Chapter 40
Olive's POV
I wince in pain as I move around the room being guided by a nervous Dominic. The pain hasn't really died down since I woke up from an edge of death coma but lying to the rest of the fight club has been working. If they knew I was still injured, they wouldn't want me to fight. No one puts Olive in a corner.
"I can do this," I say to myself, attempting to walk across the room without my upper half of my body tumbling over. But every breath feels like the dagger again, striking my heart. "I can't-do this." I sigh, putting my weight back onto Dominic.
"When we get out of here, you'll have physical therapy that will help with movement." Dominic tries to assure me, carrying me back to the center where everyone seems to be gathered. "If we get out of here ." He mutters under his breath, probably not intending for me to hear.
"We will get out of here. " I tell him and then turn to the fight club. "Right we need a plan. Where's Robyn?" I ask and Robyn raises her hand. "Do you know what we can do or where to go?"
She shakes her head. "I'm stuck on ideas. We've checked the doors and they're sealed shut. Even with powers, we're unable to get them open. "
"There's got to be something! Anything! All of you, shout ideas at me, go!" I point at the fight club but they fall silent. "Rebecca? Simon?"
"Sorry Olive. We can't move from this room." Rebecca says and I sigh in desperation. "You need to rest, you did get stabbed in the chest a few hours ago." She tries to reason with me pointing to my state.
I ignore the fact that Dominic is the only reason I'm standing right now, wanting to act strong but failing miserably. "Olive, please sit down. Your stitches are going to rip if you push yourself."
Dominic lowers me down to the floor so that I'm sitting in a cross-legged position but still resting my back on his chest. I feel him breathing and his heart thumping.
"Robyn, remember when you and Clover had that dream? Where you saw into the future? What happened?" I ask frantically, still wanting to find a way to get out of here.
"I wasn't watching the dream at this point. But the Past Clover is going to come in here. Although we were all in our separate cells, not in one big room." Robyn says. "But we can rely our plan based on a dream, Olive. That's impossible"
"Nothing is impossible. What else was in the dream?" I push on.
"Um, Clover got taken away by the woman scientist and..... and scientist killed her by cutting her open and bleeding to death. But the dream might not even be the future!"
"But the dream was right about the location and it could be right about that! And then we can change the future! If we don't, Clover will die and we'll be stuck here forever as projects! Come on people!"
"Olive, a dream is a dream for a reason. It's not real." Simon sighs.
"Dominic. Your sister's life is at stake here! We need to do something. Make a plan!" I turn to him behind me, hoping that he'll be on my side but he avoids my gaze.
"Yes, there is a chance that Clover and Robyn's dream could be true but even if it was, how are we going to get out of here to save Clover. As Robyn said, the door is sealed shut. It's Penel proof. We've tried everything."
I slump back into Dominic's chest, the pain returning from talking so much. We've all given up. There's no way we can get out of this room and no way we can save Clover. "It's over," I say quietly.
Suddenly the door slams open, revealing the twins and the male scientists. But no one reacts, we all stay slumped on the ground. "Right you maggots! We're here to put you in your separate cells. Don't try fighting back." He tells us but looks shocked when we don't protest.
One of the twins pick out a remote from his back pocket and presses a button. Magically, cells appear, coming up from the ground with bars going across them. I feel Dominic's arms go round my waist. He knows he can't leave me in that cell, I won't be able to move.
The male scientist and the twins select us one by one, taking each one of us to our separate cells. The male scientist walks towards me and grabs my wrist and yanks me forward but Dominic's arms keep me with him.
"She's going to be put in my cell. She's injured remember." Dominic says sternly.
"You won't be having a cell, you're coming with me. This girl is capable to be on her own." He says and then yanks me again. I feel Dominic's hands come off me as he also gets pulled away. I fight his grip but instead, a shot of pain comes onto my chest. There go my stitches.
"Stop it you're hurting her!" Dominic shouts when he hears me cry out. But the scientist ignores him and throws me into my cell and then kicks me. And there goes my non-bruised face.
I wince, pain now coming through my whole body. I feel blood trickle down my forehead and I simply sigh, getting bored of being hurt all the time.
"How's that for hurt?" He snarls at both me and Dominic and then clicks to the twin that has a hold of Dominic. "With me."
I lie on the floor, watching Dominic get pulled away. He gives me one last look and then gets pushed out the door, leaving the room in silence. Small tears come from my eyes and trails over my nose and onto the floor. "Olive?" Rebecca says.
I don't respond, my tears still flowing. Everything is over. Both of them are going to die and I should've done more. I should've tried to get to get to that electricity box quicker. I feel helpless. But there's nothing I can do to help.
"Olive your stitches!" Simon says to me and I look down to my chest where blood spills out. I just sigh and then close my eyes. "Olive stay awake! We need to get to her or she'll lose too much blood!" Simon, still worried about my health, calls to me from his cell.
"What's the point, Simon? We're not going to get out of this place alive." I mumble, sighing but wince when the pain continues to hit me. "Robyn, I announce you as leader," I say dryly.
"Olive there's a chance! The past Clover will be coming in any moment and we need to stop her from being taken by the scientist!" Robyn shouts at me, trying to give me hope. "Olive, please! You're a better leader than me!"
"I thought you said that your dream probably wasn't real," I grumble and Robyn deadpans. I decide that if there is a chance of us getting out of here, we might as well have a small shot at it. "Fine! Camilla, you still have energy after you last turned us invisible?" I ask her, still lying down. I probably won't be able to get up until someone retrieves me.
