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man replied. ‘No chances. We were told. He
gets no chances.’
    The two men at his side
had faces as pale as the moon, sweat clung to them and their arms
shook, threatening to slip on the trigger.
    ‘ You were told
to stand guard, not shoot the guy as soon as he woke up!’ Anna
exclaimed.
    I couldn’t help but stare
at the back of her head incredulous, why wasn’t she getting out of
the way? I wanted to scream at her that the men held guns, but no
doubt she knew, but why take the risk? I was about to ask when I
realised that then they would be trained back at me.
    Oh, she’s
protecting me.
    Thoughts were hard to
form, and each time I tried it sent pricks of pain batting around
my skull. She did understand they had guns, right?
    ‘ Back down,
Paul,’ Anna challenged, her voice trembled with fury.
    The man named Paul stood
defiant, he looked half mad. Spit had continued to slide down his
chin from his snarl, and I noticed his arm wasn’t too steady
either. I laughed at his face, realised it wasn’t funny, laughed
again. Eventually he licked his lips and slowly dropped his
arm.
    ‘ Ask him
then!’ he shouted, his lackeys jumped at his side.
    Anna turned slowly, her
face red with anger, but her expression softened when her eyes met
mine.
    ‘ Hey, hey,’
she whispered, her hand tugged at my chin. ‘Look at me, don’t look
at them.’
    I did as she
asked.
    ‘ Good,’ she
said. ‘Now, can you tell us your name?’
    I just stared. For a
second I started shaking my head, but the men behind Anna bristled
and stepped forward. She hit them with a look and they retreated,
but not far.
    ‘ Please, no
one is gonna hurt you, but I need your name, please ?’ she pleaded, her face
desperate.
    ‘ Lucas,’ I
managed, ‘Bishop, Lucas Bishop.’
    Anna’s face relaxed and
the men behind her smiled, apart from Paul. He stood there and
stared, the snarl that didn’t seem to be leaving his face weighed
down on me. Eventually he walked away, the men at his side
followed. What the hell was that all about?
    ‘ You need to
rest, Lucas,’ Anna said, breaking my thoughts. ‘You’ll be safe, I
promise.’
    ‘ My head…’ I
gasped, my hand tried to reach it.
    It didn’t hurt so much,
but a strange feeling drifted through it.
    ‘ No, here, lie
down,’ she said, grabbing my hand gently in the air, and pushing on
my shoulders. ‘You hurt it pretty good before, the doc gave you
some sort of painkiller, so expect some
light-headedness.’
    I was already ahead of
her, I didn’t know when it had started, but the room tilted. I lay
back down on the hard floor, and Anna sat close by. I think I began
to scare her with my unwavering gaze as she smiled and crinkled her
forehead in question.
    ‘ What’s, um,
wha-’ I groaned, the pain was distant, but fighting to speak was
hard. ‘What’s going on?’
    ‘ Later,’ she
said, ‘sleep for now, get your energy back. You’ll need
it.’
    My eyes flashed to Paul
at the far side of the room. Anna followed my gaze.
    ‘ Don’t worry
about him, we got a name out of you, so you’re safe for now, I
promise,’ she whispered, bending down. ‘I’m not going to let that
backwards arse do anything, okay? Just rest, I got you.’
    ‘ Thank you,’ I
said. ‘You’re an angel.’
    She laughed. ‘No, just
Anna, but I’ll do my best.’
    I believed her, and fell
asleep.
     
    *
     
    When I opened my eyes
again, I felt better. Physically I was worse, the drugs having run
their course, but clearer headed and alert. I no longer had to
struggle, at least until I tried to sit up.
    ‘ Whoa,’ I said
as the room spun. ‘That’s not good.’
    ‘ Feel any
better?’ Anna’s voice came from a few feet away. She sat on the
floor with her back against a wall.
    ‘ I feel like
I’ve been thrown from a rooftop into oncoming traffic,’ I replied,
waiting for the pounding in my head to subside. ‘You?’
    ‘ Been better,’
she said.
    I looked at her, she was
pale and haggard, but her