Lost in the abyss
Alexandra returned to the tree house of Lucas as soon he was gone. She would not stay in the middle of all those soldiers. Once inside, she looked around. She had a bad presentiment. She wanted to find a weapon, something to protect herself. She unearthed a knife and had barely time to hide it in her shoe before two soldiers arrived, followed closely by Mira.
"There she is," she spat. "Take her to the cell. I have to talk to her in private," she ordered.
The two soldiers approached Alexandra and seized her by the arm. She tried to struggle, but it was in vain.
"Let go of me!" She yelled.
Mira looked at Alexandra while the soldiers were taking her away, a smile on her face. She would beat the truth out of her.
Alexandra spent the day in a dark, cold and dirty cell. She was afraid. She was cold. Tears filled her eyes. How had she got there? It was a nightmare. She would wake up and everything would be better. She would be safe at her home. She would surely have a hangover with everything she had drunk the night before. Alcohol. It was surely the reason for this nightmare. She had to wake up. She had to. But deep down, she knew it seemed too real to be happening just in her head.
She was lost in her thoughts when a noise brought her back to reality. People were coming. She was shaking. She didn't know if it was because of the cold or of the scare. Probably both. She knew it was 1 in the morning. Once again, she felt lucky to have her watch with her. She tightened her hand on her heel, ready to use the knife if she had to. Light from the corridor blinded her when the door opened. She had no time to react, that already 2 guards had gripped her and tied her to a chair. Mira approached her and stopped just inches from her face.
"Now, it's just you and me!" she said coldly. Alexandra looked her straight in the eye and spat in her face.
"Go to hell!"
Mira glared at her and slapped her violently.
"It's not a good start for you girl," she added, slapping her again. "Ready to talk now?"
"Screw you!"
"Wrong answer!" She smiled before hit her in the stomach. "Don't play with me baby girl, you'll lose," she whispered to her. "Why has Taylor sent you here?"
"The only Taylor I know is the one who commanded you not to touch me," she challenged her.
"Well, see, the problem is, your dear Lucas is not here at the moment. I'm the one in charge here and I want answers. Cooperate or suffer. It's your choice to make."
"I can't tell you thing about a man I don't know."
"Such a shame. I barely thought you were clever enough to stop lying to me." She shook her head. "Now I have to help you remember the truth," she added, taking a bag next to her. She opened it and was happy to see Alexandra's face when she discovered what was in it.
"I like those tools you know. This knife is sharper than ever. It can cut a dino's skin. Those scissors could easily cut one of your lovely fingers. This hammer? Oh yes I love this one. Once, I broke the bones of a man into million pieces." Mira enjoyed to see Alexandra's face decomposed at the sight of every tools.
"He's going to kill you when he'll find out what you've done to me," Alexandra tried to threaten Mira.
"Oh sweetheart, I don't think you know very well Lucas as well as I know him. He's not going to save you. It's just you and me. And we've got plenty of time to spend together."
Mira took the knife and started to slowly cut the skin of Alexandra's arm. Alexandra screamed from the pain. The pain was real. She was not having a nightmare. It was definitely real.
"I swear to you I'm not a spy," she said between sobs. "Why can't you just trust me?"
"I'm not that stupid. I know Taylor is looking for us. He's smart enough to have sent you here."
"I've never met this man," she said through greeted teeth.
"Prove it," Mira challenged her.
"Honestly? I can't and you know that!" She glared at Mira.
"Such a shame," Mira replied, punching Alexandra's face. Alexandra was suffering too much. She wanted to die. It was too painful. She eventually blacked out.
The next night, Mira woke Alexandra by throwing a bucket of water in her face. Mira had left her tied to the chair. At first, Alexandra had been afraid. Afraid to be hurt. Afraid to die. After Mira had started to torture her, she had felt anger running through her veins. She wanted to live, she wanted to fight for her life. Now, it was like she couldn't feel anything. She couldn't stop laughing. Maybe it was madness. Maybe the pain had gone too far and she would never feel again. Every question Mira had asked had made her smile.
"Tell me why Taylor sent you and I might shorten your sufferings."
"Oh no, I'd rather be tortured a little bit more. I actually start to like it here," she joked, a smile on her face.
Mira looked at her incredulously. Alexandra's eyes reflected madness. She had Her hair mixed with her blood stuck on her face. Her right cheek was all swollen and bruised. Her lips were dried and cut in 3 parts. She had not eaten or drunk for 2 days now. Maybe Mira had pushed her too much. The girl was not going to say anything today.
