PLAN B (romance/action adventure)

three.

*The next day* I wake up stretching my arms out and moaning slightly remembering my sore from last night. My back feels broken as I carefully get off my cot, shoving the towel on the floor beneath me. My whole body aches and I want to weep again but I do my best to ignore it while dressing myself with my new clothes for the day. I situate a black wool sweater on with matching leggings that look tattered. 

I cautiously dab a tissue on my wound taking deep breaths. It didn't hurt as much once I cleaned it up a little. I begin to detangle my long light brown curls with my fingers as they fall below my shoulders, my bangs tickling my eyelids that make me angrily chuck them out of my face.

 I tiptoe over to a tiny crack in the wall and peer into it. The sunrise is so beautiful, I always try to wake up early enough to catch it while I still can. Because basilisk doesn't have any windows, i'm forced to find out ways of time-telling. 

After the streaks of yellow, orange and pink fade away I inch to the door. Slowly opening it, I creep out of my dorm and make my way to the kitchen. 

There, food is awaiting me and I mischievously smile walking toward the towering plates of muffins, steaks, and over easy eggs. Its probably like four in the morning so no one is awake yet. Usually the chefs come to serve us our meals, but I woke up early today, and felt like stealing some raspberry muffins. I prowl around the plates on the counter and smell the buttery sweet scents of the baked goods. Looking around to make sure no one was with me, I briskly took hold of a teeny muffin and dashed out the door snickering slightly at my behavior. 

Oh my gosh wow I just stool a muffin!! Im so daring. 

I mused for a while quietly high fiving myself and giggling down the inky hallways. I didn't once look back, knowing that I had finally achieved something and nobody could catch me. After licking up the last bits of my desert, I turned a corner which seemed darker then the other halls. If that's even possible. Me being the curious girl that I was continued down the darker hall slightly shivering at the coldness of it all. 

Some awful din sounded through my ears. I picked up my pace turning to the small opened door from which the sound came from. What I saw made my jaw drop. My lips trembled and I covered my mouth standing at the doorway, staring down at my peer. I didn't really have many friends here at Basilisk, she wasn't one of them either but I still.. care. I also never seen someone dead.

Her name was Kai, I remembered. Wasn't the best fighter or pugilist here but she was very funny and always tried her best to please everyone here. I stared at the lifeless being hanging from some sort of contraption strapped securely to the wall. The machine looked as if it was a torture device. There were spikes sprouting out of the sides of the device nearly touching Kai's skin. And straps around her wrists that held her firmly in place while dangling forward. A gun hanging down from a thick wire on the apparatus facing down on her blonde blood ridden head. My eyes frantically scanned the torment chamber and I warily took multiple steps back my breaths feeling very ragged. How did this happen? Who did this?!  It's not very enjoying to see one of your classmates dead right in front of you. I truly wanted to stay innocent as long as I could. Those days are over for me, I guess.

I kept my eyes on the body and took one more step back leaving me into hitting someone else. I bumped into them and directly whipped my head around, my eyes wide. Alderon again. You've gotta be kidding me. "Plan B?" I was completely staggered. My mouth still hanging out and my breaths were very shallow at this point. I stood there like an idiot and didn't say a word, even though I was desperately trying to speak. Alderon inched closer and motioned to Kai. "I assume you're shocked to see this thing." Thing. My head tilted in the direction of my peer and I harshly grimaced at the sight. Alderon noticed my expression and continued. "We have not yet tried this contraption before this. It seems the effects are rather... fatal."  My eyes flickered to his, a perturbed look capturing my features. "I would like to inform you, Plan B, that if you do not do what you're supposed to do something like this may happen," He added. My mind began to fog up and I started to feel quite nauseous. What did I get myself into? If I don't train like a maniac everyday and do as I'm told for missions when I'm older, ill just, die? He seemed to understand what I was feeling because he offered a hand and smiled, though his eyes still looked dull. I hesitantly grabbed it and we began to casually walk out of the chamber, where I will never see or hear of Kai again.

We made our way down many halls. I swear this building is so ginormous and never ending. I always got lost. Alderon, still holding my hand, cleared the silence. 

"Have you ever thought about murder, Plan B?"

 I stiffened a little bit at the word. "No need to be so timid," Alderon cooed. I glared at the floor. This was so wrong. No one should think about murdering. I never did, until now. "No." I mumbled. I looked at him still scowling, and added "Why did you murder that girl? Why?!" I ripped my hand away from his and stepped back creating space between us. "She did nothing! There was no reason for torturing her." My voice sounded through the building as I yelled. Tears developing in the corner of my eyes, as I continued telling him off. "And I never thought, once, about murder until you mentioned it!" 

Alderon gave me a displeasing look and clasped his hands behind his back, listening to me shout. Clear tears fell down my rosy cheeks. "I don't- I don't want to become an assassin if that means killing others intentionally!" Well yes, that is the definition of assassins.

 I realized maybe I've gone to far with the yelling and I immediately shut up. Alderon scorned at me and tsked making my head fall down to my feet. "Honey," I frowned. "I never said you had a say in any of this." I met his eyes and shot back, "But-" He cut me off and unexpectedly clutched onto my sweater and forcefully dragged me toward his face. I refused to look at him. He tilted his head to the side and pulled me closer shaking me. "I brought you here to become one of my finest assassins. I saw potential in you! You will comply Plan B!" He almost spoke with a hint of despair. I breathed out a tiny sigh and nodded while still looking to the side. He roughly let go of my caller and crossed his arms. I stumbled back and began to poke at my veins occasionally glancing up. Alderon let out an annoyed sigh and put his pointer finger and thumb to his forehead. I seem to be upsetting him. Is it bad that I enjoy it...?

 "You won't be able to leave your quarters until I know for certain you will obey." 

I stopped tracing my hand and raised an eyebrow at the leader. "Does that mean I can't practice with Master Dahak?" I ask. He laughs a bit at my question, "Of course not. He will make his way to your room everyday to train with you." There's a moment of silence before I reluctantly ask, "If I don't become the best of the best, will the thing that happened to Kai happen to me?" Alderon's face twists into an evident look. "Do you want it to?" I suck in my breath and shake my head fast. Alderon smirks, "Then lets hope not." He ends up exiting the room without another word.

 I, left alone to my own thoughts. Most of them, death. Murder. And they all lead back to my mother and which assassin slaughtered her.

A/N- That's it for this chapter. Nothing much to say... :/