MÉTIS

5

Sofian

Me and Dominik decided to go out and enjoy ourselves with drinks in our hands and girls on our laps.

We are pretty close to the gentlemen's club and my thoughts start to drift to the girl I saw yesterday. I shake my head to stop them from taking over my mind and I down my drink.

Nik and his girl are outside enjoying themselves while my blond missy is kissing my neck. She then stops and gives her attention to my lips. She kisses me with passion and need. My eyes are open as I show the bartender to bring me another load of shots.

I get frustrated with her presence on my lap and not to mention on my lips and I push her of me. She gets up with sad and angry face.

"Lost interested, go away," I say coldly while drinking the contents of my drink. 

I look at her without a single interest written on my face and she just huffs and leaves.

I down the six shots that were brought to me and I check my phone. Luckily, I don't have no phone call from daddy dearest.

I stand up and I make my way out the bar for some fresh air and cigarets. I feel just very lightly drunk.

I take out my lighter and put one cigaret between my lips. I flick the lighter and inhale the smoke. 

Lost in my thoughts for what seemed like hours, I hear somebody screaming for help.

It's a female voice not far from here. I see a young blond girl who is just in hear pajamas. She's crying and she hysterically screams and begs for help. Unlike my surrounding which completely ignores her pleas for help, I don't hesitate to help. 

I immediately start running to her and I grab her by the shoulders so that she calms herself a bit.

"Please, you must help me. M-my friend. She's in-in danger," she sobs barely getting the words out of her mouth. She is shaking and her cheek is a little red from what seems like a slap. 

"Where's she?," I ask. She shows me the old apartment complex. I call Nik to come and help that blond girl. 

I run to the complex and that's when I hear the screams and the despair. I feel anger building up in my chest. Trying to find the apartment I hear an angry man's voice. He sounds like a psychopath. 

When I get to the apartment, the scene I see is horrifying. I ran to the man and push him off the girl and I punch him so hard that he looses consciousness. For a second I stand above him, watching him and fighting with my urge to kill him. My hand starts to shake and my attention is directed to the girl.

She is blacked out with markings around her neck. She has tears on her face, no clothes and... and I can't believe my eyes.

It's the one who has been occupying my mind nonstop for the last few hours. 

Jesus, it's her. 

I take a blanket that is set on the couch and cover her. I take her bridal style and leave the apartment. 

I don't know her. 

I shouldn't care about her.

But I am not leaving her here alone after what that pig did.

When I exit the complex, I can see Nik and that girl from earlier. When she sees her, she starts running to us and she starts sobbing. 

"Mé-métis, I'm so-so sorry," she lets out. "Please, just wake up. Métis. Ple-please."

"Co s ní budeme dělat?," Nik asks me. (What are we going to do with her?)

"Vezmem jí na hotel, a pak uvidíme," I answer coldly. Luckily our car was pretty close. (We'll take her to the hotel and then we'll see).

"Where are you taking her?" her friend asks me with fear in her voice. 

"To the same place we are taking you as well, love,"Nik answers. 

. . .

Métis

I wake up with the morning sunshine hitting my face. I open my eyes while squinting them at the sudden bright light. 

I look at my surroundings and when I do, I immediately sit up. 

Where the hell am I?

What the hell... happened?

That's when it hits me. 

Memories of last night. 

Memories of Kairos visiting me and... He-he raped me.

Oh Jesus.

No, no, no. Tears filled my eyes but I blinked them away.

I feel sick and dizzy.

 I can't stay here. 

I need to get out. 

I jump out of the bed and I try to find the door to escape this unknown place. Breathing suddenly proves to be a very difficult task to do as I see a man standing between the door. 

He seems familiar but from where?

"Good morning," he says with cold look on his face. 

His eyes scan my face and then my neck as well. His eyes darken and his sharp jaw tightens. 

"Who the hell are you?," I say sternly trying not to show any emotion. I am good at that.

"I-," he is cut off.

"Métis! Métis, I am so sorry," Claire makes her way into the room I was in and she takes me into a tight hug.

She continues: "I shouldn't have left. I should have stayed. He wouldn't... do that to you if I just stayed," She says with tear filled eyes. 

For a minute, I am completely shocked with her words. 

It really happened. 

It wasn't a dream.

He used me.

He hurt me.

He took a part of me.

Again.

"Shh, It's okay, Claire," I say while another boy leans against the door frame.

I return Claire the  hug and whisper: "Who are these boys?".

"I don't know but they saved you," she says while still sobbing.

I pull away from the hug and I step in front of Claire to protect her. 

"Who are you?," I ask again with the same stern voice as before.

The boys first look at each other. 

"Pravda nebo lež?," the second asks. (Truth or false?) 

What is this language? 

Who are these people?

"Pravda," the first one answers with a detached voice.

"I'm Nik and this is my friend - Sofian. We were in the neighborhood when your friend here asked for our help. Well, I should maybe say - she screamed and begged," the second one answers with a slight irony in his voice.

His friend Sofian is not even looking at me. 

It's like he can't bear to look at me. 

He seems to be somewhere else. 

Somewhere deep in his thoughts.

"Right, well. Thanks." I answer. 

"But we will get going," I make my way to the exit. 

Claire is still behind me. 

Nik tries to stop us but Sofian just gestures for him to stop. 

With that we leave.