The Black Rose

My skin prickles and my heart races as I look around, maybe it was just the light. Lightning strikes and the light momentarily catches a figure closer to me than it was before. Definitely not just the light, I decide to phone Mika as I walk around to the front.

She picks up on the third ring, "Hey, what's up?" she asks her voice drowned out by music," Nothing, really."

"What's happening?" She asks alert since I didn't respond with my classic answer," The sky."

"I think I'm being followed." I answer glancing behind me to see a shadow following me, I quicken my pace to a jog, "We'll come and fetch you now."

I swallow the panic and anxiety," No, I'm near the entrance I'll be -" I drop my phone as a pair of strong arms grab me from behind, I open my mouth to scream but it's cut short by his hand covering my mouth.

No.

Shit.

This can't be happening.

I kick and struggle but his grip doesn't loosen, I bite his hand. It momentarily loosens giving me time to scream, "Bitch!" I screech when he grabs my hair, "Scream one more time and you'll see where this will go." He digs something cold against my side and I glance down and see the barrel of a gun.

No.

My lips tremble and a sob escapes my lips, the rain feels warm against my skin as the world around me falls apart. My legs tremble at the threat that holds my life in his hands, I nod my head as a truck suddenly pulls up.

No, god please no.

I start to struggle again and he slams the gun against my temple, pain shoots through my skull and down my spine. A sob breaks through the sound of the rain as blackness engulfs my shattered world.