Me Alone

Part 12 (The Escape)

No sooner had Tanya sped through the cemetery gates than Buckley coming out of his red car and started opening fire at her. Scared for her life, Tanya crouched low while the bullets hit her car from behind; her heart raced as she thought this is the end.

The night was pitch black and not a sight to be seen as she darted down the long winding road with tears running down her cheeks and cuts and bruises all over her body. She has had one of the worst nights, how can she get over it all? What will her next move be?

Pissed that he didn't get her, Buckley ran to his car, hopped in and started down the road in an effort to catch up to her.

"F*cking bitch!" He shouted while he drove down the road.

Tanya could no longer take the stress and pain she has endured and thought it was time to come clean to Oneil, she realized she couldn't do this alone. She took up her phone and decided she was going to give him a call, but she had no call credit, luckily she was coming up to a gas station. She pulled over to the gas station and hopped out, the pain in her left leg shocked through her entire body like a bolt of lightning, she groaned in pain as she walked inside to get a top up call credit with drops of blood lingering behind her.

"Lady yuh alright?" Asked the cashier

"Yeah mi good, just need a credit please" Tanya replied.

The cashier handed her the credit and Tanya asked to use the rest room, the cashier directed her to the restroom and Tanya thanked her. While in the restroom she looked at her reflection in the mirror, cuts, blood stains and bruises, she turned the pipe on and with a creaking sound the water came pouring out, she caught the water in her palms and carefully washed her face

"Mi cyaa do dis, mi affi tell Oneil" she said to herself. "Dis man out fi kill mi" she continued.

She went into one of the stalls, sat on the toilet and put the call credit on her phone. She dialed Oneil's number who was still at work doubling up on his shift.

"Hey baby" he answered. Tanya burst into tears as she tried to get her words together, she mumbled while trying to compose herself, telling him all that had happened to her. Oneil was in a state of shock, he could not believe what he was just told and his heart sank.

"Weh yuh deh right now!?" He asked

"Mi deh a di Total gas station" she replied sobbingly.

Without hesitation Oneil quickly left work to get her. She cleaned herself up and went out the bathroom to leave, as she turned the corner, there she saw Buckley standing infront the cashier asking if she had seen her with his shot gun in hand

"Yuh too f*cking lie" He shouted as the cashier looked on with fear in her eyes. "A kill man fi all kill you to! Cause har car out deh suh!" He continued

Tanya hid behind the wall and peeped around to see when he's leaving. He turned around to leave when something caught his eyes, drops of blood on the floor.

"Oh so yuh really lie to mi?" He asked as he turned around to the cashier. She quickly pressed the alarm button that was below the counter to alert the police, he looked on at the trail of blood, turn towards the cashier and shot her straight in the chest, the force was so powerful that it sent her flying into the stack of snacks that were behind her. Blood gushed from her mouth, choking her while she laid there. Tanya gasped, ran back to the bathroom and bolted the door.

Buckley slowly walked while he followed the trail of blood

"Mi know yuh in here yuh likkle crawsiz!" He shouted. He knocked over a few aisles in an effort to not only scare Tanya but also to find her.

"Yuh think yuh can hide fi long? Memba mi tell yuh say yuh affi dead tonight!" He continued

Inside the bathroom, Tanya looked around for anything that can help her because she knew he could bust in at any minute. She saw a bucket with tools left by the janitor and she quickly took up the screwdriver and found somewhere to hide.

Buckley was now standing at the bathroom door, the trail of blood led him there.

"So a in here so yuh deh a hide?" He said with a sarcastic expression.

He tried to open the door but it was shut tight, he laughed as he took up his shot gun and shot the hinges off, Tanya held on to the screw driver tightly in fear as he kicked the door in.

There was dead silence as he walked in, his boots clonked to the floor as he walked over to the stall. Bam! He punched one of the stall doors in, it was empty. Bam! He punched another stall door in, which too was empty. He walked over to the third and final stall

"Think yuh can hide fi long" he said with a smirk. Bam! He punched the door in and pointed his gun inside, ready to open fire with a stance so strong. But it was also empty. He stopped, lowered his gun and stared with a confused look on his face. Unbeknownst to him, Tanya snuck up behind him and with a loud scream she stabbed him in the back with the screwdriver and ran out the bathroom. His gun fell to the floor and he yelled out in pain.

Tanya ran through the aisle but she tripped over a few of the items that were knocked over by Buckley earlier. He pulled the screwdriver from his back with a loud shout; the pain rushed through his left shoulder, at this time he was even more angry, he quickly took his gun up and came after her. He shot at her twice hitting her the second time in her arm and Tanya ran through the door. Outside, blinding blue and red lights stopped her in her tracks. Not only were the police outside but also Oneil. She ran over to Oneil and hugged him tightly while tears filled her eyes.

Out comes Buckley with his shotgun in hand

"Stop right desuh!!" Shouted the police while they pulled their guns. "Put dung di gun!" another officer shouted

Buckley stopped and stared at everyone.

"It's over Buckley!" Tanya shouted "Just give up!" She continued

"Dat yuh think! But memba mi tell yuh, it nuh done" he replied

"Drop di gun!" The police ordered again

"What will your wife and child think?" Tanya asked

Buckley got upset and raised his gun "Yuh nuh know ntn bout mi wife and pickney!" He shouted.

The police opened fire at him and when smoke cleared, his body was lifeless on the ground. Tanya and Oneil hugged while the tears flowed down her cheeks, it was finally over. The ambulance came shortly as the police ran their yellow tapes to secure the area.

The following morning at the hospital, Tanya laid in bed with Oneil at her side, making sure she's okay. Her arm was wrapped in bandages where she had been shot. The nurse turned the television on for them to catch the morning news.

"Mi glad yuh alright and ntn too bad happen lastnight babe" he said. "Why yuh never tell mi what did a happen all along?" he continued

"Mi never want yuh get hurt, I love you too much to lose you" She replied.

"I love you too" He said as they kissed

Breaking News! Flashed across the television.

News report: "A serial rapist has escaped from The Ferry Police station! The police have no idea of his whereabouts, however they are asking the public to be on the look out for him." His picture popped up and it was the 3rd man who raped Tanya.