An 'Old Friend'

CHAPTER 20: Please Stay With Me

CARRIE

That asshole was right about the leaks in the roof and the rain continues coming down more and harder. I'm beginning to think for the first time since all of this bullshit started that maybe this is really how it ends and to be honest. 

"I'm sorry." I hear Sam tell me. 

"Don't be. None of this is your fault." I assure her. 

"It is. I should have told you about Maurice and about Skullz but, I guess I just thought the same way as Cade and believed that maybe there was a chance we could start a new life. I want you to know that I love you and Bessie very much and that you are the baddest and best friend I have ever had in my entire life." She tells me. 

"You're mine too." I smile. "And we are going to get out of this and we are going to start a new life together. All of us." I tell her. 

"Hell yeah we are." I hear her say before she then grunts. 

"Are you okay?" I ask. 

"Yep." She says as she walks in front of me and holds up a switchblade before cutting the zip ties around my wrists off. 

"What the hell? They frisked you? Where did you hide that at?" I asked amazed. 

"You don't want to know." She chuckles. "Now come on." She smiles after cutting off the ones around my ankles and then we both begin to run towards the only door we see and as soon as we get outside, the rain is coming down so much that we can barely see through it. 

"What do we do now?" I ask. 

"I'm not sure. But come on, there's gotta be something around here we can find to use. I'm sure if we find the road we came on, hopefully it'll lead us to the main road and we can wave someone down to help us." She explains. 

"Okay." I nod my head in agreement. 

Though right as soon as we start to run through the rain, we see bright headlights come on a few feet away from us and we both stop next to each other. 

"Oh shit." I hear her say. "Run." She says. 

We both start running through the rain not knowing where we were going and or if there was a cliff nearby or potholes around or nothing. So far we were doing good until I feel arms wrap around my waist while covering my mouth and shoving me hard back up against the wall behind me, making me hit my head hard. 

"Ah!" I wince in pain. 

"Carrie!!" I hear Sam yelling out in the distance. "Leave her alone motherfucker!" She screams. 

The guy that grabbed me now has his hand around my throat and as I finally am able to see it's Skullz as I hit his hand that's around my neck and try to get him to release me but he doesn't. 

"You think I'm an idiot or something? That I wouldn't assume you'd both escape? I know Sam. I knew that you both would too. Now, we're going to go finish this once and for all." He says before grabbing me by my arm tightly and dragging me towards the car where he shoves Sam and I inside the back and then gets in the front passenger seat as one of his guys starts peeling out of the road. 

I look over at Sam and notice her nose is bleeding and her right eye is halfway shut. 

"Oh my god." I tell her as I try to touch her face. 

"It's okay. I promise, that everything will be okay." I hear assure me again as she chokes on some blood. 

Then I look down and notice her holding her side where she's bleeding at. 

"Oh my god, you're bleeding." I tell her. 

"It's okay." She says while closing her eyes a little bit. 

"Please don't leave me. You're my best friend. And your Bessie's godmother for crying out loud. Please hold on okay? Don't give up. Fight." I try telling her while holding back tears not sure if rather or not she will survive. Please god let her survive. 

Next chapter will be posted soon! :)