The military issue boats splash against the wet surface as the tall lean man ran down the long passage way. His breath was steady as he pulled out of his pocket a handful of keys. To each side of the passage way there was door with roman numbers, gold and sparkling in the eerie darkness, there was a deadly silence that made his fast pace walk echo in timeless tale.
He reaches the door the number XII, he took a deep breath as put the rusty key in the slot, as he turns the key his radio broke the deadly silence.
"Alex… Your guard duty is now, where are…"
Alex quickly turns the radio off and began to turn the key. Pushing open the door with a screech, he let the light of flash light gave way to his sight, his silver eyes sparkled as he saw her. The one that so many fear… The one that would change this world… For it was written in coded text, but nobody knew she was real just a revelation of ancient text that made no sense to most but he had been studying and searching. Now he final found her.
Looking on he saw a young lady chain to the floor sitting on old wooden chair all around the room it was packed with sound proof foam. Her doom to fall in room with no sound, her endless torture to be endless loop of silence. Her crimson eyes were weak but filled with fire that did not falter.
"Sophia… My name is Alex." Alex said make his slow steady way towards her.
She tries to speak but a platinum device all around her neck blink red and sent an electric frequency to her throat and she began to fall back on the chair. Her long black hair semi-curl began to cover her face. She began to try to move but her hand where also chained to the chair, she knocked over her bowl that was use for a toilet, she was treated like a stray dog.
Alex step over her, and lower his face to her level, her all black robe was torn and old made way to her long legs. Her bronze legs were covering blister, rumor was in this level many prisoners were torture with heat medal, something about a double torture to a lady that screams would shoot a bolt of electricity to her voice. The perfect silent torture it made him sick, so many years undercover to finally to find her.
"Do you want to be free, just shake your head… Yes." Alex whisper to right ear.
Sophia slowly looked at him with her burning gaze and shook her head yes. As she did this Alex began to unlock her chains. She began to shift in her chair and she began touch her wrist and began to gentle touch her torn ankles. She began sit straight looked on with tears.
"Do you want your voice back?"
Sophia nodded passionately. Alex moves closer to her and told her not to move and raise her long black hair as he looks at the device, he began to say encoded numbers that were about seven digits. Finish the last number the device around her neck snapped open and with a load bang the platinum device felled to the ground and shut down.
"Can you speak now? "Alex said gently lifting her up on to her weak legs.
"I… I think I can but it …. Hurts…?" Sophia voice cracked in upper ward tone.
"Try not to talk, it has been fifteen years that they had you here in silence that it is the cold truth." Alex said adjusting his shoulder, making way to show his all-black military suit.
"We have to go we are out of time, soon they will know what happen. At the end of the hall, I left a bag with woman military clothes, will walk out with no one knowing… Let's go…"
Sophia began to walk slow and steady but she was cautious, make way down the narrow-wet pathway, the maze that was her prison began to eclipse heart she felt a slight panic. She began to breath faster and faster.
"Take it slow, one step at a time." Alex said grabbing her hand and pulling in a faster pace, in a few mins they reach the stair with the black bag and he pulled out the military clothes and told her to put it on.
Her red eyes looked on, she did not speak. She just looks at his narrow face with a soft tan in his face, and began to take her robe. Naked she stood in front of him and her breath was steady but Alex turns around showing his back.
"Here take the clothes," he said handing her the clothes.
She began to change and slow weak way, every move she made she was in silent pain, Alex looked back and saw her naked back filled with scars of being whipped. He could not believe what was happening under this cathedral, he always wonders why there was so much security in this wealthy nation that no country would dare to questioned.
Sophia turns around and was in all black military suit, she tries to stand straight but her joints were in pain.
"Here takes this hat, and don't worry about the shoes. My SUV is station right outside so just stick close to me." Alex gentle said.
Alex helps her up the stairs, the long stairs that curled up to the surface. No window no light just his flash light that lit the way. As the reach the door, he told Sophia to stay closer to him, they step outside, doing this the giant full moon eclipse Sophia's red eyes. She looked to the sky and the moon light burn her sight. So long was she in the darkness. She took a deep breath of the fresh air. Each step her heart began to beat faster like drums ready for war.
Alex pulled Sophia on the right side of the building, making way to all black SUV with tinted windows.
"Get in fast." Alex forced Sophia in the passenger side.
Alex started the SUV and took a deep breath. He looked on, next was the security gate. Four gates with maximum security, go figure there would be a prison under a church. He drove steady and made way to the first gate.
The gate was tall with camera all over, and pressed a bottom on his phone that cause a glitch on the electricity camera.
"Agent Alex, you're on duty why are you're here?" A heavy-set man said.
"Hey Max, you know me I'm taking this military intern for a spin you know what I mean, I just need only twenty mins and also what so big right nothing ever happens here. We always ask the same question are we wasting time here.
"I don't know Alex, what in it for me?" Max replied try to look into the car to see the girl.
"I have the famous Irish Bourbon Redbreast 12 Year with your name on it!"
"Damn Alex you know I like to party!"
"So, we good? Alex said leaning toward the security both so to cover the window more.
"I don't know…" Max said pulling his belt up
"How about I send pics to the security group because this girl is a freak!"
"Deal, "Max said with a smile that linger on.
"One thing tells the rest guard; I'm going for quick spin, ok?"
"Anything for you player." Max step away and report his clearance to pass.
They drove off and passed all the gates with no problem. Sophia stares out the window to a world she did not know; the city was all in cages and there were people begging and trash can on fire all over. People hunch over and sleeping all over the place.
"What… Ha... Happen...?" Sophia broken voice said.
"The world is no more it is hollow shell of what it once was, but that where you come in and that special voice that you have." Alex said in a soft tone.
"Am… I ... Free... To Sing…? Sophia said in an upward tone
"That is all I want you to do," Alex said while smiling at her.
Sophia brushed her hair back and she began to smile. Was there a place for her voice in this broken world, she did not know but all she knew is that she had her voice back and no one is ever going to take that away from her again...