Roman's POV

"Come out!" A guard shouts while opening our prison cell.

"But she was there in the evening. She needs to gain some strength before going back." Victor argues but the man snarls at him while raising his hand to possibly hit him.

"I'll go with you." Chandler gets off the dirty floor and stagger towards the cell door.

The guard follows and lock the door. My eyes follow Chandler as she walks unsteadily towards the door that led out of this place. I silently watch, remembering what she had asked me yesterday. But looking at her right now, I know it's time for me to step in and help. She will die if this goes on and seeing they are not giving her enough time to get herself together, after using her healing powers to the max.

I look around the cell and what I see breaks my heart. Kiera and Nicolette are huddled together and sobbing silently. Same for Jordan who is holding a sleeping Noah, who looks not so good. Only Victor looks strong among us because even I am not in a good health. If Nate was with us, maybe he could have been strong beside Victor but sadly, I don't even know which side of this place is he at.

That night at the gathering, when we were captured, they wanted to release us and take just Chandler with them. But I couldn't allow that to happen because the only way to make sure that I help her was to go with her. Nate understood my reason even if she was against it. He helped convincing the capturers to take us with them by putting in some threats here and there which somehow made them take us all. The only one who didn't come with us was Max and I later on discovered that Kiera had ordered him to stay hidden. With how much Max dotted on Noel, he must be worried about him.

"You should eat Roman." Victor urges and I look at the dirty bun we were given yesterday's night.

"I no-"

"For fucks sake! Eat the damn food already." He yells and I close my eyes and bring up my legs, hugging my knees and look at the dirty floor.

I'm not sure of how long we've been here. Sometimes we could tell it was daylight or night, by the open window. But sometimes it was closed and we couldn't tell when was when. It's been hell living here and every time I could feel myself losing my strength.

"Stop yelling at him!" Jordan shouts and Victor sighs.

"I'm sorry. It's just that I'm worried about everyone here and seeing how you are getting, I need you to eat Roman. You need the strength, even if it's just a little bit of it. This food might be dirty but its all we got so don't be like this and eat it."

I slowly reach over the bread and take a bite. I don't want to explain to him how I'm feeling at the moment because he might freak out. He is the strong pillar that is holding us all from falling and I don't want to weaken his strong resolve with my situation. The thing is, without me taking my medicine, I'm getting weaker and weaker with each passing second. I finish the bread but then I get hit with nausea and in a second, I vomit.

"Oh goddess!" Nicolette comes to my side and so does everyone.

I keep on vomiting and I'm not even sure what's coming out of me now because it leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. My eyes open and close as I struggle to keep them open. Pain registers in my stomach and I cry out then I'm consumed by the darkness.

**
"How is he?" I hear a voice ask and some movements to my right.

"He's been unconscious for some time. There was blood in his vomit but I'm not sure what's wrong with him." Victor replies.

"He takes medicine everyday. He hasn't taken any since we came here. It might be because of that." The voice that I now recognize as Chandler pauses and I feel a hand on my face. "I'll have to see what I can do." She adds and my eyes threw open and stare right in her eyes.

"But you just came from-"

"I'll be fine." She cuts off Kiera.

"No you not. You need rest and no use power on me."

"Shut up Roman. You need my help more than that witch. Besides, I don't think I can hold on any longer. I don't know where she got burned like that and it's gonna take a miracle to heal the burn."

"When do you think they might come for you?" Jordan ask and she shrugs.

"Let's do this." She murmurs and then I feel her powers in me.

I gasp and breathe heavily as she continues to work on me and for once since I came into this place, I feel alive. Chandler faints and Victor carries her and lies her down. The room stays silent as everyone get lost in their own mind. Probably some are worrying how long Chandler will hold on.

'She's very strong for a mere healer.'

Lyn?

'Lyn!'  I shout happily in my head and I hear her chuckle.

'I didn't know you missed me that much.'

'I do. I worried you no answer.'

'I'm sorry Roma. I was too weak to be present but I'm here now. We need to help her.' Lyn says and I look at Chandler on the floor and wonder how we are going to help. Perhaps it's time to step in and allow them to see the real Rolyn.

'No we can't do that. These people needed a Rolyn and we kind of cheated by letting Chandler go to them while we stood by. They might be furious and their action is unpredictable. I was thinking we do something else.'

