Dancing With Murder

Attack Before Dark

The boys laughed at one another as they tried to climb the tree. Then the leader of the soccer team pushed the others aside and started to climb the tree. I gasped to myself and loaded the BB gun. Peeking through a hole in the floor I aimed at the guys foot. A seconded later I shot and he jumped back. He landed on the ground with a thump and the other guys burst out laughing. I held back my own giggles and took aim at one of the other guys. His arm was the only thing that I would be able to hit so I took it. He yelped as the BB shot into his arm.

"What the hell was that?!" He shrieked. His head shot up and I quickly backed up from the hole that I was looking out of. "I think I saw someone." They all stopped talking and looked up at my tree house. Startled I held my breath and peeked down.

"Jason, you go up and check it out." The leader of the soccer team glanced up and started to climb. I moved the BB gun back to the hole and took aim. When I clicked the trigger there was a clack and I stared. I was out of ammo. As quietly as possible I hurried over to my hiding spot and opened it. My BB's were all used up. I had a couple marbles though and I grabbed a slingshot. Going back to my peep hole I peered out and saw that he was more than halfway up the tree. Aiming I shot the marble at his stomach. He grunted but kept climbing up the tree. Furious I took aim, but this time at his right hand. It had just taken perch on a branch when I shot out another marble. It hit his hand and I could see him bite back a scream. Instead of going back down Jason continued to climb. He suddenly leapt at the hold I climbed in and out of and started to pull himself up. I had just enough time to scurry to another part of the tree house when he was fully on.

"I made it!" He shouted down to his friends. Glancing around he stared to walk towards my hiding place and I tensed up. I could hear his friends gaffing below and held my breath. Jason was about a foot away. Mustering up as much courage as possible I swung my fist out and managed to catch him in the jaw. "Damn!" He cried out as he stumbled back. Holding his jaw he looked up at me and blinked. He was clearly surprised and I got my fists ready to attack again. I was sure that he could take me, but I wasn't going to back down so easily. Out of the corner of my eyes I saw a hand on the edge of the opening to tree house and knew that even if I could take down Jason there was no way that I could take on him and his buddies. Jason leapt at me and I ducked away. Running over to the closest low hanging branch I jumped and started to climb.

"Hey, who's the chick?" I stared down long enough to see two more guys had climbed into my tree house. I was about to grab another branch when I heard something snap below me. One of Jason's friends had started to climb up after me. Feeling scared I climbed faster. A moment later though he managed to grabbed my ankle.

"I got her!" The guy yelled.

"Nice Bryan!" Someone yelled from below.

"Let me go!" I demanded trying to pull my ankle away. His grip loosened slightly and I jerked my foot away with as much force as possible. All of a sudden the tree fell away from me and I found myself falling. My back hit some branches and others scraped at my arms and legs. I heard some shouts before slamming into the floor of my tree house. I cracked open my eyes to see Jason leaning over me with a smile on his face.

"Cool, maybe she'll stay still now." His hands wrapped around my arms and I bit back a groan of pain. All together there were about five guys. The one called Bryan leaned over me and grabbed the hem of my shirt. He lifted it enough to see my stomach and I kicked out at him.

"Jordan, Zack, grab her legs." I stared to thrash around as soon as they got near, but they were to strong and managed to hold me down. Leaning close Bryan slid his hand under my shirt and rubbed a finger against my breast. I screamed at him and tried to jerk away.

"Let me go you asshole!" Jason laughed and leaned around me. He was still holding my arms and I couldn't pull away as he planted a kiss on my neck. "Filth! Jerks! Rapists!" I screamed with all my might. Bryan glared and said.

"Will someone shut this girl up." The last guy who had just been standing to the side reached over and slapped me hard across the face. I paused for a moment before snapping and biting him on the fingers. With more force this time he slapped me again. Bryan sat down on my lap and pulled my shirt even higher. Whistling he slowly looked me over. "Nice rack." He laughed and ran his fingers over my stomach.

"Let's take her back to your place." Said the one I assumed was Jordan.

"Sure," Bryan looked me over again. "If we had rope." Without even thinking I peeked over at the loose floorboard. It had managed to become knocked out of place in the struggle. Jason must have followed my eyes because a moment later he reached in and pulled out my bundle of rope. Slowly they tied me up. It made me happy that no one was getting out uninjured. Jason had been scratched and took a punch to the face. Jordan and Zack and been kicked in the face and stomach at least twice. The guy who slapped me had been bitten again and I managed to slam my foot into his balls before he pushed me out of the tree. My body hit the ground with a thud and I let out a scream as a stick ripped into my shoulder. Suddenly a shadow fell over my body and I peered up to see a guy that I had never seen before.

He had long dark black hair and alluring bright blue eyes. Worried that he was with the other guys I swung my foot out and slammed it into his knees. Nothing. He didn't even flinch. His eyes traveled my body and I glared at him. There was a thud next to me and I saw Jason, Bryan, and Jordan on the ground next to me.

"Hello, can we help you?" Jason asked. He sounded sweet but there was an underlying threat to his words. The guy with the black hair smirked.

"Five guys ganging up on one girl hardly seems fair." Bryan looked over at me and yanked me up by the arm. I growled and quickly bit his hand. Then without any warning at all I took off running towards my house. There were shouts behind me but I didn't stop. Unfortunately running while having my arms bound was harder than it looked. I ran into trees and I couldn't manage to keep my balance for more than five feet. A deep laugh caused me to trip and stumble to the ground. My head whipped towards the sound of the laughter and I spy the guy from earlier.

"Stay away!" I screamed as he approached. He was tall with fair skin. He had one a black trench coat and it billowed in the chilly wind. "What do you want?" I demanded as he crouched down in front of me.

"You." Was his reply.