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Chapter 21
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I couldn’t fall asleep, I just sat up and watched Tony and Sylvia curled up next to each other. Their ears twitching every time a new sound was made in the distance, only lifting their heads if the sound got close. It usually only turned out to be an animal or, if it was really far away, a hunter turning over in the leaves; all together it was fascinating to watch them lying together. Aside from that, the only movement they made was once in a while kicking their feet back from a nightmare or two they were having. They slept in wolf form incase danger came near so they could react without having to waste any time with transforming in and out of wolf-form. I lasted about two hours before I finally dozed off. I woke up alone, the fire was put out and Tony and Sylvia were nowhere to be found. The heavy fog that surrounded the area made it extremely difficult to smell anything. Everything was in a grayish light; even the sky offered nothing in the color department. All I saw were clouds,
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A vision hit me in the chest and nearly knocked me to the ground. The changelings were here, and they stopped for a rest. David was with them and he was hurt. They tied his hands together with barbed wire, led him on a barbed wire leash with a barbed wire choker collar like he was some kind of wild animal. Blood was dripping from his hands and neck where the wire prongs on the barbed part of the wire rope had stabbed him. The pain in his eyes shot right into my chest as they pulled on the leash for fun while they laughed at him savagely; and if he didn’t move fast enough they struck him with a barbed wire whip with a ball on the end wrapped in the same barbed wire. He tried to hide the pain as much as he could not to give them the gratitude of torturing him. A force of wind knocked me away from the tree, forcing me out of my vision before I could tell which way they were heading, but that didn’t matter because we were at least on the right path. I came out of the vision crying my eye
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My thoughts trailed off and my mind was suddenly blank. I kept breathing slowly to get my heart rate down before opening my eyes. The air was cool but the sun was shining. It would have been a perfect day to roll around in the leaves and make some warm apple pie with vanilla ice cream topped with whipped cream and caramel. My stomach began to growl and I noticed I was starting to get hungry. We had a ways to go yet so I didn’t want to act on that urge until it was time. I knew that I was going to need something big to fill my stomach tonight. I shook my head and struggled to gather my thoughts before turning my attention from the sky. “Let’s go now.” I said, I couldn’t waste anymore time. I had to get to David before they took it too far. I couldn’t let him die, especially not because of me. Tony and Sylvia gave me a look of understanding and we all got up and trudged on. Soon enough we were close to the cave that Dimietry was hiding in. The night had fallen on us, though, and we all
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I saw a small glimmer of light off to my left and began to follow it. It was a soft, orange glow as if there were a fire off in the distance. As I got closer to the growing orange glow, the screams got louder. My heart pounded as I anticipated finding David and bringing him back out of the cave, if I could find my way out of the cave. I felt the heat coming from the orange glow and I knew it wasn’t much farther. I inched up as close to the entrance of the room as I could. There were a couple of changelings in the room so I pressed myself up closer against the limestone cave wall to avoid detection. I inched along the wall and peaked around the corner to find David chained to the wall in barbed wire. He was doubled over in pain as the changelings whipped him and kicked him over and over again while laughing. His face was so cut up and swollen, the spit running down his chin as he cried for them to stop. They just looked at him and laughed kicking harder this time. My heart started to
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We found shade underneath an abnormally large maple and sat down. As we looked over to the cave, fear struck our hearts. This was really happening, no backing out now. In a few moments we would be on our feet again and in front of the entrance. I examined the opening of the cave and my eyes squinted in the sunlight as it seemed to move farther and farther away from me. Getting dizzy from the movement, I fell over on my side and closed my eyes. When I opened my eyes again, Tony and Sylvia were kneeling at each side of my head. Sylvia took her hand and placed it palm down on my forehead as if to check my temperature. She caressed the bridge of my nose with her thumb as she smiled at me. I smiled back attempting to reassure her that I was fine. Tony smirked for a moment and then looked at the cave. He sighed before turning his eyes to the ground in deep thought. This was big for all of us. We had no clue what Dimietry had in store once we entered the cave. He could have hundreds of cha
