Chapter 7
I have to apologize for the wait, and how bad this chapter is.. Once I started typing it, I lost all inspiration to actually finish it.. To hopefully someone make up for it, i'll be posting another chapter tonight, which is hopefully better then this one. :3 Enjoy ~
I closed my eyes for a moment as leaned against the makeshift building of metal. Was I really about to go in there? Was I really about to put my life on the line for someone I barely knew? Slowly, I drew in a breath, and thought. A window was to my right. About a foot over. It was large and rectangular with smashed glass. Small pieces still stuck from the frame, just waiting to snag someone's skin, which would probably end up being mine. The buildings moved in a chain like order. If I could move building to building, I could make it to the other side in now time, but of course, their were problems that came along with this. In the middle of the camp, was a big gap between buildings where the pole was, and then there was the matter of trying to figure out if any of Jason's friends were here. Finely, I peered around into the window. Enough stalling. The room inside looked extremely dirty. The first thing I noticed was the man sitting with his back to me in a chair, watching a television. The second thing I noticed was the blood stains on the floor, and a body slumped up against the wall in the corner. A young male covered in blood...I felt my stomach knot up a little. This would not be easy, mentally, or physically. Very carefully, I put one leg over the window, trying to avoid the glass. A few small pieces dug into my skin, although. I ignored it, and went on. Quietly, I got my foot on the ground inside, and slowly brought my other leg over. I turned and looked at the man who was still oblivious to my presence. Slowly, I took the knife I had taken from Jason out and hesitated. This man sitting in front of me was obviously a pirate. That blood red shirt, dark green pants, and black boots. A gun rested against the wall in front of him, and he seemed relaxed. Carefully kicked back in the chair, his feet against the wall, and his arms crossed across his chest, while a dead body sat in the corner with blood seeping from the boys wounds. I suddenly felt no pity for this man, and shook my head. Ever so slowly, I crouched down, and got myself right behind him. My hands were a bit shaky as I reached forward slowly. Finely, my mind told me that I had to do it. That's when I lashed out, wrapped my hand around the mans mouth, and yanked him back as I sunk the knife into his throat. I closed my eyes as I felt him struggle for a moment, and let out muffles pleas, but then all went silent. I almost let the now limp body sink to the floor, but I stopped myself. I pulled the knife, and sat it on the ground beside me. The metal chair he had been setting in would fall if I let the body go. Gently, laid the body down on the ground as I held onto the chair with my other hand. Once both the body, and the chair were laid softly on the floor, I grabbed the knife, and stood up. Only the entire camp to go...
I looked down both ways of the gap. Two pirates at each end. Both with there backs facing me. Wonderful. Going as fast as I could silently, I went to the pole. I almost screamed when I found it locked shut. Damn it. I brought the knife up, and pried at the locks a little. Nothing happened. I thought for a moment, then shook my head. Slowly, I looked up at the direction of the ridge. I could barely make out Jason, and I hesitated to catch my thoughts. I took a small step forward, to head into the next building. I didn't even take two steps before I heard the faint call of a warning off in the distance. It was almost like the mild tone over the camp was completely suffocated, and hell broke loose to take it's place. The two pirates who were standing at the each end of the gap, were gone at the sound of the call, leaving me by myself. I looked back up at the ridge, to find Jason gone. Shit! I could hear the boots of more pirates somewhere near, so I wasted no time. I ran forward into the next building, but I just kept running., seeing it empty. I could hear the whole camp in chaos now. I could hear pirates yelling, calls being sounded nearby, the sound of an engine, screaming women and men, begging for mercy. I just kept running. Building to building, all completely empty, besides the occasional dead body. I had put the knife away by now, and instead taken out the gun. I finely skidded to a halt, at the last building. Out the window, I could see pirates moving around frantically, and a lot of them. The cages were right outside! I ducked down below the window, and thought. What was going on? Why was everyone in such a panic? I peeked over the window, to get a look at the cages. Women and men, as well as a few children were sat in the cages, with their wrists bound above their heads. Most looked worn and beaten, with eyes red from crying. I lowered my head back down, and shook my head. Most of the people in the cages looked too old, or much too young to be any of Jason's friends. I imagined they were all about his age, and some looked at early as twelve, and the oldest could be late fifties, but that's it. It looked like this is where they brought the children, and older captives. Not a pleasant thought. I cleared my head for a moment, and focused on what I needed to do next. Get back to the trees. I back tracked. I crossed back through the gap, and then made it all the way back to the very first building I entered, and I could still hear pirates yelling. Once I hopped the window carelessly, I looked at the trees just a short distance from where I stood. There was a small gap between the trees and building, which would include me running into the open for a split moment. Not long enough for anyone to see me, I thought. As I ran forward and back into the trees and bushes, my mind faded to Jason. He was gone the last time I looked for him. How the hell was I going to find him? Fuck I knew this was a bad idea. I kept my legs going up the hill, until I reached the top. Gun shots rang out, causing me to jump. What the hell were they going at? A freaking army? There was no way they would hear me over all the gun shots.
