TROA) A Free Meal (Patreon)

We made our way up to the floor Amanda was using as her base. Her loud voice could be heard as we made our way up the escalator that no longer worked. “You little shit! Why are you not doing as I said!? Do you need another beating!?”

“Boss Amanda, I tried! I am just too short!” The voice of a young girl could be heard. From the feed I was getting, Amanda was having a girl brush her hair, but she was not even sitting down. She was standing up, making it difficult for the little girl on purpose. I knew she was a bitch, but this is just….

“Why don’t you use that brain of yours and use a box to stand on!?” Amanda roared. She went to slap the girl, but of course, I did not plan to let that happen. I quickly rushed forward, my speed now so fast that even the human eye would not be able to see it. I grabbed the little girl and stopped not far away.

“Tsk. Tsk. You are still the biggest bitch, but this is just a new low. You start fights wherever you go and act all high and mighty. Wait until these kids grow up and become stronger than you…. No, wait, you would kill them by then.” My lips curled up into a mocking smile as I patted the girl in my arm’s back.

“You…. Didn’t you disappear a few years back!?” Amanda looked at me with a bit of alarm. I guess she was still wary of me from when I kicked her ass last time. “Disappear? No. More like I decided to prepare for the invasion. I mean, who the hell wants to get stuck without a place to hide out when a bunch of killer robots are roaming about?”

“You… You knew about this!?” Amanda opened her eyes wide in shock as she started to take a few steps back, but little did she know she backed up into someone who was much scarier than me at this time. Amanda turned her head to see Jen standing there with a bright smile on her face. “You! You bitch! You alive too!?”

“Hello, Amanda. Shall we have some fun for old time’s sake?” Jen’s lips curled up into a cruel smile. She was turning more and more into me!

“You! Stay away!” Amanda began to panic as she tried to run away but was quickly caught by Jen.

I looked at the kids, who were all standing there in a daze, and clapped my hands. “Okay, kids, let’s bring you to a safe place. A place where no one will bully you.”

“Really?”  A little boy asked. I smiled and nodded my head. I made a portal appear in front of me and said. “Alright, everyone through. You will be safe on the other side.” Because Jen was dragging Amanda off to do something gruesome, I could not go into the portal first to show them it was okay. Instead, I just pushed the kids through without much thought before entering it myself.

“Is this the last of them?” My mother had been waiting for me on the other side.

“Yes. They all need a hot meal since they do not look like they have eaten much since things happened.” I suggested. I wanted these kids to know they were truly safe here, and nothing said safe like a good hot meal.

“They can have a meal after a shower. Hygiene is more important at this time.” My mother was the boss, so I could only nod my head.

“Okay, I will go back then.” I waved the kids goodbye and was about to open the portal once more to head back when I felt a tug on my clothes. I turned to see the little girl I saved staring back up at me. She looked no more than six years old.

“Thank you for saving me and the rest.” The little girl’s eyes water up. I smiled and knelt down, and stroked her head.

“What is your name?” I asked softly.

“Maze.” The little girl blushed. I smiled and kissed the top of her head as I said: “When I come back, Maze, I will tell you a story, okay? So, for now, listen to my mom and go wash up. Then you can fill your stomach, okay?”

“Okay…” The little girl hugged my neck and kissed my cheek. She was the cutest thing!

After saying goodbye once more, I finally left to return to where Jen was handling Amanda. I could already hear the sorrow-filled cries of the bitch as I walked towards the area where Jen was. “Please stop! I know I was wrong!”

“You know you were wrong!? You abused kids and barely fed them when there was so much food here! Why would you do that!?” Jen was being very ruthless. She had tied Amanda up and was poking her with her knife.

“I….” Hmmm? Did her vocabulary grow? She went from saying ‘you’ to saying ‘I’!

“Amanda, you see, in this day and age when kids are more valuable than gold, what you were doing is basically a crime to humanity. It is something you would be killed on the spot for.” It had only been a week, but this was the truth.

“No! I don’t want to die!” Amanda’s face paled. No matter how much she regrets it, it was her own fault.

“Jen, take her down. Let’s tie her up outside. The animals that are still alive will appreciate a free meal.”