Fighter

Chapter 77: The Break In

It was late, the darkness of the outside consumed the windows of the house, the soft glow of the street lamps shone through as I sat in the living room alone. Jade and Alex were upstairs but I didn't know if they were sleeping or not. I sat in the darkness, I had just woken up from a horrible nightmare of when I was serving in the military.

I sighed, holding my head in my hands as I went to the kitchen to get some water. Something felt off tonight, and I had no idea what it was. I thought Tommy not being home made me uneasy, he made all of us feel safer. The house felt empty, Erie.... I couldn't explain the horrible feeling I had in the out of my stomach. I decided to go upstairs, tell Jade we should get out of the house for tonight, maybe go to Brendan's or something, this really didn't feel right.

I walked slowly down the hallway, my stomach turning as I looked in every corner, my instincts kicking in, I moved around the house like it was enemy territory. Suddenly I was pushed roughly against a wall, letting out a scream that was quickly stifled by a man with a skull mas , dressed in black. There were two of them, one just walking in the back door that they had somehow unlocked. I heard footsteps, and I prayed to God Jade wouldn't come downstairs, but she didn't know, and she came running. The other man, who wore a demonic looking mask,hid behind the staircase.

"Naomi?" She called, Alex was still upstairs. Jade couldn't see me but I could see her clearly and watched in horror as she was hit in the back of the head with a black police grade baton, whoever these guys were, they weren't fucking around. I could feel the tears running down my face as I watched the demonic mask move Jade down to the basement, she wasn't unconscious, but she could barely move and he took advantage of that. The man who held me began dragging me to the basement too, I struggled and screamed against him but it was no use. Who were these men, what did they want?! Soon both me and jade we're tied up, unable to move. I could feel the blood from my hands and legs cutting off, I was beginning to go numb. The demonic man moved Jade into another room of our basement, I could hear her muffled screams and her fighting against whoever it was, and I didn't want to think about what was going on.

I tried my best to get away from the man I front of me, but he crouched down, running his hand along my cheek, if my mouth wasn't duct taped I would have bit him. He removed the duct tape off my mouth and it stung.

"If you scream I'll fucking kill you, you understand?" He spoke, his voice low and terrifying and he lifted his mask slightly, bringing his lips to mine as I fought. I bit down hard on his lip, drawing blood and his hand met my face, not a slap, a full force punch that knocked me to the floor. "THE FUCK DID I SAY BITCH?!" He yelled, I began to shake, looking up at the man who's mask was fully on again.

"Pete...?" I whispered, finding some familiarity in his voice. My attention turned to the room Jade was in... She wasn't screaming anymore and I HAD to get in there "Why are you doing this Pete?" He didn't say anything, but I was almost sure it was him... But  then again... I couldn't know for sure.

"Shut up you tell anyone about any of this, I'll come back here, I'll kill you, I'll kill everyone in this fucking house" He breathed, pulling me closer to him, I let him kiss me, buying myself time to pull myself out of the roped around my wrists, remembering the training I had. He looked at me, confused "what are you up to...." He mumbled, grabbing behind me at my hands the roped almost off, he smirked. "You think you're smart?"He laughed, beginning tying my hands again and placing disgusting kisses on my neck. I had to get out of this, I had to help Jade. I bashed his nose in with my head, slipping my hands out of the rope and untying my feet, before running down to where Jade was opening the door and attacking the man, he was on the floor as I untied Jade and we ran up the stairs. She had a cut on her cheek, and one on her neck

Before we could make it up the stairs the demonic man grabbed the both of us by our ankles, and I remembered tumbling down the stairs before being separated, kicking and screaming from Jade. I blacked out after that, only waking up when the cops arrived, and Tommy came shortly after.