14. (CONNOR)

ROSE

When I woke up the lights were still off and darkness blocked my vision. I felt weight over my legs when I tried to move it, my hands came in contact with soft fur and I realized that it was Bryce lying down near me . God help me, I prayed under my breath to not get killed by him.Lights turned on suddenly, I looked at Iris,her eyes went wide when she saw Bryce near me. She slowly moved towards me, and told me to sit on the other side while she sat with him.The door opened and someone threw Bennett inside, he was unconscious and his arm had few puncture wounds and they were slightly swollen.

When the door closed, both Bryce and Connor were awake; they still hadn't shifted back . I looked at both of them in fear and moved back towards the corner. Iris rushed towards Bennett and asked me to help her get him to the bed. After so much struggling we succeed.

He surely was heavy for both of us to carry. We both settled down and caught our breaths. Suddenly Bryce sat between us both and I jolted with fear.

"Don't worry he won't hurt you" she gathered all her hair into a bun.

"What will happen to Bennett now, and why hasn't Connor turned back to his human form?" I asked.

"Bennett will be fine but Connor is still weak. They drained all his energy at once or maybe they have started doing experiments on him again. Last time he didn't shift for three days. The duration is increasing week by week, that's why he's not able to shift back yet," she said and looked at Connor.

"I have no words to describe how I feel, I don't know what to do, I'm scared." my voice stuck in my throat and sob left my mouth.

"Hey it's fine, be strong that's what we all need, to survive in this hell, keep yourself together in order to escape this place, but in case you'll need our help we all will help you don't worry, think of me as your big sister, don't worry everything will be fine" she tapped my shoulder and smiled.

"Promise me one thing, if something happens to me or I don't survive here, take care of these three" she continued but her voice broke.

"Why are you saying that, I don't know how I will survive here without you, I'm just a weak little girl who can't even take care of herself, and you're asking me to make a promise that I'll not be able to keep" I replied slowly.

"Don't worry, these three will keep us both safe as long as they won't kill us,and let me tell you one thing, they don't hate you, they are just hard cored, I'll make sure that we all get along well, that's the only way to survive here" she said.

"Okay... you're right I'll try my best to be strong, but I can't promise you anything other than that" I replied and relaxed. She seemed like a trustworthy person.

"What place is this, is this some sort of research facility?" I asked quickly.

"No one knows, there are humans and werewolves both in other cells, they blindfold us when we enter the tunnel, when the blindfold is taken off we always find ourselves in a white room with soundproof walls and beds in line with tablets, on which surgical instruments are placed, that's it" she replied and my shoulders felt heavier all of the sudden and I sighed.

God help me, there's no way out, please this is too much since last month. Get me out of here, what if no one knows about this place. I relaxed my legs and accidentally touched Bryce's fur and jolted. I settled after a few seconds and cursed myself for being such a loser, after all I've got to get used to all these lycan and wolves. And these kidnappers still haven't given us anything to eat, except for allowing us all to use the washroom ,thankfully.

"By the way, how old are you little girl?" Iris asked me.

"I turned sixteen, a few days ago I celebrated my birthday and now I end up here I think I'm having bad luck" I replied.

"What!!! oh my God you're so young, and don't think like that it's nowhere related to your luck, who knows that was a way for you to meet us all and be friends with '' she smiled.

"How old are you all?" I broke the silence.

"Well I'm 20, Bryce is 23, Bennett is 29 and Connor is 22, and yes before you saying anything we all are oldies,and welcome to the family" she laughed.She went quiet when the lights turned off.

"Tick tock bloodsuckers,don't you have cash to pay for the electricity, keep it going I'm used to it anyway" she shouted and I bursted into laughter.

"Get used to it kid, I can't control my anger sometimes we ain't their lab rats" she growled angrily.

"Forget about the shit happened today, after all we can do is talk,we have unlimited time, tell me about your family," she asked.

"Okay, so I'm the one and only sister of four brothers, the oldest is Nick, the second one is Jackson, after him me and my twin brother Alex and at last Maximus" I told her.

"Good God you've four brothers, they must be pain in the ass" she bursted into laughter.

"Sorry for that, Means I've only two and they are too much to handle, I can't even imagine having four brothers, nope" she said while trying to control her laughter.

