Chap 84
"You
finished them?" I asked Bree. "Yes…I have metal barrel on the
other side of the house." I nodded and went back outside and rolled
it out in front of the door and Bree dropped shreds into it.
Afterwards, we set it ablaze and watched the papers burn to ashes. I
sighed.
"You feel bad about locking her in that room, don't
you?"
"Yeah," I said softly. "But it was for her own
protection. Who knows what Roc would do to her."
"Very
true…but I can't help but thing that we've already fueled a
growing fire," Bree said. I raised an eye brow. "Pun not
intended." She remarked.
I nodded. "We'll check on her
before we go."
"Okay."
We doused the fire and dumped
the ashes in the woods then headed back inside.
"We'll clean
up when we get back," I said waving my hand at the mess we made.
The two of us walked down to Ana's room. I knocked. "Ana? Are you
alright?" I know that was a very stupid question. "Ana?" I
repeated. There was no reply. I quickly unlocked the door and
cautiously walked in. This was totally surprising…my sister
spontaneously vanished into thin air. "She's gone!" I snarled
hitting the door frame with my fist. "But how did she get out?"
Bree walked in behind me and look around the room. There was no
window. On the far side there was a closet, which looked like it
hadn't been used in a while. "How the hell did she do it?" I
muttered, opening the closet and staring at rose of dusty shelves.
"Oh no," Breeaka breathed, she pushed passed me and switched
on the light. "Ah! How could I have forgotten!"
"What's
wrong?" I asked. She pointed to ceiling, where a square opening was
uncovered.
"What is THAT?"
Bree sighed. "I modified
this house so that I could keep those I chose to out. But I also knew
better than to not trap myself in my own home. I made a few escape
routes incase I was cornered…Ana must've discovered one of them.
She used the shelves to climb up." Bree smiled "Smart girl."
I
glared at her "Well I hope you're proud of yourself …NOW she's
in trouble. Next time I make the modifications."
"I'm sorry
PC! But this house is Eraser proof! Not hormone driven teenager
proof!"
"Where does it lead?"
"Outside, the air
conditioning unit acts as a step down."
"Come on. We need to
get to Roc's house and quick!" I said, transforming. As we left
the house and I was fuming. "Ohhh…if Ana wasn't my sister I'd
probably kill her too, along with Roc."
"Come on, I know a
different route to Roc's. It's quicker." Bree said hastily. She
guided me to a trail and we both took off running. ….
Ana:
"Ana what's the matter?" Roc asked me. He had been
trying to get me to tell him what was wrong, when I arrived at his
door step crying my eyes out, covered in dust and dirt. But so far I
couldn't get the words out, I was so upset. He held me tightly
against him as we sat in his living room. I had a cup of water in my
hands that I had completely drained. Rubbing my back he asked "What
happened?"
"PC locked me in my room….h-he didn't want me
to see you anymore, because…he-he said." I buried my face in his
shirt and then withdrew. "He said you were the snitch…the one
that was selling them out to the School. I told him, he said those
things because he saw us kissing and didn't like it."
Roc
hugged me tightly. "I'm so sorry, Ana," he said tenderly,
running his fingers through my hair. "So sorry."
"You don't
need to be sorry," I sobbed, wrapping my arms around his torso.
"
No..no I do.."
"Why?" I asked, looking up.
"Because,"
he whispered into my ear, his breath warm. "What PC said…is
true." I choked off my sobbing instantly, and my eyes grew wide.
Roc's arms tightened around my body, pressing me against his. I
wiggled and tried to get away. "Shh…don't struggle Ana…I'm
going to take you to your parents. They're on their way here."
The front door burst open. I felt strong arms pull me away from Roc's
grip.
"Take her!" PC said as he passed me to Bree.
"Are
you okay?" she asked concerned, shaking my shoulders. I nodded.
PC:
I turned on Roc full of fury and grabbed him by
the shirt and slammed him onto the floor. I buried my knee in his
guts.
"PC, nice afternoon isn't it?" he coughed.
I
growled viciously at him. "Don't play cute…I know what you did.
What I want to know is why?"
"I have my reasons," Roc
replied smugly. I picked him up and slammed him onto his desk, Roc
gritted his teeth as it creaked under his weight.
"Wrong
answer," I said. "Now tell me!"
Roc frowned at me. "Because
of you…It's your fault," he said his teeth clenched. "You
took something precious from me, the night we went to rescue Bree."
