1 Chapter 1

It was a bright sunny afternoon as fear paralyzed Skylar. She along with several other helpless civilians were held captive in a large scale bank robbery. The robbery was run by the most feared band of criminals in the whole country, The Demons, known for their reputation of killing hostages that didn't abide by their rules.

Everyone was ordered to not move or speak unless told to otherwise if they valued their lives. Skylar sat perfectly still and fought back her tears that threatened to fall. However, a chandelier that was shot during the gangs arrival swung dangerously over her, until suddenly it snapped and began to fall, crashing down onto her leg with a loud bang.

Skylar bit her bottom lip to stop herself from screaming in pain, biting so hard that her lip began to bleed.

Due to the sudden noise, the gang leader approached her, like the others his face was covered by a face mask which stopped others from identifying him or the other members.

He looked down at her before crouching down to meet her gaze.

"aren't you a good little girl"

He spoke in a slightly muffled voice but Skylar could tell that he was smiling under his mask.

Skylar remained frozen as tears trailed down her face.

The leader then removed the fragmented chandelier off of her leg, only to reveal sharp shards of glass cutting into her shin and calf. Skylar trembled out of fear and pain as he traces his gloved hand over her leg.

He then let out a loud sigh before scooping her up and carrying her bridal style over to one of the benches, placing her down, then ordered one of his men to get a first aid kit.

Once given the first aid kit, he handed a cushion over to her.

"Scream into this if the pain gets worse"

Skylar nodded slightly and held the cushion up to her face clutching it tightly as he began to carefully remove the glass shards. As he got to work, Skylar let out a few wimpers and yelps every so often along with the occasional twitch and flinch of her leg.

"Your starting to sound like a puppy, cutie" he chuckled slightly as he removed the last shard of glass and began applying a bandage on her leg. Once he finished, he rose from the floor and began to walk away, when some gang members approached her but just as they were about to touch her, the leader spoke sharply "Touch her and I'll blow your head off"

With that the others quickly backed off and one of them spoke "w-we were just going to put her back with the others s-sir"

"Did I say you could do that? Keep her where she is and get back to work."

With a quick nod they all got back to their assigned jobs.

Every once in a while however, the gang leader would check on her which made her slightly on edge until suddenly, one of the hostages shouted "can't you see that your frightening that poor girl?!"

The gang leader pointed his gun at the hostage and without hesitation pulled the trigger, killing the man instantly. Skylar gasped out of shock as more tears fell done her face and her trembling intensified. He then signaled to his men to get rid of the body. Putting the gun back in its holder, he then turned to face Skylar. He reached over to her and carefully wiped away her tears "Theres no need to be scared puppy, I promise I wont hurt you."

Skylar flinched slightly as his fingers caressed her face, wiping away her tears. He then turned to his men and spoke in a stronger tone "load up the truck."