The Switch
{A Beyond Birthday Story}
Chapter 1
My parents were out on a four month long cruise, so I was home alone. My mother said I could invite a few friends to stay so I would have company and won't be alone. I decided to invite my two best friends Yin and Ryo. Yin is my girl best friend, have been since we were in kindergarten. Her family is originally from China, so she's of Chinese descent. Ryo is my guy best friend. He has been since Kindergarten also. He is originally from here Japan so, he's of Japanese descent. Me? I'm from America. My name is Rose. I'm an African-American. I and my friends arrived to my house after a long day of college classes. When I walked up to the front door, it was already unlocked. I turned the knob and pulled it open. I suspiciously checked around the house. Nothing was out of place. Everything was exactly where I have left it. I walked into my kitchen and open the refrigerator to see a jar of strawberry jam. I took it and closed the fridge door. I stared at the jar oddly.
"I don't remember keeping strawberry jam in the fridge…." I mumbled quietly.
I shrugged it off and walked back into the main room where my friends sat. I sat in between Yin and Ryo.
"So, did you find something out of the ordinary?" Yin asked me.
I shook my head from side to side indicating no.
"I did find this jar of strawberry jam in my refrigerator."
"So?" Ryo asked.
"I never keep strawberry jam. Actually I have never had it." I told them staring at it hungrily.
I opened the jar and stuck my index finger in it and took it out. I sucked on it, licking it clean and moaning in delight.
"This is great!"
I attacked the jar with both of hands. My friends started laughing at me.
"Oh Rose, you and your love for sweets!" They laughed together.
"Shut up!" I yelled at them while still eating the strawberry jam.
"Anyways, I brought a bunch of horror movies!" Yin yelled in excitement.
I set the jar down on the carpet and quickly snatched away Yin's backpack. I roamed it and dumped out all of the movies. I scanned through them all until one caught my attention. I grabbed it and placed the DVD into my play station 2. I heard Yin sigh.
"I almost forgot how Rose-chan got when horror movies are involved." She sighed again.
"Girl, if you keep acting like the horror, mystery, gory freak you are, no guy will ever love you." Yin told me.
I glanced down at the floor.
"I know I scare most guys away, but if they want to be with me, they have to see past my freakiness or learn to love it. If they can't, then they are not worth my affection" I replied to her.
"It doesn't matter. I love Rose-chan just the way she is. I don't want any guy taking her from me anyways." Ryo told Yin.
Her grabbed my wrists and pulled me into his chest. I felt a pair of soft lips on my right cheek. Ryo pulled away after that.
"Oh stop it Ryo. We all knew you had the biggest crush on Rose since elementary school. Anyways, you don't love her as much as I do. We are GIRL best friends and nothing can break that bond." Yin argued with Ryo.
I smiled as my cheeks slightly heated up.
"Arigatou you guys. I love you both deeply. If only I could find someone like you guys."
"I'm sure that guy would come around." Yin told me as she hugged me from the side.
"I bet he's even closer than you think." Ryo also told me as he hugged the other side of me.
I got up and turned off the lights and started the movie. I sat up close to the T.V. with my legs crossed and my eyes fixated to the screen. My two friends sat behind me on the couch. They screamed and held each other when each person got slashed and mutilated. I laughed at them as they cowered on my couch. Seeing all the blood and gore excites me for odd reasons. Then the TV shut off and the room was pitch black. Yin and Ryo screamed out in fear, the horror movie still running through their minds. I stood up and slowly walked over to them.
"Calm down. It must be some type of power shortage or something." I said trying to calm them.
"This is what happens first in horror movies." Yin stated.
I sighed.
"No serial killer is out to get us. It's all in your head."
I slumped back down to the floor, waiting for the lights to be turned back on, but then footsteps were heard walking up the steps of the basement.
"OMG! What's that?" Yin cried out as she held onto Ryo tightly.
I pulled out a pocket knife as the footsteps grew closer to me.
"Who's in here?" I said angrily.
When I felt something hot hit my face, I quickly swung my pocket knife, slashing some flesh.
"Someone was right in front of me."
My heart pounded out of my chest as fear shrouded my entire body, making it paralyzed. My arms was grabbed and twisted behind my back as my whole body turned around. I gasped in pain. The pocket knife was snatched from my hand and pressed against my neck. I shivered in delight as I felt the sharp razor knife against my bare skin. It was pressed harder and warm liquid was trickling down my neck after that. I felt something warm and slimy licking up the liquid. My cheeks heated up again.
"Ahh….!" I let out.
I struggled a bit, trying to get free from his grasp.
"Let me go! You pervert!" I screamed out angrily.
I kicked out and back.
"Rose-chan!" Yin and Ryo yelled out.
Something cloth like covered my nose and mouth. Then I inhaled the scent of chloroform. I slowly slipped into unconsciousness after that.
