A Rogue's Tale

Angel With the Demon Eyes Part 1

Note: The dialogue in italics is a flashback.

The song I used for this part is Send Me an Angel by Real Life.

Chapter Three: Angel with the Demon Eyes

Rogue woke abruptly startled out of sleep by her strange nightmare. "You alright there, girl?" A strange man sitting a few rows ahead of her looked back and asked.

"Yeah, ah'm fine," she said.

It was still a long ride, and she was still tired. She closed her eyes and tried to go back to sleep. All she wanted now were pleasant dreams, but she wasn't going to get her wish.

Little Anna Marie woke to find herself locked in a cell lying on a small cot on that lay on the cold concrete floor. There was very little light, and Anna Marie hated the dark. There was a dank smell that made her sniffle. She was shivering and wrapped herself in the thin gray blanket that lay on the cot. She looked around not being able to see much of anything and cried quietly like a whimpering animal. She was frightened and alone, not knowing where she was.

The little noise she made didn't go unnoticed. Through her tears she heard a voice. "Please, don't cry, ma petite Cherie." She looked over towards the direction of where the voice was coming from. She saw a boy in the cell next to hers. She crawled across the concrete floor until she reached him. Tears were still in her eyes. Vous êtes trop assez de crier (translation: You're too pretty to be crying.)

"Ah'm sorry. Ah don't understand," she said drying her tears.

"Don't cry, petite," he said. "Dey see you cryin', dey hurt you more."

"But ah'm scared," Anna Marie said as the tears filled her eyes.

"Be brave," he said, taking her hand through the bars. "I'll get you out a dis. Got a plan, an' we both escape."

"How?" she asked and looked deep into the boy's eyes, noticing for the first time the deep red hue of his irises. She gasped in surprise at seeing them. He turned away suddenly. "What's wrong?"

"I know, you don't like my eyes. No one does," he said, hanging his head in shame.

Anna Marie smiled at him and touched his hand. "Ah think they're nice." He looked up at her in surprise. "Ah jus' never seen eyes like yours before."

"Really, you t'ink dere nice?" he asked. She nodded as she smiled widely at him. "Your eyes are nice too."

Anna Marie blushed at his statement. She never met a boy who was so nice to her. Most boys on the playground picked on her by making fun of her unusual hair and saying nasty things to her. She would retaliate and would get into fights sometimes. She was small for her age but no less fierce.

"So, what's your name?" she asked him.

"Remy," he said. "An' yours?"

"Anna Marie," she said. They then both heard footsteps at that moment. Anna Marie's face went pale. "What's gonna happen?" She turned to Remy and asked.

"Don' know," he said. "Go on back to your cot and stay quiet. Guards don' like us talkin'. Dey get nasty sometimes."

She nodded in agreement and crawled back over to her cot. Remy watched her from the corner of his eye. She was trembling fiercely as a guard approached her cell. Her eyes grew wide, and her face turned white as a sheet when the towering shadowy figure entered. The man approached her slowly. She backed up into the corner of the cell clutching her blanket.

"Time for your examination," he said and grabbed her by the arm. She screamed from the pain he caused her, but more from the frightening revelation of the unknown.

"No!" she screamed. "Please." She cried uncontrollably.

Remy watched helplessly as the guard man-handled her. "Let her go, merde face chein. (translation: shit-faced dog.)

The guard seemed to growl at him as he held Anna Marie by the arms. She squirmed to get loose, but it was no use. The man pointed at him with an intense look of hatred in his eyes. "You're next."

Anna Marie continued to scream as the guard stomped down the hallway dragging her little body with them. He was too strong for her, and her efforts to get away were in vain. He opened a large metal door with a pass key and took her inside. As soon as they entered, she gained enough leverage and bit the man on the arm. He screamed in pain and was startled enough to drop her.

"You little bitch!" he screamed at her.

She got loose and ran for the door, but there was no handle to turn. She futilely beat on the door until she felt a hand grab her arm. He forced her to face him then slapped her hard across the face. She fell to the floor, and he bent down and reached into his pocket. He pulled out a clean white rag and gagged her mouth.

"That'll keep you puppies from biting," he said and picked her up again.

He restrained her arms and legs as he carried her to a metal table. She was still screaming through the gag while trying to kick at him as he put her arms and hands into the restraints. When they were secure, he did the same to her legs. When she could no longer struggle, she lay there whimpering as tears ran down her face.

The guard soon walked out of the room leaving the little girl alone. She didn't know what was worse, being alone in a dark room bound and unable to move or having that nasty guard beat on her for resisting him.

A silent eeriness filled the air. Anna Marie hated the quiet. It didn't give her anything to focus on and her fears took over, like hearing the voice of the boogie man whispering all the potentially terrible things that could and would happen to her.

Then she heard voices outside the large metal door. One was a woman's voice. It was somewhat soothing like her Aunt Irene's, but there was another voice too, a deeper brooding voice that scared her. She looked over and saw the door slowly open as two people entered the room. They were both wearing lab coats. She guessed they were doctors, and those were the people she hated most. She hadn't seen one since her aunt had taken her to get her booster shots, and that was not a pleasant experience.

"Nathaniel, this isn't right and you know it," a woman with shoulder length platinum hair and hazel eyes said. She was small in stature compared to the man next to her. "She's just a child, and Raven Darkholme's child at that. Don't you think she'll retaliate?"

"Not hardly, Tess," the man said. Anna Marie couldn't see his face, and she could only faintly hear what they were saying. "And risk being exposed?"

"Maybe, but this girl," Tess started to say. "She's not like the others."

"Yes, she will one day have great power," Nathaniel said, looking over at the little girl strapped down to the table. "A power I will control."

"Doctor Essex," Tess said in a stern voice. "You can't..."

"I can, and I will," he said, approaching Anna Marie. "Hello, my dear." He stroked her hair gently, but it didn't ease her anxiety. She could finally see the face of the man and cried out even through the gag around her mouth. "There's no need to be afraid. This won't hurt...much."

He pulled out a needle and held it up to the light. "Please, Nathaniel, don't do this. Can't you see she's afraid?"

"Then, calm her," he said. Tess walked over to the other side and stroked Anna Marie's cheek.

"Don't worry, sweetie," she said. "Nothing bad will happen. We just need you to calm down." With the woman's touch Anna Marie stopped struggling. "That's right."

She closed her eyes as she felt the prick of the needle. Soon, she found it hard to stay awake. Tess had removed the gag from her mouth. "Take this blood sample to the lab for testing," Nathaniel instructed Tess as Anna Marie drifted into unconsciousness. "Then bring the boy."

To Be Continued...