i woke up and rolled onto my back, only to hiss in surprise and jump from the bed. i looked down at myself, wearing underwear and an oversized t shirt. flashes of everything that happened came back to me and i sighed.
a knock on the door made me tense, and ignoring the sharp pain from the slashes in my back, i slowly crept to the door. they knocked again and i opened it a crack, peeking out. Lily stood there, her white blonde hair thrown into a frizzy ponytail. two guards stood on either sides of the door. i opened the door farther, letting Lily in and eyeing the guards. they looked at me in boredom.
i winked at them then closed the door, not waiting for their reaction. those guards are my only way out.
i turned around to face Lily who looked like she had dressed in a hurry. her hair was normally perfect, her makeup sharp. her outfit was always carefully picked and right now, she was the complete opposite of that. her outfit was mismatched and her hair was frizzy and tangled, shoved up into a ponytail. she wore no makeup at all and she looked at me, a hurried look in her eyes.
"what's wrong?" i questioned.
"the cameras in your room have been disable for twenty minutes. they're rebooting the system. so we have-" she glanced at her watch. "five minutes to talk without being listened to."
"ok." i looked at her.
"tell me your parent's phone number, i will call them and tell them where you are." i eyed her.
"how? you're not allowed to leave."
"no, but I'm allowed to have five minute unsupervised phone call." i made an o with my mouth and nodded. then i ran over to the desk and grabbed a sharpie. Lily gave me her arm and i rolled up the sleeve of her hoodie and wrote Noah's number very small on the crevice of her elbow. she pushed her sleeve back down.
"this is Noah's number. he's my trainer. my parents can't always answer their phone but he can." she nodded. "Lily?"
"yes?" she looked at me, her blue eyes wide.
"thank you. i will come back for you. and i'll kill Brandon." she nodded. i quickly sat down in a chair and lifted the back of my shirt for her to examine the slashes.
"thirty seconds left." Lily said. then she unwrapped my bandages and began on my back. i looked at the camera and saw the red light turn back on. how did she even know that they were rebooting the system? they wouldn't have told her, she's just a doctor. besides, I've seen the was Brandon looks at her. he doesn't trust her at all.
i sat and held my poker face as Lily cleaned my cuts again and then bandaged them. she handed me an outfit and i looked at her questioningly.
"Brandon wants you to have breakfast with him." she said. i nodded and went into the bathroom to change. It was a black wool dress with black leather straps circling over it. It had a pair of matching black high heeled boots.
i stepped out of the bathroom and sat down, careful of my back. it ached any time i moved, but it was worse when i brushed something. Lily put my hair into this amazing badass style, that i hadn't even thought of trying. she put the entire left side of my head into a French braid tight against my skull. i braided down like a regular French braid, but then the right side of my head was teased to point it looked like i had just gotten into a fight. she sprayed it to make it stay, then did my makeup. she did my eyes in dark smokey eyes, and a thick winged eyeliner. my mascara was thick too, and my lips were painted a blood red. it was meant to be intimidating, even though I'm only going to see Brandon.
she smiled and whispered.
"do what you do best. be intimidating." she said. i curved my red lips up just a tad, making a barely recognizable smirk. she lifted me up and walked with me to the door. we stepped out and she nodded as i went with the guards. they both put a hand on my back and i wanted to hiss in pain. they looked at me, smirking and rubbed my back. when i didn't flinch, their eyes widened and they looked at me. i glared at them, burning holes in their faces. they let go of my back and one walked in front of me, the other behind me.
i followed them through the maze of hallways until i saw the arena doors open. i halted, ignoring the guards orders to keep walking. i took a step closer to the door and peered into the arena. two girls were fighting a big guy, and he was winning.
"what is this? i thought it was all girl on girl?" i said to one of the guards.
"when a girl and her doctor betray Brandon, they get a chance to fight him and go free. they fight to the death and if the girls win, they go free." the man grabbed the girl with the smaller frame, i can only imagine she's the doctor, she had almost no muscles. he lifted her up into the air with one hand wrapped around her skull. she was holding onto his arm to desperately hang on as they went up. he tossed her aside and she hit one of the stone pillars, her skull breaking and caving in instantly. blood scattered everywhere and i almost gagged. this guy was strong! the other girl was a little harder to defeat, and she put up a really good fight. but in the end, it was almost the same. he grabbed her by the ankle and slammed her body around in the dirt like a rag doll. he let go and she tried to stand. he stood over her and grabbed her head, breaking her neck in one swift motion.
the man looked at me and grinned. i kept perfect control over my poker face and i stared at him. is this what would happen if Lily was caught calling Noah? i turned and walked away with the guards, my heels clomping and my insides churning. i was horrified. not only did they corrupt these innocent girls, but they tortured the ones who didn't put on a good show, they killed the ones who tried to escape. brutally.
i shook my head and kept walking.
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god damn, my brain is violent!! i didn't even know i had this messed up shit in my head until i started writing. maybe i should lay off the Stephan king for a while eh?
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RomanceAshlyn Ross is a normal teenage girl -to the outside world that is. she has a secret identity and only her parents and trusted trainer knows. she's a gang boss that even her gang members don't know who she is. she goes by Rose and that's that. her...