As I look at the man who caught me he walks up to me with one of his hands extended and grabs the back collar of my shirt and starts dragging me.
Shit! I have been caught and about to be placed with Lara as a ransom!
"Hey check out this one I found snooping around! I bet he is one of the runts we saw before we grabbed this girl. Ha, lucky us if he gets double the reward." one of the twins says.
The orc looks at me intently examining my profits I guess. I am likely worth nothing as I am a lizard boy orphaned with some sort of condition called being a thin scale. No way I am worth anything.
"The runt's feathers could have some use for us on the market. But I don't know. But this kid seems sneaky enough and dumb enough to maybe be coerced into doing some theaving perhaps" the orc speaks after examining me. I suppose I might have used it.
But I need to escape maybe I could reason with them as I saw nothing and an orphan. I have to try something otherwise I and Lara will be used as horrible ransom. She might get PTSD.
"W-wait! I didn't see anything I am just an orphaned boy who was walking alone! I just wanted to know the squealing was come on man..." I start begging like a kid who just walked into the wrong crowd. Which I did.
I take notice of Lara's sadness from what I said. Did she think I meant what I said to get out of the bind I am in and leave her? I don't want her to think I am ditching her because I am not. What do I do...As I look around the two men turn away from me and start talking about me with Lara just seating right next to the orc. I keep searching around and notice what looks to be a vent grate slightly ripped open which is about 10 feet away. Could be a good hiding space since both of us are small enough.
I try signaling her using my eyes gesturing her to look to her right. She looks at me with some looks of disdain but notices my signs. This is good. Okay, but how do we get them to not be holding me by the collar and let her slide out of the orcs proximity...
I could try and talk to them but likely the orc will tell me to shut up. Or get thrown around and then told to shut up.
"He-hey! can you let me down now my neck hurts a bit..." I ask kindly to see if they have any sympathy for my or her situation. I need to think of something.
"Shut up kid, I will drop kick you if you try anything" the man holding me says aggressively.
Yep, I should've expected them to say something like that to me. I wonder if it is because I was an oddity in the grand scheme of things and just don't care about me or if they are this aggressive to Lara at first. It seemed the orc man didn't want anything to happen to Lara since she is just merchandise to him.
But maybe, just maybe. If I cause a ruckus I could potentially bring all three of their attention to me long enough for Lara to flee to the vent and then hopefully I could take off my shirt and flee as well. My neck does hurt by this point.
I gotta signal for her to do what I want her to do before I can. I start gesturing with my hand that I want her to run using a little running hand signal and then used my eyes to indicate the escape point for her.
She looks at me nervously and starts fidgeting with her hands looking back down. After about a few seconds she looks at me and nods in approval. She turns her body a bit in readying position for her to sprint.
I get ready to perform a risky maneuver, but I intend to yell and scream and they will have to forcefully silence me. Such a risky method because they could kill or beat me dead to make that happen. But I need to do something.
"Hey someone help! I am being held hostage by a bunch of thugs!" I start yelling at the top of my lungs hopefully enough to get attention but also the attention of these thugs to look over to me.
"What the-shut him up!" the orc speaks in a commanding voice to the one holding me by the collar.
I start squirming and eventually get into a position where I could get my shirt off a bit. But then the man holding me grabs my jaw and uses both hands on my jaw and closes it shut like one of those alligator tamers who sit on the jaw and duck tape it shut using both hands.
"Mmph!" I try to keep screaming but it doesn't work. I look over to Lara and she seems scared. She is hesitating! I need to get her to move
I got it! I move my hands which to have some claws on them I guess they could be trimmed but it doesn't matter since I need them now. I start reaching my hands near the man's hands on my jaw and start scratching his hands.
"Agh! You little rat!" he lets go of my jaw with both hands and then shakes them in pain. Seems I caused some blood to come out. Which is good that drives the attention towards me. But one of his hands the feathers on my head and tugs at them. Shit, I didn't expect him to still hold onto me. Though it is a little dangerous to the point it might go too far.
Lara is scared but I need her to run now! It is now or never. I get myself up and yell at Lara disregarding tone because I need to get the point out now while the orc and other twin are distracted.
"Run! Lara!" I yell with all my might.
Her eyes widen, and then she gets up and starts sprinting as much as she can for a 5-year old. She gets a good 6 feet until tripping over her kimono. Definitely not the best clothing for fleeing someone.
"Ack!" she says while falling forward. She catches herself but her yelp drives the attention of the Orc as well who was focusing on me til that point.
Shit! I need to do more. I might be the most stupid but it is worth it. I pull out the necklace I had in my pocket and throw it at the orc's head which got his attention for a split second longer. She gets up and runs away into the grate vent.
But I am still being held onto by the other twin who had come towards me in order to silence me. I bite him on the hand with my mouth. My mouth has a single row of dull teeth that isn't sharp but with enough force will penetrate. I lunge at the second twin and start biting down aggressively. Tasting the blood, it is sweet somehow. Is this my carnivore side of me? But it wasn't enough when I let go.
The second twin grabs his hands in pain and proceeds to kick me once in the stomach before I could flee. It hurts. Felt exactly what getting a heavy impact into the stomach would feel.
I spit up saliva with a mixture of blood from the twin who I bit on the hand and fell to the ground. I am just a kid how can I take a kick from an adult. I couldn't. Did I really mess up my second chance at life by getting involved with Lara? Yeah, I did. But did I fail yet? No!