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Legame Eterno
Chapter Two.
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The sudden wash of realization hit me harder than it did the last few times; why couldn't I get use to the feeling? The headache slowly reared its ugly head, as I searched for the pills I had been smuggling with me for the ride. They were sedatives, able to calm my nerves and help me push past the whole ordeal; on the other hand they also caused me to blackout or loose consciousness. Which was why I only took them after we were finished with our job, but this time I couldn't seem to wait.
"What are you doing."
It was just my luck that Daniel walked past the room I was in; I stuffed the pill into my mouth and ignored the hard hand on my shoulder. He forced my mouth open, but it was too late I had already shallowed the pill. I stared up at him, waiting to the potent to take its affect.
Daniel pushed me against the wall, his hand hurting my shoulder, and snatched the bottle. He glared at me, "What the hell is wrong with you! Is this why you crash every time we finish capturing a ghost?" I didn't answer, but he continued; "Who gave these to you?"
"No one." I muttered out, pushing his hand away from me.
Daniel rubbed his eyes and turned his back on me, "I'm babysitting a child... You are not to leave this building, I'm sending you to the control room and you won't be in there alone. Seeing as you've drugged yourself, I'm not trusting that you'll be awake for much longer." He stopped to see if I was going to answer, seeing as I wasn't he grabbed my arm and pulled me towards the stairs to head to the second floor. "Don't touch anything, I'm sending Mason up here with you; let him do everything, just keep an eye on the screens for as long as you can. Don't mess this up, Annie."
We reached the 'control room', which was really just a small room were all the electronic equipment was hooked up. Usually Daniel is the one in here, by himself, while Mrs. Bennett and I are outside looking for the ghost and trapping it in the clear cube. Daniel sat me on a chair, and I watched him turning on the screens. On the screens I saw Beth being cuffed in the middle of the clear pod that was going to house The Jackal. Soon there was sound in the room and Beth's sobbing, cursing and yelling filled the small dark room. Daniel turned back to me, an ear piece in his hand, and proceeded to place it in my ear. Checked to make sure it worked correctly and called for Mason over the walkie-talkie that was tied to a vest he had on.
Daniel sighed, rubbed his eyes again, and took a good look at me; "Is it working yet?"
I shook my head no. On the screen I could see four different places; the cage, the front of the building, the stairs, and the entrance from town to the factory. "They're not going to suspect anything?"
"No. They won't." Daniel answered coolly, "most of the people here don't seem to like getting involved with outsiders. Mrs. Bennett and I went to ask simple questions to the coroner and even he didn't want to talk to us about the bodies they found."
So that's where they went when I was stuck babysitting Beth and over looking the placement of the equipment when the men came. The door opened, a tall, dark haired man stepped into the room; he wore the same black uniform every other man wore that worked for Miss. Dannii. Mason, he wouldn't have been much older that myself, if I had to guess I'd say twenty-eight or nine. How ever old he was, it didn't matter; he stood in front of Daniel, never giving me a glance.
"Mason, you're going to be put in here tonight." I saw Mason's face light up and a look of relief washed over him. "Miss. Timberline is going to assist you in the activation of the recording..." I cocked an eyebrow, Daniel was making it seem hard to just sit on your ass most of the night and push a button. "...you are not to leave the room, Miss. Timberline is not to leave this room either, nor your sight. Understood?"
Mason nodded his head, "Yes."
Jeez, if I weren't under the influence right this second, I'd have to say that Daniel was starting to sound more like a father then a co-worker. I openly stared at him, needless to say Daniel noticed my stare and gave me a 'behave-or-after-this-your-in-deep-shit' look before he headed out the door...
That was almost four hours ago, I was dying of boredom and finally my sedative was stating to kick in. Mason was bored too, I could tell, but he didn't complain and even make an attempt of starting small talk. Great, the silent type. Looking back at the screen, I kept my eyes on Beth; she had giving up with the screaming and cussing about two hours ago, but the silent tears were still rolling down the face. Was he coming or not? Did he not find Beth appealing, or was this just too easy? Maybe it was.
Suddenly a scream from the ear piece forced me out of my thoughts; Mason was sitting up straight and looking closely at the monitor. The lower left screen was growing hazy, but the faint sound a something hitting metal caught my attention.
"What's going on down there?" Mason asked into the intercom.
"Nothing yet," Daniel replied back.
A knot was starting to built in the pit of my stomach, something wasn't right. Mason reached into his pocket and pulled out those infamous clear glasses, handing me a pair also. What good would they do in here? I grabbed the intercom and watched the screens, "...who screamed?"
There was static, but it slowly cleared up with Daniel answering back, "It must have been Beth, put Mason back on."
I pulled away from the large electronic and passed around the room, the sedative were making my more agitated then ever. Leaning against the cornered wall, I closed my eyes and forced myself to relax, nothing was going to happen while I was in here. Again I heard an object sticking metal, but it was closer this time around. My eyes opened, glued to the entrance of the room and I felt my heartbeat speeding up. This is why you wait to finish the job first then take the drugs, I scolded myself slowly dropping to the floor. I looked back to where the screen would show the stairs, but it was still hazy.
"NO! HELP ME!"
I jumped and almost pulled the ear piece out of my ear, but the voice of Mrs. Bennett and Daniel telling everyone to stay away caught my attention. Standing back up, I pushed the metal chair closer to Mason and sat, waiting for the instructions. We could both hear the screaming, the sound of somebody giggle sadistically and the yells of men. Something slammed hard against the door, we both jumped and stared.
Neither of us moved. Another strong slam shook the door.
"Mason, get ready to start the recoding!" we both head Daniel shout over the ear piece.
Mason looked at me and pulled me closer to him, "Do not move." I nodded, there wasn't anywhere I was going; the only way out was being pummeled by someone. Watching Mason carefully, I sat petrified. Gaining all the courage he could muster, Mason pulled the door opened and waiting for something.
There was nothing.
Mason stepped into the hallway and looked down both sides, while I looked back towards the screen. The room grew cold and I suddenly felt like everything was starting to go slower. A chill ran down my spine, forcing me to look back towards the door. My breath stopped, this couldn't be happening.
"...push the button!" I head dimly in my ear.
It was him; The Torn Prince, the one and only. Just as I remembered, expect for the darkened eyes that were staring at me. A sinister smirk was firmly placed on his face as his attention returned to the person in front of him.
Mason.
"No! Mas-" the rest never made it out of the mouth. I quickly stood back, my hand pushed against my mouth in shock and time started to return to normal. Turning away, I could hear more screaming inside my head and the shouting of Daniel telling Mason to turn the chant on. I checked over my shoulder and found only the body of Mason on the floor; The Prince was gone. I pulled on the intercom, tears threatened to start falling, "Daniel! Help, please. We have a complication!"
Daniel's response was slowly fading, "Ann...wrong...push...now!"
I felt the sudden sense of being watched, he was back. I pulled away as the bat made contact with the intercom, barely missing my skull. He was staring at me and I stared back; he seemed to have hesitated with the next strike, but nevertheless, he attacked and I moved away, hitting the back of my head against the wall in the process. Ignoring the pain, I screamed as another blow was headed straight at me. Moving back towards the monitors, I took one last look at the one with Beth; she was being scratched at by something. As I pushed the button, I felt him grab a hand full of my head and pushed me back forcing me against the wall.
I took one last look at him, Royce Clayton. There was no remorse in any of his features...did he not remember me? There was the same smirk on his face as he raised the bat. I glared back, the thought of betrayal hurt more that anything right now. Was it ironic that he had saved me those years ago...just to end up killing me in the end.
"Dammit Royce..." with that, everything went black.
