The last chapter I'm posting tonight :)
Amy's POV
"Alright, you're free to go, you have an hour until dinner." The bars to my cell slid open as the same guard earlier let me out.
I looked up from my spot seeing him stand there glaring at me. I pushed myself off the bed and ran towards Alyssa's cell. I saw her running towards me her long straight dark brown hair flopping left to right behind her. I stopped in the middle holding my arms out as she ran into them. I wrapped my arms around her tightly and felt her burying her head in the front of my shoulder. She hugged me back tightly and sobbed, I felt hot, wet tears soaking the front of my dark T-Shirt.
"Don't cry, Lys, I'm right here now, no one can take you away from me for a while now, it's gonna be alright." I said trying to calm her down. Her breath came out in fast tear-filled gasps. I almost cried myself but I couldn't because then I'd scare Alyssa. I had to be strong for her… ecspecially now.
"I'm scared…" I muffily heard Alyssa say into my chest.
"I know, but you have to hang on, I won't let anyone here hurt you… we're gonna get out of here and everything will be okay." I said giving her a tight squeeze.
"Hey, Alyssa, I'm gonna go talk to the guard to see if there's somewhere we can talk that's not the cell alright?" I asked. I felt her nod against my chest and we pulled away, I still kept my arm around her and she tightly clung to my side.
I saw the guard coming our way and I stopped him by stepping in his path. "Is there anywhere me and her can go that's not the cell?" I asked him.
He exasperatly sighed as if he was tired of my questions. "At the end of this hallway you'll reach a cross road. Down the right hallway leads to more cells but if you go left and then travel down a short hallway it'll verge into the rec room. You have two hours to try and make friends with other freaks like yourselves, and not to get yourselves killed, good luck." He smirked before leaving, I shot him a glare as he walked away and saw Alyssa had her face in my side.
"Calm down Alyssa, remember no one can hurt you while I'm here." I said.
She nodded and looked up. I kept a protective arm around her as we walked down the hallway pass many empty cells until we reached the crossroads. "Try not to look scared, okay, Alyssa?" I told her as we walked down the short hallway emerging into what was supposed to be the rec room. But was barely recreaction anyway. I pulled her off to sit in one of the uncomfortable plastic chairs that lined the wall. She sat down looking down at the floor. I sat down next to her and scooted my shoulder closer to her. She layed her head on my shoulder clutching my arm tightly. I saw a girl around our age approaching. She had long curly dark blond hair, blue eyes and glasses that gave her an annoying look.
"Are you two new?" She asked crossing her arms.
I nodded seeing Alyssa's face was in my shoulder obviously scared, I felt her trembling and frowned. I looked up at the girl who I trailed her gaze down to the necklace where the red ruby diamond rested on my chest. She smirked, "You're her protector aren't you?"
I nodded once again gripping the necklace. "What don't you talk?" She asked.
"What?" I asked glaring at her.
"Finally… what are your names?" She asked.
"My name's Amy… Amy Lee." I said, "And this is Alyssa Monrao…" I said.
"My name's Makayla Smith, I'm what some of the jackasses call the 'welcoming comitee.' " She said.
I felt Karlie flinch against my shoulder at the cuss word. "Damn it girl, it's just a cuss word." Makayla said.
"Watch your mouth!" I said. Alyssa's nails sunk into my arm and I put a comforting hand over her's.
Makayla laughed. "She'd better learn to stop relying on you for everything, we don't handle that shit here." She said. "She'll be dead in a week."
I felt something hot and wet on my shoulder that I knew was Alyssa's tears. "Just leave her alone, okay?" I asked.
"Just warning her." Makayla said.
"I'll never let anything happen to her…" I glared at Makayla.
"What are you gonna do at night when her cell mate's raping her and you're locked away in your own cell?" Alyssa said.
"Amy no…" Alyssa muffily sobbed into my shoulder.
