Caged

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*Lidia's POV*

Seventy-one .... 

Seventy-two...

Seventy-three...

Seventy-four ...

I sighed. Counting the raindrops that were falling from the top of my cage on my head didn't help much pass the time. And if I went on like this, I'll probably become crazy. 
My back hurt like hell from being in this sitting position so long, but it wasn't as if I had another choice. This place was long enough to allow me to spread my legs but not high enough to stand, I could barely squat in here. 
The cage was cold and wet now, I was shivering with my knees curled against my chest, my head resting on them and my body backing back and forth, like a mad person.
 
Three days. It has been three days since Pan had thrown me in here. Since then, I hadn't been "allowed" to go out nor see anyone, except Felix who came thrice a day to bring food that I refused to eat. If they thought I was a dog you could tie outside and then come to feed, they were dead wrong. Of course I felt my body going weaker and weaker and I was especially craving for water, but still I didn't allow myself to accept their food. And thinking of Pan's pissed off face at the fact I didn't comply to his treatment also made me stay obstinate. 
At night I couldn't sleep. First because there wasn't enough place to lay down, and secondly because of the noises. If it wasn't the strange and scary howlings, growls and cracks coming from the woods, it was the Lost boys' shoutings and some sort of flute music coming from the camp that kept me awake. I guessed the cage wasn't far from the camp because I could see the the tips of some of the tents and discern the blurred shadow of the firecamp, hidden behind large trees. 
I scratched my tired and puffy eyes and sighed again from exhaustion. How many more days would I last like this? Without food, without water, without sleep. 
As I was wondering, I heard footsteps coming towards the cage and raised my head. As I thought, it was Felix' face that appeared behind the bars, carrying a plate of fruits and what looked like a piece of meat. He placed it on the ground and looked at me with his piercing blue eyes. I just shook my head, the same way I did for three days now. 
Felix sighed heavily and turned around to go away but I stopped him. "Wait!" 
I didn't know what took me, truthfully. "Can't you...stay for a moment?" 
What was I doing? Why did I say that? I didn't want to say that, and I surely didn't want HIM to stay. He was Pan's second and looked as scary and mad as him. But right now I guess...I guess I just needed some human interaction. I had never been an extrovert or very social but still I needed to see people, even if I didn't talk to them. Back in my town, I never really spoke to anyone beside the kids in the streets sometimes. Usually I just looked at people, listened to them discussing and all. It could sound weird but it was my kind of human interaction. Interaction through other people's interaction. 
Felix stopped in his tracks and slowly turned back. 
"Don't. Talk. To. Me." He said icily. I didn't even know which of his eyes or his voice were colder. 
"Please" I added. And it really hurt so much more than any of Pan's punishments to say this word.  "Just a moment. I just want to talk to someone. Anyone. I can't stay anymore like th-"
"I said, don't talk to me!" Felix growled. 
"What's your problem?" Now I was also angry. I tried to be nice for once and there was his answer. 
"Did Pan also forbad you to talk?" I scoffed.
Felix stepped forward and gripped the bars with his right hand so violently it made the cage shake. 
"He didn't. But I don't want to talk to you, so just shut up." 
"Why? Don't appreciate me?" I asked sarcastically. 
"It's difficult to appreciate someone who punched you." He growled. 
"Really? Well I think it's also difficult to appreciate someone who tried to beat you and then made you sit on a freaking high tree for hours to have his revenge!!" You snapped back. 
"I don't care what you think about me. I'm just telling not to speak to me, is that understood?" 
I gritted my teeth and ruffled my hair in rage. I then lowered my head into my arms and nodded, disappointed. "Okay, if you wish." I mumbled. 
I heard Felix release his grip on the cage, turn back and head to the camp. 

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