Amore Mia

Chapter 38

"I need to hurry... I need to get out of these chains," Amore told herself silently. She looked down at Billy who is lying on his side. Her eyes travel around his body searching for the keys to unlock the lock that was holding her hands together with the chains, her eyes stopped at his belt. She noticed a set of keys that was tied to a key chain on his belt loop. She looked up and followed the chain that was tied to her hands going over a hook and then connected to the wall. Her head jerked to the door as she hears murmurs approaching. Her heartbeat increasing with every second, she knew she had to hurry. Biting on her bottom lip, she tightened her hold on the chain and started swaying her body back and forth building momentum. The only way to get out of these chains is to unhook herself from the hook the chain was hanging on, every time almost making it by an inch. The sweat dripped from her forehead, losing her grip on the chain now and then, as her hands slipped. 'This is not working it's taking too long.' She groaned to herself. Sighing, she took in a deep breath... then slowly released it, she placed all her strength into her arms, she knew she had to do it this time, with adrenaline running through her veins, she swayed her body as fast as she could back and forth, stretching her arms as far as she could, the chain went over the hook letting her fall on the floor causing her to roll onto her side.

"Ow, that hurts like hell." She groaned while turning on her back.

She closed her eyes trying to regain her strength. 'Amore you got this!' She keeps chanting to herself in her head. Her eyes instantly shot open. She quickly rolled over and got to her knees, crawling over to Billy, with her hands and feet still tied, the chains clanking from behind. As she reached Billy, she turned him on his back and with trembling hands, she started searching his body for the keys. Amore found the keys and quickly untied them from his jeans. Then she begins fidgeting with the keys searching for the correct one. As she found the correct one, the door to the room opened. She jerked her head to the door then look back at the lock and quickly unlocked the chain from her hands, she lets the chain hang loosely over her hands and then laid back down on her side closing her eyes.

"Billy? What's taking you so long?" The guy walked into the room scratching the back of his head confused when he did not see Billy... "Billy?" He calls out again.

He looked around the room, his eyes widen when he saw Billy on the floor lying next to the girl. With quick steps, he hurried over to Billy stopping next to Billy. He stood with his back to Amore. Amore's eye shot open, pressing both hands to the floor she used both her legs to kick the guy's legs out from underneath him. He did not expect her to still be alive, he thought she was dead. Billy never leaves his victims alive, that's why it was so strange for him to see Billy on the ground. He instantly fell, hitting his head on the hard floor. Amore crawled over to him in a hurry. With the chain still in her hands, she shoved it over his head, tugging on the chain tightly, she started to strangle him. His hands instantly reached for the chains around his neck trying to pull them off, while his legs kicked against the floor from beneath.

"Just freaking die!" Amore groaned out while tears rolled down her face.

Amore knew it was him or her, he had to die, or he would kill her, she hated every moment, she was supposed to be saving lives not taking them. She knew he was stronger than her and that he would soon get the upper hand, with every struggle she could not hold on any longer, her eyes spotted the lock still on the chain, she hastily pressed both of her knees on his face, pressing his face against the floor, her hands still gripping the chain tightly, she quickly used the lock and locked the chain tightly around his neck. He struggled for a while and then he lost consciousness. Using the back of her hand she wiped the tears away, then laid back on her hands, breathing out a sigh of relief, out of the corner of her eye, she spotted a switchblade strapped to the guy's belt. She crawled over untying the switchblade from his belt then started cutting the rope from her feet. She threw the rope to the side, tucking the switchblade into her pocket, she turned around to Billy, ripping off a piece of his shirt and wrapping it around her thigh. She slowly got to her feet, gently putting pressure on the injured leg testing if she could walk on it. The pain was excruciating but having no choice she slowly limped over to the table where Clara found the dagger, at the table she saw all types of torturing tools, she grabbed a knife and limped over to the door. She pressed her ear to the door listening for any sounds on the other side. Hearing nothing, she slowly opened the door and then peeked around it. Not seeing any movement, she slowly limped out as quietly as possible. She gritted her teeth with anxiousness as she tried closing the door quietly behind her, the door clicked letting her know it was closed. She turned around and faced a hallway. On both sides, there was one door on her right and two doors on her left, and in front, was an open-plan living room. 'What should I do?' Amore thought to herself... she jerks her head left and right looking at all three doors.

"There... that door, that door is standing slightly ajar." She whispered to herself. Okay now I am going crazy, I even started talking to myself. Nice Amore, she thought to herself while shaking her head. Amore knew she could not go through the front door. That would be like saying "Hey guys here I am, come and kill me." She knew she had to search for another way out, a window was her only option. She looked around her making sure she does not receive any unwelcome company. With her hands at her side, she tightened her grip on the knife. Forgetting about her injured leg she tiptoed over to the room. She leaned close to the ajar door listening for any sound on the other side... hearing nothing she slowly opened the door and tiptoed in, quickly closing the door behind her and hearing a 'click' when she closed it. The room was almost bare, only a single bed with a dresser stood against the wall. Amore noticed a woman's figure lying on the bed, her clothes were torn barely covering her body. Her hands were tied with a rope above their head against the bed frame. Amore's heart hurt seeing the girl like that. She tiptoed a bit closer but not too close. She noticed the girl's body was extremely still and did not move at all. On the girl's visible skin, she noticed little scars. Amore could not see the girl's face because the girl's black hair covered it. On instinct, Amore wanted to lean in and listen if the girl was still breathing, but she quickly stopped herself, 'No Amore, you can barely keep yourself alive. Just get your ass to the window and get yourself out of here, you can come back for her once you found help.' Amore mumbled underneath her breath to herself. Amore moved her focus to the window a few feet away from her. She tiptoed to the window. Gritting on her teeth, she tries pushing it open. But it was stuck. She leaned against the window, putting all her strength into it as she tries forcing it open. The window moved up a little bit at a time. She keeps turning her head to the door now and then making sure no one was surprising her from behind. She sigh out of relief when she finally got the window open wide enough for her to fit through. The sound of ruffling came from next to her. Amore instantly yanks her head toward the bed.

Pleading blue eyes stared back at her "Please...Please don't leave me. Take me with you. PLEASE!"

Amore sighed, taking a deep breath while she closed her eyes. 'Yip, I just knew this was way too easy!' she grumbled underneath her breath.