Age Of Innocence (AOI) [Sequel To IR]

Chapter 104 } Captive Of Abuse

Part 4:
Ala's POV

We went straight to the venue after that not bothering to go back for Noah.  I'm pretty sure Carter and Matthew wanted him to die out there.  But he has a car.  I reapplied my makeup before being escorted into the place we were going for the show.  Carter and Matthew both kept a very close eye on me. 
*Ten Minutes Later*
Carter and everyone else were currently on stage and Matthew was in the bathroom.  So I was left backstage alone with my thoughts.  I looked up and a raging Noah was rushing towards me.  Shit.  He pulled me up by my shirt and slapped me across the face.  I had gotten used to the pain. 
"You bitch!  You think you can just ditch me like that.  Well bad news darling, I'm not that easy to get rid of."  He yelled and was about to slap me again, I closed my eyes preparing for the slap but it didn't come.
"Hey!"  I heard Matthew scream.  Thank you.  "Let her go."  He said calmly.  I didn't understand how he was calm this would normally rage him.  Maybe he figured out how to control Spike.  That would be amazing.  "We brought her here she had no say in it.  Just let her go and be nicer to her."
"Don't tell me how to control my relationship."
"Maybe if you didn't abuse her I wouldn't have to."  Matthew said pulling me away.
"You told him!"  Noah screamed.  He grabbed my arm and yanked me towards a supply closet.  Matthew grabbed my other arm.
"Just let us talk.  I'll be fine."  I said.  He hesitantly let go.  Noah pushed me into the closet and locked the door behind him. 
"What a slut.  You don't get to beg this time.  I'm just gonna kill you."  He grabbed my shoulders and threw me against the wall causing me to fall.  He immediately started kicking me I curled into a ball and covered my head.  So this was how I died, in a closet.  Cool.  He reached down to pick me back up, I was now standing.  Then he pushed me back into the shelf behind me causing things to fall off the shelf and hit me.  He pushed my head sideways causing me to fall again.  As he reached his arm back down to pick me up again I dizzily grabbed it and bit it.  He yelped and held it.  I crawled to the door and used the handle to stand up as I spun around, I broke the lock as he sped back over to me throwing me back I ran back towards the door but he picked me up and pulled me back he pushed me against the door, my feet dangling like the first time he threatened to kill me.  Trapped.  But this time I would actually die.  I tried one more thing and kicked my feet, successfully kicking him in his nuts.  He dropped me and crouched over.  I ran out of the door and hugged Matthew tightly he wrapped his arms around me.  Safe.  Finally a word besides trapped.  Safe.  How foreign.  Noah ran out.  "Out of my way Espinosa I've got a girl to kill."  He said aggressively.  Matthew made a disgusted face and rage filled him.  He pushed me behind him.  I was too dizzy to catch myself and started falling but a pair of lucky arms caught me, Carter.  He pulled me into him safely.  I watched as Matthew punched Noah directly in the face.
"The only way your ever going to kill her is if you kill me too."  Matthew told Noah.
"That can be arranged."  Noah threatened and threw a punch at Matthew, he almost dodged it but didn't and Noah's fist connected with his face,  I flinched.  Noah contacted his fist into Matthew's gut making him fall over.  This gave him the perfect time, he rushed over to me and Carter, Carter was still holding me.  He put his arms tightly around me protecting me from anything Noah would try.  Just as Noah was about to come after Carter he was yanked back on the floor smacking his head on the hard ground.  Matthew.  It turned into a full on fist fight.  I dug my head into Carter not wanting to watch the outcome.  Finally the grunting and screams had stopped.  And I felt another hand placed on my back. 
"Ala get up now we've got to go."  I heard Matthew whisper.  I looked to him, he knew I wouldn't be able to do whatever he was planning so he scooped me up and sprinted out of the building.  We reached the bus and he gently set me down on one of the couches in the front.  He got in the drivers seat and started the ignition and quickly sped away.  I closed my eyes desperately trying to stay alive.  We finally stopped and I was pushed up.  "Open your eyes Ala."  He whispered.  He felt my face.  "Your burning."  He stated and ran to the 'kitchen'.  He came back with ice.  I put it on my face and felt more awake, more alive.  I could stand.  Matthew grabbed my hand and led me up to the roof of the bus we laid staring at the stars.  The bus was currently parked on a cliff like in those romantic movies. 
"What happened."  I asked.
"I knocked him out enough to get you out of there.  Hopefully Carter did his job and called the police." 
"Am I... Am-am I..."  I couldn't finish the sentence it seemed to foreign, I wasn't sure what it even meant anymore.
"Your safe now Ala.  Your safe."  I sucked in my bottom lip and shed a few tears.  The thing that seemed so out of reach.  The thing that seemed utterly impossible was here with me.  I had it.  I had safety.  "Your free."  Free and safe.  No longer trapped.  No longer a captive of abuse.  I closed my eyes and took in the fresh air.  I felt free.  I felt invincible.  I felt safe.  My phone started ringing,  I noticed an unknown number and answered it.
"I will get you Ala Dausonn!  I'll get you in ten years!  Watch yourself!" Noah cried and hung up.
"Don't listen to him.  Your safe, he will never touch you again."  Matthew said kissing my forehead and pulling me closer to him.  I closed my eyes.  "I love you Ala."
"I love you too Matthew."  I whispered back.  Safe.  Free.  In love.