The forsaken (Rainimator book4)

castle in swamp

POV Stella

I decided I wanted to check on Charlie, Meeps chose to come with me, Razer and Andrew coming along, we walked into finding Nostra over Charlie, examining him, "how is he?" Meeps asked. 

Nostra turned to us, clipping their plague mask back on, "He is alive, I don't understand why any of you care for him, he is the most annoying person I've ever known, I hate him, if I wasn't a doctor I wouldn't help him," Nostra said. 

I went over to Charlie, "He's annoying yes, but he tries to be his best, but sometimes he struggles, but he's my friend and one of the best when you get to know the actual Charlie," I said, I looked over at Razer, I know he's not really a fan of Charlie. 

Meeps walked over standing next to me, Charlie looked okay mostly, there was a new scar going across his arm, I felt terrible standing here, I wonder how Meeps felt, Charlie had gotten in between her and Crystal, taking the hit meant for her, and then, of course, they was Crystal, I kept looking over to Razer and Andrew, and I couldn't imagine how Razer felt, he found a sister just to lose her like this. 

There was a machine of some kind hooked up to him, "Nostra what's this?" I asked. 

"It looks like it's monitoring his brain waves," Andrew said, "and it looks lively," 

"what do you think is going on in there?" Razer asked. 

I looked at Charlie, "He's a complex person, but it won't shock me if he was blaming himself in there," I answered. 

"I'm going to get something to eat," I said, I didn't even bother with walking to the mess hall, I just teleported. it was a handy trick, no one seemed to notice when I appeared in the room, I walked over to the counter and grabbed a sandwich, a glass of water and an apple. 

I sat at a table on my own, I wasn't as scared of people as Charlie, but do try to avoid it where I can, I sat and started to eat. when I overheard the guards on break behind.

"Did you hear about that annoying ass scientist?" Guard 1 asked. 

"What Charlie? that asshole?" Guard 2 asked. 

"Yeah, he's in a coma," Guard 1 said. 

"ha, he had it coming, what caused it?" Guard 2 asked.

 "his girlfriend, that crazy bitch who was with the red legion? severs him right for trusting her," Guard 1 said. 

Guard 2 laughed, "It's a shame he didn't die, not after what happened to Alice," 

it had never crossed my mind, what the guards and soldiers thought of everything, but I wasn't going to sit here and listen to them, I turned to them, "Umm, Excuse me? can you not...umm...talk about my Friend like that," 

the first guard turned to me, disgust on his face, "No one wants your opinion nether kin scum, fuck off," he said.

"Hey, that's not..." I didn't get to finish my sentence when Guard 2 pushed me over, a fell back onto the table where my food was.

"He said fuck off!" he yelled. I felt tears pricking at my eyes, before I got back up and pushed the guard. "So that's how it's going to be? boys look like the feral bitch wants a beaten," he said clicking his fists.

 the other 5 guards joined the first 2, outnumbering me, I didn't have a chance to use a spell before the first guard could hit me, in the gut winding me, I fell to the floor gasping for breath, as the guards started to kick at me. 

then the door opened. "WHAT IN THE 9 RINGS OF THE NETHER IS GOING ON HERE!" the voice of Patrick yelled. 

the guards suddenly stopped kicking me, and I felt a hand grab me and pull me away from them, "Stella are you alright?" Hilda asked. I was too shaken to answer her.