Chapter 13

I awoke to a throbbing head and the taste of salt in my mouth. I quickly shut my eyes when I opened them, the room was too bright for my eyes. The light was turned up high and the white walls and floors made the room even more blinding. Where did they take me?

My hands were tied together and I sat on a chair in the centre of the room. If they think I can't escape this then they really are stupid. I began to wriggle my way out of the rope when Nathaniel and the black haired guy walked into the room.

"Hello, Princess," The black-haired one said

"Do not call me princess" I spat

"I like em feisty" a smirk spread across his face

"And I would like to punch you in the face"

My retort only seemed to make him smile even more. What is with this guy?

"My name is Jacob" I didn't really care about his name "And I think you know my partner Nathaniel"

I was not going to speak, it only seemed to please them.

"I'm sure you are wondering why we brought you here" 'Jacob' said. When I didn't speak he continued "You see me and Nathaniel and I have been partners for a very long time. We have been planning to start our own underground organisation. We will be the strongest criminal organisation in the world" My stomach dropped at what Jacob was getting at "But a two-man team isn't good enough. We want someone who can work with us. Someone who is powerful" he closed the distance between us and grabbed my chin. "Someone like you"

Why? Why me? "Are you bloody crazy?" My vow of silence was easily broken. What could I say, I had a quick tongue. But since I had already given in, I was going to continue. "First of all, I am not a criminal. Second, I am not that powerful."

"You may not be a criminal, but you will easily give in. Girls do not have that much will power" This sexist bastard "Plus I can tell that your gift is much more powerful than it seems. You just need to release it" He got closer to me, again. "Its not just your power I'm interested in. It's you as a woman. There is something about you that I like." He looked over to Nathaniel "You were right I do like her. Didn't think I was because she's not exactly my type, but you seem to know me better than I do." He walked away from me and over to where Nathaniel stood "Good Job Nate!" Nathaniel smiled at Jacobs words. "Let's start" Start what?

Jacob walked over to me and placed his hands onto my shoulders "You see, my gift is energy. I can see your energy, control your energy and make energy. Of course that also means I can take away your energy to use your gift" so it wasn't Nathaniel's gift that stopped me using my own. "We want to carry out an experiment" it seemed as if they were drifting between crazy stalkers and mad scientists. "You see, we were wondering how your gift would react to an ample amount of energy" I wasn't a genius when it came to science but I was pretty sure if they put too much energy in me I would explode "you could say it's a test to see if you are actually worthy like we believe you are. We have many followers who are weak though I doubt you are, we need to be certain you will be an asset"

"What crazy part of your brain thinks I will agree to any of this"

"Well let's just see how you react and then we can go from there"

Without waiting for me to reply Jacob placed his hands on my shoulders and squeezed me. Instantly I felt my skin begin to prickle and the hairs stand up all over my body. It took a while for the true pain to set in. It almost felt as if my blood was boiling, literally, and my heart felt like it was about to burst from all of the blood that was rushing through it. I had to grit my teeth in order to stop myself from screaming out in agony. Once the pain subsided I felt overwhelming power slip throughout my body, it was what they had wanted. But just because I could feel the gift becoming stronger did not mean that I could use it.

"Can u feel that?" Jacob asked

"No" I lied

"I know that you are lying" a smirk appeared on his face "I knew that you were going to be powerful" I wanted to snort in response, but I held it back "Now to answer your previous question. Nathaniel has watched you for quite a long time. He says that you are greatly attached to your family and friends. So if we use them as leverage then you would have no choice but to agree to work with us"

"Do not touch them!" my voice echoed in the empty room

"I see that he is correct" his lips to tugged to one side

"What makes you think that I will actually help you if you hurt them?! That will just make me hate you even more than I already do, that will be saying something"

"If all the people you cared about were taken away from you except one, you will be extremely eager to do as we say. That is if you want to keep that one person safe" My heart sunk to the pit of my stomach. He was right, I knew he was. I wanted to scream, but I knew that it would not help my situation, at all. "We will break you in a way that you will be the most amazing tool that there is in the world " the word 'tool' irritated me. I was not some object that he was going to use "Recently we have discovered some extraordinary piece of information. Something about your dear Soulfinder" My eyes immediately shot up to meet Jacob's. How does he know about him? I didn't even want to think his name, the two men in front of me were capable of things that I had no clue about, I did not want to underestimate them. "I must admit that when I found out, I was a tad jealous. I'm quite possessive you see. So I will have great pleasure in torturing your dear Soulfinder if you ever step out of line"

Any other person I would scream that they were a liar. That they didn't have the balls to do such a thing. But I knew that both Jacob and Nathaniel were more than capable and willing to torture a person. They both lacked compassion, I knew that from the moment I looked into their icy cold eyes.

