Here's chapter 7 everyone! The exciting conclusion to the two (or is it three?) part mission storyline of this story. I wanted to thank everyone who reviewed, faved, and followed.

I don't own the MES. Only AmericasHeroes does. I only own Sienna and Raphael. Enjoy! Please review at the end :)


Chapter 7: Escape

I had been in that cell for two weeks. And my friends still hadn't found me.

"That girl is almost broken. I can just tell. Can't you?" The man who captured me says with a snort.

"Yeah. She's going insane." His friend replies.

After listening to their conversation for a while, I crawled over to corner of the cell and hugged my knees to my chest. I heard a tray being slid under my door. I looked at the tray's contents and almost puked on sight of it.

On the tray was Amazonian berries, and they were deadly. I had eaten them my first day here because I was starving, but it poisoned me and I was sick for days. Now that I was somewhat recovered, I knew better than to eat those.

"Seriously? We give you grub, and you choose not to accept it? What an ungrateful brat."

I turn around and see a man with a whip. It was the same man who has been torturing me for the past two weeks I have been here.

"You either eat the food, or pay the price for your ungratefulness." He says. I look at the food and then back at him. I didn't want to eat them. So I wasn't going to.

"Very well then." He says and then starts beating me with the whip. I hold up my hands to defend my face, but he aims and successfully strikes my back again. I cry out and look up at him again, tears streaming down my face. He raises an eyebrow at me and nods at the tray.

I knew if I wanted this to stop, I had to eat the berries. So…I did. And I regretted it quickly.

I threw up all over the floor and some of the puke landed on the man's shoes. He yelled and kicked me in the stomach, causing me to regurgitate more. It was disgusting.

"You're such an animal." He says, spitting on me and then he leaves the room. I laid there, curled up into a ball. And I wanted to go home.


"This is ridiculous! We need to find her!" War yelled. It was so loud, it could be heard 3 miles away from the base. Derek just sighed and shook his head.

"We're doing everything we can. Just calm-"

"You're not doing enough! Where is she?!" War screamed, lunging for Derek once again. This time, he was late in calling the guards and War was able to pin him down. She suddenly started to beat his face in, and wanted to cry. She didn't though, knowing that tears were a sign of weakness as the MES leaders had taught her and the others.

She didn't get it. Her best friend was out there, somewhere in the enemy's hands, probably hurt and on the verge of death. And all the MES were doing was sitting here letting one of their own recruits pay the price for her failure. It wasn't fair!

"Tell me where she is you bastard! If you don't go and rescue her, then I will! Just tell me where she is!" War screams, her eyes filling with tears but dare not fall. No one could see her like that. No one.

Derek spit some blood on the floor. War had gotten him pretty bad. His nose was broken and he had two black eyes. His left eye was swollen shut and he could barely see out of his right. When War went for another hit to his face, Brooklyn rushed in with Connor and Semper to see what the commotion was about. When they saw what was happening, their eyes widened.

"War! Stop!" Brooklyn yelled, rushing over to pry her off of him. War turned around and growled at him, a warning to stay back and leave her be. Brooklyn sighed and ran over to her, grabbing her arm before she could get another hit in.

"War! Seriously stop! This isn't going to solve anything!" He ordered. War didn't listen. She kept going as Brooklyn struggled to pull her off. He glanced back at Semper and Connor.

"A little help here?!" He yelled to them, requesting help to get their teammate away from Derek. They looked at each other and quickly ran over, helping Brooklyn get War off of Derek.

"No! We need to find her! We have to! You guys-"

War quickly fell to the ground after being shot by a tranquilizer gun. The trio who grabbed her glanced to their right and saw Sienna's mentor Jena, who was holding the gun that put War to sleep.

"What the heck-"

"Hush up. She'll be out for an hour. No need to worry." She replies and walks over to them.

"Help me get her to her room." Jena orders. The three obey and help carry War to her room. After getting her in her bed, Brooklyn closed the door gently and sighed heavily.

Stay strong for us, Sienna. We'll rescue you soon. I promise.


Later the next day, Sienna woke up. She was unable to sleep as she had not eaten in days. Her stomach growled, crying for food that wouldn't come. It was a matter of time before she died of starvation down in the hole. Her friends were on her way. There was no need to worry…

Oh who was she kidding?

She brought her knees up to her chest and hid her face. She had been in that hell hole for a month now. If her friends truly cared about her, they would have rescued her by now.

"You know you're never getting out of here, right kid?" a man asks. Sienna looks up and frowns. It was her 'warden.' His name was Raphael. She wanted to say no. That her team was going to rescue her any day now. But with time passing, she was beginning to lose hope.

Raphael smirked and then laughed. "Pathetic. You're going to die here." He remarks. Sienna dug her nails into her knees and silently cried. She really was alone. First her parents abandoned her and now her friends. She had no one left. No one who cared about her.

"You know, I-"

"Raphael, come in!"

Raphael grabbed his talkie on his belt and answered in Spanish. He later put his talkie up and told her to stay put. Like she was going anywhere!