"Jason!" I called out. I waited for a response, but got none. "Jason!" I yelled twice as loud this time while I jogged forward through the bushes. The response I got, was not Jason's voice, but the voice of someone much, much worse.
"Bambi!" A mocking voice called back. I almost instantly recognized it as Vaas' voice. I froze, and my breath caught in my chest. Damn it! I was frozen like a deer in headlights, my heart racing, and my arms began to shake. The voice sounded like it came from in front of me. It's alright, I thought to myself. He probably didn't know exactly where I was through all the dense bushes and trees.. He couldn't. It was impossible. "Do you not want to play, Bambi?" I listened to him laugh through his sentence. I slightly bit my bottom lip as I slowly, and very quietly tried to move through the bushes to my right side. "You know, Bambi. I'v missed you and Jason Brody... It's been so fucking lonely!" I could just hear the smugness in his voice. I clenched my teeth together and shook my head. How could someone be such a jackass? I took a small step forward, and felt the bushes brush against my leg. It was the move in the bushes just a few feet to my left that made me jump. My legs knocked into a bush, making it russle. When I didn't hear any frantic foot steps, I almost sighed with relief. I took a small step back to regain my path, and as soon as I did, I felt something touch the back of my head. Cold. Circular. Shit! I snapped around without hesitation, and ended up looking down the barrel of the gun of one of Vaas' men. I scrambled backwards a few feet, and my back slammed into something now. I couldn't do anything but freeze. My first thought was a tree, but I knew better than that. I shut my eyes, and waited. I felt as the figure moved from behind me, and moved to my side. A arm wrapped around my shoulders, and I could feel Vaas smile. "Ah. It's nice to see you again, Bambi." Why was he calling me Bambi? What the hell did that mean. Slowly, I opened my eyes, and just stood in a bit of shock. The gun.. The gun was still in my waist band.. Maybe I could get to it...
"Nice to see you too, Vaas." I coughed up, my voice shaky and unstable. Slowly.. Very slowly, I brought my hand up, trying not to make him aware. Suddenly the man in front of me raised his gun, and threatened in a language I couldn't understand. I looked at him with terrified eyes, and lowered my arm back down. Vaas leaned his head forward a little, and I finely got a glimpse of his face again. He looked at the man, and spoke in his language, and the man replied after he finished. I couldn't help but squeeze my eyes shut when I felt his hand touch my stomach as he pulled the gun. He looked at me, and smiled with a shake of his head.
"Wow. Bambi thinks shes some kind of fucking bad ass now." He laughed with the other man, but Vaas suddenly stopped, and I heard the click of the gun he had just taken from me, and then the sound of a single gun shot rang through my ears, and I could hear something fall to the ground. I didn't want to open my eyes, but I did anyways, and I found the man who had just been laughing along with Vaas a moment ago, laying on the ground, hidden within the bushes. I couldn't calm my breathing, and I felt my stomach knot up. Vaas suddenly laughed again.
"Now. Bambi. Me and you are going to have a little... fun." I watched as he waved the gun a little in the air. He made me walk along beside him. "But first. Tell me, where that fucking prick, Jason Brody is." He told me. I hesitated.
"I don't know." I said softly.
"Oh, you don't? So you just decided to end up at one of my camps, on your fucking own? Hermana, do you think I am fucking stupid?" His grip around my shoulders got a lot tighter. I felt as he spoke closely next to my ear. "Okay. Let me put it this way. Tell me where he is, and maybe... Just maybe, I won't kill the both of you. Alright?" I blinked softly a few times.
"I don't know where he is." I managed a soft growl in my voice. Vaas wasn't very tall at all, and it was even more apparent now that he was standing right next to me. I was about five six, so I was judging him at about five ten about now. I felt as he just laughed, and shook his head.
"Bambi, girls like you are my favorite. I get to break you down until you're nothing but a fucking pathetic bitch." He said softy in my ear. I felt his arm unwrap from me as we kept walking, and I lunged forward, but Vaas yanked me back by my shirt, and a sharp pain in the back of my head caused blackness to quickly take me over.
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