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King of the Monsters | Grace, Kozue, Régine, Lucas

"Hey, Tako" greeted Grace, making the young man groan.

"How are you holding up, Grace-san?"

"Probably better than the ones who tried to kill me, how did you guys get here?"

"Irina. The comms were suspiciously cut off so she made a few guesses and here we are"

Grace smiled to herself. Thank you, Ina.

"The Reds are also here, as matter of fact they're right now fighting the other men"

"Jacques set me free and I went after you" said Kozue before hugging Grace.

The Welsh turned towards the area she was earlier, and indeed, the sound of gunshots and shouts got to where they were.

"Take us there. We have to help them. My cousin... William, he has been captured, I need to go there."

Meanwhile, in land, Régine and Jacques would shoot the captors back to back. There were close to 40 men attacking them. "Mon chére, don't kill them, we need them alive, because I surely have a good amount of questions for them" said the Frenchwoman, changing swiftly of targets until her gun got out of her hands. "I'm going after him" she ran right after a chubby guy.

"Régine, wait!" Jacques called on her, before giving the signal to his subordinates to cover them and clear the area.

"Jacques!" the man stopped when listening to Grace's voice. "Where's Régine?"

"She just went after some guy."

The Welsh looked at the direction he was looking, and remembered that was the same where her cousin was taken. "Stay on guard here. I'll go after her" she ran towards the path were William was taken. Kozue ran behind her.

Grace stopped in her steps at what was in front of her, her eyes went wide. A lavender circle... and a cabin. Her lip shook as she felt about to cry with the memories alone.

She felt steps, but it was late, both her and Kozue were hit on their legs and dragged towards the cabin.

The Welsh could feel how they were surrounding them, but this time they seemed in no hurry to tie them. That's when she saw a familiar pair of boots, and heard the sound of heavy yet calm steps, before looking up.

There he was, with a smile and a shotgun.

"...William"

Grace couldn't believe it, she counted 5 men, and him "William, what are you doing?"

William took a deep breath "How's the lavender suiting you, dear cousin? You and your friend cannot call on your personal monsters to guard you now."

The Welsh was beyond even wanting to call on Marion, but she felt how she was away from her, each second out of her reach to call to defend them.

"You have no idea how long I've been waiting for this moment"

Grace still refusing to believe her senses, asked "Where's Claudette, William?"

"Ah, I think by starting with my wife we could wrap up this better" he scratched his chin slowly and started "Since you write stories, let's make one for you. Once upon a time, there were three youngsters who were friends and supported each other high and low. Two lassies, one lad. Eventually as they grew up, they started to change, the ginger lass started to play Romeo for the blond one, by jumping to her balcony at nights to rescue her from her family. What she didn't know is that the lad had confessed days earlier to the blond girl, and had been courting her for some time without the ginger lass knowing.

Some time passed, and the act became reality, they had a secret relationship for a few days. As the lad wondered if this ginger heroine would ever come to his rescue, from the plans of his family of sending him away, from the constant family pressure of being better than others, waiting for this red heroine to say 'I'm also here for you'. While they made plans, he could foresee all their future falling because of the other girl, so he made a plan, he was going to unmask her, to show her true colours to the blonde and how her secret girlfriend wasn't a hero at all." William smirked and sighed "That's when I hired these guys."

Grace looked at them well, and yes, the mocking man who threw her off the cliff started to seem very familiar now, same for the others, they look like an older version of... She turned to William, with wide eyes, tearing up "No..."

"Yes" William took a breath "I hired these guys to hurt you and Claudette"

"William..." Grace's fists gripped the soil powerless.

"I didn't count that it would turned out the way it would turned out." William clapped "It turned out better than I expected. A werewolf. A beast. So, I insisted on my wife seeing you as a monster until she believed it, it was so easy to do after her shock of that night. And The Red Beast legend was born"

"You...?"

