Virika: Agent K2

III

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Krystle entered her house after seeing off Shaira. Placing her bag down, she went straight to the bathroom to take bath, unaware of another presence in the house.

The person knowing every little thing about her, from her love for sweets to her fear of dark, was waiting for her in her house. He knew exactly when her shift ended and about what time she would come to her house.
Hearing the shower turning off, he hid behind the curtains of her bedroom.

Krystle closed the bathroom door after her and turned on the air conditioner. The rain in the morning had left humidity behind it, forcing her to turn on the air conditioner. She applied her cream before going to the kitchen to make her dinner. The man behind the curtains watched her every move like a predator, waiting to pounce.

Krystle stood in front of the microwave as it heated poha(Indian dish) when she heard rustling behind her. Startled, she turned around to see nothing.

"Must be the wind." She brushed off the thought as the microwave pinged, announcing that the dish was heated. Krystle opened the microwave and took out her meal. She grabbed a spoon and mixed ketchup in poha before turning around.

Turning around, the bowl dropped down on the floor and broke into many small pieces as a shriek left her mouth. In front of her stood a man, whose face was covered with black mask and his black eyes glinted in the light. Something else also glinted in his hand but before Krystle could do anything, the man slapped his hand on her mouth.

"So you are the one he wants, huh?" His voice was as rough as his hand. He could feel the girl shaking. Beads of sweat sliding down the sides of her face as fear settled in her eyes.

Krystle could feel her fingers touching something cold. She grasped the object tightly in her hold before she flung it, with all her strength, to the attacker's head. He screamed as his hand dropped from her mouth and he held his head in his palms. Taking his moment of surprise for her an opportunity for her to escape, she pushed at his chest making him fall down.

Krystle could care less as her feet got cut by the glass shards while she ran towards the front door. She couldn't hear anything above her heart's loud beating. A cry of joy escaped her lips as her fingers clasped around the steel handle of the main entrance door. But before she could open the door of her escape, she was pulled back by her hair. She screamed as she felt her scalp on fire. She was so sure he would pull her hair out before he finally threw her to the sofa. Her head slammed against the side of the sofa and stars swayed in her vision. She held her head as she slowly stood up. She could feel liquid on her hand.

A gasp left Krystle's lips as she saw blood on her hand. She looked up to see a sinister smile on her attacker's face.

"Now, we can do this my way or your way." He spoke while looking at her body in a greedy way. "That man wants you alive but he didn't say anything about fun."

Krystle could feel her getting light headed by his words. There was no way she was going down without fighting. The man lunged at her, making her fall to the ground. She scratched his face with her nails and drew blood, doing anything so he could leave her. But it angered him more and he slapped her, hard, making her head turn to the side. Krystle could now also feel blood on her lips.

"Bitch!" He cursed out as he wiped his face, looking down at the crimson streaks on his hand. He started kissing her neck as she squirmed beneath him.

There was nothing she could use as a weapon. She thought of screaming but she knew that the windows were still closed because she locked them everyday before going to work.
His hands started roaming around her waist and Krystle put all her strength to throw him over but he was really heavy. She could feel black dots in her vision, her mind screaming at her to do something but her body disagreed as she laid still under him. Tears which were pooling in her eyes, finally flowed down her temples.

But before she could succum to her body's wishes, she heard a crash from her side. She heard a loud thud and the noise of glass falling on the tiled floor. The weight above her was lifted and she felt like she could finally breathe. She turned to her side and looked at the scene through her half opened eyes. A black figure was beating her assaulter where ever it could find place. She could tell it was a male by his broad shoulders and height. A wave of dizziness hit her and she turned her head towards the ceiling. She could still hear the loud noise of skin hitting skin and her tears were falling relentlessly but she couldn't do anything except closing her eyes. A ringing noise making its way into her head.

Sleep.

This was the only thought going round and round in her mind when suddenly everything was quite. An eery silence dropped over her. She was sure she would hear the sound of a pin dropping if anyone would let it fall.

"Krystle? Krystle!" A voice shouted her name but she couldn't respond. She screamed at herself to open her eyes, to look at the person but the ringing inside her head intensified.

Something touched her cheek. It was warm and soft but at the same time rough  but she couldn't tell what it was as the ringing grew loud and all her thoughts left her mind

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