The Kidnappers

The Kidnappers - Light (Chapter 12)

CHAPTER 12

- Dese's POV  

My head! I stumble out of the power lamp onto the street, nearly toppling over, until someone grabs my elbow to stabilize me. I look up at Sapien. Our eyes connect for a second and I have to look away I don't want him to see my guilt. I'm no longer angry with Sap, Zeki has a point annoyingly, we are team and there is no I in team just an e for We.

I heard Zeki talking to Sap in the kitchen, how he thought I had regretted my decision before Jude and me had even started to battle, he's right but I don't want  to admit it to Sap and Zeki. I don't want them, to think bad of me and think I'm brainless and that I'm a glory seeker because I'm not. Yes I was wrong but I couldn't possibly have backed down, I didn't want Jude to have a leverage over me. They need to understand that. I did the best I could in that situation  and they need to appreciate the decision I was forced to make. It wasn't my intention to hurt them but Jude manipulated my words, as he always does or did. I just had to go with what was happening at the time.

"Thanks" I mumble, whilst taking my elbow from his grasp.  

We're facing a dark alleyway that has industrial sized bins, which are overflowing with black bin bags and cardboard boxes.    

I begin to step into it when Sap yanks me back, he points to his ears. I listen, there's a scuffling sound in a box in the back corner of the street.  

"I think's she's there." I whisper, pointing in the direction of the sagging cardboard box, immersed with other rubbish. 

"No way! Didn't know that captain Obvious" Zeki mumbles back with a flat look.  

I roll my eyes. I stare more intently at the back corner, there seems to be dull light emitting from it but it's muffled by all the damp piled boxes. Sap turns towards me.  

"Right, Dese it's time to do your thing"  

I nod. Here goes. I close my eyes and imagine my little brother, with his brown hair and sparkly brown eyes. He's the most caring, cutest person I can think off. I feel the power engulfing me, making me feel lighter.  I turn around and say.

"How'd I look?" my voice sounding like a child to their ears. 

"Adorable." Sap smiles. Yes my brother was very cute, a stab goes through my heart, as I would never know what he would have turned out like, when he grew up. I shrug, away from them and tip toe to the far wall where I can hear faint sniffling sounds.

"Hello?" 

The girl freezes and turns away. She is so thin only wearing mud covered rags, sharp, pointing bones stick out barely covered by soot-patched, pale skin, out of her curled up back, facing away from me.  A strong aroma of sewage wafts towards me. I convulse at this very mucky, impoverished girl but brace myself a few seconds later. You can do this Dese.

"Hey, it's OK, don't cry." I hesitantly say trying to comfort her. It was bad idea being a little boy I should've been someone older so I can reassure her better,  being a little boy her age, it's hard to portray across my harmless factor and the trustworthiness. I reach my hand to her shoulder and she suddenly spins around as if I have hurt her with a simple touch.

"Don't touch me!" she shouts.

 I snatch my hand away abruptly. I don't know how to approach this. I just tried to comfort her and she nearly bit my hand of. I stare out, confusion running through my mind. What do I do? Maybe I shouldn't have made contact with her first, I should console her first and she might come with us.  

"No! I'm not going to hurt you. I want to help." I cox gently.

"Keep away from me! I don't have anything, everything is lost." She try's to shuffle further away from me but she's already cowering at the back of the box she's in. 

"I can help you. I'm not like them..."  

 Why is she not listening to me? I continue to convince of my non-harmfulness but she continues to shutting me down. As more time passes she keeps on shaking her head furiously, this is taking too long. We need this kid, she's one of the three. Who else would emit light, like she is doing? The more angry and volatile she is getting the more she is glowing. I start to back away as the light is getting brighter. Someone will see her, the Light hunters are out tonight, hunting her down. We're running out of time. She needs to calm down or we're going to get caught.

"No! Keep away from me! They said that too before and now I have nothing left."  She yells as her fists are clenched 

 I think, I need to do something or we're going to get caught. She's too loud and I don't know how to deal with her. But I need to get her to come with me somehow. I'm not good with emotions especially with other peoples',uncertainty clouds my judgement

"Look, what's your name? I'm trying to help you. I know a place that has food and shelter so you get warm. I know there are people looking for you so..."  I hastily convey once again, trying to make eye contact. I need her to see that I'm telling the truth. 

"No they said that last time and now look what happened. Everybody just lies to me." She shakes her head, not even looking at me and then bursts into heart-retching tears, her whole body caving in itself. She's so fragile and broken, what do I do? How can I comfort her and tell her everything is going to be fine, when she is carrying so much baggage that is weighing her down, like this?  

The Light hunters don't bother me, I'll kick their butts, it's just the complications and don't want to get involved with Norm business. 

"But I'm not one of them." I desperately try to convince her hoping she might calm down. I'm not good with situations like these, that's Sap's job. What do I do now? Nothing's working, I'm out of my depth here, I have to admit. I glance behind me in the direction that Sap and Zeki are in. They must be wondering why we're taking this long and hopefully use their brains and come have a look, well Sap will.  

"I don't care! I will shout if you touch me." she threatens. Girl you're shouting already, I don't think you can shout any louder. I bet the whole of the city probably knows you're here, particularly from the massive amount of light you're emitting. It's almost like broad daylight in this alleyway.  

 A see a movement in the corner of my eye and glimpse, Sap creeping my way. I subtly nod to him to give him the go ahead, he  whizzes to the box whilst the kid is giving me threatening glares.  

"Look I wanna be your friend. Let me take you somewhere safer, away from them. Please be quiet they might hear you." I say in my boyish voice. 

"I don't care! Stay away..."  

Her voice is cut off as Sap puts his hand in front of her mouth and she starts to struggle, kicking her legs, eyes wide with shock and fright. He hands me a plaster. I peel it back and put it on the girl's skinny arm.  

Her eyes rolled back as the plaster takes effect. It contains some sedative that could knock someone out for an hour or so, which Sap designed for sticky situations like these when a person is not cooperating. 

"I'm sorry kid." I whisper. She was making too much noise and she didn't listen to me. Sap gently picks her up.  

Zeki runs to us too late to do anything, per usual.

"What you do that for! She's just a kid?! You didn't need to knock her out. Could you not even handle a little girl, Dese? I mean she has a bit of yourself in there, hysterical and crazy? Who knows how long she will be knocked out for with that adult dose, you just gave her." rants Zeki

Oh my Goodness, he's such a worrier, who would've known tough Zeki would care. I shoot him a dirty look and try to ignore the unnecessary comment of me being hysterical and crazy, I'm a calm and collected person and he should try to calm down a broken child it's virtually impossible since we were complete strangers.

Although, I hope she's OK by tomorrow and it was just the lack of food and sleep that made her act like that. But she's going to hate the "little boy" who got her kidnapped. 

"We need to go and get her home or she's going to freeze." Sap said as he swiftly walks passed us, with the girl in his hands.

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Song:

Carry you - Union J