Alex's POV
I wake up to the sound of heels against concrete and I'm greeted with a woman's face.
"Well, good morning sweetheart. How are you?"
"Who are you?" I say although it doesn't exactly come out clear. I sounded more like a chain smoker than I did me.
"Oh, I forgot you don't know the story. My name is Maya aka Mark."
"Wh- what?"
"The name is Maya, I would tell you the story, but it's actually quite long. So I'm gonna give you the short version. Pete broke my heart and ruined my life now I'm ruining his."
"But.. What has that got to do with me?"
"Oh everything sweetheart, you see, he's in love with a person who loves you, and seeing how Pete also seems to care for you, seeing you in pain will cause the person he loves pain and him pain as well. It's simply meant to break him down until I finally get to him and end him once and for all. Make him lose his mind. Make him go insane. Make him wish for death." She finishes and shivers are sent down my spine.
"Wha- what are y-you gon-na do t-to me?"
"I'm glad you asked. It's time to get this show on the road." she says with a smile and wheels me out of the room. I only now remembered I was strapped down to a metal table.
I was scared for my life. I struggled against the restraints, but it was no use. The more I struggled the more I was reminded of how weak I was.
She kicks open a door and wheels me in and then we stop. I'm under a bright light and I hear several gasps coming from my left hand side. I slowly turn my head and see them. Pete, Patrick, and Phil. They look unharmed, but I can't be to sure. The light above me made it hard to see.
I started crying. I can't believe they're here. I could see Phil's wrists, now that my vision has somewhat adjusted to the light. All raw and bloody from him trying to get out of his ties. Pete looked exhausted and he looked angry, not at me, but at Maya. Patrick was crying too. I could see he tried as well to get out, but had no luck.
"Phil," I say and I see him turn his head to look at me, but didn't fully turn his head "I'm so sorry." I say through sobs "I'm so so sorry."
He just shakes his head
"It's not your fault Alex." he says choking on my name "it's not your fault." He broke down after that last line.
"WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO HER!" Pete yells at Maya "WHAT DID SHE DO TO DESERVE THIS!"
"By simply being associated with you Pete. How does it feel knowing your going to have someone's death on your conscious. I'm going to kill sweet little Alex and the only reason she's going to be dead is because of you. Everyone here is going to die and it's all your fault."
Phil yells back "No! You can't do this! Please don't Kill her! Take me instead. please I'm begging you. please let her live."
She chuckles "oh poor Philip. If you only you really knew what it was like to be in love, and to be loved." she says getting close him with a knife behind her back.
"Get away from him." I say "don't you dare touch him."
She turn to me
"Or what? You'll fight me?" She laughs "right, okay well it's time to get back on track. Get ready for the show of a lifetime. Literally. You ready Alex?"
I shake my head no and let my tears fall down my cheeks. I wasn't crying for me.
"Great. Now let show begin." and with those last words she didn't hesitate to bring the blade to my skin and she sliced not to deep, but deep enough.
The pain was agonizing, but I couldn't give in. I wasn't going to give her what she wanted. Then the blade stops and goes deeper into my leg.
"Your not very talkative today, am I sensing a little bit of stage fright?"
She goes in deeper
"Talk Alex, I know you can."
Deeper
"Scream for me sweetheart. It's okay, no one can hear you except the people in the room."
She hits the bone
"Scream!" She yells
She starts to dig the knife into the bone until it snaps and that's when I break. I let out a loud shriek.
"Good! See I knew you could do it."
She pulls the knife out. and smiles sweetly at me.
"Don't worry sweetheart this is only the beginning."
Patrick's POV
I heard the bone snap and then it was followed by her tortured scream.
I wish I could do something, but I feel so useless. I've been looking for a weak spot in my chair but no luck. I noticed my chair was the only wooden one. Phil's and Pete's were metal, and bolted to the ground.
Why was my chair the only wooden one? I don't know, but I knew I could break it if I found the right spot.
I heard Phil yell to Maya.
"Please stop! Please, Leave her alone!"
"Now why would I do that Phil, we're having so much fun." She says and her words were followed by another scream.
My heart ached and my mind clouded. I couldn't do anything.
***
Almost an hour later of hear and being made to watch Alex being tortured, her screams could no longer be heard. Her throat had become so raw that all we could here now were her quiet whispers for help.
Phil's voice had gone as well. The constant pleading, and begging Maya to stop.
My tears had run out. My face was sticky from where my tears had dried, and so had Pete's. I looked over at him and he just looked so defeated, so guilty, because he thought everything that was happening was his fault and he knew he couldn't do anything to stop her.
"So," Maya says turning to us. "it's time for the Grand Finale!" She picks up a dagger from her table and then turns towards Alex. "Are you ready Alex?" Maya asks
Alex shakes her head yes. It was a weak head nod, but you could tell it was a yes. Then she just mouthed the words "please, just kill me."
"As you wish." Maya says
And I lean forward on my chair and scream "No!" And that's when I found it. The weak spot.
I put as much pressure as I can on the two left legs and then I go crashing down the ground.
From that point everything seems to happen in slow motion.
The dagger gets closer and closer to Alex's heart and I get up and fast as I can, fueled by adrenaline and started going towards Maya. I unstrap one of the chairs arms from mine and as soon as I reach Maya I stab it through her. She can't leave. I've got a hold on her. She turns around slowly and I take the other chair arm and shove it through her heart.
I watch the light fade from her eyes and she falls down to the ground spewing out black liquid everywhere.
Phil's voice brought me out of my adrenaline rush and everything is going at normal speed again.
"Oh god. Oh no." he says and I see it.
Alex's body on the metal table. naked and bloody with a dagger through her heart.
I was to late.
It's all my fault.
Alex is dead.
