Give me the night

Helpless

Authors note: I am so sorry ived been gone for so long, ive had a lot going on; I just recently had my top surgey and have been healing from that, and moving was a huge hassle, and a lot of other things I would like to not get into. heres the next chapter for you, its been a long time coming.

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Alex looked around trying to figure out where the voice came from; he realised it was coming from an alleyway down the road a bit. He started running toward the cries, not knowing what he was going to find when he turned the corner into the alley.

When he turned to corner, his heart dropped into his stomach; he saw a girl pressed up against the wall, held there by a man's forearm and a knife pressed up against her throat.
Her clothes were in disarray; practically ripped off her body; she had tears streaming down her face as the man sneered, "it will be better if you just shut up and let me have my way sweetheart..."

Alex's vision went red with rage; he knew he wouldn't be able to fight the man, so he looked around real quick before grabbing a big piece of cement off the ground that had been broken off the sidewalk. He ran up to the two and hit the man in the head with the cement as hard as he could, hoping it would knock him unconscious . It didn't, but it did cause him to stumble back swearing, and drop the knife; which Alex picked up immediately and pointed at the man before pulling out his phone.

"YOU FUCKING BITCH!!" the man yelled, clutching his head, "I'LL KILL YOU!! " he roared as he lunged for Alex, trying to grab him. With his small frame, Alex manged to avoid the man's stumbling grasp, and tossed his phone to the crying girl, looking at her, "you need to call the cops." He said, hoping she was able to work through the shock enough to dial the phone.

He turned back in time to see a fist fly at his face, he dodge in time to avoid getting a black eye, but not fast enough to avoid getting clocked in the chin. He hissed in pain, clenching his jaw as it throbbed, "fuck!" He yelled, stumbling back before glaring at the man, who was grinning and moving closer, "why don't you be a nice little girl and just mind your own business, I'll call you when I need a sandwich slut..." the man said as he walked.

Alex growled when he heard that, and threw caution to the wind; running towards the man, and throwing a punch at his face, knowing the man was gonna try to dodge it, Alex prepared the opposite hand to hit the other side of his face when he moved; which he did, clipping his jaw enough to daze the man. He stumbled back and fell on the ground, which allowed Alex to jump on top of him and start directly punching his face. The combination of getting hit with the cement, and alex pounding on his face must have been too much, because the man passed out after 3 or 4 hits.

Alex got off the man after realising he passed out, actually thankful for the beatings he got from his bullies; which had given him an amazing pain tolerance.  He looked around for something to tie him up, he couldn't find anything, so he settled for propping him up against the wall and keeping an eye on him, it couldn't be too long till the cops would get here; he had heard the girl crying to them as he had been fighting with the man.

He had walked over to the girl, and tossed her the jacket he was wearing to provide her with some dignity when he heard the sirens.

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The paramedics where still checking on the girl, and he had just gotten done getting questioned by the cops. It was an uncomfortable experience because he had to use his dead name, and he got looks from the two men; he himself had refused medical care, because he didn't feel he needed that debt when he could patch himself up at home.

After about 30 minutes of uncomfortable questioning, he finally got away from them and was on his way home when he heard a voice call out to him. He turned just in time to see the girl slam into him before crushing him in a hug.
"Thank you so much, I don't know what I would have done if you hadn't shown up.... I was so scared..." She cried as she shoved her face into his neck. Alex uncomfortably patted her back before moving her away and looking at the ground. He chuckled as he rubbed the back of his neck before shaking his head; "it's not big deal, anyone would have done it..." He turned to walk away, but she grabbed his arm," wait! I never even got your name!?" He looked and saw adoration in her eyes as she looked at him, "Al-" he started before rethinking it, "Alexander ..."She grinned and laughed, "nice to meet you, I'm Angel." she started to say something else, but the paramedics came by then, ushering her back to the ambulance; and driving away.

Alexander stood there for a minute watching the ambulance disappear around a corner before turning around and start in the direction of his house; heaving a huge sigh, knowing he was gonna get a barrage of questions when he got home.  He wondered why he decided to get involved; he had no idea why he puts himself in danger for a stranger.

'that was crazy!' Alexander thought to himself as he walked "why the hell, you could have died!' he shook his head, at least Angel was ok. he had gotten to his street by then, time passing faster than he thought.

As he approached the house, he only saw one light on which meant his step-father was likely sitting up waiting for him. Alexander just hoped he hadn't been drinking. but as he entered the home he realized he wasn't so lucky.

"how dare you walk out on me when I'm talking to you!" he heard an angry voice slur from the living room. he cautiously walked around the corner; and that's when he felt the hand that slapped across his cheek. "is this defiance how you repay me for taking care of you since your mother died! you need to learn your place, and I will teach you that lesson myself. you want to be a man? well then you can take the punishment I would give a boy!" his step-father hadn't seen his injuries yet, so when he felt the fist hit his face, he fell to the ground crying out. his dad grabbed his arm, yanking him up before dragging him to the kitchen and throwing him on the floor, a belt in his hand.

as his step-father registered that alex was hurt, a sadistic smirk appeared on his face, "well well well, it seems somebodies already started the lesson for me. ii think you still need punishment for walking out dont you think?" Out of the corner of his eye he saw the belt coming at him and turned in enough time to have the hard leather hit the skin of his shoulder blade. he felt white hot pain radiate from the wound and felt blood soak his shirt. Alexander screamed as the belt him him again, and twice more before he stepped back' saying, "where did we go wrong with you." he walked out of the room, leaving alexander in the growing blood puddle on the ground. with his vision going black, with all the strength he clould muster, he pulled out his phone and dialed the only number he could think of in the moment, michael. he heard the click of someone answering, and michaels voice said, "hey cutie, whats up?"

Alexander said the only thing that was on the tip of his tounge, "help, please" as his vison finally faded away, he heard michael panickedly call out "alex!? whats wrong, whats happening!" alex wished he could say something, but he had no more strength left. he allowed himself to fall into blackness.