Akilah took a deep breath and got up from her sitting
position 'Damn it Akilah, what have you gotten yourself into!?!' she
thought.
However she stopped herself from spiraling down, she clenched her fists and
took a deep breath 'It's okay, it's okay. It is going to be okay. I just
need to figure this out'. She stood up straight, arched her back to give
off the image that she was confident in her actions; when in reality she had no
idea what she was doing.
“Fun part? What do you mean?” she asked.
“Yes the trial phase is over, you passed, now for the
negotiation part of our deal” X answered smugly “We are going to be writing your lifelong contract regarding
your position as my henchman, and your reward.”
“Okay...So where do we start with the henchman thingy that you've been talking
so eagerly about?”
“Well basically you will be working for me and taking
care of 'things' for me.”
Akilah knew something was off. X was being way too vague about the work description.
She needed to know more.
“What sort of ‘things’?”
“Oh all sorts of things, running errands, handling
issues that occur, defending me against people that tarnish my good name.”
“I don't even know your name, how am I supposed to defend it..?”
A little chuckle could be heard from him which made Akilah feel embarrassed
about her question 'Did I say something dumb?'.
“That is not what that meant, and besides it's not
important, you do not need to know my na-“
“I think that it is, you want me to help you out and work for you without me
even knowing your name. I mean-”
“What did we say about interrupting me while I'm
talking Akilah.”
His words were harsh but he did not sound angry when he said them, not like
last time.
“But you're not even explaining things properly” Akilah knew that it was a risky thing to say but she had decided to say it
anyways 'What do I have to lose, anyways'.
“It seems you have forgotten about our little
chat earlier; shall I remind you?”
Akilah could feel the ground beneath her shaking again 'Oh no I'm so
stupid!'. Akilah had to act fast before history repeated itself. She could
feel debris falling on her. Akilah covered her head with her hands, closed her
eyes hoped for the best, and shouted.
“Okay, okay I get it! I’m sorry!” Then the shaking stopped 'Wait did that
work?' Akilah thought.
“Fine, then let us go back to the contract.”
'THAT'S ALL IT TOOK!?!' Akilah thought 'He is as emotionally
unsuitable as a pregnant lady'.
“But before that what should I call you by, believe it or not knowing your name
would make things easier.”
“Are you still on that? It really doesn’t matter, you
can call me whatever you want.”
'Doesn't matter huh, okay then' she thought and with a smirk she replied,
“Okay but you can't get mad about it or want me to change it.”
“I won’t lose my temper over such insignificant things”
X said and huffed.
'D-Did he forget what just happened??' Akilah thought.
“Now shall we continue?”
“Okay then Ladybug let us continue with our talk”
“What?”
“What, Ladybug?” Akilah said amusingly “You said that I could choose anything
and that you wouldn't be mad or ask me to change it. You’ll stick by your word,
right?”
“Eh...” X took a long pause “Fine. But just for that I am adding another year to your
henchman work”
“Another year??” Akilah asked confused “What...How many years do I have now”
“Six years” X replied.
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