We Were the Cost Chapter Nine

Chapter Nine

(SARAH)

I felt the barrel of a gun on the back of my head and heard a click. This wasn't good. And totally unexpected. Did we really come all this way just to die like this?
No one moved. It felt like hours standing there, wondering if we would be killed, but was only a few seconds. In a few more seconds, I was hit in the head and knocked unconscious.


I woke up lying on a stone floor, hands and feet bound by rope. I had a massive headache, and it took a few minutes for me to be able to see straight. I used the wall to try and prop myself up.
The room was dark, with only a barred window on the closed door letting in light. I peered through the darkness, wondering where I was. The last thing I remembered was... Oh no. I immediately started panicking, wondering if everyone was still alive. Looking around the room again, I noticed the familiar bodies on the floor. All alive, thank God. Theo, Travis, Maes, Clint... Where was Kain?
Travis sat up and groaned. "That son of a--"
"Quiet," Theo demanded, struggling with the ropes on his wrists.
"He totally abandoned us, didn't he!" Travis growled. He leaned against the wall and grumbled, "That good for nothing Ishvalan." Maes kicked him with her bound feet.
"That'll get you killed here, brainless! Just keep quiet!" she commanded.
I wondered how long they would keep us in there. What reason did they have for this? And just what the heck was Kain doing?
The door creaked open and two Ishvalan men stepped in, studying us. Kain was kicked into the room and stumbled down next to us. Another Ishvalan walked into the room, a woman carrying a lantern that illuminated the dark room. She shut the door behind them.
Kain stood up and faced the oldest Ishvalan man, bowing slightly. "I mean you no disrespect, but this is a misunderstanding. We do not mean to cause harm to any Ishv--" The woman slapped him.
"How dare you lie in the land of God! Ishvala shall punish you for your impudence!" the woman hissed.
"But I'm not--"
The old man raised a hand, silencing Kain. "Amestrians are not to cross the border into Ishval, and I trust you know why, Kain," the man said.
"Y-Yes, sir," Kain replied. "But I can assure you that these people are completely harmless."
The younger Ishvalan man held a bag. One of our pillowcases, actually. He emptied the contents onto the floor. Guns, grenades and all.
"'Perfectly harmless,' hm?" the woman said.
"Listen, you dont understand!" Kain shouted.
"You listen, young man," the old man commanded. "Amestrians caused the downfall of this country once, and I don't intend to let it happen again." He opened the door and walked out, followed by the woman, then the man, who took our weapons with them.
Kain slid down the wall into a sitting position and sighed. "Great..."
"Hey, um, Kain?" Travis said. "Could you possibly untie us, maybe?"
Kain looked over at him, not scowling or anything mean. "Oh, yes. Sorry." One by one he unbound us, not even threatening Travis or Clint. He seemed a bit unusual.
I wasn't necessarily worried about getting out of the room. The door was made of wood and, despite them taking Maes' gloves, we still had Kain's destructive alchemy. I was most concerned about our stuff. The Ishvalans took all of it and it was kind of important that we had it.
"I'm so stupid!" Kain growled. "I should've known this would happen!"
I crawled over next to him. "It's okay, Kain. You wouldn't have had any way of knowing." I looked into his red eyes and smiled as sweetly as I could. He looked away.
Theo scoffed. "A race that doesn't trust it's own kind won't last long."
Kain sighed. "Trust has gotten us into bad situations. And besides, Ishvalans do trust other Ishvalans. But they don't trust me because I'm a sinner." He looked down at his tattoo. "Alchemy is forbidden by Ishvalans. They look at it as blasphemy. A practice of perversion and arrogance. Man thinking that they can craft God's creations into something better." He ran his hand through his hair. "And I'm currently the worst offender in all of Ishval, I suppose, and I probably have a lower status than an Amestrian. Don't expect for things to go well for us here."
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(THEO)
