II - Volkan

"Chief," one of the soldiers said as he threw me harshly on the ground, right at my father's feet, I looked up and he was nodding at the soldier, then their steps got further and further until I could no longer hear it. I quickly wiped the blood off my face and nose.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?" I screamed as I stood up and brushed my clothes, my father sat down on a chair and started cleaning the insides of his weapons.

"FATHER THEY HIT ME" I screamed again and he completely ignored me.

"I told them to" he calmly said and I gasped out loud.

"YOU LET TOTAL STRANGERS HIT YOUR SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD DAUGHTER, DOES THIS SOUND RIGHT TO YOU?" I screamed at top of my lungs.

"the next time I ask you to come, you better come, unless I will give them the permission to do more than hit you," he said and I rolled my eyes at him. I pushed the chair that is in front of me and I sat down on it.

"well don't mind me father, I had a training that is a lot better than this drama," I said and he scoffed.

"This is not drama Devika, this is where you will be one day when you grow up," he said and I rubbed my forehead.

"no thank you, I don't want to be like you" I truthfully answered him.

"you are coming with me because I want you to understand every single detail because being a leader is not a choice, you are my only child so you are forced to take care of this colony," he said and I gasped.

"I am not coming with you" I growled and he slammed his weapon on the table that is in front of him and he looked at me dead in the eyes.

"I am not asking you, you are coming, whether you like it or not," he said as he stood up, I stood up, right after him.

"it's not your choice to make" I hissed and he scoffed out loud.

"let's go, everyone is waiting for us" he walked to me but I took a few steps backward.

"No" I gathered the strength to say, but I instantly regret my decision when my father was now in front of me. I swallowed the gulp in my throat.

"what did you just say?" he said and I took a deep breath.

"No, do you want me to say it again?" I didn't show him a slight hint of fear. but then suddenly, I was surprised by the palm of his big hand that collided with my right cheek, causing me to stumble a little.

"I fucking hate you," I said and he yanked me by my elbow and walked me to the main gate.

"hate me or not, you are my child, and as long as I am still breathing you will do whatever I tell you to do, am I clear?" he asked and I just nodded at him.

"now you better show everyone that you are in a happy good mood, or I swear to god you will regret this Devika," he said as he let go of my elbow, I fixed my hair and I put on the biggest smile on my face. and that's when the soldiers opened the main gate, as soon as the sunlight attacked my face, people were quick to start cheering for me and my father, we both started waving at everyone in front of us. the soldiers that were standing in two opposite lines started hitting their shotguns on the ground as me and my father walked to the center of the town where everyone is waiting for us. we kept waving at people until we made it to our spot, right in the middle.

"silence everyone," my father said, everyone was quick to close their mouths. I just kept turning around in circles, carefully studying my surroundings.

"Today is the day. before we get started, I want to remind everyone of the typical rules. if you have a sun sign, you still have the opportunity to go to the sun colony, but if you refuse to leave or fight the soldiers, you will be killed instantly, and whoever has the moon sign, shall wait until we finish so we can all celebrate" my father said. people started cheering and whistling as he finished talking.

"WE SHALL BEGIN" he screamed and the cheers got louder, I was speechless, how are they happy?

And that's how everything started, the soldiers bring one person at a time, that person gives us his\her back as a professional remove the cloth, and we shall see their sign.

And the first person to start with was a red-headed girl, two soldiers brought her upon us and turned her around so now her back is facing me, my father, and a couple of soldiers. a lady started removing the piece of cloth, silence filled the entire place, I can see that girls hands shaking, I wanted to comfort her so bad but I didn't dare to take a single step, I just carefully watched the cloth being removed, a few moments later, the lady removed the cloth. everyone took a deep breath as it was removed. I let out a breath that I didn't I was holding when I saw a grey third quarter moon sign on the back of her neck.

"MOON" my father screamed and everyone started cheering on top of their lungs, the girl was quick to run to her mother and hug her as tight as possible.

"NEXT," one of the soldiers said, and a confident young man approached, he was nothing compared to the girl before him, he was confident and had his head up high, during the process of removing the cloth, my eyes were locked with a man far away, he was grabbing a girl's hand and each one of them had a bag around their shoulders, I can hear the sound of my father from a very far distance screaming 'moon', I was too busy staring at the man and the girl. until I couldn't control myself any longer, I started pushing people out of my way as I walked in the mysterious man's direction, I can hear my father call my name but I started walking faster and faster until I was far away from any human being. I ran behind the building where the man went to, I looked around me and I couldn't find them.

"if you want to escape, I want to help you" I screamed, but no response.

