A/N : Hello All! I hope this story isn't moving too fast, but I present to you the next chapter! Enjoy! Xx
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Chapter 2 - Caught
The night was cool and silent, as always. Under the cover of darkness, they moved through the dead city, each broken tower looking like a giant tombstone. The city was a graveyard, a shadow of itself. Hina felt her heart beating faster as they neared the new city, the city of the king. The place where his rules were obeyed and people were fed well for their obedience, the people that had gladly fallen in line when the unspoken monster had appeared. Through the dark night, Hina could now see the flickering of light from the torches that hung off the wall that surrounded the king's city. Inside, behind those stone walls, people lived with food and water, even the joys of electricity, which had long ago been denied the outlaws, those who had refused to fall in line and obey. Osamu suddenly held his arm out as they rounded the corner of a building. Hina stopped walking and watched as he crept along the side of the building. He gazed round the corner then gestured at her to come to him. When she reached him he leant close to her, grinning.
"We've got two guards at the gate and probably a handful more when the cart comes," He whispered. Hina nodded in understanding.
"So, when the cart comes along, hide here. I'll run out in front of it, causing it to stop, then you run out and save the poor suckers," He whispered. Hina nodded again.
"So all we have to do now is wait," She whispered back, the excitement bubbling inside her.
It turned out they didn't have to wait long. They heard the rumble of tyre's rolling over the uneven pavement within fifteen minutes of been there. Then, the cart came into sight. It was an odd looking thing, combining the old fashioned and the new. The wheels were that off a lorry, the rest like a large cage attached to it. It was pulled along on a couple of ropes by the kings guard. Like Osamu had predicted, there were four of the guards, making it six in total, a handful.
"Ready?" He whispered through the dark. Hina gulped unable to speak. She nodded and watched as he ran forwards. He pelted just in front of the guards, causing them to halt. He stopped before them, grinning.
"Hey! Tell your dick head king he's an asshole from the guy on your most wanted!" Osamu cried out. Hina frowned, it wasn't his best line yet, but it certainly wasn't his worst. He then stuck his tongue out and ran down an alley across the street, laughing loudly as he did. Hina watched as the guards dropped the rope and ran after him, along with the guards positioned at the gate. She grinned to herself, pulling the pick-lock out of her bag. Everything was going just as Osamu had said it would. She ran forwards, across the broken road towards the monstrous cart. Seeing six people stood inside the makeshift prison cell, Hina jumped up onto the step before the door at the back and gazed in at the captured people.
"Don't worry, I'm going to get you out," She whispered, seeing two of the captured souls trapped were children. Hina set to work on the lock, as quickly as she could. She managed to pry it open and jumped back, letting the heavy metal door swing back.
"Go!" Hina ordered, watching as the people jumped out. She smiled satisfied as they ran off in the opposite direction to the way Osamu had run. Content Hina made to follow them along the crumbling road.
She cried out surprised as someone grabbed her hair, dragging her back. She felt as the unseen fingers tangled against her scalp, allowing her hardly any movement to attempt to regain freedom. The person holding her shoved her forwards, walking Hina into the centre of the street. She tried to kick out at the person holding her and got a painful yank on her hair in return.
"I wouldn't do that if I was you, girl." A voice hissed, sending shivers down my spine.
"Let me go!" Hina cried out, trying again to kick behind her. She felt another nasty pull on her hair and cried out in pain. A second hand grabbed Hina's arm, shoving it up against her back. Hina cried out as her muscles screamed in agony.
"Do that again and I'll break your arm," The man growled angrily. He pulled her hair again, forcing Hina's head further back, just as Osamu ran across the street. He froze mid stride, seeing her caught. Hina gasped as the guards that had been chasing him appeared behind him.
"RUN OSAMU!" She shouted, causing another sharp tug on her hair. She felt the tears of pain spring into her blue eyes.
"No! Hina!" He shouted, running towards her. Hina cried out.
"No, RUN!" She shouted out, but it was too late, before he'd even made it close, the guards had pounced, taking him down. Hina cried out terrified.
"Quiet, you pathetic being!" The monster holding onto her spat, kicking the back of her knees. Hina's legs gave way and she fell to the floor, her knees bashing into the uneven rubble. Instantly she tried to scramble back up. She needed to get to Osamu. She'd reach him and they'd get out of this shit. They'd probably be laughing about this in a week or so. It would be a memory they'd laugh together about. This wasn't how it ended! It just couldn't be. Hina felt the hand in her hair and knew without a doubt she wasn't getting away. A second pair of hands grabbed at her arms, pulling them together behind her. Something clipped around her and she recognised the cold of something metallic. She tried to fight against it, but failed. Hina was caught.
The guards before her pulled up a battered looking Osamu, who was now restrained. Hina knew, deep inside her, that this was it. They'd been captured. They had always known they were next, they just had never expected it to be like this.
