Darkness

Part 3

LISSIA"S POV

I just stared, wide eyed at my little brother covered in bruises and battered in marks and cuts. He stared at me, too. I dropped the axe in my hands and went

still again, staring. He looked so much like the last time i saw him, yet so different. I looked at his features, seeing the same ones as i did the last time i saw

him on the road. He had identical pale blond hair that i had, but instead of bright, green emerald eyes, he had beautiful blue eyes. He was diffently thinner.

He slowly closed his mout and tried a half smile.

"Hey, sis." His voice croaked. I moved and began trying to untie his ropes behind his back.

"Hey, lil' bro." I replied in barely a whisper. Once i finally got them undone i threw my arms around Alex. He was tense at first, but then relaxed and returned

the embrace. i can't believe it! My brother is here. That evil man that calls himself Roley did this to me, my brother and my parents that i would imagine are

heart broken, losing both children. But how did he get Alex? Why would he get Alex? We both slowly pulled back from the embrace and i then helped him get

to his feet.

"I think i forgotten how to walk." he said a little nervous, probably that he might fall.

"Don't worry, i gotcha." I smiled at him. I was so nice to have my little annoying superman obsessed brother back! I felt like i now connected to him in some

crazy ass way. We've been through hell. But we went through it together even though we didn't know we were together till now.

"How did he get you?" I asked scared of how much pain my little brother had been through. He knew i was going to aske that question and i also knew he

was going to asked me questions.

"Well, when you told me to walk the other way and not follow you, i did. But i heard a scream and then turned around and ran toward the lake where i thought

it must have came from and saw a van and a monster man holding you. I started screaming your name then the monster man finally noticed me and ran at

me. He tackled me to the ground even though i was just standing there when he came at me. He knocked me out and then i woke up in this tiny room and i

havent seen anything else apart from monster man coming and feeding me scrapes like im a dog." By the end he was gasping for air. My poor brother... he

left out the part about being beaten but it was that obvious that he didn't even have to tell me. I hugged him in a effort for comfort. i had tears trickling down my

cheeks and so did Alex.

"I'm so so sorry Alex, I should never have been so mean to you." I sobbed to him. he just ignored his tears trickling down his face.

"What about you? Whats he been doing to you?" he asked. I hesitated a little and drew in a deep breath.

"Well when i woke up, i was in a stinky basement. He came and went every so often, slapped me a little then raped me, punched me and told me all sort of

creepy things about the last five years of my life that only a stalker could have known. He feeds me, i think once a day and gives me half a glass of water. he

also constantly tells me he loves me." I too, was gasping for air by the end and a few more tears trickled freely down my cheeks. He comforted me by

hugging me, that both surprised and made me proud. He seemed so grown up, more mature than people twice his age. He made me so proud, this is my

brother, i thought to myself and smiled. I sniffed and gently pulled back and became very serious.

"We have to get out of here." With that Alex and i were rushing downt the stairs and before we ran out the open door i told Alex to get a drink of water and some food. After a few minutes he was done and we continued out the front door. We stood on the porch, feeling the breeze of air on our skin. It felt so good i wanted to cry. I looked off to the misty background, it looked pretty early in the morning and i was sure Roley would be back any moment. There were beams of light shooting through the tree gapes surrounding the house.

We then began running for our lives. We ran down the street knowing that no one was awake and they wouldn't see us. I knew i should've rang the police but i didn't want Roley to find out and go after our loved ones or something. I so wish he wouldn't find us, so i told Alex that we should keep off the main roads. we past some familiar looking places and i knew we were still in north brooklyn. we ran and ran feeling like we were going to have a heart attack but keep going knowing our very lives depended on it. alex kept up pace pretty well, but i still slowed down a little so it wouldn't kill him from running too fast. We neared the main streets in Brooklyn and then i knew exactly where we were going, so did Alex. We smiled at each other,knowing we were close to home. I was still surprising how smart my little brother was, he was so young yet he was so mature and smart for a eight year old boy, well we don't know how old we are but to me he was still my eight year old brother. The sun was risen higher and people were on the streets, when we past some people they looked at us like we were crazy, with our ragged clothing and bruised and cut faces. We just ignored them and kept running. We turned off the street and we became closer and closer as we neared home. The whole street seemed the same, but some memories of this place were a little dim. We slowed our pac as we stepped onto our familiar stone path. we were still panting and sweating. We smiled at each other through the layers of sweat and we held each others hand. Brotherly sisterly love! i was nice to have a not as bad annoying brother. We stepped up onto the porch and i reached to ring the bell.

"I love you little brother, i just want you to know that." I whispered to Alex a little nervous before i rang the bell.

"I love you too." His whispered was slightly drowned by the bell by i still heard him. i stepped back and tightened my grip on his hand, so did he. The door swung open and there standing infront of me was my loving mother. her eyes widened, her mouth hung open. But in a few seconds she had her arms around me and my brother. She kept repeating that sh loved us and missed us so much. We replied that we love her too. we were all crying, standing on the front porch.

"what happened to you two?" she asked sobbing over her words.

"Long story, mum." Alex replied smiled through his tears at her.