VII - Acting Skills

“I always knew that something was wrong with Amaris,” Stephen said, I shot him a death glare.

“Stop lying, you always loved her,” I said with the smallest hint of a smirk, but he didn’t catch me smirking since I was quick to put back a serious face.

“No Devika, you are not understanding the fact that ever since you left she became his little puppy, does his dirty work so he doesn’t have to wash his own hands from the blood,” Stephen angrily said, the pain in his voice was enough to show me that nothing breaks your heart more than falling in love with the wrong person.

“Someone is near, I can hear some heavy footsteps, hide,” Stephen whispered, we both ducked down on the ground behind a tree, luckily we were surrounded by heavy bushes.

“CHIEF’S ORDER, FIND HIS KID OR ALL OF US WILL RECEIVE A ROUGH PUNISHMENT, AM I CLEAR?” the soldier screamed on top of his lungs so every person around would hear him.

“Sounds rough, someone is now famous around,” Stephen jokingly whispered and I nudged his shoulder so he sadly shut his mouth.

“We have to make this quick, they might have already closed the gates of this place but we need to find our way out of here,” I told Stephen as we both crawled away from the soldier until we found a safe spot and got up on our feet again to start running.

“But what if they stop us? Or find us?” Stephen screamed from behind me as we got closer to our only way out of here.

“I have the entire place memorized Stephen, history is repeating itself from where it all started to this day where this time I am not helping anyone escape, I am the one who is escaping this time,” I answered him as I started running faster, hoping that Stephen would catch up with me running this fast.

“NOT TO BE THE PERSON WHO SAYS THIS OUT LOUD BUT FIRST OF ALL YES YOU ARE HELPING SOMEONE ESCAPE WHO IS ME, AND THE SECOND THING I WOULD LOVE TO SAY IS THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SOLDIERS FOLLOWING OUR TAILS,” Stephen screamed in horror as he started catching up with my speed, I turned around and two soldiers were screaming and running fast behind us.

“BEFORE WE ENTER, DROP THE BARRELS DOWN ON THE GROUND,” I screamed as we got closer and closer to the door. Even though I wanted to open the door so bad I wanted to make sure that we don’t get caught, so when we almost reached the door, Stephen and I dropped the barrels on the ground and the strong smell of alcohol filled my nostrils.

“How is that supposed to help us?” he angrily screamed, I ripped a piece of cloth from my top and I stared at Stephen.

“Hand me your lighter,” I told him and he opened his eyes wide at me.

“Uh……..I d-don’t smo-“

“STEPHEN NOW IS NOT THE BEST TIME FOR LIES, YOU HAVE BEEN SMELLING LIKE CIGARETTES FROM THE SECOND I SAW YOU, NOW HAND ME THE GODDAMN LIGHTER,” I nervously screamed since the soldier was getting closer and closer with each blink of an eye.

“Heads up,” he screamed as he tossed me the lighter, I thought that I would be the star of the day and catch it but I was so embarrassed when it fell on the ground, I looked at Stephen and he quickly covered his mouth and turned around so I wouldn’t see him laughing.

I grabbed the lighter from the ground and I opened the gate, Stephen walked in and hid behind me as the fire start eating the piece of cloth I ripped. When they got closer I threw the cloth on the ground and fire started surrounding the gate, stopping the soldier from getting any further. I smirked at them as I closed the gate.

“This place is so scary,” Stephen whispered as we both slowly walked through the halls of this hell.

“Be careful Stephen, there are many soldiers in this place,” I whispered at him as I tightened my grip around the pistol in my hand.

Both Stephen and I jumped from fear when the sound of the alarms suddenly filled our ears, we both looked at each other and we started walking faster.

“HURRY,” I screamed at Stephen as I opened a door that I have a weak memory of when I went here the last time, I am slowly starting to remember this place better.

“Devika I can hear footsteps close by, where is the bloody exist?” Stephen angrily said as we started walking through unknown doors.

