Captured Moments.

Ch. 13 ~ Dying Death.

I was in a forest. An empty, dark looking forest. I was alone and it was raining. I was angry and I was lonely. I felt alone in this strange place. Except it wasn't a strange place, I had been here before.

I saw the water that lay beyond the trees. I heard it. Just as I heard the footsteps coming from behind me. Instinctively my body shot around to face the person only to find nobody there. I was just paranoid.

I continued to walk towards the water, weaving my way through the trees as I go. I have no control of what I'm doing, my mind and body are in two completely different places right now. I hear the footsteps again but this time I don't check to see who it is, I just run.

I run until I hit the waters edge, the only way out now would be through the cold, deep lake. I unwillingly turn around to come face to face with the person I know had killed me.

"J.D" I said under my breath. I looked him in the face, looking straight into his dark eyes. He walked closer, concern etched on his face. "Tenley, what are you doing out so late?" He sounded so worried, he sounded genuine but I knew what was to lie ahead.

"Honestly I don't know how I got here, sir." I had control only over my mouth but I know that whatever I would say now is what I would've said last time. I couldn't prevent this no matter what I said.

"You don't have to talk to me like a stranger Tenley, you know me." He scoffed with a comforting smile on his face. And I smiled back, a genuine smile to a murderer. "Your right, sorry Johnny." I thought I had control over what I said, but obviously not. He comes closer and I don't flinch, I don't back away, I don't run, I walk closer. He embraces me.

We're hugging. And I feel strangely comfortable. John wasn't an awful lot older than Xavier than I. He was in his mid twenties as we were in our late teens, we used to look up to him when we were kids and since he now owned his own cabin here we had grown awfully close. He was like a big brother to me. How could he kill me?

I let go and try to back away but he holds on tighter. "I've missed you Tenley." He sits his head on my shoulder and inhales the sent of my hair. Making the situation very creepy. "Sure thing John but I seriously have to get going now, it's pretty late." His eyes had turned even darker than usual.

"What's the rush gorgeous?" He growled. I tried desperately to pull away but he only gripped onto me tighter. This wasn't the J.D I knew, he would never do anything to hurt me, let alone frighten me. "John stop! Please, your hurting me John!" I had started to cry.

"Come on Tenley, you need me, you want me too, I just know it." I screamed as loud as I could, highly doubting that anyone would even hear me through the dense forest. "Don't scream now, I'll look after you." He was disgusting, this whole time head been thinking like this.

"Get away from me you sicko, go find somebody else to do this." He laughed evilly as I tried to wriggle free of his tightening grip. "What do you even plan to do with me? Have your way with me and throw me in the lake when you're done? You are sick! You disgust me!"

It was like I had hit a switch and next thing I knew his hands left my waist and went straight for my neck. He walked forwards dragging me into the water by my throat. I was trying to gasp for air but I couldn't get any air in my lungs. He dropped to his knees holding me partly under water causing me to splutter as I gasped for air.

"Don't you ever call me that Tenley! I'm the only one that loved you! Do you think that your family ever loved you? No! So I had to get rid of them for you! Next is Xavier, he's never loved you, he's only using you! I'll make sure he doesn't get in the way of our love, our real love!" His grip loosened for a moment.

"You are dead to me." I croaked out. My throat was raw and his hands were strong. He easily cut off my source of oxygen again. In my last moments I watched his rage inflamed eyes change to panicked ones. I didn't know why until he dropped my dying body fully into the shallow water. J.D ran away, he was never one for confronting his fears.

Xavier's face appeared before my blurry eyes. He was crying, he was sad, he was watching me dye and all I could do was feel the burning in my lungs subside as I spluttered. Water was filling my lungs. The pain was different. It felt like I did everyday, I was drowning.

Xavier lifted my head from the water and sat it on his lap. He pulled me into his arms as he rocked back and forward and cried. I couldn't hear anything. I could barely see. I was numb, no longer feeling the pain of my death. The last thing I saw was my Xavier sobbing over my limp body.

Then it went black.