"I know that you are hiding somewhere here, I am not here to harm any of you, I want to offer my help," I said once again, that's when I felt someone's presence behind me, I took a deep breath before I tackled whoever is behind me, I jumped on the person and I tried to throw a couple of punches but that person was quick to dodge it and push me on the ground. then that person flipped us both over and now that person is on top of me, that's when my eyes met the prettiest blue eyes I have ever seen, it was the man that I saw, but he was prettier than anyone could ever imagine.

"the leader's daughter wants to help us? funny" he said as he pinned my arms above my head, he was bigger and stronger than me so I didn't even try to fight any longer.

"believe it or not," I said and he pinned my arms harder, causing me to yelp in pain.

"Volkan, go easy on her," a girl's voice said from behind the man who is pinning me, so his name is Volkan.

"you better listen to her Volkan, because if you keep hurting me like this I won't be offering my help anymore," I said and he huffed at me as he let go of my arms and stood up, I brushed my clothes then I stood up, I rubbed my wrists hoping the pain would go away.

I took a better look at them, the girl was tall, short black hair and her eyes were emerald green, then I looked at the man and I swear to god I could have just died looking at his shining blue eyes, he has a very tall figure, his black hair was right below his ear, this is the prettiest man I have ever seen in my entire life. not to mention the blood on his neck.

"I will be repeating my question, why would the daughter of the leader wants to help us?" Volkan said and I scoffed.

"not as if my father is my biggest Idol" I answered truthfully. the guy and the girl both looked at each then looked back at me.

"why do you want to escape?" I asked and Volkan scoffed.

"Why would we tell you?" he asked and I calmly shrugged my shoulders.

"Volkan tell her, what if she wants to help us?" the girl asked and he sent her a death glare.

"Aurora, no" Volkan said, and the girl's name is Aurora. her name matches her looks perfectly.

"See I don't have all day here, because three or four soldiers should be here any second searching for me, and they will also be searching for a missing person who turned twenty-one this year, so you either tell me quickly or I will walk away," I said and Volkan clenched both his jaw and fists.

"my brother turned twenty-one this year, and earlier today we removed the cloth and umm..... he has..-" Aurora started but Volkan was quick to cut her off. well, that explains the blood on his neck.

"A sun sign, I have a sun sign," he said as his eyes were locked with Aurora.

"uh yes a sun sign, and I have a moon sign and I will not watch my brother get sent to another colony or killed, so we both are trying to escape" as Aurora finished talking, I was shocked at the fact that he is her brother, they looked nothing alike, she looked so innocent and pure but he? he looked like he kills people for his pleasure and excitement.

"big sister watching over her baby brother, I like," I said and Aurora gave me a warm smile, but Volkan just glared at me.

"well I am only one year older than him, so that doesn't make him much of a baby," she said while chuckling. I could tell that Volkan is trying so hard to hide his smile.

"give us one reason to trust you?" Volkan asked and my eyes were locked with his. his sky blue eyes hid so much pain, rage, and secrets.

"There is no reason at all, the entire story is that I saw you from far and I knew that you are planning on escaping, and to be honest I had no intention of helping you both, but I somehow can't figure out why I ran after you both and offered to help you. so do you want me to help you or not?" I said and Volkan took a deep breath, then Aurora stood in front of him and grabbed his face with both of her hands.

"Volkan, we both know that if she didn't help us we might not escape, she knows this place more than we do, so her helping us might really get us out of here, and even if she betrayed us, we would have gotten caught anyway, because this escape plan was never planned, we won't be able to fight our way out of here because we are not even armed properly," Aurora said, her voice was low but I managed to hear every single word she said. the corner of my eye caught Volkan wrapping his arms around her and he hugged her as tight as possible as if this is their last hug. when I saw how deep their hug is, my brain and heart were screaming at me, threatening me if I don't help these two poor siblings.

"I am so sorry that I let you in this mess Aurora," Volkan said and she shrugged it off.

"well, we don't have much time left. first, we are heading to the training yard to get some weapons because, without weapons, we will never make it out of this alive" I said, I turned around but a hand was wrapped around my elbow and yanked me around, then my eyes were locked with those blue eyes that I just can't seem to get my mind off.

"I don't care if I make it out of this alive or not, all I want is for my sister to be safe, so I am depending on you with my sister's life" he whispered in my face and I nodded at him.

"I promise you both, that no harm will be caused to any of you, I will try my best to get you both out of here," I said and I saw a hint of sadness in his eyes.

"LET'S GO QUICK QUICK" I screamed at them both as I heard many footsteps close by, I started running as fast as I could with Aurora and Volkan close behind me. I can't believe that I am risking my life for people that I don't know.