Caged No More: Chapter 45

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:CW/TW- K!lling, g0re | POV- Sable: The last person in the next group of guards falls to the ground, bl00dst4ins spreading up their shirt. I remove my d4gger from their shoulder and turn to face the group. 'We have...3 hours and 48 minutes till-' I stop writing when I hear the screaming of sirens and red lights flashing throughout the hallway. Then something fizzles, and all the fluorescent lights above us flicker off. "They shut off the power!" Kai whispers, looking at faer watch. I fist-bump star in silent celebration. "3 hours and 48 minutes," Onyx reminds everyone, nudging my shoulder. "Let's go!" Everything goes smoothly as we navigate in the dark, eyes adjusting instantly. Then a pair of footsteps, heavy and determined, comes thumping down the hall straight towards us. I yelp, taking out an ax from my belt. No one atacks me, though, and in just a few seconds, I hear someone thudding to the ground and the click of a r!fle. "Don't try anything," an icy voice hisses. The person's wearing all black, even a face mask, so I can't see any of their features. But the other person they've cornered is....Onyx. I feel nothing but rage, white-hot anger, flowing through my bl00d. They can't touch her! They can't! All of a sudden my feet are carrying me forward, faster than I've ever run, and my arms are lifting my ax like they have a mind of their own. And before the person can process what's happening, I swipe the w3apon- and miss their skull. I prepare to strike again. But then I hear screaming, agonized screaming, and someone dropping to the ground and writhing around. I'm confused as to why until I spot the bl00dy limb on the ground and the stump on the guard's arm below the elbow. 'We're even now,' I scrawl on the pad, trying not to drip bl00d on it. I offer my hand to Onyx. She takes it reluctantly and starts to stand up, but she slips on the bl00d below her feet. I catch her by the waist, spinning her around to face me. She's giggling like some sort of psycho, which makes my stomach erupt in butterflies. I stare quizzically down at her, but she blushes and looks away. Whatever, I think, helping her towards the wall. And then I accidentally slip on the bl00d and catch myself with the wall, planting two hands on either side of Onyx. She makes some sort of flustered noise and slides down the wall, still laughing. "Onyx!" I rasp, but it comes out strangled and unintelligible. I catch Kai and Paris staring at me with wide eyes and scribble, "I'm not doing this on purpose, is she broken?" They both laugh until they choke.