Fearless

Chapter Twenty Six

"Just because we haven't had a proper introduction, hello I'm Erik," he said holding out his hand. "Annabelle," I took his hand to shake it but he pulled me in for another hug. I didn't quite know what to do so I just stood there for a moment until he finally let me go. He didn't seem pleased that I tensed up. "I'm going to show you around, my uncle is excited to see you again," he said taking my hand and whizzing me out of the room.

I had a lot of glares as we walked through the corridors and down the stairs, I recognised a few faces as we did. We eventually came to a room, it had big windows which made it well lit. His uncle was there with a few other men. He got up from his chair and was really happy... the other men on the other hand were definitely not. "How come that girl isn't locked up, she's a danger!" One of them screamed. I smiled. "Funny... it's hilarious how you're all terrified of a little girl," I taunted.

"Annabelle drop the act and be the lovely girl I know you to be," Erik's uncle said sternly. I took a step back and felt kind of sheepish but I quickly gained my composure and shouted, "why should I? you kidnapped me and I've had enough of being kidnapped... three times I've been kidnapped, THREE TIMES!" I sat down on a chair and crossed my arms like an annoyed child. "And I was poisoned with arsenic and nearly died... and I've got three Mafia bosses after me, Eric, Viktor and Josh!"

They were all baffled. "Josh... as in Joshua Moretti?" His uncle asked. "Errr I'm not quite sure of his last name... dark blonde, green eyes?" I replied, he nodded, "yeah well he's decided to chase after me and all... seriously what's wrong with all of you, a series of circumstances happen causing a guy to like and girl and then the rest of the men decided to jump of the bandwagon!" My tummy rumbled as I blushed. "Food...you need food," Eric muttered and walked out of the room.

"You... you killed my brother!" A man shouted running into the room. "If he was a sniper I sincerely apologise but all's fair in love and war!" I sighed. He shook his head and continued, "HE WAS A FOOT SOLDIER!" That ticked me off big style. "Is that so..." I laughed, "then your brother was a good for nothing bastard who thought it's okay to hurt children and if there's one thing I hate above anything on this planet it's PEOPLE WHO THINK ITS OKAY TO HURT AND SCARE A CHILD!!" The man took a step back.

"They are the children of the Petrov clan... they deserve to die!" He screamed. He did not just say that.... before I could stop myself I had punched the man and pinned him to the floor. I couldn't stop hitting him. "You deserve to die... not them!" I preached as I snapped his neck. A maid screeched in horror as she saw and a couple of the men grabbed me and began dragging me out of the room into the corridor. With so many of them I was no match. Four pinned me down whilst the other undid his belt and brought himself out of his pants.

"I'm going to make you pay for that you little bitch!" He laughed as he tried to pull down my jeans. "NOOO!" I screamed. I couldn't move, no matter how hard I struggled I was stuck. "GET OFF HER NOW!" Eric bellowed causing the men to leap off of me. "She just killed one of your men and we were gonna teach her a lesson... sir what is your problem, this girl is bad news!" The guy who was going to rape me shouted. "Just...one... m...more second and he... he would've...." I stuttered. My head spun, my mind was giving up. I began scratching.

"What is she doing?" The man asked. "I'm not sure..." Eric said and knelt down to see me, "Annabelle tell me what's up... you go get the doctor!" The man he ordered did not move. "I'm a monster... because he made me a monster... he gave me this... liquid, the first time when I was unconscious and the second time when I was poisoned," I cried, "this is not me... I was never this.... but it made me strong and smart." I looked into Eric's eyes. "It made me take life without a second thought... the perfect killing machine he calls me... I am his pet project, something that belongs to him and only him and I would be perfect if..." I whispered my voice begging to sound hoarse, "if I didn't have a fragile mind but he likes that, he says I'm something that he can protect but he knows if the time came to it I can fend for myself but... I can't because all I want to do is kill myself so all the thoughts can go away."

He lifted me up and held me. There was a rushing of footsteps. "Since Vadim wouldn't get the doctor I went," Eric's uncle said. The doctor came up to me. "She... wants to kill herself," Eric whispered to the doctor. He looked at me and asked, "how many times have you been suicidal dear?" I didn't want to say. This was a catastrophe... so many times. So very many times. "Seven times including now..." I replied. My voice sounding lifeless, I had truly given up. "Could I have a gun please so I can get this over with... I won't be an annoyance to you much longer," I cried.

"Happy pills you called them... because without them you're... this is what that place has done to you?" Eric said in disbelief. I shook my head. "I've suffered with anxiety and depression long before I was originally kidnapped, it's no ones fault other than my own... I've just proven to myself that I should've just killed myself long long ago," I whispered. The doctor sighed. "I think we're going to have to sedate her to make sure she doesn't do anything stupid... she can't be watched all day and night to make sure she doesn't hurt herself," he explained, "this way we can give her plenty of her antidepressant and make sure she takes them."

"I'll take them... all of them... the whole packet and lots of strong painkillers too, that would do it," I babbled on. I'd lost my head completely. I felt a sharp sting in my arm. I looked up to Eric and said, "that hurts." He held me close and said, "just close your eyes and go to sleep... I won't let you hurt yourself because I'm going to be taking care of you from now on." I closed my eyes as he told me to. "When you wake up, I'm going to make you the happiest you've ever felt so you will never have to feel that way again... I promise," he vowed as I slipped into darkness. "But you can't... because despite it all I truly love him..." I whispered. I felt him kiss me gently before whispering, "but I can still try..."

I was asleep I think but, I could feel the movement as he carried me. There were voices but they were quite... I'm not sure maybe they were actually shouting but my brain had blocked them out. I was good at blocking things out. I was good at pushing people away. I felt a warmth. "A..nna...be..lle.... open wide," I did as the voice said, "swallow." Pills, I was being given tablets. After I had swallowed I slipped back onto the darkness I came from. It only felt like a matter of minutes however, I knew... I knew it had been hours and hours by the way my throats begged for the water I was given when I was given the next lot of pills.

It went on and on. Nothingness, surrounded by darkness, empty inside. Waking up just enough to take the pills and drink the water. How long had I been like this? How many pills have been forced down my throat? Where even am I? Lost and stuck in a highly medicated body. Unable to move, barely able to open my eyes for a moment and even then my vision was hazy and blurred. Deep down I knew I needed to escape from this place but whatever they keep giving me is keeping me out. I knew there was something embedded in my wrist... I need help... I'm so lost.