Chapter 23 Anya - Two Months In Zevran

It's been two months and as much as I hate to admit it. This place is becoming my home and I don't know if I want to leave when the time comes but to be honest maybe my brothers can't find this place or maybe their not looking for me. For some reason the thought of my brothers giving up on me feels like someone is squeezing my heart.

They probably think I'm dead and who am I to blame them for thinking that. I know I would if I saw someone get sucked into a black hole and they haven't been seen since.

I sighed, covering my head with my thin blanket. 'Where is ice cream when you need it?' I need to sleep and turn off my brain before I make myself hungry for food that doesn't exist in this world. I closed my eyes and listened to my surroundings and was about asleep when the room became very quiet and the atmosphere changed. I felt like a rabbit being stalked by a hungry wolf.

I uncovered my head slowly, knowing instantly that something was wrong. I looked around the room but their was no one in the room with me. I used my instinct that was in my gut instead of my eyes that doesn't always show me what's actually there.

I could feel my heart beat speed up and everything started to feel like it was in slow motion. 'Is it that guy who has been watching me or is it someone else?'

Sweat was running down my brow when I realized someone is watching me intensely. I can sense more then one person surrounding my room.

'Oh shit I need to move!' The next thing I knew three men came storming into my room. One came from the window and two came from the ceiling.

I tried to jump up but they lunged at me causing me to land on my butt. The man in front of me got in to my range and I managed to kick him in his ugly scarred face. Blood started pouring out of his nose but the man behind me grab around me forcefully. I struggled in his strong arms as he crushed the air out me.

His arms tighten around my chest and I felt like I was going to be snapped in half. My brother said no one ever wins with a headbutt but I'm running out of options at the moment. I swung my head back headbutting him hard. He cried out loosening his grip. I took the opening I made and elbowed him in his stomach with all my strength. I could tell he was in pain when he landed on the ground gasping for air. The third man watched me like a hawk every time I moved he moved. 'This guy is good. He is making sure I can't get an opening to attack.' I couldn't help but admire his movements.

'Focus Anya, Ace trained you well and this is your chance to use what you learned.' I told myself over and over again.

In a flash I targeted the man in front of me. He tried to grab me around my neck and he almost managed to but I dodged his grip using my fingers to hit the pressure points in his arms, legs, and chest.

I moved my body to face the man I kicked in the face. His nose was broken smashed to the left side. The blood from his nose was running down his chin to his neck, soaking the collar of his shirt. He seemed to have snapped himself out of the state of shock he was in and his eyes finally found mine. I knew for a fact if he got his hands on me I was dead.

His dark demonic eyes stared straight at me, full of hatred but I push my fears aside when he charged at me but I side-step him at the last second stretching out my arm making him flip over my arm ceasing him to land on his stomach. I grab his right arm twisting it behind his back until I heard a snap. He screamed in agony until he went limp passing out from the pain.

The last man standing that I headbutt grab a first full of my hair pulling me of of his buddy. I screamed and could feel pain shooting down my neck but I forced myself to ignore the pain. I slammed myself against his chest making him hit the wall behind us but he still had a fist full of my hair pulling even harder, wrapping his forarm around my neck choking me. I scratched, pinched, pulled, and punched his arm but he didn't so much as loosened his grip. I was starting to see spots and I couldn't breathe.

So I did the only thing I could do, I used my left hand to grab his dick and I squeezed and twisted until he let go of me roaring in pain as I forced him to his knees ceasing him to curl into a ball moaning. I crawled away from him gasping for air. I did my best to listen to all three men groaning in agony as I coughed trying to stand on my feet.

"I-I cant move my body! What did you do to me you stupid bitch!" The man who's moves I admired asked demandingly as his hateful eyes followed me. I manage to stand with my head held high.

He seemed to be the leader of this group since he was the only one talking or he could just be the stupid one.

I was breathing heavily not sure if it was from being choked or from the workout. "Shut up! You attacked me! I'm the one asking the questions not you!" I said angrily glaring at him.

"Anya what's going on?" Blaze asked sheepishly standing in the door way rubbing her eyes yawning. The moment she seen all the men dressed in black laying on the floor the sleepiness left her face.

"Jet! Jet wake up!" Blaze said stumbling out of my room running to Jet's room down the hall. I looked back down at the man who looked like he wanted to rip out my throat. "Who sent you?" I asked hearing a voice I never heard from me before.

"Go to hell bitch!" The next think I knew he bit down on something in his mouth. Blue foam started to pour out his mouth. Then blood was gushing out of nose, eyes, and ears. The most awfulest sound came from his mouth as he screamed and started seizurering. What's he doing!?! I kneeled down in front of him fast.

"Spit it out!" I yelled grabbing his cheeks trying to make him spit it out but it was to late the light from his eyes disappear and it was replaced with hollowness. I was so focused on this man that I didn't even realize the other two men followed his lead and did the same.

I never seen a dead body before in my life let alone three men committing suicide at once.

Did they think I would kill or torture them? Why would they do this to themselves? I could feel my breathing getting faster and my mind was spinning out of control. I screamed my lungs out until someone pulled me into their arms.

"Look away." Jet whispered carrying me out of the room. I was shaking badly clinging to Jet. 'It's all my fault, they couldn't get away cause I disabled them.'

I cried, "I didn't mean for this to happen! Why would they do that? Why did they kill themselves? If they just stayed away from me they would still be alive!" I cried even harder in Jets chest clinching fist fulls of his red hair that was covering is shirtless body.

"Shh, it's not your fault. They decided to commit suicide. You had nothing to do with that. The only person to blame is the person who sent them and themselves." Jet said sternly rocking me back and forth in his arms trying to comfort me.

I cried for hours in Jets arms. 'I thought they were men but they were just boys, so young not much older them me. Why would they just throw away their lifes so easily? Why attack me? What did I do to deserve this?' A million questions kept popping into my head causing my mind to go fuzzy.

I kept telling myself this is just and awful dream and I'll wake up soon but fresh hot tears keep rolling down my face reminding me that it wasn't a nightmare. My mind couldn't comprehend to what was happening, I could feel my body shutting down. Jet never complained or said another word to me all night. He just kept comforting me rubbing my back and hummed until I fell asleep in his arms.