The Mandela Catalogue - Her Poison Ivy (Gabriel x OC): Chapter 3 (Occupied!)
I couldn't help but smile so giddily as me and Iris both went inside my mother's mansion. Just as I initially thought that it was big on the outside, of course it was WAYY bigger inside! Not to mention, it was so beautifully antique as well! I stepped inside into the strangely cleaned living room which had furniture that was old, as well as a cleaned fireplace in front of them too. I walked around in the kitchen too, it was also clean! I was expecting any dust or mold spores but it looked like someone did a good job making my new home spotless!
Iris grunted, trying to move my heavy bags into the mansion. I instantly went to her and helped by grabbing one of the luggage and neatly placing it on the wooden yet very stable floor. "Iris, this place looks absolutely amazing! Mom really did have an amazing lifestyle!" I commented so excitedly.
Iris looked around and smiled. "Looks like your dad hired the right people to clean and restore this mansion." She said, walking around the living room and the kitchen.
"Huh, you know I was weirdly expecting mold spores to appear..." Iris couldn't help but comment as she looked at the faucet. She shrugged and went back to me, patting me on the shoulder.
"So, prima, what do you think?" She asked me, which I was personally appalled because look at it! The entire place! I laughed wildly and hugged her very tightly.
"I LOVE IT! Oh man I cannot wait to live here for the rest of my life! Oh I wish Mamá would see that I am gonna eat and sleep and rest here and- Augh, this is everything I dreamed about, Iris! Living in a fancy mansion that has everything that makes it better!!" I rambled so enthusiastically, zipping and looking around quickly at practically everything about the mansion.
Iris went over to a pot that had only soil but no plant or flower. She shook her head and smirked. "What a pity. Your father couldn't even hire a florist too." She said so playfully.
I went over and patted her on the shoulder. "Oh, Iris...Aren't you forgetting something?" I playfully asked before I went over to the pot and placed my hands on the dirt. As usual, I felt a tingling yet comforting sensation under my palms and a small and simple yellow flower grew tall. I pouted.
"Yikes, not good enough..." I sighed. I did it again, and this time, I grew a vibrant marigold flower. I smiled proudly and stood up.
"Not bad! Hmmmm...speaking of marigold, this mansion does need the good ol' Marigold touch." I remarked as I looked around the walls of the manor, now having the goal to make it feel more like home and what Mom would've definitely liked. I instantly grew beautiful green vines around, most that had brightly colored flowers and fruit growing around. They all climbed around the walls, the ceilings, and the chandeliers, only avoiding the windows and doors so that we can clearly see, exit and enter in and out of the place.
"Woah there, big girl! Soon, you'll be pulling a Jack and the beanstalk here!" Iris chuckled as she stared at me doing the magic here. I just brushed it off with an excited comment and continued decorating the manor more until I finally stopped. Now it really felt more like home here than ever.
"There you go! What do you think?" I asked Iris, who scanned the rooms and the walls around. She smiled and nodded her head.
"Not bad, Olympia...not bad. Though I could do without the venus flytraps in front of me." Iris responded, pointing to the venus flytraps that were now right at her face. I giggled and removed them.
"Sorry. Anyways, I'm gonna go find my own room!!" I said, instantly running to the staircase. I couldn't hear Iris yell out my name for my bags.
~meanwhile (third person POV time)~
The Alternates all hid secretly behind the pantry, the cabinets, and the furniture, silently observing the woman, apparently named Olympia and her cousin Iris, that went inside their new residence. They could clearly hear the enthusiasm in Olympia and how giddily and excited she was about this mansion, which was apparently her Mom's old home.
What really did surprise them was how Olympia behaved. Unlike most, if not all residents of Mandela County, assuming she was a new resident here, she was weirdly a lot more happier and less miserable than what they have witnessed in most people here in this county. She didn't act so creeped out about the manor or didn't even mind how strangely clean it was, instantly assuming that her father seemingly hired some crew to clean it up. Surely this would mean they would still attack her and inflict damage upon her mind, right?
They continued observing her and Iris more, seeing how the former kept running and glancing around in a hyperactive child-like manner as she rambled on about how much she loves her mom's mansion. They were now even more conflicted over how they would get those trespassers out. I mean they literally found it first before them so it would be fair to at least kill them, possibly!
Then the most extraordinary thing happened right in front of their eyes: This woman growing a golden flower out of thin air from a pot filled with soil! But it gets even more stranger! She somehow grew a ton of vines around the inside of the manor, on the walls and ceilings! They grew around the alternates, in which they had to keep adjusting without any suspicion from the women.
N was so speechless, like he just couldn't believe it! A human with powers. Powers! All this time, they were under the impression that humans were merely complete weaklings and cowards. Measly wastes of time and space created by God himself. Now there it was, a human with the powerful ability to grow plants around so easily with her mind! This was so impossible! How did she gain those powers? Was she born or cursed with them? N wanted to know answers, but he knew he and the alternates couldn't come out of their hiding...yet.
That was until she went upstairs, leaving her cousin behind, sighing and shaking her head. She stood there, stretching and yawning, feeling and hearing her joints crack. "Man I need a break..." She said to herself.
Now was their chance...maybe they can do something about this young woman rather than the other one.
"What do you mean?" Gabriel replied in a more passive-aggressive tone, making Six slightly more intimidated by the false angel but he quickly regained his composure to explain to him.
"I mean two women that literally arrived here with their car and they are going inside! I am not even sure if they are mere explorers!" Six responded with an ever so slightly voice. Gabriel frowned more and slowly went out the door to deal with those invaders. Suddenly, he and Six heard footsteps coming from the staircase.
"Crap! One of them is comin' here!!" Six whispered, his form frozen. Gabriel just faintly tilted his head and looked back at the hooded man.
"Do not worry, Six. When the time comes, we will strike. Just wait." Hesaid in the most calm and monotonous way possible that made Six both excited and more worried. They both hid neatly in an obscure spot where they could see the woman walking out of the staircase and into the halls, but without her spotting them or being suspicious and paranoid from them.
The woman smiled and suddenly, a lot of green vines and colorful flowers appeared around the walls and ceilings, much to the surprise and shock of Gabriel and Six respectively.
"H-H-How the- the...How did she do that!?" Six gasped and tried to whisper as quietly as possible without audibly freaking out over this new predicament.
"I am...not sure." Gabriel answered, as he was indeed in surprise over what this seemingly ordinary woman could do.
"A weakling with unnatural powers. That is something that I have never witnessed before..." The antichrist couldn't help but comment on it as he observed the woman easily growing more vines around her.
"How do we deal with her now?? She could easily overpower us!!" Six tried telling Gabriel the possible chance that this girl was much more powerful than they could underestimate, but of course, the latter highly doubted it.
"We are more powerful than her, Six. I do not think she can attack us while she is obviously very distracted with our new home and her power itself." Gabriel explained to Six in that same calm, but this time with a tint of aggression in it. Six felt that he shouldn't sense the disagreement he held in his body against his true savior, but he unfortunately did.
"B-But Boss-" Gabriel didn't listen to Six's pleas and complaints as he slowly yet quickly moved closer to the woman, who was now in one of the central rooms of the hallway and was exploring around.
"Ooooh, I love this room! I'm keeping it!" She remarked so happily and excitedly, not realizing that the "angel" was already about to attack her.
As she was decorating the room with her flowers and plants, Gabriel suddenly appeared behind her...Suddenly two of the grown vines that were in front of the woman came into life, startling her.
They struck at the antichrist within a blur, blocking his demonic actions and protecting their creator.
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