Killer Protector (Jeff the Killer story)

Chapter 56

Chapter 56

This girl named Jane grinned at me and held onto my arm tightly as she took me away from the market and into a secluded area where no one resided. I didn't have a good feeling about this. I should've kept the pendant and never spoke to her. Hell, I should've left it where it fell! But I didn't and right now I really, really regret it.

Jane stopped me and turned to look at me. She reached up and cupped my face in her hands. They were cold, stinging my face. I couldn't look away from her. Her eyes wouldn't let me. They were completely black, a white glint in them. How did she come to look this way? Her skin was paper white, hair unnaturally black and lips a deadly raven hue. She smiled and said in her now seemingly taunting voice, "You look like a frightened puppy. How cute yet pitiful." Despite that sentence being an insult, her voice was mesmerizing. Look away. Can't look away.

"You know," she said, "you're quite naive for the proxy. Though I do admire your kindness and mannerly gestures, I have to say that you should be more careful with who you meet."

She took off my beanie and brushed my hair back, tugging on it slightly, moving my head back. She chuckled and said, "Now that I see you up close, I can see why that maggot of a killer, Jeffery, is so fond of you. You're quite the delectable sight. Though, looks don't matter right now."

She reached into her boot and pulled out a knife, sharpened and ready to cut. I tensed up and clutched my hands tight. She put the tip to my chin and traced it down to my collar bone. "Sad to see such a pretty thing go to waste out here in the cold, lonely snow." Jane gripped my wrist firmly and put the knife tip to my wrist. She traced circles around my mark and said, "And it'd be a shame to have such a remarkable symbol go to waste too." She cut into my skin and started circling the mark, trying to cut it out...! I gasped and tried yanking myself out of her grip but she slammed her fist against my neck and sent me into a wall. I choked and gagged as she held me back.

"If you keep squirming, I'll end up cutting your whole hand off. You wouldn't want that, now would you?" she hissed. I could only gasp for air, like a fish out of water. She kept cutting into my skin, already have made a semi-circle around my symbol. Before she could fully cut out the area of skin, she was tackled down by someone else. I took in a big breath of air and clutched my bleeding wrist to my chest. I looked up and smiled in relief. Jeff was there, getting up from the ground next to Jane. He was growling and sneering down at her like she was a parasite waiting to spread disease. She scowled and got up too, wielding her knife towards him. She smirked and remarked, "I wondered when you'd show you're grotesque face around here. Long time no see Jeffery."

Jeff only growled and took out a knife from his jacket pocket. Jane chuckled, the sound making Jeff flinch. He growled and said, "You...you stay the Hell away from Elizabeth!"

"Why so protective, Jeff? Last time I knew, you two broke up. Why protect her if she hates you?" she taunted. Jeff turned to me and for a split second I saw reluctance then he shook his head and turned his attention back to Jane. "That doesn't matter right now," he growled, "I'm not going to let you get in the way like you did before!"

She smirked and said, "That Travis boy sure was fun to kill. I'm surprised you hadn't gone for him before I did."

My eyes widened and I exclaimed, "You killed Travis?!"

She nodded and said, "It was amusing to see you accuse Jeff of doing something so heinous. But it worked for a while, didn't it?"

"So you didn't kill Travis," I said to Jeff, "you were telling the truth."

"That's what I've been trying to tell you this whole time, god dammit!!!" Jeff snapped at me. I felt guilty and was about to apologize when Jane interrupted. "Shame on you Jeff, yelling at such a poor, adolescent girl. She just might be better off without you."