of energy to stabilize him. So when I started to heal him, he took almost all my energies and I knew I would feel a bloodlust as soon as I'm through. I knew I wouldn't be able to control my rage. I would have killed a human yesterday but because of you being feisty. I killed two. I wasn't myself."

"That doesn't say I should forget it or forgive you." I pause and scoff lightly. "You heard yourself, you'd have killed at least one?" Is that suppose to make feel better. At least, he would have killed no matter what.

"I'm not asking you but your heart. The real you." He says. Whatever that's supposed to mean. I can't forget the look on Elena's face as death crawl up on her and the other human.

"I've declared a war against the harlows in North America. In few days from now, we'll travel there." King Adrian says and step more closer.

"We?" I ask, confused.

"Yes. But I can't discuss that now. We'll sort it later." He said and take another step forward and that step.. did it.

My breath hitches as I swallow a lump in my throat. He's just centimeters away from me and I mentally could feel his breaths on me.

His hands move with such pleasurable grace and landed smoothly on my shoulders. Then they move up and straddle some strands of my dark blond hair, pushing them tenderly behind me.

His eyes glitters hazel with a white flecks on his lens. His glowing eyes stares into my eyes as I'm trying my best not to let whatever my body is doing to take the bettermost of me.

By the time my senses could realize his position, I see that he's just inches away from me.

"If I'm a monster to you then why are you responding to my touch?" His husky voice ask, weakening my knees and trembling my breathing.

"Look at us." A mixture of voice says but king Adrian's real voice can still be recognized amongst them. I open my eyes to see streams of energies. Electrically surges of energies passing through his veins. They stream down his body, making him glow seductively handsome. Then I notice that his other presence, the ones I saw earlier in the room are here. They are with us. His three self.

"We know that you know that we didn't do it intentionally." His voices says and then I feel his warm touch that makes me shiver and yearn for him. My captor. His warm touch suddenly disappear and so is the light he's emitting.

When I felt darkness come over, I open my eyes and to increase my unhappiness, king Adrian's gone. He left the room.

"Wait!" My voice briskly whisper. Even as I'm angry at him, I still yearn for him likewise.

Can I love and hate my captor? One who killed my race and put me in chains.

We have to choose. My subconscious says and for the first time she'd talked about king Adrian, I'm agreeing. I have to choose.

"Lil." A familiar voice calls me. Quickly, I wipe away my tears and stiffen them. I then breaths multiples of time before turning to it direction.

"Hey, Anne." I greet back and walk towards her. Anne's looking elegantly as always. Dressed in fully coloured black blouse and a short navy blue jeans that reaches precisely her knees.

"Is something wrong?" She ask and I shrug my shoulders.

"It's.."

"Yeah, I'm stupid for asking. It's about yesterday, isn't it?" She says and I nod slowly.

"Is it bad?" I ask.

"Like bad kind of bad?" She ask. Is she joking right now?

"Are you joking?"

"Maybe" She says and I look at her with a fury gaze.

"Okay. It's not that bad. Well, most of the humans are angry. I heard some whisperings but maybe you should just go with me to the quarters. You know.. we could solve this now."

"You sure?" I say and start to feel an uneasiness rising up in my stomach, making me feel uncomfortable. Guess, it's afraidness.

"I am." Anne says.

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The guards open the door of the quarters and Anne and I walk in. My heart beat start to rise, wondering what might happen. What if they would say something bad at me?

"Everyone!" Anne calls to gain the attention of every humans in the room. I guess everyone's free right now. Because there are many humans here and that just add to my scariness. "Please, listen. What happened yesterday isn't Liliana's fau.."

"Don't you try to protect her, Anne." A human voice says from beside us. Its an angry voice. "This.. She just came here not up to a month and she's caused the death of my sister." The human girl says and I look over to her. "Elena is my sister through friendly bonding and you caused the reason why she's dead. Humans should protect each other not kill one another." She finishes and I'm wordless. I can't even say anything to protect myself. Nothing. Not even a syllable. That should only happen because I'm truly at fault.

"Isabella!" Anne says but before she could say another thing, I tap her shoulders and gesturingly tell her to stop. My searching eyes looks for at least, just one person who would give me a pity or soften look but there's none. I've betrayed my own ilks.

"You okay, Lil?" She ask and I start to walk forward. If I should walk to the door, the guards will order me to go back which I can't do. So I start to walk forward to the other door, wherever it might lead me.

"Lil!" I hear Anne calls but I just run and listen to each talk that whispers into the air from each humans.

When the other door opens, I hurriedly enter and close it. My sobs is the next I heard in the silent and half-dark room as my back slide down the doorframe.

Suddenly, a light footstep start to come my way and I raise my gaze at its direction, in the process cleaning my warm tears.

"Anne!" I call but another voice answers.

"Liliana. Its Linda and I know you're not at fault." She says.

Her footsteps is more lucid now as she walks towards me and sit down beside me.

"I know I'm the last person you'd wanna see now but I guess I can help?" She says. More of a question than a sentence.

"What do you want?" I can't let Linda use this opportunity to weaken my spirit more. Its true. She's the last person I'd want to see.

"To help."

"I don't want your help. Just.. Just leave me alone." I say and take a stand, ready to leave the room when her voice calls me back.

"Thanks." She says suddenly and I stop on my way up.

She continues as I sit back. "I'm sorry for doing all I did to you."

"I don't need your sorry. What if that bender had raped me that night? Would your sorry healed me?"

Linda's brows knit and her focus is entirely placed on me. "Raped you?"

What? She's asking me that? I can't believe it? I know I shouldn't have talked with her.

"Time to leave." I say and finally stand, walking to another door that exits the room. Hopefully, I'd go back to king Adrian's room.

"Hey, wait. I don't understand. What do you mean by raped you?" She halts me.

"Are you crazy or something? You set me up. You closed the door of the room which you lure me into, lying that Mrs. Rogue was calling me."

"I didn't. I don't remember." She says. She start to look down ramblingly with a confused look on her face.

"She can't remember." Lucas says suddenly from afront us. Linda quickly bow and greet.

"Commander Lucas."

"What do you mean by she can't remember? She.."

".. Was compelled." Lucas finishes my statement.

"Always remember to respect me when in front of inter players." Lucas says inside my head.

"I'm sorry for speaking out of line, commander Lucas. Please do explain why she can't remember." The last sentence seems harsh but I don't care.

"Sometimes, I hate you for being feisty and hard to handle. That was definitely not a respective speech."

"I need answers."

"Seriously? I wonder if we'll be able to handle you when you're real self." Lucas finishes. King Adrian says the same about being my real self earlier. What's the meaning?

"Your instructor compelled her therefore she can't remember. It was just a stupid trick to make you two hate each other than you already did." He explains.

Linda is still bowing like the perfect slave she is when commander Lucas speaks again.

"Follow me, Ana." He says and then finish in my head.

"We have an assignment to finish and if I'm not mistaken, you guys didn't solve your indifference." Lucas says and my legs move towards him utterly without my consent.