Yet another example of how much of a douchebag Ruby is
“Not telling,” Ruby said after having spit in the woman’s face.
The woman turned to Kodyr. He already had a wound on his face from being interrogated - which was mostly due to Ruby not being willing to answer any questions whatsoever. “Then I will ask your friend over here. Where should the next scar go?”
Ruby shrugged with an indifferent look on her face. “It doesn’t really matter. Just make sure he’s alive in the end so I can kill him. Also, how many times do I have to tell you, we’re not friends.”
“What are you then? Companions? Lovers?”
Both Ruby and Kodyr cringed at the suggestion of them being a couple or the mere thought of them being remotely close. “How exactly would trying to kill each other be an example of a healthy relationship?” Kodyr asked the woman.
The woman decided not to get into too much detail about the matter and focused on the more important task at hand: the interrogation. “My boss wants to know where you two are headed and what you were planning to do. Also--”
“Honestly, I haven’t given that much thought yet,” Ruby said with her eyes closed, “I didn’t really think past killing this son of a bitch next to me.”
She abruptly opened her eyes when she felt cold metal touching her ears, a dagger now almost reaching her - slightly bleeding - ear. “Let that be a warning to not disrespect me again, pirate,” the woman sneered, “You’re giving me a lot of reasons to kill you right now and I won’t hesitate if you do just that. You’re probably worth more dead anyway.”
Damn, Kodyr thought when there was no snarky remark from Ruby to counter those words. “What’s wrong? Cat got your tongue?”
In truth, she was at loss for words. If it weren’t for the facts that she was currently the one being threatened, her position was nowhere near comfortable and she already had a girlfriend, Ruby would totally fuck her.
“I suggest either one of you starts talking before he gets here,” the woman told them, “I’m being merciful by giving you a choice. You either tell me now or he’ll get it out of you the hard way.”
“What do I get out of it?” Ruby asked, having finally found her voice. “I get to live?”
“You two get to be part of something much bigger.” An unfamiliar, masked man arrived on the scene. “You are going to want to be part of that, I assure you.”
“What makes you think that?” Kodyr asked with raised eyebrows.
Ruby continued, “Oh please, dear sir, do elaborate on that. We are going to need to know what exactly it is that we’re going to be a part of to be able to tell.”
The woman slapped both of them on the face, leaving a red mark on both of their cheeks. “Both of you, shut your insolent mouths before I make you.”
The stranger pulled her back a bit. “There’s no need for such hostility, dear.” He turned his attention back to the two in front of him. “These two can talk all they want, it won’t help them any more.”
The stranger and the woman left to discuss something, leaving the two of them unsupervised. This proved to be a terrible idea since it only took a few minutes for them to look back because Ruby giggled.
She was no longer tied to the tree and well on her way to the horses. She made a bow, “It was lovely meeting you, but there’s nothing you can say to make me interested in taking part in any of it. Goodbye.” She raised her middle finger before turning around, mounting her horse and riding away quickly.
Kodyr sighed, “Bitch.”
The woman looked in Ruby’s direction with furrowed brows. The masked man, however, seemed unfazed by the events unfolding in front of him. “There’s no need to worry, she will be back. I promise you.”
As always, tagging @falling--in--place