Rescue

Michael's POV

"It appears that we have guests. Too bad I am in the mood to entertain" I could literally feel the woman scowl through the scarf covering her face. She ran towards me and immediately tried to pull me away. 

I resisted with all my might as I realized that she was doing this out of fear of getting caught. Hoping that it was either Cassie or Sofosys or both of them who came to my rescue, I tried to scream but the noise was muffled by a strong hand which had some sort of gloves on. The moment it covered my mouth and nostrils I struggled to breathe. Not to mention the strong rubbery smell only made me nauseated. 

"Listen to me, you try to make this difficult and I will break your head. And this time I will let you suffer in pain, or…" She brought her face closer to me, "I will simply let you die".

Trying my level best to rescue myself from the grip I gave her a slight nod to convey the fact that I understood. She dragged me out of the room like I was some kind of a rag doll. I struggled with my own dilemma on what to do next. The oy choices I had was to let her drag me to my death or worse, lifetime imprisonment in some hell hole or get killed trying to resist her.

Seems like no matter what I chose, to scream or to remain quiet, I was doomed for real this time. Why am I so unlucky? I lamented in silence.

As I went wherever this woman was dragging me the noises only got louder. She paused for a moment to, and I assume, to rethink her route of exit. From the Window far apart I see some movements and screeching noises belonging to at least two different creatures. 

I recognized the chirpy undertone of the baby petrywinkler and an unknown noise which perhaps belonged to some other creature. 

"Looks like I have to kill you now" The woman mumbled once she stopped examining all her surroundings. My eyes widened in shock and anger as I felt the urge to retort, 'Make up your mind woman!' But I resisted, since doing so would barely help my situation. 

"Not if I kill you first" like a ray of hope I heard a familiar voice say from across the hall and on a proper look I recognised it to be none other than Cassie. I released a breath of relief at her sight which now I am realising that I was holding. Never have I ever felt so relieved to see her and If I weren't all tied up I probably might have hugged her out of joy. 

"You really think you can best me? You childish princess"! The woman mocked her, but somehow her voice sounded a bit different, as if she wanted to hide her real voice from Cassie. That made me wonder, is it possible that Cassie would recognise her without her mask?

Trying to give that theory a try I push this woman using my body but not only I fail miserably I fall miserably as well. Her enraged face was evident from her eyes itself and I knew that this was one of my last moments on this planet. Goodbye to my life. 

I close my eyes waiting for the blow to come but instead what I hear is metal clink. Opening my eyes I see Cassie holding a sword that was so close to this woman's throat that a little wrong movement and Cassie will cut her. The only thing preventing her from doing so was the sword held by this woman in a manner that blocked Cassie's sword.

Their fighting skills were impeccable as they went at each other with equal vigor. Their movements were fast and yet refined. From my angle it was hard to make out who had the upper hand until I saw Cassie's distressed face. Was she losing? 

"Cassie"! A feminine voice called out from the dark end of the corridor. I recognized that voice. It belonged to none other than Cassie's best friend Linda. She was accompanied by both Sofosys and Jake running at us. After they came a little close they noticed me tied up by the wall.

Jake ran towards me to unfasten the tightened rope around my wrist.

In the hurry of setting myself free I missed some of the action. What gained back my attention was a scream from Cassie, "Sofosys"! Cassie shouted. All I could comprehend at that moment was the huge spear-like weapon at Sofosys. And before I knew Jake was on his way to shield Sofosys.

"Wait Jake" I shouted, unable to restrain him physically. If only he was done untying me.