Rodney and Glitch were gagged now. They were tied back to back. They were sitting in the middle of the woods, with four longcoats guarding them. Rodney began to chew away at her gag. Eventually she was able to get her mouth out. "Glitch….listen to me. We both need to help each other out with these knots. Keep pulling at whatever string you find…" Rodney whispered. Glitch grunted.
The one longcoat turned and made a face. He walked up to Rodney and fixed her gag, this time making it tighter. The sides of her mouth began to bleed slightly. The longcoat slapped her. "Nice try princess…" he said. He walked away, laughing. Rodney grunted in anger. If only he knew what she was capable of. She felt the ties loosen, and she slid her one hand out. The other hand helped Glitch. She ungagged herself, and untied her feet. She quickly helped Glitch. She nodded towards two of the longcoats and Glitch nodded.
Rodney walked up to the other two. She tapped the one on his shoulder. He turned around to look at her. She smiled. "Hi there…." She said, before punching him across the face. She grabbed the other one by his shoulders and kneed him. She turned to see Glitch hurricane kick the longcoats, before turning to face her. "Nice…" she said. Glitch smiled. "Are you okay?" Glitch asked, walking over to her and putting a hand on the side of her face.
"Yep, are you?" she asked. Glitch smiled. "Alright, now we go save everyone else…" Rodney said. They both began to run back to the hedges…..
Julia felt herself being forced to sit down in the chair. She felt her hands get tied behind her back, and the cloth was removed from her eyes. She saw that she was in a dim-lit cave. She felt a hand press firmly on her shoulder. "May I say what a pleasure it is to have you back….princess…" came Zero's voice. He stepped infront of her and she felt another Longcoat hold her down.
"Oh yes, what a pleasure…" Julia said, rolling her eyes. Zero grabbed her face and turned her to face him. He leaned in slightly. "You don't seem happy to see me…" he said. "Should I be? Oh that's right…you helped murder all of my people….so I guess that means…no I'm not happy to see you…." Julia said. Zero grunted and then slapped her across the face.
She turned back to face him, smiling slightly. "You happy to see me now?" he asked. "No, I'm thinking your lucky my hands are tied right now…" Julia said, her eyes darkening slightly. Zero shot her a look, before sighing slightly. "You know…I was planning on giving you a quick death, but now I realize that that wouldn't be so much fun after all. I mean, now that we are getting to know each other…" Zero said, circling her.
"Hmmm…." Julia said with a fake smile. Zero pulled out his small dagger and stepped infront of her. "Now, you're going to tell me what I want to hear…" he said, with a wicked smirk….
Rodney and Glitch were running through the woods. Rodney spotted two longcoats walking through the woods. Aiden was with them. "What are we doing with him?" one asked. "Giving him to the baguns. They said that they would meet us in the middle of the woods…" the second said. "What are we going to do? You don't have your bow and arrows…." Glitch said, looking over at Rodney.
Rodney began to move towards the longcoats, carefully hiding behind the trees and rocks as she passed. "We are just going to have to take them out…." Rodney said, quickly looking at him. "Okay…" Glitch agreed. "This is what I want you to do. I want you to grab Aiden and run. Don't look back. If I get captured, don't come back for me. Find my sister and everyone else. We can't have everyone dying…" Rodney said.
"No…" Glitch said. Rodney turned to look at him. "You grab Aiden and run. I'm worth nothing in this world compared to you. You have a sister and a kid in your life. Let me do this…." Glitch said. Rodney's eyes softened. "Glitch…" she said. Glitch shook his head. "No. Nothing is more important to me than your and Aiden's safety. Besides….its only two longcoats…" Glitch said, with a small smile.
Before Rodney could protest, Glitch took her hand. "Please Rodney…." He said. She leaned in and put her forehead against his, closing her eyes. "Be careful, Glitch…." She said. "Don't worry. I will be…" Glitch said. They looked at each other for a second, before kissing softly. They pulled apart, and then headed for the longcoats.
The longcoats were headed their way. Once they were close enough, Glitch nodded. He jumped out and tackled the one, and they began rolling around on the dirt. Rodney leapt down and quickly punched the second one, before grabbing Aiden. "Mommy!" Aiden said, embracing her. "It's okay, Aiden…" she said. Glitch stood up and looked at her. "Go Rodney! Go!" he said. Rodney looked at him. "Just go!" he said.
He turned and began to attack the longcoat again. Rodney lifted Aiden up, and began to run through the woods. She had been running for about a minute or two before she stopped. She set Aiden down and was breathing heavily. "Mommy where is my other mommy? Where is Mr. Cowboy? Is Mr. Zipper coming?" Aiden asked. There was a gunshot and Rodney turned in the direction. It had come from the direction where she just came.
"Glitch…" she said. She turned to look at Aiden. "Aiden, I want you to go back to the big white castle. You remember where that was?" Rodney asked. Aiden nodded with a smile. "When you get there, I want you to hide in the bushes okay?" she asked, and Aiden nodded again. Rodney kissed the top of his head, before he took off. Rodney waited until he disappeared, before turning and running for Glitch. "Hang on Glitch…" she said, breathing heavily…..
Julia was almost at the brink of tears. She felt she needed to cry, but she refused to. She would not cry infront of Zero, despite the many cuts he had given her over her arms and legs. Zero dropped the knife and walked over to her. "You're more durable than I thought you would be…" he said, with a slight smile. "I will never give in to the things you do to me. I'll never tell you anything you want to hear. So you might as well just kill me, because whatever torture you put me through…I'll deal with it all. I'm not going to risk my sister, our child, or our…friends… safety…" Julia said, looking up at him.
"Perhaps some are more than just friends?" Zero asked. "I do not know what you speak of," Julia said, looking away. "It's not what I speak of, but rather whom I speak about. Your sister, Rodney isn't it? Seemed to be very defensive of the Zipperhead….Glitch…whatever his name is. And then there was that look you gave Cain before you sprinted off into the woods. The way you tried to save him…" Zero said.
"What do you mean by 'tried to'? What did you do to him?" Julia asked. "See what I mean? You don't even deny…" Zero said. Julia growled slightly. Zero chuckled. "Fine. You don't want to talk…we'll do things the hard way…" Zero said. He stepped behind her and grabbed her one arm, and pressed his cheek against hers. "I want you to scream for me…" he said. The other longcoat picked up the knife and approached her. "Scream…" Zero said. Julia pressed her mouth into a thin line. The longcoat raised the knife up and stabbed Julia in the thigh. Julia whimpered slightly and bit her lip to keep the scream from coming out.
"Almost there…" Zero said, and the other longcoat pulled the knife out. Julia felt angry tears welling up in her eyes, but she squeezed her eyes shut. She felt Zero grab her arm tighter. "I said….scream…" Zero said. "You can do with me whatever you want…but I won't scream for you…." Julia said. Zero sighed. "Fine…have it your way…" Zero said. He grabbed her arm and begun to twist it. Julia squeezed her eyes shut again, and she felt her arm break….