"Yes, I created that rumour of the Red Beast. And these guys returning to their senses after you put half of them into a coma, gave me the upper hand. I just had to be patient, and get to know everything you and Marion were, strengths, weaknesses. Then I showed myself as a good husband to my wife, and took care of everything as she went to med school, I encouraged her to keep going, that she could save you from that evil alter that wanted to damage your life. I offered myself to that time you went out of control, after all, who would suspect of Grace's favourite cousin?  

Then that thing with Lucy happened, I got to know that you were doing your efforts for her, and that this lady didn't have the smallest clue about it, and I just laughed at how good my luck was, now you were going to be emotionally unable to react to whatever everyone threw at you and no one would be there to protect you, because you also saw Marion as a monster, because you couldn't keep my wife's reaction out of your mind. Yes, I used your love for her to my advantage and kept feeding my wife's hate towards Marion.

However, you can't lie to someone forever, Claudette started to realize something wrong was going on, and I played the good counsellor role, I made her believe her ideas were out of her constant obsession to heal you, and I had the teacher card under my sleeve, so she believed me, until she confessed me she was still in love with you, and that she never loved me pass a friend, she just learned to see me as an extension of you since your mother wouldn't allow both of you to marry. That was the night when... well, I took her to bed."

Grace saw him with horror, her voice cracked at her question. "Please... tell me you didn't do that..."

William sighed "I did... and while it was annoying to hear her calling your name, it was quite a pleasure to know that she was feeling the same thing I felt those years ago: abandoned." He giggled "So, she proceeded studying you, without saying a thing, after all, she didn't have the full picture and now she was tied to me because of the baby." Then groaned "Still, she tried to lose her baby a few times. So, I fed her with your same medicine: lavender. Then she had the baby, but I took care of the girl for her to not escape. I told Aunt Adelaide that Claudette wasn't feeling well, and that she had something similar to post-partum depression, so your mother wouldn't let her approach either."

"But she still escaped, right?"

"She did. I don't know how, and days later you showed up at my place. While I thought it was a good chance, I didn't count with the wolves, especially with them becoming your friends, so I gathered these guys and we decided to go with your plan, help you until you got rid of the animals. And here we are. Also, I wouldn't count with solving this by escaping and calling the cops, I have your very weakness on watch"

"I have her well protected, you won't get very far with it" Grace's breath went heavy with anger "You won't get to Lucille, you hear me!"

William blinked and tilted his head "Who said I was after her? No, dear cousin, your true weakness is someone small and red."

Grace stood up enraged and tried to charged after William in realization "You fucking bastard!" but got hit on the back with a bat. "She's just a child, dammit!"

"You won't have time to worry anyway, this will probably end soon. Which is bad, I was warming up to that boy" William said getting ready to shoot.

**

Régine, where are you? Grace and Kozue are in trouble.

“Relax, chérie, they have Marion and Sadako on their side.”

I'm not joking! Something is happening where they are!

“What do you know?”

It's... oh, god... It's her cousin. Her cousin is doing this

"Irina, relax."

How can I fucking relax?! If she does something, he'll kill the girl.

"What girl?" Régine could hear Irina's difficult breathing

It's Nancy! He has Nancy! I-I-I'm going to activate the emergency protocol.

"Wait, Irina, that hasn't been tested."

Claudette did it for an emergency.

"How do we know we can trust her?"

I can't sit here knowing I can do something!

"What if that formula kills them both?" Régine could listen how Irina started to type fast, and then heard the system warning, and the lady reciting the password.

Reveal your face to me, guide me though the Stygian fields. Enthral my soul to Sepedet's beams to serve Your will.

Ready to launch.

**

William then noticed something, Kozue wasn't anymore next to Grace, and his 5 men were on the floor, hurting. "How did you...?"

"I'm immune to lavender" Kozue said with pride, then got dizzy, her body went to the sides, but came up immediately to her senses.

Kozue?

Sadako?

