Struggle | H.S | AU |

Fifty Seven|

He didn't kill me though but I was knocked of my feet nonetheless and I felt a stab in my shoulder. He had shot me in the damn shoulder, why wouldn't he just kill me off? The pain was unbearable but I couldn't show him this. I couldn't show him I was still the same weak girl he had abducted a few weeks ago.

"I have wanted to do that ever since you ran away." Bradley kneeled in front of me and grabbed my chin, making me look up at him. He gently stroked my cheek and the emotion I saw in his eyes, were pure hunger for something I would never give him. I rather kill myself then to give that piece of me. "Does it hurt Anna?" He asked me with humour in his voice and I really wanted to kill him in that moment. I shook my head, implying I wasn't in tremendous pain, which I obviously was and to demonstrate that I was lying to him, he pressed his thumb into my bullet wound.

This made me scream, I tried to ignore the flare of pain that went through me when he first pressed the wound but that didn't last long, as it was excruciatingly painful. "Acting tough aren't you." He pulled his finger out of the hole and I tried to catch my breath. "Do you still have your earpiece?" I turned my head away from him but he wasn't having it. "I asked you something princess." He pulled my hair hard, which made me groan with pain. "Yes." I said through clenched teeth. He smiled his brilliant smile at me, while coming closer.

"Hello to everyone who is listening, I just want you to know that we have Harry and Anna. If any of you just as much as try to help them escape they are dead." He told the guys, if they were listening as we had lost communication.

He got up and pulled me up not caring that I was hurting and losing a lot of blood. My shirt was soaked with my own blood and blood of others, it was all very upsetting. "Oh and before I forget, you had this one coming." That when he hit me right in the eye. It made me see stars, I closed my eyes and fought the urge to cry. He pulled me along with him. I half expected him to drag me back to that horrible room but instead he took me downstairs and into the basement. "Why are you taking me to the basement?" I asked in-between pants.

"You want to see Harry right? Well I'm taking you to him." My heart sank when he said that because there was something terribly wrong. I started to pray that Harry wasn't dead. "I have been looking forward to this day." I heard Bradley say and it shocked me with how much joy he said this. "Why, what did I ever do to you?" I asked. I was really curious why he wanted me dead. "You choose Harry instead of me, that is what you did wrong and now you two are going to pay for that."

I was scared of him in that moment and when he dragged me trough the door, my heart skipped a beat when I saw harry hang on his arms. He was visibly hurting and that's when I broke. "Harry." I sobbed, he did look up and when I saw his expression, I knew what he was thinking. "Anna." He whispered, his eyes were full of regret, this made me desperate. "Let him go please, he needs help and I promise I will stay here with you." I pleaded. Bradley just laughed at my plea and slapped me hard. I couldn't hold my balance as everything already felt much to heavy so I crashed on the floor.

"You're not going anywhere and because you tried to defy me, you leave me no other choice then to punish you." Ashton stood behind me and made sure I couldn't look away from Harry. Bradley walked over to him, with what looked like a bat. "This happens when you defy me Anna." He got into position and when the first hit touched Harry's body, he didn't let out a peep, instead I was the one who screamed out for him. We looked each other in the eye and I saw the tears forming in his, this was something I had never seen before and it told me all I need to know and that was that we weren't coming out alive.

But who was the one he would kill first. This was going to be a long night and a really painful one. Ashton started to pull me up and before I knew what was happening I felt the cold metal of a blade against my throat. To say I was freaking out was an understatement. Harry had closed his eyes but I couldn't help but keep staring at him. I had to find a way to safe him, even if it was the last thing I did.