broken wings

chapter 31 red and blue

Saturday 11:44 PM

yesterday Dante didn't come in again except to just scream at us. Lilana didn't look the best right now, I mean she had a stab wound with stitches in her eye and I could notice that she was most definitely in pain. so was I, but I know she has it worse right now.

I wanted to get out of here, out of here and and take her with but I know that would be impossible. but maybe not?

I thought about something last night, what if I try to get the black screen in front of the window away and see or I can maybe open it farther even with the knife she has. what if I also try to unchain the chain on her leg right before Dante gives me to my father and she is able to crawl out of the window? I know it all are what if's, but like

what if?

it would be amazing, she would get out.

or when I get out and plan A didn't work then I leave hints in letter to Ashton and Xavier, I mean I don't know where I am but I know how far away and his name. so hinting could be plan B

but then again the chances that it would work are low, lower as I wish they were.

I reach over the sleeping girl and opened the monkey she was sleeping with and grabbed out the knife. I stood up and looked or I could reach the window. as much as it blocked light it did give us oxygen. at leas he was smart enough for that.

i realized that if I stood on the end of my toe I could reach one of the screws, I could also reach the other one who was the lowest, meaning I could unscrew the bottom ones.

so I did, and it took long because it works with a knife but not as good with a screwdriver. when i had the bottom ones unscrewed I tried to look, underneath the darkener, it was just a small window that was standing open a little. I could see only grass and fields, we weren't close to land but it would give her the choice to try, she doesn't need to do this but she can If she wants to.

I looked around and saw a the boxes from Tuesday and tried to reach one and placed it underneath the window, when I did so I stood on the box and started unscrewing one of the top ones, which eventually worked.

I never unscrew the 4th one because I didn't want Dante to know that I loosened the thing and you could now just turn the darkener and still climb trough the window.

the window also was screwed close so I started doing those too. I unscrewed all of them because I could hide it with the darkener so it didn't matter. when I was done I stared a bit longer to the outside, to the light. I mean I haven't seen it in a while and when you don't have something you realize how important the little things are. I mean the sky isn't anything special right?

but when you don't see it for a while it seems like the most Wonderfull thing ever. we never cherish things until we loose them, humankind is sadly pathetic. we just except everything even when we don't even deserve this. at least a lot of us don't deserve to live.

when i heard the lock of the first door to the basement unlock I panicked. I moved the darkener as fast as I could so it covered the window again, after that I shoved the box bag to where it was and right when I zipped the monkey close after I put the knife in Dante opened the door.

" stand the fuck up now, you need to leave ? " he screamed at me in a dark and deep voice while unchaining me and pulling me out of the basement doors, I saw movement in Lilana, I never had the chance to tell her the plan, that she could escape.

but it hadn't been 2 weeks, why am I leaving.

Ashton's POV

that I was surprised when I saw police lights go off In my street was pretty obvious, but what surprised me more was that the barged into Zina's house.

it's been a week, a week and we had no sign of her, and no none of us called the cops. at least not that I knew off.

" Emily Xavier get down " I screamed to upstairs knowing they were gaming in the game room.

they came down the stairs and straight up got confused faces due to the red and blue lights going trough our house like probably everyone else's. they joined me at the window and we watched more cops go into Zina's house. " what is going on? " " would Zz be okay ? " they both asked me like I would know. I didn't so I didn't answer.

some of my brothers came down to due to the fact that the sirens were playing around the house. all of us just stood at the window while some of my older brothers where watching from the porch.

the cops that went inside her house only a few seconds ago are now walking out of the house with confused and frustrated looks on their faces. they were talking in their walkytalky and calling around. I saw a few of the police officers walking over to everyone who was on their porch and also one went to my brothers. I walked to the front door and listened from there to their conversation.

" hello I am officer Mathew " the officer stated towards my brothers. Conner answered him " good day sir, I'm Conner. what is going on may I ask officer. "

" we recently found out the man in that house has been doing something illegal, I can not share the information but I need to ask if you may know where he is since he isn't home and reports say he normally should be here " the officer said keeping eye contact with my brother, he gave him a once over glance and had a shy smile on his face.

" uhm no I am sorry but the man doesn't talk to us and most of the time is only home after 5:30 PM. I know because I get home then too on the weekdays. "

" no thats okay, do you know of someone else lives there? " the officer ask again. " yes, two of my brothers are friends with his daughter I think. " Conner said.

" okay thank you, if you would see him come home would you please inform us in a way that he has arrived. there is a chance others will too but better safe than sorry. that would be all then "

" we will contact the cops in a way then, success with finding him " the officer nodded at my brother and then gave a smile to the others and walked off back to the cop cars.

we all went inside again and eventually all the cops left too. " would it b- "

" no Emyboo, if it was about her then he wouldn't have asked if other people lived there "

Emily nodded at me but I saw my brothers give serious glances at each other, just because she isn't mentioned doesn't mean she cant be involved without cops knowing.