LOSING YOU

Chapter 116- Blood Bath

—SIYA—

I keep feeling the ground underneath me using my tied hands as Eric keeps telling me how I did him wrong. I hurt for him, I do. But, I'm not willing to die as a form of apology.

Something pricks my finger, I feel the cool glass again and grab it. The glass slices my palm as I begin to cut the rope as smoothly as possible, the blood makes it slippery and my forearm begins to ache. Just a little more. Things begin to worsen before I'm able to get rid of my restraints. Eric grabs me by my hair and makes me stand, my eyes water when his knee slams into my stomach. I cough a little and keep my back away from him, my hands never lose their resolve as I begin to vomit all over the floor. My head throbs along with my stomach and my hands. My eyes widen and I increase my pace when I catch Eric staring at the glass in my hands. I push him using my shoulder, he falls with a grunt. Freeing myself of the rope, I look for the nearest exit and make a run for it, a little bit of dust falls in my eyes due to the windy weather but I rush down the stairs without looking back.

The moment I got to the open area, two realisations hit me- first, this is the same construction site Eric earlier showed me. Second, I have to walk around the property because I've taken the back stairs. Also, I have no money nor do I have my phone. How the fuck will I get home? I keep blinking to prevent myself from losing consciousness. I need to go to the hospital. I run towards the gate as fast as I can after ditching my second heel and my eyes pop out of my skull in disbelief. Kabir's car.

I rub my eyes but the car is still there, I run towards it and look inside. No one. Colour fades from my face as I stare at the building in absolute horror. Please don't be upstairs.

I run back to the building as fast as my bleeding feet take me. I keep screaming his name, I climb faster when I hear him call me, I tell him to stay away from Eric but I doubt he heard me over the thunder. A car screeches in the background, but I don't bother turning back. Kabir needs me.

Finally reaching the floor, I smile at him as time slows down. He quietly looks at me in relief. I snap out of the moment when I catch Eric pulling out a knife from underneath his suit. "No!" I scream at him, Kabir stills when Eric drives the knife into his stomach. I run to him, hold him in my arms. His scream still ringing in my ears. My eyes water as he looks up at me. I don't know what to do, blood spurts out of his flesh as my tears gush down my face. "Hey, I'm not going to let anything happen to you. Okay?" I kiss his lips. He nods in pain. I try to smile at him and fail miserably.

My body radiates with anger when I hear Eric laugh like a psychopath. Like this is the funniest thing he's ever seen. "You are cursed, Siya. You ruin the life of everyone who so much as looks at you." My eyes water as my ears turn hot at his hurtful words. "Myra, Ava, Gaurav, Rey, Kabir... Everyone. You are a fucking curse!" There is something on my face that morphs Kabir's expression into horror and maybe, astonishment. I feel the hot-blooding rage burning like lava. I've never felt this before. It makes me want to burn the world. For hitting Kabir, for hurting Kabir.

—KABIR—

I stare at Siya as she holds me, any movement at the moment makes me feel like I might die. The pain is excruciating. My eyes widen as I look at Siya's expression change, her eyes redden and the hands that are wrapped around my body begin to radiate with anger. I have never seen her angry. It's divine. I don't know how else to put it. She stands up, her face blank- Ava and Fatty come to the spot at that same moment. Gaurav looks between the two of us, "Oh shit!", he runs towards me and so does Ava, they hold me but that doesn't help a lot. Siya picks up a steel rod, her hand covered in blood. We are all trying to understand what's going on when she speaks- "You hit me, fine. If you hate me, fine. You wanted to kill me, great. Your plan was amazing Eric, really." She slowly walks towards him, dragging the rod along, the blood from her hand flows down the rod, leaving a trail of blood behind. I want to aid that wound but I can't. "You had the perfect plan, but you made one mistake." She stands in front of him, looking up straight into his eyes.

"I'm not weak. I'm crazy. What did you think? I was forced into the life I lived?" Her laughter after that follows sends chills down my spine. "I chose the life, the trauma, the pain. I chose my PTSD. And fuck, I would do it all over again. As long as it's for him." I see a tinge of fear in Eric's eyes, this time he takes I step back when Siya walks closer to him. "Whatever you did, you shouldn't have hurt Kabir. You shouldn't have dreamed about it in your wildest dreams." Gaurav tries to stand up and stop Siya but Ava holds him.

"It's a woman's wrath, you don't want to go there right now. Trust me." Ava whispers, Fatty gulps and sits down. I keep my hand on my stomach, they try to take me away but I want to stay. Eric is the first one to charge, I try to get up when his fist connects with Siya's jaw, and her blood falls on my lap. I wince. She looks at him and laughs. "My turn, baby. My turn." With that, she slams the rod across Eric's head, and he falls to the ground. Siya lets go of the rod and grabs his hair, I stare in astonishment as she drags his huge body across the floor, and she walks towards us. Lightening strikes and her face illuminates in the dark, I gasp. Blood-shot eyes, bleeding lips and fury. She has never looked stronger. More beautiful.

Eric holds her leg the tugs at it, she falls with a grunt. He picks up the steel rod and hits her back. "Siya!" Ava screams, Siya immediately moves away, dodging the second hit. She growls at him, the three of us watching her in awe. Eric starts walking back, she spins in the air- her foot connects with his face. He falls back. She climbs on top of him and punches him repeatedly, drawing blood and screams with each blow. I never thought she was capable of this. This rage. This ruthlessness. But who can blame her? She's been through enough.

My eyes begin to water when she gets up and picks up the rod. Her eyes connect with mine for a brief moment. "I'm sorry!" Eric coughs, we all start yelling at her when we realise what she's about to do.

"Siya, no!"

"Stop, Siya!"

"Let him go!" Our pleas are unheard, I look away when she rams the steel rod into his chest.

Eric doesn't move after that.

Ava screams and Gaurav holds me tighter. I begin to cry when she takes out the rod and starts smashing his dead body in anger. I cry looking at her pain. She screams and cries as her hands plunder his body into something no one will recognise. She hits him till his face is just a ball of torn flesh. Siya eventually sits back, her chest heaving, she stares at her hands, her face covered in blood that's not hers.

Slowly, she draws her knees to her chest and wails, my blood freezes at the sound. Gaurav cautiously walks towards her, her body shivering. He holds her as black dots dance behind my vision. The sound of rain is all that's audible now. My wound doesn't hurt anymore, and my stomach feeling numb. I told Ava to take out the knife but she said some scouts guy said that you should not take out the stabbed object without medical observation and considering that we don't have any right now, I'm sitting with the knife poking out of my chest.

I blink a few times, wondering how the world forces people to the edge. How they eat at your insides until you can't take it anymore until all that's left of you is an animal maybe no one will love. But, Siya will always have me, just the way I have her. She faints in Fatty's arms and that's the last thing I remember before I lose consciousness in Ava's.