Adopted

Chapter 10 : Hit

A/N : This is the second to last chapter. I might post the last chapter tonight. This is a very interesting chapter... Please don't hate me... ;) ~Kylie

Chapter 10

Middle of the night...

Ellington POV

"Ow, ow, ow!"

I opened my eyes, but only saw darkness.

"Ugh!"

"Riker?"

I turned on the lamp. Riker was sitting up next to me in bed. He had a look of pain on his face, and he was in a weird position.

"What happened?" I asked, confused.

"It's a long story."

"Riker, tell me."

"I had a nightmare, ok!? I woke up, and my back hurt. And then I had to go to the bathroom. And while I was in there, I saw a really big spider, and I sort of jumped, and it really hurt my back! I finished up, and came back in here, but it hurts."

I sighed.

"Let me see your back."

I helped turn him over. I pulled up his shirt.

"Well the good news is that you're not bleeding. The bad news is, this is probably going to hurt for a while."

I pulled his shirt down, and he turned back to face me.

"I can't find a comfortable position."

I sighed.

"Riker, there's not really anything I can do."

Riker laid down next to me on his side, and curled into a ball. I shut off the lamp.

"Ell?"

"What?"

"Can we make a plan to leave?"

"Sure..."

I figured he wasn't going to bed anytime soon...

"How can we get away without him catching us?" Riker asked.

"I don't know."

"Well what about sneaking out during the night? We should go right now!"

"Riker, no. You're hurt too much. You need to get a little stronger first."

"I'm strong enough! I was able to walk to the bathroom and back!"

"Riker-"

"Ell, please."

"Riker, I can't carry you the whole way to the police station. I'm not even sure how to get there from here."

"I can make it!"

"No, you can't. You're hurt too much."

"Ell, I can't stay here! I can't! He's going to end up killing me! Please!"

Riker started panicking and crying. I pulled him to me.

"Riker, calm down. We'll figure something out, ok?"

"I want to leave. Please, Ell!"

"We can. But not tonight."

"Well I'm going tonight."

"Riker-"

"No! I can't wait around for him to kill me! The punishments keep getting worse and worse! What if he breaks my bones next time!? What if he decides to break each of my fingers as a punishment!? Ell, I need to go! Please come with me! I'm too scared to be by myself!"

He was breathing so hard and shaking in my arms.

"Ok... We'll go tonight... But I need you to be brave, and stop crying, ok?"

Riker nodded.

"Are we going to pack our stuff?"

"No. The police can get our stuff. We need to focus on making it to the police station, ok?"

"Ok..."

"Come on, Rik. Let's get ready to go."

"Wait! I thought you wanted to have a plan."

"We don't have time to make one. Go change into jeans and a sweatshirt. Put on your shoes, and then we'll go, ok?"

"Ok..."

Riker POV

I changed into jeans and a sweatshirt. I put on my socks and sneakers, and then sat down on my bed next to Ell.

"Are we going to go?" I asked.

"Yeah. We're going to be ok."

"What if he catches us?"

"He won't. We just need to get to the police station, and then we'll be ok."

Ell took my hand, and we slowly snuck down the stairs. We made it to the front door, and then stopped.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Ell whispered.

"I have to."

"You're sure you're strong enough?"

"Ell, can we just go!? I'm scared enough already!"

"Ok, ok..."

Ell slowly turned the knob. As soon as the door was open, an alarm went off.

"RUN!"

He grabbed my hand tight, and we took off running. There was a sharp pain in my back, and I screamed.

"Riker, keep going!"

I had no choice. He was dragging me.

I was biting my lip really hard, trying to ignore the pain in my back. There was pain all over my body, but it hurt the most in my back.

"Riker, he's coming! I see his car!"

"Do something!"

He dragged me hard to the left, and I almost fell. We ran into the woods, and didn't stop running.

"Ell?"

"Don't speak. Just run."

I tripped over something, and went flying.

"Ugh! Ell!"

"Riker, come on. Get up!"

"Hurts!"

I squeezed my eyes shut. I made a mistake. I can't do this!

"Riker, come on!"

"I c-can't! P-please make the p-pain go a-away!" I screamed.

I curled into a ball.

"Riker-"

"Just kill me! Make it all stop! Please!"

"Riker, I'm not going to kill you!"

"Ell, I can't! I can't go on!"

I felt his arms under me, and he forced me to stand.

"We need to get you to a hospital."

"I want to die! Please! Let me die!"

He grabbed my hand, and pulled me back the way we came. The pain was unbearable, but my body was starting to feel strangely numb. I was screaming my head off the whole time while we walked. We finally came back to the main road. I saw Mr.Mark's car coming towards us. I ripped my hand from Ell's, and sprinted into the middle of the road.

"RIKER!"

I got hit, and fell hard onto my back. I heard screaming. All the noises around me sort of blurred together. And then everything went black.