Dark inside (Solby)

Ex

Later that night I was curled on the beanbag, holding Colby in my lap as he purred softly. He was in his kitten mindset, but it made me smile as I gently pet his head. I was starting to get sleepy, but I was trying to stay awake, though he was making that incredibly difficult. His purring was so soothing to me, it was like a little kid being sung a soft lullaby. And if I didn't feel like I needed to stay awake and watch over him for some reason then I would have been asleep about twenty minutes ago. I don't know why I felt like I needed to protect him from something that was coming but it was a very strong feeling that was just barely keeping me awake. So I focused on small details, such as the softness of his beautiful hair, or the slow and steady rise and fall of his chest as he slept, or the soft smile that danced on his lips from his pleasant dream. All of it made my eyes light up and reminded me over and over again just how beautiful my boyfriend is. I thought it would be enough to keep me awake but I was wrong and within five minutes I was asleep on the couch, not knowing what was coming next.

When I woke up it was still dark, I didn't know what time it was, and I felt a sharp stinging in my wrist. As I tried to lift my hand to grab my phone that was supposed to be on the couch that I was supposed to be sitting on I realized what the stinging was. It was the metal of the cuffs that were trapping my hands to the arms of a metal chair I was sitting in. I started tugging at the metal, even though I knew it wouldn't do anything. Then I froze, a strong rush of panic clutching me as I looked around. Colby. Where was he? Was he here? Is he okay? This was why I had needed to stay awake so I could protect him from this. As I was looking around and panicking for my boyfriends safety, a door that I didn't know was there swung open with a loud creek and the room was flooded with light. It was very clear that I was trapped in a torture chamber, but it was also clear that Colby wasn't here which made me a little relieved. I then looked up at who had opened the door to see a figure of a woman walk in. I had to blink a few times when she flicked on the light before I realized who it was.

"Katrina?! What the hell?!" I asked in utter shock. Katrina was my ex girlfriend. I had broken up with her a really long time ago when I realized that I wasn't into her and that I liked Colby.

"Oh your finally awake." She chirped with a smile. "I was worried I was gonna have to force you awake" she said spinning the bale in her hand.

"What the hell is this Kat? Why do you have me trapped in a chair in some kind of torture room?" She laughed and rolled her eyes as she walked over to me and sat on my lap, slowly rubbing her free hand through my hair.

"Isn't it obvious Sammy? Or are you really that stupid that you can't figure out why I'm doing this?" I looked at her confused as my sleepy fog was still clinging to my head as the wheels were slowly turning. Katrina was clearly getting annoyed and she groaned rolling her eyes.

"Because of Colby you dumbass!" I stared at her stunned and confused

"How does Colby have anything to do with this?" She sighed, clearly exasperated with me.

"It's obvious he's the reason you broke up with me sam! I'm not blind! He took you away from me and that's not fair, so I'm taking you back" that instantly cleared every bit of fog in my head and everything clicked as my eyes went wide.

"I don't love you Katrina" I hissed darkly as I glared at her. "I don't belong to you and never will no matter what you do to me" she smiled and laughed as she rolled her eyes again.

"Oh I know, but that's why I'm doing something much worse. I'm gonna Hirt the most precious thing to you. Of course I have to get him here first" she giggled and showed me the knife she was holding as my eyes went wide. She smiled and slowly ran the blade down my arms and neck and jawline and right down my chest. I was screaming and crying as I shook, she was going to use this to bring him here, I thought. I'm gonna watch him die tonight, either physically or emotionally. She spent a good twenty minutes cutting and bruising me before she grabbed a phone stand and propped my phone up so that it was facing me. I realized it was already ten in the morning, god he must be worried sick and that was only gonna her worse, I realized when she FaceTimed him from my phone. He answered on the second ring.

"Sam thank God Where are you I've been worried-" he cut himself off when he looked at his phone and realized I wasn't okay and I hadn't called him. I saw concern then panic then fear and anger flash through his eyes in a matter of seconds.

"Oh my god Sam! Where are you what happened? I need to come get you"

"You can definitely stop by" Katrina cut in as she walked over and stood next to me, looking at Colby with blood, my blood on her chest. "But you won't be leaving with him I can tell you that" I watched as Colby instantly narrowed his eyes a growled.

"What the fuck is your problem Kat? He was nothing but good to you and now this is how you repay him? By kidnapping him and torturing him and tell him he's never coming home?!"

"Well that's simply your fault Colby, you're the reason he's here because you took him from me, so I had to take him back!" I watched as Colby's eyes fell and he was slipping into the black hole of sadness and self loathing that I had worked so hard to burry.

"This is not your fault. Kitten don't listen to her she's trying to manipulate you please. I need you to understand, that this isn't you it's her, and I need you to trust that I can ge-"'I was cut off by Kat laughing and standing up.

"That seems to be all the time we have. Bubye Colby" she said before ending the call with me screaming no in protest