Holocaust Girl

Breaking Away, Part One

I wake up in a hospital four days after being locked in the gas chamber...I'm alive.
I look around and the nurses come running as I try to take off my mask.
"Miss you need to keep that on!" One of them exclaimed. She puts it back on me as I read her name tag, Betty.
Nurse Betty see's how confused I am.
"A young man saved your life, would you like me to send him in?" I nod.
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Alec's POV
I wake up after Hans knocked me out, Becca's gone.
I call my cops right away. She's gone.... it's my fault. I didn't save her, now she could die... I don't know what I'm going to do without her. I will never stop searching until she's found. The cops are helping, but are looking just in our state right now. I am looking everywhere I can.
Late December
We are no closer to finding her, the only thing I've found is a girl at school that can't leave me alone. Yeah. I'm back in school, high school. She's not like Becca, but she's not bad... She's been hanging with me since last week, her father is the police chief helping me look for Becca. I know I'm still dating Becca, but what if she's never found. Her name is Sally, she's been begging me to take her for dinner.So tonight I've decided to take to the dinner. I will never stop searching for Becca though, but with no leads I'm thinking she was murdered.
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Mid January
Today I found a map along the road with the name Officer Hans on it. It had the state North Carolina on it. So we have narrowed the search for Becca to there. As for Sally and I, last night we kissed... I know it was wrong. I have a girlfriend for Christ sake.. Becca doesn't deserve this, she's either being tortured or has been killed. Why do I want to see Sally again then? Is it just because I'm hurt.... I don't know. I do know the kiss I shared with Becca was better, more passionate. I do feel something for Sally though, I'm not sure if I actually really like her or not. I decided to go on another date with her next week though, when she comes back from her grandmothers home.
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Early February
I think we are getting closer to finding Becca.. tomorrow I'm searching a mountain valley with a team of police. I broke things off with Sally last night... we were getting much to close. She was kissing me more passionately than ever before, but I wasn't going to take that next step with her. Not until I know for sure Becca isn't coming home, I still love Becca. I couldn't do that to her, I've been so bad to her as I've been kissing Sally. Becca deserves the best, I don't think that's me anymore.
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The next day...
I stumbled upon a window looking out into the valley. I look in, it's indeed a prison cell. She's in there... either dead or alive.
Soon I find another entrance behind a tree, the police team and I are armed. We burst through and find three doors. I choose the one on the far left and run in. There is Becca in some kind of gas chamber, Hans standing on our side of the chamber, pulling a lever.
With one shot of my rifle he fell to the ground, headshot. Dead.
I run up and pull a lever stopping the gasses. I through on a gas mask that was next to the lever. I push a button opening the door and run in. There was my girlfriend whom I cheated on... passed out, maybe dead on the cold ground. I scoop her in my arms and run out. Soon she is air lifted to a nearby hospital. I can't take it, I'm such a terrible person. As soon as I saw her my heart broke, how could I cheat on her while she was being tortured? How..
I break down for the first time since... my mom was killed.
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The tears just fall.. I need to go to the hospital to see her.
Four Days Later
I've been in the waiting room for four days, only going home to sleep for four hours a night.. Today I was woken by nurse Betty. Becca has awoken.. finally.
I sigh and step in, closing the door behind me. She looks terrible, not like herself at all. It breaks me even more.
"Hey.." I speak awkwardly.
She tries to speak but can't.. you can see in her eyes how broken she is. What I've done will only crush her more.
"Don't speak, just rest, I will stay with you." I comforted.
She gave me a weak smile and closed her eyes. I held her hand, but it didn't feel right anymore.
I had broken our relationship, and it hurt me so much.
We were breaking away from each other, it killed me.
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Becca's POV
He walked in and my heart felt happy for the first time in a few months..
I tried to speak but couldn't, he comforted me; held my hand. Something was wrong, it felt like we were breaking away from each other. It was probably just the pain medicine taking over my thoughts. I fell asleep quickly, when I woke up I think I would feel better.
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I woke up the next morning as Nurse Betty was checking my vitals. "Hello Miss Alder." "You have a new visitor, would you like me to send her in? She asked nicely. I nodded, I wonder who it is.
In stepped a girl I recognized from high school, Sally Copper. The police chiefs daughter, one of the mean girls... What does she want?
She sees my puzzled look and finally speaks.
"Hello Rebecca, I have some news for you!" She gushed. I was even more puzzled than before.
"Your boyfriend and I have shared some kisses and dinners together since you've been gone." She beamed.
"N-n o.." I shook my head, he wouldn't do that.. right?
She handed me a photo, sure enough they were kissing...
I started to weep, hot tears fell down my bruised face.
She laughed and walked out.
Sure enough, Alec and I sure were breaking away each other.