Officially Cumberbatched? A sequel to 'Well and truly Cumberbatched'

Chapter 10

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I slowly opened my eyes and saw into total darkness. I was probably miles away from home, from Ben, my family, everything. I tried to move my hands to my face but I couldn't. I moved forward and realized I had my hands bound to something. Suddenly a dim light went on in the corner of what was now a large basement and I saw my hands in a 'two half hitches knot', tied to a rusty pipe. "Thank fuck mum and dad sent me to sea scouts" I quietly said to myself, realizing I could get my hands out of the knot usually reserved for tying flags, this whole thing reeks of determined but crazy amateur I think to myself. 

I looked down to see my shoes had been taken from me, I was sweating profusely in this hot room and Merlin was next to me. He wasn't moving. At all. "Merlin. Merly, Merlin!" I desperately whispered, tears in my eyes thinking the worst, it's so hot in here. He stirred a little and started to get excited. "Stop. Stop Merlin." I quietly said and he rested in my lap. He moved a little so that he was sat in my lap and I pressed my nose against his. I started to cry into his soft fur. "I'm so sorry Merlin" I whispered and he brushed my chest with his paw like he was saying 'I understand' or something. I felt more tears stream down my face and I thought to myself for a moment. 

Rosalind, you have two choices. Sit here and die or get your life back. Don't even think about giving into the first. Merlin needs you. You need you. Come on, you're not dying. Not here. Not tonight. It's not your time.

With a feeling of doubt in the pit of my stomach I took in a deep breath and looked at Merlin. "We're going to go home Merlin. You and me okay? Wolfpack" I said as calmly as I could, I wanted to cry so badly but I have to be as calm as I can for him, if I get stressed he'll get stressed. He curled up in my lap and I could feel his heart rate slow down, he wasn't so nervous now. That's my aim right now. 

Keep Merlin calm.

I loosened the grip of the ropes when a door suddenly opened and I stopped. "Merlin, DO NOT MOVE UNLESS I SAY SO." I sternly whispered to him. Merlin only answers to me and Mrs Hudson and at times to Ben when I'm not with them. I heard the pounding of steel toe cap boots coming towards me. It was a young man, he couldn't have been older than me. "Kick her!" he was demanded by the bitch standing at the door. "I don't want to hurt your dog" he quietly said, wiping his eyes. "Merlin, next to me" I commanded and he got off my lap and tucked himself close to my thigh. 

This was going to hurt.

BAMF! I felt the wind knocked out of me, as if my stomach was going to fly through the wall behind me. I winced and wailed in agony, tears coming down my face. After kicking me twice more he walked back to the girl at the door and stood there, I wanted to be sick, it aches so bad. I closed my eyes, lowering my head in defeat, every desperate breath I tried to take sent stabbing sensations through me, bile rising in the back of my throat.  

Oh god. Somebody help me. please can someone help me. God help me I thought to myself as I heaved a dry cough in the thick dusty air, each breath now more painful than the last. I had nothing to lose by moving my hands, this demonic witch and her assistant clearly had no intention of just ending my life right now.  

I moved my hands and took Merlin in my arms, even though it hurt like hell to have him pressed against my stomach, he needed to know I was alive, that I was here for him. "Who the hell said you could move your hands?!" The girl said walking towards me.

"Go...fuck yourself, I owe you...nothing." I slowly retorted, my stomach felt like it was caving in on itself and I felt a heavy hand move across my face, stinging my cheek. 

"I see you want to die a noble death, my Benedict will like to know his soon to be ex-girlfriend fought for her life. It's okay I'll make him happier than you ever have, I'll open his eyes and show him real happiness." she said. I nuzzled my face in Merlin's soft black fur for a moment. "Oh Merlin, we can't die here" I quietly sobbed as he tucked himself closer to me, he was so scared and I can't pretend to be brave for him right now.

"The least you could tell me is your name, and you really couldn't." I eventually replied, she wanted to play mind games, not with me she isn't I thought to myself. "It's Anna actually, much nicer than Rosalind. Ugh. Rosalind Cumberbatch. The thought of you having my name makes me sick." she said, spitting at me, and I rolled my eyes, trying to breathe as steadily as I could through the pain. 

"I'm not married to Benedict. Who says I'll take his name even if I did marry him? 'Anna-psycho-needs-to-get-off-the-internet-and-outside-more-moron-Cumberbatch' doesn't exactly have a glamorous ring to it either. Does it?" I asked and she hissed at me as the young man laughed (I've always stuck by the notion if I ever married I'd keep my name anyway).

"Jacob! DON'T laugh!" she snapped and he stopped. "Laugh it up Jacob, you may as-well. You're clearly not the brains of this operation, but you're just as disgusting as she is." I said and he looked at the floor, ashamed. Good, he should be. 

"Get. Up." Anna now said.

"Please?" I asked, like heck am I going to make this easy for her.

"Stop sassing me, I could blow your brains out RIGHT NOW if I wanted to!" she snapped. I slowly stood up and held Merlin in my arms. He was so damn heavy but there's no way I'm having him walk near these animals before they try something on him. "But you're not going to. Why go to all this effort to end it all so quickly?" I asked, struggling to hold Merlin given how much pain I was in and she huffed leaving the room, because she knew I was right.

"Come with me" she said and Jacob walked behind me, the barrel of his gun pressed firmly in my lower back.

I was shaking like a leaf and wanted to just run but I knew me and Merlin wouldn't get out alive. I had to stick this out. I had to play the game and find my moment to escape. I could only hope and pray that Ben, someone, anyone was looking out for me...