Sinistral

Chapter Five

Have you ever made a mistake?

Have you put your faith in a person you don't even know?

Have you seen the movies where you have faith but in the end someone betrays you. I felt just like that when I met Zack. I didn't know why he helped me or why he would risk everything for someone like me. I had no idea what loyalty really was until I met Zack. He was the one, the one that helped me understand  more then anyone else had ever done back on earth

I had friends, I had family but nothing compared too Zack. I mean it took some time to really realise that though. It always does, how can anyone trust someone fully when you don't even know them but that was my first big mistake. Not trusting Zack that he knew more about Sinistral then I did. Not trusting him that he knew how to deal with this a lot more then I.

I was suborn back then and it nearly got me destroyed before the mission had even began to have a bit of hope of being complete.

Trust me when I say this. You don't know what you got until you lose it.

My lungs filled up with smoke, air which I found hard to breathe at first. Zack was gripping onto my arm pulling me along as I began to feel sick. Heat was swarming around us rising up from gaps in the ground below us but Zack didn't pay much attention to it, he seemed more interested on moving and not stopping.

"I know its hard to get use to the air here but in time it will feel natural. I mean its not like we will see the light of day, not ever. We're dead and there isn't anything after death. This is it," says Zack.

"I shouldn't even be here," I whisper. I'm not sure if Zack heard me or not but if he did he seemed to make out he didn't.

My feet felt like they where going to fall off, if that's even possible. We stopped finally reaching apart of the road in front of us splitting in two. One looked like the most dangerous route to go down.

The path looked like it was falling away, deep spikes poking up from the dark depths below. I swore I could see blood dripping from them but that could just be me panicking. It's like I was born to see the worst in everything that faces me.

The other path didn't look so bad. Just like the path we have been running down for the past five minutes. We have to get as much space between us and the Scars and clearly Zack knew that too by the way he was looking at me.

"We have to go right," he says firmly.

I look right at him glaring at how stupid he just sounded. Has he lost it? I mean can't he see the right turn is probably the most dangerous route to take? Is he blind?

"Zack I don't think so. It had to be left, no questions asked."

"I don't think you are listening. It has to be right," he snaps a little.

"No you don't understand its left!" I shout back. 

Zack looked angry but sighed after a few seconds went by. "Alright, fine we'll go left," he said through greeted teeth. I shrug my shoulders knowing he would be fine once he knew my route was the right one. 

Maybe I would have noticed it, if I wasn't being so big headed. Like a kid knowing he won an argument with his older brother. Like he had once in his life won something but that's when it all turned into shit.

Zack was the first one to spot it. He latched his hand around me trying to pull me back but I wasn't paying attention to him.

"Zack what is your problem," I began but I didn't finish my sentence as something shot towards me. I dived to the side at the last second as a spear landed in the pavement beside Zack and I.

Where had that come from?

Zack and I turned on our heels trying to head back the other way but something was forced into my stomach. I thought I had felt pain when I was stabbed, when I died but a spear is a lot worse!

"No Cayden!" Zack screamed. I was in shock, well that was until a dark figure gripped onto Zack and pulled his arm so far back I heard it crack. I staggered forward pulling out the spear ignoring the pain shooting through my whole body.

I struggled to my feet kicking out at the the figure who had hurt Zack but I was way too slow. He chucked me aside like a rag doll.

I crashed to the ground. I couldn't explain how it felt but imagine a needle when it pieces the skin but imagine it being bigger. It hurt but not as much as watching them drag Zack away from me.

I thought maybe we was going to be alright. That this would end soon and we would be on the run again but that all faded as I watch them chuck Zack with no effect at all into the burning flames below that was flaming up beside the path.

Thats when the figure turned on its heels and headed straight for me. I could just about stand but I couldn't let Zack face pain that he didn't deserve and I jumped.

I jumped into the flames. This is my fault and I have to save him from this!

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