chapter 3 - Velvet

A gun to my face. Kill.Me.Now. The man doesn't though, probably recognising me. I guess I am famous now from all my killings. I raise my hands in surrender, not wanting to push him. He seems to like the gesture as he lets his grip on the gun loosen, if only a little.

"Hands on your head. Try something fun and I wont hesitate to end you". He shouts.

There is a part of me that is sickly relieved by that idea. Better death than going back to that cell. I push away the thought away as soon as it appears in my head. I cant give up, not yet. So l do as he says. I stand up on shaken legs. I have been tired before from all this time captured. And now the adrenaline that I got from possibility of escaping slowly turns to devastation.

We move slowly in the directions of my cell. Me in front, he is behind me. My legs seem to get heavier with every step, my body not liking the idea of going back in that dead place. This is it, A chance one in a million. I will die in that cell if i dont escape now. No one ever will get me out, no one but me. The thought appears in my head like a lightning. I was never a girl to be saved or to be pushed around if i was i woudnt even end up here. I cant go back there. I wont. I listen to the guards walking behind me trying to imagine his exact location. Sirens shouting in my head donr make it easy. Another explosion. The whole building shakes. How are we still not buried in ruins from all the explosion and why cant the guard still catch intruderds?

We freeze, catching our balance. Now or never. I take a quick step back and strike my head to his. Pain explodes in my sculp., but I was ready though he was't. Stupud move, but with the element of suprise, it works. He gasps I jump him and we both fall down, gun following us. He punches me in the face and I feel the taste of blood in my mouth. He rools away, takes the gun and shoots. At least i tried i think.

Darkness yet again. Everyhing quites even the sirent in my head. Finally.

"Velvet?? I hear a voice by my ear. My name. I open my eyes and beautiful face smiles back at me. Alive.

"Youre okay now. We got you." The young man speakis in the most beautiful voice I have ever heard. Dark hair is falling over his face as if protecting gawkers from the heart attack they about to expirience. Wow, I didnt know i could be this cheezy.

"Is she okay?" I hear another voice behind the stranger and thats when another face apears beside us. I face I recognise. The guy in the cell earlier. It was too dark in there to make him out clearly. But know looking at him under the raid lights. I see he has one of those kind faces. Deep blue eyes, full lips and big smile. Wich kind of creeps me out considering the circumstances. The man has bright red hair that I also couldnt have made out in that dark cell.

I jump up sudenely, recalling hitting him. I guess i though we would never meet again Stupid. I back away from two strangers, trying to understand their motives. They saved me twice now. Why? I stare at them afraid to look away. They are big. Much bigger than previous guard was. Speaking of, I look down to see him dead his face is mash of blood and meat. Did the guy just stump him to death? He doesnt have any weapons on him. What would he do to me? I look from dead corpse back to two strangers as I back away. I feel my emty stomack turn from the scene. Who the hell are they and why chase me? My mind jumps in panick trying to come up with a plan to flee. They are not prisoners like me. Inrtuders. I stare at them as they stare back at me. They are dressed in weird white clothes. So maybe a sect? With my luck, I wouldnt doubt it. My back touches cold wall and i realise there is nowhere to retrieve anymore. Not enough air.

"She is hypervantalating." One guy says to another.

"I think she is scared." The man with red hair anwers. He is staring at me the whole time, strange expresion on his face.

"What? Why? Can't she feel the Bond?"

"Velvet." The red haired man speaks taking a steps towards me. And then stops abruptly seeing me freak out and back hug the wall behind.

"It's okay, Velvet. We're here to help" The man continious. He raises his hands slightly as if to show me he doesnt mean me no harm. " My name is Red. and this is Alex" he says pointing at the guy, who saved me from the bullet earlier. " I um. I dont know how to explain this, I...: Red throws a questining glance at Alex and looks back at me. I notice their hesitaion and that strangely calm me a little. And i feel air fully occuping my lungs.

Right they saved me. Calm down! I tell myself. If they wanted to kill me they wouldve done so already. With those muscless in would've been quick.

I nod slowly, as I feel myself calm down. My rasional mind picking bits and peaces together. So they are not here to kill wich means to save me. If they are trully in some sect or worse rebels. Then I need them. Maybe as a lavarage. I am no good for anything else.

"Earlier in the cell." I hear myself speak. My voice sounding weak. "You were there right?'

Red lets his breath out in relieve when I speak as Alex smiles brighly at me.

"Yeah. I am sorry for scaring you. I shoud have been more careful when breaking down the wall. "

"What?" I ask loudly. Suprising all three of us. My eyes jump from them, from they big muscled forms to the ground. Break down? Does he mean the explosion that broke the steal wall of my cell, He coudnt have possible done it with his...? I look at him quickly and face the ground again. THey are not normal people, that is certain. Normal can't just brake into Th Black Prison without any scrathes and then have a normal conversation with one of the prisoners in the middle of battlefield

"I am sorry for kicking you./" I say ovewhelmed with sudden quiet and then immidiately regret it. Probably shoudn't remind him of that. I cringe and look up to see his reaction, He doesnt give any. Just keeps watching me with same strange expresion on his face. I can't make out the emotion on his face. But its not anger and unfortunately that is the only expression I have seen in my life.

Alex is the one to respod though. He burts out laughing.

"You did what? She did what?"He chuckles looking at Red. - Ow i guess that what they mean when say that love is painful.

Love? What is he talking about. I look from the Alex to Red. Red ignores Alex as he watches me watching him. Weird.

"Hey1 You found her! Finally! Took you long enough!' Another voice sounds from the left of us where I was before. Another big guy. dressed in white. Ah I see the pattern now. The man has shortly cut black hair and tattoes on his neck and on his arms dissapearing in the whire shirt. The man looks dangerous., with gergeous bu scary face. Opposite to Red. I quickly look from Alex to Red to a new guy.

"Rome, you need to hear this" Alex starts still laughing, but Rome innturupts him.

"No time. The back up will arrive soon and if we dont want the human girl to get hurt we need to get out rnow."

A human girl? I want to quiestion what he means, but cant because Red is done with niceties. He appears before me in an instant and throws me over his shouler. I am too suprised to react. Only a gasp escaped my lips.

The guys start running in the direction from witch Rome appeared. I cant see much only nice back view of Red. Wich distracts my mind enough. The men pick up the pace and in one moment we are falling. A shriek manages to escape from my throat. A whole in the wall from one of many explosion. Guess they were as confused where the exit was as I hhave been

The problem though is that I didnt want to die. I though that was the whole point. We fly down and all I can do is watch the earth nearing. I push my face againt Red and close the eyes wishing for end to come quick for the second time today.