Camilla, who is in a few cells away from me, looks down at her hands and then up at me. "I'm not sure. I won't be able to fight afterward." She tells me, already looking tired. The number of people she had to make invisible when we left was tiring enough for her.
"That's a risk we're going to have to take. When past Clover comes in, you need to call her to you and turn her invisible. What'll happen next Robyn?"
"The scientist will come in and take Clover away but as she can't see her, then she won't be able to! Great work Olive!" Robyn says. I smile and rest my head on the floor, watching the blood continue to spill out my wound.
"Once Clover gets here, we'll think of way to get out of these cells, more importantly, to get Olive out before she dies of blood loss." Simon watches me worriedly from his cell.
Something out the corner of my eye catches my attention. Like Robyn said, past Clover walks through the door, that got left open when the twins left and look around. We all snap into action. "Clover, go to Camilla," I tell her but she pauses when she sees the blood sprawling from my chest.
"Clover quickly, over here!" Camilla calls to her and she snaps out her trance and rushes to Camilla. She grabs her hand and both of them go invisible. I sigh a breath of relief when the woman scientist rushes in with a scowl on her face.
"Where is she?!" She almost screams at everyone, her eyes scanning through everyone. She lands on me and then looks at my chest. "Have fun dying." She snarls and then marches out, leaving the door wide open.
"Camilla?"
"Un-invisible," Camilla whispers when Clover and herself appear but then Camilla falls to the ground. Clover looks around confused and worried.
"Camilla!" Alex calls to her from his cell, attempting to smash the bars to get to her.
"It's ok Alex, I'm ok." Camilla, now in the same position as me, mumbles to her partner. "Just a bit lightheaded, that's all." She says lightly.
"Guys can you please hurry up, she is obviously not ok." Alex grips the call bars.
"Clover, we need you to get us out of these cells. They're Penel proof but they might not be Vampire proof." Simon tells the still confused past Clover. "Is there any power that you have that can help?"
"Well, I do have the power to teleport. But how well it works, I'm not sure. I've never tried it before." Past Clover tells us, anxiously making her way to the middle of the room so that the whole fight club could see her from their cells.
"Well, there's no time like the present! Give it try and get Simon out." Robyn says to past Clover. For a moment, she closes her eyes and then suddenly she disappears into thin air. She then reappears next to Simon with a massive smile on her face.
"It worked! Now to get Simon out." She takes a hold of Simon by the arm and they transport to outside the cell.
"You need to get Olive out next as she needs to be treated on. " Robyn tells Clover and she gets to work.
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"That should be fine Olive. Just please try not to rip them, again." Simon instructs me as I get up slowly but he takes my waist into his hands. "You can't stand remember? I'll be your replacement Dominic." I sigh, him reminding me that possibly both Dominic and Clover could be dead right now.
"Camilla, please rest while you can. You're still really weak from when you used your powers." I hear Alex fuss over Camilla as she walks around the room slowly, her pale face showing that she is not ok.
"I-I'm fine Alex." She attempts to put him at bay.
"Number one rule of girls, when they say they're fine, they're not!" He follows after her and I smile at the cute couple. Then I turn to Rebecca, Robyn and Past Clover who are busy trying to think of a plan.
"How are we going to do this?" I ask the three, wanting to get into the planning.
"Well, Robyn knows what was going to happen but because we now have past Clover, the future might've changed. But we don't know anything from this point." Rebecca says to me. I think for a moment until a thought pops into my head.
"We have a future group remember. We have almost 18 people to help us see the future and know how to change it. Where's Oscar? He's the head of that group isn't he?" I search around and find the boy I'm looking for surrounded by his own group. "Oscar and Vision Future? Come here please!"
"Look who has got all her energy back. What do you need?" Oscar smiles and comes towards me with Vision Future.
"We need your group to help us see what will be happening in the future. About 15 minutes into the future? Will you be able to do that?" I ask him and he simply just puts his hands on his hips.
"Anything for you Miss Olive." He says to me before turning to his group. " I need Mills and Katia." Two girls come out, both of them looking ready for action. "Mills, I need you to create a portal that can see in the future that's in 15 minutes. Think you can do that?"
"Yup. Ready to go."
"And Katia, I want you to portray it to the whole fight club. We've practiced this and I think you're best for this job." Oscar tells her and she nods her head, taking a place next to Mills. "Ready? Go!"
Mills focuses her hands into the air and suddenly a portal comes into view. For a moment it's just a black mist. "My turn!" Katia pushes her palms towards the black mist and suddenly an image appears.
The sight makes me gasp. Both Clover and Dominic are tied down, with no one in the room. They both seem to be talking to each other while also struggling to get out of the ropes. We all watch as Clover tries to use her powers but doesn't work.
"I can't hold it for much longer." Mills' voice strains before she lets out a sigh and the image disappears. "Sorry, I hope that was enough.
"More than enough Mills, thank you. And Katia, thanks." I thank them both before turning to Rebecca, Robyn, and Simon. "If we leave now, we might be able to get to Clover and Dominic before the scientists do anything to them!"
"But what about getting out of here?" Simon challenges me, yet again. But I cough and point to the wide open door that the woman scientist forgot to close when she came to get Clover. "Okay then. Let's round everyone up."
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Hello darlings! This is the second to last chapter of Vampire At Heart.
The whole of this was in Olive's POV and I really do love writing from her POV because she's so snappy but also so loveable at the same time. DOMINIC AND OLIVE THOUGH SHIPPINNN.
School has started up *loud sobs* and it's my birthday on Wednesday. Yup, I'm going to be 15! HUHUHUH. And even at 15, I write like a 10-year-old.
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