The Four Mafia Men and Their Prize by M C

The Four Mafia Men and Their Prize

21 – Capture The Flag

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Aurora POV

“Wakey Wakey!” I hear a loud booming voice filling my ears before my whole body feels submerged in a bath of ice crystals. I awake with a gust of air trying to expand my aching lungs, my body still feels the sharp sting of the freezing cold water that was thrown upon me.

I notice I am no longer in the chair and in restraints, rather just lying on the cold hard cement floor. My head feels foggy and tight like a balloon is trying to escape my skull.

Kai and Charlie are standing in the center of the room, with empty buckets in their hands. A few guards, all dressed in black, are standing behind them with their big buff steroid arms folding in front of their equally steroid buff chests,

I take a moment to look around the room and finally my eyes land on Brianna, who is also lying on the floor and is now trying to prop herself up. Her clothes are also drenched, and her breathing is labored.

I quickly get on my hands and knees and crawl over to her weak form. I reach out to her only for her to recoil.

“Bri, it’s me” I try to sooth her. When she looks up at me, she exhales a shakey breath and begins to sob. I don’t hesitate to inch closer to her and wrap her in my arms, being as careful as I can not to touch her open crusted wounds

I look up and glare at the men standing silently a few feet away from us, their expressions emotionless like their black hearts.

Before I find my courage to spout all sorts of profanities, Charlie speaks up: “You both are coming with us. You will get a chance to eat, change and someone will help tend to your wounds before the game begins.” He turns around and leaves with Kai up the stairs.

ask. Why is Brianna being hurt so much? What do you

little brain.

and I. Neither one of us struggle as we are pulled by two men each to our feet and escorted up the stairs, through a metal door which has another guard, down a dark

shows us the attached bathroom, tells us to shower and to wear the black workout attire that was placed on the table next to the simple fruit and yogurt bowls. There were also two bottles of water. He

rags.

curtain that was almost on top of the toilet and a small basin sink without a mirror. There was a

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Capture The Flag

at a decent stream. I got to work washing Brianna since she could barely hold herself up. As I washed away the dirt and blood, I could see various cut marks of different lengths and depths littered her body, almost no space left untouched. She had major purple bruising around her whole body, especially on her sides and the carving Kai made was very prominent and large. I couldn’t stop the

possible and took her back to the bed. I tended to her wounds with creams and antiseptic ointment. There were no

tennis shoes and ankle socks. I found a few hair ties in the bathroom so we could at least put our hair up. Clearly whatever we are about

treated my raw wrists and ankles with cream and sat at the edge of the bed quietly eating my fruit. I feel nauseous but I have

by our arms and dragged out and down a few dark hallways, and down at least 6 flights of stairs, passing metal doors that all have keypad access points.

rafters above barely visible under the football stadium lighting. There is at large concrete wall at least 20 feet tall in front of us,

12 guards all dressed in black cargo pants, black muscle shirts and combat boots. All four of the Mafia Dons are also there and dressed similarly.

feet of the Dons. When I move to help Brianna, Jason gives me a

freezing in

a bright mischievous smile: “Welcome to The Maze! Today, my love we are going to play a little game

like to call capture the flag! With a twist, of course!” He was getting excited like a kid in the candy store. “You and your little friend here, are the flags. You will wear Blue and Brianna here will wear Red. You both will be given a 5–minute

team, they get 15 seconds to punish you any way they see fit. After 15 seconds, we will give you say 30 seconds to get away from us and carry on your way.

a member of the opposing team, it’s game over for you, and well, let’s just say that yesterday was an appetizer. If you can make it through the maze without being caught by the opposing team, you are safe