Cannibalistic (Book Two of A Bloodline's Saga)

New Found Friendships

Dormant for centuries at a time, I fall from the sky

No longer compressed. Summoned by the depressed

Weak and no longer able to care, fuelled by sadness and breeding despair

Cerebral Secretion

"Alright Ida help me get these guys in." Liam orders when we pull into the driveway, no words still from me as I'm forced to grab out Braydon and Esmeralda's son Viktor first.

So dragging the henna haired male out of the car and bruising his palish skin in the process, I wonder how long I have until he wakes up.

Clad in a pair of skinnies, a hoodie and Converse, I'm quick to pull him into the house and head for the room he'll be staying in along with the others Shaun and I manage to grab earlier this morning.

Why we aren't able to find those who escaped with my Mum is beyond me and I'm starting to think that they may be using their kids as bait, yet I don't know and that's something I'm having a little difficulty confirming. 

With the door unlocking and now being pushed open with my shoed foot, the faces of Anakin and Dan stare right back at me and I'm no longer worried about what might have happen to Dan.

Getting a glimpse of Dan's mousy brown hair cut into bangs and a side fringe, I notice he also has a lip ring, piercing ice blue eyes and skin the colour of paper.

No wonder why Storm found this male attractive, he's built in all the right places but not too much and spot a couple of tattoos on further inspection.

"Who the f**k is that?" Anakin demands while he observes me coming in with a new person, my mouth whispering the name before having Shaun come in and dump the newbie Timothy on the floor.

"I don't have long until the other two wake up, hurry up!" Shaun scold as his eyes lock onto mine, my head nodding subtly when I'm forced to leave the room.

Giving Timothy's mahogany fringe, bangs, two eyebrow piercings, shark bites and a couple of tattoos of his own a quick scan to check for injuries as well, I'm then escorted out of the house to grab a hold of Lucian while Shaun drags in Alex.

Lucian is the leaner one compared to Alex's stocky build, Lucian's hair long and a blondish brown with tattooed fair skin and snakebites.

Once Shaun gets Alex into the room I'm finally able to look at him, my eyes drinking in his appearance and wondering exactly what parts of his form belongs to his parents Cody and Gabrielle.

His light hazel hair must have been from his father, snowy skin like his mother and of course tattoos as well as a nose piercing, the guy's style screams metalhead and something my friends and I would have welcomed into our group with open arms. Just like the rest of those Shaun, Liam and I have captured so far.

Being demanded by Shaun I leave them alone once they're all in, I wonder when I'm able to tell the girls about the new people who have come and hope that the rest Shaun is after are all hiding, I mean the rate we're going the people my parents escaped with all those years ago won't know their children are gone until it is too late. 

"Ida once you've gotten yourself in the shower, I advise you to help Liam in and redress his wounds. After that you are to head back to your room until further notice, the others will be fine without you." Shaun grunts at the mentioning of others and how I'm just itching to tell them more information.

With no more words said I make my way to Liam's room with the names of the new comers swimming around in my head, my brain conjuring up a million scenarios between Liam and I where it goes in my favour and also against, as if prepping myself for the worst to happen.

Hopefully I don't have to do any talking at all and I'm able to only focus on getting them out instead of dwelling on the fact that all of our parents f****d up and brought this all on us and themselves.

But not wanting to think bad things about them right now, I focus on getting Liam in the shower and hope he isn't as hostile as before though I doubt it, he lives and breathes violence and one day without it I swear he'd start having withdrawals.

Wondering how he's holding up after the Ice in his system and how I'm not dying right now, I peek my head in until creeping my way into the dark room seconds later when I see Liam's back facing me.

"Turn the light on." he grumbles though no movement is heard from the bed as I do as I'm instructed, Liam finally moving around in his bed to look at me with half-lidded eyes and expression of wanting to know what I'm doing here.

"Shaun said he wanted me to get you in the shower as well as change the dressings on your wounds." I announce then step hesitantly closer to the bed, Liam groaning whilst he sits up in bed and eventually swings his legs out to properly face me.

"Well are you going to help me out of bed or just stand there?" he barks and waits for my assistance, my feet acting as if they have a mind of their own when they take me to him, my being doing it's very best to gently lift him out of the bed to avoid a beating for being too fast and hurting him.

Hobbling our way to the bathroom and deciding to have a shower of my own once he's back in bed, I'm able to turn the water on and get the temperature right before helping him in, Liam hissing and growling in pain until he's in there and able to relax.

"Can you please help me, I can't get the rest of my body." he questions after showing me his marked up hands, my head nodding when I open the shower door and make sure my clothes are avoiding the spray of the water as I'm handed a face cloth.

Washing his back and helping him with his hair, I turn the shower off then help him into his room with a towel wrapped around his waist thanks to my help once again.

