Chapter 5: The Trigger

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She watched as her sister handed the knife to Raven, Lee stood outside the cell watching as Raven advanced onto Nina. She backed up to the wall like it was some sort of shield, when Raven was close enough she struck out with her hands, hoping to knock the blade out of his right hand, but his left hand grabbed her weak wrist. He looked deeply into her eyes but couldn't see fear.

"Why are you not you afraid?"

She narrowed her eyes and viciously used her left hand like a tiger's paw, lashing out at his face. She struck his cheek and his skin had been neatly cut, blood oozed out of the wound slowly.His hand instinctively reached to touch the cut, he felt the warm blood trickling down like a stream. When he looked up he snarled and furiously grabbed her weak wrist, squeezing the deep cut she had there hard, hoping to make her scream. She cut off all emotion, she took out all pain that burned her skin and watched as he crushed her wrist. Then as if she had planned the attack she smashed out with her unhurt fist. He let go of her wrist and caught her fist just before it hit his eye.

"I would never let myself cry or be afraid of you Raven!" She hissed, retracting her arm and leaving it limp on her lap.
For her remark she was given a fierce cheek burning slap from Raven.

"I do enjoy our time together Nina...but it would be better if your sister and Lee wasn't in the room." He stood up and brushed the dirt from his clothes, "Anna...Lee would you mind?" He opened the cell door for them.

The two looked at each other before turning to Raven.
"If she escapes you will be held responsible!" Lee stared coldly at Raven and followed Anna out of the cell.
When the two were out of the basement Raven closed and locked the door. He turned to Nina and waved his knife at her.

She almost screamed in agony as he pressed the knife into her arm, he had cornered her, chained her to a back wall with difficulty and was torturing her. Blood encased her nightdress which was now completely damp, it was freezing in the cell and she had to huddle herself together to keep warm. She had already punched him a few times but her fingers were numb, she could hardly feel them from blood loss.

"Why...why are you doing...this?" She asked weakly, she could hardly see his face through pain that screamed in her ears, commanding her to cry. To let go of the tears.

Raven took out the knife roughly from her arm, blood splattered onto the floor as he dropped the knife onto the floor. "You remember what I let happen and what I did to you that made you a cripple and you'll have a sole aim to kill me. I can't risk it..." He picked up the knife again but this time placed it back into its sheath.

Tears dropped down her face, her remorse for her life fell, the wall that had protected her from crying dropped. "I thought you loved me...I thought you love me enough not to hurt me...even to protect you, I just don't understand anymore!"

"It would be better if you died that night Nina..." He stood up and turned his back from her.

"If you both need me dead...why are you doing this? Torturing me...killing me slowly, you expect me to leave this world without a fight!" Her eyes blazed open and her weakened fists felt like fire.

"I expect you to die Nina..that is all," he whispered coldly showing nothing but bitterness for her.

"Well it isn't gonna happen you scum!" Without realizing she stood up on her once crippled legs, she felt incredibly light and started attacking Raven. She only lasted five minutes, but even in that time she managed to trip him up and kick him in the stomach a few times. Her last move was a quick judo like move, she grabbed Raven by the arm and swung him over her forcefully. She didn't see his hand grab her sleeve and pull her down with him. She ended up on top of him, she was so knackered she could hardly move. She could hardly see, she tried to focus her vision but still it wouldn't focus. She couldn't see the smile that played along his lips as he pushed her off him, he stood up carefully and furiously kicked her stomach. She felt the kick smash against her ribs, taking out the breath from her. Just when she thought the pain couldn't get worse he bent down and stabbed her stomach cruelly. He stood up again and dropped the knife on the ground, he turned and walked out of the cell, all the while hearing Nina cry out in sheer pain.

The pain in her stomach was the worst type of pain she had ever felt, tears dripped from her face and then she noticed the dagger blade lying just beside her, still with her blood encasing it. She forced herself to crawl over and pick up the weapon. She painfully clung to the wall and tried to stand, even though she had been crippled and then found the use of her legs again she still felt shaky on her feet.
She cursed silently as she collapsed against the cell door, her hands fumbled around with the blade in the lock, finally she heard a click. Painfully she smiled and then slowly opened the door.
Raven woke up, hearing something or someone smash into something. He got out of bed but didn't bother putting a shirt on and slowly walked down the stairs and entered the kitchen where a hatch was clearly shown on the floor. He opened the hatch and climbed carefully down into the basement.
She almost screamed in pain when her foot slipped, sending her unbalanced and flying onto the floor. Blood still seeped from her wounds like a deadly gas, she just wanted to close her eyes.
"Just for a second...close my eyes...I'll wake up again...I just want to rest now..." Her mumbles went unheeding the warning her voice inside her head said.
Raven stared at her body, her eyes were closed, her wounds blood filled and her face grimy. No sound came from her, not even the sound of her breathing.
He approached her slowly, and bent down beside her. He checked her pulse, it was so slow and he was surprised she was still alive. He felt her hand on his and she slowly sat up. She kept her hand hidden behind her back and smiled sadly at him. She could still feel pain from her wounds but ignored it, knowing if she didn't she wouldn't last.
"I am sorry it had to be this way Raven!" She smashed the dagger into him, aiming for his stomach and not his heart.

Raven had already seen the metal glint as it nearly stabbed him, he twisted away from her only to get partly sheaved from the point of the dagger. He stood up in his fighting stance, waiting for her to make her move.

With care she gritted her teeth and stood up, still shaky from blood loss. She faced him and saw that her stab at him had only caused a wound that was hardly threatening to him. She didn't realise she was standing in her fight pose until Raven made a dash at her, intending to kick her from below, she evaded his attack and flipped over his leg, neatly sweeping low and performing a upper cut styled punch. Her punch nearly got him down but he recovered quickly and stood straight back into a guard stance, only different from his first stance. Her stomach wound worsened from the low sweep she performed, she knew she couldn't keep up the attacks for long.

"Your too weak to fight me Nina...you might as well give up!"

"NEVER!" A voice called out, at first Nina didn't know who's it was, it was her inside spirit forcing her to speak.

Raven didn't smile, he kept his face like stone, showing no emotion at all, the only thing that was displayed on Nina's face was anger and hatred. Without a word he leapt up at her swift footed and performed a jump kick that seemed to want to soar higher, Nina saw the attack before it could hit her so she dived out of the way, careful not to disturb her wounds. He jumped at her again but this time his other dagger was unsheathed and he had it in a position to slash at her. She rolled away but cringed just at the end of the roll from her injuries he had previously caused. Her back was cut by the blade and then out of the blue he executed his dash attack, knocking her to the ground and causing her to almost scream out, she held back the scream but it still rang in her ears. Raven was right on her with his dagger pressed against her throat.
She didn't stir, she couldn't move, her muscles were so weak and she felt incredibly dizzy. Her eyes stared straight at him, concentrating on him only. The dagger was pressed harder against her throat, she couldn't breath but didn't care.
He took away the dagger and stood up, he grabbed Nina from the ground by her throat and threw her into the cell wall that was just stone.
She let out one scream, big enough to trigger something in her brain...her memory!