Chapter 86

“Where am I?” I ask as I look around the darkness.
“You are safe for now; I will keep you here for as long as possible. That will give me time to try and heal you as best as I can. But I make no promises” The voice utters as I continue to float in the sea of blackness.
“You have done well child, the pain and suffering that you are experiencing now is nothing that you can’t handle. You have done well” the voice repeats constantly in my ear as she continues to hum a tune that I can’t make out.
“Who you?” I gasp out as something cold touches my cut off toes and turns warm instantly.
As the darkness takes me further under its coldness, I feel my body start to become numb and blissful as the pain recedes and world and worrying ceases to be.
“Is she ok?” Caleb asks as he stands beside London as she works to mend the wounds that were on Essy. London cried when she first saw that her sister was missing toes and fingers, but it was when Caleb muttered that the Queen took her tongue was when London lost it and sent out a cosmic blast of power shattering the illusion that they were stuck under.
Caleb was the only one that didn’t see the illusion he was watching as his fated mated was tortured and had her toes cut from her body as well as her fingers.
“I don’t know if I can fix her tongue” London weeps as she finishes dressing Essy’s feet and hands
“Is there someone that can fix it?” Caleb asks as he continues to clean the blood off of Hennessy.
“I don’t know” London replies sadly.
“How long do you think we have been here?” London says as sniffles.
“Approximately two weeks we have been missing for” Caleb says as he looks around the room looking for something that they could use as a weapon to get out of here. Yes, there supers were blocked which meant they couldn’t use their abilities to get out of this hell hole.
“We need to get out of here” London mutters as she continues to attend Essy’s injuries.
“We will, sounds like mother and the witch are upstairs celebrating the ruin of Hennessy” Caleb spits as he continues to gather weapons from around the room.
“My brothers will come for us” London says with determination.
“Sure, but until then we need to save ourselves” Caleb says as he moves towards the door. Turning the handle, he finds that the door is unlocked slowly opening the door Caleb pokes his head through and looks first down the right hallway and sees nothing. Turning his head to the left he looks down and also sees nothing.
“London do you know how to fight hand to hand?” Caleb asks as he rushes back to the table that Hennessy is laying on.
“Yes” London responds.
“Right, I will carry Hennessy, and you kill anything between us and the exit” Caleb whispers as he gathers Hennessy’s broken and abused body into his arms.
“Right, here we go. Make sure you kill first questions we will get later” Caleb says following behind London as she moves through the door.
“Right or left?” London whispers as she moves through the door.
“Exit is too the left, move quietly” Caleb whispers as he follows closely behind London.
Moving through the halls as quietly as possible Caleb, London and Hennessy were forced to hide several times as they approached their destination.
As they reach what Caleb was sure was the back door, Hennessy moans as Caleb readjusts her body again.
“Shh, shh we are almost there just hang in a little longer” London turns back towards Essy to whisper.
“Shh, shhh” Caleb whispers into Hennessy’s ear as she makes the sound again.
“Open the door” Caleb whispers to London. As London opens the door the scent of night air hits them in the face. Not wanting to waste time Caleb and London race off towards the woods trying to make as little noise as possible.
“How far do you think we have to travel to get back to the cabin?” London’s voice whispers into the night.
“I don’t think we are that far away, but we need to be careful. I don’t believe it is just the Queen and the witch I believe they have help” Caleb mutters as he continues to scan his surroundings as he runs with London and Hennessy.
After hours of running London stops as she reaches an old run-down cabin.
“Do you think we could hide here for a bit?” London says as she pants trying to catch her breath.
“For a little while. I want to be further away “Caleb replies.
Walking into the cabin, London moves through the area with ease. Checking the area for anything that could be used to defend their position.
“I think we are clear” Caleb mutters as he places Hennessy on the old bed in the back room.
“Caleb come to the kitchen” London calls as she stands next to the sink with a small hand saw that she found to try and cut the cuffs off of her.
“A little help” London says as she continues to saw through the cuffs.
“Sure” Caleb says as he takes the saw from London’s hands and continues to saw through the cuffs on her wrist. Just as Caleb has almost cut through the first cuff the cuff magically regenerates making the cuff whole again.
“Don’t think this is going to work” Caleb mutters as he looks at the cuff that shows no sign of cutting marks.
“ARGH!” London screams as she looks at the perfect cuff.
“You, ok?” Caleb asks as he moves to the entrance of the room so that he could keep an eye on Hennessy as lays on the bed in the room right across from the kitchen.
“No, I am not ok. I am worried about Essy, and I am worried about my brothers and what they must be going through. But mostly I am worried what the Queen and the Witch want with my sister” London says as she stands beside Caleb and watches Essy on the bed.
“I am afraid that if we don’t get out of here Essy may not heal” London mutters as she takes a deep breath and turns to look out the window.
“I don’t think we should remain here too long. We are severely unprepared to go up against the both of them with these cuffs on” Caleb says as he moves towards the cupboards searching for food.
“Agreed” London responds as she continues to look at Essy.