Revenge Is A Bitch

Taken

I awoke to a dark room, lying on a lumpy mattress. I winced at a pain in my throat, but no sound came out. I laid there, confused until I remembered what had transpired.

FLASHBACK

:: Ugh, what is that smell? I thought, then realized I wasn't at home. I attempted to jump up, only to be forced down by four sets of hands.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!" I screamed at the men who held me down. I couldn't see their faces, they were dressed like ninjas, and it only served to freak me out more. Only their eyes were visible, and the only emotion I could see in them was, hunger? What? Then a door swung open, revealing a tall man dressed in a tux and a mask. He grinned maliciously, and he must have sent the four some silent signal, as they attached cuffs to my limbs and tightened a strap across my waist, effectively tying me to the table. They went and stood in front of a wall as the masked man stepped to my side. It was a beautiful mask, that I had to admit. It was an elegant eye mask, silver and red, with a few bars of sheet music coming from the eyeholes. But his eyes terrified me.

They were a crystal purple, and the only thing they showed was cruelty. I flinched at first, then started to scream vulgarities at him, my lioness leaking into my voice again.

[ Why am I here? Where is my family? I swear if you've hurt them I'll kill you! You stupid, shit-faced asshole! You're lucky I'm tied down or I'd rip your face off!] He merely chortled at my tirade, but his eyes got harder at my language and threats. When he finally spoke, his voice sounded like silk, and I knew he was a cat shifter.

"Now, now, that is no way for a lady to talk, especially not a Sacred One." My eyes widened at his use of my title, and he laughed at me. "Oh yes, I know what you are, but we will get to that later, for now, we are going to fix your naughty mouth." I growled as he reached for my face, and he slapped me, hard. I felt him stiffen at the hit, and I nearly puked in disgust at the tingles I felt that had nothing to do with the pain.

[ You've GOT to be shittin' me!] I mumbled around the soreness in my jaw, and he grabbed my face, forcing me to look at him. I spat in his eyes, ruining his mask. He growled and tore it off, slapping me again. He was drop dead gorgeous, with romanesque features, and I actually laughed, despite how mangled and dark it sounded. [Wow, fate is cruel isn't it? I have three handsome mates, and two of them are complete dick-heads. My week just keeps getting better and better. So what do you have in store for me, douchebag? I'm just dying to know how much worse my day can get!] His eyes lit up with an evil fire, and he yanked my face closer to his.

"My mate will not speak to me as such! It looks like you have a very difficult lesson to learn, and I will be very happy to teach you.' He turned towards one of the ninjas, snapping out orders to get a surgeon. "Since you seem to think it is ok to talk to me with such abhorrent language and sarcastic tone, I will make sure you are never able to again." I raised my eyebrows at him, and spit on him again. His eyes flashed, and I saw white fur sprout from his face before he managed to control his cat.

[ Aww, does the widdle kitty have anger problems?] Yes, I knew I was just asking for problems, and his eyes darkened accordingly to my childish tone. He raised his hand to hit me again, I'm sure, but luckily the ninja reentered the room with a small man in a white lab coat. He smiled darkly before turning to the surgeon.

"Doctor, this young lady has problems learning what to say, when to say it, and how to say it, so, to eliminate the problem completely, remove her vocal chords." Both me and the good doctor looked at him in shock, but he growled loudly again, and the small man hunched over before taking stuff out of a cabinet behind me. He managed to hook an IV to me, with the help of the ninjas, and the last thing I saw before the drugs took over was my third mate's cruel eyes laughing at me as I snarled death threats to everyone in the room.::

END OF FLASHBACK

I lifted my fingers to my throat, gingerly touching the stitches there. Tears fell down, landing silently on the bed as I cried over the loss. My throat burned as I sobbed soundlessly, the stretching motion pulling at the stitches. I don't know how long I just sat there, wallowing in self pity, I cried over discovering my third, abusive mate, being torn from my family, and other things too numerous to count. Then my lioness got angry.

{ THIS IS NOT A TIME FOR SELF PITY! WE MUST ESCAPE! WE HAVE BEEN TOO LONG AT THE MERCY OF OTHERS! IT'S TIME FOR REVENGE!} She pulled me out of the mental pit I'd fallen into, and I felt her anger course through my veins. I leaped up with a silent roar, and tore out the silver bars of my cage. The sound of screeching metal brought more ninjas, but my lioness' strength poured into me, and I ripped off several limbs, jumping from body to body with my claws out. They stilled when they saw me, and my wings snapped out, my primaries regrown before my eyes, and the bottom of the feathers looked like they had been dipped in silver. A ninja flew at me from my right, and my wing shot out, leaving huge gashes in his chest, tainted by the silver on my feathers.

He dropped, screaming as the silver entered his veins, killing him in seconds. Most of the rest scattered from my rage, and I saw more than felt my arms snaking out to rip out throats. I was drenched in blood, and my eyes glowed purple as I fought my way out of the place that had held me only moments before. I ran out of the basement, racing through the huge building, having to go up two sets of stairs before I reached a window. I held my arms in front of my face as I crashed through the window. My wings caught an updraft, lifting me high into the sky. I looked down, seeing my mate stare at me in his own kind of fury. *REVENGE IS A BITCH* I screamed in my mind, summoning a massive energy ball. I shoved it at his house, mentally cackling while I clapped as his house was destroyed.

I flew off in no clear direction, just letting the wind take me in any direction, when I felt my dragons appear. They dropped from the cloud cover, their voices screaming in my mind, when exhaustion hit me and my wings grew heavy, and I plummeted out of the sky. Valkyrie free-fell to catch me, and used her magic to keep me on her back as they flew me home. I barely kept my eyes open as we landed, my mom running from the house with Kari on her heels, both of them sobbing as they pulled me off Valkyrie's back. I couldn't summon the energy to move, and I passed out in mom's arms with her asking if I was ok.

I woke up in my room, staring at the portrayal of the constellations I had painted years ago. I stared at Orion for a good ten minutes before I realized that mom and Kari were at my sides, sleeping while holding my hands. When I moved they stirred, and Kari's eyes flew open when she realized I was awake, and she yelled for Ace and Gabe. They burst into my room, dark circles showing evidence of little sleep.

"Kira! We're so sorry, we should have been with you! It's all our fault you were taken." At this they broke down, crying at the foot of my bed. I started to say it wasn't, but froze when I remembered that I couldn't speak any more. They sensed my sadness, and looked up to my face.

"Kira, what's wrong?" Mom asked, her voice shaking with worry. I couldn't take down my mental blocks for some reason, so I pantomimed writing, and Kari grabbed a pad and pencil from my desk. I scribbled down the events of my capture in a rush, then turned the pad around so they could read. Mom broke down sobbing, while Kari looked like she was going to kill someone. Ace and Gabe just sat there, unmoving, until I placed my hands in theirs. My last sentence was, IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.

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