Jacob spun on his heels and walked towards the door, with Nathaniel right on his heels. I found it quite pathetic the way Nathaniel acted like Jacob's puppy dog. I could tell straight away who the boss was by just looking at the two of them together. But the thing was Nathaniel wasn't weak, far from it. So why he acted the way he did around Jacob I had no idea. "We are going to take care of the business concerning your family. When we get back, be prepared because you will be working with us."

The moment the door closed I let myself slip into the panic that I was meant to. My eyes looked around the room crazily and my heart felt like it was stuck in my throat. I needed to escape, I was not going to let anyone hurt my family, my friends or my Soulfinder, especially not because of me.

I closed my eyes and began to use my gift, but I couldn't, it probably had something to do with the room that they had put me in, they weren't stupid, I had to give that to them. But I could tell that Nathaniel hadn't "studied" me enough, because, if he had, they wouldn't of tied me up in such ordinary ropes. I could get of them with ease, with or without my powers. I wiggled my wrists, slipping out of the ropes the same way that I had been taught. As soon as the ropes fell to the floor I hurried to untie my feet.

Once I was completely free from the ropes I stood up a bit too quickly. The light was disorienting and it took me a while to gather my senses. Once I was sure that I wouldn't fall over I hurried to the door, attempting not to make any noise whatsoever. I could tell that there were people guarding the door, I could sense that there were roughly six guards outside the door, if they were smarter they would have put at least one in the room. At least they would have prevented me from untying myself so quickly.

I took a deep inhale of breath, preparing myself for the attack of the six guards. I swung open the door and was met by twelve not-so-nice eyes and six guns pointing right at me. I moved my body and quickly knocking out three guards and disarming the three that were left.

Two guards stood at either side of me and the last one stood in front of me. I let a small smile escape my lips as I jumped up and kicked the two guards at my sides in the faces. The moment I landed on the ground I spun my leg and lodged my foot onto the last guard's neck. "Where is the exit?" I asked calmly, when the guard refused to answer me I increased the strength that I was using on his neck. I was not in a good mood, being kidnapped did that to you. "Where is the exit?" I repeated, I let some of my anger slip out so the guard knew that I was deadly serious. He lifted his arm weakly and pointed down the hall. I let my foot drop from his neck and the guard fell to the floor. I ran down the hall and was met by yet more guards, who I quickly took care of. I didn't kill any of the guards, I may have severely injured them, but they would survive. I wasn't a murderer, that much I was sure of.

I slammed open the door and was met by icy cold wind. The cold air filled my lungs as I took deep breaths, attempting to rejuvenate some of my strength. I could tell that I had been out of the room long enough that I would have been able to use my gift without an issue. I closed my eyes and concentrated my gift onto my feet, I wanted to see if I could use the sound waves to help me run faster, maybe as fast as the speed of the sound. Once I did what I thought I had to I listened. I had no sense of direction nor any idea where I was, but if I listened I could follow the sound of their voices. It helped a lot that all of them were all in the same place, although the only voice I concentrated on was Raphael's.

I'm coming, you need to be prepared

SAMARA!? WHERE ARE YOU?

I have no idea, but listen to me. Jacob and Nathaniel are on their way to hurt you guys. I will be there as soon as I can but you guys need to be prepared.

I will come get you

NO! You all need to stay in the same place. If you split up it would make it easier for them

We are all strong individually Samara, believe us

And you need to trust me and do as I say. Those two have tremendous power and I am pretty sure that they are not coming alone. So do NOT split up because that will make things easier for them and harder for us.

But-

No buts! Trust me.

I do

Good.