"I'll come back for you later. You should think about what you're going to say next time. I won't accept wrong answers anymore," she threatened her before leaving. This time, the guards untied her before throwing her in a corner. Alexandra could feel how hurt her body was. Every move was hard. She tried to stand up but found out she couldn't. She looked at her watch. It was 6 in the morning. Mira would probably come back around midnight like before. Alexandra had already thought about how to escape. Now she had 18 hours to prepare it. She took a deep breath and stood up. She needed to be the healthiest she could. She would have to.
After 2 days of torture, Mira made the mistake Alexandra was waiting for on the third night. She came alone to talk to her. She asked the guard to go but didn't noticed that the door was still open. When Mira was close enough, Alexandra took all of the strength and courage she had left and punched Mira in the stomach. Shocked, Mira fell down. Alexandra reached her knife and took Mira's hair with her left hand, her right hand holding the knife against her back.
"Stand up," she commanded her. "And don't try something stupid, I won't hesitate to stab you," she added coldly.
They silently walked to the main entrance. Luckily, there were only the two guards Alexandra had seen on her first day. When they saw them, they automatically pointed their guns on them.
"It's ok, just let us go," Mira commanded.
"Do what she told you!" Alexandra abruptly said.
The guards moved and let them past.
"Shut the gate," Alexandra yelled at them.
They looked at Mira who nodded. They closed the gate. Alexandra didn't wait too long before hitting Mira's neck so she fell down and ran away. Alexandra ran as quickly as her legs accepted it. She heard shouting and gunshots behind her. She ran faster, afraid it was for her. She was running glancing behind her when she hit something. It propelled her, falling on her back, gasping. She looked at what she had struck. There in front of her stood a man. With his white hair and beard cut well, he must have 55 or 60. Despite the darkness, Alexandra noticed immediately his steel blue eyes, clear and penetrating.
Commander Taylor had spent the last months afraid to find his son. Dead or alive, he wasn't sure what was worse. Their last meeting had been horrible. His own flesh and blood had tried to kill him. Skye had shot Lucas to save him. Regardless, Lucas was still is son. He would always be. Taylor couldn't hate his son. Their relationship had always been complicated since his mother had died. Ayani was the only one who knew how to calm Lucas. Taylor missed her so much. Especially since Taylor had banished Lucas. She would have found a solution to help Lucas, to help Taylor. Taylor was lost without her. Since Lucas had killed Alicia Washington, it was worse. Wash had helped Taylor to survive without Ayani. Now she was gone too, Taylor was alone. The only family left was his son and Skye. Skye… She was as afraid as him to find out what had happened with Lucas. She probably wanted Lucas to be alive so she wouldn't be a murderer.
Taylor wanted to find the sixers and the Phoenix group. He wanted this war to be over. Now the portal was broken, there was no way out for them. If they didn't want to be with them, they were against them. After weeks of tracking, he had found their camp. He had decided they would attack them at night. He was ready to order the attack when he saw this girl. Definitely not a soldier. She was with Mira. It was too dark to see exactly what she was doing but they were both walking to the main entrance. Once outside of the gate, the girl had kicked Mira and ran away.
"Ok guys, now!" Taylor yelled at his soldiers. They all ran to the camp, except for Taylor. He ran to the opposite direction, looking for the girl he had seen escape from the camp.
The battle had ended quickly. Most of the sixers were asleep when they attacked them. The ones who surrendered had been made prisoners. The others had run away or been killed. Mira had escaped the attack. Mira was back by then, grabbing what she could carry with her, ready to go to a new camp, when Lucas and the rest of the phoenix group came back from their mission to the Badlands.
"What happened here?" Lucas yelled in fury.
"The little French girl of yours was a spy. The minute you left, Taylor attacked us," Mira replied coldly.
"My dear father..." He mumbled, cold anger in his voice, fury burning in his eyes. "What have you done?" He wondered to himself, shaking his head.
"Where is she?" He asked to Mira.
"Who?"
"Who do you think I'm talking about?" He shouted.
"She's with them now."
"Damn it!" He yelled out.
He should have never been gone. None of it would have happened. And there he was, betrayed again. Betrayed by a girl he took care of. Beaten by his father. He had an unpleasant feeling of deja vu.
