I could see nothing at all. I thought my eyes were shut. I blinked desperately, trying to open them. But then I realized that they were open. But it was so pitch black here that I could see nothing at all.
Wait…where was I?
I dug into my memory to understand what had happened to me.
I barely remembered last night, Talon, I fell asleep, Rane told me about the forest, I was walking on and on, then…..
Even my memory blanked out as if had been erased. But I fought the urge to relax my mind and muscles and forced myself to remember. I pressed into my mind, trying to work past the fog. Then it hit me…. a wave of white hot pain! It shot through my head like a laser, causing me to scream out in pain.
The laser pain seemed to split open my head, exposing the sensitive nerves to the air. This made every one of my senses tingle in anticipation of another wave.
I was almost expecting the wave but that didn't mean that it was any less painful. This wave didn't just affect my head; it was my whole body, like I was under the laser beam, burning. Scorching. I screamed out my lungs which were already on fire. I couldn't even scream loud enough to find an outlet for the scalding pain. My body began to writhe uncontrollably. At one point, I was squirming and screeching so hard that I didn't even notice the pain had stopped.
It didn't fade away like a real fire but it just abruptly halted, leaving me gasping for breath between my hurtful sobs. I tried to sit up but I had no energy left. I let the darkness swallow me whole.
I don't even know if I woke up, but I felt weirdly comfortable where I was. It was like I was at peace finally. I assumed that it was because the torture ceased.
What was that all about?
Was I going crazy?
As hard as I tried, I could never reach the part of my memory that I most desperately needed. The memory that held the key as to why I was here. and how long I had been kept here.
I suddenly began remembering the happy things I felt towards Talon and I grinned. "Oh Talon, Where are you? I need you, please", I whispered as tears sprung to my eyes. I sobbed quietly. I stopped when I heard some noise in the back ground. Like whispering, quite far away. I realized that I could move. I shifted from my position and rolled onto my back. I stretched and sat up. I stood up and felt fear descend upon me. Where the hell was I? Why was I being held here and tortured?
"Help me", I croaked. I was stunned when I heard, "Look, she's awake. Get her some help. She'll need it after what she was put through", and then some giggling.
Huh?
"Help me", I croaked again. I suddenly felt arms grasp me and I knew my legs could no longer hold me up. The person easily picked me off the ground and held me tight. It was a girl.
She took me somewhere and suddenly all I could see was white light. I tried to keep my eyes open but it hurt so bad that I gasped and buried my face into her body.
"Oh she's good. She didn't collapse", I heard a voice but I honestly didn't care. I knew they would kill me. But I wasn't going down without a fight. So I violently jerked out of the woman's grasp and tried to make sense of where I was.
Unfortunately, I fell out of her arms onto the hard marble floor.
But I wasn't giving up. I couldn't open my eyes but I managed to stand up.
"Let me go, please. I swear I won't tell anyone. Please don't hurt me", I spoke but I couldn't even hear myself. Then, Demanding Damien took over.
"Look here, Bub. I have no intention of letting you get away with this. I will kill you all. I swear to god, you'll pay for this", I snarled.
I heard laughing and a ripple of giggles from behind me.
I realized I was facing my back to the people here. and I was speaking to a wall or to the air. How embarrassing. Just perfect to make an effect on your kidnappers.
I growled and sank down to the ground, unintentionally, of course. I had no control over my actions. I sighed as calm streaked through me. the adrenaline pulsing in my veins died immediately and the whole fizzy fear stopped.
I let them lead me away.
Lead me into my doom.