Chapter 3
Rising
Jasmina's POV
I'd been so close. His hard body against mine, his beautiful green eyes looking into mine. I took a deep breath to calm my thundering heart.
"Necesito mantener mi distancia de él." (I need to keep my distance from him.)
Even though I said the words I knew it probably wouldn't work. I was attracted to him. We kept walking and I could feel eyes on me. I stopped and turned to find the Scorpion staring at my ass.
"I'm just saying, your ass is awesome."
I rolled my eyes and turned away. Green Eyes was glaring at Scorpion. I smirked and shook my head.
"Look."
We all stopped and looked over to see an Asian man. Green Eyes started walking towards him and the rest of us followed. He was just staring at an archway.
"God damn, who the hell is this guy?" Scorpion asked.
It wasn't the man that caught my attention. It was the skulls and remains of humans.
"Madre de Dios." I said.
My friend and I looked at each other.
"Whoever they are, they take trophies. In my culture, the warrior with the most trophies commands the most respect." said the big man.
"Whatever."
I heard a click and I saw Green Eyes kneel down with his gun.
"It's a test. To see how we do under pressure." Nikolai said.
I shook my head.
"Si esto fuera una prueba, todos seríamos militares. Total de extraños, como ojos verdes allá. Esto es otra cosa." (If this were a test, we'd all be military. Total strangers, like Green Eyes over there. This is something else.) I said.
My friend translated and I looked at Green Eyes. He was focused on his gun and I smirked. Seeing a man handle a gun the way he did was sexy.
"Maybe it's ransom. Back in Tijuana, we kidnap you, put you in an oil drum. If the ransom's not paid, we light you on fire."
The doctor's eyes went wide and he moved away. I smirked.
"I hear these stories, about these experiments they run on Cons. They stick drugs in your food and then sit back and watch what happens."
I'd know if I were drugged.
"It's not drugs. If this was a psychotropic compound we'd be feeling the effects. Loss of motor skills, burry vision…and if it was a behavioral experiment I mean…there'd be a point." said the doctor.
I looked down.
"What if we are dead?"
We all looked to the big man.
Royce's POV
I didn't believe that for a second.
"I was gonna be executed in two days." said the convict.
"And I was in combat." Nikolai added.
"So was I."
The Siren was quiet, very quite. I couldn't help but wonder what she'd been doing.
"This is hell." said the Mexican.
The Siren looked up at him. I stood up and walked forward.
"Last time I looked you didn't need a parachute to get there."
The Siren smirked and nodded a bit. I turned and looked at all of them.
"It doesn't matter what happened or why. We're here." I looked at the Siren. "And the question is, how do we get out?"
I walked off again and she followed me. The others followed her. Even though I was in front of her, I could still see her walking in front of me. That fine, fine ass of hers, that long black hair and most of all those cerulean eyes. I shivered a bit.
"Estas bien?"
I held up my hand and just waved her question off. If I looked at her, I might jump her. I was curious as to why she followed me without question.
"Where the hell are we going?" Doc asked.
"To high ground."
We kept going and eventually I heard the Doc talking about poison and paralysis. I rolled my eyes and kept going. We came to an open area of rock and small pools of water. I kept going but the others stopped. Well, all except the Siren.
