I can't believe I found time to write this. It seems a little rushed...
Warning: This chapter is very dramatic. And a little violent. Not too violent though... I hope... o.O;;
Root sat in the kitchen poking at the food from the cafe. I guess maybe Holly really was sick... I don't know, maybe she was just pretending. If she was pretending, what did she think of what I did? Stop it. I wish I could turn my brain off. He tried to go back to eating the tofu, but he wasn't hungry.
Suddenly, he heard something that sounded like a strangled shout. He jumped up, straining his ears to try and see where the noise came from.
Everything was dark, and Holly could feel something rough against her face. She immediately tried to get the bag that was over her head off. She could tell that she had been thrown over someone's shoulder. Whoever it was had tied her arms tightly to her sides, so she tried to kick her kidnaper. He quickly grabbed her legs to prevent her. She struggled and fought to get away. She felt a surge of triumph as she realized her captor was having trouble keeping hold of her.
All the breath was forced out of her lungs as he dropped her onto the ground. She had fallen somewhat far, so either her captor was probably taller than her, or he had dropped her into a small ditch. She held still to listen, he was walking towards her. His steps were heavy, and she didn't hear anything to suggest that he stepped off a ledge. He stopped very close to her legs. "Stupid female." He muttered to himself. His voice sounded vaugely familiar. Holly swept her legs around until she kicked into and past his ankles. He fell heavily to the ground next to her. It's a good thing he didn't land on me, he sounds a good deal bigger. She started kicking in the direction that he fell, and her foot found him. She kicked hard, and he groaned in pain. He scrambled away, and Holly tried to follow him, but she couldn't move very well with her arms tied and unable to see. He got up and avoided her feet. He kicked her hard in the back, and she gasped. Taking advantage of the moment, he tied her legs together. "Ha"
"Oh come one, you can't handle a weak female on your own!? You coward! Untie me, and see if you can get away!" She yelled at him.
He kicked her in the back again, "Don't you call me a coward. You stupid female." Looks like someone has an easily bruised ego. Let's see if I can use that to my advantage.
"You are a coward. If you weren't, you wouldn't have tied me up, you would have faced me like a real male."
"I said, don't call me a coward!" He kicked her harder, and she cried out in pain.
"Then if you're not, untie me and face me in a fair fight."
"Oh please, you're injured," He poked the place where he had kicked her with the toe of his shoe, and she could tell a bruise was forming. She wondered why her magic hadn't healed it already, "And don't be thinking that you can rely on magic. Because we're in a place where magic doesn't work. Don't ask me how it works, I don't know."
Holly realized where she had heard his voice. "Sool?"
"How did you know?" She could almost hear the sneer in his voice.
"You jerk." she snarled, "What do you want with me?"
"I want you to pay for daring to defy me."
"What are you talking about?"
"If you don't know, then I'm not going to tell you."
He roughly grabbed her shoulders and began trying to haul her away. Holly knew she didn't have enough leverage to be able to get away by struggling, so she let herself drop like a dead weight, hoping he wouldn't have enough strength to lift or drag her. He cursed and dropped her. He began kicking her again.
"You will stop resisting me right now!" Holly curled into a ball. She slumped, pretending that she had fallen unconscious. Sool stopped kicking her, and started dragging her away.
They finally reached their destination. Sool threw her down on the ground, and she paused to listen, trying to figure out how to get away. The bag was roughly removed from her head, and Holly resisted opening her eyes to look around; she didn't know what Sool would try to do if he realized she was conscious. He and untied her arms and legs, which surprised her. He began walking away, so she risked opening her eyes. They were in what looked like a cave. Sool's back was still to her, so she leaped up and tried to sneak up behind him.
Somehow he heard her, spun around and pushed her, making her fall to the ground. "I guessed that you were pretending." He put his foot on her chest, holding her down. "I'm going to have a lot of fun getting my revenge." he sasid sinisterly.
"Revenge for what?" she asked.
"Why, for abandoning me. Don't you remember?"
"I have no idea what you're talking about. You know, Julius will figure out what happened, and he'll come and find me."
"I doubt it." Suddenly, Sool's face seemed to transform into Root's. Holly was frozen in horror.
"What? But... Julius?" she asked in shock.
"That's right." As he spoke, his voice changed from Sool's to Root's.
