Sarah knew going into that house on the hill that she would have some sort of altercation with Rachel. When Sarah and Rachel were dealing with each other it almost never went any other way. Ever since Sarah broke into DYAD and held Rachel at gun point, it had been a never ending stream of violence. So, why Sarah put down the gun when she was talking to Susan, Sarah will never know. Sarah had a tendency to get sloppy in her rush to save her sisters, and she always paid for it in the end. This time she ended up with a knife in her leg. Now, Rachel picks up the gun that Sarah had abandoned, and starts firing in Sarah's direction. Fours shots, all of them barley missing her. Sarah's heart pounds in her ears as she stumbles out into the large living room of the glass house. She gets halfway across the room when her legs give out, her right one throbbing, hot blood bubbling out of it and onto the floor. Sarah collapses onto the floor with a groan. She puts her palms flat on the floor and uses all of her strength to push her upper body up. She bends her leg and tries to stand back up, only to fall onto the floor once again. In panic, she starts to drag herself across the floor with her arms.
Sarah gets five feet away from the door when she hears a sound that makes her freeze. The click of the hammer being pulled back on the gun rings through the room. Sarah dips her head down and rests her forehead on the cool hardwood floor. She lays there breathing heavily, hearing nothing for several moments. Finally, she hears slow footsteps approaching her. Sarah tenses up, waiting her the next blow to hit. Instead, she feels a sharp jab to her side.
"Roll over." Rachel's cold voice orders with another jab to her side. Slowly, Sarah rolls on her back and looks up at Rachel standing by her feet. Sarah's body trembles out of fear, fatigue, adrenaline, and anger. Rachel stares at her like a predator waiting to devour their prey, practically foaming at the mouth. Rachel hums at her, running her cane down her body, starting at her chest. "I wish you could see how you look right now." She taps her cane lightly on the stab wound on Sarah's leg, reveling in the way her entire body jerks. "The brave Sarah Manning bleeding, broken, on my floor. No where to go. No one to help you." A cold smirk crosses Rachel's face. "It's delicious."
"What are you going to do? Kill me?" Sarah pants at Rachel, using all of her energy to lift her head to glare at Rachel. Blood still runs down her face, she can see it in her vision, dripping off of her eyelashes. Rachel lowers herself to climb on top on Sarah, straddling her waist.
"On the contrary Sarah. You are much more entertaining alive." Rachel runs one finger up the trail of blood on Sarah's face. "Under my control." Rachel runs her bloody finger across Sarah's lips, painting them a brilliant shade of red, almost matching Rachel's own lipstick. Rachel can feel Sarah's lower lip trembling under her finger and it fuels her. "Under lock and key." She taps her finger on Sarah's lips once before withdrawing her hand. "I want you to know that Ferdinand is with your family at this very moment." Sarah closes her eyes and shakes her head slowly.
"I don't believe you." Sarah stutters.
"You don't?" Rachel lifts an eyebrow. Sarah just shakes her head. Underneath her, Rachel can feel Sarah's entire body shaking. Rachel retrieves a cell phone out of her pocket and unlocks it. When she turns the screen towards Sarah, Sarah sees Siobhan, Felix, and Kira sitting together with their heads down and a smiling Ferdinand behind them. Sarah screws her eyes shut and her body shakes even more than before. In a split second, Sarah sits up and wraps her hands around Rachel's throat, squeezing with all her might, despite her three broken fingers. Rachel feels her windpipe being crushed and she leans back and places her hand on Sarah's stab wound, and leans on it. Sarah screams and releases her grip at once. Rachel grabs her hands and pins them on either side of her head.
"Put your hands on me again, and I will personally have your family killed. Do you understand?" Rachel speaks slowly, no emotion in her voice. Sarah nods, tears falling freely down her face now. "Move, and I will not hesitate to shoot you." Rachel presses Sarah's hands firmly on the ground and slowly rises to her feet, satisfied when Sarah doesn't move an inch. Rachel casually makes her way across the room and into the kitchen, gun in hand. "I suppose I should make sure you wont try to attack again while I move you." Rachel opens a cabinet, grabs an object, and closes it again. When she makes it into Sarah's vision, Sarah's mouth goes dry. In Rachel's hand, is a syringe, filled with clear liquid.
"Rachel, you don't have to do that. I'm sorry. I won't touch you again, I promise. Just don't." Sarah stumbles over words in the rush to get them out. Rachel just smiles at her and resumes her position onto of Sarah. "Rachel, please." Sarah begs, her hands still on either side of her head.
"Oh Sarah, while I love to hear you beg, it's not going to help you." Rachel lifts her hand and slowly sinks the needle into Sarah's neck. There is a whimper from underneath her, then two hands are weakly pushing at her chest. Her thumb pushes down, and the medicine slowly enters Sarah's body. Rachel pulls the needle out once the syringe is empty and watches as Sarah's hands drop off her chest and onto the floor. Sarah's head spins as Rachel's face turns into a blur. Sarah's limbs become heavy, preventing her from being able to move them. "Goodnight, Sarah." Is the last thing she hears before everything goes black.
Sarah stands in the basement of the safe house in front of the couch. On the couch sits Kira, Felix, and Siobhan. Ferdinand stands behind Kira and starts stroking her face. "Get off of her!" Sarah tries to scream, but nothing comes out. Kira looks up at Sarah, her bottom lip trembling.
"You let him get me, mommy." A tear runs down Kira's face. "You promised me you'd keep me safe. Why did you lie, mommy? Don't you love me anymore?" Kira asks her. Sarah tries to scream, tries to tell her that of course she loves her, and that she's sorry, but no sound leaves her.
"I should have never trusted you." Mrs. S's voice rings out. Sarah snaps her head to look at her. "You've been nothing but a train wreck since you came into my life. Just a constant burden." Sarah falls onto the floor sobbing. "You're a terrible mother. Kira deserves so much better. As I have said before, you came into my life an orphan, and that's all you'll ever be." Sarah claws at her chest, trying to force words out, trying to apologize. 'I love you' Sarah thinks.
"This is what I get for sticking with you, isn't it?" Felix asks. "I should have known that you were a lost cause." Sarah feels blood soaking her fingers, but she keeps clawing at her chest anyway. "You should have jumped in front of that train. Beth deserved to live much more than you. All you do is ruin people. You're worthless Sarah." Sarah sits on her knees, body bent over, face contorted in pain, silently screaming.
"Don't you see, Sarah?" Rachel's voice blares into her ear. "No one wants you. No one is going to save you. They've all given up on you." Rachel's hand tangles in her hair and pulls her face up. "Look at them, look at what you've done to them." Sarah gazes at her family. She looks at the tears streaming down Kira's face, the anger on Siobhan's, and the disgust painted on Felix's, and Sarah feels herself truly break. "Finally, you will get what you deserve, and they will be free of you." Rachel lets go of her hair and Sarah collapses onto the floor once again.
'I'm sorry' Sarah's heart screams.
Man, It's been forever since I've posted on here. I went through a rough time and lost inspiration. I haven't decided if I will continue this or not. It depends on the feedback I get. So if you like it, let me know!