"Is this about your wings!" I exclaimed. "I told you not
to come with me, but you insisted. If you have anyone to blame, it's
yourself."
"It wasn't just that, it was Bree too…You
never appreciated her. You left her alone to go off and work for the
School . You never once thought how'd she feel. I thought with you
out of the way—."
I slashed his face. Roc cried out in pain,
blood seeping from the cuts. "Breeaka." I said placidly "Get,
Ana out of here…I don't want her to see this."
"PC
don't!" she warned.
"GO!" I roared.
She nodded and
whisked Ana away. I turned back to Roc and transformed to my human
self all expect one hand that I kept clawed and secured it around his
throat. "You have a lot of nerve…I'll give you that. But I
would've preferred it if you settled your score with me one on one,
instead of pulling others into it. That's a bit selfish don't you
think? Bree wouldn't approve."
Roc chuckled. "Very
true.…but you see that is what makes me a villain…I don't care
what you prefer." Roc quickly jabbed me in the side with an empty
syringe. I yelped and recoiled. He slid out from under me and ran for
the door. I yanked the weapon out of my side and chased after him. I
followed him around the side of the house. He turned on me again,
stabbing with another syringe and this time pushing the plunger on it
down, pumping something into me blood. I yanked it out again and
punched him. Roc kicked dirt up into my face, thousands of grains
stinging my eyes.
"You'd better worry about Ana and Bree,"
Roc taunted and then dashed off. I rubbed the dirt out of my eyes the
best I could. Then I picked up the dirty needle and examined it. What
every the substance was it left a yellow residue inside. All of a
sudden screams split the air and I ran toward it…
Chap 85
PC:
Man this was frustrating, how is it that every time me and
Bree execute a plan it always winds up going to pieces? Bad luck I
guess. I'm surprised I hadn't dropped by now, with that stuff
floating around in my bloodstream. Me running just made it spread
faster, but I had no choice. I couldn't walk to someone's rescue,
that was something only Mercy could do. The screams took me to the
center of the town. It was deathly quiet there was no one out on the
streets all windows and doors were locked up tight. As I arrived,
Bree was trapped inside a glass box, with Ana hiding behind it. Bree
pounded on the glass and it wouldn't give…it must've been very
strong, because Bree can kick through glass very easily. She clawed
at it with her nails; the glass screeched but didn't give way.
"Ana are you okay!" I shouted, coming close to her.
"Look
out!" she screamed. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a flash and
three shards of glass were launched at me. Two hit me, in the left
forearm the third grazed my ear I turned, eyes wide, there was only
one person I knew who could do that. "Rafmire?" I muttered. Sure
enough there he was, his dark and brooding self. He looked different
now, his hair was slightly longer, but he still wore those black
converse and black shirt and jeans. I also now remembered that he
didn't have wings anymore. Although I don't think Rafmire held a
grudge against me for that loss. His arms were crossed over his chest
and he nodded to me. "PC, it's been a while."
"What are
you doing here?" I asked pulling the glass pieces out.
"Isn't
it obvious," he said, showing his Ring. There were several puncture
marks on his wrist where the Ring hung.
"You've come to
collect me right?"
Raf snorted. "Don't flatter yourself.
I've come to collect your sister…YOU are just an added bonus. If
I can get you alive, kudos…if not" He shrugged. "...kudos." I
didn't like his tone. It was colder and more apathetic than usual.
"Now let's get to it, I've chatted enough as it is. Give me the
girl."
"You know I can't do that."
"You're no
match for me, PC…you see the shard that missed you? It was aimed
for your head. So don't try to fight me." Raf pointed to a window
and it rippled. Slowly a being that kind of resembled a person
crawled out of the rippling window; it was made of pure glass. Raf
pointed to another window and another appeared. They flanked their
master on either side, and then Raf snapped his fingers and the two
glass figures sprouted sharp claws from the nubs that could be
considered hands.
I swallowed. "That's a new trick," I
pointed out, trying to hide the squeak in my voice. Raf smiled for
only a minute then it disappeared. "I don't want to hurt you, PC.
Anymore than I already have."
"Neither do I, but if you try
to take either of them, I will," I said. "What's in this for
you, Raf? Back at the School the Whitecoats used to be afraid to be
in the same room with you. Now you are following their orders. Why?"
