Infinite (Jai Brooks fanfic)

Chapter 29

[AVA'S POV]

The first punch was the one that hurt the most. That one went straight to my stomach, leaving me coughing up loads of blood. The blood was flowing freely from my mouth and my nose, dripping onto the hard cement floor. I was gasping for air, desperately wishing my lungs would accept this pain already. My head was throbbing with intense pain that wouldn't stop. 

"You didn't really think you'd come here and stop me, did you?" Ricky laughed while watching me struggle to breathe. 

I needed to get up. If I didn't get up and fight him back, he would go around torturting a bunch of people. I couldn't let him do that. My hands and legs were weak, but with as much force as possible, I finally managed to get up. I used the sleeve of my shirt to wipe the blood away. 

After leaving my mom, I decided that the only way to stop him was if I went and actually tried stopping him. I didn't bother telling anyone that I was leaving, simply because this didn't concern them and I couldn't let them get themselves into any situation that could kill them. Before leaving, I searched through the entire house and found a gun in my dad's bedroom. I took his gun and drove all the way here. The first thing I did was made sure that there were no security cameras anywhere, and thankfully there weren't. And then I managed to kill four of the gang members that tried stopping me. My original plan was to just set the entire warehouse on fire so that they would all die. That plan almost worked until I got caught and dragged all the way to Ricky, who made me his punching bag. So here I was, half beaten and slowly dying, but still standing. 

"Wow, you don't give up, do you?" He chuckled. "You're a really persistent person. You won't be for long though." He signalled one of the other guys and the guy yanked my hair, making me scream in pain. I couldn't breathe anymore. He used a rope to tie my hands together, making me completely weak. I felt tears threatening to spill, but I had to stop them. Now wasn't the time to cry. 

I kicked the guy on his face, making him fall back and groan in pain. With my hands tied up, I couldn't do anything except kick. Which wasn't so bad, considering the fact that I was wearing combat boots. Those hurt like hell. His nose was bleeding and so I kicked him again. Harder this time. 

"Who knew you were this strong." Ricky said while grabbing a knife. "Tell me, does this hurt?" And before I could even process what he was saying, he stabbed the knife into my arm, making the blood drip down. I screamed as hard as I possibly could. "Now, I'll be back in a couple of minutes. See, you actually killed a shit load of people and so I need to go get some backup. Not that it really matters to you because you can't escape." He kicked me one last time, making me cry out in misery, and then left. 

I needed to get out of here. He wasn't even planning on killing me, he simply wanted to keep me here and torture me. I saw a knife lying on the ground near one of the dead bodies. I had no energy in my body and there was pain spreading throughout my entire body, but I did my best to drag myself near the knife. If I could just cut this rope tied around my arms, I'd be able to somehow find a way to escape. I tried grabbing the knife with my hands, but it slipped out of my grip and went flying a couple more feet away. I let my face hit the ground and let the tears slip out. I was stuck. This was a terrible idea. 

"As amusing as this is, we need to get out of here." I heard a voice behind me, making me quickly turn around to see Jai standing there with a smirk on his face. Was he out of his mind? How did he even find me?! "What the hell did he do to you?!" He asked, concerned. My face probably looked super bloody from all the punches and kicks. Jai stepped closer and examined my face. "I'm gonna fucking kill him." He said furiously. "How dare he hurt you like that? I swear, I'm gonna-"

I cut him off. "How did you find me?" I really wanted to know how he knew. I didn't even tell anyone.

"Actually, I'm not answering any of your questions because I'm currently super mad at you and if you keep asking me stuff, I'll probably end up screaming so it's best if you stay quiet."