"Yes you've no idea, my both big brothers fight like mad bulls and it's nearly impossible for me to stop them, until mom shouts" I laughed.

We kept on talking about our families, all of the sudden someone started whining in pain, Iris enclosed that it was Connor. The darkness didn't allow me to see anything except for red eyes, which were now dimmed because of pain, as Iris moved,

"irrr... hurrttt..." an animalistic voice came.

All I could hear now was bones breaking and loud cries, the cries were more painful and horrific than Nick's. I tried to close my ears so I wouldn't be able to hear them, but it didn't work. I was now shivering with horror as the cries became louder, It felt like I'd lose my mind and hearing if it didn't stop. I closed my ears with my fingers, my head was about to explode. What I saw happening with Nick started to reply in my mind, thankfully after a few minutes the cries slowed down and bone cracking stopped.

"It's Okay Connor, hang in there, you're fine" Iris said.

"Hello is anyone there, he changed back, give him something to wear you filthy creatures, get him the damn clothes" I shivered by the boom in her voice.

"GIVE ME THE DAMN CLOTHES YOU SHIT HEADS '' Connor shouted and I nearly dozed off,that how frequently they all use curse words and end up bursting into laughter.

"Who else is here, another woman, God save me" he said and Iris laughed.

"Shut up, she's just a kid, only sixteen, bro. I swear if you try to tease her like Bennett, I'll break your pretty nose" she said angrily and I laughed inside.

"Oh geez women... sorry for the language kid and nice to meet you, get used to it, these assholes never listen" his voice boomed.

"And don't worry they won't even touch a hair of yours till I'm here" he said.

"Too much isn't it? You don't even know if she's comfortable with all your heroic words" Iris said and I laughed at how funny.

"Yes my lady, understood" he teased her.

"See I told you he's friendly and he's a good person except he's the biggest jerk I've ever seen" Iris burst into laughter.

"You know I can hear you very well, Iris" he chuckled.

"Like I care,"she said.

The door opened after a few minutes and someone threw clothes inside. God, where did I end up? I prayed in annoyance.

"Such a cute little girl you're," Connor said as the lights opened.

God he's so handsome, even more handsome than Captain America ugh, but he is nowhere near to the level of my elder brothers. I rolled my eyes and didn't reply.

"Well, it seems like she doesn't want to talk," he said while looking from the side of his eyes.

"You're such a jerk, she doesn't know why she would talk to you, a complete stranger, don't tell me you remembered your younger sister... oops sorry I didn't mean to bring that up" she said.

He went silent as Iris brought up his sister. I was still looking at both of them without saying anything, he had the same height as Jackson 6 ft,very tall.

"Hello kid, haven't seen someone as handsome as me" he said as he caught me looking at him.

"Really Connor, stop bothering her can't you see how irritated she is, and by the looks of her she might have brothers who might be more handsome than you" Iris teased.

"Really, how many brothers do you have?" he asked in shock.

"Four," I replied finally after having courage.

"WHAT?" he shouted and I bursted into laughter.

"Yes hulk, I was only terrified after seeing your height and muscles, don't mistake that as me looking at your face" I teased.

"What did she just call me hulk?" he laughed.

"Yes you heard loud and clear" Iris said while sitting with me and winked.

"Should I call you popcorn or a cone, sorry nice to meet you" I replied again.

His eyes went wide, he wasn't expecting me to reply to him,Iris couldn't control our laughter after seeing his shocked face.

"Nice to meet you too kiddo, I was shocked because my late sister used to call me with all these names, and I was trying to have fun" He held his hands up as Iris laughed again and I felt sorry for him.

"Sorry to hear about your sister" I replied without thinking.

"You're pretty disciplined as compared to kids of your age and very sharp, don't tell me you're a nerd" He asked again.

"Yes I do," I cut the conversation short.

"I did hear all your conversation with Iris, you don't need to worry, me and boys will protect you both no matter what, just like I consider Iris as my sister, you're now one too" he assured.

"Thanks Connor," I replied.

"Like I told you Iris, she's stronger than you, you never stopped crying for four days in a row, at last your eyes looked like Chinese women" he started all over again.