" A lot of things happened while you were gone…Chase was
going to be killed for letting you have access to Level 3. When Kane
told me this, I reported it to a group of Erasers that I recently
hung out with. I helped bust Chase out for them…I got caught…I
think you can guess what happened after that," Raf said tugging on
the neck of his shirt to reveal a twisted scar. "They MADE me see
it their way. Enough talk…either fight me or surrender." I moved
to attack. Raf pointed to me and the glass figures intercepted. I
shattered their heads, kicking one and punching the other. The two
figures collapsed to the ground and lied still. Slowly the shattered
pieces reformed the heads on their shoulders and they came at me
again. One swatted with its claws missing me by inches. It was hard
to fight two at the same time. Every time I dodged fists from one,
the other's would be only a few seconds behind. I backed off and
put some distance between me and them. One of the figures ran
forward. I charged it and rammed it into the window it came out of
and slowly, it sank back in. I whipped around and was met by a glass
spike, slicing my face arching over my right eye and missing my
temple by inches. I moved around the second glass figure and tried
pushing it into the window. It elbowed me in the face and then
knocked me down. It trapped me under its "foot" and then brought
its spikes down on me. My throat was precariously placed between two
claws, while the points were firmly planted into the ground.
"That's
enough," Raf commanded. The glass figure froze and became dead
weight, putting pressure on my chest.
"They've been teaching
you too well at the School," I grunted pushing the glass figure off
of me. It shattered on the ground and its pieces instantly returned
to the window where it came from.
"I think so too," he said
standing over me. I sat up rubbing my throat to make sure there were
no cuts. Raf extended his hand to pull me up. I took it and yanked
him down and started to punch him. He glared at me angrily and
grabbed my fist and squeezed it tightly. I tried to jerk away, but he
held me. Raf forced me to back up and then he was on top of me.
Crazed with pain I tried throwing a punch with my free hand, but he
grabbed it and bent both of them back."
"PC!" Ana shouted,
she began to come toward us.
"NO! Stay there!" She stopped
and stayed with Bree, who was still fitfully trying to get out of her
glass box.
"Why take her?" I asked through my teeth, Raf's
weight crushing me. "She….she's completely human; it took me a
long time to become Purple Cat. Do my parents expect her to gradually
change overnight and be able to take on Max and her flock?" Raf
bent my fists back more, I groaned.
"I don't know…I'm
just the delivery boy...you'll have to get your answers from your
rotten parents." I snarled and head butted him. I had to hit him
two times before he would recoil. I got to my feet and kicked him in
the ribs. He grunted and rolled away from me and got to his feet and
slashed at me with his claws. I dodged a swipe and punched him in the
stomach. He fell to his knees.
"You're stronger than me?
That's a pretty bold statement," I remarked.
"I didn't
want to hurt you…much," he said, holding his stomach. "If I
wanted… I could've made minced meat out of your friend over
there."
"Sure," I panted and began to walk away. Raf got to
his feet and attacked me again, coming at me extremely fast. I don't
know what set him, but he attacked me savagely. All of his movements
made it look like he was toying with me before and now had gotten
dead serious. He charged and grabbed my neck and slammed me into the
ground. Man he got even stronger, I felt the ground give under me as
I collided with it. Numbness circulated through my body as my special
ability took affect. However I felt something else, I didn't know
what it was, but it made my muscles tighten painfully. What ever it
was it seemed to be coming from Rafmire and I needed to get away from
it. His clawed hand tightened around my windpipe, stabbing and
choking me at the same time. I groped at his arm to get him to
release me. I rolled my head away as Raf's other fist crashed into
the ground, hard. What frightened me the most wasn't the crater it
left, but the fact that Raf didn't even flinch when he missed.
Bloody knuckles and all collided with my face, the force rattling my
brain and teeth. He got off of me and held his hand out towards Bree.
"Give up or I'll kill her!" he shouted.
I got to my
feet slowly. "You wouldn't dare," I hissed. Bree screamed as
spikes shot out inside the box, on phasing her forearm.
"You
know I don't bluff…so don't push me," Raf warned….
His whole body was
shaking and his breathing was ragged…what was wrong with him? We
needed to get out of here. All I had to do is to knock out Raf….but
how?
"Raf, leave her out of this," I said. COME ON! THINK!
…This situation was sticky…the hard truth about Raf is that if
he's bent on killing somebody he will. He has no qualms with it;
he's like an Eraser in that fashion.
"Can't do that…she
is just as part of this little drama as you are," he replied. I
sighed heavily and dropped my arms to my sides. I bent my head so
that my hair flopped forward, shadowing my face.
