Claiming Innocence [#wattys2015]

Five

A/N: Hey everyone! I hope you guys like to story so far! I'd love to hear some feedback from you all too if you had the time. :) Anyway I hope you enjoy! xx Jen

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Panic.

It was all that surged through me.

Nothing could calm me down in that moment, I couldn't process that Sparrow was no longer touching me. I could still feel his rough hands running up my legs, the menacing smile on his face and his slimy lips pressed against my neck.

My eyes were still screwed shut, shaking my head left and right whilst crying in terror. As soon as a pair of warm hands came into contact with my face, I began to scream out, "STOP IT! SOMEONE HELP ME!".

"Natasha! It's me; it's me, Brax. Calm down. Okay? Take a few deep breathes for me," he spoke in a calm tone as I stopped screaming, "that's it, open your eyes okay? I'm going to calm you down".

I slowly peeled open my eyes, which are fresh full of tears. My vision was blurred and it took me a few seconds of me blinking rapidly before I regained clear sight. I was met with Brax's warm green eyes. I couldn't take my eyes away from him, like last time, my eyes were stuck in some form of trance. This is how I knew Brax was using his powers on me, along with me beginning to feel less panicked.

As soon as Brax thought I was relaxed enough not to hurt myself, he switched his gaze to my wrists and moved himself towards them. He removed the pocketknife from between the belt and used it to free my hands.

As soon as he did that, I sat up bringing my wrists to my chest, rubbing to now red-raw marks that were beginning to bruise- which were clearly from how tight Sparrow had made the belt and from my endless struggling. I looked around to see Sparrow nowhere in sight.

"Thank you Brax" I said quietly before trying to stand up. As soon as I pushed myself up to stand, I fell straight back down. My head was extremely dizzy, and I felt like someone hit me over the head.
I reached my hand to the back of my head, wincing at the pain I felt. I guided my hand back to in front of me and saw blood on my fingers. Hmm. This must of happened from hitting the ground so hard.
"Careful there, show me your head" Brax asked as I turned to him. After a quick inspection, he turned back to me.
"It looks like you took a good hit, your jaw is bruising up pretty bad and as you've noticed you must have a gash on the back of your head" he said with a concerned look on his face.

I was shocked. I've never had someone other than my brother so concerned for my wellbeing, I wasn't used to this.

"It's okay, really I'm fine. Can you take me to my room?" I shakily asked as I tried to stand again, only to have my knees give out again. Before I hit the floor for the fifth time today, Brax caught me in his arms, holding me in bridal position. "Natasha, your in no state to be walking around after what just happened, I'm taking you to see a friend. His abilities happen to be healing, he will be able to help you" I didn't have the energy to reply to this information, so I rested my head on his shoulder and let him walk me down a few corridors until we came to a wooden door with the words "BROWN- 7" printed in black on it.

I don't know how he did it but Brax managed to keep hold of me and knock on the door with one of his hands at the same time.

When the door swung open, I was met with a pair of mesmerising light brown eyes. He looked as if he just woke up from a nap. "This better be a good reason to wake me up". His voice was deep and husky from sleep, oh my gosh. His short brown hair was dishevelled, his eyes were squinted, probably not being used to the bright light and he had a very strong jaw line. I took the time to notice he was in nothing but his boxers.
You could he his perfectly toned body, of course- I was not going to complain. As I bought my eyes back up to his, I noticed the slight smirk appear on his face- I was caught out. I averted my eyes, blushed, and then looked back up at him.