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Before we lowered the rope I sent a flame ball down to see what we could see. Tony looked out the entrance to make sure no one was coming and we lowered the rope down until the only rope visible was leading to the anchor. I tugged on it with all the strength I had to make sure once again that it was sturdy enough for us to climb down. “Alright all set!” I called over to Tony and then looked again down the hole. “We better hurry so we don’t attract any attention to this area” Sylvia nodded and we both looked over in Tony’s direction. “Who’s going first?” Tony asked enthusiastically. Sylvia and I looked over at each other and shrugged our shoulders. I turned my attention back over to Tony and, with my left hand; I pointed to him and smiled sweetly. He smiled back at me, “you two are chickens, you know that?” his walk then turned into a jog. We both knew that he wanted to be the first and we also knew that he was right; we were too scared to be the first ones to be down in the darkness
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Sylvia and I both looked at each other exhausted and then we both simultaneously collapsed. We sat there for about a half an hour waiting for Tony to get up, but he didn’t. I stood up and began to walk over to him. Scared for the worst, I touched his arm and began to rock him back and forth. It wasn’t very long after that, that he woke up. “OWWWWWWW” he screamed. “Why do you have to be so rough?” still not moving from his position. “I just wanted to make sure you were okay.” I answered back to him while looking him over and checking for any life threatening injuries. “I’m playing dead,” he said smirking at me. “I figured if I keep it up the changelings would leave me alone and I can heal.” He closed his eyes again motioning his expertise in the field. “Oh, so you left Sylvia and me to fend for ourselves, eh?” I jabbed him in the arm knowing it would hurt him. He yelled out in pain. “Like I would be of any help to you anyway,” he said grabbing his arm. “I can barely walk; I broke m
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We tip-toed through the entrance into a large hallway of the cave, looking around to make sure there were no changelings in the area before moving on. Keeping as quiet as we could, we only spoke through hand gestures just in case any of the creatures were near. The “hall way” of the cave was slightly narrow to the point where I wondered how we were going to hide if any changelings did come our way. My heart pounded every step of the way as we got deeper and deeper into the crevice. Finally coming up to another clearing, I felt a huge weight lifted off my chest as we began to examine the room. Once it was all clear, we trudged on looking behind us and above us as we silently but swiftly moved through the large clearing into another hallway. This hallway was bigger than the last and had some large formations of rock to hide behind at least. The smell that filled my nostrils from last night quickly invaded them again; we were getting closer to where I had been. There was not one part o
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Pulling back the sleeping bag the mysterious occupant began to cough violently and thrash about. In an instant David leapt from the cloth as though it had been on fire. His torn clothes revealed the scars from his torturous ordeal so I quickly jumped to my feet and rushed him into the house.Though I had only been gone for a few days, the house felt as if it were abandoned for years. The musty scent of Liam’s last dinner had wafted through the kitchen reminding me of his holiday with friends. A soft light was all that shown through the blinds which gave way to the thin lair of dust on the television. Walking through the house for the first time since the ordeal felt like our bodies were stuck in slow motion. After I checked all the rooms and got a drink from the refrigerator, we retired to the couch.Once our bodies hit, dust flew into the air bringing us back to the reality at hand. This made the silence more deafening.David and I haven’t spoken a word since walking through the doo
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I reminisced about the time I spent with David, Sylvia and Tony. We bonded so much in so little time it felt like they’ve been a part of my life for years. And to just lose them in a few short days was heart wrenching. I couldn’t bear the thought of them being gone. My eyes welled up with tears again and I didn’t care to hold them back. I sat on the ground and pulled my knees up to my chest. I started crying, it seemed like the only thing I could do at this point. I had to hide my secrets from everyone else. At least it was nice to be able to share things with someone. And now that someone was gone. I buried my head between my knees as I cried harder. My tears dripped down my nose, soaking me in the process. After a few hours, the fire died down low enough to walk through. My face hurt from all the crying I had done and my vision was a little blurred but I continued to try and find my way out of the cave anyway. It took me a very long time, and I got lost on several occasions along