"Fine then,
take me," I said. I watched Raf carefully, as he lowered his hand.
His shaking had slowly stopped, but his aim where the ring was
attached still trembled slightly. Then without warning I shot out and
tackled him to the ground. We wrestled each other, each of us trying
to stay on top. Raf tried extending his arm towards Bree, but I
pushed it back. "You picked the wrong person to threaten." I
snarled. Raf frowned and punched me, then pushed me off, using his
feet. I landed on my back and snapped my feet out, hitting Raf in the
mouth. Next I rolled backwards and got on all fours and bent my back
legs to make my body level. Then all of a sudden, bones started to
pop and I began to change. I don't know why, but it hurt so much.
What was even more surprising is I hadn't chosen to change at all.
But I didn't mind the pain, right now it would help me move better.
I charged Raf and pounced on him and bit the arm that he kept trying
to extend toward Bree. He yelled and tried to yank his arms away. I
held on, because the walls of the glass prison were beginning to
weaken and my teeth had sunk in deeper than usual. After some effort,
I pried my fangs out of Raf's arm just as Bree broke the prison
that held her. "Bree! Get Ana out of here!" I shouted, getting to
my feet. But I stopped midway and collapsed on the ground. I felt all
the energy being sucked out of me. What was going on?
I looked at
Raf for an explanation all he said was "I'm sorry…Roc must've
gotten you." I roared at him, the sound of a lion mixing with an
eagle's shriek.
"PC! Help!" Ana cried, her arms were
twisted behind her by Roc. I didn't know who upset me more, Roc,
who sold us out to the School, because of jealousy or Rafmire, who
didn't care who he hurt as long as he took care of himself. I felt
anger burn inside my chest...it was fitting that I had changed to my
cat form. I looked for Bree, who was standing a few feet away. I knew
if I charged, Raf would try to stop me. Bree and I communicated to
each other silently through our eyes. Our plan was set. I mustered
the strength that was slowly being stolen from me and bounded
forward, my limbs trembling and lungs straining, crimson eyes locked
on Roc. Like I had anticipated, Raf tried to stop me. Summoning
another glass figurine this one skinnier, to head me off, but luckily
I had back up. Bree dashed for it in a blur of speed and sliced it to
ribbons with her sharp nails. She had seen these things reform and
just as she crushed, it she ran for it's creator. I attacked Roc in
the same fashion that Land Sharks did, picking up speed than leaping
and slamming all of my weight into him, making sure to bury my claws
deep. The three of us went down in pile of flailing limbs. I acted
quickly knowing I wouldn't have the strength to fight Roc for long,
even though he was already a weakling in my eyes. "Go!" I told
Ana, my voice sounding deeper and more like a growl, as she got to
her feet. She hesitated at first, but then ran off down the street.
Raf moved to stop her, but was kept busy by Breeaka. I stared into
Roc's eyes, fangs bared, my ears flat. My fury built as I
remembered all the times I saw Roc hug and kiss my sister, with such
fake affection.
"What are you waiting for," Roc asked smugly.
"Did you love my sister?" I asked.
"A little but she
was always a job to me." I roared and bit down on Roc's shoulder
harder than I ever had before. His screams and the crack of one of
his collar boneswas so distant to me. I withdrew and snarled at him.
Roc whimpered beneath me, he was trembling and rank with fear. Then
almost instantly, energy rushed out of my back legs, making me
falter. Roc grimacing at the pain pushed my off. He clutched his
wound tightly blood oozing through his fingers. "You freak," he
hissed.
"Takes one to know one," I said grinned, weakly. I
was feeling light headed and extremely hot…and I knew it wasn't
because I had fur all over me in the middle of the summertime. I
began to lick my lips constantly and unconsciously drool, with blood
mixing with it, I looked both dangerous and pitiful.
Roc gave me
a grin of satisfaction and shakily got to his feet. "That little
injection I gave you is starting to take affect." The image of the
syringe with yellow residue inside flashed before my mind's eye.
"What did you do to me?" I growled. I was shaking
uncontrollably; my arms were the only thing that could support me.
"What I injected you with is a special cocktail made just for
you."
"So kind of you," I said.
"It is made mostly
from Howler saliva, which is where all the symptoms you are feeling
now came from. It's slow to act, but none the less efficient." I
looked for Bree, who was no longer fighting Raf, but had disappeared
from sight. I assumed that she had gone after Ana, to protect her.
