The Vanished

Part Six

     "NO"! I shriek. I dart toward Jagger, I want to rip his fucking body to pieces. It takes both Jericho and Kit to hold me back. Jagged throws multiple bottles of the lavender spray onto the floor. "I want this shit cleaned by tomorrow before breakfast!" He screams at us. And when we don't move right away, he points the gun to the ceiling and shoots a warning shot.

     "Yes father." They respond. He storms out of the kitchen and into his room. I sink to my knees as they use a sheet to cover the body. I sit there numbly, Imani kneels down beside me, "Anya, can you hear me? Anya?" I look at her and I throw up.

*****

     "Hey baby." Amalia says as she walks into my bedroom. "I have a present for you." I put my phone on my bed and sit up. She is holding a small box. "What is it?" I ask, it looked like an earring box. "Open it up and find out." She hands me the box and I open it. It's a small ring, with pastel orange and pastel blue stones in it. Both of our favorite colors. I slip it on my left hand, my ring finger. I look up, "Happy birthday beautiful." She says as she gives me a kiss on the lips. 

     "Thank you baby." I say as she tears off my tank top and bra. We were so into it we accidentally rolled off the bed. We lay there and giggle for a hot minute before sitting up. I put a sports bra and shorts on and lay my head in her lap. "I love you." She says stroking my hair. "I love you too."

***** 

     I wake up on my cot and spot Jericho by my side. "How are you feeling Anya?" I look at him dumbly, my silence loud enough. "You've been out for days, Jagger's been worried, you were delirious and had a fever, he brought some meds down for you."

     "What happened?" I ask, I remember throwing up, but I can't remember why. "You don't remember?" He asks worried. "Anya, you're in shock, you saw something horrible and got sick, you've been in and out of consciousness for days."

     "Who's Anya? My names Alloe." Jericho looks at me, "Do you remember where you are? Look around, you're in the cellar." I look over and spot the basement door and all the memories come flooding back, the red liquid pooling onto the floor, Jagger with the gun. "She killed herself, because that sick fucking bastard pedophile teacher raped her." Jericho hushes me, "Shh he could be listening."

     I have to get up, I need to do something. "I'm gonna shower." He helps me stand and leaves me to the bathroom. I lock the door and get into the shower. I wash the puke and blood from my hair and body. I towel myself off and get into my dress. I exit the bathroom and I am embraced by Imani and Kit. We hear the door begin to unlock and we flatten ourselves against the wall, standing perfectly straight. 

     Jagger walks in, "Hello my children." He coos. "Hello father." We respond as he gives a kiss to each of us. As usual I flinch away from him and he forcefully kisses me. "What's wrong Anya? Still not feeling good honey?" I look at him avoiding his eyes, "I'm feeling better now... thanks" He slaps me hard across the face. "Proper language please." He yells at me. "Thank you Jagger." I respond and he lets me drop to the floor. 

     We scramble upstairs to get dinner started. After we eat I go sit in the living room and pick up the newspaper Jagger brought. We're no longer on the front page, or any of the pages, I guess the police lost hope in finding us. I mean the only lead they could've possibly had was my blood in the forest.

     Jagger mentions he's not feeling good, so he goes to his bedroom. Kit lightly touches me on the arm. I look at him and he points to the basement door. Jagger didn't lock it! Imani hurriedly hops up and darts to the front door, but it's locked. We look around for anything to pick the lock with, bobby pins, safety pins, anything. Eventually Jericho finds a safety pin in a box of files and papers and shit. He hands it to Kit and he begins to pick the lock, trying to be as quiet as possible.

    Suddenly the door knob clicks. Was... was it unlocked? Kit carefully turns the knob and the door opens. I grab Imani and bolt out the door, we had both run track for years, the 100 meter dash, so we were fuckin fast. Jericho and Kit both did baseball, so they were right behind us. However, we only made it a couple of feet before a gun started going off. I saw bodies fall around me, and then I joined them on the floor. I felt a sharp burning pain in my leg. I try to sit up but a tall man with green eyes comes up to me and hits me with that same baseball bat. And the last thing I see is those same dammed green eyes.