The Tale Of The Broken

Story of Vita. pt2 "The kidnapping"

The calm waters of red washed around Vita's body, her bright blue dress detailed with red cherry blossoms falling from a light brown tree in the sunset, now soiled in the blood of her brother. Her bright golden hair, now in a half made bun, draped across her face like curtains closing as a performance reaches its end. 

The grey coloured pavement beneath her body felt cold to the touch, unusually cold for a summer night. The ground tremble and quakes. Almost signalling the arrival of the Army. In the distance, Vita hears the sound of heavy boots pummeling the ground. They march to a steady beat and she almost falls asleep to loud, frequent and in sync sound. 

Her mind is screaming for her to get up. To warn her parents about the oncoming trouble but her body refuses to listen, ignoring her quiet pleas for strength. The sound of heavy marching draws closer but Vita can do nothing but await her forsaken future. She closes her eyes and hopes that something, anything, would save her but she knew hope would get her nowhere.

 Finally the marching stopped, after what seemed like an eternity of waiting. Vita looked up and to her fret, standing in front of her was the army. The line of men stood close together and didn't dare to make any further movements. To Vita it was as if she was looking at giants in camouflage gear and she was nothing but a small rabbit who was powerless against them.

A man with a scar across his face that started at the top of his eye and ended at the beginning of his cheek bone stood directly across from Vita. She could tell he was most likely a general due to the second yellow star on his shoulder blade. She cursed under her breath and stared back down at the ground, hoping that they would disappear. 

The man leaned down to get face to face with vita. The smell of bitter coffee on his breath."Vita Noctis. We have a warrant for your arrest" His rough hands gently grabbed her soft peachy chin. He lifted her face up carefully to inspect it and Vita got a glimpse of his vibrant red eyes. He wasn't human. 

"We have specific orders not to hurt you and your mother, Your father however is fair game" He removed his hand from Vita's chin and brought his hand up. With a little two point finger wag, the troops barged through the front door. Time stood still for vita. The sound of the army got drowned out as she was in the comfort of her thoughts. 

Her eyes fluttered shut as a way for her to not see the bloodbath that was about to ensue. Her body was doing everything in its power for her to not witness anything traumatic. As the struggle for power carried on in the house, the general took Vita's limp body and held it in his hands.

He brought her to a cage-like container that was decorated with a hay coloured blanket and bottles of water. The dark grey walls of the cage closed in on Vita and she felt trapped. The walls kept on moving in but she was set down slowly where the blanket was. The man that set her down looked upon her with pity "You humans are helpless, this is the least I can do". He got up and slammed the door of the cage, leaving Vita in the pitch dark.

She lays still and doesn't dare to make a sound. Her body was still protecting her from the trauma. As she was left with her empty thoughts the loud crashing of pots and pans from the house were muffled out by her brain. The struggle of her father, the sound of her mother hitting the floor, Her father taking his last breath. These were all drowned out by her brain.

After a few moments of silence, the door of the prison-like cage opened up to reveal her unconscious mother carried by the general. Her mother's light hazel hair was now a dull brown colour, removing all forms of light that Vita had ever seen in her mother. Her vibrant blue eyes now hidden behind pale eyelids, detailed with dark circles under them.

 Unable to talk, vita curses herself for being useless and powerless.Vita's mother was set beside Vita and the two could do nothing but stay in the position they were. The dark walls seemed even more greyer than before, the colour Vita once saw was now fading. Everything around her was reduced to nothing more than a monotone shade of grey. 

This was it. This was the last of Vita's hope fading away.Deciding that life was too painful to live anymore, Vita closed her eyes once again. Wondering if she would live a few days longer, wondering if she would ever get out of the predicament she was in. However she knew that these were all What if's, the chances of her escaping were close to nothing and the option of resisting didn't seem so favorable either. She could do nothing. 

Still with her eyes closed, Vita felt a little jolt of the cage and realised that they were moving. She knew that they were most likely going to relocate her to the science lab. There she would be experimented on. Used like a lab rat, a tool used for the pure benefit of the ruler. Vita had heard stories from her neighbours on the horrific use of human test subjects the government had used in the past.

"Apparently they make you stand in this stall that strips away your skin, then they strap you to a table and make you listen to a recording of the ruler so they can brainwash you and-" Lacy, Vita's friend from school goes on. Their teacher overhears and immediately butts in "Um Girls. What have I said about discussing rumours in lessons?"

The teacher drums her hands against the table and the two girls sigh. "Rumours of evil are as bad as the act of Evil" They both say simultaneously. The teacher nods her head in approval and winks at the girls before returning to the other students. Lacey turns to Vita and holds her hand in the shape of a mouth while mocking the teachers saying.

"Rumours of evil are as bad as the act of Evil" She says in a high pitched voice. Vita laughs and drags her friends hand down. "We'll both get detention if she hears you." Lacey puffs her cheek and pokes Vita in the head. "Since when were you little miss perfect. Gasp! They've brainwashed you, haven't they?!"

 Lacey dramatically holds her right hand over head and her left over her heart."My poor best friend, They've gotten to you" Vita rolls her eyes and flicks a pencil at Lacey. The pencil gets trapped in Laceys wavy red hair. She gasps again before taking it out of her hair and flinging a red pen at Vita. 

The two girls laugh but not for long as soon after a shout from the front of the classroom is heard. "Girls" Vita laughs at the memory she had just recalled. "Getting skinned alive and watching my brother die in the same time space?" She sighs. "Sounds eventful" She whispers as she turns herself over to get some sleep before she becomes a human lab rat.