You are all I've got, Damien.

Chapter 10: Mother Karma

I felt a sharp pain before landing on the ground. My neck was bleeding, Bennie's knife was so close to my skin that even though I managed to release myself from him, he still cut me.

At first, I thought it was just a small scratch, so my eyes landed on Damien who's fists continuously crushed Bennie's face. Damien's face was terrifying full of hate and fury; he completely lost control of himself. A small part of me was scared of him in this form, was this Damien from the past? Is that who he was? He talked about this so many times, how he had to fight with himself, how horrible he felt every time he had. to hurt someone.

I called his name a few times, but he didn't listen just kept throwing punches one after another, like in the trans. For a moment I thought he would kill Bennie, there was no way he could survive this. Everything was happening so fast, but at the same time felt like forever.

Suddenly I saw Bennie reaching for his knife, that was not far from his arm when I was about to get up, I felt a metallic taste in my mouth, and in a split of a second I started to choke, I couldn't catch my breath. I pressed my hand on my neck, desperately trying to stop the bleeding.

Damien looked at me; his eyes were filled with tears; I tried to warn him, but I couldn't make a sound until it was too late. Bennie thrust his knife right into Damien's chest; I was too weak to get up, too weak to scream or even cry. I felt hopeless, watching him collapsing on the ground hurt more than anything. I heard him yelling my name, but I couldn't do anything. I watched my boyfriend bleed, and there was nothing I could do.

I saw two guys taking Bennie, dragging him away, he yelled to finish us off, but police sirens stopped them from it, I saw them running away before everything went dark.

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I woke up hearing familiar voices. I opened my eyes and saw my Dad's face, smiling. Everything felt like a dream, faded.

'Maya, sweetie' I heard him say.

I looked around I was laying on the hospital bed, surrounded by familiar faces, Shaun, and Dad. I tried to move my head, but sharp pain followed, and then everything came back to me.

'Where am I?' I asked, barely making a sound, I cleared my throat and tried again, this time more successfully 'Where am I?' I knew exactly where I was, but I needed that confirmation. I needed to know if I'm awake or this is just a dream.

'Sweetie, you are in the hospital. Thank god you are awake, we were losing our minds... Don't force yourself ... Shaun, go to get the doctor.' My Dad said, holding my hand.

'Where is Damien?' I shifted nervously looking around. I had no idea if he was even alive. I passed away right after Bennie's escape, and he was badly wounded' Please tell me he is OK... Dad, where is he ?' I panicked, my eyes filled with tears by the thought that he didn't make it. Please don't tell me he is dead!

'Shh... Hey!... calm down. He is here, few rooms away.' He said, trying to calm me down, but his face was serious, I knew that look. That wasn't very reassuring.

'How is he? Is he awake?'

'I don't know the details; your Mum spends a lot of time with him. She told me he is fine, but doctors can't say much until he is awake. You were a bit luckier than him' He said, stroking my cheek. I knew he isn't telling me the whole truth.

'How long we've been here?'

'Six days' He said ' but that doesn't matter, you are OK, and that's all it matters.'

'What about Bennie? Please tell me they found him, he couldn't go far.'

'No sweetie, they didn't fund him. Police are looking for him; he seemed to vanish.'