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.

and yet have so many questions I want to ask. Why is Brianna being hurt so much? What do you want from us? What game are you talking about? What are we doing here? The list is becoming maddening

little brain.

the stairs are now making their way over to Brianna and I. Neither one of us struggle as we are pulled by two men each to our feet and escorted up the stairs, through

were also two bottles of water. He said there is a first aid kit in the bathroom.

her out of the rags. It proved to be quite difficult since the

curtain that was almost on top of the toilet and a small basin sink without a mirror. There was a small wooden cabinet on the side which had towels and first aid. There were also some hotel size bottles of body wash,

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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

and took her back to the bed. I tended to her wounds with creams and antiseptic ointment. There were no bandages, so we managed with what we had. I helped her dress and propped

black sports bra. There were black tennis shoes and ankle socks. I found a few hair ties in the bathroom so we

long. I treated my raw wrists and ankles with cream and sat

after we both finished our breakfast; we heard the locks on the door click and four guards enter the room. We are again picked up by our arms and dragged out and down a few dark hallways, and down at least 6 flights of stairs, passing metal doors

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

the Mafia Dons are also there and dressed similarly. One thing I notice immediately is that half of the men are wearing red bands on their arms and the other half

on the ground at the feet of the Dons. When I move to help Brianna, Jason

has me freezing

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

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 head start to make your way through the maze. Your goal is to make

you are caught by a member of your color 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. The punishments are all

that yesterday was an appetizer. If you can make it through the maze without being caught by the opposing team, you are safe and you will be given a very nice