Blood Within Love [Editing And Checking For Errors]

Who are you? {8}

Seeing the figure she had no time to scream, a large hand was put over her mouth as she was held down. She struggled and tried to get away but she wasn't strong enough to push off her attacker. It wasn't long until her face was pressed against the ground, it got harder for her to breath. "Nice seeing you after so long babe, how's the kid?" the sound of his voice made her panic even more. She struggled harder but felt him move his hand along her back. "Just stay still," he said as he pressed something sharp against her tailbone. The sound of a zipper was heard as he pressed the knife into her back, whimpers of pain were heard from the girl and she tried to stay still. "P-please let me live..." she whispered as she felt her shorts getting pulled down. Her skin felt colder as it was exposed, the faint sound of something in the distance, probably just an animal. There was a tap on the man's shoulder, then the horrifying sound of metal shattering bone, and the feeling of the weight on her sent flying off. She fell to her side and looked at the man that had helped her. "N-nagasawa? Hinata?" she asked, scared of how much the person had seen. She quickly pulled up her shorts and tried to run up to the road. All that could be seen in the moonlight is the glimmer of a metal hand. Sawako hid in a tree up the road, a few 100 feet away from the river. Her breathing was heavy and shaky as she tried to calm herself down, the warm feeling of blood ran down her shirt. Tears streamed down her face as the pain got worse. The metal arm reached out towards her, but it retracted, as if whoever it was felt regret. They ensured the man with the smashed skull was unconscious before heading towards her slowly, a hoodie covering their face. She heard the slight noises below her and covered her face. Whimpers were heard from the small girl. Groans of pain became obvious as she tried to move higher into the tree. The hand was held out to her, and a modified voice said "it's alright. Come down...you're hurt."

"Who are you? How can I trust you?"

"Someone that can help. Come on, there's a small slash on your lower back and I'd have killed you already if I wanted to." She debated the situation, she didn't want to get hurt but this man saved her from her attacker. She carefully tried to climb down, only to lose her footing. He caught her, making sure not to hurt her further, and began walking to the nearby hospital. She had lost a small amount of blood from the injury but her body was weak. "I need my baby, take me to my baby..." They nodded and spoke to a doctor, that had a few nurses help take her into the O.R while the hooded person headed out. She cried as she had left Sapphire at home alone. "Oh god, please don't let him find her..please," she cried louder as they tried to calm her down. She resisted until she was put to sleep. Once she woke up, Sapphire was laying beside her, asleep and wrapped in a blanket. "My baby, I'm sorry I left you alone, I never thought he would attack this soon," she cried as she held her child. Her back hurt when she moved but it was all worth it for her small miracle. She was still wondering who was the one who found her last night and who brought her daughter here. She drifted off and waited for her family to come for her.

"Sawako wake up," a soft female voice called out. "Sawako?" she began to shake her, attempting to wake her up. This got Sawako to wake up, she slowly opened her eyes and looked up at her mom and brother. "Hai mom?"

"How are you feeling?"

"Pain in my lower back but it's not as bad as yesterday. When can we go home?"

"You'll be let out tomorrow. You need to be more careful, when we got called we thought it would have been worse."

"I'm okay mom, it would have been worse if someone hadn't helped me out last night"

"You're lucky, get some rest, i need to get the medicine you'll need to take for the rest of the week."

"Okay mom," with that she fell asleep beside her daughter. Her steady breathing was calm and relaxing.