Chapter 28
Faith
She came awake slowly, coughing and trying to catch her breath. It was dark and her hair was covering her face and she couldn’t see. Faith tried to reach up and move her hair out of the way, but they tied her hands behind her back.
Fear hit her as she remembered being grabbed at the dressing room and losing consciousness. Where was she? She couldn’t sit up, so she rolled to one side to lift slightly with her elbow.
It was too dark to see anything substantial. However, the smell was all too familiar. She was in a subway tunnel. How someone dragged her down here with no one in the dome noticing, she did not know. This wasn’t an area she was familiar with. The tunnels her tribe used didn’t reach this far.
Raised voices carried through the darkness. They were probably about fifteen or twenty feet away, far enough that the darkness hid them from her view.
“You took her without waiting for my orders!”
“Sir, it was now or never. Those aliens have been guarding the bitch nonstop. When we saw our chance, we took it. You’ve got her back. That should be what matters.”
Got her back?Someone who knew her was behind this. She focused on the voices.
“This is what it is. I’ll have to deal with the situation.”
Shit! She knew that voice. It was Waller.
“Get back to your stations before your absence is noticed.”
“Yes, sir.”
Faith heard feet shuffling, passing her, then the sounds faded the farther away they went.
“Are you spying on us, Faith?”
She jumped back at the sound of Waller being so close to her.
“Waller? What the hell is going on here?”
“That’s what I want to know. What have you been telling the aliens?”
“Nothing. I wasn’t with them that long.”
“You’re lying.”
“I’m not! I’ve been there, what? Two days?”
“Four.”
“What?” Four days? How could that be?
“You’ve been gone for four days. That is plenty of time for you to spill the beans.”
She growled with frustration. “What beans? I know nothing!”
Suddenly, he was crouched in front of her, his face inches from hers. He slapped her so hard, she fell backward. He placed a knee on her stomach, pressing down hard, making it not only painful but hard to take a breath.
“I’m going to find out everything you told those disgusting space slugs. It would be better for you to give the information freely.” He touched the red splotchy spot on her cheek he inflicted.
“Though I enjoy doing things the hard way. I quite enjoy exploring the hard way.” He took in her appearance, lingering at her breasts and licking his lips.
Fear filled her at seeing the sadistic look in his eyes. “I didn’t tell them anything! I swear!”
“Four days is a long time for them to get information from you. It didn’t look like they had to revert to torture. So, I’m wondering whatothermethods they may have used.”
