Anyone who saw me at this point would think I was crazy. I had resorted to talking to myself to entertain my mind, and everything I was wearing was a mess. My purple hair was in so many different directions, my clothes were wrinkled and messy, and my shoes were on opposite ends of the cage.
"You've got nothing better to do, Skai," I informed myself. "Either you yell for Marcus and run the risk of Douglas interfering, or you try and get out of this cage yourself." I analyzed the room, trying to find something to dismantle the electric bars of the cage with, but to no avail. I resisted the urge to wrap my fragile hands around the bars, as they would shoot a jolt of electricity through me that was so powerful, I would die. My skeletal model was very weak, and any extra voltage would fry the system to a neat crisp.
Tears pricked at the corners of my eyes, my nose began to sting like I was going to sneeze, and that sensation in my throat where it feels like your airways have suddenly closed off began. I tried to stay strong, but my system was depressed. I couldn't cry, so all I was left with was the horrible before-feelings of crying, which were like slow, painful torture.
At that moment, I heard the secret door on the side of the house open, and tiny footsteps began coming towards where I was being held captive. I tensed up and the feeling of crying, thankfully, went away. My hands gripped onto the floor and my breathing increased, heartbeat getting stronger and louder each minute. If I wasn't careful, my system would call for a manual override. The footsteps got closer and closer, and finally, the source of them emerged. Relief flooded through me when I saw who the mysterious person was, however. He pulled out his blue cased phone and spoke into the microphone.
"I'm in some sort of weird underground lair beneath Marcus's house. It's incredibly grim and smells like sewer water and... sweaty dudes. What the...?" He turned and looked at the cage, looking right into my eyes. "Skai?"
"Leo!" I cried. "You have to be careful! Someone might catch you at any second!"
"How did you get here? I thought you were at home."
"I'm not! That's a replica of me Marcus' father made. He's very clever."
"Skai, I can't do anything now, but I'm going to get photographic evidence and take it to the others, okay?"
"Okay Leo. I trust you." He began taking photos of different things around the underground torture chamber.
"Bam, Skai in a cage. Bam, evil lair. Bam, Marcus' capsule." I tore my eyes away from Leo and practically screamed.
"Leo!"
"Bam, Marcus. Marcus?" Marcus took Leo's phone from him and held onto it, looking at him with angered, killing-set eyes. I felt so helpless now that I was trapped in here with no escape.
"You shouldn't have come here, Leo."
"I couldn't agree more. Where's the exit?" I rolled my eyes.
"Oh, my hero."
"Oh no. You are not going anywhere. You've seen too much."
Classic villain motives, Marcus. Come up with something else other than that.
"What do you want with Adam, Bree, and Chase?"
"You won't be around
to find out." My heart began racing as Marcus pulled out a remote. "Say hello to our remote controlled home security system." He pressed a button and, much to my relief, a vacuum rolled up.
"Well, that looks effective. What's it scanning for? Dust bunnies?" He pressed another button, and limb-by-limb, the vacuum unfolded into a giant, stoic, threatening robot. "How big are your dust bunnies?" The robot took a minute to scan the room, then began swinging. Leo ducked and rolled, easily able to dodge to swings of the robot.
"You're quicker than I thought. Good thing I added this." Marcus clicked another button, and the robot began shooting green lasers at him. He ducked and covered behind some console, then grabbed what appeared to be a stapler from it. But everything down here was not as it seemed, so who knows what it could be.
"Aha, now I have a weapon too!" Leo pointed the stapler at the robot, then Marcus.
"That's a stapler," Marcus sighed, sarcasm lacing through his voice. Leo looked at it and gingerly set it down, embarrassed. Marcus walked over and picked it up, smirking.
"Just kidding. It's a ray gun!"
"Dang it!" Marcus began firing lasers at Leo, who screamed and ducked behind another console. I desperately wished that I could do something, but this cage blocked my bionic signal, keeping me from helping.
"Marcus, please stop this!" The burning sensation of tears once again slapped the back of my throat and nose. He didn't even acknowledge that he had heard my words.
"Game over, Leo. You're no match for my robot's awesome physical strength."
"Well... yeah. I am no match for his strength. But just remember, you didn't beat me. This thing did." He pointed to the large, orange robot that was looming over him.
"Please," Marcus scoffed, his self-esteem clearly slightly damaged. "I could pulverize you." Leo chuckled and Marcus' face fell a little bit more.
"Yeah, I'd like to see you try."
"Leo, what are you doing?" I hissed angrily, worried about his safety.
"Not smart, Leo. The robot would have been quick and painless compared to what I'm going to do to you."
"Okay, tough guy. But if I win, you have to let me go, deal?" Marcus scoffed, but gave in.
"Yeah, sure." Marcus grabbed the remote and pushed a few buttons, and the robot deactivated. I let out a tiny sigh of relief, but worry still plagued me as Marcus approached Leo.
"Let's shake on it." Marcus rolled his eyes and stuck out his arm. But before Marcus and Leo's hands could meet, Leo licked his and placed it on Marcus'. Marcus recoiled and Leo was able to snatch the remote from his hands.
"Ew! Why would you do that?"
"Because I'm clever, and clever beats strong any day." Leo began pushing button on the remote, but the robot didn't do anything. "But clever would really like to take a look at this thing's instruction manual." Leo pushed a few more buttons, and the robot broke down. Leo dropped the remote, and with one last look back at me in the cage, then sprinted away.
"Oh man! That was my dad's favorite toy! There goes pizza night!" He looked at me with rage in his eyes. "This is all your fault, Skai." Rather than standing up for myself, I curled up and sighed, trying to fall asleep as he stormed upstairs.
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We're Different
Fanfiction*rewrites pending* Skai was found on the Davenport's doorstep, confused and alone. She can't remember exactly where she came from, but she remembers she had an abusive master. The Davenport family takes her in, playing her off as Bree's best friend...
