Would I lie to you?

Fences and wires

Hannah's entire body crumbled in my arms. Her legs turned to water and she fell to the floor. I caught her and lay her down on the grass. I looked across at the gates and saw Maya's laughing figure turn and run from the gates. "Three days Thierry, next time, I'll be inside these gates" I scooped Hannah up and ran inside. Three days, could we escape in three days, could I get her away from here in three days, would she follow us if we did?

My mind was full of questions and thoughts. If I killed Maya, would she stay dead, she didn't last time so how could I kill her without her coming back? Hannah's eyelids fluttered open and she looked at me. "Thierry?" I nodded frantically. She forced herself up on her elbows and looked at me. "I had a nightmare. Maya was alive and…" I looked down solemnly. Of course she would not believe it was real, it was impossible. "It wasn't a dream was it?" I shook my head silently; my eyes could not meet her face. I couldn't bear to see the hurt and fear in her eyes. She took a shuddering breath and tried to regain composure. "What are we going to do then?"

I looked up at her for the first time. "We can either run or fight. If we fight, we need to find a way to kill her so she won't come back again. If we run, we have to go so far away that she won't ever find us but that means until we're safe, we can't come back here" Hannah swallowed. I knew in my mind what I wanted to do. I wanted Hannah to be kept safe and me to rip Maya to shreds. "Ash and James can keep you safe while I kill Maya; I think if I burn her she won't come back."

Hannah stared at me incredulously. "How can you think you are doing this without me, it's me she wants. Surely it's safer I'm with you!" I shook my head and stood up to go. "Thierry, don't." I walked to the door, my feet feeling like lead. It took all my strength to get to the door. Hannah leapt out of the bed, her energy immediately full again. She ran and grabbed me around the waist to try and stop me. "Thierry please, she'll kill you!" I removed her arms gently and left the room. Hannah fell to her knees sobbing.

The second I was out of view of Hannah's door I sprinted along the maze of corridors. Ash, I had to find Ash. I hammered on his door until he opened it and Ash pulled me inside. "So, do we have a plan?" Ash said anxiously, closing the door quickly and turning to me. I sat down heavily in an armchair and looked at him. "I'm guessing we do then, tell me what it is" he said sitting opposite me. I leaned forward and told him the plan. I had spent a while thinking about this plan, somehow I always knew I would be the one carrying out this plan.

"She's not going to like this, at all." Ash said, a solemn look on his face. I stood up to go. "Are you sure you actually saw her?" he said tentatively as I reached the door. I did not turn to look at him. My whole body tensed, he didn't believe me.

"If I say yes, you'll think I'm mad, if I say no, you'll abandon the plan and Hannah will die" I left silently. Ash came out onto the corridor behind me and ran after me, panting. He put a hand on my shoulder and spun me around to face him. "I believe you man. When do we start?" I cracked him a wicked grin that spoke thank you in every muscle. "Now"

I sat outside on the front steps watching the gates intently. Watching, waiting, staring, sitting. She will come through those gates, I'm sure of it, and when she does, I'm here, stake in hand, lighter in pocket, strength in mind. I shiver in the cold of the autumn night and try not to dwell on the images of earlier that stuck in my brain.

One Hour earlier

I took a deep breath and swallowed my fear and anxiety in one huge gulp. I lifted my hand to the white of the painted wood door and knocked one, two, three times. Hannah opened the door slowly and looked at me with red puffy eyes. "What, first time breaking my heart wasn't enough?" I stood back in the doorway and let Ash and James in past me. "Thierry what's going on?" she said frantically, staring at me in horror. I closed my eyes and looked away from her as Ash and James Grabbed her arms and dragged her out of the room.

Hannah ripped her nails into Ash's arms and Screamed in James' ears as the pulled her from the room. "THIERRY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" James scooped up her legs as she struggled and kicked in their arms. I could not bear to see the sight of them dragging her away and try as I might, her screams echoed in my ears and rung round my head like funeral bells.

I took deep breaths to keep me from collapsing. Tonight had only just started. I ran downstairs and sat on the steps. I waited for an hour, two, maybe even three had gone by and then , the lock on the gate clicked open…