Another Saturday, another chapter. I hope you guys enjoy it I had help with this chapter!
Thanks to everyone who reviewed and added my story to favorites and alerts. It means so much when I get the e-mails telling me that.
Enjoy!
'Stop it Maddy' she scolds herself 'Will was just fine you'll be fine' she leans her head against the wall and closes her eyes willing sleep to take hold of her. She only wishes she had Marks arms around her.
Mira was frustrated nothing she seemed to do was working. Separating the two of them did not work as well as she'd hoped. Carter picked Maddy up from her cell she was staying in and roughly shoved her back in the cell with Mark when the night was over.
"Did they hurt you?" Mark asked immediately after he helped her off the ground.
"No...no... but, Anderson he's gone." She looks deep into Mark's tired eyes "Mira had some kind of drug and she injected him and…" She takes a breath trying to hold back tears "..I have not seen him since, He looked bad Mark." She is getting angry now "He had a family.." she practically shouts "..and a baby on the way!" Maddy flexes she hand in and out of a fist "he…he..."Mark pulls her into a tight hug rocking her back and forth slightly. Maddy relaxes into his hug and lets her body rest against his. Mark slides down the wall bringing Maddy with him. He starts to rub soothing circles on her back.
"It'll be okay" he murmurs to her before kissing the top of her head. He rests his head against Maddy's
"I'm so tired" she lets out sigh and nestles her head into Mark's shoulder. "I barely slept last night" she mumbles into his shoulder.
"I will be right here when you wake up" He continues to rub her back until he feels her relax completely and her breathing even out. Only after that does he allow himself the pleasure of dozing off.
It has been two full days since Mira stepped foot into the room they are held captive in. Maddy hoped she had given up but Mark knew she hadn't, Mira was not the giving up type. She was working on something that she hoped would break him no, break is the wrong word – shatter is more like it, Mira was working on something that she hoped would not break him but shatter his strong will. On that second day Mira was ready and determined not to leave until she got that code. Mark could hear Mira's boots against the pathway. He knew she was coming today; earlier 3 men came in and drug him to the middle of the floor before chaining him and leaving.
Mira stalked into the room. Mark slowly lifted his head, keeping his eyes on Maddy, and listening as Mira walked towards him.
"I brought a friend to help me today." Mark turns his head to see Carter leaning against the wall; Mark narrows his eyes and clenches his bruised jaw at the man's sick grin.
"What are you planning, Mira?" he murmurs, a threatening growl edged his voice. She laughs quietly,
"Well, I thought you might want some company today, but I couldn't let your friend be out alone, so I brought her someone too." Carter walked to the cell where Maddy crouched and pulls her out to a chair opposite him.
"Don't hurt her." he growls, Mira ignores him. He avoids Maddy's eyes, he couldn't face the fear that dwelt there.
"And if I do? What- will you pull madly at your chains?" Carter sneers, his hand travelled down Maddy's neck as the girl cringed. Mira looks derisively at Mark.
"Tell me what I want to know, Mark; this can all be over as soon-" she leans closer to his ear, "-as you..." he shivers, "tell me... the security code." Her cold tone turns his spine to ice. He whips his head towards hers and stared her in the eyes.
"Never, I will NEVER, ever, tell you the security code," He fumes Mira straightens,
"Well then, I suppose I'll have some fun." She took out her baton and struck him across the face. The volts of electricity ripped through his body, momentarily paralyzing his neck.
He gasps, his teeth ground together. Mira narrows her eyes. She presses the baton to his back. Electricity sears through his veins, his eyes roll into his head as he tried to force himself not to scream.
"Such a shame, to see such a pretty boy... in such pain..." Carter sneers. Mira shoves her baton in Mark's back again. He screams, through his pain he could hear Maddy crying softly.
Mira twirls the baton in her hand. She stuck it under his chin and brought his face up to look at hers.
"This can all be over as soon as you want it to be." Then she sent the volts through the baton into his neck.
He let out a guttural scream as his body arched in pain. Mira took the baton away from him and he sunk down. He could barely hear Maddy's sobs. He felt himself being untied and dragged across the floor and then his head slammed into the floor
Maddy held Mark's limp form, 'Don't be dead, please don't be dead, I need you.' Mark's sunken eyes slowly opened, and the lack of fight left in him scared her. "Keep fighting, Mark. Don't let go… please don't let go…" Tears fall down her face she places her hand on his cheek and rubs her thumb back and forth. "I need you Mark" she says through her tears "I need you"
She intertwines her hand with his. She runs her other hand through his hair. She held him as he slowly regained strength, he didn't speak much and his eyes were closed most of the time. She tries to talk to him but he is silent. Carter comes back in the room with two other men. Carter walks up to Maddy wraps his arms around her waist and pulls her away from Mark's limp form and discards her outside the cell. The two men pull Mark out back to the middle of the room. Mark makes no movement at all, even when she yelled as Carter grabbed her. He lays still on the floor his limp body not moving an inch nothing to indicate he is even breathing. She prays he is not dead; she needs him now more then ever.
