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sighed.
    “The most important thing to this family is money. Wealth and power is where it’s at, my girl.”
    “But you’re already rich, Avery. Your family is beyond rich,” Sam accused.
    I watched her from my box with my elemental energy building everywhere.
    “True, but sometimes that’s just not enough,” he laughed, and quickly ordered the guards to remove her from the room. Sam screamed as they yanked her by her arms, forcing her into the hallway.
    “Asia! Be strong! I’ll get help,” Sam called to me.
    “Get out of here, Sam. I’ll be fine,” I called back to her. Avery slammed the outside door closed and spun around to face me.
    “No you won’t, Ms. Michaels. Max isn’t the only one with extraordinary gifts that we’d like to experiment with,” he assured me.
    I slammed my hands against the thick glass.
    “Your time here will be short…and painful.” Suddenly, he turned to the other guard still in the room and ordered him to follow Sam. “Keep an eye on Ms. Summers. We’ll still need her…well, we will still need her daughter.”
    I couldn’t believe my ears. A double-cross. Sam was right. I couldn’t trust him at all. My blood started racing and my breath pushed against the barrier in front of me. “Avery…”
    Annoyed and excited at the same time, he barked, “What?”
    “We had a deal.”
    “Yeah, and I had a brother once. That is, until you threw him over the edge of a cliff, murdering him brutally. Now, it’s your turn. Your death will be excruciating. Your pretty face will be broken. Your heart will be shattered. And when I’m done with you…I’ll suck every spark, every ember from your one true love. Your handsome fire-starter will suffer most of all. He will die by my hands, I guarantee you that, Ms. Michaels. Max Valentine will curse the day he wronged my family.”
    I couldn’t breathe. “No.”
    “Now, relax. We have a long night ahead of us,” he smirked, tapping on the glass with his middle finger. I bit down hard and sent a bolt of lightning into the thick glass. It vibrated ferociously filling the glass with brilliant colored light before sending a sharp shock into Avery’s fingertip. He jumped backwards angry, but impressed.
    “You really think this glass bubble will hold me for long?” I asked, through tight teeth. He shook his head slightly.
    “I guess we’re going to find out, aren’t we, Ms. Michaels.”
    I smiled, “Count on it.”

     
    FIVE: EXIT
     
    ~ Help I’m Alive: Metric ~
     
    Sam:
     
    Why did she do this? Why, Asia, why ? Only yards from the facilities front doors and my freedom, and I couldn’t stop thinking about her sacrifice. Why would Asia sacrifice herself? Why wasn’t she in Max’s arms? Why come for me? Why didn’t Max come? I tried to question her motives but as it turned out, I didn’t have time to worry about it for too long.
    “Don’t move!” a large guard shouted. I turned to find Avery’s thugs approaching. Thunder shook the main lobby of the building and I tightened my stance . Don’t freak out . You’re almost out. Just push forward, make the phone call on Asia’s cell phone, and get out of this nightmare. Get back to Madison.
    “Get her!” another security guard ordered.
    “Crap.” I ran forward as fast as I could. My legs were still weak from not eating much all this time in captivity. I pushed my body toward the front doors. Just as I reached them a hand found its way along my shoulder. I screamed and stabbed at it with my fingernails. “Leave me alone!”
    “You’re coming with us!” another guard said. His grip tightened on me, and I lunged forward, falling to the ground. As my body hit the floor I pulled out Asia’s phone from my pocket and quickly swiped at it surface. I clicked on the first contact number and pushed send.
    “Grab her!” another jerk hollered. The phone slipped from my hand and spun wildly along the floor. It smacked up against the facilities doors and began to flash intensely.