Hey, Guys,

So I scared a few of you last night with my ending note. I AM STILL WRITING, don't worry.

So, last chapter there was a bit of violence, so what happened was, Fabian was being controlled by the government again. He was aggressive with Nina, and she ran to their room. After realizing what he did, he ran after her only to find her about to jump out their window. He pulled her back, and her lower leg skid across the sharp edge, creating a gash. Once he fixed her up he revealed that when he was under The Council's influence that day, he turned her in. Now, The Council is on their way to hunt her.

This chapter is very actiony, not severe violence, just falling. Warning you.

Enjoy!

~IfWritersCouldSpeak~

I heard pounding on the door outside our room. I don't even remember being on the ground, until Fabian was shaking me, commanding me to get up.

Fabian!

I had to get him out of here. If he stayed… Association with me could ruin him. They'd probably execute him after me.

"Fabian," I called, to my husband-friend; boyfriend- I didn't know what we were anymore! "Fabian, you have to go."

"No, Nina, we can just explain," he reassured. "We'll tell them it was a misunderstanding, that everything I said, I withdraw-"

"Fabian, that's committing a mistake. I won't let you do that to yourself. They will brand you as ImPerfect and send you underground." I pulled him close, by the collar, "Listen to me. You have about thirty seconds before they knock down that door. Use your time and get out of here."

"What about you?" he asked, caressing my face.

Twenty seconds.

"I can't. My leg wound is too severe without help. And by the time you could help me out, they would already have struck a bullet through me." I clasped his hand, and held it tightly.

Twelve seconds.

"Fabian, go!" I pushed him towards the window, with the last of my strength. He fell, and I knew he had mere seconds before they came through the door.

Eight seconds.

"I'm not leaving you!" he shouted.

Five seconds.

"Fabian, if you won't save yourself, then there is something you should know before they kill me," I yelled. He looked confused, "I'm-"

Zero.

The door blew open, and I could fell myself skid backwards, hitting the wall behind me. I heard Fabian shout my name several times. Something was wrong with my eyes. Even when I opened them, only tiny streams of light came through.

"Nina, where are you?" Fabian questioned.

Oh. I was underneath our now smoking dresser.

I shifted my weight, and was about to yell for Fabian when I heard a female voice.

The Council Woman in red.

"I bet she was blown away in the explosion," she stated. I peeked through a hole and saw Fabian crying as he looked around continuously. He began to pull at his hair, causing it to go in a million different directions. I saw him bend down, and my vision was blocked but I could hear his sobs echoing in the silent room.

His sobs shook me so hard, it was hard not go over there, and wrap my arms around him and feel his shaking decrease.

"She was a waste anyway," a smaller voice said. "No job, and according this boy, she has been acting like an ImPerfect. Should of killed her in the beginning, she just wasted our resources."

I saw Fabian stand up, and walk towards the direction of the voice. I heard him say, "Don't you dare, say that about my Nina. She was more perfect than any of you."

I heard a crack, and saw Fabian stagger backwards, holding his jaw.

"Perhaps we didn't alter as much of your manner skills as we did of those for affection," the lady in red mused. "Demanding a Council Member? No wonder your father was thrown to the streets."

I internally gasped. But if Fabian's father wasn't a government officer, and he was thrown to the streets then…

"Your father betrayed you," the Council Member stated. "I still remember the look of your seven year old face as we dragged him away. I recall you yelling a phrase before he left, what was it?"

"'Bah ha Mei'," Fabian whispered. (1)

"Ah, yes, 'true of heart'. Tell me, Fabian, did you stop believing in your father's lies after we sent him underground? Hm?"

Fabian seemed alert now.

"Oh, you didn't know?" the Council Member laughed. "Ah, yes Madam Sarah, number 502. Even after eight years, still can't get over the face of shame his son had across his face when The Council knocked on his door and took him away. You know him, don't you?"

"I know of him, of course." Madam Sarah regarded, "Could never stop moaning about his poor child, forced to be raised by a mother who never cared for him."

I saw Fabian wipe away tears, and I was ready to pounce on Madam Snake and her friend, member of The Council of Jerkface.

I managed to crawl underneath the dresser to where the voices were. Other debris held the dresser, so I made an escape from there without making a sound. I wandered around, underneath all the trash, making sure to only make noise when they spoke, that way it wouldn't ruin my plan.

Once I was right beside them, I heard the red devil ask, "I wonder if your mother was ever proud of you."

I shoved her partner's left food upwards and he fell backwards. I rolled his body forward where the woman in red stood. He grabbed her ankles for balance and he grabbed onto her as she fell. On her way down, she hit our old mirror, and the shattered glass pierced her skin. As she screamed, I stood up, with much difficulty before yelling, "Run!" to Fabian.

I ran towards him, and grabbed his hand. I brought him over to the window where I began to put my feet out into the air. Fabian was guiding me, his hand on my back, guarding me from the two council members. Suddenly, Fabian's hand was ripped away, and I felt myself being pulled back in. The person obviously didn't care for my well being because if we were in a different scenario I would probably be screaming my lungs out.

Forget that, I did it anyways.

But my pain was put aside, when I saw Fabian in a headlock by the small Council Member. I was ready to fight when the wound in my leg forced me to my knees, and eventually my face, my nose inches from the man's foot.

"Nina!" Fabian shouted.

The Council Member laughed. I didn't know what to do. Then, I saw Fabian's shoe tip, pointing sideways to the leg of the man holding him in a death grip. I nodded, and I wrapped my legs around the man's tibia, and I watched him release Fabian and fall downwards. Fabian helped me up and we headed for the window. This time though, I made Fabian go first, and when he was almost done, my leg grew weak again. I gripped his arm tightly. He was supposed to jump, but because of my pain he turned around and fell backwards.

"Nina, Nina," he whispered. "Let me go."

"What!" I screeched. "No!"

"Nina, you have to trust me," he insisted. "I promise."

So I let go.

I watched him drop, tears dropping off my face.

It was silent for a few moments, and I swear my heart stopped. "Nina!" he yelled from below. "Nina, I'm ok! You can come down!"

I smiled lightly, before steading myself for my jump. I was crouching ready when someone behind me grabbed my arm, and I dangled from the window.

"Nina!" Fabian's voice cried out.

"Just remember this," the woman in red, who was digging her nails into my skin, warned. Her arm was the only thing stopping me from a fatal and painful accident. "I still control you. We will find you. We will hunt you. And we will kill you. I don't care what you are, I will watch you die. That crush of yours, down there," she signaled. I looked downwards, and I wished I didn't. I looked back up at her. "Oh, he is going to have a tough time if he doesn't catch you."

Her grip began to loosen.

"He makes you so many promises, sweetheart, and now just like him I'll make you one. I am going to watch you suffer by the hands of me, and if not I am going to be satisfied every night knowing you don't have enough water or food or warmth to survive. And even better knowing you have to find all that for two." She made her final remark, "Can't wait to see you at finish line, princess."

I wouldn't let her win. I couldn't go up to Fabian, and look him in the eye, and say, that she won.

So right before she could let me go, I let go of her. But not before saying, "I can't wait to see your face when I have the trophy."

And I fell, with Fabian's last words to me, echoing in my mind.

I promise.

There! I hope it was sufficient! Next chapter will be a lot of revealing of Nina's feelings and I am making a vote. In each review, place a vote on:

Fabian POV

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There is no option here, I just like three choices!

Hope you liked it!

~IfWritersCouldSpeak~