The Revealer

The Revealer- Chapter 3: The Other Side

Chapter 3: The Other Side

The two men dragged Cassidy into a cellar. They threw her in and locked the door.

She looked at her surroundings. She could barely make out a bed and an alcove hidden by a curtain. As she got near it, a sickening smell arose. Cassidy held her nose; she didn't need anyone to tell her that there was no plumbing.

Cassidy sat down on the bed and cried. She cried for herself and the triangles, for Mary-Anne, and for her mother. She cried until she could cry no more. And when she couldn't cry anymore, she sat up on the bed thought about her predicament.

"Just because the doors closed and locked, doesn't mean that I can't ram my way through it," she thought, "What do I have that I can use to break down the door?"

Cassidy looked around. The only thing heavy enough was the bed. She got off and lifted it up, grunting as she did so. She positioned it so that it faced the door...and charged. She ran like she had never run before. She was going to be free; she was going to get back the Book, she-

The bed crashed into the door. In her momentum, Cassidy crashed right with it. The door hadn't budged. Cassidy dragged the bed back to give it another try.

The door opened. The two goons who had brought her in had come back.

"Knock off that noise," said one. He had blonde hair. "Come on Markus, let's go," he said to his friend.

Markus shook his head, "Come on, Vono! I'm bored and we're on guard duty 'till midnight. I say we make the best of it," he fingered a pair of handcuffs on his belt.

Cassidy's breath caught in her throat as she realized what they were intending to do.

"Not if I can help it," she thought.

Vono grabbed her arm and twisted it behind her. Cassidy kicked the heel of her shoe back, hard. Her aim was true; Vono sank to his knees holding his crotch with both hands.

"Bitch fights dirty!" Markus rushed at her. She moved back against the wall and at the last second, step to the side. She kicked her heels off; they bounced off his face. Cassidy ran out the door, barefoot.

She ran down the hall, her feet slapping on the cement floor and echoing off the walls. Cassidy looked back...and ran faster at the sight of, not only Vono and Markus chasing her, but at the front of the procession was none other than Arswon.

At the end of the corridor, Cassidy spotted a door she ran even faster, her lungs bursting, pleading for air.

Guards swarmed in front of her from the door, blocking her way. Arswon was gaining on her, leaving Vono and Markus behind to catch their breath.

Cassidy turned down another hallway and ran as if her life depended on it.

The hallway was a dead end. Cassidy skidded to a halt just before hitting the wall. She spun around. Arswon was just entering the hall. He rushed at her and grabbed her arms, pinning them behind her back.

"Why-the-hell-did-you-do-that?!" he asked between gasps of breath.

"Why not? Didn't your guard boys tell you?" she snarled.

Arswon put the handcuffs on, "Tell me what?"

Vono and Markus were coming around the corner. Cassidy raised her voice so that they could hear, "That they tried to rape me," she was shaking from head to toe.

Arswon handed her to another guard, saying "Take her to my office," Then he faced Vono and Markus, who coward under his glare.

"I'll deal with you two during sword practice. If you could be so kind as to be my dummies, I'd consider that a suitable punishment,"