How to Save a Life

Chapter 15

(Cass' POV)
I wake up on the floor. 'Where am I?' I ask myself opening my eyes. I look around. I'm behind a building-an alley. 'How did I get here?' I try to stand. Pain shoots up my leg as I fall again. My mind flashes back to a dream..no, a memory.

*Flashback*

The light floods me as I see who took me.

"I see you're awake." The guy says with a husky voice. He was tall. It was too dark to see him well. His figure was a silhouette-a shadow.

"W-why did you take me?" I ask thinking how dumb of a question it was. Chills crawl down my spine as he laughs. The wind chills me as my hair stands on my arms. He comes closer and tries to grab for my wrist. I back away.

"We can do this the easy way...or the hard way." He states staring at me. My instincts wash over me as I kick his knee and try to run. I run a few paces. I fall to the ground as he pulls my leg back from under me. I hit my chest on the cement. I stand up as he throws punches. My arms take the blow as I protect my face. I connect my fist with his jaw. He backs up clenching his mouth. I feel his cold blood fall off my hand. He runs at me, pulling something out of his pocket. A knife. He grabs the collar of my shirt and holds the knife up to stab me. As the knife comes down, I grab the blade, trying to push it away. My hand screams in pain as it slices my hand. My blood slowly falls down the knife. I grit my teeth as I try to stifle a scream. I manage to push him back as he falls to the ground. The blade slices my hand as it drags through my grip. He slices through the air. The cold metal scrapes my cheek. He punches my face, sending me down. I quickly stand up and attempt to throw him to the ground. He looses his footing and falls. I grab his knife, holding him down. I lift the metal and force the blade through his skin. A scream escapes from the attacker as the knife drives through his chest. I bring it up and repeatedly stab his chest. He manages to push me off. He grabs the knife from me and stabs my shoulder blade. I push him off me. When he falls, he heads for the abandoned building and goes through the door. I hear a thud as my body hits the ground and I'm consumed by blackness. 'Is this how I die?' I asked myself. I closed my eyes accepting my fate. I feel the world stop moving. Everything stops. I am gone.

*end of flashback*

I look at my shoulder. Dried blood covers my clothes and where the knife entered my arm. I try to stand up slowly. I stand and absorb the silence. I look at the door that was forced open. Heading towards the door, I brace myself for the worse. I stand in the door frame at the attacker who lays cold on the ground. His skin as pale. His blood stains the stairs. I look up to see where they lead. I decide to scale the steps and head to the top.