Alexandria banged on the door to the council member leaders house until someone finally opened the door. She pushed aside the attendant with Judy close at her heels. The attendant fell to the floor as the two women made their way into the main chamber. The council leader sat at his desk as Alexandria slammed the wanted poster on his desk as she spoke, "What the hell is wrong with you?! You side with the walled cities and then have the nerve to post my wanted poster around the settlement?"
The council member leader looked down at the wanted poster and then back up at Alexandria as he spoke, “I'm months away from dying from cancer so I don't give a damn what you think about what I do with my settlement so how about you turn around and leave before I call my militia inside.”
Alexandria let out a laugh and she slammed her hands on the desk and cocked her head to the side looking at the council leader as she responded, “You don't understand who you're talking to and now I have a promise to make to you if you don't lower your tone with me I will make sure that you are skinned and your bones create the pole that I use to stamp my flag at the top of this building.”
You could see the fear in the old man's eyes, and he was about to say something until Alexandria gave him a playful wink.
“You I'm going to resend this order and then you were going to transfer the power of council leader to me and Crimson Judgment after that you'll be exiled from this land but if you dare to come back, I will keep that promise that I gave you and you will become the pole it raises the standard above this building.”
Judy was relieved to hear that Alexandria wasn't going to kill any more people but there was the matter of if the council leader was going to actually listen to what was being told to him. “You need to do it, she has. I can't lose another person I've known my entire life. The clerk is already dead. Please just do what she says and everything will be fine.”
The council leader let out an exasperated sigh as he looked at Judy and then turned to Alexandria ignoring everything the shipwright owner had just told him. “You have a lot of nerve letting your companion speak to me in that manner and I don't think I'm going to do what you want. This is my settlement, and I will work with whoever I want and if you don't like it then you can do what you promised I'm not going anywhere.”
Alexandria was not playing around anymore her hands transformed into that of the bear and she crushed the desk in front of him and moved the debris picking him up and pinning him against the wall pressing down on his chest with her bear claws. “You have a lot of nerve thinking that this is a choice you either do it or you die there's no real choice in here I'm just trying to make it a little bit simpler for you but you decided to make it just that much harder so I can crush you right now without even fully transforming.” Her voice sounded deep as if she was trying to growl but instead of the sound of an animal she was able to speak.
Your man struggled under her grip there was nothing that he could do if he wasn't already dying from cancer she could kill him right now without even trying and it looks like he was just about to give up. It was no reason to keep struggling; you might as well just let her do with him as she will.
“Wait please don't kill him there has to be another way can't you just throw him out do you really have to have his permission?” Judy was almost in tears trying to get the conflict to be settled but she wasn't sure how much of her voice was getting through to Alexandria.
Alexandria wanted nothing more than to crush him and spew blood all over the floor but Judy's tears managed to reach her and she set the man down, spun around and kicked him in the face sending him a few feet across the room. “If you don't want to leave willingly I will just throw you out. I'm in no mood nor do I have the time to play around with the likes of you. This settlement will from here on out henceforth be under the command and control of Crimson Judgment.”
The council member called trying to get up using the wall as a crutch anger seething through him, but Alexandria was still partially transformed even if she wasn't he was no match for her he bowed his head as he responded, “Very well I will leave but I will be back to take what is mine.”
A laugh echoed through the room exit Alexandria turn back into her human form holding her stomach as she responded, “Good luck with that there is no way in hell I will ever give this place back to you and just remember the promise I made so if you want to become the standard bearer for this settlement and my flag go right ahead and come back.” She walked over and picked him up by the scruff of his shirt. She grabbed a pack that was on the table, put it around his back and then threw him out of the building. Eve was there and she escorted him to the front gate.
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Thankfully that matter was resolved without further bloodshed and now Alexandria was going to call everyone to order so all of the council members and the militia leaders would be called along with any owners of companies who are at the foremost of their respective fields.
