"Spontaneous, huh? I thought you said they wouldn't find us." I hissed at Zach as we scurried away. We found a car whose driver was nowhere nearby and, well, stole it.
"Come on." Zach muttered as he attempted to hotwire the car. The two wires zapped and sparked and the engine started. "Oh thank God."
I let out a breath I hadn't realized I'd been holding and we were off.
Zach didn't care about the speed limit, only that we had to get out of there as fast as possible. Which apparently wasn't fast enough because he kept cursing when he saw the speed we were going at. Which to me was quite fast.
I glanced back to see if we were being followed, which thankfully we weren't.
A phone started ringing and I realized it was Zach's once he picked up and put it on loud speaker. For the first 16 seconds nothing was said. Then a raspy man's voice said 3 words that sent a wave of fear through my body. "We see you."
The ground around the car seemed to erupt as bombs dropped from the sky. Dust flew up and clouded everything, causing Zach to slam on the brakes then speed up again as he swerved to get out of it. I can't tell you that it was quiet, oh no, the sound the bombs were causing was tremendous! And frightening.
"Zach! They found us!" I yelled.
"No shit, Cammie, I think that was the point of the call." He shouted.
I had to admit, I felt stupid after saying that but I felt even more stupid when the ground blew up right next to me and I shrieked.
Then bullets were shattering the glass of the car and I could tell that one of the tires had been shot as well. I looked back but couldn't see anyone. Up above I could see millions of black planes, like ants scattered across the sky.
I felt a sharp pain in my neck and reached for it, but my hand never reached it. It sagged as well as my eyelids. Then my head hit the door and unconsciousness took over me.
"She's awake."
"Not for long."
"Where's the boy?"
"Damen's got him."
"Enjoy your new home if that's even possible."
"Where's Morgan, I can't wait to see the look on his face when he finds out we've got his daughter."
"He'll find out sooner or later."
Zach's POV
I woke up with my cheek pressed against cold cement. My eyes struggled to open and the first thing I thought was, Where is Cammie?
I took in my surroundings, she was nowhere in sight. They'd locked me up in a prison cell. There was a rickety bed that I'd been chained to and that was all. There was a tray of food beside me with a piece of stale bread and some dangerous looking liquid in a dirty glass.
There was no one in the cell opposite of mine. I stretched as far as possible to see if there were more cells. There were at least 2 or three more on both sides of mine. Looked like they got quite a lot of company.
All of a sudden voices started arguing not far from me. I couldn't see the people talking since they were too far away. The voices grew louder as they approached my cell and when I could finally see them I saw her.
She was barely standing and she looked like death. Her eyes were drooping, her hair was limp, her lips were cracked and scratches covered her body. I noticed that both of us were covered in dirt and dust, probably from when they had dragged us out of the car. Two men were holding her up. One had a white mustache and bushy eyebrows, reminding me of a yeti. The other had a buzzcut and a scar down his face. Yeti and Scarface. The two threw her into the cell opposite me and then chained her to the bed. I noticed that she had a thick, black cuff on her other wrist that I didn't have on.
"Hey! What did you do to her?" I yelled, but they ignored me. I yelled for them again but all Yeti said was. "Don't you dare talk to her."
"Go to hell." I snapped.
"Been there, done that." He responded.
Across from me, Cammie started to stir. She groaned as she struggled to sit up. She put a hand to her head as though she had a headache, which I wouldn't blame her if she did.
She saw me and her face pulled into a smile. A very strained smile. "Hey. You ok?" She asked quietly.
"Nevermind me, you look awful. How do you feel?" I said.
"I've been better." She gave a humourless laugh. "A lot better."
"I'm so sorry about this, Cammie. I-"
"Zach, it's not your fault." She interrupted. "They were bound to find us sooner or later, so now they have. What's done is done. Don't beat yourself up over this."
I opened my mouth to speak again but then I heard Scarface say. "Hey! Didn't I tell you not to talk to her?"
"And didn't I tell you to go to hell?"
His footsteps came loud and heavy. He kneeled beside my cell to face me. "Zip it, kid. You do not know anything we are capable of."
He got up to leave and being the kind of guy I am I may have insulted him. He didn't turn, just pressed a button on this remote type thing that he was holding. When he pressed it Cammie cried out and her whole body shook for around 10 seconds.
"Cammie!" I shouted.
Her body settled down and she placed her head on her knees. She lifted it to look at me, her sweaty hair falling into her face.
"What happened?" I asked.
"Electric shock, that's what happened." Yeti's voice boomed. He came up to our cells and demanded to Cammie. "Get over here , little girl. Don't make me repeat myself or I'll shock you again." Cammie crawled over to him and he snatched her hand that had the black cuff on it. He pulled it away from her wrist so that I could see the metallic hooks coming from her skin. Cammie whimpered from pain as he held it. "See this, boy? These are latched to her bone. We press this button," He waved the remote in front of me. "And it send electricity through her body." He let go of her hand and she scampered away. "Now shut the hell up."
Cammie spasmed again and became so weak she just collapsed to the floor.
I desperately wanted to help her and know if she was ok, but I didn't dare say a word if it would hurt her. She rolled onto her stomach but faced the wall, away from me.
I leaned against the wall helplessly, not knowing what was going to happen next.
Enjoy! I have exams coming up the week after the next so I don't know how often I'll get to update, since I've got to study. I'll try though, but no promises.
Ivoryyy
PS. I was wondering if you guys wanting some sort of writing challenge. If you do, tell me and I'll announce it in the next chap or something.