“Stephen I am trying my best to memorize this place, I was sure that the existence was from this door but it seems like they have changed this place a little since the accident because I don’t remember seeing such rooms,” I worriedly answered him as I kept opening random doors but each door led to small rooms with no other exists, my blood started rushing faster through my veins from the anxiety I was going through right now.

“Well, look who is back,” A deep voice said from behind us, me and Stephen both turned around with our guns pointed at whoever said that.

“You……..” I whispered to myself when my eyes landed on the same dark eyes that carved every scar on my body. They called him Lucy, which stands for Lucifer, Cliché I know.

“I have missed my pretty toy,” he said as he walked closer to us, Stephen and I started slowly taking steps back.

“I am not your toy you fucking bastard,” I angrily screamed as I grabbed my pistol tighter, he smirked at me.

“Well not anymore, but once you were,” he winked at me and I believe that I was seconds away from throwing up.

“Let us leave peacefully, we are not here for any deaths,” manipulating is one of the best things I have learned from them,

“Lucy, you know how this is going to end,” I said as I took a couple of steps in his direction.

“LUCY? HAHAHAHA, A SIX-FOOT-TALL MAN IS NAMED LUCY?” Stephen started laughing aloud, both me and Lucy glared at him but he just started laughing hard.

“I…..I……I AM SORRY I CAN’T BUT THIS IS SO FUNNY,” Stephen started laughing harder, before I had the chance to tell him to shut up, Lucy aimed his dagger at Stephen and threw at him, it perfectly slashed the tip of Stephen’s ear before it dug deep into the wall behind Stephen, Stephen froze in his spot as the blood started rushing out from his ear.

“I guess this is my time to shut up,” Stephen managed to say as his face turned yellow from how scared he is.

“Lucy, let’s solve this,” I ignored Stephen and walked closer to Lucy until I was in front of him, he looked down at me like I was some cockroach.

“Let’s do this together, let’s leave this hell hole and run away together,” I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him closer to me, not to mention the pain I was having from standing on the tip of my toes.

“You think you can manipulate me this easily, toy?” He whispered in my face and I gave him my sad big eyes look.

“You already know that I have always feared you Lucy, and I would never have the guts to manipulate you, but I couldn’t stop myself from thinking about you, thinking about how good it feels if you were my dominant,” I whispered in his face as I pulled him closer to me, I always knew that he had a thing for me.

“And how could you prove to me that you are not trying to manipulate me?” he angrily whispered in my face, I smiled slowly at him before I grabbed his lips and smashed them on mine.

“WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK DEVIKA? HIS MOUTH IS FILLED WITH MORE BACTERIA THAN A FUCKING TOILET SEAT, DEAR LORD,” Stephen screamed out loud from behind me but I ignored him and pulled Lucy closer to me.

“Prove to me that you want me,” Lucy whispered in the face, I turned around and shot Stephen in his knee, causing him to scream at the top of his lungs, then he fell on the ground as he closed his eyes shut.

“I hope that’s enough,” I looked at Lucy with sad eyes, he smirked and pulled me closer to him as I dropped the pistol down on the ground.

“I knew that one day you will want me Devika,” he patted my head and I looked up at him, I pulled his lips on mine again. My left hand snaked around his waist to pull him closer to me while the other hand snaked to the back of my pants.

When I caught the grip of the dagger, Lucy surprised me by twisting my wrist and turning me around, pressing my back on his stomach while I was facing Stephen who seemed like he is about to crack a joke at such time.

“You thought you could fool me this easily you little slut?” Lucy angrily screamed in my ear, I took a deep breath as the dagger dropped from my hand

“Well I thought I am a good actor and I managed to fool this Lucy named creep but I need to practice my acting skills a little more often,” Stephen said as he stood up and brushed his clothes. When I was kissing Lucy I gestured him with my hand and the bullet went right next to his knee but he pretended that I shot his knee.

“Devika, if we die here, I am giving you my warmest apologize and prayers that the last person you kissed would be this unhygienic, filled with bacteria motherfucker, who probably named himself after his grandma,”