Burnt.

"Romy.. We have food.. Are you hungry, baby?" Steven called "Go find her Louie, She must be hungry.."

"Rome! Come on, we brought you back something special" Lou turned down my music so suddenly, it kinda startled me worse than his yelling. I had been in the gym dancing all morning. I hadn't even realized the boys had made it home. 

"I'm not hungry.. Just store it for me" I said patting off my face and neck with a towel..

"Nope.. Steven sent me after you.. He wants you to eat.." I just nodded as I passed him climbing the stairs .. I wasn't hungry in the slightest, but it was pointless to try to tell that to Steven.. He would tell me to eat anyway.. 

I walked down the hall to the locker room.. Taking off my cloths, I stepped into the shower and turned the water to the coldest it would go. I absolutly hate hot water.. I spent a few minutes rinsing the sweat and dust off my body.. The crumbling halls of this place create quite the mess.. I turned off the water and stepped into the freezing air. I wrapped a towel around my body and left to go see what the boys brought home, I had already heard a few screams, so I knew there would be enough to last us for a few nights..

I ran my fingers through my hair, water dripping behind me as I turned the corner of the storage hall.. I walked passed the first two storage rooms, raising onto my tip toes to look into the small window on the door of the third.. Inside a tall black girl stood naked in the left corner, tears rolling down her bruised cheek.. Her bleeding body shook as she looked at me..

"Who is she for?" I asked, breaking her eye contact  as I turned to Steven.. 

"Paul.." He said, coming to look in the window over my shoulder.. "He found her in the park..I don't know.. I've never been one for nigger blood.." he said as he took my hand and moved me from the door..

"She's beautiful" I whispered, following him to the room I knew held the one he picked for me.. I stepped to the window and looked inside, curled in a ball, crying her eyes out was a woman.. She looked just like me.. "She's.." I couldn't believe the resemblance..

" I know.. I knew you had to see her.. She was wandering around central park.. I almost though it was you.." Steven said with a smile.. I was grinning from ear to ear.. As I looked over her naked body, the smile faded.. my hand touched the side of my jaw, The skin that  I felt there made me want to throw up.. 

"Disgusting.." I mumbled.. 

"What?" Steven said.." You don't like her?" He said.. I turned to him.. He took my hand, his eyes going dark and his smile disappeared.. He looked hurt..

" No, no.. " I said looking back into the window "She's absolutely beautiful.." 

" Good! I hope you enjoy her.." He said, he kissed my cheek and walked away from me towards his room.. After a minute or so he was out of sight, I stood staring for a good minute before the woman noticed I was there.. She pushed her self back into the corner, pulling her legs in a close as she possibly could.. I opened the door and stepped inside.. The woman whimpered, trying desperately to disappear into the concrete wall behind her.. I walked toward her slowly, inhaling her scent.. She smelt like lavender.. 

"Your name?".. I demanded.. The woman just let out a sob and closed her eyes.. "Whats your name?" I asked again.. Still the terrified woman remained silent.. I sat down on my knees a few feet in front of her, I reached out and grabbed her hand, pulling her closer to me.. I looked at her body.. She really did mirror me in every way.. Except the scars.. I instantly got hot.. Heat radiated from my chest.. Anger flooded my body..I lifted my hand up to her face, cupped her chin and in a split second ripped off the skin covering the left side of her jaw.. She screamed, and blood poured out of her face.. I couldn't help but smile.. I drug my hand down her neck, scratching her to her shoulder.. I used my fingers to slowly carve out a oval shape, removing all the skin from the area.. I pushed her down on her side and put my knee on her face, pinning her to the ground..

"Please.. please.." She cried.. He blood flowed into her mouth and she started to gag.. I ignored her cries and started working slowly on her hip.. Carving out the same shape that scared my body.. I made sure it was perfect.. I wanted her to mirror me in every way.. As I tore away at her, The woman's breathing started to get shallow.. 

" Wake up!.." I shook the woman..  Her eyes had closed and her heart beat was fading.. " You bitch.. wake up!" I screamed.. 

" Romy.. What are you doing?" Paul yelled.. He and Steven stood at the door.. 

" I'm not finished yet!" I yelled at the woman.. I started clawing at her thigh, not paying any attention to the shape of the scar.. I was to angry to care.. "I'm not done yet! I'm not! Wake up!".. Tears were streaming down my face.. I put my hands over my face and began to sob.. Steven sat down beside my and pulled me into his lap, wrapping me in his arms.. 

" Is she still beautiful?" I cried.. "Is she?".. Steven just stoked my hair and rocked me.. He breathed heavy in my ear, trying to calm me down.. " Is she still beautiful, steven?".. " Is she? Am I?".. I cried.. All I could do was cry..