I sighed. This country needs to set out its priorities.
"So how do we get out of here?" Travis asked.
"The only way we can, Illegally," I said. Sarah glared at me.
I frowned. "Well, you want to sweet talk them and get us out, sis?" Her expression never changed.
"Sarah," Kain said, gingerly touching her arm. "He's right. If I couldn't talk them into letting us go, they won't."
"Well, how are we supposed to get out of here then?" Clint said, the angriest I'd ever heard the kid speak.
"They took all our weapons, Maes gloves, my book. I don't know enough about alchemy to get us out of here by the way, wherever here is!" He slumped to the floor next to is brother, and drew transmutation circles in the dirt.
"Don't set those off," Maes commanded,"I don't want them in here while we are brainstorming."
"Did you even see where we were, bro?" Travis directed at Kain. Kain glared, and looked like he wasn't going to answer just because Travis had called him bro. But, eventually, he gave in.
"Underground, somewhere," he replied reluctantly. "Even if I did blow this place up, we'd just be crushed by the floors above us."
"So, our only way out is by force through that door," I said, pointing with my foot. "And we are just a bunch of weaponless, ignorant teenagers. This should be so fun..."
"Well," Travis said smiling. "Not totally weaponless..."
Sarah looked up at him, and for the first time in a while, it wasn't to glare. Her blue eyes were sparkling.
"What do you mean, Travis?"
He smirked, white teeth shining through pink lips. He ruffled his hair. "Let's just say, they didn't strip search me." He patted his thigh happily. Maes made a face, but Sarah beamed.
"You've got a knife?!" she said, holding his arm happily.
He shook his head. "Better."
She stared. "You have a gun?" she whispered, as if they were listening.
"Just a small pistol, but I'm one hell of a shot," he bragged. I rolled my eyes, but I couldn't hate his arrogance right now. We needed him right now.
"Alright," Maes said. "Clint, can you get the officers back in here please, and without crushing us?"
He smiled. Suddenly, the room was engulfed in blue lightning, and Maes made the most horrible scream, and even I was worried it was real.
***
We were running, panting. Ishval didn't have a lot of hiding places. So, when we came to a little alcove in a stone canyon, I was so happy. Travis was laughing his head off, his grey tee blood spattered. Even Kain's lips held a hint of a smile. I beamed too. I wrapped my sister and Maes in a hug, picking them up and spinning, them, causing me to fall backwards. I didn't listen to the short joke Travis made, I was just happy we got out alive.
Sarah spun around, jumping up and down. "I can't believe we did that!" she yelled.
Travis propped his elbow on her shoulder, and ran a hand through his hair,"Believe it, babe."
She shoved him away. "I'll give it to you, Travis. You were amazing back there. But don't go getting a huge head-"
"Babe, babe, my ego isn't that large. But let me tell you, I'm amazing at all things." He smirked, and even Sarah smiled.
"We should rest," Kain said, slipping down the cave wall, dropping the bag of ours he'd retrieved.
"What'd you grab?" I asked him.
"He got the food," Sarah said. "Clint grabbed the weapons."
"I got two of the pillow case," Maes said. "It's Theo's and Sarah's," she said, handing them to me.
"I've got yours," I told her.
"Thank you," she said, smiling. I blushed, glad she hardly noticed in the setting sun.
"Travis?" Clint asked.
"What's up, kid?"
"You...you didn't kill anyone back there, did you?"
Travis took a bite out of an apple, and wiped his mouth. "'Course not kid. I aim to wound, not to kill."
Clint nodded, and laid down, Maes pillowcase as his pillow. I gave her mine, but she curled next to me, and we shared it. I noticed Travis on one side of Sarah, and Kain on the other, both close to her. Regardless, she was shivering, and I noticed Kain offered his bicep for her to lay her head on. She blushed, and pushed his arm away. I smiled slightly, not sure why. I liked Kain a whole lot more than Travis. The murderer to the rich boy. Elric logic.

I closed my eyes, my hands in Maes hair, and slipped into well deserved sleep.

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