Roc came toward me and kicked me hard." A little something for the
road." I growled ferociously and struggled in vain to counter.
He
moved to do it again, but Raf stepped in. "He's had enough, so
back off."
Roc obeyed and gave him a smug look. "You could
have helped me instead of standing there."
Raf shrugged. "I
thought you two needed to sort things out."
Roc frowned and
looked at me "You'd better stop him from thrashing around like
that, at such a high concentration that stuff can kill him. Now where
is Ana?" My arms gave and my world became a haze, before I blacked
out I muttered. "Run girls…run."……
Bree:
"Stay
close to me!" I shouted to Ana. As we darted down the street it was
frustrating that Ana didn't run as fast as I did, so I had to slow
down so that she could keep up. Erasers were swarming everywhere. The
town appeared to be empty as if no one had lived here at all. But I
had a good guess at what had happened to all of the town's people.
I have heard that in small population towns, the School makes a call
to the mayor or who ever is in charge they order everyone to stay in
their homes if they don't, they are said to be arrested. But in
actuality if anyone came out they are more likely to get killed in
crossfire. There were three Erasers behind us two regulars and one
Jawz. All of them I could out run easily but not Ana. Tranquilizers
and bullets whizzed passed our heads. Thankfully no Wraiths were
present. I rounded a corner.
"Hit the deck!" I shouted. WE
dove down as Erasers shot at us. I rolled forward, running low to the
ground; I poured on the speed and slashed the Achilles tendons. The
Erasers screamed as their legs failed them. I grabbed Ana's wrist
and we continued to run. More Bullets whizzed passed our heads "Oh
what I wouldn't give for my guns!" I snarled bitterly. "Can't
you go any faster!"
"I running as fast as I can," Ana said
irritably. I squeezed Ana's wrist tighter. Suddenly I felt strange.
I looked for darts in my skin, but there were none. I felt as if some
of my speed was being transferred to Ana. She gasped as she looked
down at her legs, they were moving in stride with mine. She looked at
me in amazement.
I grinned deviously "let's go." We bolted
past Erasers leaving a massive back draft in our wake, knocking them
over. Suddenly a black car screamed into position in front of us.
"Get ready Ana we're going to jump…don't worry you'll
be fine." I felt my blood surging through my legs and my whole body
tingled. I enjoyed the rush. Pushing off the ground and soaring over
the vehicle, I felt like I had wings too. "Start moving your legs,"
I instructed. As we hit the ground the force was jarring but it
didn't stop us. We plowed forward knocking Erasers over like
bowling pins. I saw the exit, in a couple moments we would be free. I
saw the open road; on flat ground no one could stop us. I heard
Erasers yell at each other. Then just as suddenly as my hope appeared
it vanished. I saw two black blurs out of the corner of my eye. They
rushed in front of us and solidified. We were going to so fast we
didn't have time to slow down. The two Wraiths simply pushed us
back, using our own momentum against us, Ana and I went flying. I saw
one of them catch Ana before she hit the ground. But I didn't
expect them to offer me the same courtesy. I tried to recover before
I hit the ground, twisting my body, but before I could more than that
WHAM! The impact shocked my body, jostling my bones and knocking the
wind out of me. My back burned as I slid across the street and
finally stopped. A Wraith was coming towards me; I screamed at it and
lashed out with my nails trying to cut it. I tried moving but my body
was on fire. The Wraith hissed to me as if it were trying to calm me
down. I continued to scream, my cries sounding more bird like than
ever. It winced at my shrieks, I noticed Ana was already knocked out
and was being taken to a black car that had rolled on to the scene. A
white van, arrived a few minutes later. A man came out of the car and
was ordering the Erasers around. I saw Roc approaching, his shoulder
bloody and Raf towing PC behind him with effort.
"What do you
want us to do with him?" Roc asked.
"Put him in the van,"
the man replied.
" Miiiisssstttterrrrrr Skyyyyynnnarrrrddd,"
The Wraith that was hissing to me called. The man approached in a
navy blue suit, and serious looking face. "Whhhhhaaatttt
aaaabbbboouut herrrrrrrrrrrrr?" it asked.
Mr. Skynard looked
down at me. "She's got no part in this…kill her."
"NO!
WAIT!" Roc said, trotting over.
"What is it?" Mr. Skynard
asked. "Is this the one you said he likes?"
Roc nodded. "Yes
sir." The man stared at me calculatingly.
