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Chapter Two – Warrior Princess
Cassie ran down the street as fast as she could. She could sense that she lost him a few blocks back, but she knew not to get too excited, too soon. She turned the narrow corner and tripped over something, or someone. She fell onto the ground, but caught herself with her arms. She flipped herself over so she was sitting and glared at the blue eyed man laughing at her.
Cassie shoved his arm playfully, but he kept laughing, "I thought we said no powers!"
He put his hands up in defense, "No powers were used." He leaned closer to her and arched one of his eyebrows higher, "Maybe I'm just a lot faster than you?"
She scoffed before shaking her head and standing up. She held out her hand to help him up, "Bullshit, I'm calling bullshit."
He grabbed her hand and caught his balance and she pushed him sending him against the wall forcefully. She grabbed his shirt in her hands and leaned extremely close to him, "Now what are you going to do? No powers."
She laughed at him and sent a wink in his direction, but he swung his arms between hers causing her to lose grip of him. He flipped them around so she was against the wall this time. "What did I teach you? Save the shit talk until you've already won," He whispered in her ear and she tried to free herself.
Cassie tiled her head to the side and he let a smirk tug on his lips, "What are you doing right now?"
"The difference is that I've already won," He rejoiced staring into her eyes. She flicked her eyes down to his lips then back up to his eyes, her breath grew heavier.
She leaned forward slightly but he let go of her and took a step backwards. She swallowed hard and pushed herself off the wall by her foot. "That wasn't a fair chance, John," She smacked him in the back of the head before running away.
She turned to look forward as she ran but he appeared in front of her causing her to halt in place, "Good try." He caught her in his arms and held her close to him but Cassie tried to free herself. She wrapped her right leg around his left and tried to drop him to the ground.
"I can hear how much you want him," She heard a voice chime in and she stopped immediately. He let go of her a millisecond later, embarrassed. "It's not right to want what your sister has," Cassie heard Cara's voice say as she panted, trying to catch her breath.
John looked just as uncomfortable as she did, did he hear what Cara said to her? She hasn't even talked to Cara about anything that has happened in our past, then she's going to appear in her head randomly.
Cassie swallowed hard and thought back, "Get out of my head, Cara."
"As you wish, but as soon as you have another dirty thought about what ismine, believe me, I will be back." Cass swallowed hard and looked over at John, who was concentrating on the voice in his head, her lovely sister.
He looked over at her then glanced away again and she sighed and walked away from him, down the street. She turned a corner onto the main street but he wasn't following her. Cass saw two black Escalades turn onto the street. She kept walking but it looked like they were following her, so she began to run. They picked up their pace and when she turned onto another street, a third car was waiting for her.
"Cara, help me," Cassie thought quickly and whipped her head around to see the other two cars blocking her in. "John, please come here!"
"Where are you?" They both answered her at the same time and she looked around the area. Cass had no idea where she was.
A man got out of the one car, "Don't run," He said and she stood her ground. "I'm Jedikiah Price," He introduced himself.
"His name is Jedikiah, ring a bell to either of you?" She thought and stepped forward, "What do you want from me?"
"No I have no idea," Cara answered and he walked closer towards her.
He laughed, "No the question is, what does your kind want with us?" He pulled something out of his bag and her eyes grew wide.
She heard John answer finally, "Get out of there now. Cass, do you hear me? NOW!" She nodded her head and was about to teleport out of there when she felt something stab into her neck, then everything began to turn black.
She woke up in a small metal room, her hands were tied to a chair and there were wires connected to her head. She looked around and no one was in there, she tried to teleport but it didn't work. "Can you hear me?" Cassie thought to Cara, but it was different. It was like no one could hear her, like she was completely powerless.
Cassie heard the door slide open and a man walked into the room, Jedikiah. "Oh, look at that, you're finally awake." He walked into the center of the room and placed his hands folded behind his back.
"Where am I?" She hissed at him.
He stood in front of her and bent down to be eye level, "Aren't you wondering why your friends haven't come to save you yet?"
She rolled her eyes and pulled at the cuffs that had her locked into place, "Why are you doing this to me?"
He shook his head, "Cassandra," He said and she looked up at him confused on why he knew her name. "Are you wondering why I know your name? I know your crew, John Young, Russell Kwon, Cara Coburn, your darling of a sister."
"What do you want?" I asked with a sharp tongue.
He smirked, "You see. You're kind is stronger than us, in almost every single way, except when you're in this room. You're powers are useless here."
She stared into his eyes and narrowed them onto his, "I want you to let me go." Cassie demanded through clenched teeth but it didn't affect him. She dropped her head down staring at the metal floor.
He put his hand under her chin and forced her to look up at him. She clenched her jaw and her upper lip formed to a snarl, "You're the one with mind control, correct?" She nodded slightly, "And visions."
Her eyes widen, "How do you know about my visions?"
He pointed at the wires that were connected to her head, "You've had quite a few since you've been in here, six in the past two days."
I shot my head up to look at him, "Two days?"
He shrugged, pulling the cuffs of his sleeves up, "Yes, two days. Most of them though were about that leader of yours – John." She closed her eyes and sighed, trying to desperately shut him out. "But they weren't exactly visions, more on the lines of dreams. Some rather dirty ones too." He chuckled and Cassie groaned out, "You can control thoughts," She didn't look at him.
"Yeah, I can control thoughts, I can make anyone see what I want them to see. I would show you, but you see I can't in this room. So perhaps we should step outside?" She raised her head slowly, trying to be intimidating.