I get up by Lyn's orders and go to where Chandler is. Her idea is to channel some of our healing powers to Chandler so that she can be strong to hold up to what she is doing. I tell Kiera to stand on watch and Victor helps out too. There were ten cells in here and they were empty except ours. They only had to look out for the guards and sense if there was any approaching footsteps. I sit down beside Chandler and hold her hand just as Lyn tells me to.

'I am not going to lie, it's going to be painful Roman. Please stay strong.'

'Okay.'

The words come out of my mouth in a small voice. Lyn and I sing together and I tighten my hold on Chandler's hand. I keep on singing even as I feel like I'm being torn inside. Honestly, I don't understand how I keep on going while I'm hurting this much. I hope I don't stop singing until I'm finished and with that thought, I only focus on the singing and nothing else.

"......light will shine through." Together, me and Lyn, finish the song and I open my eyes. I'm not even sure when I had closed them but I'm glad at the sight that greets me. Chandler looks fine and strong.

"Oh goddess! That was a sight to see." Nicolette exclaims and I turn to her. My eyes widen and I look at everyone in the cell.

"You didn't even touch us but being with you in here, your powers worked on us too." Victor says with a smile and so does everyone, which is something that both of us had not done since we got here.

"You were shining and in the light there seemed to be a bird flying around you." Jordan explains.

'It's a Phoenix. It is our power source. If you were fully shifted, you can summon it.' Lyn informs me and I nod.

"And the song! Your voice was wonderful to hear and I just wanted you to keep on singing." Noel sighs dreamily and I giggle at his dramatic posture.

"I've never felt like this before..it's like I'm high on some drags." Chandler murmurs and I help her stand up.

"This is what we needed. Thanks Roman." Kiera mumbles and suddenly hugs me, causing everyone to come to me and join the hug.

For once, the cell feels alive with chatter and some even throws in some jokes and laughter fills the room. Food is delivered and we all eat happily as if we are eating something better other than the dirty bread that seems as if they stomped on it before bringing it to us. I guess what makes it better is that we are together and everyone is fine.

"We need to have a positive mind. Our alphas can't just sit around and not do something about us." Victor states.

We were now lying down together, trying to get some sleep after declaring we had enough of staying awake.

"That's true. They will come for us and we will all go home safely." Kiera pipe up.

"When they take me out, I will try to use my other senses and get the feel of the place. We need to try out something to get out of here. I will also try to know more about the place and the witch so that we know what we are up against." Chandler suggest.

"Roman?"

"Yes." I reply and turn to Victor.

"What do you think? We can't do anything if you are against it. You are the leader here and we all look up to you." He says and they all look at me, possibly waiting on what I have to say.

'The alphas will come, I just know it. But I believe we can't really do much except making sure we stay alive until they find us. But knowing more about the enemy will be helpful and we will only do something when we are sure we will successful.' Lyn tells me her thoughts and I agree with her. I tell them that and they all agree with me. Silence falls in the room and one by one we all sleep.

**
I wake up to voices whispering and I sit up. My friends are all standing near the locked cell door and it seems they are looking at something out there. I stand up to get a look too and Jordan moves off to give me some space to stand by the door when he sees me.

"What going on?" I ask and Victor replies to me.

"A kid has just been locked in the cell opposite us. I don't understand how they can lock up a small child like that. He had been crying when they brought him in but now he's passed out."

"Probably cried himself to sleep." Kiera mumbles and I notice Chandler is not with us.

"They got her a minute after they brought in the kid."

I nod at Jordan and look at the sleeping kid. His parents might be worried and they are holding him here. These people must be really cruel.

I sit down and watch the kid as everyone goes back to sitting around. I think about what Lyn had told me yesterday. If we continue transferring our powers to Chandler, a lot will be at risk. I'm not strong enough and without my pills, the damage in me is likely to be too much. Our only hope is for my Ken to find us soon and get us out of here. I'll keep on channelling my powers to her until I can't do it anymore.

I hear some sounds and I look at the opposite cell. The kid is awake now.

"Hey." I greet him and he looks at me. He tilts his head in a cute way, making me smile, as his eyes scan me and then he looks around before his gaze locks on me again.

He seems nice and I want to know more about him when he starts speaking to me because he's only staring. I guess he's obeying the whole, 'don't speak to a stranger' thing that parents tell their kids. I'll just make sure I become a friend and not a stranger to him.

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