Western Expansion

The man in the cabin part 2

I woke up with my throat scratchy and head pounding. I slowly lifted my head, just in case the man that attacked was not around, and took in my surroundings.

John was tied to a chair, his hands behind his back and his head hung slack. He was a few feet in front me.

"John!" I whispered, just enough for John to hear.

He moaned and raised his head.

"May...?" He said and he turned his head toward me. One of his eyes was swollen shut and dried blood that came from the broken nose.

"Yes it's me, " I said struggling against the ropes that bounded me, "We need to get out these ropes. And quickly."

"Struggling won't help. Do you have your knife with you?" He said

"I can't reach to find out, in case you haven't noticed my hands are tied." I said agitated at him.

"Oh right. Good thing I hid a knife up my sleeve." He said and struggling to grab the knife.

"Hurry up please." I said and looked toward the door, worrying if the man came crashing in anytime.

"I've got..." He said before he got cut off as the door swung open crashing into the wall.

"Finally awake. Now I can watch you suffer." The man that attacked John and I said holding a knife in his hand.

"Please sir, we weren't  trying to attack you or anything. We were escaping from the..." I said before he interrupted me.

"Shut up!" He said walking toward me, the knife still ready to strike.

I screamed as he grabbed my hair and pulled down.

"Stop it! Hurt me instead of her." John screamed

"Shut up!" The man yelled.

"Now I'm gonna ask you once and you  better answer, if you don't your girl dies." The man said looking at me then toward John.

My heart pounded as I heard those words. Millions of thoughts went through my head at once. What about my dad? Will I ever see him? What about the farm? Wait... why is a man in the middle of nowhere without a horse?

"Now, are you here to kill me? Yes or no?" He asked staring at John pulling my hair down farther.

"No... we were..." John said before being interrupted.

"Shut up," He said, " You lie. Even if I do let you go you'll bring all the sheriffs down here to kill me."

"What are you talking about?" John asked quickly so he wouldn't be interrupted again.

"Where you from idiot?! I'm wanted from half the country. They accuse me of robbing banks and killing a mayor." The man said yelling, his eyes full of craziness.

"Tommy Lee Jones..." John said slowly

"Shut up!" Tommy said and lunged the knife into my thigh.

I screamed as the knife was plunged into me. Before Tommy could strike at John, John ripped his ropes off and tackled him to the floor causing me to go as well.

I hit the floor with the side of my head. Dazed and struggling to stay conscious from the blood loss and dehydration , I spotted the knife that John used to cut himself free a few feet away from me.

I scooted toward the knife, while John and Tommy were still fighting.

With the knife in my hands, and began to cut at the rope as I saw Tommy punch John causing him to fall. I gasped as Tommy jumped on John and cutting off John's airway.

Finally with the ropes cut, I slowly got up fighting the urge to yell out in pain.

Tommy was still choking John, who was barely conscious.

I quickly drove the knife into Tommy's back.

He fell off of John and onto the hard wooden floor, blood pouring from his wound.

Blackness surrounded my vision. I staggered back and John quickly caught me before I could fall.