My body was sore all over. I tried to move my legs but found I couldn't as they were chained but what to I didn't know. I opened my eyes to see complete and utter darkness. My eyes took a while to adjust to the dark. I was not alone in the room; I could hear the shallow breathing of others and wondered where I was. The dark was usually so comforting for me but now it held so many questions without letting up any answers.
I tried to illuminate the room but again my powers failed me when I needed them. I felt alone and cold. The hours spent in the darkness seemed to stretch on and on. I was going half crazy in the dark, staring into nothing not knowing where I was or why I was there.
Light began flickering in the distant and I could hear the hum of the florescent lights as they warmed up. The lights slowly flicked nearer and nearer to where I was. The room brightened too brightly under the artificial harsh light. I had to shield my weary eyes with my arms, to protect them from the harshness of the light.
The sounds of footsteps echoed across the room and I uncovered my eyes so I could see the approaching figure. My eyes slowly adjusted to the bright light and my head instantly began to throb. I looked around the room, astonished to see so many cages with each a few people locked inside. The room was packed with cages with people in it. They were so afraid and it was like a switched turned on inside me and I could suddenly hear their desperate thoughts. The same fear of the unknown drowned out my own thoughts and it was deafening me. It was killing me slowly as I could do nothing to help them. What is the point of being so powerful if you are so helpless at times when you are needed the most?
I looked carefully at the man, who was slowly pacing the room. He seemed to be inspecting the people; he looked in my direction and into my eyes, causing me to shiver. He looked me up and down like a piece of meat. I tried focusing on his thoughts, not really sure I wanted to know what he was intending to do. I was frustrated when I couldn't get anything from him. Not knowing was driving me insane.
The man, with soulless eyes, walked towards one of the cages nearest to him and took out a young girl. She must have only been fourteen; her thoughts screamed at me. Her pain and fear coursed through me. I would have done anything to have taken her place for. Only hell knows what torture they were going to put her through. She tried fighting him and her thoughts screamed panic when she tried her new found powers and they didn't work. I tried to block it out and not hear as she was dragged away but her thoughts became louder and louder even though she was further away. Then her thoughts were silenced and I wondered what they were going to do with her.
For the next few hours many men came and took people away, torturing me with their thoughts. The crowd of thoughts finally died down as the number in the room was reduced to two. The person in the cage near me was unusually quiet and I thought I recognised them.
"It has been like this for weeks, Keaira. The world is in chaos. The demons are now ruling though most of the humans don't notice. They have taken over the big cooperate buildings, taking over efficiently. The building we are in is their main office. The elders are either gone or captured. The force of goodness is fading from the world" She said in her thoughts.
It was then that I recognised her as an elder. She looked so different in the potato sack she was wearing. Her face was covered in cuts and bruises. Before I could reply back, another one of those faceless men came and took her away. It was to be my turn next. The room was empty and silent once again.
The minutes slowly ticked away, leaving me to wonder what they were planning for us. I replayed through what lead me to this point. It had been a trap like I had suspected but at least now I had a chance to find out some answers. I know knew where they had been taken. I waited and knew that I wasn't going to go with them so easily. I had to find out what was going on. I didn't like the fact that my actions were being manipulated. I stood, well sat, my ground as I heard the echoing footsteps approach. They seemed to take forever to approach me; I started to become increasingly panicked. I closed my eyes and focused on my breathing, in hopes of calming myself down. I felt calmer as the demon drone approached my cage.
Through the bars, he unlocked the chains at my feet. I waited patiently for the right time to act. He opened the cage door and unlocked my hands. That was when I broke his nose. They may have been demons but they were inside a human's body and could still feel pain. I pushed him back against the wall and knocked him out. I slowly walked around the cages as other demons fled in to help him. They must have been standing close by to keep a look out. I hid behind the cages as they tried to find me. I kept out of their line of sight, creeping slowly towards the open door. One of the demons saw me and crept up behind me. I fought him off as best I could but his friends surrounded me. One got out an injection from one of the pockets in their padded jacket and stuck it into my flesh, causing me to fall in a deep sleep.
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