~Marissa~

The pain was unbearable. I couldn't sleep at night it hurt so bad. My hands were cuffed too tight that they had began to cut my skin. Something had happened to my leg, and I can no longer feel it. I had lost track of time. It could be a month since the Christmas Ball.

In that time Kriss had brought in a boy. He looked similar to Nathan. She never told me his name, and we never talked.

The door opened and in walks the same three people. Kriss, and her two guards. The guards had black masks on.

"Get up," she says to me. I slowly start to stand. "I said get up!" She roughly pulls me to standing position. She looks me over before sighing. "Hit her again." One guard comes forward, and hits me in the stomach with the butt of his gun.

I double over clutching my stomach. When the pain subsides enough that I can stand better I look down at my hands. They were coated in blood. My hands begin to shake uncontrollably.

"Bring her," Kriss says. The guards grab me, making wince in pain.

They lead me down the halls of the base until we get to a room. The room is dimly lit, but many of the lights are out. In the center of the room was a table with restraints attached to them. On a smaller table there was a small dish with needles sitting next to it. They were going to kill me.

Looking around more I found two small machines.

"Get her up there," Kriss said lamely.

The guards grabbed my arms and began to lift me to the table.

"No. No!" I fought back. I wanted to scream for help, but knew none would come. My voice was hoarse, and no one would be able to hear it.

They put me on the table, and pulled the restraints over my body. I struggled, but it was no use, they were stronger, and quicker.

A red light came on to my right. I looked over to see a camera. The guard behind it nodded, and Kriss began.

"Maxon, I hope that America is watching this. I hope Nathan is watching this. We have word that Mila Brown has betrayed us. Your guards are on their way now. I know they're near, but unfortunately they will be too late. I'm just a few minutes there will be something inside Marissa that will kill her," Kriss pauses.

This must be live, I can hear my mother's sobs come through a small speaker on the camera. "What do you want Kriss?" I hear King Maxon's voice say.

"Easy. Full control over the kingdom."

There was silence. Part of me wanted him to hand over the kingdom so that I can live. The other part wanted to die if it meant keeping the kingdom safe. Keeping the country safe. King Maxon would put his country before one person. I began to hear muffled voices through the speaker. It was new people. New voices.

"I will not turn over the kingdom Kriss. I will die before I will hand it over to you," King Maxon said.

"No Maxon. She will die before you will hand it over," Kriss said.

The guards around the room had been doing things without me noticing, and now I realize what they've been doing. They put an IV in my arm. They put a heart monitor on my chest. Kriss was going to listen to my heart stop.

Then out of nowhere a sharp pain came out of my arm. I look down to see Kriss had placed a needle in my arm, and was injecting the liquid into my arm. Then a guard was injecting something into my IV. I screamed in pain. Then it all went black.