Fear of the Unknown

Chapter 16 Nightmares Come True

"What did you do to my mom? Y----y----yo-------you monster!" I scream.

"She's gone now........"

John slowly walks towards me and trails a finger on my cheek making my skin crawl. He smells of blood and dirt. I cringe away at his eerie touch. All I want right now is to get out of here, but I don't know how. I'm all alone, Mom's gone and Cora's dead. Maybe I should just let John kill me. I can't handle this anymore.

"What are you waiting for? Just kill me!" I scream.

John clicks his tongue with an amused expression. He shakes his head slowly while taking out a small knife trailing it on my neck. I suck in a huge breath, fear pulsates madly against my chest. My eyes widen in fear and all I could think about is, this is it. I'm going to die.

But then John gets up and starts to walk slowly around me. I look up at him in surprise. What is he doing? Is this some kind of sick joke he's playing?

"Now........I'm not going to kill you.........at least ........not now........"

My blood turns ice cold at his words. There has to be someway to get out of here, I thought frantically. I lunge for the door screaming. I used all my willpower to kick the door down. To my amazement, I succeeded. I run down the stairs as fast as I could only resulting in tripping and falling. John is right behind me dragging his axe slowly down each step.

Thump, thump, thump, thump

I scramble to get up but my leg wouldn't budge. My eyes starts to tear up while John advances towards me with an evil grin on his face.

"You think you can run away from me?"

Just when I start to get feeling back into my left leg, he grabs me roughly by my wrist. I let out a yelp. He drags me on the hard wooden floor. I scream which makes John angrier. He throws the axe through the wall and yells at me.

"SHUT UP!"

I bite my lip to hold in my tears and my threatening screams. Once he knew I was willing to cooperate, he continues to drag me. John then picks me up and sets me on the dinner table. He starts to leave, but then he whispers something to me.

"If you try anything, I'll cut off your fingers one by one. Do you understand me?"

I nod my head with wide eyes. But I know that I can't just stay here and do nothing. I need to get out of here somehow. I hear John walk downstairs to the basement. Now I knew it was my chance to make my escape now. It's now or never.

On my quick instincts, I sprint as fast as my legs would carry me to the door. I open it only to find John standing there with a wicked smile on his face. He sighs while shaking his head at me. John pushes his way in making me stumble back. His leg shoots out from behind him to kick the door shut.

"What did I say about trying to escape?!" He yells making me cower.

"Uh.....uh.....uhm......."

My lip quivers and I stay silent earning a disgusted look from John. From the look on his face, I knew I was doomed. He grabs me in a chokehold by the neck. I try struggling against him but I am no match to his strength. I start shaking violently and tremble with heightened fear pouring off in waves.

"Please, don't do this.......please........"

John gives me a hard slap across my face bringing tears to my eyes. My cheek is tingling with pain. I already feel my face start to heat up from it.

"I WANT YOU TO SHUT UP!" He yells at my face, I almost gag from the nasty foul smell coming out of his mouth.

A huge lump forms in my throat. I nod my head to show him that I will keep my mouth shut. That seems to satisfy him because he loosens up his hold on my neck. Then an evil grin forms on his face. It makes me want to throw up. He grabs my wrist roughly and drags me to the table laying me on my back.

I try my hardest to fight him but he punches me hard in the stomach causing me to scream. Only that made it worse making him slap me for the second time. I hold in my cries and screams, praying for all this to end. John reaches for the rope he brought and wraps it around me body. I am now stuck, I can barely even lift a finger. He grabs duct tape, tearing it with his teeth. John then puts it over my mouth.

John takes out his knife stroking the blade with a sinister gleam in his eye. My whole body is in pain. The vitality slowly decreases from me, making me weaker. Before I even had time to react, he holds down my left hand and slices off my index finger in one swift motion. I jolt, my eyes are now watering like crazy. I scream but all that could be heard is a muffle because of the duct tape.

"I warned you Bethany, I specifically told you what I was going to do if you tried anything. Now you're just going to learn the hard way."

Tears flow freely down my face. My vision starts to blur, the excruciating pain is unbearable. I start to see stars and I begin to feel dizzy. Then I catch a slight movement outside the kitchen window. I knew immediately who it was when I saw his shirt. Jason. He is here! Wait, what? Jason? He catches my eye and motions for me to look away. But before I did, I catch him mouth five words to me.

I'm coming to help you.

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A/N I finally updated! Sorry for the long wait. Stupid writer's block got the best of me. What did you guys think about this chapter? Tell me what you guys think? How will Jason save Bethany? What's the story behind John? Thanks for the #565 on Horror guys. It means a lot!

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