The Hunted: The Fifth Force Series - Book One by X Alice

Author:X, Alice [X, Alice]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blind Purple Sky LLC
Published: 2016-01-01T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 10

“Wake up, girlie.”

Ava’s eyes flew open and she backed to one corner of her bed as two armed guards walked into her cell with cheerful smiles playing on their faces.

“You’re going for a little walk,” the taller of the two said.

He was bald and burly, while the guard standing just behind him was thin and tattooed on both arms. Ava stayed where she was.

“Where?” she asked.

“You’ll see when you get there. Now, get ready,” the bald guard said as he grabbed hold of her arm and pulled her from her bed.

Ava had no choice. She washed her face and slipped on the thin sandals she had been given when she had first been brought to the cell. Nervous as she was about going someplace unknown without Thomas, the prospect of leaving her cell actually was exciting.

She stepped out into the hallway. Compared to the silver steeliness of her cell walls, the corridor’s bright, white walls were almost blinding. She blinked rapidly as she was guided down the hall.

The cell doors were a pristine white too, with an occasional little glass window in some. Ava took a little peep inside, but she couldn’t see anything apart from her own reflection. She caught an unclear glimpse of her own face, but that was enough to shock her.

Her oval face seemed drawn in at the cheeks, almost as though they had caved in. Her hair hung in straight tangles around her head. Ava had always felt that her eyes — a light, almost translucent hazel — were her best feature, but now they looked too big for her face. Even her color seemed to have changed. Ava couldn’t remember being that pale, but she reminded herself that she had spent the last month in a cell. Her skin had forgotten what sunlight felt like.

The thing that hurt the most was the realization that she didn’t look much like her mother anymore.

Ava was steered into another corridor, at the end of which stood an intimidating black steel door. The bald guard leaned forward and swiped a card that hung around his neck like a pendant. After a moment, the door clicked and swayed open of its own accord. Ava walked through into an open space. It was clear that they were underground. The area had the feel of impermanence about it, but Ava could see the signs of everyday life hanging around the space like a dank smell.

There were tables set up in the center of the area. A few people milled around them. Ava noticed that they were dressed in civilian clothing. There was a woman sitting at one of the tables feeding a small child with a spoon. As they passed, the little girl craned her neck in Ava’s direction, ignoring her mother’s outstretched hand.

“Mummy, is that a witch?” she asked loudly.

“Come on, Erica,” the woman said. “Finish your food.”

“Mummy, I want to see the witch.”

“You’ve seen her.”

“She doesn’t look dangerous,” the child pointed out.

“That doesn’t mean she’s not.”

Ava was spared the rest of that conversation as they left the open space and entered another maize of corridors.

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