Witch (Ruby Rose)

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Ruby's POV

My body feels like it's on a blazing fire and it doesn't seem to be coming to an end, only getting worse with every single thing I do; every breath I take, every move I make, every little bit of my body is just consumed by pain.

I don't know how long I've been here, I don't even know where here is. All I know is that it's cold and dark, too dark for even my enhanced eyes to make out what sort of room I'm in. My arms are chained up to the ceiling, making me hang just above the ground uncomfortably.

I've been drifting in and out of consciousness, seeing and hearing things that I'm not sure are real or not. I even think I heard my Toni talking, crying actually. I felt her hands on me, heard her crying as she tried to stop the bleeding from my waist. She whispered something I couldn't hear before I drifted off again. I wanted to hold her, to tell her everything was going to be ok, but I couldn't. Not only because I'm weak and in pain, but because I didn't even know what was happening. I didn't even know if she was real

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More time passes, its length not being something I can comprehend right now but I know I've been here long. The sound of footsteps reach my ears, the low clicking sound telling me that this person was confident in themselves.

The door, made of metal judging by the sound, opens slowly before the footsteps continue inside the room. The person keeps the door open, allowing a very dim light to shine into the room. I lift my head slightly to look at the person.

"Well, well. I'm glad to see you've finally decided to wake up." Her voice is cold, sarcastic but lined with amusement. Her eyes glimmer as she stares at me.

I say nothing, only trying to figure out who she is and what she could possibly want from me. Last thing I properly remember is her attacking me on the beach. Looking at her, I try to look confident, like I'm not afraid of what she could do to me. I have to seem like I can handle what she's trying to do.

"Oh, I see, you're trying to act all brave and tough now. It's not going to work, it's pretty obvious that you're scared." She grins at me as she circles me giving me a once over as if determining whether or not I'd be able to do something to retaliate to her words. "Don't worry, nothing too bad will happen to you thanks to your girlfriend." Her grin grows when she notices me tense at the mention of Toni. Everything else that was going through my mind didn't matter anymore

"Where is Toni?" My voice sounds so rough and it's painful to speak but I have to know. I need to know where she is, if she's safe. "Tell, me where she is!" Both her and I are both shocked by the volume of my voice, as well as the little crack in the ceiling I caused when I tugged on the chains angrily. My captor looks at me slightly shaken, mumbling something about needing to hurry and me getting stronger. I don't care, I just want to know where Toni is.

"She's resting, in my bed where she belongs." She's back to smiling arrogantly, she decides to taunt me. "Don't worry, I haven't done anything she doesn't like. I remember her being very tired when I left her." I growl and pull on the chains again. "I made her remember why she loved me in the first place." That's when I realized who this girl is.

"Kara..." I growl out.

"Yes yes, you catch on quickly. But please, don't be too mad, it was bound to happen that she returns to her one true love. You were just a little adventure till she came to her senses. You mean nothing to her."

My anger at this point is overwhelming, i can feel my power returning and flowing through me. Enough so that Kara seems to be frightened again. My growls and tugging to get free are the only noises filling the room. The chains began to loosen from the ceiling.

Then I feel pain again, making me scream. Kara presses on my wound again and uses her other hand to roughly hold my face forcing me to look at her.

"Don't you think it's better to just give up? You're just going to get yourself into something you won't be able to win. You're weak, especially without her and soon you won't have even an ounce of the precious power the goddess gave to you. Just let it go, let her go, she's not yours anymore."

"I-I'll never let her go!" I growl through the pain and rage.

"Then you'll never see the light of day."

She lets me go just as roughly as she held me and left the room, leaving me bleeding and in pain, feeling drained and weak all over again.

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Hours, I assume, pass. Time here still making me me dizzy and adding on to my growing headache. My pain is all dull now, feeling nowhere near as hurtful as the words that stupid asshole spoke to me. Since she left, ive been stuck in the silence of this cold room with nothing else to do then to think.

'where her words true? has Toni forgotten me? did she ever love me to begin with?'

The doubt circled through my mind not letting me rest. As much as I tried to not let Kara's words get to me, I couldn't help the tiniest part of me that believed her. But then I remember the things Toni has told me about Kara, the way her face would change into a scared or disgusted expression. Then I remembered the way she'd look at me, the way she'd smile her precious smile that was reserved for me, I know she loves me as much as I love her. Toni would never go back to Kara.

Suddenly I here low whisper, a cry so soft I almost don't believe that I heard it. It's her, my Toni crying, whimpering, begging for help. My heart squeezed painfully at the sound, knowing I couldn't help her.

"I need to help my baby..." I grumble as I tug more on the chains, now knowing that I'm able to loosen them. I feel myself get angrier as I keep losing concentration to somehow summon my power again.

"Ugh, fuck! I need to get out of here!"

"Maybe I can help with that."

I never thought I'd be so happy to hear the voice of my girlfriend's scary mother.