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.

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

little brain.

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 a metal door which has another guard, down a dark hallway,

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 said there is a first aid kit in the bathroom. We were instructed to be quick before he slammed the door, and

immediately went to Brianna and helped her get up. I took her to the bathroom and helped get her out of the rags. It proved to be quite difficult since the coarse fabric was stuck from the dry blood, sadly re–opening many of her flesh wounds.

privacy 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

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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 silent

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 her on the bed before

ankle socks. I found a few hair ties in

managed to bathe and dress myself in record time after that, not wanting to leave Bri alone for long. I 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 that feeling that if I

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

a large open area, the steel rafters above barely visible under the football stadium lighting. There is at large

muscle shirts and combat boots. All four of the Mafia Dons are also there and dressed similarly. One thing I notice immediately is that half

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

freezing

“Welcome to The Maze! Today, my love we are going to play a little game since you love playing games with us.” He crouches down in front of me, making sure I

You both will be given a 5–minute head start to make your way through the maze. Your goal is to make it to other side of the maze before you are caught by the opposite team.

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

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 reward. Any questions?” Jason finishes, while he is petting my hair like I’m a damn cat.

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