Chapter 6

I tried to keep my breathing leveled. She can't notice, she can't notice, I kept telling myself over and over trying to stay calm. Anything unusual could get Isabel to shock me or worse, look up at the screens. I looked at Isabel. She was smiling to herself, writing everything down. Before she got suspicious I started again.

"S-silver, clover, zinc, lead, myrrh…" I paused, pretending to think but I secretly looked at the screens. Where had Ian gone? I wondered.

Just then somebody screamed from outside. It was definitely a boy that screamed, which worried me. I looked at Isabel and flinched. Her eyes were on fire. Nobody would ruin this opportunity for her.

"What is it now?" She hissed and walked slowly to the door. While she was preoccupied, I looked at the screens again. They showed no sign of Ian anywhere. Why do I care? I thought and shook my head. Isabel paused before she opened the door. She looked around the hallway and shrugged. She probably didn't see anything as a threat. Annoyance flickered across her face but then she turned around and smiled.

"Now where were we?"She asked. Suddenly, her shoulders slumped and she crumpled to the floor. I looked up and saw Ian smirking, holding a dart gun. He was leaning against the door frame.

"Nobody puts me in a cage." He stated.

"How …how did you?" I was a loss for words. He chuckled slightly, which annoyed me.

"I'll explain later. Now come with me." I didn't move. His handsome face scrunched up in confusion.

"Aren't you going to come?" He asked.

"No." I replied, turning my back on him.

"Well then, you leave me no choice." I was about to turn back around to find out what he meant but I was suddenly picked up.

"Ian! Put me down this second! Ian!" I shrieked, kicking frantically.

"I'd rather not." He snickered. I rolled my eyes but continued to kick him. What can I say? I'm a multi-tasker. I kicked him in the soft spot and he dropped me. I turned around to run but he grabbed me and pulled me to him.

"No need for violence." Ian managed to get out. He was obviously in pain… good. Much to my annoyance, he recovered quickly, grabbed my hand and started to pull me along.

"Hey!" I yelled, trying to run the other way but he was stronger than me and continued to pull me.

Then I grasped a thought. "Where all the guards?" I asked, looking around.

"I took care of them." He said mischievously. I sighed; I wasn't getting a better answer than that. We walked for awhile but we finally stepped outside. I realized he was still holding my hand. I tried to pull away but he had a firm grip. Ian just smiled and I glared at him.

"Come on. We can't have Isabel running after us can we?" I sighed again but followed him in the limo. When we got in, I sat the farthest away possible from him. I looked at him expectantly.

"I know you want answers." He started and I nodded. "But who said I was going to give them to you?" He whispered in my ear, causing me to shiver from his flawless voice. How did he get so close? I thought and pushed him away.

"Oh now, come on Love, play nice." He teased.

"Answer my questions!" I said, frustrated.

"Which ones? You asked me a lot." Stupid smirk.

"Let's start with how you got out of the cage?"

"Well, I keep a special poison in the heel of my shoe. Isabel, surprisingly, didn't check my shoes. She was probably too excited from catching you and wasn't cautious. Anyways, I burnt through the bars and that's all. Oh and I had to wait for exactly the right time." He finished.

"After she sent a billion volts of electricity through my body!" I fiddled with my hair and it wasn't a singed as I thought it was. Ian looked concerned.

"Did she hurt you? Wait that was a stupid question, sorry." Ian said. "What else do you want to know?"

"Why did you save me?" I asked. He immediately looked uncomfortable.

"Next question."

"Why did you save me?" I repeated.

"Because I wanted to." He said stiffly.

"OK, ok I'm sorry I asked." I put my hands in the air defensively. "Where are we going?" His classic smirk was plastered on his face.

"Not here."

"WHERE are we going?" I put emphasis on where.

"Oh, you'll see." His eyes twinkled mischeviously.

A/N: Hmmmm where are they going? Interesting *strokes unseen beard* Ha-ha you'll find out later!

~Luvlessgrl