"Argh!" A tug on her feet woke her up.
With heavy lids, Aurora struggled to open her eyes.
Her vision was blurry and her head hurt like she was hit with a hammer.
With the ache in her eyes and head, she slowly glanced around the room.
The cell was shady with no windows to track time.
Her throat dry and itchy, she tried calling out.
"Help…" Her voice cracked as a violent cough ripped from her throat.
She couldn't remember how long she'd been kept in this place or – prison, she would prefer.
The door burst open, a man in black overalls walked in with a white clinical box with green serpent symbol, in hand.
"You excited for today's dosage?" He taunted, bringing out the syringes from the box.
Aurora's jaw twitched, her eyes holding much hatred. If only looks could kill.
This man had been injecting her poison for as long as she could remember and her skin crawled with disgust at his mere presence in the room.
"No answer? Well I guess…" He dragged her left arm closer to him to start his work.
Her eyes widened in shock as he brought out the one object that could lead her to freedom.
The keys.
He always brought it with him anytime he wanted to inject her.
And her eyes always stayed glued to it, although most times she pretended like she saw nothing anytime he got suspicious.
He found it amusing every time he brought out the keys. He always noticed the change in her expression.
After he was done, he watched her closely this time catching her off guard.
"Is this what you want?" he dangled it in her line of vision.
She gritted her teeth at him, noticing the effect of the injection as her arms felt sore and inner weakening of her body.
"Oh no please don't be angry." He whined sarcastically, enjoying the view as the effect had her body in a pathetic position.
She gritted her teeth to distract herself from the pain as her grunts got louder.
He laughed hysterically, packing up the equipment and walked out.
Aurora's body trembled against the wall violently as a reaction to the liquid injected in her system.
And like always, exhaustion slowly crept in before blacking out.
***
"What now?" Derrick walked into the office.
The room had the smell of cigarettes and gun powder with a hint of sandalwood.
Viktor sighed, his body had been sore from all the transformation.
There was a subtle change of tension in the room as Viktor's silence was loud in the room.
He threw the cigarette in hand in the trash, walking to his table, he sat on his seat.
"We wait." He said. A word so simple, yet his voice had that underlying tune of danger.
Derrick watched him with a raised eyebrow, as his face morphed into that of confusion.
"For what exactly?"
"Them." Viktor simply replied, twisting a marble ball, watching it intensely as it rolled between his fingers
"They are coming." His voice had a sharp edge to it, not giving a single glance at Derrick.
"I'll go check on her." Derrick turned about to leave.
"Wait."
He stopped, glanced back at Viktor with an arched brow.
"What brother?"
"Don't go there yet, let's wait and see what happens. I have this feeling that Aurora is about to do something. Of course, leading to her suffering…"
Viktor said, popping open a bottle of red wine, offering him a glass.
Their laughter erupted the whole room as Derrick took the glass and settled down.
"This will be interesting."
***
Aurora snapped awake, gasping for air.
She couldn't decipher how long she'd slept but the slight ache on her body reminded her of what had previously happened.
A sharp rattle sound was made from the very dark corner of her room.
"Who's there?"
She asked, looking at the exact spot the sound came from.
Her forehead slicked with sweat with a slight shiver in her tone, she asked again but got silence instead.
This was not the time to be dull, she needed to do something.
Her body screamed to rest but her mind was willing.
Glancing up at the chains in her hands, she noticed how the material of the lock was made, and glanced intently at the patterns.
The lock looked like it had been here since the 70's as it was beautifully crafted with intricate patterns that confused her more.
The door burst open as the same man from earlier walked in.
He closed it with a loud bang.
Aurora glanced up with a scowl.
He tsk, getting closer and closer to her front.
He reeked of alcohol.
"What do you want?" She spat, her teeth clenched.
He slowly brought out the key from his pocket and dangled it on her face in a taunting manner.
"Well I want something from you and once I get it I'll gladly reward you. What do you think?" He bargained.
Her eyes widened as she got the clue on what he was asking for.
"Fuck you! Leave me alone!" She screeched as he grabbed her arms leaning way too close that made her body crawl with sheer disgust.
"Shh princess, why don't we talk this through first," he drawled, the stench of his breath almost choking her.
"Let's do this princess, nice and calm or I might just you know…don't make this hard."
He said with a taunting smile that didn't reach his eyes.
Aurora felt a bile growing in her throat, her stomach flipped with disgust as she almost threw up.
Her eyes burned with immense hatred and in such a situation she was helpless.
"Okay fine…I..I'll do it." She stammered, her chest tightened as she was still in disbelief.
"Good choice dear." He trailed down kisses from her neck to her bosom.
He kissed the upper layer, with a smirk glanced at her and sloppily unbuttoned her blouse.
Aurora clenched her eyes tightly as the bile kept growing.
"Perfect" he groaned as he sucked the flesh there.
She held in her sobs as the tears streamed down her eyes.
With sloppy movements, his right hand on her chest, he used his left hand grabbing the keys and unlocking one of the chains to her arm.
Her eyes on his every movement.
Distracted by what he was doing, he unconsciously dropped the keys besides her.
She saw this as a chance, slickly she took the keys and hid it behind her. The keys felt heavy and had sharp edges on its mouth.
A perfect weapon.
"You are such a beauty, can't wait to start with you." He left sloppy trail kisses on her stomach going further down.
Aurora hid her free left hand which held the keys. Heart pounding as her next motive in mind, she waited for his most vulnerable position to strike.
Once his hands sneaked into her sweatpants and his mouth near her area.
She struck the keys into his head repeatedly, being fast and fierce.
He hunted loudly as he held his head, glaring at her and pounced.
But Aurora was fast enough as she stabbed the keys into his left eyes.
He screamed falling onto his side clutching his eyes.
Aurora quickly freed herself, closing the door and locking it from outside.
It was just a long corridor ahead with lit torches on the wall, with no bulb.
The air smelt like smoke and decayed bodies.
And she ran but a sudden sound caused her to stop suddenly.
***
Sandra woke in pain as she stretched her body.
The guard had freed her from the chains earlier so she could have a bath.
Her own cell room had a self bathroom in it which she least appreciated.
Once done and her wounds tended, she had tried every possible way to escape but failed.
And the door had a pad on it which needed a certain code to unlock and she had no clue what it was.
Her thoughts were disrupted as a loud cry was heard followed by a loud bang.
'Oh no'
Did they also kidnap another girl?
Soon loud pants were heard along the corridor.
This was her chance, as she ran to the door banging on it.
"Help! Help me please. Who's there? Someone please save me!"
"Sandra?" A familiar feminine voice was heard from the door.
"Sandra is that you?" it repeated.
Aurora? How could it be?
"Aurora is that you?" She asked, her voice breaking as she finally heard her voice after all this time.
"Hang on, I'll get us out of here."
Like that, she waited a few minutes and the door burst open.
"Aurora!"
"Sandra!"
Their joy knew no bounds as they hugged each other dearly.
"I'm so sorry. It's all my fault, I –
"No Aurora it was never your fault, let's find our way out first. We need to hurry." Sandra urgently said as Aurora nodded and released the hug.
As they turned to leave, their bodies paled at the figure in front of them.
Their bodies trembled as they stood in utter shock.
Derrick stood there, arms folded with lips slightly curved upwards.
"Wonderful, this would be fun…