Not A Small-Town Girl

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Avillager shouted, "You bunch of degenerates! This is our

village. Who are you to tell us to move just because you’ve

taken a fancy to it?"

Another villager chimed in, "We’ve been living here since

we were born, and we’re not moving. What you’re doing is

illegal."

Villager C shouted, "That’s right. We are living peaceful

lives, yet you come here and cause trouble. Where would

we go?"

Freddy was enraged by the villagers’ clamor. He snapped

and yelled, "I couldn’t care less about you. If you don’t

move out, I’ll just have to clear the village by force. This

place is so remote. No one would bat an eyelid even if I

beat you all to death."

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He commanded, "Get them!"

The men with iron bars rushed at the villagers, who

defended themselves with hoes used for farming. Chaos

ensued. The troublemakers were skilled fighters, and soon

several villagers lay injured on the ground.

“Well, old man, are you going to give in? Or do you want to

see all your villagers beaten to death?” Freddy sneered.

Enraged, Orion chided, "You hooligans! Do you not fear the

law? You beat us up just because we disagree with moving

out. I won’t let you get away with this. Even if you beat us

to death, we’ll never let you have your way."

Orion’s words provoked Freddy’s fury. He swung his iron

bar at Orion’s head. Freddy said sinisterly, "You old geezer,

I think you’ve lived long enough." Orion’s head would

surely split open if this blow landed.

Several villagers shouted anxiously, "Chief, look out!"

They wanted to go over and help, but they were in bad

shape and were covered in injuries.

----

Just as the iron bar was about to hit Orion’s head, a silver

needle shot out and pierced Freddy’s wrist. He instantly

lost his grip on the iron bar and dropped it. He clutched his

hand and wailed.

He screamed in agony, "My hand!"

He then howled and cursed, "Who did that? Who’s

sneaking up on me? Show yourself. How dare you ambush

me! I’ll tear you limb from limb!"

----

By the time Danielle and the Darling

family arrive@at the village entrance,

some vilagers had been beaten to

the grouffd. When Danielle saw we

Fred out to hit Orion’s head with

the irsn bar, she quickly shot-put a

silver needle and saved Orién from

the attack.

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"I did it," said Danielle as she stepped forward to face

Freddy.

Freddy was sweating from the pain.

He cursed, "Balmn you! You’re—" He

looked Wend saw Danielle. The rest

of his i BS gilts stuck in his throat. He

wondered why he had never seen

suckta Seautiful girl before even

thatigh he’d been to this remote

Vilage so many times.

----

Freddy said, "Beauty, I was just joking around with the

chief. You’re quite strong for such a pretty girl. I like that."

Danielle rolled her eyes in disgust.

"Chief, are you alright?" Danielle asked.

“We’re fine. Thank you for saving me." Orion looked at

Danielle gratefully.

“Pretty little thing, I’m injured. My wrist still hurts. Come and

blow on it for me. If you please me, maybe I’ll let these

poor folks go." Freddy leered at Danielle, practically

drooling.

Xavier chided, "Have you looked yourself in the mirror?

You’re disgusting! You’ve yellow teeth, bad breath, anda

face like a rotten orange. One look at you and I’ll have

nightmares. And yet you want to be my brother-in-law?

Dream on!"

Xavier was furious. He was appalled by how this good-for-

nothing was so brazen to flirt with Danielle.

Freddy’s face turned red with anger. He gritted his teeth

and threatened, "You stay out of this, kid, or my iron bar

might just land on you next."

----

Xavier retorted, "Look at you, acting

all tough. Anyane can talk big. I

could do it aliaay Bullying these

villagers isn’t an impressive feat. eo

They have made it clear that they

don’t wea t to move. Why are yer

beingso tyrannical? BeatingQeople

upyust because they won’tmove?

Lt me tell you. I recorded™

everything. Let’s see if you can still

keep up the tough act after this."