Broken

Chapter 54: You Played Your Part Well

Astrid

My eyes steadily started to open but I couldn't bear my surroundings. All I muster were these voices outside the room I was in, the panting of someone breathing heavily presumably out of fear. I moved my head slightly but it was in pain and agony, I pushed my arms into the ground which felt hard and uneasy, but fell back down against it weak and feeble. "A-Ally..." I could hear the faint panting stop and was able to recognise who it was.

I lifted my head in their direction "K-Kerri...what happened?" she came over and helped me sit and leant me up against the rocky wall as it felt like, but when I got a closer look it seemed to be miss-shaped metal, in fact the whole room was covered in it. I guess a means of no escape. "We came out the cinema and two men who actually looked the same age as us came after us and kidnapped us."

I sighed and looked down. "What's wrong?" she asked uncertain, I was about to answer until we heard this cackle of a laugh come from the door. Our heads spun in unison to see who it was, "Well, well, well look who decided to wake up," I knew that voice and for once in my life I didn't have to sit down and think to hard about it, Merida's mother. I glared up at her while she did the same down to me.

"Happy to see you again Alana, I would ask how you have been but then again I already know," she laughed. Kerri double glanced between me and she looking confused "Ally what's going on, how does she know you?" her voice used to be shaky but now it looked as if she forgot all about that and wanted answers more than escape. "Oh so you haven't told her, I shall leave you guys to chat," she cackled again and left the metal cage we've been placed in.

As she was about to slam the door, I could see a figure outside the door. The icy white hair with that flick at the end, the ocean iced eyes cracking as they met mine so the ocean could start falling. We stared at each other for which felt like the first time in our lives even though we know that wasn't true, we'd been corresponding with each other ever since I started that college, and we never even knew it...well I never knew it.

The door soon slammed before my eyes snapping me out of my trance. Alone again, I and Kerri sat and I knew that she wanted answers and I wasn't going to keep them from her. "So I think you need an explanation," I started and I know I sounded unsure and uneasy "Yes, yes I think I do need one, what is going on Ally?" I took a deep breath and started. "So the first thing you need to know is that Elizabeth and Annabelle, they aren't my family....Jack's my brother.

I didn't tell you because it was erased from my memory and I couldn't remember anything until I came to the college, everything started coming back to me after me and him started getting friendly and I started having nightmares, but I guess in the end they were never nightmares they were just memories of my past coming back to me." I sighed and was about to carry on "But that doesn't explain why that happened to you and why we are here?" I nodded because she did have a point, "I know, when we were younger are parents used to go on special trips, we didn't know what it was about until we got older and they had us involved.

Roxie and Merida's parents were creating something that would take effect on humans, but not a great effect, it could kill, or control and they...well yea you get the idea I and Jack didn't know much about it because our parents didn't want to endanger us, so we don't know much, we were about to get rid of their experiments until they trapped us and got our parents killed in the process.

We fought back, trying to live up to what are parents tried to destroy but it got us separated in the process, as they beat him and had me caught but while caught I...I killed Roxie's mother." I lowered my head in shame in what I had done. I'd finished my story and waited for her to scream and shout at me, and say she'd never wanna see nor speak to me ever again. I waited and waited but nothing happened.

Instead I was wrapped around in her arms and she held me in close. "I didn't mean to do it, I never did but when they had me it just went through her skin and there was nothing I could do about it." I didn't know it but tears did start to stream from my eyes "It's okay Ally, it wasn't your fault, you didn't ask for any of this to happen, we just need to get out of here that's all that matters right now."

I was surprised that she was taking this so incredibly well, I figured that she would be screaming in anger. We stayed silent for a moment and I swear I could hear what they were saying outside the door. Kerri was about to say something but I slammed my hand against her mouth and put a finger up against my lips and pointed to the door and then my ear and she nodded.

"You have played your part well Jack," I heard Merida's mother say, "You meant what you said, I can go and I never have to help you anymore," Jack replied seeming happy with the statement, "Correct Jack you can leave, you've earned out trust, we don't need you anymore," she also seemed happy with the statement. Footsteps started to walk away but then they stopped, I'm guessing they were Jack's as his voice spoke again.

"You promise you won't hurt her, she's still my sister and you promised and I want you to keep your promise," he seemed serious and....and it seemed like he cared, after everything he still cares. Merida's mother laughed "Of course Jack, you have our word we won't harm her," and that was how the conversation ended and the footsteps made their disappearance with no return of coming back.

I guess that was another part of the deal....leave your sister behind.....