Khalifa: Queen in the Apocalypse

Chapter 119: Captured

"What? Suli?!" Sid looked at his younger sister, hurt. "Why?"

Suli looked at her brother—now kneeling on the ground with the others with a complicated expression. "To live, of course."

Her tone was no longer that of the sweet little girl from a few hours prior. Her voice had now adopted a lower, more sultry, register.

She then grabbed Prance’s arm, rubbing her chest at the older man’s arm.

"Don’t worry brother. Mr. Thomas will investigate. I’m sure you’re innocent, my dear brother, so you only have to stay in the prison for one night, okay?"

"As for the others…" Her dark eyes landed on Hugo, a little hungry.

She could still remember when she first saw him. In fact, she was with Prance when this group entered the territory.

She had fallen in love with this extremely handsome copper-skinned man from the get-go.

She also saw how he manifested metal. Like magic. She felt it wasn’t a trick. After all, people became zombies, what couldn’t happen?

Besides, wasn’t that what often happened during the apocalypse in novels? People developing superpowers??

At the time, she found her lover’s tense body and found out about their connection.

The two of them struck a deal for her to get Hugo, while retaining the benefits of being his lover.

As long as she figured out what happened to his daughter, the man and those conveniences would all be hers.

Oh, and also, she had to know more about the beautiful silver-haired woman in Hugo’s arms. An eyesore, if you asked her.

It wasn’t that she wasn’t tempted at the offer to travel earlier that night. After all, she could try her luck with Hugo during their travels. But this was the Capitol Base, and she had already settled down. Why would she risk her life again outside?

She had such a good life here compared with others. She had seen their car, there wasn’t much supplies left! Would she risk her current life for that?

Not to mention, Khalifa was too beautiful. She didn’t have the confidence to get him using conventional seduction methods.

She sent out a disgusted glare at Khalifa. "However, we do know she killed Trina herself."

Hugo and the boys immediately adopted a protective stance around Khalifa, an instantaneous reaction.

The reactions alone confirmed it, and Prance’s eyes turned red in anger.

While Hugo’s hands were extended to shield Khalifa, Sid’s head was still ringing.

He knew Trina was a little like the mother who left them for a rich man, but… this??

He never would’ve thought that she would sell him out, too!

Looking at Sid who was on the verge of breaking down, Hugo looked at the soldiers, eyes purposely passing by their uniforms.

"Does Kylo know you have your own power under his nose? He surely won’t appreciate it." He said, hoping to make them a bit more lenient.

It worked on the guards, but not on the mad scientist who lost his daughter. Prance scoffed and just laughed at him in the face.

"Kylo? You know him? HEH." he said with a sneer. "Then he better not know your existence right?"

Hugo’s eyes twitched.

Sid couldn’t take it anymore, crawling near them in his kneeling state. "Don’t do this, Suli! Trina really asked for it herself! That woman killed so many people!"

"SHUT UP!" Prance bellowed, pointing the gun at him. "Even if a thousand people died because of my daughter, she didn’t deserve to die!"

Suli rubbed her soft chest at the man trying to calm him down. No matter what, this was still her brother after all.

"No need to vent on an insignificant person, my love." She said, whispering in his ears, "Just have your way with the woman!"

Hugo’s eyes turned red and metal spikes manifested. But Khalifa held his hand, calming him down.

Even if they were powerful, there were so many guns. Unlike the gangsters from before, these were legitimate fighters. Their instincts and reaction time were not to be underestimated.

"Do I look like someone that could be handled easily?" She whispered, "Just keep yourself safe. Don’t do anything reckless."

Khalifa stood up and the guns automatically pointed at her. As she stepped closer, she raised her hands in surrender.

She was even more beautiful up close, and the men couldn’t help but ogle at her. "I’ll come without question, but don’t hurt my companions." She said, using her advantages and threw them a doe eye, "Please?"

No one lost their lives that night.

***

The three men were thrown in a cell with a guard and his gun watching over them.

They fell head first, unable to cushion their falls because their hands were tied behind their backs. They were also beaten up quite a bit by Prance’s mercenaries, leaving them half dead.

Hugo’s hand even had a sprain, rendering him temporarily unable to use his abilities, at least at the time.

They gasped as they rested, closing their eyes to push down the pain.

Jojo had always idolized Khalifa and wasn’t worried at all. Hugo and Sid however, were worried for their lover regardless of her abilities.

After a while, the two men glared at each other, blaming the other for their current situation.

Hugo sneered. "You shouldn’t have dragged us into your drama with your sister."

Sid glared at him. "Trina was YOUR lover!" He said, his anger long boiling finally exploded. "The root cause of everything was YOU! Khalifa is in trouble because of YOU!"

Hugo was silent for a while, but he refused to back down. "Who knows…. Maybe you’re in cahoots with your sister!"

"Don’t you dare say that!!"

The bitterness and jealousy the two had been keeping at bay finally exploded.

Sid, hands tied behind his back, sprinted to Hugo, kicking him.

Hugo naturally didn’t lose. He didn’t use his ability but he was bent on beating the hell out of him.

How dare be dirty Khalifa with his androgynous claws!

They kicked each other and pumped their heads to vent.

It could be said that in the past week, the two had kept a lot of grievances against each other.

Just in time to finally let it vent!