God he's such a flirt and a freak, I cursed under my breath that I ended up here. My mom always said that you should give one chance to the people who try to get along with you. I sighed in relief as I felt protected a little. I looked at Iris, she was still sitting with Bryce. As my eyes locked with his, he stood up and walked towards me, as I moved further into the corner and I had to stop as there was nowhere to go. Iris and Connor were laughing uncontrollably.

"Would you tell him to stop?" I asked both of them.

"Just pet him, that's what he wants, he'll stop following you like a puppy" Iris replied while trying hard to control her laughing.

"He's so stubborn and his wolf is more than him" I said.

"Come on, Rose , just pet him," Connor said and burst into laughter.

"You shut up hulk" I shouted at him angrily.

"Someone is about to burst in anger" he teased again and I really wished I had chloroform so his mouth would be shut for a few hours.

Finally when I had no choice left I looked at Bryce, who was giving me puppy eyes. I rubbed his fur, he purred and I laughed, when he sat back with Iris I sighed and adjusted myself at the corner. After a few minutes Iris came to sit with me.

"I miss my family and my friends, I miss my life back at home, what if I don't survive here, my parents and brothers will be so worried, I shouldn't be here if I hadn't come out to follow my brother" I sighed.

"We all do too, do you for how long we all have been here, it's been 6 months or more, I lost count, we can get out of this damn cellar" she said.

"Wait, what 6 months, oh my Goodness" I nearly screamed.

"Yup kid, that's how long we have been here, and they keep on experimenting on us and trying to make humans like us" Connor joined the conversation.

"Oh my, so that means I'll also have to go through all that" I sobbed.

"Is she really about to cry?" Connor asked Iris.

"What do you expect her to do, after listening to all that we told her, she's a kid, still she didn't cry when she came here" she tapped my shoulder.

"Which pack do you live in?" Connor asked.

"Pack, I don't live in one, I live with normal people like what you call them "humans".I replied.

"Oh I see... so your parents must be hiding their true identity from you and your younger siblings". He said.

"Unfortunately yes, till I caught my brother shifting in his wolf form" I rolled my eyes.

"Now you saw more than that," he laughed.

"This isn't funny at all," I replied with irritation.

"Sorry for that kid, we are just trying to utilize the time left, until we escape here or die" He apologized.

"It's fine, by the way which pack do you belong to,how many siblings do you have?" I smiled.

"Dark Moon pack, the second largest lycan pack in New York, only few wolves in our pack, my one and only elder brother "Kane" is the alpha, the leader and my late sister was "Ezra".he replied.

"Woah, I didn't know there were that many lycanthropes, I thought it was just a mythology, until I saw you here" I replied in surprise.

"There's far more greater and powerful beings than us wolves and Lycans,once you set foot inside this world, it wouldn't be easy to get out" he chuckled.

"Who's the powerful lycans? I asked,my curiosity was increasing.

"Alpha King, he's the most powerful in the whole Lycans and werewolves community" he replied.

"There's an Alpha King too....Woah" I replied in shock.

"Yes he has control over all the Lycans and werewolves packs, he's responsible for every rule and regulations that a pack has to follow, he's the Ultimate superior of all of us and strongest of all, in short you can say he's one man army himself" He explained.

"Close your mouth, it might hurt if it'll be open in that position for too long" Iris laughed.

I closed my mouth, it was opened in shock, how much a person can be so strong and powerful, there was a big world out there, my parents never told me about it,what if I used to live with people of my own kind, what if I was strong like my brothers, I would have never caught up here,a minute here felt like hour, a day here felt like week, I sighed.

"What happened?" Iris asked me.

"I'm amazed, that there's a big world out there and I was unaware of it, Because my parents hid it from me" I replied.

"There's much more than what I told you, but first we need to stay strong and train so we escape this place" Iris yawned.

"Yeah right" I replied.

"I need to sleep, at least that's the only thing I can do without anyone disturbing us" she whispered.

"Yeah you both girls better sleep, I'll be on watch" Connor said.

I was tired,after all the drama I had been seeing for two or three days, my head was dizzy but the fear and terror of what these people of organization might do to me, wasn't letting me sleep. Iris tapped my shoulder and told me to sleep, I sat with her and after a few minutes my eyelids feel heavy...