From The Ashes We Will Rise

The Mountain

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After some time, I hear a crack and I hide behind a tree listening. I glance around but see nothing. Shit, I'm in Azgeda clothes! I think as I look down at myself. I peak around and move out slightly but before I can do anything I feel a sharp sting to my neck and start to feel dizzy. I fall to the ground and my vision blurs. The last thing I see is a figure concealed in some clothing looking down at me.

POV Alex

"Do yu give up yet, Alex?" (Do you give up yet, Alex?") the queen asks smirking at me. I spit in her face making her jerk back. "You will regret that" she seethes making me ready myself. "Roan." she says, and I look at him. He gives me a sympathetic look one full of apologies. I know what he needs to do so I nod slightly letting him know it's ok. He steps up and grabs the whip from the guard. One guard lifts me up chaining me to the wall face first. I feel my shirt being ripped open and I tense as the cold air hits my back. I grip my chains and suck in a breath, "Hit her" the queen says and a second later I feel a sting to my back making me gasp. I know the drill. I keep making noise she will keep hitting but I can't help it. I've been here for about 6 years Echo tells me and I have yet to not make a noise while being beaten. I usually just pass out. I try, really but it's just too much. "again" I hear and another sting another gasp. Again, and again and again. Hit after hit. I feel the blood running down my back the numbness. I feel numb. After a while I don't feel it, so I stop. I stop making noise and just resp against the wall taking each hit. "Nou!" (Stop!) I hear shouted but I'm too tired to care. "Take her down" the voice says again, I think it's the... Queen? Why would she do that? I feel hands on me then I drop to the ground with a thud. "You're learning girl. You are strong I'll give you that, but I will break you. That was just phase one. Let's see how long you'll last before you give in." She says and I hear them walk away and a bang of the door. I groan as I drag myself sitting up against the wall squeezing my eyes shut. I don't know how long I sit there but I jolt my eyes open as the door swings open. "It's just me" I hear, and I sag my shoulders, Echo. "Roan says he's sorry. He couldn't come" she says quietly. I nod at her and watch as she walks closer setting a bowl of water and a rag down. She crouches down to my level and brushes the hair out of my face. "Look gon yu" (look at you) she whispers stroking my face gently. "Ai laik sorry" (I am sorry) she says grabbing my hand. I shake my head weakly, "not your fault" I say hoarsely. "Here" she says bringing water up to my lips. "slowly" she whispers as I take sips of the water. "Come on, let me clean you up" she says, and I nod letting her turn my body around to clean me. "Ai promise ai will ge yu out" (I promise I will get you out) She whispers and takes the rag to my back.

I jerk awake glancing around. I try and move but feel restraints on my wrists making me glance down. great I am chained up again. I think and scan my surroundings not knowing where the hell I am. The walls look like I'm underground again, grey. But not my cell. This is different this is cleaner and smells of chemicals. I see a shiny device in the corner on the ceiling making me tilt my head confused. What the hell is that? where am... Maun (mountain) I think and panic slightly but don't show it outwardly. It's not long before the door opens, and a woman walks in with some white coat on. "Ah good you're awake. Let's begin." She says and I tense, great more torture. I think and clench my fists. She walks over to a tray and grabs a needle like object making me fearful. "This will only hurt for a moment, a slight pinch. We only need some blood." she says walking closer to me. Oh, hell no I think and move quickly wrapping my feet around her pulling her towards me choking her. She struggles against me and drops the needle. I hear a shout and a door banging open then people grabbing me pinning me to the bed. The wrap my legs to the bed and tighten my restraints making me struggle more until I feel a shock flow through my body making me grit my teeth. I almost scream out not use to this type of torture. "Now, now. No use in struggling" A male voice says. I glance up and see a male in a dark coat smirking at me the lady in the white coat standing next to him rubbing her neck. "We've got quiet the feisty one" The man says. I growl at him making him laugh. "Leave us, she isn't going anywhere" he says, and the guards leave the room. "I'm assuming you know where you are?" The man says. I just stare at him not moving. "Good. Well, you must know what you are doing here. What we want?" He asks as he moves to the left side of me. Out of the corner of my eye I see the White coat lady walking towards her tray again. "We have been watching you. You are quiet fascinating Alex" he says, and I narrow my eyes at him. "We were supposed to grab you right before you came of age. Before Your powers kicked in, but we lost sight of you. Vanished, into thin air. And now you're back." He says hovering a hand over me. I move making him smirk and lower his hand. "We don't need you, Alex. We just need your blood. You will be our way home" he says and steps back. "Do it." He says and the woman grabs the needle bringing it up towards me. "Like I said before, it will only hurt a little" The woman says bringing the needle towards me. I can't let them have my blood... I have to use my powers. I close my eyes and feel the heat crawl across my skin. I increase the heat of my body making steam start to seep out. "AH!" the lady says jumping away from me. "What's wrong?" The man says rushed. "She's scalding hot" she says holding her hand. "Do it now." He says grabbing me but yelps as he gets burned too. "Bitch!" He says making me smirk. "It will only hurt a little" I mumble. "Guards!" He yells and guards rush into the room shocking me. I couldn't hold it in anymore as I let a scream out. When the shocking stops I let a breath out gasping for air. "Put her with the others, chain her up" The man says and two men in big suits untie me dragging me out of the room. "We will get your blood!" I hear the man shout after me. 