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I broke my legs free and hopped up to my feet on the table. Looking around me I was completely out numbered. Dimietry came up from behind me and tried to restrain me but I fought him off and threw him off my back onto the cavern floor. Jumping on top of him, I grabbed another finger nail and ripped it off, forcing him to scream out in pain. The other changelings moved to help their leader but he motioned for them to stay where they were. Dimietry grabbed my leg and pulled me off balance sending me crashing down next to him. He climbed on top of me and tried to pin me down but I was too swift for him and escaped out from between his legs. By the time he turned around I was in the standing position and ready to fight. He turned himself into a tiger before leaping towards me again. Suddenly I felt a strong surge of power rising inside of me and before I knew it the leaping tiger was caged up in front of me. The tiger growled before turning into a snake and escaping the cage. Next thing
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I lied there, coughing for a few moments as he waited out in pain. I didn’t know these things were anatomically correct or I would have thought of that earlier! I thought to myself grinning. He slowly got up off the ground and stood up. He stared me down for a minute as I contemplated my next move. He leapt at me and I jumped out of the way again. He gave me a look and then transformed back to the Russian. “This is getting a little bit tedious, darling, how about we skip the fighting part and you either just join me or let me kill you.” He said arrogantly as he walked towards me holding out his hand. “Now why would I join your band of idiots to fight in a war that has nothing to do with me or the good of humanity for that matter? Then again you all are demons, and really this seems more and more like a fight to see who’s got the bigger package, and trust me I’ve already seen these kind of fights. They don’t end well for the one who forces.” He gave me one of those looks where you kno
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I fell to my knees in defeat and just stared over at the wall where Sylvia and Tony were chained. Tears began to well up in my eyes and I tried to hold them back. My breathing slowed down with my heart beat to the point where they could have stopped so easily. I couldn’t believe it; he just ended their lives like that. They couldn’t even fight back! How was that fair? Chain someone up and then torture them like that for no reason other than they were helping me? I looked over to Dimietry cross, how could he do this? Why would he kill people to make me help him? Seriously, what makes someone like him think that I would just willingly join forces with him after he killed my friends? All of these questions raced through my mind as I grew angry. I felt the anger rise in me with every breath I took. My body seemed to heat up as blood rushed through my veins. My heart started pounding again as the adrenaline kicked in. Suddenly, I found myself looking at my restraints. I clenched my fist,
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Dimietry grabbed Tony’s head again and lifted him up to a standing position. He glanced over to me and smiled before ripping off one of Tony’s legs. I screamed out at him trying to break free and fight him. Every piece of wire I snapped was replaced by a new one by the changelings watching me. “You see what happens when we make bad decisions, Sophie?” he said before snapping off another leg. Tony cried out in pain. “Noooo! Leave him alone!” I screamed tears running down my face as I tried un-relentlessly to get out of my restraints not even realizing that they were cutting into my flesh once again. “I keep telling you, Sophie,” he continued. “You could have prevented this. All you had to do, was join me the first time I asked.” He paused for a moment and ripped off Tony’s tail. I screamed again unable to control the tears running down my face. Dimietry looked over at me and winced. He saw the pain it was causing me and smiled before continuing on. “Oh, come on Sophie! If you cared f
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I started looking around the room; it looked similar to where David was being tortured. The walls were covered in lime stone and there was a small, black coal grill in the middle of the floor that was lit. The flames danced off the grill almost as if they were able to just get up and walk out on their own. Along the wall, there were more restraints. From silver chains, to barbed wire all along the wall as if Dimietry had made his own torture chamber. Over in the corner there was a bed with large spikes coming out of it, then off on the other side was a bear trap. Closer to me there was a table covered with all kinds of weapons. Rusty old swords and knives rested on the table next to a club and a hammer. A scalpel lay next to a pair of hair cutting scissors and a bayonet. My heart started pounding again as I heard noises of someone talking to someone else coming from outside the room. I couldn’t understand what they were saying but I had a feeling it wasn’t good for the three of us in
