Blood Shed

Chapter 4 - Scarlett

My arms were pulled behind my back restrained, and my jaw held shut. Biting wasn't an option at the moment. I relaxed my body, and their hold on me became less tense. I stared up at the roof, the red sirens wailing. I closed my eyes, and became so loose I was like a ragdoll in their arms. They struggled to hold me up from my weight. My eyes shot open. They were pools of darkness holding the stars of the galaxy. In a flash, I twisted out of their grip and shot out of reach before they could even see me move. They looked in shock at their hands then look at me. Their faces became wrinkled with fear as they stared into my eyes. I noticed one guard reach behind his back, and I heard the click of a gun. The world went into slow motion for me. I could see the bullet travelling towards heading towards my head. I smoothly reached out and grabbed the shot with my two fingers, holding it in place. Everything went back into standard time. An explosion of wind came from the bullet knocking everything back except me. I flipped the round in my hand and threw it back at them. The bullet dug through the armour piercing the skin of a handsome young man. At impact, the round exploded sending all of them flying into the walls cracking their bones and breaking their necks. I slowly walked over to the young man and whispered, "What a pity. You were so handsome. Under different circumstances, I might have dated you."

The hallways were unusually empty as I strode through them. The siren had finally turned off their loud wailings and red flashing light. I came to a large open room with white padding lining the walls and bright lights lining the ceiling lighting up all the corners of the room. I covered my eyes squinting and ran across the room my vision blurring as I ran. I heard a gun click then a bullet fire. I dashed towards the wall and looked around taking in the details. I saw a soldier aiming a gun at me standing with his back to a door that says Control Room. He pulled the trigger again as I jumped to my left just dodging the bullet. On instinct, my legs started working, sprinting forward to the soldier. He panicked and tried to reload his gun as fast as she could but dropped the bullets before squeezing them into the arm. His hands shook as he glanced back up then at the ground again. He realised I was only 1 meter away when he looked back up again, his eyes wide. I strode towards him, and he dropped his gun then raised his hands into the air.

"I surrender! I swear! Please-" He cried only to be cut off by me digging my fangs through the cloth on his shoulder into his skin. He cried out in pain yelping slightly, his face scrunched up.

I pulled back and watched his eyes become a dull colour and roll back into his head as he fell to the ground limply. Blood was oozing from the dots on his shoulder from where I bit him. I step back and take his gun in my hand along with bullets. The cold metal feels strange against my skin. I pick up some ammo off the ground and pull some more out of his belt. I load some into the gun and shove the others in my clothes. I ran towards the door, then stopped short just outside. I pressed my ear against the door and listened in. Two guards... Easy enough, I thought. I pushed the door open and shot the first guard that I saw. Then I turned towards the second and leapt over a chair pushing the gun onto his neck. I threw him against the wall. I leaned over and shot my leg up so that my foot connected with his neck snapping the bone in one smooth motion. He fell limply to the ground with a thud. I turned and shut the door then jumped back to the control panel. There were colourful buttons everywhere. A hologram screen sat in front of me showing the camera viewpoints and a list of all the prisoners, along with a map of the entire building.