DERANGED

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Feeling arms around me, I awoke to the chaos that was still haunting the bank while one of the masked men pulled me up into a sitting position and when I looked into his eyes jet black orbs, I saw nothing, absolutely nothing and the longer I stared into void behind his gaze, I saw it staring back at me, consuming me, keeping my heart tainted, I couldn't quite understand this feeling I was feeling or was I feeling anything at all?

I tried to look over to Rose's lifeless form but he stopped me, holding my face in his gloved hands, he made me look at him instead, was he protecting me from getting my broken again?

"Breathe."

He whispered into the contaminated air, his foreign accent and deep hoarse voice soothing the ache in my heart as I held back the tears that threatened to spill.

"The police are here, get moving!"

One of the men yelled out and with his warning, he pulled the man before me out of the trance he also seemed to be in and within an instance, he had grabbed me, pulling me up, he turned me around and pressed my back against his chest while he held the barrel of his gun against my head.

I was so numb, so numb that I couldn't find it in me to care that he was using me as a hostage and could possibly kill me at any moment, because all that was in my head was the image of Rose falling to her death and that image, it would haunt me forever.

"Stay calm, I won't hurt you, I just need you to get out of here."

He whispered into my ear as he moved towards the bank entrance with me right in front of him, his men behind him, waiting for his signal to get to running while the cop cars rushed over, many of the cops had already got out of their cars and waiting with their guns pointed at us but they couldn't shoot, not with me being held as hostage and for that, they stood by, staying ready to launch when given the chance while a voice came through their speaker asking for the bank robbers to let me go, trying to negotiate a safe way to get me into their reach but the man holding me was not giving in, threatening to blow my brains out, he demanded that they all stood back and let them leave, the police having no choice, they stood by and watched as the masked men got onto their motorbikes, sitting me behind the guy who was holding me hostage, one of the other men rode next to the bike I was now sitting on and held a gun to my head while the man before me started up his bike.

Reaching around and grabbing my arms, he placed them around his waist, motioning for me to hold on tight and then moments later, the roaring of their motorbikes came to life as they rode off, with one of the other bikers riding right alongside the bike I was on, every so often bringing the gun to my head to keep the cops off of our tail and honestly, I don't even know how they managed to escape the cops but somehow they did it and somehow I was still numb as everything went by me in slow motion, the cops, the shoutings, the gunshots and the death, all of it, it was happening in slow motion and as they stole me, taking me with them, the realisation didn't hit me until sometime later in during the ride.

And once the realisation did hit me, it hit me hard. I was holding onto my captor for dear life as he sped through the highway with all of the other bikers alongside us, I could hear the distant sirens of the police cars, they were far too behind to catch up to the speed of these bikes and so, I knew that I had no chance of survival if I was going to continue sitting on the back of this guys back. Taking in my surroundings and taking notes of every sign, I tried to figure out where it was that they were taking me and during this, I considered jumping off of his bike but he was riding too fast and we were on a highway, if I jumped off now, I'd fall to my death, I'd either die on impact or another bike or car would run me over, I had zero chance of survival this way and so, for the time being, all I could do was wait and look for a better chance at getting away from these men so when they got off the highway and turned into a road and then another road and then a long while later they slowed down when they got onto a forest path, I was able to catch my breath and think of jumping off, though, I wasn't sure where exactly that would get me seeing as we were now in the middle of no where and there was about six of them and one of me.