I wake with a start. Nothings clear to me but I taste blood and Athena isn't in my arms any longer. I feel pain jolt in my side, i cant figure out whats happening, the room just keeps spinning and the taste, the taste lingers I know it's blood it's happened before.
I can't comprehend what I hear but I know theres someone talking. I try my best to sit up I need to know if Athena is okay but in a split second I hear Athena scream and a bat hits my head I fall into the bed and I can't get up Im bleeding through my mouth and my head. "Stop! Stop!" Athena pleads running to me, "Stop! Please don't kill her just stop" she's crying and I look at her while grabing her hand i try to tell her to run but the words won't come out I start to choke on my blood. "Fern" she cries out but i shake my head.
Marks never hit her he knows if he touches her it'll be all over but something in him has changed I seen it last night and i know this isnt going to end well. I look up at Athena and her beautiful eyes scream her fear. She looks at me and I push her away as well as I can "I love you please go" I manage the words slow and uneasily I know she's my only hope for survival but I won't let anything happen to my baby girl. She kisses my cheek and runs for the door only for Mark to grab her and pull her down. Images flash through my mind no no no God no... it won't happen to my baby girl she's not going to have the same life as me I won't let it happen she's going to be able to live happily ever after even if that means I won't be there to see it. I push myself up grabbing the bat and swinging it with everything I have left it hits against his head. I hear a crack and he's off my sister and she runs down the hall and I hear her going down the stairs to the door I know she's second guessing herself but she knows what I told her and the door slams.
Marks on the ground but not for long before I can counter what he's going to do I'm on the ground and he's on top off me putting his hands around my throat. I'm choking on my blood still and I see black spots and I know one of us won't make it out alive. I know my odds are not in my favor.
