Save Me Break Me || MYG

The Memories Forty Eight - Precious Delusions

The delusional psycho had been waiting all along outside the building. I forgot about the cameras installed around each building. He must have monitored our movements and just waited outside so he could trap us in.

"Nats, you said you'll take care of our visitors? Why are they still breathing?" Mr. Crane closed the door without taking his eyes off of us.

Protectively, I urged Mia behind me, slowly taking steps backwards until we were standing near the marble statue. She was trembling and her hands were as cold as ice.

Nats covered us, facing the gun with his hands in the air. "Crane, let the kids go. Let's not drag anyone else into this mess. I swear on my life they won't go to the police."

"I will deal with you later, Nats. Maybe I'll pay a visit to your precious daughter, and if you're lucky enough, I might kill you tonight so you won't have to witness what dirty things I'd do to your little girl."

"You really are a demon. Don't you dare lay a finger on my daugther!" Nats was shaking with fury, but there was nothing he could do. Crane does have the upper hand at the moment. One wrong move and we're all dead, and Keila will be long forgotten.

I scanned the whole room for anything that could be used as a weapon, but I saw none. Every single pulse in my body pounded, my head started to ache again. I fought the urge to close my eyes, afraid to miss anything at the moment.

"Ah, young love birds," Crane shifted his blazing stare at us, "I must say, young man. You taught your little girlfriend well to defend herself, great job! If only I was completely ruthless, I'd have you all dead right now. But I would love to torture you, hear your screams of pain until you beg for your own death."

Without warning he shot Nats's left foot, causing the male to shriek in agonizing pain and slump hard on the ground.

"No, please stop!" Mia pleaded, her face wet with hot tears.

"You're fuckin' crazy!" I screamed as I helped Nats on his feet and regain his balance. I believe during situations like these, you're good as dead once your butt sits on the floor. So no matter what or however painful an injury is, keep standing up. Once Nats was safely on his feet, I let him lean on my shoulder before moving ourselves in front of Mia to cover her.

Mr. Crane pointed the gun towards me. "Give your girlfriend to me, I might let you go."

"Fuck you," I spat at him. My blood boiled, but I did not dare move without proper planning.

He laughed maliciously as he licked his lips. "Oh, don't worry, I intend to do that... To your pretty girlfriend, of course. She's so tempting, and I'll make sure you witness every second of it, of how I ruin her completely."

"Go to hell, Crane," Nats bravely taunted. Crane then shot his thigh without warning. Cradling his newly injured thigh, Nats staggered, clutching my shoulder painfully as he tried to balance himself once more.

Damn, this guy has amazing shooting skills.

Mia cried, "STOP!!! Please... Don't do this. Keila would be so sad if-"

"KEILA WASN'T SUPPOSED TO DATE ANYONE! SHE BELONGED TO ME, ONLY ME!!!"

The teacher's hand shook violently, aim faltering at the mention of Keila. Mia was a genius, knowing exactly how to weaken the enemy. Using this to my advantage, I slowly reached for the phone in my pocket and gripped it tight, ready to throw at the killer once clear.

"She was mine. I loved her. I promised I'll wait until she graduates, and we'll be happy together. But she went behind my back! She betrayed me! I was supposed to frame up that Jungkook, but there wasn't enough time, I couldn't plant evidences. She's mine! I built my dreams around her!" He wept hideously, like a boy crying for his lost favorite toy.

"So you think you have the right to put matters into your own hands? Why did you kill her? You said you loved her," I sneered.

He aimed the gun at me with blazing eyes. "No one must touch her. Jungkook, it's his fault. He should never have come here. He was here everyday to talk to Keila. He brainwashed her, he said things against me to take Keila from me. I got so angry, and dragged her back here, the place where our love blossomed. I claimed her, and she's finally mine forever."

His delusions were eating him alive. It's possible that he kept her body in this school, somewhere he can easily have access to. But where?

"She was never yours, she never acknowledged you in the first place, she never even talked to you. You were the only one who believed those lies you made," Mia blurted out bravely. "Her body's here. I know where you kept her."

"Tut, tut, you can't find her," He pointed his gun at Mia as he stepped closer, forcing our backs to hit the base of the statue. "I won't give her body to anyone. She belongs to me. This is our home. She's finally home. If only she gave herself to me willingly none of this would have happened..."

As if in a trance, Mia slowly padded upfront, as she spoke with fresh tears running down her cheeks. She was filled with rage and distraught.

"No! No one deserves to be treated like that. How could you say you loved her? Just because she rejected you doesn't give you any right to force yourself upon her. You're disgusting and you do not deserve to be loved! You don't own her! You never hurt the ones you love! You don't kill them!"

Crane's grip to the weapon loosened, and taking my chance I threw the phone swiftly at him, hitting him right in the face and making him stumble backwards.

"RUN!!!"

Nats pushed us to safety as he lunged and strangled Crane with the energy he had left, but it wasn't enough to weaken the killer. Crane stomped on his foot hard and pushed him to the side. He sat on top of the janitor, his hands tight around the neck desperate to suffocate him and kill him. I picked up the gun and was about to hit the back of the perpetrator's head, but his reflexes were fast as his hands grabbed my wrists to shake the weapon off of my hands. Unknowingly, he hit my jaw hard with his balled fist, my eyes watered and my head swam as dizziness crept slowly, causing me to fall to the ground.

Mia was running for the gun but Crane snatched her by the hair, her shrill cries filled the whole lobby. In my peripheral vision, he slammed the girl onto the floor, her head bounced as it hit the pavement with tremendous force. Crane then straddled her to immobilize her, stripping her off of her clothing and biting aggressively on her neck. Mia tried kicking her legs and twisted herself left to right, but Crane was immensely stronger. His free hand vigorously pulled at her skirt while he placed himself between her legs, mercilessly tugging at her underwear.

Struggling to clear my vision and ignore the pain, I zigzagged towards then, clenched my fists together and swung towards the back of the psycho's head with all the strength I could muster. I manage to kick him to the side to prevent him from crushing Mia beneath him, then helped Mia to her feet and dashed to the open door.

Before we could even step outside, Crane fired a shot in the air that stopped us dead. I was getting tired of his games. He circled us, moving to block the only exit and trap us once more. I prepared to pick up my phone again that lay just a meter away but Crane shot it with perfect precision.

Wrong move. I left Mia to stand alone, with the gun pointed at her heart.

"If I can't have you, then you're better off dead."

No.

Booming gunshots echoed through the walls, followed by silence, and then footsteps rushing towards us.

The last thing I felt was a deep, sharp pain over my right shoulder, then the warmth seeping through my uniform. I looked at Mia, tears were flowing from her eyes like a waterfall as she desperately clung onto me, her arms around my torso. All the sound around me seemed to be muted at the moment, and everything seemed to move in slow motion. Some medics and police officers tried to snatch me from Mia's embrace, but the last thing I remember was her crying form, her lips mouthing my name. My breaths start to shorten, my vision blurring, my pulses pounding softer and weaker, and then total darkness...