Since Day One

Part 3. Taken

"Well, since YOU didn't get the food you promised, I'll go get it myself" I told Lincoln trying to show him that taking the girl in wasn't a good idea.

"No, I'm coming with you" Lincoln answered firmly. I was confused because his tone was very firm and demanding. He never really talked to me like that. If anything, I could protect myself better than he could. I decided to just let it go, and ask no questions"Ok then, let's go". I start to dress myself in gear and throw Lincoln his sword.

To my surprise, Lincoln chains the girl up. "Hey, you said she wasn't dangerous, what changed?" I asked waiting by the door for him. "I'll explain on the way" he answered not even looking at me.

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The walk in the woods was very silent. We hadn't found any animals, and to be honest, at this point I was kind of nervous because of the way Lincoln was acting. My curiosity got the best of me so I decided to break the ice and ask Lincoln "So why are you acting so weird?" I whispered so I wouldn't scare away any animals near by.

"We have one of their people, if I were them, I would already be looking for her.... I would also kill anything that gets in my way... or anyone"

I knew he was talking about the sky people, but I also knew that he was hiding something from me, but I didn't acknowledge it "Ok, yes you have a point, BUT, from what we've seen, they have no training, no weapons, and no knowledge of this place"

   I immediately stop in my footsteps and pull out my bow and arrow. There's a rabbit out in plain sight, I shoot it straight through the left eye. Lincoln smiles and picks up the dead bunny. I proceed with my sentence "I on the other, hand have been training since I was 2" I put away my bow and arrow "your welcome for dinner by the way" I smile and take the bunny from him. Lincoln smiles like he always does when I take credit for my own kills.

"Ok, let's get home before any acid fog hits us" Lincoln says packing everything up.

We start running home and I think I hear something but I guess it was just another animal.

    We finally get home. I see that the girl is sitting up straight so I can tell that she's getting better. I set down my weapons and before doing anything else, I get closer to her so I can check her leg. She turns around and notices me. She doesn't say anything so I just sit on the floor in front of her face to face. I try to give her a comforting smile she knows I won't hurt her. Lincoln seems to be distracted while he's preparing dinner. My attention stays on the girl whose still looking at me. I can't read her expression, she doesn't look scared like before but she doesn't seem calm either. Just a cold stare.

     Before I can even try and check her leg more thoroughly she reveals a small rock and hits my forehead. I can feel myself bleeding and I try to get up but before I can she hits me again. Everything immediately goes dark and I feel my body hit the cement floor.

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I open my eyes and realize that there's more people in the room now. I feel a body towering over me going through my stuff. Before I can check who it is, I pull out my knife and stab it into the person. I notice that it's a young boy. He has dark hair and brown eyes, he's on the floor with my knife stabbed into him.

I turn around and realize that the girl who was injured was now free and accompanied by 3 boys. I recognized one of them. It was the boy from before. Now that I saw him up close I could tell he has freckles all over his face, and if I'm being honest, they looked amazing. He was holding Lincoln's spear but Lincoln wasn't here. I barely had anytime to examine the other boys as Lincoln came in and punched the boy with freckles.

     I knew we weren't safe so I did the same. I'm not going to lie, the boy was much more trained than I thought he was. It seemed Lincoln was struggling to pin him down. I regained strength and immediately had the boy pinned down. My spear against his throat. He was strong, I was putting all my weight into the spear trying to kill the boy but he held it back. Before I could keep trying, something hit the back of my head. Once again, I blacked out.