A single flame in the rain

CHAPTER FOUR

I looked at him my eyes full of worry and fear, who knows what they could do to her. " What happened? " he asked.

" They.. they, I don't who they are, but they took her, they kidn*pped her. I shouldn't..I shouldn't have let her, I'm a bad person " I said panicking. I started hyperventilating, tears stinging my eyes. What kind of sister am I? It's all my fault.

" Ingrid, Ingrid, calm down! " he said, both his hands on my shoulders " Take deep breaths, Breathe. " I took three deep breaths before my heart slowed down.

Tears went down my face, I slowly raised my head up to look at him, taking in all his handsome glory. I cleared my throat and backed away. I quickly composed myself, looking back at him with cold eyes. " Umm.. thank you "

" Your welcome, I told you, I'm here if you need a shoulder to cry on " he smiled. How could he smile after what he did, and how could I come running to him. ' I hate him, I hate him ' I repeated to myself.

" I admit, I need your help " I said clearing my throat,it was hard for to admit that with my pride and ego, but for my sister, I'd lick his boots. " Not because I want to but because I want to save my sister and your the only blue boy I know who's got access to the Beaulow database " He looked at me with this hard stare that always sent shivers down my spine and not the pleasant ones.

" I mean handsome hot blue heroic man in the whole milky way " he raised his eyebrows and I sighed. " In the whole galaxy? " he smiled

He slowly started walking with his hand on my back, dragging me along with him " As much as I would love to help you sweetheart, I'm not about to become a willing accomplice to a wanted fugitive. " he said and before I knew it I was out the door and he slammed the door on my face. I looked at the door dumbstruck, I poured my heart out and he threw me out and he calls himself a friend. I walked back towards my camp to investigate on my own.

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~ CASSANDRA'S P.O.V ~

I was sitting on the floor, slouched on the wall, sobbing, through my cries I could hear my kidnappers talking about something, I could only make out a few words such as ' auction ' ' money ' ' scientists' and all that, the ' auction ' part is what stuck out the most, they were going to sell me. I couldn't help it as more tears flowed out of my eyes like a waterfall and my sobs become louder. " Oi, shut up! " One of my kidnappers say, at his words I cried louder than before.

I saw a door open and a man walked in. " I wouldn't waste those pretty little tears or you might get get dehydrated and I promise I won't spare you even a drop of water " he smirked evilly. I took a deep breath trying to calm myself but my efforts were futile. I continued to cry as he sighed. " Throw her in with the rest " he said in an uninterested tone.

Two large men walked in and stalked towards me, grabbing my arm and dragging me to wherever.

We passed multiple hallways as many of the people who resided in the spaceship stared at me, most with pity and others with an unrecognisable emotion that made me uncomfortable, we descended the stairs and the condition of this level was frightening, they were many doors, with many people sticking out of them, trying to reason and negotiate with the men. We reached a door and they opened it and slightly pushed me on in, it was a prison like room, it was drab and dark and smelled of body odour and urine, my nose stung at the smell and my eyes watered. " Please, please. I don't wanna go in there, anywhere but here, please " I pleaded. They said ignored me and harshly chucked me in. I fell onto my face, my nose slightly broken. The mechanic doors closed making the room extra eerie and scary. I held my knees to face as I silently cried.

I slowly opened my eyes and noticed I was still in the same dark room as before. I had cried myself to sleep. I slowly sat up feeling my bones ache because of my uncomfortable sleeping position, I sighed, I hope my sister's looking for me. The door opened slightly and a deformed creature walked in, he gripped my hand and pulled me up, I was, once again dragged to an unknown place.

We entered a pure white room that had camera equipment and a black French door. I was pushed towards the centre of the room with the camera facing me. The creature roared at me in an unknown language. It's times like these when I start worrying about my sister more than myself, she always had a knack for languages. At times she would get jobs for alien diplomats to translate something and then we'd have to move once more as she knew too much or something that involved ' Rippers' . He roared at me again and I flinched" I..I..I'm s..sorry...I don't ..under..stand " I said quietly that I doubt he, she ' it ' heard me. It roared again, one of it slimy tentacles pointing towards the black French doors, I nodded my head and quickly ran towards the door, not wanting to be anywhere near that ' thing '. I opened the door to find a massive walk-in closet. I was utterly shocked. I walked inside and looked at the clothing on the racks, my brows furrowed and my shocked face turned into a frown, the clothing on the hangers was sexy, revealing costumes, from comic book heroes to holiday personalities and I was not interested in playing Mrs. Claus. I sat there staring at this clothing, they are turning me to into a s*x slave. I couldn't take it anymore, my sister always said ' keep your emotions in check ' ' If your gonna cry, cry alone, atleast then you won't feel jugded ' and that ' When you are in a dangerous situation, leave your emotions out of it they are only make you feel worse ' so I thought that I shouldn't feel afraid, I shouldn't show them I'm afraid and I should cry alone cause it's the best thing that I can do for myself, but after all of this, acting tough seems to be more emotionally draining than being weak and it was taking its toll on me, my legs buckled under me, unable to take it anymore I cried once more, atleast I didn't disregard all of my sister's rule, I am crying alone on my own.