The Rider

An Element

"How can I love when I'm afraid to fall." - Christina Perri
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Just as we're walking towards the building trying to hide ourselves within the crowd of people. Luca comes out with a look of determination on his face. For a second he looks like he's about to attack someone and I watch him head straight towards something.

"Where is he going?" I ask Nikolas but he's just as confused as I am.

People are every, children are running around and there's smoke everywhere from the stalls all over the place. People are shouting and crates are being moved and throughout all this chaos Luca seems to be in his own world.

He's walking towards the black limousine we saw earlier. There are two men sitting inside, one in the drivers seat and one in the passenger's seat. The guy in the driver's seat has a smoke in his hand and a smile on his face.

"Nikolas we have to go back to the car." I start moving through the crowd quickly towards the car and Nikolas moves behind me without saying anything.

I turn around to see that Nikolas is not behind me but someone else...

"You're aren't Nikolas?" I say in a confuse tone.

He gives me a sinister smile and with that he grabs my arms and puts a cloth on my face, trying to drug me.

I try to fight back by kicking and twisting in his arms but he's strong and he knows it. The guy's probably triple Luca's size which decreases my chances of escaping.

I try to scream as loud as I can but it only comes out as small muffled screams. I feel him drag me and with each second that passes I struggle to gain consciousness. No one is looking, no sees him dragging me into the dark or maybe it's all in my head. I slowly stop fighting back, feeling heavy and somehow dizzy. He removes the cloth from me and now I've completely stop trying to fight him.

A gun shot is heard and I'm soon laying on the ground. Everything is quiet for a moment and in that moment I feel mother nature roar in anger. She's angry at me. Blood.. Blood is on the ground. Is it mine? I look up to see the guy from earlier on the ground, blood coming out of his head. I feel numb, I can't even feel my thumb.

I notice someone's footsteps in front of me. He's talking but I can't fully make out the words. Inside I'm screaming. I go straight to defence mode but I can't even bat and eyelash. I feel the air hit my face as I'm carried up by someone.

We're in an alley, that's where that guy dragged me.

I try to see the person's face but I can't. Is this it. Is he taking me to this H20 woman. Is she going to kill me, am I going to die.. Do I want to..

I hear the sound of a car's engine and I hear shouting in the far distance.

"She's okay.." I hear a gruff male voice say.

Luca..

We're entering the car and Nikolas is driving. I feel the door shut and soon the car is moving. I suddenly feel a sharp pain in my neck. I try to open my eyes and in a blurry image I see Luca holding a needle and pulling it out.

Fuck..

I can hear gunshots being fired in the background and that's when it all kicks in and I'm suddenly consumed by darkness and numbness.

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As he looks down at her he can't help but feel something deep down in him but his pride and his past won't let him dig down and find out what it is. She's laying on the bed, her eyes closed and her soft snores filling up the room.