~~Hope~~

Chapter Four

Chapter Four

I crouched down on my hands and knees while he walked down the stairs. If you looked at me you'd assume I was afraid. Was I? Yes, I'd have to say. Do I show it? No, of course not. The man walked up to me, using his fingers to lead my face upward. 

"Your so pretty, you know that?" He told me, a pleasurable look on his face. "Too bad I'm killing you tomorrow."

Too bad that isn't going to happen... I thought, but when I looked over at Julia she was staring off into space. Please.. Julia. Please don't do this on me. I begged in my head.

The man forced my eyes to stare into his. Just as I was trying to think of a distraction a voice spoke up. "Leave her."

I looked over at Julia she was sitting up, the man turned towards her, a hint of humor in his eyes, like this was a game. "So you want me to have a turn with you?" He asked her.

"No, but I want you to go die." She told him.

He chuckled and slowly scooted towards her. I saw the chance, so with all my force, I stood up and raced as far as I could. When I felt the tug on my ankle I jumped onto the man's back. The chain was tugging painfully on my ankle but I didn't care, I held on with one hand and with the other I tried to get into his back pocket. He went mad trying to get me off, and he found a way. Shoving his elbow it hit me hard in the gut. I flew to the ground, but not before I had the little piece of metal out of his pocket, witch slipped out of my hand and hit the wall behind me.

Lying on the ground my ankle throbbing, he walked over to me, picking me up by the collar of my shirt he threw me against the wall where the chain twisted and there was a cracking sound. I let out a yelp of pain.

"If you ever try to attack me again, you'll die!" He yelled at me. "And from now on I am your master, you will treat me like one, and call me master, do you hear that?"

I nodded in fear, then he turned his back to me and left the room. I slightly sat up to look at my ankle. It was covered in blood, and it hurt to move.

"Anna, are you okay?" Julia called to me, she was crying again.

"Forget about the pain." I told her reaching over and picking up the metal key. I bent down and tried to fit it in, at first it wouldn't go in, but then it slipped in. I turned it, and with a click the metal band fell off. Then, using my arms in dragged myself over to Julia and unlocked her chain.

She looked at me with awe. "Now what do we do?"

"We are gonna go upstairs, and I will distract him while you go and get help." I told her.

"Anna, no! He will hurt you! We can sneak out and get help together."

"Julia, he will see us, and my ankle is broken I'll just slow us down. This is the only way we can get away, I'll be fine. Just get help. Go to the closet house and get them to call 911." More tears slipped down her pale cheeks. "Do you feel like your going to pass out?" I asked her since we hadn't eaten any food or drank any water.

"No, I think I might be fine." She replied, then gave me a hug. "Lets do this."

I motioned for her to go first and we quietly walked up the stairs. At the top I peaked out the door and saw that he was on the other side of his house. His house looked way different then the basement. It had color and decorations everywhere, with fancy furniture. I slowly dragged my ankle right while Julia hurried left towards the door. I slowly moved to right outside the door of the room he was in while I watched Julia hurry to the door. She tried to open it quietly, but "Master" heard it. He turned first seeing Julia, then me. Anger filled his blue eyes, and he turned them on me. 

He was one of those people who had anger issues, and took them out on one person, and only one person. As Julia ran outside into freedom "master" ran to where I stood. I tried to scoot back but my ankle cried out in pain. As he reached me he grabbed something that was against the wall that I hadn't noticed. A baseball bat.

Wrapping one of his strong hands around my neck he lifted me off the ground. He held my neck so tight I could breathe then he spat in my face. "Think your so tough now?"

 I gasped for air, and her threw me across the room like a rag doll. I hit the wall, then fell to the ground. I felt blood leaking out from my head. Before I knew it "master" was right above me with the baseball bat still in his hands. 

"Do you think your brave now, girl?" He whispered, as he swung the bat down. In hit me hard in the stomach making me scream out in pain. He kept hitting me with it, on every part of my body, making each part cry out in more and more pain. I'm going to die... I thought. Just as I saw more blood come from my body I heard a noise. As I turned my head I had to use all my strength not to cry out in more pain. Coming in the door I saw Julia, and a man right behind her. Julia ran up to me, screaming. I saw the man yelling something at "master" and point a gun at him. I watched the man walk up to "master," make him drop the bat, then he knocked him out with the gun. 

I looked up at Julia, she was crying once again. I wanted to tell her it was going to be okay, but I couldn't speak. Just then the man ran up to me and grabbed me into his strong arms. All I could hear him saying was "Help is on the way" but I didn't know if I could be helped, and that was confirmed when I looked down and saw blood all over the floor. My blood. 

Once again I looked at Julia, trying to smile, trying to tell her it was okay, I tried to tell her anything but I couldn't. Everything faded away....