Athena

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Athena:

"Hey."

"Wake up."

"Athena."

My back hurts.

My head hurts.

Everything hurts. 

Groaning I try to open my eyes. Where the hell am I? Looking around I am in a room. It's not nearly as big or as nice as my own. The wallpaper is pealing in places and the bed is small and lumpy.

As I finally start to come round more and take in the gravity of the situation I start to panic. "Hey," My head snaps to the other corner of the room where a blonde girl older than me is. She looks tired and beaten. 

"You're Athena right?" She asks as she tries to sit up causing her to wince. It is also now that I notice the handcuff around her ankle with chain long enough for her to walk to the middle of the room.

"How did you know that?" I question the girl. "My name is Stephanie. My brother is Miles." I look at her that is when I see the resemblance. "Where are we? Why are we here?" I ask trying to sit up without the room spinning.

"At an estate own by the Russian Mafia. They are working with my fathers mafia." Isn't her father dead? As if sensing my question she shook her head. "I thought he was dead too. I really thought I would never have to see him again." Stephanie's eyes start to water.

She takes a deep breath and looks at me. "The first opportunity you get run and get help okay?" I nod just as the door bursts open. A man walks in and my heart sinks. 

The bad man. 

No. 

That's her father? 

I stare at him in horror as he smirks and walks further into the room. "Hello again Athena. My, my how you've grown." His eyes snake up and down my body causing a sickening feeling to overcome me. 

"Is my daughter filling you in?" He looks at her but she won't look at him, instead she turns to stare at the floor which only makes his smile grow.

 Another man walks into the room he is younger with a nasty look on his face. "I think we will have to train you all over again. Hmmm?" I glare at him. 

"Fuck you! You small dick, Viagra pumping pedo!" I yell. Who the fuck does he think he is?!  I refuse to be that small scared broken down little girl ever again. 

"Looks like the first lesson should be on only speaking when told to." He gives the man a look and he walks over to me uncuffing my leg from the chain. 

I take the opportunity to kick him in the face and run. But the minute I stand the room spins. I don't let that stop me as I run to the stairs. I hear yelling behind me and footsteps coming my way. 

Instead of taking the stairs I duck into one of the rooms and softly close the door behind me. "Athena?" Shooting around I gasp as I see the state of Miles. He is tied to a chair and bleeding from everywhere. 

"Oh my gods. Miles" I run over to him and start to untie him. Thankfully he is tied with rope and not chain. When I get the last one off I help him stand. We are in a room by that face out the front onto the main road. 

I can see the men that are out there running toward the house. "Okay we need to go out the window and get help." I say as I help him over. 

"No. My sister...." He grunts not able to finish his sentence. "We will get help and come back for her. This is all we have at the moment." I hear footsteps getting closer to the room and I start to panic they must be checking the whole house.

"Come on we have to hurry." I get the window open and help Miles onto the room first. Just as the door is kicked in. "Run! GO!" I scream and try to climb out only to be yanked back. The last I see of Miles is him jumping off the roof. 

I kick my attacker in the balls and get on top of him. He has a knife in his hand and he uses to try cut me. But I am faster and guid the knife into his chest. Call it the adrenaline or whatever you want.

I manage to take knife again and stand as another man comes in. We tumble on the floor as I stab him in the neck. I am caught off guard as I try to make a run for the window only to feel a sharp pain in my arm and realise a new man has stabbed me. 

Jerking away, I can fix my arm later. I still try for the window my last attempt. Only for someone to grab the back of my head and smash it into the the window frame and everything goes black.

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Miles:
How could I have been so stupid. I stopped for gas on the way to Athena only to be ambushed and drugged. A Russian man was in the room when I woke up wanting to know who's side I was on.

Like, the fuck?

That was when that bastard came into the room. A man that was supposed to be dead. I found out what they meant after I start to try lunge at him scream about going to kill him. They wanted to know if I was on his side or not.

When they found out I wasn't they resorted to beating me. And they got Athena too. My stomach dropped when we ran in looking terrified. If they have her..... Is this why my sister wasn't replying to my texts?

I thought maybe she was just busy.

Fuck!!!

Now I am jumping off a fucking roof with Athena. 

I land on the grass only to realise Athena never jumped also. I can't wait. I need to get help. I wait a moment longer to see if she will jump but she doesn't. There is a vehicle that has a door open just a couple of feet away.

Jumping in I turn it on and peel away. Feeling faint I don't let that stop me from getting help. I drive and drive until I pull up to a familiar house. It  took about an hour. When the guards see me they immediately radio for something as I open the door and fall out into the guard.

The gates open and Silas is running with his family in toe. "She was right behind me. I thought she was right there but then she was gone....." And with that the world turned dark.