Saved by the Bad Boy

Character 27

I sit across from Anne and Jacob. We all ate thinking of a way to escape. Because I'm 5 weeks from my due date and we need to get away fast. I don't want to think about what might happen if I did have to give birth in this hell. I groan and lay backwards, landing on my pillow.

"What are we going to do?" Anne asks.

"I don't know but if we don't do something fast we won't be able to do anything at all."

"I'm not letting them have him. I will kill anybody that dares to take him." Anne raises her eyebrows and Jacob seems scared.

"But you still have your collar." I shrug.

"Once he's not in danger I don't care what kind of pain I have to face to protect him." Anne smiles.

"Yes! I love when you get like this. Something exciting always happens." I laugh.

"Last time I was like this I killed dozens of people."

"Yea, but they were the bad guys." I smile and shrug.

"And I have no regrets, only that I could've been smarter as to talk to Einar about the situation."

"What's good is that your back together." She says.

"And that I got to see this Jacob." I say smiling at him. He blushes and looks away.

"Yea, I'm so glad you did. Maybe one day we'll be neighbors and our kids will play together." She says grabbing his hand, but he pales.

"What's wrong?" I laugh, "Too overwhelmed with future plans? It's okay, kids aren't something you two should be talking about. It causes a lot of stress."

"Speaking of, where is Einar?" I shrug.

"Said something about re-joining them. Talking to leader." She gasps.

"Re-joining? Why would he do that?"

"To gain power, to make them trust him more. So maybe he can get information to get us out of here."

"Really?" I nod.

"I don't know, he left, they're not too fond of people who quit. Usually they kill them for knowing about  the D.E.A.D." I sigh.

"He is the leader's son and the father of their new weapon so..."

"I think he'll get plenty of punishment from that." Jacob mutters.

"What?!" He pales.

"It's just that...he will be punished. He won't get away with something like that. And he has to really put on an act."

"But I told leader-"

"What you said to him before doesn't matter if he has control over you." I stand up quickly and they stand up with me.

"Wow, what do you think you're doing?"

"I'm going to find my husband."

"You're locked in here."

"Not for long." I smile and Anne smiles back evilly and knocks on the door, meaning that she wants to leave now. The guard opens the door and she punches him in the nose and slams his head against the wall and he falls to the floor. I smile and step over him.

"That was awesome." I say looking at the unconscious body on the floor. We walk down the hall, the whole place is new to me, but Anne leads the way like she's memorized every hall and room. We walk in silence for a few minutes before we reach a room full of people. We peek through the crack in the door and see Einar standing in front of a table with only one side of people facing him. They look serious and angry.

"Tell us Einar, why did you leave?"

"I told you already, I went to go get my wife."

"And why did she leave in the first place?"

"She was...unhappy."

"And why was she unhappy?"

"I don't know why don't you tell me? You were the ones to lock her up, force her to marry me, and threaten her. So of course she was unhappy, she hated me, she hated all of you, she hated being stuck up in a room for the rest of her life, and she hated the feeling of being completely helpless. You're lucky she's even alive, I had to stop her from killing herself." I tense up and hope that Anne doesn't say anything. He glares at all of them and their mouths drop open. It's silent for a few moments before leader speaks up.

"And did you have any part in that?"

"Part in what?"

"Her...unhappiness." He looks down ashamed but quickly covers it up.

"Yes." He growls

"So, do you care for the girl?" He gulps and looks up at them and smiles.

"No." My heart drops a little but I know it's not true, he's only doing it for good. But I can no longer watch. I turn away and Anne gives me a sad look.

"I'm sorry Cali." I shake my head and smile.

"It's okay, I knew he would have to do a lot to get their trust, I wanted only to make sure they weren't hurting him." Anne nods and Jacob looks surprised. He looks at me with something I can't even explain. He's still thinking about my suicide announcement. I walk past him and head back to my room. I mutter something about needing to be alone and they nod. The next hour I sit in criss-cross position talking to my baby. Okay I know it's weird but strangely enough it calms me and I think it calms him. I only have a month and a half until my due date and I'm kind of freaking out. I had morning sickness only in my first trimester and now it's gone which is really good, actually thinking about it I've had a really easy pregnancy, I just had a lot of stress that made my life hard. I'm deep in thought when the door flings open and Einar comes running in. He closes the door behind him and leans over and kisses me passionately. I smile.

"What was that for?" He smiles.

"It worked. I know how to get out of here." He gives me a wicked smile before giving me another kiss.