White Wings

Part 6

So here is part six. :) I haven't gotten any comments or new fans yet but I'm just happy that I am at least getting some views and am actually finishing something. :P

This part is a little longer like the last one and I like it a lot because towards the end it gets really sweet and cute with Andy and Sophyella. Well leave me a comment telling me what you think and if you like the story and vote and fan if you really like it. =D

Oh, and I got an editor, she's a friend of mine and she is editing part one and two at the moment. So if you see mistakes and typos and awkward sentences just know that they will be fixed at some point soon. :)

Part 6

            The next say Mr. Welsh, or Alfonso, came to get us. We followed him quietly but I could see Dana trying to calculate in her mind how much it would take to overtake him. I had been awake most of the night myself, trying to come up with some kind of plan as well, but nothing came to mind. If we tried anything they would probably use force more force. I also didn't know enough about this place to successfully concoct some kind of plan that would work. I also didn't want to leave with Julie and John. Shaira had told me enough the day before for me to know that they were here as well. I guess separating us had been part of some sick, cruel joke.

            We were led to different rooms throughout the day. Sophyella still hadn't said anything, but she seemed to be over the shock from yesterday. She was now paying as much attention to everything as possible, calculating and calibrating our chances. She didn't even seem to mind the needles they stuck in her arms. As for me, I just didn't see any hope anymore, and every day the emptiness and hopelessness I felt got worse. Even Dana seemed to have given up, she struggled and gave them a hard time the first few days, but now she just didn't seem to care.

            Sophyella continued her frantic observations and calculations of the place where we were and the different rooms they took us to for several weeks. Sometimes we got separated and I worried in case we'd never see each other anymore, but we were always together at the end of the day. In the estate I was in, I couldn't afford anymore loss. Even though we probably had more things to talk about now, none of us seemed to talk much anymore, Sophyella who used to be chatty was now shut off in her own head and faraway. I think the reason for the staggering silence was because now more than ever we realized the truth of our lives and situation, and also because of exhaustion from all the tests everyday and the symptoms and reactions we got from them. Most of them was unsurprisingly not pleasant. One night I was on the verge of sleep when I heard some movement followed by Sophyella's soft voice calling to me.

            "Andy?" I sat up a little groggy while my head went momentarily dizzy before getting up and walking towards her.

            "What is it Sophi?" I whispered very close to her. She seemed to be bursting with excitement.

            "I've found it Andy!" She said struggling to keep her voice down with excitement. "I've found a way out!" By then I was completely awake and alert, my heart almost skipped a beat. I tried hard as I might not to let myself get too hopeful as to not be disappointed, but the second she said it I couldn't help it. I could feel every cell in my body longing for freedom.

            "What?! How?" I asked trying to keep my voice down.

            "It all makes sense now, this place is not as big as we think. They've been trying to make us think it is by taking us different and routes and basically getting us to go in circles."

            "I don't understand, what do you mean? Why would they do that?"

            "So we won't guess the way out, which is way closer than I ever imagined it would be. It took me a while to figure it out, but I finally did. When I did I noticed each person has an ID card to get through doors, but one day, this lady who was in charge of me forgot hers and had to manually put in her ID code in. She didn't think I was paying attention but I got everything." I was stunned, I thought she might have an idea, but no actual solid information. It all seemed so obvious now that she mentioned.

            "Wait," I whispered, "How can you be sure you know where the way out is though? What if you are wrong?"

            "I don't, I don't think they will ever take us near it. I just guessed, but it's a very estimated guess. There has always been one way where they never take us. It has to be there." The chances didn't seem that good to me. What if she was wrong and we ended up somewhere else and got caught? I was about to express my thoughts when a realization hit me. Well, what if we did get caught again? There was nothing to lose. If there was a chance to get out of here, if it is a small chance, why not risk it?

            "Only one problem Sophi, what about the cells? Alfonso has the keys to them."

            "I know." She said not looking at me for once. "I know where they are." There was something she wasn't telling me. She wouldn't have told me any of this if she hadn't thought everything out carefully.

            "What are you planning Sophi? If we could get to them we wouldn't need them."

            "I know how to get them. But it might not work, and it's risky." She still didn't look at me. That had me worried. Something described as risky in our situation was pretty bad if we had nothing to lose but our lives.

            "What is it?" I asked and she looked at me again. There was something in her eyes I couldn't quite decipher.  

            "Well, if you look at these bars they aren't that close together. I am the smallest, I figured if I can get thin enough I might be able to go through them and get the key for you and Dana." As realization hit me my face hardened.

            "No." I said with anger forgetting to whisper.

            "Andy please! It's the only way!" She pleaded with me.

            "Sophi..." I whispered softly resting my head in between two bars. "It's dangerous, you could die. And how do you expect to have enough energy afterwards to escape?" She sighed and put her forehead to mine though the bars and closed her eyes.

            "Andy, you'll just have to trust me." I put my arms around her and held her as much as I could the bars that separated us. She already felt so small and fragile in my arms. "Don't worry Andy, I'll be okay, they are always feeding me vitamins and stuff." The uncertainty killed me though.

            "I don't know Sophi..." I breathed in deeply and just held her.

            "Andy?" She took her face a couple inches from mine and looked me straight in the eyes. Her bright green eyes so full of hope and determination made my heart beat faster in my chest. "Do you want to get out?" She asked softly. I did, but the price seemed too high to pay. I didn't have to say anything for her to see the longing in my eyes. "Then I'm going to do it, I can at least try." We didn't say anything and just held each other for a while until she was about to fall asleep and knowing I couldn't let us be found like this the next day I told her goodnight and that she should get some sleep. I walked to my bed and fell asleep immediately. I slept better than I ever had.

            That was the first night ever since I woke up here that I did not have troubled nightmares where Julie and John were in trouble calling for me and as much as I tried I couldn't get to them. I dreamed me and Sophyella were together in the mountains where it was fall and all the trees were reds, orange and golds with leaves everywhere. The sky was blue and there was nice breeze rustling the leaves while we watched it all in silent amazement.