We eventually make it into the room with my clothes wet thanks to him, Liam managing to dry himself off while I'm ordered to hunt down a set of clothes for him.

Coming up with a quick outfit, he chucks on the tracksuit pants and band tee before collapsing onto his bed and showing me his f****d ankles and hands.

Getting out the medical kit, still no words are shared when I roll up the first leg and add a healing cream to it followed by fresh gauzes then a fresh bandage applied straight after, the same process happening to his other ankle and hands until I'm ready to dispose of the old ones.

"Do I need to get you anything else before I leave?" I question in a blank tone when it comes to mind that I'd most likely be yelled at for forgetting something he needed.

"No but tell Shaun I need to speak with him." is all he grumbles then gets himself into a comfortable position. 

Nodding and saying nothing more I leave the room and decide to forget the shower considering sleep is something I need more than ever, no matter what I dream of and how bad it is.

But first, to summon Shaun to Liam's room.

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"Ida it's time to get lunch started." Shaun announces from the other side of my door, my eyes cracking open to witness the golden haired male waltz in with a beaming smile.

Wondering why he's in such a good mood, I wipe it in favour of seeing what else I'm able to tell the others and head into the kitchen to whip up a few sandwiches like yesterday since it's all we have at the moment.

With the plate of sandwiches in my hand, I discover Shaun in the living room and am instantly handed the key without having to ask for it.

"Don't take too long in there, I want you to check up on Liam when you're done. Apparently his bandages don't feel right or something." he orders when the cold metal of the keys hits my hand, my head nodding until I'm off once again to deliver the hostages their meals and see what Liam's sooking about.

Opening the first door and hearing the girl's whispered conversation come to a halt as they wait to see who's on the other side of the door, I witness when they all visibly relax at the site of me and talk of how they're going to escape soon circulates.

"How has Shaun been treating you all, has Liam come in at all yet?" I question whilst the first round of sandwiches is handed out.

"No everything has been fine, if anything we wish we were beaten considering its better than waiting and hearing them lay into you." Storm grumbles from her position on her makeshift bed, her golden and forest green stare meeting mine for a fleeting second before its back on her feet as she devours her sandwich.

"Oh." is all that sounds in the back of my throat.

I mean I'm not upset about it but why am I being handed the end of the s**t stick for? Why is Liam the one finding me suitable for his needs, it's not like I'm the only female here!

Instantly beating myself up eternally for even thinking that, I take it back instantly when I recall the pain I've been through and find it's something only I shall endure alone with considering Liam may have some sort of f****d up attachment to me.

"What has or is something else happened to you?" Hanna demands when she stops her eating to gawk at me, my head instantly shaking even though I wish I could tell them what Liam's doing to me behind closed doors. 

"I was only checking, now I have to go because I'm on limited time, but I'm sure we can figure something out soon in getting us all out of here. I just don't have anything at the moment." I blurt as I'm now inching towards the door, my brain begging God that nothing else is said on Liam or Shaun until I'm standing out in the hallway with the door locking behind me.

Wishing I could leave it unlocked, my thoughts are quickly wiped when I hear footsteps approaching and I'm instantly wishing I could drop the plate and hide.

"You almost done?" Shaun frowns while catching my frozen form, my head only nodding when no words are able to come out.

"Well hurry up! You should be done by now!" he yells and I'm automatically hightailing it out of his sight.

With my hand fumbling with the key in the lock, I'm able to eventually get it open and am greeted by wide eyes and pale faces though they soon relax and for the first time peer into the eyes of the conscious Timothy, Viktor, Alex and Lucian.

"You must be Ida?" Viktor starts off gently, his chartreuse s***h olive green gaze boring into my darting one as if sussing me out on whether I'm full of s**t or not.

"Yes and you must be Viktor? I assume you have been filled in on why I guess we're here, how we got here and who's to blame." I start off and feel the added pressure of more eyes on me. 

"We have and I hear there are more to come?" Timothy adds and my gaze flickers to his sapphire one, my head subtly nodding when I recall I'm also to help in gathering more until Liam's all better.

"Yes and I'm the one to help him get them at the moment, Liam was mauled by your dog Anakin so now I'm to help Shaun track down the others. It won't be long until Liam is back in action and I'm back to being their watchdog. As for your parents, I know all of them and I assume they kept us apart for a reason, so we all wouldn't find out what they did and it would somehow keep us under the radar of those who are now after us all. There are two more here whose parents also share the same past as ours, yet they're kept some-

"Hang on a minute, if Liam is out of action now and you're constantly on the road with Shaun, then why haven't we tried breaking out yet?" Lucian cuts across me with bright sea green eyes, my heart racing at the plan yet I still can't push down the lingering feeling of doubt and annoyance that me being out of the house is the perfect time for them.

