Salvation by Aeon Igni Page A

a clenching of his jaw and a narrowing of his eyes.
    "Fine ." His green eyes were fixed on Angorak with a murderous rage. "You've found me out. Now take the bag and let her go."
    He tossed the bag and Angorak caught it in his clawed fist. I closed my eyes. Just a few more minutes and we'd be out of there.
    Angorak must have truly been crazy, because he said, "Let me give her a kisss good-bye." My eyes had been closed so I didn't expect the burning pain when the whip landed on my back once more. It ignited all of the other pain I had felt, and it finally drove me crazy because once I started screaming, I couldn't stop. My voice was almost gone but I shrieked and writhed blindly in the chains.
    I heard a high-pitched scream from someone other than myself, and opened my eyes to see a reptilian arm fly past me. Just the arm. The captain had picked up an axe and had already beheaded one of the guards. The other was looking in shock at his ruined shoulder, watching as it spurted out blood from the gaping hole where his arm had been. The captain beheaded him as well, putting him out of his misery, all the while keeping one eye on Angorak, who was moving toward the door.
    The captain didn't waste time walk ing across the room, but hurled the axe, which planted itself squarely in Angorak's chest. The reptilian stumbled and fell backward, his tail swishing in a futile attempt to keep his balance, until he finally fell over. I could see his eyes blinking in shock as he looked down at the axe in his chest.
    The captain crouched over one of the guards on the floor and I heard the clanking of keys. He walked over and unlocked my chains. I had never been so relieved in my entire life, but I didn't have time to express it, because my legs wouldn't hold me and I immediately fell forward.
    The captain's strong arms caught me just in time. He held me briefly by the upper arms, looking at the lacerations on my front and my back, and I knew he was trying to figure out how to carry me without causing me any more agony.
    Finally, he leaned down and grabbed me around the waist, hois ting me over his shoulder.
    Just before we left the room, he walked to Angorak, leaning down with me still over his shoulder and grabbing the black bag out of the reptilian's claws. When he turned back to the door, I saw that the reptilian's eyes were already glazed over in death.
    I seem to remember this position , I thought hazily as I bounced around on his shoulder in torment. His strides were quick and sure as he carried me back to the waiting carrier.
    When we arrived, h e took me off his shoulder and tried to place me in the seat, but I coudn't control my scream as the chair touched my back. I ended up kneeling on my seat with my shoulder and arm to the seatback so that nothing would touch my back or chest.
    I tried to stay there, but my body was swaying and I was almost passing out. I couldn't believe that he had come back, that I was being rescued. Then I wondered if this was another hallucination and I had finally gone insane.
    When m y body started shaking again, I knew exactly what it was.
    "Simmons!" The captain shouted in my face. "Open your eyes!"
    I tried to focus but my eyes kept rolling back in my head and my entire body began shaking with the effort.
    "No, no, no, dammit! Stay with me!" I heard him calling me from far away. I knew that I was rocking back and forth and mumbling incoherently, but I couldn't make my body respond in any way to my mental commands.
    "I-I'm s-s-s-sorry, Cap'n. I-I'm s-s-such a-a p-p-pain in the...." I felt myself pitch forward into his lap and felt a burning pain in my chest as the open wounds hit his legs, then finally, blissfully, everything went black.

Chapter 15
     
    I woke up to the smiling eyes of the medic once more.
    "Another déjà vu," I muttered.
    "Hmm?" He asked, picking up a small light and shining it in my eyes. I followed his finger back and forth until he nodded, satisfied.
    I didn't repeat myself, but sat