"No! Julius!" She felt like crying
Root walked to the front door and looked out of the peep hole, looking to see if there was someone outside. There wasn't. He heard another noise, what sounded like a cry of pain. It was coming from Holly's room. He ran and threw the door open. It looked like Holly had just fallen off her bed.
"Julius." she sobbed. Root ran to her side. Oh gods, what's happening? Is she sick? Or... Is she having one of those nightmares?
"So now do you know what you've done to anger me?" Root yelled, shaking her roughly. Holly wanted to fight back, but she found she couldn't move. He was shaking her like she was a rag doll.
"Julius please! I'm sorry, I'm so sorry! Don't, please." She pleaded.
"Holly?" Root asked nervously. She didn't respond, so he took her by the shoulders and gently shook her, trying to wake her.
"Julius please! I'm sorry, I'm so sorry! Don't, please." Root froze. She was having a nightmare about him. He felt so guilty that he was making her feel like that, even if he had no control over his actions in her dream.
He stopped shaking her, "And why should I believe you?"
"I'm telling you the truth, please don't hurt me. I never meant to abandon you! I swear!" she sobbed, shakily reaching out and putting her hands on his shoulders.
"Don't what?" He was afraid of what he was doing in her nightmare
"I'm telling you the truth, please don't hurt me. I never meant to abandon you! I swear!" Still asleep, she reached up and grabbed his shoulders, sobbing. He placed his hand on the side of her face.
"Holly, Holly, don't worry, I would never hurt you." He said, even though he knew she probably couldn't hear him.
Root grabbed her around the neck with one hand, "Holly, Holly, you're lying! You were glad at the thought of me being blown to pieces!" He threw her to the ground, but she could still feel his hand at the side of her face. It was a strange sensation. She looked around again and realized that she wasn't in a cave, she was in a chute.
"Julius..."
"I'm going to leave you now, a flare is coming. Don't worry, I'll be watching you die." He cackled
"Julius..." her voice was pleading and tearful.
"Holly, please, wake up! Please!" He gently tapped her face, and pulled her close.
"Julius! Don't leave me here, please!"
"Leave you where? Where? Holly! Wake up!"
"NO!" Root shook her again. Please oh please wake up!
Some rocks fell from the ceiling and bounced off her cheek as the chute began to rumble with the force of the coming flare. Root was walking away from her, towards the safety of the blast doors.
"Julius! Don't leave me here, please!" She began to sob uncontrollably. He walked past the doors and smiled and waved at her as the doors closed.
"NO!" The ground began to shake even harder, and she could see Root's eyes filled with malice in front of her. She closed her eyes tight and then opened them again. She was still being shaken, but Root's eyes had changed being filled with worry and panic. She drew in a shaky breath and looked around, she was in her own room, on the floor. Root was holding her, with a hand on the side of her neck. Her hands were on his shoulders.
"D'Arvit!" she cursed, she had had another nightmare, and now he must know. Oh gods, what is he thinking? He must think I'm so stupid. How much did I say aloud?
"Holly! You're awake. Thank the gods!"
"Julius... uh... sorry about that. Um..."
"What was happening? I was afraid you might've been having a seizure or something. And you were talking, you were telling me you were sorry, and telling me not to leave you, and asking me not to hurt you." His voice was filled with concern and was faintly tinged with panic.
"It was nothing." She tried to push away, but he wouldn't let her. He gently wiped a tear off her cheek with his thumb. Holly was split in two; she wanted to run away, and never leave his arms at the same time.
"Nothing!? Holly, what was happening? Please tell me." He sounded so caring, she was finding it hard to resist.
"You'll just laugh at me." She said quietly.
"I promise I won't. No, I swear I won't. Please tell me."
It all came pouring out of her mouth. She couldn't stop herself. As she talked, his eyes showed sorrow, and regret.
"I'm so sorry, Holly." He said sincerely.
"Why are you sorry?" she asked, puzzled.
"Because I'm the cause of your troubles. I am so sorry."
"It's not your fault. It's just me being stupid."
"You're not stupid Holly, just the opposite. Why did this have to happen to you?" he seemed to be asking himself, "I never wanted you to feel pain because of me." He said, almost tenderly
"Julius... What do you mean?" Holly felt very confused.
"I just... It hurts me to find out that you have been suffering on my behalf."
"But why? I was just a random, annoying employee of yours."
"You're more than an employee to me Holly." He was stroking her cheek again.
"Really?"
"Yes, I... I love you."
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