William took the advantage of Kozue's confusion to shoot her first, but thee was one problem, he no longer had his weapon, and a hand was choking him, he turned to see his cousin holding him, his fear shoot when he saw her eyes going dark. "M-Mons...ter...."

"I'll be back" a low voice came out of Grace's lips, then took William to the very same cliff she was before, her smirk grew wider as they got closer to the edge.

Communication activated.

"Let me go, monster..." William said before Grace held him in the air, at the edge of the cliff.

"Do you repent?"

"Grace... don't kill me... I'm your cousin. Family comes first, remember?"

"We do" then she let him go, and watched as he fell.

One jerk in the oven.

What are you doing?

Locked up now. Over and out. Good job.

"Thanks, Gretchen"

I'm one of your knights, King.

"Long live the King" she heard Sadako's voice behind her.

Marion hugged her gently "Are you okay?"

Sadako nodded "I am, also your... Grace's other knights took care of the 5 guys"

"They're here?"

"One of them told me your mom had a bad feeling and sent them after you, then they communicated with Irina and Régine."

"Isn't she a great mom?" Marion smiled.

**

They went all back Grace's home.  The Welsh's father was back as well and was the first to run to hug his daughter.

"Ugh, daddy, please, don't hug me that hard"

"I'm sorry, lassie" then he carried her inside the cabin.

Her mother was next who asked about Marion and her, then all her trip, so she told her everything. Both her parents were sad, they never expected William would do something like that. Then looked at the baby "What's going to happen to you?"

Florence spoke up "Ma'am, Claudette sent me an email yesterday, she will give up on the baby, so yes, I'm here to take her away to be adopted by a family, especially now that William will be taken to jail."

Adopted by another family? Grace got close to the baby and held her. What if...? Her hands started to shake and her mother held the baby for her before turning to her husband.

"Richard, let's keep the baby. Let's give her a good life, and let's have a second chance to do what with couldn't do with Grace, I think we deserve that." Grace teared up out of joy.

Richard approached and hugged his wife, before resting his big hand on his daughter's shoulder "How should we name her?"

Grace looked at the baby for a few seconds before smiling "Juniper. Juniper Margaret"

"Juniper Margaret Morgan, it is"

"I know what you're trying to do Grace, so I'm not going to admit that middle name. I'll make that the name of the woman who truly loved me: Rachel Morgan"

"What?" Grace's father was astonished.

"Oh, please, Richard. It was obvious. Why you think I grew fond of you so fast?"

"Because I'm good looking?" Richard joked.

Adelaide giggled "Because you reminded me of her. Grace, too. Especially that rebel phase she had when she was younger" she rolled her eyes.

Grace gasped "Mom, you rolled your eyes?"

"Dear, where are your manners?" Richard joked again and received a slap on his arm from his wife.

"Well, then is set" Florence said.  "I'll be in touch with you for the paper work." Then left.

"Mom? Would you help me with this hair? I can't go back like this"

Adelaide looked for the scissors and cut the hair of her daughter real short. "You look good" then looked at Kozue "You need a haircut too?"

"No, ma'am. Thank you, I think I'm going to enjoy this hair for a while, after all, it's not as long as Grace's"

After they all ate, Gretchen came in with news. "William is in jail" but her worried face didn't say it was good. "He said he had an insider, and that part of the plan was still going on, despite her wife's efforts for hiding the child. He also said that something somewhere else was going to blow."

Jacques came inside the cabin "Régine, you got to see this"

On the tracker, two things were showing, a man going to what it seemed a house, with two people inside a house. And, another going at full speed with a package in another direction.

"That's..."

"Ira is the insider"

"He's going to your place. Luckily, you're not there"

Régine's worse fears came true "Eva is there! I need to go. Let's split up, Grace, Kozue, go with Tako to Wales and get the kid. I'll go with Jacques to my house. Wallace, take Lucas home. We'll rendezvous at Grace's place in Surrey."