The last thing I remember after I was out was Thomas fainting my arms. But when I woke up? Everything was blurry. I was tied to a chair. The room was dark, gloomy, a bit greasy, and a bit molded, and in front of me, I could see my father. From one side, Derek, and from the other a boy I'd never seen before. I looked confused, and then I looked at my father. My father looked like he was dead. And Derek was not responding. To me calling him out. I tried to call him out, but when I opened my mouth, nothing came out. No sound came out. Then...

-Man: Damn it!! None of them are saying anything, do you think the girl is awake yet?

Beside them, as they walked in and looked at me, He gave me the depth. He glared at me. And I feel like you recognize me from somewhere, but I don't know where. He came closer to me, and he slapped me across my face. That you're sitting on and me, we both fell to the ground. Both, Derrick and my father yelled:

-Derrick, August: no! Don’t touch her!!

They yelled at both. I could feel both their voices going raspy as if they had been tortured for days. But the man behind him? Picked up, picked me up and the chair and she was back up. I spilled I. Have some blood glittering off so I spit it and spoke.

- Emily: Who are you? And what have you done to my father and Derrick?

The two guys looked, looked at each other, confused. One of them spoke.

- Man: Well, little lady, we want something your father has. And he is not giving it to us. So, we play with him until he gives us the thing we want.

As soon as the first man said that, the second man went over to the father and stabbed him with a knife in his knee. My father yelled in agony. And said:

- August: I ain't giving you nothing.

He said that after he spent some boots, he spit on them, which angered them even more. Then a second man continued punching Father but then Derrick got up from his chair and tried to defend Father but then he got stabbed in his left leg. And he flew across too, my leg, pathing in pain.

He and I locked eyes and both of us were scared. However, I stayed calm, because when the second man started to speak, I recognized his voice. I had no idea where. But I did. And the man saw that I understood because I kept staring at him weirdly.

-Man 2: Jay, it's been a long time since we last saw each other, right? I have missed you so much.

He said that and came closer to me, as the other man was leaving the room.

At first, I was confused, because I had no idea who he was or how he knew my name from an earlier life, so I started to look around.

But that man ensured that I tika to him. So, I did.

-Emly: how do you know my name? Am I supposed to know who you are?

- man2: Of course, you know me! I am sad that you don’t remember me.

The man walked back and forth, and I could feel he was being sarcastic, because of the way he looked at me and his tone of voice didn't sound sincere at all. As soon as he moved from my line of view to my father, I could see that father had passed out, and then I looked back down, I saw that Derrick was unconscious too, but I didn't know for sure.

-Emily: hey you, can you please check if he is alive?

I beg the man to check his pulse but to no avail.

- man2: I will if you do something for me first! Ok.

I nodded in agreement, as he stood Thomas straight up and placed him next to Father.

-Man 2: he is breathing, don't worry, your little head.

He said, smiling and looking at me.

-Emily: So, what do you need me to do now? Huh.

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I said that in an angry yet annoyed tone of voice.

The man laughed at me.

-man2: HA! HA! HA! OH, Jay, you crack me up sometimes, you know that even back then and now too.

As he said that I could see his face from happy to dark.

I saw that he knew me from a mission or a past life, but I had no idea who he was. I felt so bad.

-man2: I want to know if you know about the “sea of flames and fire”? Do you know what that is?

I looked at him confused.

-Emily: Do you mean the legend of it from the royal family or the village legend?

He looked at me confused.

-Man: what do you mean by the village legend? The one that I am talking about is the Royal Family legend!

I looked at him even more confused. And as I was about to speak, a man burst into the room.

-Man: YOU!

The man came close to the guy who was talking to me and slapped him.

I got scared and then I saw the other person that was beside Father open his eyes.

-Man: remember Jake, we can’t tell her anything about us, we promised the royal family that after we returned her to them, remember.

Both of them looked at me, with a worried, concerned face. There was an awkward silence when.

The boy next to Father Caught. Blood and spoke.

- Boy: where am I?

And me and the two guys looked at him. Jake and the other man whom I have yet to learn his name looked at each other in confusion when one of them spoke.

-man: I thought you said that he would be out for another hour or so? Why is he awake?

- Jake: Listen, I have almost discovered something big with Her. So I will take her to the other room so that we can talk about the thing that we want. Is that ok?

The other man needed it, and Jake grabbed the back of my chair, learned it towards him, and started to drag me. The chair made a terrible noise on, what seemed to be a concrete floor. But before he reached the door he put a blindfold on me.

-Jake: I am sorry. But I need to put this blindfold on you. Ok

As he was putting on the blindfold I could see what he was shaking his hands and I kinda understood that he was both scared and didn't want to put the blindfold on.

The blindfold was on, and he continued to drag me for a few more minutes, and then we reached a door, I heard many clicks. And then I felt the ground become softer, he removed the blindfold, and he also untied me.

My vision was a bit blurry, because of the blindfold, but after a few seconds, it became clear.

I was in a different room, a room with a rug, and a table in the middle.

-Jake: help yourself you must be thirsty right?

On the table, he put up a glass of water, a plate with cookies, and a small sandwich. I dug in straight and I was starving.

He looked at me, smiling at me.

-Jake: slow down, luv, careful not to choke yourself, here drink some water.

He passed me the glass of water, I took it with both hands and down the water quickly. I choked a bit and then I heard him laugh again.

I was a bit embarrassed by it.