After Dusk • Peter Hayes 2

Remember who did this

Piper hadn't spoken, she refused to give in to his torment for all she knew he was the one to have murdered Will and he was trying to turn her against Peter.

She sat there glaring up at the man in front of her whose smirk only grew each second. Peter had been right about him, he had been right to distrust him and here she was wishing she'd accepted that but instead she argued and argued certain this Jack guy was a good person. Peter wouldn't lie to her, despite what happened to Will he was only refusing to talk about it to spare her feelings, if it had been someone close like Jack was implying she knew Peter would have told her by now.

"Either you're scared of the truth" he sat himself on the bed by her watching while she inched backward, "or you're incredibly stupid" he watched her eyes harden at the thought of knowing what happened. Maybe in some twisted way he was right, "go on Piper, indulge, ask me what happened to your friend" she remained silent, realisation formed on his face, "oh I see, you're scared of finding out that your lover lied to you" the look on her face confirmed his words. She was in a way scared to find out who had hurt Will, because if it was someone she trusted and loved and Peter hadn't told her...

She shook off the thought, "I'm just tired is all" she yawned obnoxiously watching his smile falter, "this is all very childlike, is this how you get your rocks off?" She leaned forward closer to him, "trying to separate couples?"

A hollow laugh escaped him, "I think you should be mindful of who you're talking to"

Piper took a quick glance around the room trying to eye anything that could be used against him but she could only find a book which would do little to no damage considering the size it had been. He really should be reading it in an attempt to educate himself a little more but that wasn't exactly an escape plan. She just had to get to Peter.

"And I think this whole thing is pathetic-" her words had been bitterly cut off by his hand smacking her head so harshly that it swung to the side. Lifting her hand to the now red area in an attempt to soothe it she met his eyes. His psychotic dark eyes as his whole face practically shook with anger. Her words hadn't been that harsh, not something that would illicit a smack like that. No, he was just awaiting any opportunity to do so. Running her tongue over the inside of her cheek, the metallic taste of blood from where she'd bitten down instinctively.

He stood tall once again watching while she did the same.

"Are you worried about Tris?" He practically cooed from across the room watching he questioning gaze while she tried to rack her brain for why he'd care, "I hear they're testing her" he confirmed, "and your lovely boyfriend is helping" Piper shook her head, he would only help if he were being forced to, "though, I'm not sure why you would care for her" his gazed cut like a knife while he found his smile again, "considering she murdered your best friend"

Pipers eyes widened as she backed away. He was lying. She knew he was lying because Tris wouldn't do that and yet her heart was aching because what if she had. Tris wouldn't just murdered Will, she wouldn't do that to Christina, nor would she do it to Piper and Peter wouldn't have kept something like this from her.

"Liar" she practically screamed across the room at him watching as he stalked across angrily to grab her watched while she ran, the blood from the cut earlier still staining her face and the blood prominent on her lips from her mouth. Watching her while her had battered into one of the mirrors leaving it shattered beneath her.

He had been enjoying this, especially when his hand clasped in her hair at the back of her head and pulled her body to his hearing her wince in pain.

"I'm not supposed to hurt you" he taunted in her ear, "but I will" his finger ran over the cut to her jaw before pushing down to watch her squirm. She used to hate Peter's ways, what he'd done to Drew. Now she just hoped the same would happen with Jack. Perhaps she'd get the pleasure of this one however, "it's getting sad Piper, he just continues to betray you, use you and yet you still crawl back into his bed every time" she spat the blood still in her mouth out in front of her trying to focus on anything but his words, "he's the reason you're here remember" perhaps she had to believe him, she had to show him that she would believe whatever he said, "he kept this secret from you" he lifted his other hand to now caress her hair, "God knows all the awful things he would've done when you first met"

Sucking in a breath she knew what she had to do, lifting her foot and thrusting it down on his as forcefully as he body would allow and hearing a crack whilst he yelped in pain and let her go. Letting out a low laugh afterwards while he stared up at her.

"You think I don't know what he's done?" She practically spat at the man kneeling down holding his foot, "of course I do" she lifted the same foot to plant a kick by his stomach, "I need him to get out of this hell hole, simple as that" Jacks eyes lit up, bingo. If she had to play this part to get to him, she would, and she'd play it well.

"You want a way out?" He repeated, her heart had been pounding her chest, "I can give you a way out, without him" that was not going to happen but she found herself curious, so long as it got her out of this damn cage it was a start, "you like a fight" she nodded even if it hadn't been a question, "then you'll take on me, you win and you leave, you loose and you die" finally he stood from his spot on the floor, "choice is yours"

Peter would kill her himself even if she did when. Jack was taller and stronger than she was sure but was he smarter?

"I'll do it"

Peter Hayes stood back watching as Tris squirmed whilst trapped inside of of them fears. Jeanine stood close by him intent on this going to plan only they had been here for hours and nothing had changed.

Someone had muttered something pulling Jeanine away and leaving Peter to glance around where he stood, trying to take in anything that could be used to help Piper in anyway while Jeanine argued with someone across the room, "he did what?"

Peter strained to try and listen in but didn't have much chance before Jeanine stopped the simulation and strutted his way.

Sucking in a breath she stood directly in front of him, "it seems our Jack has struck a deal with your girlfriend" she grimaced at the thought, "one she in fact agreed to" Peters brows knitted together, "like some brut he has agreed to go head to head with her, if she wins he has promised her an out"

Peter felt his blood pressure rise, "she has agreed to go up against him?"

Jeanine could only bitterly smile whilst nodding.

"She wouldn't agree to that, it's a death wish" he tried to argue, "have you seen the size of him?" He had been racking his brain for some sort of answer, "let me take her place"

To his dismay he watched as Piper entered the room with Jack behind her, no restraints and no being held by anyone which did tell him she had willingly agreed to this. Something that made him want to kill her himself.

"Piper?" Tris whispered from inside the glass box.

Piper hadn't even turned to look at her, nor had she looked to Peter yet.

"May as well make this entertaining" Jeanine looked to Jack, "and fair" she gave a curt nod to a group of rather large looking men, "get her out and they can get this silly business out the way in there" turning to Piper she'd whispered, "I'll even let you choose your weapon"

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Short chapter this time but the next one will be a biggie!
Team Piper or Team Jack?
I say that like it's not obvious lol