Ashes of Fire (#1)

Chapter 6: News And Gifts

After all the crazy conversation we had, I decide to just sleep for the whole day, without eating again. Then Josh gives me a mysterious package in the middle of the afternoon. The box is sealed tightly; I wonder what’s inside it. I turn the box around and find scrambles of untidy writing.

From: Ruby and Gemini, the hot Asian guy from yesterday.

I crumple my face in disgust. He’s such a narcissist. I open the box with my bare hands. I look down to see what’s in it. The stuffs illuminates with the shadow as I pick it out one by one. But when I actually see what they packed me, my face flushes red. There are couple of clothes, bras and tampons.

“How dare him,” I mutter to myself. But as I think about it, it’s going to be useful anyways.

I take a piss, eat, sleep, and repeat. The day is kind of boring until Gemini suddenly appears.

“Hey,” he says while unlocking the cage door. I flutter around then finally put the box down. He stares at it for a second and look back right into my eyes.

“Yes?” I clear my throat.

“Sorry about Ruby,” he shrugs. He puts down another mysterious box. Another box of bras and tampons? I cringe.

“W-What’s that?” I stutters; pinning myself on the legs of the bed.

“Not that,” he looks at me in embarrassment. “Get your mind out of the gutter.”

“You started it.”

            He then open it, it’s a med kit. He pours alcohol to the cotton gently. Gemini looks back at me and smiles. He rarely smiles I must say. Smirk? A lot. His smile, his dimple, even his existence just make my heart skips a beat. His Asian features are just cute and soothing in a way. But I don’t like the idea of falling in love too fast; we just met a few days ago anyways—not that I like him or anything.  

“Here.” He pushes the cotton towards me.

“Oh… right.” I’m so stupid! I internally scream. I thought he’s going to gently heal my wounds and say soothing words about it. Then smiles with his dimple showing and maybe, just maybe kiss— I really need to stop. I grab the cotton of alcohol and pat it to one of my wound. I groan in agony, but stops when the wound slowly heals.

“So about everything,” he breaks the silence—also my imagination. “I know you want explanation.”

“Indeed.”

“We are called Black Warriors. We were once Warriors, even Holy Warriors, just like Ruby and I. So let’s start with the Holy Warriors. Holy Warriors are the strongest among the strong. We work for each country we lived in, to keeps the country save and well. But we betrayed them…”

“Why-”

“I’m not finished,” he warns. Pause. I obediently nod and he finally continues, “We betrayed them with several of reasons, and each person has their own reason.”

“What’s your reason?” I dare to ask.

“We just met a few days ago, what you expect?” he rolls his eyes. “Anyway, the reason why we ‘stole’ you is mainly because you should be one of us.”

“We just met a few days ago, what you expect?” I mimic.

“Oh let me repeat that, you should be one of us. It’s not an option,” he chuckles.

            I squint at him while he just smiles on his own victory. I shrug. I don’t have that much of choice after all.

“Great,” he claps his hands.

“So what do I need to do to be one of you betrayers?” I raise an eyebrow.

“I’ll do the injection tomorrow,” he informs. “So I’ll inject some of my blood to your blood and you’ll feel like a newborn baby. As in you won’t remember anything.”

“What?” I squeak.

“You sure say that a lot.”

            I ignore the comment. I think about it with my hands around my head stressfully. He crouches next to me, I bet he feels sorry. But despite all that, all I can think about now is Alex. I’ll forget him.

A/N: What do you think of this chapter? ;) Hint: the next chapter will be in Alex's POV~ By the way, please check out mithaxx905's story: Comforting Woods !!

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