Love Falls Forever

Get Away.

" I see you are still looking for your precious Skylar huh?" Harley chuckled and threw a large, black bag over his shoulder. 

"Why would I stop?" I took a step forward and looked him directly in the eyes. 

"considering shes gone you have no reason to look for her anymore." He smirked. Wait... what did he say?... Shes gone? 

"what?" I took a few more steps closer to him. 

"shes gone." I clenched my teeth together. 

"what do you mean she's gone?" I hissed.

"dead Ross. Skylar's dead." I froze. I had thought I lost her before and I wouldn't make that mistake again. 

"no she's not. You're lying." I said confidently. He shook his head. 

"fine. Don't believe me." He tossed the large black bag at my feet. "look inside." Would I dare to even open it. Of course I would. I had to know if my love was dead. She couldn't be. I bent down and unzipped it. I reached my hand inside and pulled out clothing. It was the outfit she was wearing when she was kidnapped. Her shoes were even in here. "she died last night in her sleep." he told me. No... this wasn't right... She wasn't dead. He was lying to me. I looked up at him then back down at the clothes in my hand. They were covered in dirt, blood, and had rips all over them. I could tell he was hurting her. Before I could get up Riker yelled my name and I was tackled to the ground. My back slammed against a rock as Harley began to punch me as hard as he could. Riker grabbed him by the neck and ripped him off of me. I wasn't about to let him get away from me again.

"You son of a bitch! Where is she!!?" I screamed at him as Riker held him down and I punched him repeatedly in the face. I punched him directly in the nose and a crack made a shiver run down my spine. His nose started bleeding badly but I didn't care. I kept throwing punches. 

"Wait stop!" He pleaded. I held my fist still in the air. "You're to late Ross. I have beaten her-" I punched him. "so much she's almost died." he continued. he laughed hard and I stopped. "I raped her so many times Ross. She was calling for you ever time hoping you would come save her and make the pain go away. She prayed for you to come take her away. But you never did. She lost hope and didn't fight any longer as I fucked her. She begged me to kill her, to just end her life. Of course I didn't. I was having to much fun torturing her. She lost hope in you Ross. She had given up. Now she's dead. Her blood rests on your hands." My breathing stopped as I began smashing in his face again. I didn't stop. All I saw was his face and I had wished I had a metal bat in my hands. I would have killed him. After a while Riker pulled me off of him. Harley got up, grabbed his bag and ran into the woods. Riker let him get away. 

"what the hell is wrong with you!? He got away!" I screamed at Riker. 

"Ross Stop!" He yelled as he tried holding me down. I kept trying to get away. I needed to catch him. I needed him to die. I was furious and hard for Riker to hold down. I punched Riker. Riker yelled for me to stop again and sat on me. "Ross knock it off! he was lying! Calm down!" He howled. I stopped struggling and broke down in tears. "Ross please listen to me. He was lying to you. She's not dead. He didn't do that. please calm down." he breathed. I sniffled. Riker helped me to my feet and rubbed my back. "come here." He held out his arms and pulled me into them. I cried in his shoulder. "let's go back to the hotel okay? I know I let him get away and I'm sorry. I saw the direction he went though. We can come back tomorrow. I really am sorry." he sighed. I nodded. 

we went back to the hotel and I took an hour long shower. That was my only chance of finding her. Riker let that go... After getting my sweatpants on and brushing my teeth I went out and laid in bed. Riker kept trying to talk to me and get me to talk too. I stayed silent and drifted in and out of my own world. He tried getting me to eat but I didn't want to eat. I wasn't hungry. After a while I began to fall asleep. Riker was still up, the television was on. I opened my eyes when Riker's phone began going off. I watched as he answered it. 

"hey mom." He sighed. I pretended to be asleep. He set his phone on speaker thinking I was asleep so I couldn't hear anything. 

"Hey how's everything going?" Mom asked. I missed her voice. 

"could be better." Riker muttered. 

"how's Ross?" she wondered. 

"not well. We met up with Harley in the woods tonight. Ross beat the shit out of him after he told Ross Skylar's dead and what he did to her. I held Ross down and let Harley get away. Ross won't talk, or eat now. He lost it after I let Harley get away. He was crying so much and so hard he couldn't breathe. Mom this is all my fault. If only I didn't let him go we might have found Skylar... if she's not dead... I don't know what to do mom. I feel so guilty. Ross was gonna kill him if I didn't pull him off of Harley though. Ugh." Riker rambled. I felt bad. 

"hunny... Don't blame yourself. Ross is a mess right now. He doesn't know who to believe or where to go. He's lost. I wish I was there with you two. I hope you two find her. I really do. We all miss her and want her back home with us. I really hope shes okay." Mom began to quietly weep. 

"mom don't cry. please. This is hard on all of us. I pray we do find her. I hope to God we do." Riker said. 

"positive attitude Riker. remember that. I'm going to bed now sweetie. I will talk to you tomorrow. I love you. Tell Ross I love him too. Goodnight." 

"okay I love you too mom. Goodnight." The phone clicked off. I heard Riker lay down and shut the television off. I began falling asleep. Finally sleep.