"Where are the rest of them?" He asked me but she ignored his question, "Fine you don't want to talk to me? Maybe this will help you talk."
He walked out of the room and she was alone again for a few minutes until the door swung open once again. "Back for more?" She asked sarcastically not looking up towards Jedikiah, "You just couldn't get enough, now could you?"
"No, I couldn't," She heard a voice say and her eyes grew wide when he walked into the room. She could feel a pang in the pit of her stomach and a lump the size of a brick in her throat. She yanked on the straps that were trapping her in the room, but they weren't budging. "You see, I don't believe we left off on the right note a few months ago."
She shook her head furiously, tears threatening to fall from her eyes, "Get away from me."
"Why, what's wrong?" He asked as he walked over towards her, she opened her eyes and the tears spilled down her cheeks. "Come on, Cass," He grazed his hand along her cheek.
She pulled away uncomfortably. She was terrified. "I said stop!" She screamed and he froze, "Leave me alone!" She cried out.
He nodded and sat down across from her at the tiny desk, "Tell me where they are."
She shook her head, "No."
He slammed both of his hands onto the metal desk causing a cascade of echoes bounce around the room. His voice was strong and hard, the vein in his neck larger than normal as he screamed, "Tell me where they are!"
"Why would I do that?" Cass shouted back and he laughed at her. He stood back up and walked back over to her, "I thought I told you to stop." He placed his hand on the back of her neck and forced her to look up at him.
He chuckled, "Mind control doesn't work in here. I only wanted you to believe that," A crazed smile appeared on his lips. "You don't have the power you did a few months ago, you can't stop me." He let his hands slid down to her neck, then collarbones. Every pained memory that she forced out was rushing back into her mind. "You can't be saved, John can't save you again."
She closed her eyes and screamed, "STOP!" The power in her own voice caused her to jump in her seat and when she opened her eyes he was gone. Jedikiah was sitting in his chair, legs crossed and hands folded on the desk.
He pointed to the wires on the top of her head, "See those wires do more than catch your thoughts and visions. We can control what we want you to see," He let out a calm sigh and let his head fall to the side when he noticed her still crying.
"Please leave me alone," She was trying to muffle her sobs.
"No need to cry," He exhaled a deep breath, "Although, if it weren't for our machine, you would have been raped. Sadly, this time John couldn't come and save you." He teased and she looked away from him and stared at the wall. "What's it like being in love with your sister's boyfriend?"
She shot her eyes at him and her blood was boiling, "Shut up."
He knew how much her blood pressure was rising, he had the data listed on a chart in front of him. Every mention of John caused a rise in her heart beat. "Knowing that you will never be good enough for him because he loves your sister." He grinned widely, "It will never be you. You're nothing. Do you actually believe that he could have feelings for you?" He asked standing up once again and walking towards her, "Or maybe you're just some girl that he thought needed saving. Now he's just waiting for the perfect moment to push you aside."
She shook her head furiously, she didn't want to believe a word that he was saying. "He wouldn't do that, not to me."
He laughed at her and bent down so he was eye level, "And why is that? You're nothing to him. You are only a means of survival."
"You don't know what you're talking about," Cassie snapped back and he quirked an eyebrow, clearly enjoying himself.
She heard a loud beep coming from the speaker and they both looked up at a screen that flashed on. "Well look at that, your little friends have seemed to come save you. Oh wait, but where's John? You're better off without him Cass," He stood up and fixed his suit and tie, "Believe me, I would know, first hand." He walked towards the door, but turned before exiting the room. "Now if you would excuse me, I have some business to take care of."
He left the room and Cassie kept pulling at the straps, but every time she pulled, they grew tighter and tighter around her wrist. She watched on the screen as Russell and Cara were fighting a few guards, maybe Jedikiah was right, she meant nothing to John.
She kept pulling trying desperately to free her hands, "Come on. Let me out of here." She yanked harder and winced at the pain, "Let me out!" She groaned in a whiny, weak voice and she could feel the straps bruising her, but she wasn't going to give up. She could feel tears spilling out the corners of her eyes and she groaned every time she pulled.
"You need some help, Warrior Princess?" She heard someone announce into the empty room and she shot her head up at the doorway. He ran over towards her and freed her hands before helping her remove all the wires from her head, "You're savior to the rescue, Madame."
"I didn't think you'd come," She admitted sadly then jumped into his arms and he hugged her back tightly, "Thank you…again."
He laughed and carried her in his arms out of the room and once they got out of the room, he teleported them out of there. They were a few blocks away from there and he placed her down onto the ground and she stared up at him.
"You didn't actually think I wouldn't rescue my Damsel in Distress," He teased and Cassie smiled up at him, "Did you?"
She stood up and smacked his arm playfully, "Seriously John, thank you."
He pulled her into him again and hugged her tighter than before, he placed one hand on the back of her head and petted her hair. She swallowed hard and he looked down at him, "What happened in there?"
"They were trying to find you guys, but I wouldn't tell them our location. They had the moderator set up to her head which captured my thoughts and visions, but it could also control what I saw. They set it up so I would believe that the guy, from a few months ago," He nodded, understanding. "I thought he was in there, but I was powerless against him."
He hugged her tighter and kissed the top of her head, "Well you're safe now, I got you. No harm can be done to you when you're in my arms."
Cassie couldn't help but smile against his chest but then that damn voice inside her head came calling. "You may be safe in his arms, but just wait until you're in mine." She pushed away Cara's voice and enjoyed her warm embrace with John.