The Risen

Chapter Forty Seven

Clarity
Cassi

I sat downstairs at the dining room table, the room still had the bloodstains from Ace and Carter's fight a few days ago.
I just got off the radio from Jayce and Dante, who claim that they spoke to Frost and that they will be coming early tomorrow to get me and Jeff.

Jeff was also in the room, he was handcuffed by the hands together, and he also wore a second pair of handcuffs which held his right hand to the steal spiral staircase, he sat in the blood of his former ally Carter.

Jeff only wore his eye patch, a pair of jeans and a torn up dark purple t-shirt, we took away his guns and armour before the others left with Noah.

Shadow sat at my feet under the table staring at Jeff across the room.

I was taking apart a pistol and cleaning it, I also had a fully loaded one on the table, ready for Jeff if he tried anything, Jayce told me not to kill him unless he forces me too, as we'll need him to reason with Ryder, veruses Dante's advice which was just shoot him if he blinks.

"So, they're coming back!" Jeff croaked.

I continued to clean the gun without looking at Jeff.

"Yup"

"I'm dead when they get back right?" Jeff asked in a low sad voice.

"Probably" I answered beginning to put the gun back together.

"If your plan is to use me as leverage for Ryder, I'm telling you it won't work" Jeff spoke confindantly clearly trying to scare me.

I turned to face him.

"Sorry, what was that?" I asked standing up from my chair and beginning to walk over to him.

"Ryder will kill you all, he'll save me, you won't stand a chance none of you have the balls to fight him anyways!" I stood in front of Jeff, as he spat in my face, I grabbed his eyepatch and ripped it off revealing his banage. I threw the eye patch across the room and ripped off the banage to reveal the empty bloody socket.

"What are you-" I pushed my thumb into his socket as he screamed in angoy.

"STOP PLEASE!" he screamed.

"YOU THINK WE CAN'T DO IT?" I yelled.

"NO! YOU CAN, WHATEVER YOU SAY JUST STOP, AHH!" Jeff screamed for another second or two before I pulled my thumb out and cover his socket with the banage again. I then grabbed a nearby rag and cleaned off my thumb, Jeff was breathing heavily.

I went back to the dining room table and took apart a assualt rifle to begin cleaning it too. Shadow still sat at my feet under the table.

"You bitch, you and Dante are perfect for each other" Jeff spoke heavily.

"Shut up, or I'll do it again"

And he shut up, for the rest of the night.

...

Ryder

I floated in what I thought was my mind, I kept trying to recollect my thoughts but it was too fuzzy. I remember Jayce, and the belltower, he blew it up and I was blasted to a river.

I remember rushing water, and men standing over me, it was too fuzzy it was like a dream you had the night before but forgot after you woke up.

Maya, I remember Maya, she was there by my side, guiding me and- no that wasn't right.

I was guiding her now, I corrupted her, I watched as she killed-

Kiera!

The memories came flooding back to me of what he made me do to the others.