|30| Children of Insanity.

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Stella tried to make sense of everything.

Mother hadn't informed me about a wedding, Stella thought. Is she embarrassed by how I look that she didn't want me there?

Stella recalled her mother confessing that her scarred face scared her. The words had stung. They still did. At that moment, she needed her mother's assurance that everything would be all right. But the woman made things about herself, as expected.

"Your mother is unimportant right now, Slayer. Let us go slay The Maad Doctor," Ora said. "He's what we've been waiting for. A wicked soul to add to our collection."

Stella ignored the demon. Doctor Richard seemed like a good man back at the hospital. What changed? What made him kill the Founding Families' leaders?

"Nothing changed, Slayer. Let us go slay him," Ora insisted.

Stella ignored Ora again. Is Michael involved as well?

"We should hope so. That way, we will slay both father and son. Kekekekeke."

"Golden Locks," Ono called. "Do you know The Maad Doctor?"

Stella looked at Ono. "I met him once. Back at the hospital after the..." She chewed her tongue, not wanting to remember the night of the auction. "I don't know him, personally."

"Did he seem suspicious when you met him?" Ono asked.

Stella shook her head. "I had no time to wonder about his intentions. But Mother had introduced him as Michael's son."

"Everything sort of makes sense. I noticed your mother's guards protecting The Maad Doctor. Him being Michael's son makes sense how he got the guards on his side." Ono scratched her face. "Did you see Michael in the broadcast?"

"No," Stella said. But where did he acquire the giant robot?

"Me neither."

Stella wondered if Michael was behind the scenes pulling strings. With how well he knew the city and its people, it wouldn't be a surprise. It would also explain how Doctor Richard got into the wedding venue.

"Did you know your mother was getting married today?" Ono asked.

"No," Stella replied.

"I see." Ono scratched her chin. She possessed a mischievous look in her eyes. "I see." She smiled. "This might end up benefiting us."

"What might?" Stella asked.

"Camilla marrying Barb."

"Everyone, you need to see this," Don said.

Stella looked at the screen. It wasn't showing Virtue City anymore. Sin City was back in view, but the female correspondent wasn't there. A female bounty hunter held the camera. She walked around, revealing the damage done to the neighborhoods.

"Don and Sky, we know ya are watching this. If ya don't come out in the next ten minutes, this is what we will do to ya building." She filmed a man walking towards her. On his shoulder, he carried a rocket launcher. He turned towards one of the vacant buildings and shot it. Debris flew into the black sky as people cheered.

Stella chewed her bottom lip in frustration. A lump blocked her throat when she tried to swallow her saliva. This is insanity. Even if we come up with an escape plan, how will we avoid the bounty hunters? She pointed at Don and Sky. "This is all your fault."

"Definitely hers." Don directed his thumb at Sky, and the mercenary gave him the deadliest stare ever, making him look away.

"No, both of you." She took the revolver strapped on her waist and aimed at the two criminals. "If you two weren't there that night, then my mother would still possess the wings, and I would still be..."

She wanted to say beautiful, but the thought sent daggers to her heart. Her Princess-like look seemed like a distant memory now. As though it was only a dream, and she had woken up to the harsh reality.

"While everyone was seeking you two, Doctor Richard quietly planned out his attack. You two gave birth to The Maad Doctor. And the blood of every man, woman, and child tonight is on your hands." Stella stepped closer to Sky. "I should kill you right now for what you did to me."

"Hold up, Golden Locks," Ono said. "If you want to save your mother, you need Sky's help. We won't leave Sin City without a fight, and she's the fourth-best fighter in this room."

"Fourth best?" Sky asked, looking at Ono as though the woman had insulted her.

"Yes, fourth-best," Don said. "I'm number one, of course. Pipi is number two. Then the third is..." Don glanced around the room and then pointed at Gigi. "She's fourth, and it's because of her healing factor. If she didn't have magic, she'd be last."

"Hey, that's not a nice way to talk to ya..." Billie covered Barbie's mouth and muffled whatever Barbie said next.

Ono shook her head, then looked at Stella. "What do you say? Let Sky live until after we save Camilla?"

Stella didn't like the idea. What if Sky escaped while they were on their way to Virtue City? At that moment, in that confined room, it was the best chance she had at killing the mercenary. Even though she promised herself not to kill her yet, she felt the opportunity would slip by her hands, the longer she waited.

"All right," Stella said.

"Now that we're all on the same page: What's the plan?" Don asked.

Ono looked at Pipi and asked, "Do you have weapons that can help us fight through the bounty hunters?"

"Yes," Pipi said.

"Bring them. They might be what saves us." Ono watched Pipi leave the room, then continued, "Echo, go help him." Echo nodded, then followed Pipi. "Now, we need to find a way to get to Virtue City."

"John had an airship," Barbie said.

"She's the fucko's girl. Should we tell her we slew him?" Ora asked.

Stella ignored the demon. "You knew John?" she asked Barbie.

"Yes," Barbie replied. "Do ya know where he is?" She looked like a puppy that had lost its master and was trying so hard to find him.

"The last time I saw him, he was guarding Mother," Stella said.

Barbie's eyes widened, and a smile formed on her face. "He's alive?"

"Yes."

"Slayer, you liar. Kekekekeke."

"If ya promise to take me to John, ah will take ya to his airship," Barbie said.

"I promise to take you to John," Stella said.

"Slayer, you liar! Kekekekeke," Ora said. "John is dead. John is dead. John is dead, dead, dead."

Barbie smiled. "Deal. Take me to the docks, and ah will fly ya to Virtue City."

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