Did You Really Save Me

Chapter Ten

Max POV

I stand up and turn to look over at Travis who is still on the ground, I walk over to him and put out a hand for him to grab, he takes my hand a second later and I pull him up. We turn to the other members their faces only showing shock and nothing else. We walk over to them and they say nothing, they are just silent. Travis is quite shocked as well, I don't know what to say, no-one does.

"S-So M.X, did you always know how to fight like t-that?" Sean asks with shock evident in his voice. "Uhh, yeah, my p-parents wanted me to do fighting lessons," I reply, I hate mentioning my parents as it is a sensitive subject. Thankfully no-one asks any questions.

It becomes a bit awkward but it is quickly gone as it came. "M.X, what other fighting skills do you have?" Kyle asks. "Uhh well, I know how to fight with a knife and gun. That is pretty much it" I reply. "M.X can I talk to you alone?" Sean asks, "sure" I reply. As we walk out of the training room Sean tells the others to start practising combat.

We soon reach to what I presume is his office, we walk in and he motions with his hand to the chair opposite, him facing the desk. "So, ahh, what did you want to talk to me about?" I question nervously. "Well you know how it has been a while since you got here, even if it was only around a week ago, I wanted to ask if you were ready to tell us, or just me, why you were in the auction?" He asks carefully, I look into his eyes there is only kindness. I try to swallow the lump in my throat but it isn't going away. "Ahh, well I was in the auction because I was kidnapped from the place I lived at most of the time. All my friends were there and we were just sitting around doing nothing. We were all looking out the window for some reason, talking about nothing interesting, but then out of nowhere gunshots were heard and I saw that most of my friends were k-killed." I had to stop for a moment, the memories were still fresh and sore. Tears started to well up in my eyes but I tried to hold them in, Sean saw this and walked around from behind the desk and sat next to me on the big chair.

"There was only three of us left. It was only the oldest one out of us all, my best friend and I. The eldest one, h-he put up the best fight he could b-but it was hard as the one he was fighting h-had a k-knife." Tears slowly started to roll down my face, Sean hugged me tightly for comfort. "It was only me and my b-best friend left, we were holding hands next to each other, we were stuck up against the w-wall, we could do nothing. We both had g-guns pointed towards u-us, I remember the people saying 'don't move or try anything or you will be shot.' We were both t-terrified on what was going to h-happen." I started to cry harder, Sean kept rubbing my back and whispering comforting words to soothe me. It helped me calm down.

"Then t-two guys started nodding and stuff, t-they pointed towards me, t-then towards my best f-friend. Then b-before we could do anything h-he was s-shot." That was the moment I broke down, my tears wouldn't stop falling.