GUM

Chapter Six

Chapter Six ~~ Take Me With You

Maxine

I was dreaming that I was alone in a meadow where grasses were as tall as my hips. I kept on running and running even if I had no directions to where I am heading. I ran until my eyes went blurry because of the tears forming in it. I fell flat on the ground when I tripped on a large branch making scratches on my elbow and sending a lot of dirt marks on my face and clothes. I was sobbing softly, not knowing why when a familiar image appeared. It was a woman with straight hair as black as charcoal that curls at the ends. She was walking ahead of me several feet away.

"Mom!" I yelled as loud as I could but she wasted no time entertaining me.

"Mom! Wait for me!" Still, she did not replied.

"Mom please wait! I need you!" Tears were falling down from my cheeks now. It fell fast that I did not have the time to wipe it away.

"Mom please. Don't leave me again. Take me with you." She stopped for a sec and I was hoping that she would tirn her back and hug me. But I was wrong, she did not. Instead, she continued her route and went inside a dark forest where creepy sounds can be heard. The mud that sticks below my shoes made it hard for me to keep up with my mother. Thorns were pricking my skin tearing parts of my clothes. Moment after moment a scary sound startles me but I concentrated on following my mother who had no trouble walking her way to the middle of the forest. I kept on crying out to her but I walways fail, she never faced me and looked at me. She went inside a dark cave that has vines blocking it passage like a curtain. I hesitated for a sec but took all the courage I have just to see my mother. It was dark and only a small light coming from small holes in the cave lighted. I couldn't find my mother anywhere and I was shocked when something grabbed my left arm. I struggled to get it off me but everytime I oppose it, it only just gets tighter. I was hanging on air when another vine grabbed me on my waist. Afterwards it grabbed both my legs and my right arm. I struggled with all I can but I stopped because it caused me enough pain to make me realize that the more I struggle the more I'll suffer. I was crying again. I was alone. There was nothing I can do to help myself.

"Mom (sniffs) I wish you were here (sniffs)."

"Come on Anayah! Dont you see? She already left you. Hahaha!" I stopped crying and began to tremble, terrified with the voicr that I heard. I couldn't forget that voice because it belongs to the jerk I once fell in love to.

"You! What do you want from me, you bastard!"

"Tsk tsk tsk...wrong question Anayah. The real question is 'What do you really want'. Hmmm." He scratched his chin pretending that he was thinking yet he was still mocking me by his looks. "Ooh! I know! "The innocent Maxine Anayah Gates only wantrd her mommy. Am I right baby? Mwhahaha."

"Damn you Porsche!"

"You see An, no one will ever be with you. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE ALONE!" He turned his back and released a loud laugh that echoed around the cave.

"Shut up!" I screamed upon waking up from the nightmare. I cursed that jerk nd murdered him in my mind.

"Good morning sunshine." An anonymous gangster told me while looking at me hungrily and biting his lips.

"What time is it?" I asked the waiter who was busy wiping washed glasses and displayed them in the nearby cupboard.

"It's almost 2, ma'am." I grabbed my purse and made my way out of the bar.

"Hey!" The gangster held my arm and stopped me from walking. "Where are you foing, sunshine? Let's have some fun."

"F*ck you." I told him and spit on him. His gangmates let out a loud 'oooooh' soind that insulted this jerk.

"You'll pay for what you've done, madam." He told me with his eyes glaring.

"Whatever." I shrugged my arm off his grip and finally made my way out of the bar. I was in front of my Lambo and was about to get inside when two guys grabbed both of my arms and dragged me into an alley where the other gangsters were waiting.

"Well, well. Look who's here? It's the jerk I've humiliated earlier." I taunted him.

"You don't know whom you're messing with,madam. I wonder how delicious you body tastes like. I can't wait until I finally rip that dress of yours apart and squeeze my world into yours while grasping your mountains." He was about to hold my dress when I immediately kicked his groin sending tons of pain in his pain receptors. He crouched on the floor grasping his balls while excruciating in pain. I stepped on the foot of the guy holding my left arm, letting my stilletos bury in his foot where he screamed in pain. The other guy went in for an attack but stopped as I punched his diaphragm stopping his breath for a sec. Five more guys advanced for an attack but they were no compare to the girl who wears a night gown in 4 inches stilletos who brought them down using her martial arts. When it was finally done, I stood in front of ther leader who was still in pain.

"You should know who you're messing with, punk! You made the wrong move to mess with a 'Gates.'" I kicked his head hard enough to send him unconscious.

I walked my way to the bridge nearby. I stared at the moon which was near the river which made it look like sitting on top of it while the stars looked at her. I climbed my way up the safety grills while crying because I can no longer endure the pain I feel.

"Mom. Take me with you." And with that, I jumped off the bridge making a large splash which cutted some parts if the river and finally submerging me in its dark,  cold, and mysterious abyss.