So much for getting out together...

Anything is possible and who knows if they will even get a chance to escape? Liam has a gun on him and his hands aren't f****d enough to not be able to use it, so there's that and I'm sure they aren't stupid enough to leave a spare loaded gun around in the house.

That and I'm a little shocked too he only took in the information about Liam being out of action. Like I know the fucker's parents and he found out they kept us all away from one another so we wouldn't find out they killed a bunch of people the night they escaped!

Like hello! Their children are coming back for revenge and our blood is the only thing to stop this now, to stop the heartache of our parents killing theirs.

"Yes but did you forget the part about them having guns? Believe me my friends and I have already gone through this before they were taken, it won't work in time and it won't stop at us!" I argue in a hissed tone, the guys taking in my words yet they aren't really hearing what I'm saying because now Alex is drumming up another plan as Anakin, Dan, Viktor and Lucian throw in a few more ideas to help him.

"No, guys seriously! Just wait until I know for certain it will wo-"

"How the f**k would you know? You're constantly on the road as you said!" Alex argues back, his sea blue glare filled with rage while he wishes he could punch something other than me right now.

"As I said, I will let you know because Liam is on Ice right now! It's helping him through the pain and if you think you could takedown someone on that s**t injured or not, you have another thing f*****g coming! Regardless if he is on the road with us or not, they're not that stupid to leave you guys here alone knowing you guys could break out at any second. Meaning they'll be having eyes on the place as soon as we leave!" I sneer in his face with a couple of guys jumping up to get in between the both of us.

"Cool it the both of you, now what Ida's saying is true. We can't take him down if he were to be left here just yet and there are more to come. Not just that we have to now take into consideration that there are people most likely watching the house for Shaun while he's gone. So what do you suggest, we wait it out until we have everyone Shaun needs or?" Anakin questions when Alex steps back to clench and unclench his jaw, his fists balled tightly at his sides after a nice hard punch lands through the drywall.

Hey, at least his name isn't Kyle. 

"Nice, now Shaun's going to come in-"

"He's too busy doing his own thing and the room is too far away from Liam's. But I have to go, here are your sandwiches and I'll be back later with more people or news, I don't know." I speak over Viktor then take my leave, their words and plans of escape lingering in my thoughts and the pain I felt when they said in order for it to work Shaun, Liam and I had to be out of the house coming back tenfold while recalling the conversation for the millionth time.

"There you are here's the kit. Go and fix him up. Not only do you need to redo his bandages but also have to change some of them. The fuckhead is too high and is walking around and reopening his stitches." Shaun instructs when he catches me heading to my room, my insides freezing up at the mentioning of Liam's name and pondering about what mood he could be in.

Taking a deep breath, I wish I was preparing myself for another kidnapping instead of this considering I hate doing anything that puts him in pain and his fists in my face, but bite my lip and open the door anyway with his name slipping past my lips.

"Ah good now when you do the bandaging you have to make it tighter."

"No worries I can do that just as long as you try not to walk around."

"You of all people should know that's near impossible when being on hard drugs."

"Don't take them."

"Pfft yeah right!"

Doing everything in my power to avoid hurting him regardless if he can feel f**k all of it right now, I get the old bandages off and wrap new ones around the areas needed.

Already he's able to move his hands a lot more and isn't hobbling around as much, which makes me think how long it will be before he's back to helping Liam instead of me.

Because I will be honest with you, there have been heaps of times where I've wanted to purposely f**k up and lead the Police or whoever tracking us down, back to where we are now.

But I know for a fact if I do that, I'll end up dead and Shaun will be on the run from Max instead of sucking up his ass.

Shaun, on the run from Max. f**k I'd pay to see that no matter where I was.

When the slow process of getting Liam rewrapped up to how he wants it is over, I'm about to pack everything up and leave only his hand is quick to snag my wrist.

"Thank you Ida, you are making mine and Shaun's jobs a lot easier by filling in for me while I'm indisposed for the moment. But remember one f**k up and we won't hesitate to put you back in line, got that? Just because you are in the good books with us for the moment doesn't mean you can do whatever the f**k you want. Remember that and we won't have a problem." he adds with a subtle nod and smile, his grip eventually relieving my wrist and I'm finally able to take my leave.

Wondering what the f**k that was all about and why he was so calm, I wonder if his heart is softening towards me a little considering that's the first time I have seen his nice side since before my kidnapping, or if it's the drugs he's on right now.

Either way if Liam lightens up towards me, then this could make my staying here a little more tolerable and if anything, could play into my favour of giving the others the go ahead to make an escape plan that not only will work but completely wipe us from this life forever.