Chapter 3

Koraleene was running quickly, she rushed up some stairs completely unsure of where she was at and found up in the sculpture wing of the art museum. She seen the ballerina girl twirling about, she stopped for a moment to idolize her beauty. Then quickly kept going hoping to find her uncle.

"the lights out, never had this bright of glow and the black keys" She heard a beautiful singing, and a harp being plucked away. She looked up to see the Cherubs floating through the sky singing full heartedly. She watched them amazed wishing she could be so carefree.

"showing me a world I never knew no" They continued.

"She hated the sun because it proves she's not alone, and the world doesn't revolve around her soul." She sang along with them strangely familiar with the song. They stopped singing for once and just listened to her.

"She loves the sky because it validates her pry, never lets her no when she is wrong" She stopped she realized they did.

"And the black keys, never looked so beautiful, and a perfect rainbow never seemed so dull.." They sang flying around her in a circling. She smiled and laughed her hair flew in the wind they created.

She heard a crashing sound behind her, and more men appeared this time, ones she didn't recognize. They were black and white. She gasped looking at the little cupids.

"Sorry I have to go" She said quickly rushing off.

The cherubs continued there song flying through the air.

Koraleene ran as fast as her feet would allow her to go, and she was hoping that was fast enough. She rushed out of the Art museum and onto the lawn she wasn't sure where she was going now, but she knew it was away from there.

She heard feet stomping in the grass behind her, and knew they were catching up.

Her breaths were coming in rapid gasps as she ran, but much to her dismay a small group of the same black and white men appeared running towards her.

She slowed her pace, as they surrounded her.

"Well lookie what we have here boys." A man who looked to be the leader said with an accent that she couldn't place.

She was too winded and scared to speak, she just looked at him in horror. She felt her heart racing as he took steps toward her.

When he was finally dead in front of her she looked down letting her long hair cascade over her face using at as a sort of shield.

"Now, now darling. Don't be afraid of us" He laughed as he took in everything about her.

He put his hand under her chin in efforts to lift her head but she turned away quickly wrapping her arms around herself. The group of discolored men laughed at this.

"Well cutie we do have orders to take you back to Kamunrah." The leader said, she still couldn't place his name.

"Hey Capone you think we ought a get back to finding the other guy?" One of the boys said.

"You guys go ahead I'm going to stay here and take her back." Capone said forcefully grabbed her arm. She attempted to pull herself away thrashing violently at him. The rest of his men walked away.

"Please stop, don't touch me please" Koraleene begged him, her only thoughts were on the past. Something like this had already happened to her and she was terrified it would happen again.

"Now, now toots. Breathe I'm not going to hurt you unless you make me. Understand?" Capone said grabbing her upper arms and holding her still in front of him. She just kept quiet with her head down.

He didn't like that, she should answer when spoken too. He gripped her arms tighter, causing her to let out a yelp in pain.

"Do you understand?" He asked angrily.

She looked up at him with her blue and purple heart breaking eyes full of tears and nodded.

"Good now come along." He let her go grabbing her wrist instead, pulling her along not as gently as Ak, or her uncle would have though. "What's your name sweet heart?" Capone asked glancing back at her. She didn't answer. He stopped walking and turned to her,

"Look this isn't working." Capone said trying to keep his anger under control but failing to do so. "When I ask a question. You answer it got it?" He asked, when she still said nothing he lost it and gripped her upper arms again squeezing them tightly. She yelled out again in pain. He was leaving red hand marks on her arms but she still wouldn't speak.

Fed up he let her go and slapped her hard on her left cheek causing her to fall on the ground. Tears fell from her eyes like rain.

"Lets try this again. What's your name?" Capone asked entirely pissed now.

"K-koraleene." She said looking up at him yet again with those sad eyes. He was shocked. At that moment she looked to entirely beautiful, he hadn't seen a woman like that since well his wife died some 50 years or so ago he wasn't sure what year it was.

He instantly turned his face from shocked to cold grabbing her wrist yet again pulling her to her feet and dragging her behind him to the castle.

"Please don't hurt me" She gasped out her breathing still rapid. He stopped and looked back at her, her eye's were dull and glazed.

"Hey toots are you okay?" Capone asked feeling worried but just sounding annoyed. She looked up at him.

"I'll be good please." She begged quietly before falling to the ground unconscious, Capone managed to catch her before she fell completely.

"Ugh great now I have to carry you." He said cradling her in his arms like she was a precious gift. "What happened to you?" He wonder curiously looking down at her pale skill.