A Little Bit Of Hell

Chapter 15

Rue's POV

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I wake up to the stupid sun glaring in my eyes. I groan, and kick the covers off. The other five are still asleep. I get up, walking into the kitchen and opening the fridge. I pull out some milk, and get some cereal from the pantry. I sit on the kitchen counter, eating my cereal. I turn my iPhone on to check the time.
6:30
Damn. I'm up early. Just as I turn my phone off, I get a text.
Of course, Its from EJ.

Your up early

What the actual fuck.

EJ: you look nervous

Me: where are you?

EJ: does that matter?

Me: are you in my house?

EJ: where do you think I am?

I turn off my phone, close my eyes and take a deep breath. He's not in the house. He's just fucking with me.
Ping.

Your cute when your scared

My hand shakes as I press the off button on my phone. I slide off the counter and start walking up the stairs to my room. If he is watching me, I should probably put some clothes on. I'm only wearing my purple bra and black undies. I walk into my room, closing the door behind me. My scream is quickly muffled with a rough hand over my mouth, and a scalpel to my throat. "Scream and I'll kill you." Tears track down my face, and his grip on my jaw tightens. My back is against the door, he has one leg pressed against both of mine, his hand over my mouth, and the other with the little blade pressed against my neck. Theres no way I'm moving. I strain a little, and in response he presses me harder to the door. "Struggle or make a sound and I swear to god I will slit your throat." He stares at me for a few moments, his black, eyeless sockets seeming to burn right through my soul. He uncovers my mouth, and he lifts his mask just over his mouth, no farther. He sneers, his perfect white teeth sharpened to jagged points. I whimper, he moves slowly moves towards my neck, moving his hand back to cover my mouth again.
I squeeze my eyes shut, clenching my fists.
His grip on my mouth suddenly tightens, and he hisses in my ear.
"Why were your two friends at the mansion?" His voice was full of menace, his hand lifting from my mouth to let me reply. "I don't know what your talking about." I cry. He presses the scalpel harder against my throat, and a small trickle of blood runs down my neck. His hand that was covering my mouth gripped tight at at my hair, pinning my head closer to the wall. "Why were they at the mansion?" He growls, his voice dripping with venom and growing louder with every word. I shake my head "I don't know what your talking about!" I choke on tears, then everything happens so fast. For a split second he pulls away from me, then his fist comes crashing into the side of my jaw. I scream, and I hear three pairs of footsteps running up the stairs. EJ kicks me in the side, I scream again, and at the same time the door bursts open, three gun shots sound through the air. A bullet hits EJ in the shoulder, but the other three miss by an inch. Luna grabs the first thing to hit someone with, which turns out to be Matt's old baseball bat which was sitting just outside his room (which is right next to mine) and swings it at him as he slashes out at Charlie, hitting him right in his right knee. He stumbles backwards, heading for the window, Ash takes the bat from Luna, and swings it at him, smashing the bat into E.J's arm as he shields his face. Charlie grabs my arm, and drags me out of the room, my ears still ringing from the gunshots Ash fired. Ash runs after him, grabbing a full bottle of Green Fairy that was sitting on my nightstand (don't ask why), and smashing it over his head just as he jumps out the window, leaving broken glass, alcohol and blood all over my room. EJ runs off into the trees again, slower, and limping, but still moving in that creepy, animalistic way, it almost reminds me of how gorillas run. Charlie is holding me, Ash crouching beside me with a hand on my shoulder, Luna is standing in the middle of the room panting, and Ruth, Indira and Savannah come running up the stairs to the room with the phone clutched in Sav's hand, and tears streaming down their faces. Within half an hour we hear the police sirens.