Chapter 8

Lucy rolled towards the mumbling wall her body heaved as she momentarily stopped to pant and continued twisting and turning on the cold, tile floor. It was exhausting, but it was getting easier as the drug slowly let go of its strong grasp, her pace was much faster than the beginning; the drug was wearing off! Finally, she made it and leaned against the wall, panting hard then leaned closer to the wall to listen, did she hear two muffled voices, however, she could still distinguish the words that were being spoken Her profile... is clean right? a shuffling of paper Right, she has had no severe diseases... the sound of paper being turned to the other side Hmmm... no diseases...Ah! except for her eye problem, astigmatism Then the voice said I'm sorry sir then we cannot remove her eyes the other voice shrieked But! Why?! That! That! is unacceptable! a hand slammed down on a rough surface According to the law what all of us are doing is unacceptable! the opposing voice rose angrily But however, we are still executing our operations for money! and so are you! and hastily added sir

His voice lowered down but by the tone of his voice, you could hear his anger waft towards the man facing him We have our standards sir and so we would like you to follow them he said sternly a moment it was quiet but then the man's voice broke the silence The operation, doc... when should we start? he questioned When the drug has fully numbed her mind answered the doctor Which would be in a few minutes The man asked You can still operate on the other organs, doc...Right? Yes, but... have you... put a dose of it every hour? the doctor asked nervously The boys would've taken care of that he replied reassuring Where are your...erm...companions? the doctor asked Probably running an errand... he responded then coolly concluded saying Now, why don't we get you... your medical instruments and start the operation the doctor groaned and she heard the two approaching the door next to her.

Lucy sighed in relief, perspiration dripped from her forehead and she realized that she was able to move! She thanks the gods or fates whoever helped her and got up on her feet she cleaned her glasses using the hem of her shirt then placed them back on then, looked around praying that she could maybe magically see something useful but unfortunately it was still the tick-tock clock and the large vase with fake flowers. As she went close to the base and touched the smooth plastic, an idea popped in her mind, she calculated the chance of survival and... it was not pretty. But it was better to try than dying... right? The young girl lifted the vase, it reached her hips and it wasn't very heavy. It had the weight of a hard plastic chair she took out the flowers from the vase and it was much lighter! she swung the hard, plastic vase on her back and quietly padded to the front door.

She turned off the lights and waited patiently for the door to open, her heart leaped to her throat and the feeling started to suffocate her, her body turned stiff as it always did when she was in danger. The action she is about to do could kill these men if that happened no matter what she did she could never wash away the blood on her hands but on the other hand if she died everyone who cared would suffer. However, time was precious and the door opened, the men entered wondering why the lights were off but before they could walk in or even take another step. Lucy squeezed her eyes shut and gave out great shout *WHAM!* the vase landed hard and painfully on the men's head... or she thought. Instead what really happened was that only the doctor had gotten the bump to his head and the man accompanying him had got a blow to his back. A bloodcurdling scream erupted, the doctor's ended shortly as he passed out, but the other man was still conscious!

"Boys! Get her!" he yelled forgetting that his boys were currently out, Lucy taking this as an opportunity ran as fast she could My life depends on it! she thought the vase clinging to her shoulders. Then she heard from the distance many footsteps... there were quite a few about 10 pairs of them. The man was still screaming his lungs out and the footsteps were getting closer. The footsteps were now incredibly close that in a few seconds they would be able to see Lucy! Lucy hid in a small opening of the wall and stayed quiet, voices erupted from the hallway "Oi Gingham! isn't that the boss yellin his lungs out?" "Aye mate, It definitely sounds like his" "I smell Somethin wrong boys... we should hurry"

The hoard of men zoomed past Lucy, her heart pounded, her mind a blur, she ran the opposite direction frantically looking for an entrance or exit to bust out of this hellhole. Suddenly, she remembered what the man who captured had done to get into this passageway One of the bricks must hold the entrance! or exit... she thought excited she tried to remember where the room she was first brought to was. But the drug still held captive her mind, so temporarily her memory was contorted "Ughhh!" she groaned in annoyance Where is it?! she had wandered the maze and felt the thick, brick walls for a loose brick and it wasn't getting her anywhere. After some time had passed she found a small room that strikingly seemed familiar.

She tried hard searching her mind for some scraps of memory but it came to no avail. She cupped her hands around her cheeks and reassured herself You got to step it up, Lucy! she walked towards the wall and almost immediately footsteps thundered towards her They know this passageway better than I do she thought They can find me any minute! she ran again huffing and puffing her body wasn't used to this... she aced everything except for P.E her mother would laugh about it and spout this information to all her relatives every single time and boy it was annoying. Who knew that she would be stuck in this kind of situation? Lucy found that to the right of the room was another hall and after a few feet was a dead end! That means the exit must be one of the bricks in that area!

She ran as fast she could and felt every brick, the hallway was trembling because of the multitude of men they were getting closer and closer! Then, miraculously one of them slid to the side and the passageway opened! Nevertheless, the henchmen arrived quickly before she could even let out a shriek of relief. Lucy turned around dramatically and saw the parade of henchmen yelling "Get that damn b*h!" Lucy froze for a minute her last thought was I was so close...

TIME: 9:!5 pm

Though... her hands reached the bruised plastic vase I'm not die'n today you bastards!

The plastic vase was defensively held in front of her and her eyes were closed shut, for a person who has no experience of hand to hand combat this was the least she could manage, the hall stopped shaking and Lucy peeked through her eyelids: there she saw 5 men flexing their muscles in an intimidating fashion "You have two choices, pretty" one said "The easy way or the hard way" "What is the easy way?" she asked weakly "You let yourself up and we perform the operation" replied the henchmen "Or we beat you up until you're on your knees begging to spare your life, then... who knows what we might we do " "Which choice?, sweetie" asked another "I'd prefer the first choice if I were you... less bloodshed"

Which one?! In both cases, I am going to die anyway! she thought But the second choice... she cleared her throat then said "I'm ready for you boys"

A/N I wonder what'll happen? stay tuned! Thnx 4 reading and I Luv u guys! keep on writing those reviews!

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