#betts farm animals may be pets to her as her parents dont raise any that they dont intend to keep alive as long as possible

[axvwriter]

Trash That Threaten

Characters: Xia-lin, Betts

Warnings: Mentions of threatened animal violence, no animals are harmed though. Mentions of humans getting drugged.

Please scroll past if any of this may upset you.

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“Xia-lin! Xia-lin!” Betts cried out upon seeing her friend approach her own home. The girl ran over before her friend could enter. Xia-lin paused, looking distressed by the shouting. Betts’ friend turned and met her half-way.

“Why are you shouting? …why do you look so upset? What happened?” Xia-lin held Betts by her shoulders, keeping her back from fully embracing her.

“Th-these guys… these guys said they’re going to come k-k-kill my animals. Wh-what do I dooo?!” Betts cried out hysterically, forcing herself closer to hug her friend.

“. . . We tell my dad. If they really come, he’ll dispose of them.” Xia-lin frowned, slowly moving her hands to wrap around Betts. “When did this happen… and where?”

“I-I was just walking home fr-from school… and th-these men saw me… th-they started telling me how I don’t belong here and how I should… should… I ignored them… and I-I guess they know where I-I live be-because they s-started des-describing my-my farm ani-animals!” Betts bawled out. Xia-lin had to soothe her for a little longer before Betts could tell her where exactly this happened.

“…wait here, I’ll go tell my dad.”

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Xia-lin found herself staying up late, constantly looking out her window and towards her neighbor’s plot. Her mother sat nearby, stress practically rolling from her.

“Mother… Should we call Father back in?” Xia-lin quietly asked. Her mother responded with a clack.

“No. They could very well decide to try striking at night.”

“How idiotic would they have to be to do that? Nearly all monsters can see way better than humans can during the night. Do they think they can threaten someone and not have them be on their guard?” Xia-lin seethed.

“…Your father has told me that there’s a lot of stupid and fool-hardy humans out there. …Xia-lin you should sleep. You have school. Your father isn’t the only one up tonight.” Xia-lin’s mother stood up, helping her stand up as well.

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Xia-lin waved Betts off, telling her not to wait. Betts reluctantly left, clearly not wanting to walk alone. It couldn’t be helped. Betts needed to learn how to be strong. Plus Xia-lin always stayed behind to use the school’s lab. Though this time she had a change of plans. One that would start once she approached the cornerstone that Betts had been harassed at.

So once Betts was out of sight, Xia-lin left to take Betts old path to and from school. The jerks had never approached last night, which only peeved her more. Such lowlifes wouldn’t even try to carry out their threat? Or did they find it fun to keep her parents and her neighbors awake with fear at night? Like Xia-lin didn’t already have enough on her plate.

She pulled her hoodie up over her head before she got within sight of the small, dingy store. Xia-lin surveyed the area, almost scoffing when seeing the men that Betts had described. Were they waiting for the girl to pass by again? What idiots they were. The perfect ones to stone.

Xia-lin went to walk past them, purposefully stumbling as she dropped a candy bar. The guys noticed, but waited until she was gone to investigate further. One snatched it up, noticing that it seemed to be an unopened plain chocolate bar, and teared open its wrapping.

“Dude, give me some.” The second man complained. Xia-lin watched from afar, exasperated at how the three men childishly fought for the bar. Though that was perfect for her, having all three of them partake in it meant she wouldn’t have to tail them all day to sneak more drugged candy to them.

Now she only had to tail them to see if the serum she conducted worked as planned.

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“Thank you again, Xia-lin’s dad for walking us here.” Betts beamed, still clutching Xia-lin’s hand. If Betts didn’t have the same condition as her, Xia-lin was sure Betts would be squeezing hard enough to leave a bruise.

“Well, after hearing about what happened a couple of days ago… I couldn’t help it. I know the city often overlooks… but… nevermind, don’t worry about it. If anything I might get to petition to the city to be more aware of what’s going on with its citizens.” Xia-lin’s father responded before reluctantly leaving.

Xia-lin huffed. Betts just had to see the news and tell her parents about it. At least her parents and Betts were just as dumb as everyone else. Betts had identified the men that fell into comas were the same men that threatened her farm. The news seemed to think it was a drug overdosage and warned people about meeting with shady dealers.

At least they were smart enough to know that if it was an attack from a monster, there would be clear signs of that being the case. Now she had to keep an eye out for any news on the coma patients dying or not. Xia-lin had pre-maturely tested her stasis sleep medicine on them after all.