Mr.Trillionaire and Miss Runaway Convict

Chapter Twenty Nine:Part Two

Ethan Desmond Moretz:

The silver steel doors close behind us with an ominous clank.

And it's dark.
Pitch dark everywhere.
I can't see a thing,not even my own hands carrying Saira.

But I feel the Ravens coming closer,their footsteps a synchronized rhythmic beat.

Bracing myself for an attack,I have already decided to go on an offense attack when lights start to flicker from somewhere in the sides of the ceiling,one by one.

I look up to see soft dim lights on the ceiling,stationed there with a difference of only one feet,a 30 cm difference.

You would think these soft yellow fairy like lights would give one the impression of comfort,home but no.
Not in the Cube.
The Hall is huge.It's so huge you can't even see the end,it stretches endlessly.

But there are doors on both sides, right and left.
I know the Cube's architecture well enough.
Yet there aren't anything mortifying or fear inducing in this entrance hall.
It's just barren land.
But that also makes it terrifying,does it not?
Lavinco has intentionally made the entrance this spacious,this wide and this empty.
Rows of wooden doors on the far sides of the hallway,there is a long path you need to take to reach the Dictator's office.
If only you survive,of course.

And those twinkling lights hovering over your head doesn't help at all.
It makes you feel like you are in a haunted house of some sort, waiting for some unfortunate incident to occur.

Now,I look around to see the Ravens have surrounded us.
Masked men are bound around us like a tightly coiled rope,in the shape of a circle.

I sigh."Gentlemen, aren't we all friends here? This isn't the first time I have come here.Must you really do this?"

Silence.

Slowly,what feels like the barrel of a gun touches my back and a robotic voice says,
"Walk."

Rolling my eyes,I mutter,"The older batch was more fun.At least they knew how to treat a trillionaire right."

We start walking and I look down on Saira's sleeping face and hope she doesn't open her eyes at this moment because she would probably break a tooth or two.

But I have to admit,I wouldn't mind some company.
Especially of someone who happens to
be my partner in crime,quite literally.

I don't get to ponder too much about Saira because the barrel touches my back again and I stop, waiting for one of these corpses to speak.

"Leave Saira here now.Master Ruth has asked to see you."

Damn it.
This was the part I was afraid of.
But I can't show any more restraints.Or else,they will suspect me even any more or worse,what if they use Saira as leverage for me?

Turning back,I look at the masked man and push the gun back to him,away from Saira's body.

"Any chance I could escort my lady to her prison?",I ask lazily.

"No.Instructions clearly state that you hand her over to us.Now."

I smile."Okay."

Taking one step closer to this blasted soldier,I slowly hand Saira over to him and watch as another Raven places a wheelchair beside him.The man places Saira there,her head angling on one side,hair covering her face.

I watch as he takes her away.
As he opens one of the identical looking doors,pushes Saira in and shuts it with a bang.
I watch all of it with my lips sealed shut,because I am certain,all the hidden cameras are angled at me right at this moment and Lavinco's enjoying watching my reaction and Rudy's just waiting for me to break.
But I won't.