Fallon lowered her head as she scanned the room for her brother's signal. It was clear but she moved swiftly while she
proceeded to check each door throughout the corridors.
"Fallon now!" Her brother shrieked as he proceeded to grab her arm and direct her out towards the next route, he seemed frantic but kept a calm composure as he led her through an isolated area.
"This should be the way out, but I want you to promise me you won't came back for me?" He said with a weary smile.
She studied her brothers face and shook her head. She stopped walking and moved back from him.
"I wouldn't dare leave you behind Jake..." she said softly.
"Do you know what they would do to you if you stay here?" She cried out and held onto his hand.
"You need to come with me now before it's too late, we can't stay here. We will die here; don't you understand that?" She shrieked, she was breathless and exhausted but she had enough strength to escape her room to get to her brothers.
"Don't you see what they do to use children here? They don't care about us fae folks. We're just magical creatures in their eyes." She whimpered out in fear. Her voice croaked as she wiped her eyes.
He knew this. This was their so called home but it's a dystopian hell-hole. We're these prospects use any magical creature/ being as a zoo. The do experiments and love to catch them in pairs or twins preferably. Because of them being rare.
It had been planned out for weeks now and Jakob gave her a heads up 72 hours ago that tonight they'll escape when the guards were gathered in a mandatory meeting. He had hacked the system a few nights ago and gained full access a few moments ago but he knew the system would get weak eventually and alert the guards that they escaped. He knew of this and yet he wanted to make sure Fallon would escape. Jakob looked over at his twin sister and held her hands and smiled up at her.
"You know I want to go with you, but you need to find our parents, your smarter than I am. Don't worry about me Fally, I got this okay?" He stated before letting her go and pushing her out the door, which locked shut.
"JAKOB!" She screamed out.
Fallon got herself up and tried to open the door but it wouldn't budge. She screamed out for Jakob again but knew it was useless. She had approx. 20 min time frame to escape before she sets off the alarm her brother was holding onto. She hadn't figured out that this plan of theirs would only work for one person and yet he had chosen her. She held herself back from crying and touched the door once more before she sprinted off.
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Children of Aoife
Short Story"This is the way out, but I want you to promise me you won't came back for me?" He said with a weary smile. She studied her brothers face and shook her head. She stopped walking and moved back from him. "I wouldn't dare leave you behind Jake..."...