"Osamu, I'm sorry," Hina whispered, tears pouring down her pale cheeks. She felt the hand on her scalp loosen and she took the opportunity. She ran forwards, feeling her hair slip through his fingers. Hina felt a pressure between my ankles and tripped. She fell forwards, unable to use her arms to protect herself; she twisted in mid-air and fell on her side. She felt an explosion of pain shatter through her shoulder and cried out. Hina twisted onto her back, taking the pressure of her side. She whimpered as she tried to force herself up into a sitting position. She looked up at their captor and froze, horrified. She'd never seen him before, but she'd heard of him, heard what the King looked like. He was pale skinned with silvery spiked hair and dark brown eyes. He was stood with a menacing look upon his face. He wore modern clothes all of which looked luxurious and ridiculously clean. He walked purposely forward towards Hina.
"Pathetic," He smirked, kicking at her. Hina cried out as his foot jabbed into her side. How had this happened? She gazed down at her ankles and saw they had been chained together. How had she not noticed? The man, the monster who had destroyed the world, stooped down and twisted his fingers into Hina's hair again. He pulled, forcing her to her feet. She yelled as her scalp seared with pain.
"So you're the girl that's been helping the masked man?" He asked. When Hina didn't answer, he brought his long finger tips up to her face, wrenching the mask off her face.
"And you're the man that destroyed the world," Hina spat, her sudden hatred taking over any fear or pain she felt. Her voice faltered as she spoke, but it still had the same effect. She saw the man's eyes harden with cruelty. He yanked her head backwards, causing Hina's eyes to stream as the sharp pain split across her head.
"Leave her alone!" Osamu's voice, his weak pained voice, shouted. The Man shoved Hina to the floor, where she landed on her injured arm. She cried out as a shuddering pain shot through her. Hina managed to sit herself up in time to see The King reach Osamu.
"And you're the masked man," He said his tone mocking. He pulled the mask of Osamu, revealing the younger man underneath.
"Leave Hina alone." Osamu ordered his voice haggard. The man laughed. It was a terrifying sound that made Hina shudder with fear. The man turned back to her. He walked over and crouched down to meet her icy eyes.
"You're never going to see him again." He said simply. Hina moved her eyes to gaze in horror at Osamu, to gaze at her best friend. No, she couldn't lose Osamu! The King straightened up.
"Take the idiot away," He said. Hina jumped up, ignoring the pain.
"Osamu!" She shouted as the guards took a hold of him and began to drag him away. She didn't care that she could barely move; Hina couldn't lose the only family she could remember. She tried to run forwards, but the white haired man caught a hold of her long hair dragging her back. Hina watched terrified as the gates opened and the guards holding him disappeared from sight. Hina was alone.
She felt the man drag her backwards, but she didn't care. His hands gripped harder into her hair and he pulled her face closer to his. His harsh gaze bored into Hina's.
"You lost me my slaves, girl. So you'll replace them." he hissed, pulling even harder on her hair. Hina gritted her teeth, trying not to give him the satisfaction of knowing how much it hurt.
"Playing games now, are we? I'm sure I can make you scream," He smirked.
"I don't know how, but I swear I will make you pay for this!" Hina spat at him, each word a promise upon her lips. She would make him pay. At first he did nothing. He just stared with disgust into her defiant face. Then he punched her in the stomach with his free hand. Hina gasped, the air knocked out of her. The pain shot through her already aching body.
"Every time you threaten me, I promise you you'll regret it." He growled. He then kicked her feet out from underneath her, forcing Hina to fall to her knees. She gasped as the impact grazed her knees. Hina bowed her head, allowing her black hair to fall all around her, hiding her face from his terrifying glare.
"Pathetic," He sneered. Hina refused to look up at the man standing over her. She couldn't bear to look at the evil in his eyes any longer. It was emotionally draining. Then without warning he kicked her in the stomach. Hina cried out as an explosion of pain shot through her body. She fell forwards, her face inches away from the ground. Everything ached.
"That's right, Bow to me you vile worthless runt!" He spat, slamming his foot into her back, forcing Hina's face closer to the ground. She gritted her teeth against the agony. She wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of hearing her scream out in pain. He moved his foot further up her back, allowing it to press against what she quickly assumed was a dislocated shoulder. He pressed down on it. Before Hina could stop herself, she let out a whimper, a whimper which slowly became a cry of hideous agony. She heard him laugh maliciously as he removed his foot from her. She was gasping for breath as his fingers tangled into black hair again.
With ease he dragged her to her feet. Pulling Hina closer to him, he tugged hard on her locks again, forcing her face to gaze up into his. His almost burgundy coloured eyes glared into hers, a look of satisfaction shinning in them.
"That took longer than I expected," He smirked again a malevolent spark in his eyes. Hina gulped, unable to hide the terror at being this close to such evil. His wicked grin broadened.
"I think we should get to know each other better, don't you think? It will be fun," He grinned, his expression terrifying. Hina spat in his face, her anger towards this creature of darkness suddenly over taking any fear she had.
"Go to hell." She hissed at him. His expression darkened as he wiped saliva away from his cheek with his free hand. He brought his hand back and hit Hina across the face. She gasped at the sudden pain. Her face burned at the contact.
"You'll suffer for that, Vermin." He growled, dragging her towards the now empty cage on wheels.