Chapter 6 - The Sacrifice
The armed guard dragged me roughly by my hair and threw me into a small, windowless storage closet at the back of the cabin.
He tossed Lily in right behind me and locked the heavy iron door securely from the outside.
I pounded my bruised fists against the cold metal until my knuckles actively bled, screaming for them to give Emma back to me.
The only response I received was the sickening sound of Greg's cruel laughter echoing through the thin cabin walls.
I sank to the dirty floor in absolute despair, pulling Lily into my lap to try and keep her freezing body warm.
Suddenly, a weak, raspy voice called my name from the darkest corner of the cramped storage closet.
I strained my eyes and saw Sarah lying on a pile of dusty blankets, clutching a heavily bleeding wound on her side.
She had survived the brutal shootout in the woods, but Greg's men had captured her and tossed her in here to slowly bleed to death.
I rushed over to my sister, tearing a large piece of my shirt to apply direct pressure to her bleeding stomach.
Sarah coughed violently, leaving a terrifying trail of dark blood on her pale, cracked lips.
She reached into her jacket pocket and pulled out a small, metallic cylinder with a blinking green light.
She explained that it was a highly concentrated military explosive she had stolen from Greg's private safe before she ran away.
It was more than powerful enough to blow the heavy iron door completely off its rusted hinges.
However, the remote detonator was entirely broken, meaning the bomb had to be triggered manually from inside the room.
Sarah grabbed my hand tightly and told me she was going to sacrifice herself so I could escape and save the girls.
I absolutely refused, telling her I would never leave my only sister behind to die alone in the dark.
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Sarah smiled sadly and said it was the only possible way to atone for letting Greg hurt Lily in the first place.
Before she could press the trigger button, I snatched the explosive right out of her bloody hands.
