Shades of Black

Chapter One

It was a cold Autumn morning, around seven, I believe. I awoke without chains on my wrists and the door to my cage ajar. I got up causiously and limp over to it. Looking around, no one is in sight. So I start to run, ignoring the shooting pain in my left leg. I run out of the building and keep running, while looking back to see if anyone was following me.

I was running as fast as I can to get away. 'I can not go back. They will kill me, if I am caught.'

I turn around a corner and slam right into someone who is jogging by. "Sorry!" I yell as I keep running, till a hand grabs my arm and makes me stop. "Let me go! I have to get away!" I yell as my power flares.

When I look up I see a tall and slender male with long silver wavy hair and green blue eyes. He is wearing black gym shorts and a royal blue tank top. He releases me when my power flares.

"Rare!" He says in shock. I take off running again. "Wait!" He yells, running after me.

I run faster, wanting to loose him. "Leave me alone. Stop following me!" I yell at the man. I scale up and over a small brick wall.

The guy stops following me once I go over the wall. I still keep running, trying to get as far away as possible. I run into an abandoned warehouse and find a hiding spot.

I go out only if I have to. My old wound on my right side reopened sometime during the week, while I was exploring the warehouse. Blood is all over my shirt. It also does not help that I do not have any medical supplies.

I hear the door to the warehouse open. I slowly move deeper into the room I was in to not be seen nor make any noise. I see a dirty blonde hair boy walk by. I accidentally knock over a box full of floor tiles, grabbing the boy's attention.

He turns around and walks towards me. I see that he is thin, not too thin though and has beautiful hazel eyes. He has a camera around his neck. He looks me right in my blue eye. My dirty hair covers my green eye.

"What are you doing here?" He ask me. He moves more into the room and looks at me. "You are bleeding!" He says close to a panic.

"Stay away!" I yell at him. "It does not matter!" I back away as he walks fowards.

"I want to help. Please let me help you." He said, holding his hands up to show that he is defenseless. "Please. I will not hurt you. I promise."

"Then prove it. Strip." I said. Needing to see if he has the organization's tattoo on his body. "I have to make sure that you are not one of them."

I can see that he is conciplating about my request. After a couple of minutes he starts to strip. He stops once he is only left in his boxers.

"Completely." I tell him.

"My lover will not like if I do that." He tells me. Blushing when he says lover. His hands moves to cover his face.

"Then leave." I tell him, looking over the exposed skin for any marks. "Plus, it was not going to be said outside of this room. Not like he would know." I add on.

"Fine. Stays between us." He says as he pulls off his boxers. He rotates around when I tell him to and then gets dress afterwards.

"You are clear." I tell him after he is completely dress. "No pictures." I add on when he picks up his camera again.

"What is your name?" He asks me. "My name is Akihito Takaba."

"My name is of no concern as of right now." I answer, not letting him know."I can not be found."

"You need help!" He shouts.

"Shut up or you will never be found again." I threaten him, my eyes going cold.

I see him shiver when he sees my eyes go cold. "I will not, not till you are ready." He squeaks out.