"I guess we can
take her," he said, after a long while. Oh please just kill me! I'd
rather be dead than saved to go to the School. Roc smiled down at me
and trotted away with Mr. Skynard like a yippy little dog. I closed
my eyes and let the drowsiness from the tranquilizer take me………
Chap 86
Ana:
I opened my eyes to a white ceiling instead of the afternoon
sky. What had happened? Everything went bad so fast…I sat up on a
comfortable bed. Softer and the sheets weren't as scratchy as
Bree's. There was no window in the room, but a fern sat on a table
in the center. One the far side was comfy looking couch and then
there was the door. It had a glass window wrought embedded wire. I
ached, but I was okay, I only had a few scratches and bruises. But
there was I? Where were PC and Bree? Then the door opened two people
walked in, with beaming eyes and smiles on their faces. I clutched my
sheets and I couldn't help but smile.
"MOM! DAD!" I
shouted. They rushed toward me and embraced me. "What are you guys
doing here?" I exclaimed, hugging them, feeling their warmth and
smelling their scent.
" It doesn't matter," Mom said
tenderly. "You're alright and with us now." She was right, I
really didn't care where I was, I had found my parents again and
everything was going to be alright. Tears pooled in my eyes.
"I
thought I would never see you again." I whimpered.
"We
thought so too, but here you are," My dad said.
"Mom? Dad?
What is this place?"
"You're where we work." Mom said.
"Your work? But how did I get here?"
"Well we got a
call that authorities had caught some people kidnapping you. They
were arrested and you were taken to a hospital. When we arrived you
were still unconscious. SO we took you back here."
"We have
some business to finish up here and then we will head home as a
family." Dad said.
"You'll be back in school and everything
will be alright." Mom said stroking my head.
"Oh, so you're
not going to turn me into some kind of mutant freak?" My mom and
Dad chuckled.
"No where did you get an idea like that?" My
father asked.
"My friend PC told me…Do you know what happened
to him?" I asked.
"Who?"
"My friends, Breeaka and PC.
They were there trying to protect me." Mom looked at me ruefully.
"We don't know about them…but I'm sure we can find out,"
my father said rubbing my back. "Are you hungry?" My face
brightened at the mention of food and I nodded vigorously. My dad
took me by the hand and helped me up and I left with them. Once we
were in the hallway. My mom left us saying that she had to take care
of some things first…..
Bree:
I paced the
room I was in anxiously. It was infuriatingly small it only took me
four big steps to move across and about three steps towards the door.
When I woke up, my wounds had been bandaged and stitched, which I was
grateful for in a way because there was no way I could make an escape
and be injured. That is only something PC could do. The room whirled
around me as I furiously changed direction from left to right. I felt
like a caged tiger, eyes always watching the door. Yellow light from
a lone bulb in the ceiling highlighted the grey giving it a nasty
green tint. Footsteps entered my ears and like a bird my head snapped
instantly towards the source. The slit in the door, slid back and a
pair of eyes peered in. They were soft and maternal blue eyes, she
almost seemed like she could be my own mother.
"Hello," the
voice said, it was definitely female.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"My name is Lee Ann, dear."
"Lee Ann…your PC's
mother."
"Yes dear." Her gentle tone was chilling. PC had
filled me in about his first meeting with his parents. From what he
described they were manipulative and cunning. I knew this
pleasantness was a ploy.
"What do you want with me?" I asked.
"Oh honey, don't you think it's little rude to not
introduce yourself?"
I frowned. "My name is Breeaka."
"
I see , beautiful name. It suits you…you are a beauty…I can see
why my son likes you." I had to find PC, get Ana and then get the
heck out of here.
"Where's PC? What have you done with him?"
"That isn't any of your concern."
"It is." I said
dangerously. "If you don't tell me,"
"You'll what?"
Lee Ann asked, her maternal glow gone in an instant. I darted forward
and slashed at the slit with my nails. Lee Ann cried out in a
surprise and backed away then returned. A small cut appeared over her
right eye. "I'd watch yourself if I were you. You are only here
because we need you in order to control PC. Don't push your luck."
"Hmph. I half expected you to take me to Roc."
Lee Ann
shrugged. "There is no reason to. As long as PC behaves you will
never see Roc. Now the same principle is applied to you. Behave and
if my daughter happens to appear down here, say nothing or PC will
suffer in turn." Lee Ann said, icily and slammed the slit shut.
