Mia whimpered in protest as arms wrapped around her, everywhere felt like it was on fire or sore. She didn't want to be moved, it only hurt too much. She could barely open an eye, only to see a blurred moving image, which took a few moments to settle. She was being carried, an embany hooded man was pressing her to his chest as he ran through hallways.
He then stopped and next thing she knew, it felt like she was falling, but arms were still protecting her. They landed in something that rustled on contact, and she realized it was hay. She was let go for a moment before being picked up again. This person ran outside, sun blinding her. The sounds of converation around them as this person jumped onto something and before she could tell, water was everywhere! She couldn't breathe, and she was too weak to struggle.
Luca came to the surface, but Mia was gone! His panic rose and he dove down and found her sinking lower, a stream of bubbles trailing behind her. He wrapped his arms around her and swam up to the surface, then to the dock. Now under the bridge, he laid her down against the wall, willing her to wake up.
To his realif, she started to cough and expell the water she had swallowed. He gently patted her back to sooth Mia, and was glad to see her settle and the raspy coughs turn to shallow breathing. "Are you going to be alright, bambina?"
She didn't reply, only continued to stare up blankly at the sky.
Unwilling to wait for a reply, he scooped Mia back in his arms and started to climb with one arm up the ladder, then bolting towards Tiber Island. He had to get her to safety and fast. But something made him stop and stare back. Though he couldn't believe it, he saw Ezio and Leonardo being dragged over the bridge! He had to be haulucenating. He had to be!
Regardless, Mia needed help, and fast, stand there pondering if that was really Ezio or not wasn't going ot help that problem. He started to run again, then next thing he knew, he felt a wave of pain lance through his shoulder! He could see the shaft of a crossbow bolt sticking out, and before he knew it, a guard tackled him! Another pried Mia away from him and started to drag him and her back towards the Castel San'Agello!
He needed to react! And fast! With one swift move, he knocked the guard off of him, and punched a guard in the face as he tried to take hold. Now free, he scrambled up and bolted away! Adrinaline pulsing through him, fueling every muscle to full power in order to escape.
As soon as he was sure that he had lost the guards, he pressed a hand to the wall, his other hand grasping at his burning chest -his heart pounding harder than a horses hooves on the cooblestone, and his lungs strained from the pace at which he had sprinted-.
They took Mia! They still have her! Luca realized. His voice came in a pathetic whisper as a tear laced down his cheek, "I'm so sorry, Mia... I've failed you..."
short chapter. Sorry...