Playing Games -On Hold-

The Promise

                        I dedicated this chapter to my sister, just because. :)

                                                                Ally's POV

                           I can hear the foot steps again, that man is coming back down here.  I wish he would just leave us alone, but I know that won't happen though, so we just have to be strong.

                      I wish he would let us go home, or atleast let us die.  Any thing would be better than being here where he can hurt us. 

                      "He's coming back!"  Dani says in a hushed yell.

                       "Dani, I'm scared, what do you think he will do to us this time?"  I ask quietly.

                        "I'm not sure, but I won't let him hurt you again.  I promise I will try my hardest to keep you safe as long as I'm able to."  he states as a matter of fact. 

                         I know that he will do what he says, because he has always kept the promises he has made to me.

                         Right at that moment just as soon as the sound of foot steps appeared they are gone again, and I know the man has changed his mind and went back up stairs.

                        The man who took us is old, but he is also very strong.  He has his strength plus his weapons, he likes to call all of the weapons "toys".  It's the "toys" that scare me the most.  Every time he comes down here he says, 'Hmmmm which toy should we use today?'  or when he is talking to me he says,  'Hey princess, how about we use a new toy today, would you like that, babygirl?'.

                       As I remember the first time he called me princess or babygirl a shiver goes through my whole body. 

                       I had just waken up from being drugged, everything was blurry.  He was standing there waiting for me to wake up, he said, "Well, well, well, look who finally decided to join us, Dani.  Good morning babygirl, do you want to play a game with me and your friend Dani?"  I look over to Dani, he looks terrified.  Dani shakes his head at the man and screams, "No!  Please don't hurt her!"  I'm trying to get up so I can go over by Dani, but I'm still really dizzy.  When I finally get up I run over to him, and sit down, he puts his arms around me, I think he is trying to protect me, but I am still having trouble thinking.  The man pulls out some rope and a taser.

                      The man torures us, he uses a taser, that's his favorite, or atleast I think it is, it's the "toy" that he uses the most. 

                      The man hurts us until the pain is too much to bare, and then he stops.  If the damage is really bad he hooks us up to these tubes, they look like something you would see in a hospital.  He leaves us hooked up to the tubes until we are healthy, I have been hooked up to them four times.

                  He likes when we fight back... and we usually do because we can't just sit there and take it, that would be like accepting that you were going to die here.  I fought back once, and he slammed my head into the wall, it was probably the worst pain I have ever felt.  It didn''t stop bleeding, I almost died, I wish he would have let me.  My head still hurts so bad. 

                  "I wish he would stop, my head hurts really bad still, it gets worse everytime he hurts me." I tell Dani. 

                  Dani is my best friend, we have known eachother sense we were five.  He is the only one of my friends that hasn't stabbed me in the back.  Now that we are here he is the only person I can trust, or count on.  It's ok though because I have trusted him ever sense we met.

                 "It'll be ok, I promise, come over here." he says, motioning for me to sit by him.

                   I listen to what he says and go sit by him.  I cuddle into his side, and he puts his arms around me.  It reminds me of when we would sit on my couch all night and watch scarry movies, he used to do this to comfort me when there was a really scarry part.   I always felt safer when he was right next to me, and that hasn't changed.

                   Sitting there like that, and the memory of watching the movies makes me happy for a second, but then I remember where we are and start crying.  I don't know how I start crying so fast, when I was at home I almost never cried, even if I was in a lot of pain.  I guess being here, and being tortured by that man has made me weak, that stupid ass hole. 

                  I know that if I do get out of this alive that I will never be the strong independant girl that I used to be, and that makes me really mad, all because of a crazy guy I will never be the real me again. I'm not sure if it is affecting Dani as much as me, if it is he has not shown it.  If I go back home it is likely that I will be jumpy, and will freak out when something reminds me of the time I spent here.

                 Dani asks me, " Ally, why are you crying?  What's wrong?  Is it your head?"  he is so worried about me.  I feel bad that he is probably in as much pain as I am and he is only thinking about me...

                " No it's not my head, I just miss home, and when we could actually have fun, and not worry about who was going to  have to fight the man so we wouldn't have to be hooked up again... I really don't like being hooked up to those stupid tubes.  I have a scar on my arm from when he missed where it was supposed to go."  I said and showed him the scar. He took my arm and kissed the spot that I showed to him. 

                  I looked up at his face, his curly brown hair fell into his amazing green eyes, I reached up and pushed his hair out of his face, smiling up at him, he smiled back and laughed a little bit.  He was so full of spirit, even in our current situation.

                 "Do you know how amazing you are?" I asked him.

                "No, why don't you tell me?" he says, with obvious sarcasm in his voice.

                "I'm not kidding, you are so strong, how do you handle this?  I'm about to lose it, I guess knowing that I haven't yet means I'm kind of strong, but I'm nothing compared to you."

                " If you are about to lose it in these sircumstances it is totally understandable, you never chose to be here, nobody ever would if they had a choice.  You have been strong ever sense we have been here, I can handle it because as long as you are safe from him I am ok emotionally, even though I might not be ok physically.  All I care about is you being safe, Ally.  You are the reason I can stay strong for so long."  He says.

              "I'll stay safe with you here, I know that.  Just please promise me something."

              "Anything." he answers.

              " Promise me you won't get killed trying to keep me safe, I could never live without you.  You are the most amazing best friend in the world, and if you died because of me I would hate myself."  I tell him. 

              " If me dying is the only thing that will keep you alive there is no question that is what I will do, but I won't leave you alone until or if that day ever comes, I can promise you that much."

              "Dani!  You said you would promise me anything, now I need you to tell me that you won't risk your own life to save mine, please!  I just can't lose you, if you aren't here then I won't have any reason to live.  So please just promise me..." I trail off

              "Ok... I promise, now stop crying." he says.

                I didn't even realize I was crying again.  I wipe away my tears, and hug him.

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-Shayna