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Red.

Red. The color that runs, rushes through the body of every living being.
Red. The colour that draws you towards it's bright alluring colour.
Red. The color of valentine's flowers, chocolate and everything around.
Red. The color that is used to represent the devil.
Red. The color of love.

I was brought out of my poetry writing by the echoing sound of my door apparently being knocked off.

"Why don't you knock it off, you idiot!" I shouted, moving the short distance from my bed to the door, throwing it open.

"What the hell do you.." I started but was cut off.

"Well. Well. Well. Isn't it like miss feisty that I oh so love," the man that gave me nightmares stood before me.

"What are you doing here Kevin?" I asked, fear laced in my voice.

Memories ran through my mind. Memories that still haunt me at the age of 23. Memories that stood firm in my life. Oh those memories.

"Can't I visit you my little Kae?" The name made me shivered as he forced himself into my apartment voluntarily.

"No, you can't, now do me a favour and get out or I'll call the police on your ass," I squared my shoulders as best as I could and stood my ground.

A sadistic smirk plastered itself upon  Kevin's face as he stalked towards me.
Cold sweat ran down my body as I watched with familiarities of his smirk, the way he clenched his fist and the glint in his eyes, the way his slow, intimidating strides dug up memories and fear.

"It's been a while Kae. You moved out without tell me where you were staying. Bad girl. Really bad girl," Kevin stated forcefully pulling me towards him.

"No!" I demanded pulling away from him.

"What did you just say?" Kevin questioned flabbergasted.

"I said, No!" I stood my ground.

"You will not tell me no, you bitch!" Kevin said gripping me my hair, the root of my hair crying out from the force he pulled it with.

"Ahhhhhh!" I cried as I watched him untangling my hair out of his fingers. I placed my face in a thin line. I wouldn't cry.

The room suddenly became smaller as my thin blouse was ripped apart. I couldn't let him do this to me again. I had to fight, I told myself as I ran for the kitchen. My clumsy feet tripped on the rug and I came tumbling down on the ground.

"Well. The ground will do then," Kevin announced seemingly amused at the scene before him as he carelessly laid down on me.

My fist connected with his nose that was right above me. Blood came trickling down his nose as his head was snapped to the side by the impact.

"You bitch!" Kevin shouted bringing his hand firmly and demandingly across my cheek bone. I could taste the metallic taste of blood in my mouth.

"How does it feel now bitch?!" Kevin snarled in my face as he stabled both my hands above my head.

My spit mixed with blood came in contact with Kevin's face and a smirk came on my lips and I inwardly patted myself. Job well done.  I was brought back out of my complementation towards myself by another hit to my jaw.

Without hesitation my skirt we pushed up towards my waist and my panties where pushed to the side.

"Help!!!!!!!!!" "Help!" "Somebody help me!" "Help!" I screamed and screamed.

"Shut up you bitch," Kevin said hitting me in the jaw as he shoved himself into me.

I cursed my idiot neighbour for not ever being home. Maybe he could have helped me. Stupid neighbour! All hope was lost, it seemed but I tried. I wasn't going down without a fight.

"Help!" I screamed once more right before another hit was given to me and I faded into unconsciousness.

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The light from the lamp beside me shone into my eyes bringing me back to consciousness.

It was a dream. Please, make it a dream.

I waited for the blinks in front my eyes to fade away before searching around my surrounding still hoping for my dream not to be real. I was on the ground in my kitchen. 

It was real.

A cold chill ran over me and I looked down to see that I was naked. The night before flashed before my eyes bringing to me the memories of me being...
I was pulled out of my thoughts by a groan beside me. I turned my head to be face to face with Kevin who was soundly asleep.

Tears prickled my eyes as fear churned at the bottom of my stomach. I was living the memories that haunted me — destroyed my entire life. I felt the hot tears running down my cheeks as I remembered every unwanted memory of the cruel activities that I had involuntarily succumbed to and all I could do was cry.

Silent sobs shook my body as I laid there immobile on the cold floor. This was the last straw. I was over this. Courage pushed me to get off the ground with wobbly feet and slowly drying tears towards the kitchen.

With every step, pain tackled me, sending a shot towards my cervix. I fought my way towards the kitchen counter bearing the pain. I held onto the counter and looked up upon it to see a pot laying there.

I looked back to Kevin's figure and a thought came to my mind. I hurriedly made my way to the draw on the other side of the counter and quietly, as much as possible pulled out a knife. I held up the sharp object that smile with the lamp light and smiled sadistically. 'Just like he would,' I thought.

Slowly walking towards Kevin's calm,  sleeping form, he didn't know the faith that was standing right above him, literally, I looked at him once over and placed the knife at his penis. This was the first thing to go as a cry of pain was heard from him. Kevin's eyes was flung open and I stared right into his pleading, shaken eyes, plunging the knife into those eyes unnervingly. After this first move, each time the knife went into the body of Kevin, I remembered the memory that came with it. I remembered every time he touched me, every word he said, the moves he made towards, the glint in his eyes. I remembered everything as the now bloody knife made holes in his now lifeless body.

Relief washed over me as the one hundred memories where imbedded into Kevin's soul.

I dropped the knife, walked towards the living room feeling like wind, picked up the telephone and called the police. I was walking back into the kitchen when the phone was answered

"Hello, what is your emergency?"

I looked around me and thought of my emergency and all I say was Red.