Naturesse (book 1 of the (supposed) Evealutions trilogy)

chapter 5

Chapter Five:

Trip Down Memory Lane

Thalia

The cell walls were cold and hard against my hands. Ebonys' hands. I tried pounding them, but they only bruised and cut my fists where the metal joins were. All the walls were solid, I tried hitting them, but there was no hollow sounding echo that followed. Filled with concrete and metal bars, by the sound of it. I was trapped. I paced around in circles, breathing shallow, eyes darting everywhere, hands curling and uncurling. A few drops of blood fell from my wrists onto the plain grey floor, the only colour in my world. A colour of hate, a colour of rage. I hated it here. Hated it!

I had been pacing for a good few hours when exhaustion took over and I crumpled onto the floor. It was cold and uncomfortable beyond words, with my legs half curled underneath me and my temple resting on the solid concrete. Tiredness blurred my eyes and I shut them, hoping to block out some of the bleakness that surrounded me. But when I opened them, clearing the blurriness, the same dead grey walls surrounded me.

I hated walls. Especially these ones.

I unsteadily rose to my feet, trembling with suppressed rage, and screamed. It was an animal sound, so defiant and angry that sent quivers of fear through the white clothed people watching me. There was another window into the cell. In fact, I doubt that any Edvation would be able to see it, tiny window was so cleverly disguised. Perhaps they thought that because they couldn't see it, neither could I.

They were wrong, very wrong.

Naturesse eyesight was a hell of a lot better than any Edvations, it came from using our eyes for more than staring at screens for many generations. Beyond that point, I could see right through their disguise.

Literally.

The window had a thin film covering it that looked exactly like the metal that covered the walls. It was easier to see through from one angle, down low, but I didn't need that, I could see right through it, right into the clean, stark observation area that it hid. The three white robed Edvations inside looked right back at me, entirely unaware that I could see every move they made. Their chests rose and fell with deep breaths, terror-stricken at the sight of me. I looked at them through my peripheral vision, as to not give away my advantage just yet.

An idea struck me.

That window lead to a door out of this place, undoubtedly easier to get out of than the main one that was closer to me. No double cast door with some sort of new locking system that dead bolted itself.

An escape rout of out of this hole.

I needed to get out. There was a rout, open to me, if I could only just get to it.

I needed to plan. I forced my feet to move, one step at a time, towards the middle of the room, facing away from the the window. I took some deep breaths, feeling the tangy bite of the chemically sterilised air on my tongue. Time to fight, then time for flight.

Come on Ebony, I thought to myself. Time to get real and blast these bastards out of here.

Turning around, I made my eyes look dead and hard, focused on hurting more than I really was.

No, I forcefully reminded myself. You are not Thalia, you are Ebony. You arethat angry! Now GO!

I shook my head as if to clear thoughts and stared back at the three Edvations. Two men and one woman. Easy prey.

I sharpened my focus and took a deliberate step forward. All the fumes around this place had clogged up my brain and made it slow and painful to think, like a bad headache. All three of them quivered, the whites of their eyes showing.