Im falling. The ground looms out to me as i rush towards it. I dont know what happened but this isn't good. I try to scream but the wind catches in my throat and my voice comes out as a hoarse whisper. The ground is getting closer. My cheek is stinging...
"Wake up!" The person says, slapping me across the face again. I groan and open my eyes tiredly. Im in a room with a glass window facing into another room. I think it's one-way glass because the people in that room cant see me. I look closer at the people and gasp.
"Why are they in there!" I scream trying to lunge towards the guard. Li, Paulo,Hex and Alex were tied to chairs in a small glass room surrounded by cobras outisde. I gulp and look towards a t.v screen which just flickered on. Cleo's face appeared.
"Well done for figuring out who i was Amber. You got so close i had to do something about it. Your friends here still believe I'm an innocent girl though so all i have to do is dispose of you. I would be glad to do it anyway because you annoyed me so much when we were kids after your parents died. You got all the attention and left me behind. I hated you for it. Then i was blamed for killing your parents and sent to jail. Don't ask why...i dont know either but it was torture."
I look towards my friends and calmly reply to her, even though i'm shaking. "What about them?"
"As you see your friends are in a glass room and outside the glass room are cobras. The floor they are slithering on is electrified but can only be electrified by me. If I click that button here, the glass room will slide down and the floor will be electricuted. Your friends will die painfully along with you. You can stop this if you allow me to kill you and then i will rush to your friends aid, like a hero, saying i tried to stop your death. Hex will probably be devestated but i can fix that." She winks, laughing at me.
I look around my room and then to my friends again. I'm helpless against her. I look towards the screen and Cleo stares into me. "What will it be then?"
"I'll die..." I gulp again. Maybe it's for the best. I can see my parents again right? and maybe wait 80 years and see my team. I close my eyes and sigh. A guard is leading me out into the cobras. I frown. "What are we doing?"
"Cobra is being nice to you and you are going to wave bye to your friends as you walk past. Your death will be quick also. A shot to the head and heart." The guard replies with a raspy voice. I nod and wave as i walk past, as he told me too. My friends look surprised and then Hex,being the brainiac, looks sad. I look away devestated by the sight.
The guard hands me to another one who holds my arms against my back. He's going to hold me during the shooting. The first guard positions himself away from me and points the gun to my head. I look at him cooly.
"You're under arrest!" A policeman shouts running up holding a badge. The guard pulls the trigger quickly and as the bullet shoots out i kick the man behind me and duck. The bullet hits him and he falls next to me,dead. Groaning, i tey to get up but my arm must have popped out as i ducked. A medic takes me quickly and before i get into the ambulance i see my friends become free. I smile to myself as i see the policemen running around arresting everybody.
A few days after, I'm allowed out of the hospital. Li,Paulo and Alex had to go home so Hex is the one picking me up. It turns out i had a few more injuries so i had to stay longer. I walk outside into the carpark and look around. Hex isn't here yet, as usual. I sit on a nearby bench and wait patiently.
Eventually i see him heading towards me and i grin happily. Jumping up, i run towards him quickly. When i reach him, i hug him tightly. I can feel him grinning as he hugs me back. "Im glad you're okay" I tell him.
He laughs and takes my chin in between his fingers and kisses me. "Me too"
