Chapter two
"Sir there gone, but I think we were able to hit one of them." I heard the voice of one of them say to Mak. My back was up against a tree my left and holding pressure on my shoulder, I withheld the groan of pain that was at the tip of my tongue and waited. Our plan had backfired badly here was a unit down here when we landed, we scattered I think Kyra and Kimber made it to cover but I had gotten nailed after killing one of their men.
"Go find the little whores, they travel in packs." Mak told him I barely heard the other man mutter a yes sir as I jumped to the furthest shadow I could find. Making my way to my feet I started looking for the others we needed a new plan, one that didn't involve us getting shot or taken in. Pushing through the pain I took off in a run, I needed to put as much ace between me and Mak as possible. It wasn't long before Kimber came into sight she was crouched over a Merc going through his pack.
"Kimber." I called lightly as I slowed down dragging she twisted pointing her gun at me before she relaxed then tensed up again.
"Fuck Zoe. What the hell happened?" Kimber demanded as I reached her. Looking around I shrugged then winced as the pain jolted down my shoulder.
"We can worry about that later, where's Kyra. Mak's looking for us we need to find cover." I told her, she nodded before grapping the Mercs pack and tossing it over her shoulder.
"We already have that covered. She's in a cave that we found. Come on we'll talk when we get there." Kimber paused before looking at me again. "Are you gunna be okay?" Concern filled her voiced as I nodded; letting out a deep breath she nodded and took off in a run with me trailing behind. She stopped when we reached a waterfall, and I watched as Kimber carefully made her way behind it, smiling I followed and saw Kyra on the other side a small fire going in the back of the cave and packs lined throughout the cave.
"Looks like you guys have it covered." I mumbled smiling as I sat down against the wall and sighed. Kyra looked at me and smiled, her smiled faded bit as she saw the gunshot wound.
"Better than you it would seem, though if you hadn't bought us time by killing that Merc we would have been busted, we killed those that we ran into on the way. It's like there's a fucking army out there." Kyra ranted as she dug through a pack and pulled out a bottle of rum.
"Given what there offering for us, I can't say I'm surprised. I bet Mak betted on us killing most of them so it would be a smaller split." I agreed as Kimber sat down moving my hand and looking at the wound. Kyra walked over giving me the now open bottle of rum to me.
"How bad?" Kyra asked looking at Kimber who sighed.
"The bullets still in there, I'm going to need to remove it." I sighed at her words taking a drink of the rum before leaning my head against the cave wall. I heard Kyra let out a worried breath before nodding.
"Okay I'll see what we have here for weapons you just fix her up." Kyra stated before tearing into a nearby pack. Kimber sighed before looking at me than a smiled a small smile.
"You didn't lose too much blood if you want to get some shut eye while I do this you should be fine." Kimber offered and I laughed a little.
"You mean I should wake up, and you don't want me pestering you while you fix me up." I muttered as her smile got wider.
"You say orange I say apple." I heard Kyra laugh a bit as I closed my eyes and let sleep take me.
"Enough!" The two women looked at the man who was now standing and walking down the stairs that lead to his throne, quickly they both lowered their heads.
"It matters not if she knows her name or not. Though if what Lilith says is true then I think it's all going according to plan. The more willing she is the better." He stated then shooed the other woman off with a wave of his hand.
"Almost is not the answer I want Lilith, why is she not ready?" He questioned as soon as the other woman left. Lilith bowed her head before speaking.
"She is lacking something to unleash her full power, though what it is can't be seen. Something is blocking it." Lilith answered her head still bowed.
"Lilith." There was a warning in his voice.
"I will try harder my lord." Lilith almost sounded in pain as she said the words.
"You will not try, you will do it. I will not defend you again woman time is running out for you." He warned looking down at her.
"There is still a year left my lord, we will have what we need by than I assure you sire." He nodded smiling then cupped her check with his hand bringing her face up to look at him.
"A year is of little time to me child, I forget you think of time different then I. Now leave me." Just like so many times before my vision swirled and it was over.
I opened my eyes only to feel a rock stabbing into my spine and I groaned in pain as I leaned forward, my shoulder was bandaged so I scanned for the others. Kyra sat at the edge of the cave tossing her knife in the air before catching it again.
"How long have you been having the dreams?" Kyra questioned before looking at me. Pushing my way to my feet I groaned before making my way next to her.
"Too long. How did you know?" I questioned reaching out and cupping some water in my hand from the water fall.
"Your eyes open and go black, and you mumble what's going on. How long do we have?" Sighing I dropped my hand and looked at her.
"A year, or something like that, I'm not really sure what's going on its so vague. At any rate we should worry about getting out of here." I told her as she got to her feet and faced me.
"Zoe, you can't leave us, no matter what happens, were a family and we stay together." Kyra looked at me and for a moment I saw Jack hidden in her eyes.
"Me leave, you're not that lucky." She smiled at me and nodded before looking back at the sleeping Kimber.
"That's what I thought, you mind taking watch?" Kyra asked me looking at my arm.
"Just get some sleep." I ordered getting a small laugh as I sat in the spot Kyra had just left. Unease still rippled through me though, having no idea what was going to happen was driving me nuts, all I knew for sure was I needed to prevent it.
