THE UNDEAD

COLTON'S POV

Veronica didn't kill me and I have no idea why. She cleaned the wound on y thigh and had the bullet removed from my shoulders and then she cleaned me up and locked me up in a cell right next to Naomi's, Adeline's friend. My wounds have been treated but my body still aches. Turns out the bullet didn't sink that far into my shoulder so the wound isn't all that bad. I guess most of it was just in my head. I have no idea why it is I am alive but I don't want to be.

Not after what I saw and not after what I experienced. There is no one in the room with Naomi and I but these cages are locked up so good that no one even has to be in here with us. I am sure though that there are guards on the other side of the door. Veronica won't just leave me unprotected. I did kill a lot of her guards anyways.

"I keep wondering what they're going to do to me. Why is she still keeping me here if she won't kill me? What purpose do I serve her?" Naomi, Adeline's friend speaks and the weakness in her voice only reminds me of how helpless and useless I am. I think of my sister and I want to kill myself. It's been days and I cannot get over what happened.

I mean how the hell can I? She was my sister and I did everything I could to keep her away from the mess I created but I ended up being the person to bring it straight to her anyways. A tear escapes my eyes as I remember the state she was in. As I remember what that guard did to her right in front of me. As I remember the way she fell unconscious in front of me when that guard shot her. I remember her screams and the confused look on her face because she had no idea what was happening to her.

I couldn't even hold her one last time. I couldn't fucking save her. All I could do was watch her die and I hate myself for it. How can i live with myself after letting my sister die? After putting her in danger. I was supposed to take care of her. I was supposed to be her guardian and her protector and now I am nothing and she is dead.

I cry and hear myself sob as my shoulder rises and falls. I let the tears fall. I know Adeline must think I blame her, but this is not her fault. She didn't force me to helot her. I wanted to help her because I wanted to have hope too. I wanted to get away from Veronica.

I cannot even imagine how hard it must have been for her to watch those things happen to my sister and I. I saw the look in her eyes as she watched the scene in front of her. She looked so defeated and if there is one thing, I am sure of, it's that she has given up. But how can I just let her get taken away without trying to help her?

I mean if I am going to die, then I should at least try to save her first. I just need to get the hell out of this cell. I don't feel like Veronica drugged me before locking me up in here so I still have my strength. I don't even care that I am hurt because no matter how many guards are outside this door, they are not as angry and desperate to make things right as I am.

"Are you okay?" I hear Naomi's voice again and I snap my head towards her. I try to forget the events of the last few days as I stare at the defeated look in her eyes. I don't have time to grief. I need t find a way to get us out of here and no matter what I will do just that. And then I can finally die in peace and return to my sister.

"I'm not actually. Are you?" I answer her honestly and all she does is shake her head negatively.

"I just don't know what to do. I want to go home but that feels like a fantasy now. It feels like a dream. I don't even know for how long I have been kept in here. I stopped counting after the seventh day." She explains and I know she just needs someone to talk to after being locked up in solitude for all this time.

"Your name is Naomi, right?" I say to her and she nods her head in confusion.

"Yeah. How do you know that?" She asks.

"We don't have time. We need to get out of here." I say to her as I look around the room in search of anything that could help me, but to no avail.

"Fuck!" I swear angrily and I stand up to my feet.

"That's impossible. These cages are locked pretty tight and you don't have a key." She says to me as she stays seated on the spot.

"Look. I need you to listen to me very carefully. Today is auction day…" I start saying.

"Yeah. I know." She scoffs in disgust. "Adeline told me she would be getting sold at an auction. It's so messed up. She doesn't deserve this." She starts crying as she speaks but I really don't need her to shed any tears right now. I fucking need her to be strong.

"Adeline is going to be fine. Because we're going to save her and everyone else in here. Me, you, Dante, and Liam." Her head snaps towards me at the mention of her boyfriend's name.

"How do you know Dante and Liam?" She asks me with a frown, wiping the tears off her face and she rises to her feat and wraps her hands around her body.

"I don't have time to explain but they'll be here soon. They probably are already and are just looking for the right time I gave them the location to this place. I betrayed Veronica and that's why I'm locked up in this cell." I explain to her.

"I'm scared." She says as her eyes light up. At the mention of her boyfriend Liam, I can see a certain excitement and hope in her eyes but I can see fear and worry too.

"What if she kills them? What if they kill us? And what's your big plan anyways. They'll never let us out of these cages."

"I know that." I say as I pace back and forth in my cage. I know this particular room we're in. It's one of Veronica's new rooms and there are no cameras installed in here yet. I have no idea why she put us in here but she must have done it in a haste and forgotten that there are no cameras installed since she was so busy overthrowing erotica, killing my sister and planning her auction. Putting me in this room was her first mistake.

She should have killed me when she had the chance but I guess her ego and pride were just to big for her to give me and easy death. What she doesn't know though is that I have already lost everything. I have nothing else to lose so I really don't mind blowing this place up as long as I get all the girls out.

"Look…" I say as I point to the ceiling. "No cameras." I say with a smile.

"Okay so…" Naomi looks at me contemplatively.

"So, we lure the guards in and kill them." I say folding my arms across my chest, ignoring the sting in my shoulder and in my arm.

"Oh." She comments simply, her body trembling in fear as she comes to the realization of what I am about to do. It's risky and I might get both of us killed but it's the only way and we have to try.

"Hey…" I say softly walking towards the end of my cage so I am closer to her. "I know you're scared but we have to try. I know you don't know me but I need you to trust me. If you do exactly what I ask you to do, then everything will be okay. You want to see Liam again, don't you? You want to be free, don't you? Because if you stay in here and not do anything, you'll eventually still die. You don't want that to happen, do you?"

She nods and wipes the tears off her face as she stares at me.

"What do I need to do?" She asks as she sniffs and holds back her tears.

"I'm going to scream. Really loud. They'll think something is wrong and maybe one of them will come in. You'll urge them to get into my cage and check what's wrong. I'm assuming Veronica doesn't want me dead so they will. Then I'll take it from there."

She stares at me dumbfounded. "That's it? What if both of them come in? Then what?" She asks.

"It'll be okay…" I say to her with a smile. "Now tell me you're ready. Tell me you can do this. We have to make it believable, okay?"

She nods her head quickly and gulps as she watches me get in to position on the floor. Before starting with this insane plan I make a promise to myself, I make a promise to my sister and I make a promise to Adeline, the girl who taught me how to love n such a short period of time. I want to risk it all for her and Naomi and all the other girls in this place.

So, I promise myself that matter what happens tonight, no matter how hard it is, I will not stop and I will not give up until I get her out of here. After everything she has been through, I owe her that.

I take in a deep breath, I exhale, I close my eyes and then I scream louder than I ever have in my entire life. Naomi falls to the floor and acts like she's worried about me. Now all we have to do is wait for the guards to hear me and rush in. I'm going to kill them. I'm going to kill all of them.

As I continue screaming and no one comes in, I start to get scared. Maybe they can't hear me and maybe Veronica is one step ahead of me again, but I brush away the unpleasant thought and continue screaming.

As expected, one of the guards finally walks in and slams the door behind him. I'm thankful for the fact that only one guard comes in. I continue screaming in fake pain.

"What the hell is going on in here!?" The guard demands, pointing his gun at me.