" Wake up." A harsh voice said and I was forced to open my eyes.
Four people in front of me, four people ready to kill. Four cold blooded people. Hamilton, Izzy, Blaise and the most dangerous one, Maxime. He was the one to wake me. He was the one who was holding ... a rope ?
I suddenly realise I was tied up, a rope forcing me to sit down, my hands and legs behind my back, defenseless.
"Now, now, now. Before we start the serious things, we would want to know a thing." Maxime started and the feeling of wanting to run very far from him grew even bigger. These prefects were murderers and if they decided to abduct me, it meant they were up to no good.
They wanted to make me their little doll with perfect grades. They wanted me to be under their control.... They wanted my mind to shut up totally.
"We killed every possible threat and yet, you know. How ?" The temperature of the room was now freezing as Maxime glared at me. "How did you managed to know ? Who told you ? Answer me !" As his words flooded out of his mouth like venom from a snake, his true self started to show and took by the action of his words, he kicked me in the stomach.
I choked on air and a fit of cough took me for ten seconds . Tears pickled under my eyes as I damned my snooping around habit because it would the reason why I shall die today.
"Don't tortue him too much Max or he will fall unconscious before he answered our questions." Intervene Blaise with a smirk.
I had no choice. I had to speak or they would beat me even harder. I didn't want to be in pain. I didn't want to feel again his shoe in my stomach. I wanted to be safe again...
"Archie..." I managed to say before another fit of coughing took me.
The four of them looked at each other before they started laughing. When they calmed down, Maxime took my chin into his itchy fingers and forced me to look at him in his eyes. These cold eyes with no emotions inside. Eyes that showed no remorse for what he did.
"What do you mean : Archie ?" He hissed.
"He was dead before you even had time to talk to him !" Blaise added.
They were no way I was going to get out of here alive, right ? I was going to lose this game, I was going to be under there control... How stupid was I too think that I could change things by
myself ? I thought I was Via, that I was going to be Archie saviour, I only managed to bring myself to a dead end... How idiot was I ?
"He wasn't meant to die..." I said, my voice barely audible, my ribs hurting and yet, I continued. "He was nice, caring, selfless.. How could anyone hurt him ?" I asked angrily, shooting fire with my eyes. Archie didn't had to die. It wasn't his destiny...
"You didn't know him !" Yelled Maxime, spitting his saliva on my face. "He was useless and a liar !" And in his madness, he kicked my ribs so hard I thought I heard them crack. He threw me against the wall and I bumped my head, making blood fall. At this rate, I wasn't going to survive. It was too difficult to ignore the pain now... It hurt so much...
"Max, calm down." Blaise stopped him by putting a hand on his shoulder, his glare almost as dangerous as the other prefect. " And you, tell us the truth." He warned, turning towards me and getting closer to my face without touching me.
I didn't say a thing, instead, I just looked to the ground. I wasn't bold enough to speak anymore, neither did I have the strength. My heart was pounding so hard in my chest it only put me in more pain...
"Fine. Stay silent if you want. Izzy, bring the box." Said Blaise turning towards the other boy with freckles.
Now, I was terrified. It was now that everything finished for me. I was no longer going to see my parents or tell them how much I loved them. I wasn't going to be able to say sorry to Archie. I didn't have enough time to help him spread his wings so he could fly to Paradise. Since I've come to this school, everything had gone downhill. And now was where everything was going to stop. My confidence, my heart and myself...
I looked desperately towards Hamilton but he simply shook his head, knowing he couldn't do anything to help me. And I also couldn't do anything. I was attached, hurt and weak. It was the end of my life, a life that hasn't been long...
And then, Izzy came back with the box. A small one, almost the same as the box that the woman of the truck gave. And inside, what was going to finish me. Maxime took a syringe from it, Blaise a small bottle and when they both started to walk towards me, my mind went fuzzy with fear. But when my wrist was taken and that something was injected inside, as a serum or a blood transfusion, I saw the face of Archie on the side of the room.
He promised he would never leave me unlike Via did, and he was going to be there for the day of my death. We were forever going to be together now, when I will stop being a human living...
Archie face was torn with sadness and frustration. I knew what he was thinking, I knew he felt bad for putting me into it. And I simply smiled because I regretted nothing. It was a fabulous adventure I thought only existed in books or films, an adventure full of danger and mystery. I was happy to have met him, I was happy to have known him. Archie was a good guy and I truly thought he didn't deserve to die. Not this way anyway.
My eyes went wild and Archie face slowly transform into Via's. Her beautiful face and her warm smile was still carved into my mind, her sweet voice and her red lips. Was she here to welcome me to paradise ? To show me other angels ? Was I going to fly to the sky before Archie then ? Had I spread my wings before him ? How ? When ?
But if Via was here... did it meant I was dead ?