No One Here - Kai Parker

1.

As Emma shifted to her side on the left her head hit something soft. Assuming that it was her pillow she stretched her hand to pull it closer when it chuckled.

" Kai," she backed away with a scream.

"I know you were dreaming about me," he smirked, looking down at her. Arms folded behind his head.

" No. I wasn't," she sputtered. Emma slid to the other end of the bed, maintaining a fair amount of distance between herself and Kai.

She sighed, holding her head in her hands." You here to stab me again?"

When she'd arrived in the prison world two days ago, Kai had greeted her with a sweet stab in the spleen. She'd simply laughed and said, "I like you."

"That was one time," he said, as if stabbing someone was no big deal.

" Twice," she corrected him. " You've stabbed me twice in two days. Is that how you greet guests?"

" Only the ones who drop in without an invitation." His voice still held that morning rasp. " You've anyways got the VIP treatment so far. And still you haven't told me how you got here."

Emma raised her eyebrows." That's because I spent most of my time being stabbed and unconscious, remember?"

"I made breakfast," he said, surprising her a little but she didn't let it show.
"I wanna hear how you got here. Every detail." He left no room for arguments. It was an order.

" I don't wanna talk about it," said Emma, her voice coming out smaller than she'd expected. Kai said something that she didn't really hear. She was staring at her blanket as if she were reliving a nightmare.The echo of chanting and screaming ran in her mind. She remembered holding her brother's dead body. It sent a shiver down her spine.

" Of course you will," said Kai. "Unless you prefer being stabbed again?"

" This is unbelievable."

" What is?"

" Just– this. Everything." She gestured around her.

Clearly, Kai had no idea as to what she was saying. The confusion on his face was clear.

She sighed. " Just get out."

" Fine. I want you down in ten."

After Kai left Emma quickly showered and got dressed. She always tried to avoid looking into the mirror while changing her clothes. She stared at the hip bones that were now poking out and then at her ribs and chest.

Her health had gotten worse in the past few months. She would wake up screaming from her nightmares and then throw up until she passed out in the bathroom.

Emma sighed. The pants she wore were lose around her waist. They shifted around as she moved. She walked down to the kitchen where Kai was already munching on his food. As she sat opposite to him he pushed a plate towards her.

" I'm not really hungry," she said. She was tired but not hungry and sometimes she could not tell the difference between either.

" Breakfast is the most important meal of the day," he said, stuffing his mouth with pancakes. " And I've had like, sixteen years to perfect my cooking skills. And since you're here I might as well show them off."

" I'm really no-"

Kai put down his fork. " Look," he said. " If you don't eat you won't be strong enough and I won't be able to get the best off your powers."

Selfish, arrogant bastard. He'd only given her a place to stay so he could use her later.

" Fine," she said." But just a heads up, you won't be able to siphon my powers and stay alive much longer."

Kai lowered his voice and gasped dramatically. " Wait.... Is this some kind of reverse psychology to get me to not siphon from you?"

Emma rolled her eyes. He must really have a death wish.

" No, Kai. You can't siphon from me because my powers are the only reason I'm stuck here, in the prison world ."

Kai served her pancakes and orange juice. She tried to avoid eating and start random conversations. She even went as far to ask Kai what his favorite color was. She internally slapped herself.

" Eat," he ordered. " Your tricks won't work on me. "

"Whatever, My liege." She made a face and continued playing with her food.

" What was that? "

" The voices," she simply blurted and gulped down the orange juice.

" Well I can't wait to hear what you did to get trapped in here. Obviously you couldn't have topped me but by all means, continue..."

" I never started," said Emma which she thought was funny but of course he didn't appreciate it and reached for the knife next to his plate instead.

" Let's just say that I pissed off Joshua parker so bad that he had no choice but to lock me up."

" What did you do?"

She smirked. " Ever heard about the legend of Maximoff witches?"

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