After he left, Sienna decided to take a nap. She hadn't slept in 3 days and it was starting to get to her. She laid down on her side, her preferred sleeping position, and closed her eyes. Little did she know, something big was about to happen.


An hour later, she was woken up by rapid shaking. She turned over and felt a hand move away from her arm. She reacted by quickly backing into a corner. The men...they scared her. They did some unpleasant things to her, things she didn't want to talk about and now they were back for more.

"Get away from me!" she yelled, tear streaming down her face. Jena had told her that she shouldn't cry in the field, as it was a sign of weakness to her enemy. But she didn't care. She wasn't even an official member yet, for crying out loud!

"Sienna! It's me!' The stranger said, shaking her shoulders as he tried to get her to look at him. He had her chin in his hand and tried to navigate towards his face so they could make eye contact.

"Stop it! Leave me alone!" She yelled in response. She cried some more when suddenly she felt a pair of arms gently wrap around her.

"Shh...it's okay. You're safe now. We're here to take you home." He said, attempting to calm her down. She had perked up after recognizing his voice.

"Br-Brooklyn?" she asked, unsure if it really was him or not. Her mind could be playing tricks on her, making her hear voices of people who weren't really there. But when he moved into the sunlight, Sienna gasped.

It was Brooklyn.

"Hey. Good to see you." he replies, smiling.

"Brooklyn! You don't know how happy I am to see you!" she exclaimed, crawling over to him and crying hard. She couldn't believe it. They had come to rescue her.

Brooklyn smiled and looked down at her. "Are you hurt?" he asked. When she looked up, he immediately knew that was a stupid question.

Her face was covered in dried blood and so was her nose, which was also broken. She had a black eye which was almost swollen shut. Her lip was busted and a bunch of scratches and fresh bruises covered her face. She looked awful. She had been through hell.

Sienna noticed his state of shock and sighed. "That's not all."

She started to lift her shirt and Brooklyn tried to cover his eyes.

"No it's fine. Just look."

When he looked at her back, he almost fell to his knees. Her whole entire back was covered in scars from beatings. Many of them were old, but there was a few new ones. One stood out the most that started at the top of her right shoulder and went diagonal all the way down her back.

Brooklyn looked away and ordered her to put her shirt back on. He couldn't look at it anymore. Her pain was his pain, and right now, his back was stinging as if he had been whipped even though he hadn't. Those monsters hurt her. And he was pissed about it.

"Come on. We're taking you home." He says. Sienna gives a confused look.

"We? Whose we?" she asked.

As if on cue, Semper and Connor bust through and see them standing there. Once the three of them make eye contact, Semper and Connor race over to Sienna and give her a huge bear hug. Both girls cried, relieved to be reunited as a team again.

"We were so worried about you. We thought…" Semper gulped. She didn't want to think about that right now. Sienna was okay and that's all that mattered.

"Yeah…I'm glad you're okay too." Connor remarks, rubbing his eyes. Was he crying?

"Guys, we don't have time for a happy reunion. We need to go. Now." Brooklyn commanded. Semper let go of Sienna and followed Connor to the extraction point not far from them.

Brooklyn ran right behind them when he realized Sienna wasn't behind him. He turned around and saw her, sitting there on the ground.

"Didn't you hear me? Come on!" He yelled, hand motion and all. Sienna just stared at him. He sighed.

"Don't you remember how to walk?" he asks annoyed. Sienna stood up and tried to walk, but immediately fell over. Brooklyn gasped and picked her up in his arms. He was pretty strong for an 11-year-old.

"What gives?" he asks, looking her over for injuries on her legs. She sighed and replied.

"I can't walk….my leg hurts..."

Brooklyn gave her a confused look then looked at her legs again. One leg, her left one, looked funny. He tried to bend it, only causing Sienna to cry out in pain.

"Oh crud...I think your leg is broken." He diagnoses. This caused Sienna to cry more. Brooklyn held her close to his chest.

"Shh…you're okay. We're safe." He whispered as he rocked her gently. It was obvious she was scared. That asshole Derek would pay for this….

"Brooklyn…they…." She broke down crying again. She was embarrassed and ashamed. It was moments she didn't want to relive. Brooklyn got the message though and clenched his fist. They touched her? Oh no. He wasn't having this. He looked back down at the distraught girl.

"It's okay. No one can hurt you now." He says, trying to console her. She looked up at him, sniffling and her face red. Then she rubbed her eyes and laid her head on his shoulder.

"I'm sleepy…" She commented. He nodded and started walking to the extraction point where Semper and Connor were waiting for them.

"Just get some rest. We'll be home soon." He says gently. Sienna nodded and slowly but surely drifted off into a deep sleep. Brooklyn carefully climbed onto the helicopter, and despite it being loud, Sienna didn't wake up. That was okay. She needed to sleep.

After boarding the helicopter, it took flight as Brooklyn laid her across the soft seat while he sat in the floor. Soon after, he was asleep too. This was definitely enough action for a while.


Wow...pretty emotional chapter, right? I hope you don't mind the moments between Brooklyn and Sienna. They have a long history together and an older brother-younger sister relationship, so I wanted to show that here.

Thanks for reading and please review!

~Firestorm