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| Ceylon |
The rest around me was sleeping, except for Rhain- wherever she might be. I wanted to sleep, get my rest but I couldn't. There was still all this adrenaline going through my veins that kept me wide awake.
I stand up as I brush the sand off my clothes, maybe a small walk could help me relax.
I knew that Thomas and Newt were keeping watch, so it would be hard for me to get passed them. But you never know until you've tried it.
"Hold up, where are you going love" I suddenly hear that familiar voice say.
I look over my shoulder at Newt, for some reason he was the only one sitting there. It makes me wonder where Thomas went to.
"I need to stretch my legs a little, I can't sleep" I tell him honestly.
Newt sees right through me anyway, so I know that lying won't help.
He smirks as he stands up, "oh why didn't you say so?", when he stands in front of me he gently takes a hold of my hands before pulling me forward. "I know something that might help" he continued as he made the distance between the two of us smaller.
"Newt" I say with a chuckle as I look down at the ground, "I can't. Not out here in the open".
He shakes his head with a smirk, "doesn't really seem like I care right".
I feel how he raises my chin with his finger before his lips lightly brush against mine. I can feel him smile against my lips until we hear strange noises.
We quickly let go of each other, only to see an helicopter flying around. It seems like they are looking for something. The light of the helicopter suddenly has us in their vision as I look at Newt in fear.
"Bloody hell" Newt screamed, waking up the others.
Aris shot up from as he looked around frantically, "where's Thomas and Rhain".
"Go look for them, we'll try to distract them" I tell him. "Newt go and make sure everyone is hiding, I'll create a distraction".
Newt shakes his head as he grabs a hold of my wrist, "no it's too dangerous, I won't let you".
"Remember Emme's words? I can out run you any day", with that I sprint into the opposite direction of where the other's were staying.
For a moment I get the feeling it works, the helicopter stops circling around the hide out and goes my direction. I quickly scan my surroundings.
Then it hits me, I'm trapped. There's nowhere to hide, and even if I hide they will find me quickly. I swallow the lump in my throat as I decide to accept my faith, feeling glad that I still have that one moment with Newt to remember.
Suddenly I see three men standing not too far away from me, my eyes widen in shock. My instinct tells me to quickly turn around.
"Freeze" one of them yells.
My brain can't process what's going on, I don't know what to do.
All I do is stand frozen on the spot, that is until I hear a familiar voice yell at me.
"Ceylon run".
I look behind me and see Thomas standing there.
Without second guessing I make my way towards him, but I quickly stop. There's a man standing in front of me, pointing his gun at me. All I can do is raise my arms, not knowing what else to do. It's not a fair fight.
From the corner of my eye I notice someone standing in front of Aaliyah. She looks petrified, not knowing what to do.
"Stop right there, don't move" he tells the poor girl.
"Aaliyah, please don't move" I yell at her, I would hate it if another one of us would lose their life.
But instead of listening to me, she decides to run off- and that's the moment I hear the gun go off. I want to scream but no sound comes out of my throat.
I suddenly can't seem to process what's going on, I want to run but my legs aren't working. Instead I feel how each of my arms are being hold before I'm lifted up.
After that I can't seem to remember a thing, it was all a black hole.
-
I open my eyes, seeing a grey roof above me and I have the feeling I'm laying on something soft. I blink twice, not understanding what's going on until I remember the events that had happened earlier.
Feeling drained I sit up, rubbing my eyes.
"Ceylon" I hear a raspy voice say.
Confused I look up, only to see Thomas sitting on the other bed across of me.
Something is off, he looks clean. He's wearing clean clothes without any holes in them, he has the sleeves of his blue shirt rolled up over his elbows. He was wearing dark blue jeans and sneakers.
"Thomas, what's going on?" I ask as I rub my temples.
That's when I noticed that I was also wearing clean clothes, I didn't reek of sweat and metal anymore. Instead I was wearing a white shirt, black jeans and next to my bed I noticed my combat boots standing there. But they were clean as well.
"You don't remember" he asks as he looks up, "they murdered Aaliyah"
My gaze drops as I'm staring at the tiles.
"Who is they" I ask softly, afraid of the answer.
"Wicked, but at least the rest is save", Thomas stands up before taking a seat next to me on my bed, "Cey, I know we haven't been talking a lot since we met. But right now we only have each other, and we need to think of a plan to escape".
"Of course, plus I need to avenge Aaliyah" I tell him softly.
Thomas gives me an awkward side hug, since we aren't as close.
Suddenly the door swings open, causing us to look up in shock. A man with brown grayish hair walks in, he looks at us before he let's out a dark chuckle.
"If you lovebirds are done there's someone who wants to meet you" he says in an authoritative voice.
He walks out of the room, causing me to look at Thomas in confusion. While the boy looked angered, it's almost as if he knew the man.
But before the door closes another boy is pushed into the room.
It causes Thomas to gasp in shock, while I can't help but stare at the tall boy.
"Thomas" the boy asks in confusion.
I glance at Thomas who can't seem to talk. What's going on?
