Withered

Regrets (Edited)

Chapter Two - Regrets

~Recap~

She reached for my hair, but being the smart person I am, I took a step back.

"You! I will teach you what happens when you take me for a joke! What I told you before you joined was law. My word is law!" she screeched.

Let the fight begin.

~End~

Knowing her first move would have been to grab my hair I had already taken a step back. Using my fists to block my face, with my legs shoulder length apart, we slowly circled each other, waiting for the other to strike, knowing Celena,and that she had no patience, she instantly flew at me, at the same time I side stepped her, causing her to stumble.

"You know we could have been the best in town." she said after recovering from her stumble.

"I know."

And with that said, again she came at me but this time I dropped my defenses, knowing it would be best to just take the hits and not fight, might even spare my life.

Instantly I felt a sharp pain in my lower rib cage.

"Your not gonna fight me Bryony? Too weak to hit back huh?" she said with a crued smile.

"No I'm not gonna hit back Cerena. Like you said 'You're word is law' and that 'law' prohibits me from hitting back so ya."

With a snarl she aimed a high kick straight to my chest causing me to fall back.

"Get the bats ready!" she yelled to Patrice, who, now I'm guessing is the second in command since I'm leaving.

Kicks started raining down on me hitting me everywhere, but mostly in my stomach. All of a sudden something hard and heavy hit me right in my head causing me to gasp.

"Still can't hit back Bryony?" Cerena screeched while bringing another blow to my skull.

Then more hits joined in, the second harder than the first and so on.

Then I felt the quick slice of my skin and then a stinging sensation, only then realising it was a dagger and that I'll never leave here alive or atleast not with all my limbs, I thought grimly.

More slices kept coming the last deeper than the first, and soon I was a bleeding lump of nothing, all sensations gone from my body. No pain, just a tingling feeling all over.

"Do you still want to leave Bryony?" Cerena sneered.

"Mmmhmm" was all I could manage.

"Too bad 'cause your never leaving"

Hearing the pull of a once sheathed dagger that she always keeps on her thigh, 'This is it' I thought, 'This is really how I end, my story shall forever live on' I thought sarcastically.

I waited for the finishing blow, only it never came. Slowly I looked up, and there was my dad, with Cerena's dagger sticking out of his chest right where his heart is. Before I even realized what was happening he was falling and soon he was beside me, staring me right in the eyes.

"No!" I screamed

"Please get up. Tell my it's just a nightmare daddy, tell me daddy that when I wake it'll all be over."

"Please don't leave me." I cried

"Everything will be ok. It's all just a horrible nightmare that will be over soon babygirl." He breathed out slowly, struggling to take his next breath.

"Tell your mother I love her and that I'll always be there for her even if she doesn't see me. I love you babygirl and I always will." and with a deep sigh the light slowly faded from his eyes.

"No, this isn't how it's suppose to end. I was suppose to be there in that spot not you. Tell me it's a joke dad, tell me you'll never leave me, plea-" and with that I broke out in a sob not able to control my grief any longer.

"How tragic. Truly, I think I have some tears in my eyes." Cerena laughed.

"But since your foolish father took your spot, I'll do you a favor and let you leave. You can also take his body and do as you please." She added with an innocent smile.

"You might also need a tarp to drag it on." and with that said she walked away and out the door, leaving me with the sudden urge to kill, and not anyone but her.

Slowly I got up, and walked towards the backroom where infact they do keep tarps and dragged one towards my fathers body, and gently rolling him on I wrapped him in it. Then I went and got my bike and with one pull I yanked him onto the bike, and never stopped until I got home.

Exhausted and still bleeding I parked my bike in the drive way and fell right off, my fathers body landing beside me with a thump, and before I knew it everything went black. My last thought though, was how much I regret not listening to him and never telling him how much I love him.

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