I vaguely am a where of what's happening around me but am too tired to care really. I hear a door open and rattling of metal. Great, my favorite. "Hang her up. She is special" I hear one of the guards say. I look around to see people, my people in cages and rags. they look so... pale. Like death. I feel myself being hooked up and then they walk away, my body sagging under my own weight not being able to keep me up. I glance up seeing my people looking at me but I'm too tired and drop my head closing my eyes. I wake to a rattle making me jolt up. I glance around the dimly lit room, cages and cages of my people. I look ahead and my eyes widen as I see two hung upside down being bled. What is this? I think but soon enough a bag sounds and everyone goes silent. I glance around not knowing what is happening, two guards and that man come walking down the row right for me. "I see you're awake. You can't hold off forever, so until then..." He says waving at the guard that unchains me dragging me down the path. "We have some plans for you" The man says. I growl using all my strength to pull the chains out of the guard's hands and whacking one of them down. "Restrain her!" He yells as three guards come at me. I smirk and bundle up the chains around my wrists. The first one lunges at me, but I move quick grabbing his neck and snaping it. The next goes to smack his light stick at me but I dodge it and kick him them wrapping my chains around his neck choking him and using him as a shield as the third guy shocks him with his stick. I let the man drop and punch the third guard he ends up shocking me and I fall to the ground. As he bends down, I grab him biting his ear off making him scream. I kick him off and get on top of him bashing his face in. "Get her!" I hear and more guards rush at me. I get up but am too slow as they start shocking me. "Chain her back up!" The man yells and I get dragged back towards where I started. I hear yells coming from the cages but then banging making them stop. They chain me up and the man comes up to me, "You shouldn't have done that" he says angry. I smirk and spit in his face. "Go Kom hell" (Go to hell) I growl at him, and a guard shocks me making me groan. "You're strong I'll give you that, but time will be in my favor. You can't keep your little game up for long, you will break." He says and I start laughing causing confusion to cross his face. "I have been a prisoner for 10 years. I will not break. "Ai laik nou oden yet" I say glaring at him. "We'll see about that." He says as a guard hits me again then they walk away. I struggle against my chains grunting then silence once they leave. 

I groan and check my body to see is bloodied and bruised. I was beaten before coming here by the Queen. Then I beaten again but with some sort of light stick. The rags I'm wearing cover little to nothing just my chest and waist. My scars out to see, my shame for all these people to see. All the pain that was inflicted just because I was born different. No not special like Lexa no, a monster of destruction. Everyone was afraid of me in the village, either that or warry. Even Anya, even Lexa. I didn't belong, my fate sealed all because of some stupid fire bird tattoo on my back that I didn't want. I didn't put it there I never wanted to hurt anyone. Now look what I've become, I wanted to be a healer like Nyko and a warrior like Anya. I wanted to be Lexa's second or maybe healer. I wanted to be with her... but I couldn't. I couldn't protect myself I couldn't do anything for myself. Anya was right, Indra was right... everyone was right. I don't belong, I am a disappointment to our people. I was made for death; I was made for destruction. They only kept me because they didn't want Azgeda or the Maun to have me but look. Both of them have and now both of them will have had their crack at me to break me. Maybe I should just give in, the Maun is stronger more advanced things then the Queen. I lift my head blurriness blocking my vision. "Alex" I hear but why would anyone be saying my name? "Alex" I hear again, who is that? that sounds like.... Anya. I move my head to the voice and see someone crouched in a cage both hands on the bars looking at me. "Strik bird" (little bird) the female voice says softly, and I blink away the blurriness. A clear image comes into view, Anya. My eyes widen slightly but confused as I see her clutching the cage eyes wide and... relieved? worried? no, maybe both? she's tearful... why? I tilt my head blinking slowly as exhaustion creeps back in. "Onya?" I whisper and then nothing.

hey guys! So, Alex meets Ayna in the mountain! Let's see what plays out.