The room was filled with all women; the only man who had ever graced that building's presence was the one that Alexandria threw out and the former head of this council. Alexandria wasn't happy about that and she slammed her hand down on her newly repaired desk as she spoke, “Why the hell would you let that idiot old man run this settlement? He was incredibly weak and yet he was able to run this settlement well. There are far more powerful people here. Can anyone explain that to me?”
A silent gripped in the room for a moment no one was going to speak since they all found Alexandria to be intimidating even though she was in her human form they could see the color of her eyes change as her anger swelled. Finally the leader of the militia stood and bowed her head as she spoke, “We really didn't have a choice he was someone that was picked by the previous council leader and when that happens the only way to remove them is by votes and none of us could agree whether to get rid of him or not.”
Alexandria clinched her fist pissed off that that was the one excuse that could be given which wasn't much of one since they were all sitting here now pledging their loyalty to her so there was no reason that the excuse could hold true. “That it's pretty convenient that that was the excuse at the time but now you all seem to be very on board with me as a new counselor so why couldn't all of you agree to ask the former leader was it because it was a man and you didn't want to seem unsympathetic to him or was it the fact that their previous leader demanded he stay in power which is it?”
The militia leader was astounded at the way Alexandria carried herself and even though she was quite Young there was a certain elegance in the way she spoke and even the way she sat but Alexandria was right there was no reason for why they were undecided. “We were instructed by the previous leader to leave him in power that is the only reason I can give and while myself and a few others wanted to change that fact the rest of the council decided it should be honored since our former council leader lost her life right before we called for aid.”
It wasn't surprising that you decided to do something after a leader that they respected died but after a while there would be no reason to continue it especially when somebody came onto their land who was wanted by walled city and should be pardoned but instead is refused to get a marriage license and even ask to leave the settlement. Alexandria shook her head and frustration she wasn't about to allow this to stand as she responded, “I can respect the fact you wanted to pay respect to a fallen comrade however when I showed up all of that should have been thrown out the window and you should have given me what I asked especially since one of your most profitable companies was involved which is probably the only reason the world and I'm sure most of you sitting here are aware of that fact. You are not going to act in the same manner with me leading you. I hope you are prepared for that.”
Another silence swept across the room, and nobody had the strength to look Alexandria or even Judy in the eye and that was something that made attention in the air even thicker. “We will endeavor to serve you in the exact way that you wish, and we will not make the same mistake again if something happens to you, we will keep your laws to a t, whatever you say we will do the only reason we will go against it is if it hurts the settlement as a whole, I hope that'll be satisfactory.”
While the conversation was just starting to get interesting Eve burst through the door breathing heavily as she spoke, “Captain we have a delegation from the nearby walled city coming they are asking for an audience with the council leader to discuss getting their monthly tribute.”
Alexandria was getting annoyed by all these damn interruptions and now someone from the nearby walled city was coming for tribute she was going to relish kicking his ass. “Allow them into this room. I will remain along with Judy and the leader of the militia. Everyone else leaves. I don't want any more interruptions so we will keep these meetings short with the least amount of personnel as possible.”
Everyone nodded as they left, and the militia member came on the other side of the desk standing on the left-hand side of Alexandria.
The delegation entered and of course it was a pompous older man in a suit since they couldn't expose themselves to the outside world without dying, they had to be in full bodysuits as if they were going through a toxic field. The man in the suit raised an eyebrow as he saw the three ladies standing behind the desk as he spoke, “There it's supposed to be an old man as the council leader of this settlement so why do I see three women across from there better be a good explanation or I will start taking. . .”
Alexandria stood up and banged her hands on the desk as she spoke cutting him off, “He is no longer here I Am the new leader of the settlement Alexandria captain of the Crimson Judgment pirate crew and you sir are not welcome here the only reason I allowed you to come and meet with me was so that I can size up my opponent I want you to return to that cesspool of a city you call home and let them know we are coming I will destroy you.”
A grave silence fell over the room as the delegate was about to call for his guard but what happened next was going to be the highlight of the day.