Mark opened his eyes, he was sitting on a hill with Maddy. Mira was dead and they were together, at the base of the hill was a lake and the sun sparkled on its gentle waters. Maddy smiled at him—
The electricity ripped through his body, Carter held the baton to his ribs. Mark clenched back a scream behind the gag. Maddy lies on the cold floor, whimpering. Mira stood staring at him blankly. Her evil glare had been wiped from her face and Mark dared to think there was actually a human being inside of her. Mira watches as Carter beat him. Mark stares at Mira as his body took the beating, he looks at Maddy, she is scared, and her face was stained where her tears had fallen. He couldn't let go, he couldn't let himself let go.
The pain seared his very core, he screams in pain and Carter took a step back. Mira walked forward and took the baton. She struck him across the face. Mark gasps and spit blood. Scratch the 'human being' thought.
"I'm tired of waiting for you to cooperate." She lifts his chin to look into her cold eyes. "You're so heroic, taking all this pain… for the protection of the things you believe in. You've handled so stubbornly-" her voice took on a hint of a growl. "Do you think your girlfriend could handle it too? I'm sure she's feeling left out." Mark's eyes burned as Mira turned away from him. Carter dragged Maddy off the floor, she screamed out.
"Noo! No! Stop it!" Mira walks up to her and looks back at Mark as she sticks the baton in Maddy's back. Mark cries out from behind the gag as Maddy screams as the electricity tore through her body. Mira took the baton away. Maddy wails, her body weak and limp. Mira walked to Mark and yanked off the gag.
"What about now?" Mira grabs his chin and makes him look at Maddy. "She looks so hurt, doesn't she? This could all end if you tell me the code!" she yells angrily.
"I can't tell you! I won't" Mark is close to tears. "Don't hurt her anymore, she doesn't know anything." Carter sneers. The man walked up and stood in his face.
"That's why we're hurting her, Marky boy. You just can't stand to see your innocent little girlfriend get hurt, ohh… it hurts so bad…" Carter laughs sarcastically. Mark glares at Carter and spat in his face.
Mira pushes Carter away and walks to Maddy, "If that's how it is…" She pulls the girl up and then shoots her with the baton's agonizing waves of electric pain. Mark pulls desperately at the ropes only tightening them in his desperation. He could feel his hands. Maddy screams in agony. Mark looks at her desperately.
"FINE!" he yells. Mira pauses, Maddy goes limp but she manages to whimper,
"No, don't, don't do it…" Mark felt tears stream down his face. Mira put the baton to Maddy's back, but doesn't turn it on.
"I can't tell you the code…" Mira narrowed her eyes and presses the baton into Maddy's back. "BUT—I'll go- I'll go and get what you need." Maddy looks up at him. He avoids her eyes, "On the condition, that you let. Maddy. go." Mira drops Maddy and stares at him coldly with narrowed eyes. Carter walks up to Mark.
"You dim-witted idiot, do you think we'll fall for that, we're not letting either of you go ANYWAY until we get that co-"
"CARTER!" Mira bellowed. Mark saw Carter jump as he turns abruptly. "GET. Out." Mira pointed to the door. Carter glared at her but skulks out of the room. She approaches Mark slowly and raises her eyebrow, "You, will get the items we need…"
"IF you let Maddy go, that's the condition." He replies in a low growl. Mira narrows her eyes.
"I make my own conditions," she pulls out her gun, "So how about I won't kill your girlfriend-" the gun pointed to Maddy, "if you go get what we want." Mark freezes.
"No, I want her free, I'll get whatever you want- whatever you're dying to have, if I am guaranteed that she is safe, FREE." He growls, Mira purses her lips.
"You are taking an awful lot of chance here," Mark cringes.
"Fine, the girl goes free, AFTER we have what we've asked for." Mira said stonily.
"I have to see she's safe before I go, otherwise you're out of luck." Mark said, his pulse races, Mira looked at Maddy disgustedly.
"Whatever you see in her I really don't, but that doesn't matter." Mira leaned closer to him. "Here's what going to happen, you are going to go to the warehouse and get what we want, and once we see that you did get what we asked you to, you will be able to see your precious girl one last time before we take her to point X, where we will release her and she will be able to travel back to her home sweet home." Maddy moaned on the floor,
"Don't do it, Mark, please." Mira turns and kicks her, and sticks the baton in her back, Maddy screams.
"Fine! I'll do it! Just don't hurt her anymore."
Mira smiled, "Finally, we're coming to an understanding." She turns and walked out of the room calling out behind her "Rest up you will need your strength" she laughs evilly.
Did ya think Mark was dead for a second there? Haha, I hope enjoyed it now the story is going to start moving along and possibly wrapping up in 3 or 4 more chapters.
This chapter was done in collaboration with the lovely E. R. Ibbs, One of my best friends, who also is an amazing writer.
Click that amazing button that says Review this Chapter! (:
