160 Old wounds (1/2)
”I'm not going to allow that!!” Lilith shouted while slamming her hand against the table in an act of objection.
She had just heard that Ellie was ready to agree to follow Detra on her plan to turn the girl into a fighting weapon that could defeat Mia in her current form, and was, very clearly from her face's expression, extremely against that idea.
”It's not your decision to make,” East noted.
”She's just a kid!! she doesn't know what she's saying!!” Lilith mentioned while glaring at Detra, ”She doesn't know you like I do!”
”Sigh...” Detra placed her hand on her forehead as if she was trying to hold back a very strong headache, ”This again... It's been years already, can't you just let it go?”
The rest of the table was paying close attention to the two women arguing, all with the exception of Ellie who was just standing in front of Detra as if waiting for their mission to start.
”Let... go...? Let go????” Lilith repeated showing how insulted she was, ”You ruined my life and the life of five of my closest friends... And you want me to just let bygones be bygones??”
”Yes!! Yes, I do!! Doesn't matter if you went through some bad times, you clearly got better and we have more important matters to attend right now! So just LET-IT-GO!!” Detra shouted.
Lilith moved over the room to hand her son for Marcus to hold and approached Detra. Once she reached her she slapped her face with so much strength that the woman ended up falling on the floor.
”Evlin is not here to protect you now... So you be careful with what you say...” Lilith declared.
Detra just sat on her knees and tried to rub it off the red mark on her face before looking at Lilith again.
”You done...?” she asked.
Lilith came closer again and slapped her one more time, this time on the other side.
”You think a slap on the face can clear up all the damage you caused me??” Lilith stated with a heavy breathing, ”Do you know how many friends I lost because of you? How many faces I got taken from me without ever even getting a chance to say goodbye? Even my own parents!! I had promised my mother that I would have returned home to celebrate my father's birthday with him... We were supposed to try and patch things up after a huge fight we had!! It was going to be the first time I was going to see him in ages!! I kept them waiting... For TWO HUNDRED YEARS!!!”
Lilith then closed her hand to make a fist and this time punched Detra in the face, making her fall down one more time. Claire and Joseph tried to contain their gasps, Marcus turned the other way, Leona and her friend were unsure of what to do, and Ellie just kept waiting in the same position as if she was in another dimension, completely ignoring the whole scene.
”You're right...” Detra admitted while spitting some blood on the floor, ”I don't care about you...” She then looked at the table and gazed at them one by one until she stopped at Marcus, ”Any of you...”
Detra finally stood up and used a napkin to clean the blood on her mouth.
”I mean, why should I? Clearly, none of you give a damn about me as well...”
Ellie finally moved her head after that last comment and looked at Detra.
”My aunt did...” she whispered.
Detra simply dismissed her comment and continued her speech.
”I may not care about you... But I do care about order... The order that I tried so hard to keep and that you all hated me so much for doing so... So trust me when I say I want to stop Mia as much as any of you, if not more!”
Lilith simply continued to glare at her, but now she was also on the verge of tears as the memories of the friends and family she lost began to flash before her eyes.
”By turning a kid into a weapon... Just like you did with Marcus and his father?”
”If it will get the job done then yes...” Detra admitted.
”You disgust me...”
”Tell that to someone who cares... Your view of me holds as much weight as the view of a fish... You all are nothing but children whining and crying about things you don't understand! I'm the only one who can see the full picture and if you don't start listening to me soon, we will be marching into our deaths!!”
Lilith was about to approach Detra and smack her again, but before she could do so, Ellie moved in between the two to stop her.
”Ellie...? What are you...?” Lilith asked.
Ellie gave a good look at Detra who despite being so mistreated still had only her goal in mind. Ellie could see that no matter how much Lilith attacked her, her mindset would not change that she had to do what she needed to do. She could see that Detra was a woman with a formed mind, while Lilith on the other hand was clearly not.
”Sorry, Lilith... But I need her...” Ellie declared.