Trapped

Chapter 2

Cleo Washington POV

I could barely pry my eyes open due to the intense amount of light that surrounded me.

Did they kill me and this is heaven? Or was this just some sort of sick dream? Is this just the sun greeting me in my room?

Many incoherent voices began to ring in my ears.

Eventually my eyes began to focus and my ears decided to join the party.

An unrecognized voice asked, " Should we use her as a bargaining chip against the Gods? They certainly won't give up their princess."

A woman responded, " No we need her to join our cause, we need magic like that if we ever want to succeed."

" But she's too powerful. We didn't even have the necessary restraints. We struggled against Jace, imagine when she turns against us", another man roared.

" Sure, Jace was difficult, but we need to gain her trust."

" Sure that's easy we just killed her mother", man #2 spoke with sarcasm.

" That's not her real mother remember, and she has to be on our side once she sees how the Gods have failed us."

What are these people talking about? My worst nightmares have come true! Yesterday was real and they have taken me to their weird cult that believes in Gods. I hope they aren't going to do some sacrificial Aztec stuff.

I don't know how much more of this I can take.

" She's awake", man # 1 said. He looks like Dopey from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs so that's what I shall call him.

When Dopey said that, all three eyes were upon me.

Man #3 squinted his eyes at me and had a scowl painted on his drooping face. This only means one thing.

His new name I bestow upon him is Grumpy.

The same woman that was dressed in white at my house said, " Welcome to RH corporation. We stand for Restore Humanity. We believe you will play a central role in achieving our goal."

Before I could stop the words flowing from my mouth, I asked, " And how is inflicting fires throughout Los Angeles ' restoring humanity? Or is murdering innocents and kidnapping children some type of therapeutic treatment?"

Amusement flashed through her eyes and said, " You will learn soon enough, but first we must let you get situated."

She looked at Grumpy and he nodded in understanding .It was like they had some secret language between them that needed no words spoken.

Note to self: learn that language.

Grumpy then picked me up out of the chair I was sitting in, that looked like an examination chair, and pinned my arms around my back . I tried freeing myself but It was no use.

I then felt Grumpy's hot breath on my ear when he whispered, " You're a feisty one, aren't you princess."

I almost threw up in my mouth. Grumpy looked like he was in his late thirties, and I'm only sixteen. I was going to tell him that if he did do anything it would be illegal. But remembered that he really doesn't care about the law.

Wait a minute. This is the second time that someone has called me princess today.

" Why do you people keep referring to me as a princess?"

" That's what happens when you're the spawn of a king or queen,'' he said in a 'duh' tone.

Very unhelpful.

" Okay but I'm not ' the spawn of a king or queen", I responded irritable.

" Shut up we are almost there."

" Where are we going?"

" I said shut up!"

I decided I was going to listen to him. Grumpy was in one of his moods.

I was led down a very narrow and dark hallway. I tried looking at special landmarks so I could map my escape, but everything looked the same. It was a dark grey hallway after another dark grey hallway.

We suddenly halted in front of a huge door that looked like a vault door. It had so many mechanisms on it. Grumpy scanned his free hand and then all the locks became unlocked.

A bell rang and a bunch of people my age lined up. I counted eight of them.

" WHERE IS JACE?" Grumpy roared.

" Calm yourself Haymish. I'm right here", a deep voice said.

Haymish is his name. Oh well, I'm still going to refer to him as Grumpy.

A boy I'm assuming is Jace, came out of another door and his lower half was wrapped in a towel. He was so handsome. He had light brown hair that was wet, and his eyes were golden. I didn't know if the sun was playing tricks on me but there was no sunlight in this room. There were no windows at all. My eyes traveled down from his defined jawline to feast myself on his perfectly defined six pack, V line, pecks, and muscular arms.

I was interrupted from worshiping Jace's body, when Grumpy said, " Everyone welcome Cleo. Make sure she is properly situated."

He let go of my arms and started to make his exit, before he fully closed the door he blew a kiss my way and said, " Bye. Bye Princess."

I rolled my eyes, and found nine people staring at me. It felt like they were assessing every inch of me and made me self conscious. I should have changed into something so I wouldn't still be in my pajamas. And maybe I shouldn't have eaten all those pancakes, whichever day I did.

Something finally sunk in with me. I have no idea what day it is!

A girl with dark brown hair with purple tips approached me. Her hair was in a bob cut. She extended her hand and said, " Keilani."

I placed mine out to hers and said, " Cleo."

She held my hand and said, " Let's get you into the proper attire."

I looked at everyone in the room, and all the girls had black sports bras, and black short shorts. The guys all had on no shirts and black sweatpants, except for Jace of course who was dripping in his towel.

I followed her into a large bathroom, and she said, " This is where we all shower. As you can see guys and girls both share the same living situation. If you like privacy, I'm afraid you won;t get any here. We've all seen each other naked at least once or twice."

I instantly turned red at the thought and Keilani laughed.

" What are you worried about? You have an amazing body. If I was that skinny, I'd be a model giving Gigi Hadid a run for her money."

" Thanks", a said and smiled.

She handed me the sports bra, a fresh pair of underwear, black socks, black sneakers, and black shorts.

I tried to go in the shower to cover myself but realized there was no shower curtain.

I looked at Keilani and she sighed and said, " No privacy remember. I'll leave and make sure no one comes in here though."

I thanked her again and changed into the ' proper attire'.

When I came out a guy talking to Jace with dirty blond hair and hazel eyes looked at me and said, " She's hot."

I quickly averted my eyes away from him and found Keilani. She said , " ignore him. He's always this horny."

I didn't know whether to laugh or hide.

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AN: Whose your favorite character so far?

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