220 - Escape (2)

His fingers were glistening with blood.

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A sharp, searing pain lanced through Hong Yunyi's chest. Each inhalation was an agony. With a guttural groan, he twisted onto his stomach, his body arching involuntarily. Desperation clawed at him as his hands fumbled blindly in search of Julian.

"Julian, hey..."

Just then, the world around him spun rapidly and a different scene flooded his mind.

Julian lay inert on the cold, unforgiving prison floor, his eyes, twin pools of lifelessness, fixed on an unseen point at the ceiling.

Above him, the crazed Consortium members loomed, their figures cast in grotesque shadow by the dim, flickering light. Like a pack of feral, bloodthirsty beasts, they closed in on the omega, their ragged breathing echoing through the confined space.

They all held sharp weapons in their hands.

Stab.

Stab.

Stab.