Max's pov

"Go to sleep."

My heart flutters and I feel my pulse decrease, as if I'm watching water go down the drain. It all happens so quickly that I'm unable to do anything to try to stop it. But I flail and reach anyway, trying to escape the darkness of my own mind before it entraps me in its beckoning sleep. But the tendrils of smoke are too fast, and they latch onto my limbs, dragging me down into its silent abyss. 

I can't move, the darkness still wound tightly around my body, but I feel something crawling it's way up my back and through my shaggy hair, which floats as if suspended by gravity. It finally reaches my face, and I discover that it sticks to my skin and leaves a dark blob of... something wherever it crawls. I watch as it pries itself from my face, and walks about a foot out into the darkness. I stand rooted to my spot by not only darkness but by horror, as it splits in two, and comes charging at my face. 

It comes ramming into my eyes, and for a second I truly believe that I'm going to die. The pain is so strong that I wish to scream out in agony, if only I could open my mouth. 

At first I can only see the dark red tint of fresh blood, but then it clears and I start to see light come streaming in from the top of the abyss where I had fallen in not five minutes ago. Suddenly, the ribbon of darkness holding my left arm seems to shy away from the light, and it recedes into the darkness below my feet. I frantically grope at the nothingness around me, trying to pull myself out of this hole, not caring where I end up.  

As the light get brighter, the darkness clutching at my body recedes as well, and without even moving an inch, I feel myself speeding towards the light and I reach out my right hand, yearning to feel the warmth of light after spending time in this cold darkness. But as soon as the light creates a shadow on my skin, my eyes snap open and I find myself laying on a cold cement floor next to another figure. 

R.C's pov

I see Max jump next to me, and his eyes flash open, wide with fear. He seems shaken up, and I reach over to try to console him, but he flinches away from my touch. He slowly starts to take in our surroundings; the underground prison cell with a hatch at the top and a small barred window next to it. His eyes finally land on me, and he mutters,

"That hadn't happened the first time."

Before I can react, he slams into the wall underneath the hatch, and starts to claw at the concrete. I shout his name, but he doesn't stop. Crying, screaming, clawing. He breaks his finger nails, and his hands are bloodied. I shout his name twice more, my voice breaking with each call.   I don't try to stop him. He needs to let out his anger on something other than me. He punches the wall three times before I hear a sickening crack, and a howl of pain. He furiously kicks the wall in attempt of revenge, before giving up and walking over to the wall diagonal from mine. 

He sits slouched against the wall defeated. The spark gone from his light green eyes. He looked miserable. He rested his head against the back of the wall as he stared into nothingness. His breathing was slow, and ragged as if it brought great pain every time his chest moved. His fingers clutched the end of his shirt, even his broken ones, and his knuckles turned white at the force he was applying. The expression on his face was calm, but his spirit was dead.

He slowly ran a hand through his beach blonde hair, and closed his eyes. Turning onto his side, he pulled his knees into his chest and unlaced his shoes. He slid the right one off his foot and chucked it across the room. It hit the wall with a dull thud. The sound seemed to calm him, but I think that he still wasn't satisfied. I closed my eyes and waited for the next thud to sound, but it never came. Instead, I heard a loud bang from above my head, and felt a shoe landing in my lap.

A/N:

Hey guys! I'm so so so sorry I haven't updated in a very long time, but I have been really busy with school and sports so I'm just getting to it now over break. I hope you like this part, I think it is one of the best and I'm going to try and write a couple more parts before break ends. Please comment your thoughts because feedback always is amazing, and make sure to vote! Thanks!

~Fangirl