A girl walked up behind Makayla grabbing her arm. She had bright red hair, with hazel eyes. She was really tiny and looked almost impossible to end up in a place like this. I reconized the same necklace as me… she was also a protector. "Who are you torchering now?" She asked Makayla pulling her back from us.
"Williams…" Makayla glared at the girl.
"Only Williams to you…" The girl turned to face us and braved a timy smile. "Hey guys, I'm Hayley… Hayley Williams." She said.
"Amy… Amy Lee." I said.
Alyssa looked up from my shoulder to see the necklace.
"I'm Alyssa… Alyssa Monrao, Amy's my protector." Alyssa said cracking a tiny smile.
"I'm a protector, too… What'd you guys get caught for?" Hayley sat next to me.
"She was forced to kill a member of the secret service. When she came to the Safe House she was so distraut and so was I because I was new then they stuck her with me. What about you?" I asked Hayley.
"Lacey was forced to sell someone poisonous drugs which they died over. Me and her was in hiding for 2 years." She said.
"Lacey?" I asked.
"Lacey Mosely, I'm her protector, she's actually talking to some other people now, but at dinner maybe you can meet her." Hayley said.
"Yeah, maybe… me and Lys was in hiding for about 4 years." I said.
"Yikes, that must suck to get caught now." Hayley said.
"Yeah… it does." I felt Alyssa's head relax back on my shoulder and I layed my head on her's.
"Well, I'm gonna see if I can find Lacey, I'll talk to you all later." Hayley said standing up just giving me a chance to wave at her as she ran off.
I felt nails being dug into my arm and I turned to look at Alyssa who once against trembled. "Rape?" She asked.
"No, Alyssa, it's gonna be okay… Makayla was just trying to scare you. You don't even have a cell mate." I said laying my hand on her's in an effort to calm her down.
"I wanna go home…" she cried.
I felt like someone had stabbed me in the chest at hearing how pained her words were and the tears that were evident just be listening to her talk. "You know how bad it hurts me to see you like this." I said.
"I know… Amy please make it better. Just take this all away." She said.
"I would if it was in my power, I'd do anything to know you're not in pain." I said.
"Well, I am… this hurts." She said.
"Alyssa?" I began, Alyssa sat up from my shoulder and let go of my arm.
"Yeah?"
I wrapped my arms around her laying my head on top of her's. "I'm so sorry…"
The next thing she did I knew she forgave me. She hugged me back burying her face in my chest. "It's not your fault." She said.
"Yes, it is. If I hadn't have given myself away then they would've never found us and we wouldn't be stuck here…" My voice cracked but I had to prevent myself from crying. "It's always my fault, it's always the protector's fault. I'm the one who watches over you, I'm the one who makes sure no one hurts you, and then if someone hurts you I kick their ass." I said, my voice shook… I kept telling myself, stop Amy you're scaring her! "I gave you away and now you're stuck here and I just can't look after you as much as I did. They won't let me."
As I managed to refrain myself from crying, Alyssa couldn't. She sobbed into my chest clutching at me tightly. I tried to keep my breathing regular because I knew if I didn't she'd feel it. It was always a comforting thing for her, every time she was scared while we was in a safe house she'd crawl over beside me and put her head on my chest wrapping her arms around me, just feeling my chest rise and fall like that gave her the feeling I was still there to protect her.
"Alyssa, I love you… okay, I do. Don't ever feel like I'm only doing this because I have to… I choose to, okay?" I said as she sat up.
She nodded a few stray tears running down her face. "I love you, too." She said.
She wrapped her arms around my waist and put her head on the side of my chest. I put a protective but yet comforting arm around her and looked down at her.
"Areyou gonna be okay?" I asked her.
She nodded against my chest and closed her eyes. "It'll take a while to get used to but I'm okay."
"Is my breathing too fast or anything?" I asked.
She shook her head. "No, you're okay." Alyssa said.
"Good." I said. "I thought I still hadn't calmed down." I said laying my head on her's.
"No, you're okay… just don't leave me."
