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"Hey, Cinder, watch your left!" Thorne shouted as he dodged another love-tranquilizer. Cinders heeded his warning and avoided the punch while kicking the man in the stomach. The man fell on his butt and cursed while Cinder pulled out a rope from nowhere and tied him to a pole, keeping a tight grip on him. The girl Thorne was fighting, however, had other ideas.

She pointed at Cinders and blew a poison-tranquilizer into life. It would have hit its target if it wasn't for Iko's indestructible hand. She grabbed the dart and threw it at the ground, crushing it with her blue high-heeled boots.

"Thanks, Android, " Cinders swiped her hair and looked at Thorne with won't eyes, "Thorne, duck!!" but it was too late.

The dart hit him in the neck. He cursed and pulled it out, throwing it away, "OW! What was that... for...?"

Thorne looked at Selene/ Cinders with new eyes. She was... beautiful. Unique, wonderful, lovely, cute, he could go on and on. Cinders squinted her eyes, and his heart pattered.

"Shit. Lina struck you with a love dart, didn't she?" asked Cinder. She looked so pretty when she did that.

"I dunno. Did anyone ever tell you how cute you are?" she snorted at his reply.

"Of all the darts she could conjure, she chooses the love dart," rolling her eyes, she went to where Iko already wrapped Lina the 'Tranquilizer' to a fire hydrant, "Aren't you forgetting something?"

He blinked, "What?"

Cinders facepalmed and groaned, "You're supposed to be saving Cress in like 30 minutes."

"But I don't want to separate from you, my little fire."

"Don't call me that," she moved to where Lina was, "Hey, you."

"What do you want?" Lina spat with a strange accent. They've been trying to catch her and her brother for weeks as they terrorized this part of the city with her darts and his strength.  

"How do you reverse this little jinx of yours?"

"Why would I tell you?"

"Because-!" Cinders sighed, "just tell me. Please." Lina humphed.

"It better not be something corny like a true loves kiss or something," Iko mumbled.

"It's actually true loves sight!"

Cinders groaned and glared her pretty eyes at Thorne. He smiled back swoonily. 

"If you tell me how long it wears out, I'll set you free."

"Really?" Cinders nodded, "about ten to twenty minutes. Now set me free!"

"Thanks. I was joking about that, though."

"Hey! You can't just do that!"

"I just did."

She began to pace towards him, and once she was within arm's reach, he slid an arm around her and pulled her close.

Paparazzi began to snap photos of them as police officers took the criminals into custody. He looked down at Cinders, and when their eyes met, he could see a hint of pride. But mostly annoyance. She pulled away from Thorne and walked away as fast as she could. Oh, stars, she was adorable.

"Hey, Cinders?"

"Yeah?"

"What was I supposed to do?"

"Save Cress in a few-," she looked down at her watch, "actually right now."

"Okay, honey-bunch. Where do I go?"

"The top of Blackburn Skyscraper. She should be there."

"Okay. But I will only do it on one condition."

"What. What could you possibly-"

"A kiss."

"What," she stopped to stare at him with eyes of horror. She looked down at her watch again and began to tap her foot, "okay, when you get back. You need to go now, or the plan won't work."

Thorne smiled. He was going to kiss the girl of his dreams when he got back. With a salute to Iko and a flirty wink to Cinders, he took off towards the Blackburn Skyscraper.

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When he got there, Thorne looped the building once but couldn't see anyone. Growling, he looped the building again and stopped once he saw a petite figure with long, long, long hair. There were computers, TVs, wires, and electronics everywhere.

Then she turned towards him and froze when their eyes met. She smiled and waved giddily, but Thorne couldn't move.

Relief came off him in waves, and he felt something different about himself. A few moments ago, he couldn't keep his mind off Cinders (or Selene, whatever she goes by these days), and now all he could think about was how this girl had freckles and dimples with wide, innocent blue eyes, making her look like the cutest thing Thorne had ever seen. She couldn't have been more than 16.

After a couple of seconds of admiring this girl, he smiled back and waved. She opened the window and asked, "Are you my knight in shining armor, finally coming to save me?" she was all smiles and giddiness, making Thorne want to jump up and down with giddiness too.

"I don't know. Are you a damsel in distress?" she began to nod as her eyes flickered to something inside the attic. 

"GET AWAY!!" she screamed as something hit him at the side of his head. He flew sideways as the world went black around him.

Thorne was sure he fainted, but he could still hear the shrieks and cries from above him. He leveled himself and felt that he was flying again, but it was hard without seeing where he was going. 

"Hello?" he called out, "Anyone there?" it sounded like someone was crying and fighting someone above him. Then he felt something like a rope on his wrist and he grabbed it. The rope pulled him down and he struggled to hold it. Then someone cried out in pain and Thorne realized that he wasn't grabbing rope. He was grabbing hair.

He yelped and began to pull the hair up. More shrieks and it hurt him that he was causing the girl so much pain. Why did she throw a box at him? Why did she hop out of the skyscraper? 

The girl was practically screaming when he felt something hit his foot. It was connected to the hair so it had to be her head. He grabbed her and hauled her up in his arms, feeling where her arms and legs were since he was now blind. 

"Hello. Are you the damsel in distress?" she sobbed and grabbed Thorne harder, leaving his suit wet, but he didn't mind, "What's your name?"

"C-cress," she sniffed, "you saved my life."

"I'm so, so, sorry for hurting you. It was the only way without letting you die. Are you okay?"

"I-I'm fine. My whole head burns like it's on fire," the girl, no, Cress, winced and he felt guilty for hurting her.

"Captain Thorne? Do you know where your heading?"

"I'm not going anywhere, am I?"

"No your heading slightly into that apartment complex."

"WHAT!!"

"You didn't know?"

"I'M BLIND. I THINK!!"

"What!" Cress shrieked and began to breathe harder, "Captain, turn turn, turn, turnturnturnTURN!!!"

She screamed as Thorne used his body as a shield for whatever he was about to hit. He was expecting a wall but instead hit the glass and he cried out loud as something pierced into his back. Wood, metal, and more glass greeted them as they went farther into the complex. Somewhere along the way, Cress had stopped screaming. He let out a war cry and willed himself to stop flying. Slowly but surely, they came to a stop.

"Cress, are you okay?" no answer, "CRESS?!" he felt around the tiny girl and felt for any blood or wounds that she might have. Nothing. He felt for a pulse and found that it was still there. She was alive.  

Breathing hard, Thorne peeled Cress off of him and turned to lay on his back. He groaned and asked if anyone is there and for help. No one responded to him. He didn't have a phone or anything and it really hot in here. Plus, Cress had fainted.

How was he ever going to get out of here?

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