Death on the Net

Chapter 25

Alex's POV

Pain.

That's what describes me right now.

A word, just one word sums me up right now.

All my life I had witnessed pain, my parents deaths, my sister dying, my boyfriend leaving me, my boyfriend torturing me.

But there were happy memories, somewhere just out of reach, hidden by the wall my agony had built up, I had practically ripped the cloth from my arm, the one that acted as a spleen for me, I held it to my face, pressed it down quickly, I applied pressure because I knew that was how you stop the blood, for now.

I was so distracted by the cut in my head that I hadn't been paying attention at all to Ollie, I stood with my back to him, I pressed my forehead on the wall, wincing when it met my cut and angling myself so that it didn't happen again.

He wrapped his arms around my waist and squeezed me, I felt my stomach muscles tighten and he killed the oxygen supply I had built up.

I gasped for air, pathetically hitting him, it didn't even effect him, he still squashed me to him, "stop!" I choked, his arms pulled away slightly but not enough to stop my bones from shattering, his lips found my ear and I felt him kiss the skin beneath it, I took in a deep breath and held his arms so that I was sure he would not tighten his grip again.

He placed me over the panel and said, "now you've tested my patience enough, tell me how to work it!" he ordered in a voice I no longer wanted to disobey.

I clutched the side of the table and took long shallow breaths, I let my eyes flutter close to drench the nausea that suddenly washed over me like a wave.

I pointed to the purple and red one once again, he narrowed his eyes at me and opened his mouth to say something nasty, I held my finger up in warning that this was the right thing to do, not sure at all if it was, I could only hope it took long enough for someone to find me.

Ollie took a deep breath and pushed down the button, he look at me his brows furrowed, "see!" he shouted angrily, he stared at me for a long moment so he didn't catch the orange and yellow spark that flew out from a lever behind him.

I didn't make a fuss over it, the moment I saw the spark die out, I knew what to do; delay him.

He brought his fist down on the table and the whole thing jumped, "god dammit Alex, tell me how to work this thing and I swear to you, you won't feel a thing.

He was referring to when he would kill me, yet knowing that I didn't feel at all comforted!

"That one" I said between breaths, he looked at the panel and then to me, I pointed down at a red lever, he reached out for it slowly, he had no idea what it would do, I had to admit that he was being very trusting towards me.

I side stepped around the side of the table, leaning on it for help, I looked down the small gap between the wall and the table, it had a small puddle of liquid pooling down the side, it must have leaked from somewhere, most likely the ceiling, and then I looked at Ollie, he was still twitching his hand back and forth unable to decide what to do.

I reached my foot down the gap, unable to think about the pain I witnessed whilst stretching it out, my bare toe made contact with something, and I hoped it was what I wanted it to be, I fought back the urge to cry out in pain as I kicked the object behind the table without noise, so that I didn't distract Ollie in his decision making.

Finally I reached it, the light in the room snapped off and I could hear Ollie groaning, "what happened?" I took a deep breath before answering, "ugh... the plug, maybe it fell out or the power ran out?" I suggested, a small light appeared in the darkness it floated near me and I pushed myself away, I caught my foot on something and fell down backward.