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I Twitch Awake, My Sweaty Arms And Legs Stuck In An Awkward

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I twitch awake, my sweaty arms and legs stuck in an awkward position. It causes my joints to ache and my neck to pop as I sit up. I wipe the beads of sweat off my forehead, catching my breath.
Images from my dream flash across my mind. Horrible images of blood, demons, Kallua and him. Daemn. I didn’t exactly see him, more the sensation of his telepathy force piercing my mind. It was as if he was twisting and controlling my thoughts all over again.
It wasn’t real, I try to convince myself, but no matter how much I tell myself it wasn’t, a part of me will believe he’s still there, lurking.
Just be a stupid dream.
I’m already messed up as it is. I don’t need my imagination confusing reality.
I stand, brushing off my jacket, and examine …show more content…

He licks his lips, eyeing me up and down, before stopping at my face. His jaw drops. “Do…do you know who this is?” he exclaims, patting the bald one on his arm.
The big guy looks confused…Well, I think he looks confused, it’s hard to tell with a spider tattoo for eyebrows. “Um, yeah…it’s…it’s a girl, right?”
“Not just any girl. It’s the girl. The girl the Order wants,” the wiry man explains, leaning down and picking up a poster. He waves it in the other man’s face. “This girl. The girl with the reward on her head.”
Spider-face takes a good few seconds to read the poster and he smiles a most toothless grin. “You’re right. We’re getting out of this hell hole.”
I yelp as I’m thrown over his shoulder and I manage to smash the heel of my boot into his fat face. He cries, stumbling and his grip loosened. I shrimp down when a fist hits my square in the jaw. I stop, pain radiating through my face, and I clench my jaw. Oh, that’s going to bruise.
“That’s enough from you,” the wiry man squeaks, a bony finger in my face. “Behave. You’re only wanted alive but they never said how alive. Maybe we’ll have a little fun before we turn you over.”
I laugh, crazed. “You do realize they’re just gonna kill you, the moment you hand me over?” I’m not afraid of these men. They’re stupid to trust anything on that poster. I reach for my gun, to find it gone.
Okay, maybe not that stupid.
The wiry man twirls my gun on

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