Life is a Killer Grade

Chapter 10: Payback

It's been 24 hours now that I've been down here. There's no cell service or wifi. It's really cold here because there's not much in this place. Just empty space. I'm shaking so much. I feel the blood in my hands, feet, and body go away. Sadly, there's no blankets down here. I'd be very warm by now if there was.

I feel very disgusting right now... I haven't showered in days. My hair is kinda frizzy. I hate it! I also kinda stink, but not as badly as the stuff down here in the dome.

I then think about how I miss everyone. Edward, Sylvia, Grace, all of them. But I mostly miss Kai. Like I said, she's my long-time best friend. I wonder how she's doing without me right now... I bet she's picking on Edward. She's always doing that and I'm never surprised. Kai pretty much hates him. Not in a mean way, but in a friendship way. Actually, knowing Kai, who knows what way. I just hope they're still looking for me...

The thought of missing my friends send chills down my back. I'm frozen. I can move, but it's just really cold down here. Why couldn't there be a heating pad down here? I seriously need one right now.

I bet you're wondering where Alex is and why he's not cuddling me. I'm actually pretty mad at him right now. We got into a fight about how he thinks I'm lying about the grade thing. He tried to persuade me that I was failing. He had sounded more mad than he had been. The thing is, I actually had proof to show him, and yet he still thought I was failing.

So pretty much yesterday, I told him that all the grades were a fake and I showed him the papers. Of course, the ones I haven't ripped up and thrown away from being really frustrated... Alex saw the A+ on the papers, but he thought I just wrote that on there, just so I could "impress him". I don't even like him and he says I tried do that "for him". I asked him, How and why the heck would I write that on there just now?

Alex then started yelling at me and cursing me out, saying that I was a liar and that I'm fake. So, I started to get frustrated and argue back. Just not as loud as him. But then, in the middle of our argument, he pulls back his arm and punches me in the face. I swing back in the direction of Alex's punch. I fall to the ground, bleeding. His punches are hard. I held the side of my face, hoping to stop the throbbing. I cried my heart out. I quickly took out my phone and looked into the reflection. I had a big, black eye. Blood was dripping from it, like a river. Ever since then, I've been angry with him. I never thought he would do that since he "liked" me. I guess I should've taken a hint that it was fake when he was always talking angrily to me.

Ugh... I say in my mind. I hate being stuck down here... Especially, with Alex now... It's like he doesn't care about me. It's like I was nothing as just a friend to car about to him.

"Yo," says Alex, with a furious attitude. He's about 15 feet away. We've kept our distance ever since yesterday. You don't know how much I wanna punch him right now. I tighten my fists and turn around towards him slowly.

I reply with an attitude back. "What do you want?"

"What time is it? I need to keep a six-pack schedule going."

Really? A six-pack schedule? Is he trying to make me feel sorry for him? I don't know why he would want to do that if he punched me and he faked being my friend.

"I'll check for you, your Highness," I say sarcastically. He deserves it for being such a jerk. He looks at me, squinting his eyes and arms crossed.

I struggle to take my phone out of my front pocket. I chose skinny jeans this morning, and I couldn't take it out. I struggled for several minutes trying to pry it out.

Alex looks at me with his eyebrows raised, arms still crossed, and smirking evilly. "Hey, today would be nice."

"Shut up," I say to him. I don't even look up at him when I say this. My head stays down, looking at my pocket, trying to get my phone. "I don't need your stupidity right now."

"Excuse me?" he asks, getting more serious in his voice and body language. I look up at him and sass him.

"You heard me. I don't need your stupidity right now." My voice got louder each time I said each word. I'm really mad now. I'll blow my top off. This was the time for payback of him thinking I was lying and faking our friendship! "I'm sick and tired of you thinking you own me, like I'm some kind of toy. I'm not your slave, I'm not your peasant, I'm not your sister, okay? You don't just tell me what to do or when to do it! Why don't you just leave me alone? Go bother someone else!"

Alex looks surprised that I had gotten this angry. No one had ever seen me like this. One reason, I have never been like this before. He slowly backs up away from me. He's still mad as ever, but I can sense he's afraid of me right now. My black eye, cuts, scars, hair, and bruises must make me look scary. On the outside, I'm really angry. On the inside, in smiling my butt off because I'm actually scaring him.

Suddenly, Alex screams and he disappears out of sight. I look at where he fell at and notice there's a trap door on the ground. I limp-run over and look down. About 10 feet deep, there are swords sticking out of the ground. I gasp in shock. My eyes grow wide. There in my sight, I see Alex's body. He's dead.

I slowly back up, not wanting to see this sight. It disgusts me and I gag. My hand comes to my chest and covers my heart. I feel sick... He may have deserved it as hard-cold revenge, but it still sickened me.

All of a sudden, a bright light comes from above me. The light is blinding. I use one hand to cover it so I can see. It's from the hole I'm guessing I fell through. A figure is now above me, hanging onto a ladder. It's lowering down and down.

"Crystal! I'm here to rescue you!" says the figure.

I smile widely in joy of this event happening right now. I squint harder at the figure and light. I happily realize it's the Rescue Team. I'm saved.

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