From the Beginning (One Direction Fanfiction)

Chapter 27

Chapter 27

Erica's P.O.V.

They looked everywhere for him and they said he's nowhere to be found. Liam and I are packin-" I heard a noise behind me. I was standing in the kitchen in our hotel room and Liam was down in the lobby doing something with Paul so I was alone. This laugh was unrecognizable and incredibly heart-stoppingly scary. 

I dropped my phone on the ground as I stared at the man not even 10 feet away from me. I was frozen in my spot and had no idea how to react. I couldn't cry, couldn't scream, and I'm pretty sure I wasn't even breathing. 

"Hi beautiful," he smiled. This guy had to be in his 40's. I didn't say a word. I looked at him and stared at him up, down, left and right but as I was looking to see if he had anything on him, something caught my eye. There was something with a black handle in between his pants and his hip, held by his belt. A gun? No. It was too flat. And then it struck me. A knife. I was still too frozen to react. "Are you going to speak, sweetheart?" his smile faded and then came back when he was done his sentence. 

"H-hi," was all I managed to get out. I looked around the kitchen for something to attack with but tried to do it discretely. 

"You know, I found out you and Liam were coming here and I just got so excited. I thought you were beautiful from the moment I saw you after you made it big in the media. All I could think was 'Liam doesn't deserve you. You're too good for him!' So, when you guys came here, I thought it was my perfect opportunity to kill Liam and have you for myself." 

I started shaking like a leaf, unable to control my emotions. The smile left his face when he talked, but came back when he finished. I held in my tears because I didn't want to look weak but in all truth, I had no idea what I was going to do next. My life was basically over right there as I knew it. 

I never got to say good bye to Beth, Sara, Liam and every one else. My parents! What are my parents going to do? I need to make a move right now. I have to escape. Oh my God, Liam where are you? Erica don't cry. You're going to be okay, I promise. 

I looked to my left and there was a fridge. I looked to my right and there was a door that led to my hallway. If I made a run for it, the risks were high that he was going to catch me. But if I stay where I am, he can corner me easily. I moved closer to him, making him believe that I was going to fall for him. He smiled at me, probably believing that I was going to fall for this whole thing. 

Just when he started speaking, I made a run for the door but something grabbed my ankle. I was running so fast that when he caught my ankle, I tripped and fell flat on my stomach, just catching myself with my hands. He dragged me closer to him, sat up and placed himself so that he was on top of me. I was screaming at the top of my lungs yelling anything that came to my mind. Most of it was either "help" or "Liam". Once he was on top of me, with his legs on either side of my hips, he covered my mouth and pulled out the knife that was on the side of his leg. I still screamed even though my screams were muffled. Tears were streaming down my face steadily now. He brought the knife closer to my neck and I just closed my mouth now, sobbing and hiccuping. I didn't want to witness the knife being pressed against my skin. 

I had just felt the cool metal touch me when a loud noise came from the right of where I was laying and a huge weight being off of me. I quickly opened my eyes to see that Liam had burst through the door with Paul running behind, and was now wrestling the guy who attacked me. Paul ran to me to help me up as Liam was struggling to get the knife out of the psycho's hand but the guy was quick to roll Liam onto his back and sit on him. 

While the guy was sitting upright on Liam, he managed to get the knife out of Liam's hand and slice his left forearm right down the side. Liam screamed out in pain as I screamed out in agony. I ripped out of Paul's grip as he was aiding me and stood up. I charged with all force at this guy who just hurt the guy I love most in my life and with one swift motion with my right foot, I kicked him in the jaw. He fell to the ground yelling out in pain and I kicked him once more to make sure he stayed down. I have never seen this side of myself but I couldn't control it.