Two Sides of the Same Coin

Chapter Four

I was outside of school where Feliciano was leaving and was waving a good-bye to me. He smiled as he turned to leave but I didn't want him to go. I had a bad feeling that something bad will happen to him if he left my sight. I ran after him while calling out 'wait's and 'don't go's but he continued to walk on and I hadn't notice that the school had disappeared. I fell over my own foot running after Feliciano. I quickly got myself up to find out that my Italian friend was gone. I started to call for him in a panic but there was never a reply.

A light shined from behind me so I turn to see what the shining light was. It was the lights from a carnival. I ran to it to get out of the dark. When I came to the carnival, it was lifeless. A place for fun and amusement and filled with life seem so dead even with the bright lights. I always felt warm coming to a carnival but this time I felt breezeless chills. I wonder the empty carnival trying to find the way out. 

As I wonder around, I finally found someone. He was standing beside a stand with his back against me. The man was just standing there. I slowly approached him and I heard chuckles coming from the guy as I got closer to him. I saw a curl was sticking out from the side of his head. I sighed knowing that there are only two people in the world that had curls that sticks from their head. This curl sticks out to the left (if you look from the front not the back) of the man's head. "Feli," I called out slowly.

He turned to face me and I shivered when I saw...blood! His face was splattered with blood and I looked down to see a knife with blood coating it. Feli held a smile on his face and I notice his eyes were violet. It was ... "Luciano, bella," he corrected me as I corrected myself in my head.

"Why do you have blood on you," I asked scared while backing away from him. He stepped closer without saying a word. I looked to his side and saw to my horror a body in a pool of blood. I started shaking in fear as he came closer and my back hit a wall which caused more fear to build up. I felt the tears starting to come out. Usually I would try to be tough in this kind of situation but this was a friend not a stranger. I looked down and squeezed my eyes shut as Luciano was standing in front of me with a hand placed on the wall near my head. "P-please d-don't hurt me," I whimpered.

"Don't-a worry bella. As long-a as you-a do as I-a say and-a stay by-a my side, you-a will not-a be harmed," Luciano said while lifting my chin up with something warm, moist and hard. I opened my eyes to see his violet ones. He had a mischievous smile stretched on his face and I looked down to see he had his bloody knife under my chin.

"Get-a away from-a (name)," came a familiar voice. Then Luciano was shoved away from me. I looked to see Feliciano standing in front of me. He was shaking but he mustered up his strength to protect me. I felt happy at the thought that Feli, the one who always run away from danger, was there to protect me. Luciano just laughed. "You're no-a threat to me-a, you weakling," he said lifting his hand with the knife to his face.

Feli remained silent. He was probably too scared to speak. Without warning, Luciano threw the knife which stuck to Feli's shoulder. Feliciano fell to his knees and screamed in pain. I squatted to him and tried to help as I can but I was scared to pull out the knife. Then, I was pulled away by an arm from him and into a chest. I looked up to see Luciano with a menacing smile giving me the chills. Luciano kicked Feli who fell on his back and then the evil man step on the knife that was in my friend shoulder. His screams ranged in my ears and tears started to fall down my cheeks. "Please stop," I sobbed in his chest.

Luciano pushed me on the ground and pinned my arms above my head. I stared in shock as he was on top of me. I could see the lust in his violet eyes as he stared into my (e/c) eyes and he still held his smile. His face was coming closer... 

Ba-thump.

Closer ... 

Ba-thump. Ba-thump

Closer...

Blackout.

I closed my eyes knowing how close Luciano was. It didn't help much. Even if I couldn't see him I could feel him. His hands tight around my wrist and his breathe on my face and his lips brushed against mine. He chuckled and things went white.

I gasped as I woke up and feeling hot and my heart racing. I laid there without moving until my heart had calmed down. I turned to check the clock on a small dresser beside my bed. It shined in red numbers 3:15. I got up to go to the bathroom so I could use it. The bright light from the bathroom was blinding where I had to squint my eyes. When I was done, I turned off the light and left the bathroom. I felt around in the dark hallway while my eyes were no longer adjusted to the dark.

My eyes finally adjusted when I reached my room. I went in and flopped on my bed and tried to go back to sleep. It didn't take long.