The lights were turned back on. I opened my eyes to see Yin clinging to my arm. I glanced up to notice Rose-chan was missing.
"Oh no!"
"What?" Yin asked.
"Rose-chan is gone! She must've been kidnapped."
"What should we do? Call the police?" Yin asked me again.
"No. We have no evidence that she was kidnapped. All we heard was footsteps, Rose screaming and then she ended up missing."
"How about we file a missing report?" Yin suggested.
"No, the person has to be at least missing for 24 hours."
"Then what are going to do Ryo!" Yin asked panicking.
"I don't know!" I yelled at her.
I was afraid and frustrated. The friend I was in love with has gone missing. I was afraid that something bad might've happened to her and frustrated with myself that I couldn't figure out how to save her. I'm just a hopeless guy. I can't do anything, not even for the woman I care deeply for.
"I'm such a punk!" I yelled at myself.
I felt Yin wrap her arms around me for comforting.
"Don't beat yourself up about it. It's not your fault."
"It is so! A man is supposed to protect a woman he loves! I couldn't even do that! I shouldn't call myself a man."
"Ryo!"
Yin pulled my head so that I stared into her eyes.
"You are not at fault. Nobody is. What happened was an unfortunate accident. Please, for me, don't blame yourself."
Yin buried her face into my chest and hugged me tightly. I felt my arms hug her back on its own accord.
I slowly fluttered my eyes open. My vision was blurry, so I couldn't see a thing. I tried to move arms and legs, but to no avail. There were only clinking sounds. I thought about it for a second and came to a conclusion of me being chained up. When my vision cleared, my deduction was right. My wrists and ankles were chained up to a soft satin bed. I glanced around my surroundings. It seems as though I was in a hotel suite. The bed was red made with satin sheets, the curtains were also red and silky, the couch was crimson red and even the floor was red. I recapped what happened before I ended chained up. My friends and I were at my house watching a horror movie. Then the electricity went off abruptly. I heard footsteps walk up from the basement to me. I grabbed my pocket knife from my pocket and attacked him when I felt hot breath in my face. Then my wrists were grabbed and twisted behind my back, my knife was taken from me and pressed against my neck. A cloth covered my mouth and nose after that and inhaled the scent of chloroform, then passed out and woke up here.
"Great…..now how do I get out of this situation?" I asked myself.
My thoughts were interrupted when the door opened. The lights were off, but the curtains were open, so I could slightly see. He closed the door. I was stared at with a pair glowing red eyes. He stood in the shadows, so I could only see his silhouette. I let out a low growl.
"You bastard! How dare you kidnap me! What, are you going to rape and kill me now?" I yelled at him angrily.
He kept staring at me until he answered.
"No, you have plenty of time before you die."
"What….?"
"What did he mean by that?" I thought.
"Why did you kidnap me? Why am I here in this hotel suite, you pervert."
"I'm not going to rape you, but…."
A devilish smirk appeared on his thin lips.
"I might consider it…" He whispered seductively in my left ear.
My cheeks heated up as I felt his hot breath in my ear. I glared daggers at him, when he parted from it. That made him let out a malicious chuckle.
"Don't you dare touch me!" I growled loudly at him.
His red eyes gazed down at me again. I glared up at him as I panted angrily, but I calmed down when I stared deep into his eyes. They revealed sadness and loneliness.
"Please tell me the reason you kidnapped me…." I begged him. My voice was much more sincere.
"You're the one."
"Nani?"
"Could you explain?" I asked a bit nervously.
"Your love for blood and gore, the shiver of delight you had when I pressed your knife up against your neck."
I gave him an odd look.
"What are you talking about?" I asked confused.
Beyond then grabbed my shirt and pulled it up. My face reddened as I tried to pull my shirt back down.
"What are you doing?"
"This scar on your stomach…."
I stopped struggling when he ran his finger across the shape of the scar.
"Do you remember how you got this scar?" He whispered to me.
I reflected on my past and tried to remember what happened.
"In high school, since the beginning, I was abused by schoolmates and classmates. I would always come home with bruises and bloody scratches. One day, when I was walking home after school, it was late at night. I was alone. The sky was clear except with the full moon shining brightly and dark blue. I was cornered by a group of guys. They all had a lustful and angry look in their eyes. I decided to fight back, but I couldn't. I was overpowered. They took turns raping me. When they were done with me, the leader took out a pocket knife and stabbed me in my stomach. After that, they ran away. I was covered with salty tears and crimson blood. I was also in excruciating agony. I felt my life slip away at a rapid speed. "
"So….much….blood…." I mumbled quietly.
"I gazed at the moon, mesmerized by its beauty… until…..I blacked out…" I mumbled again even quieter.
"I then woke up…in my room…the next day to discover the boys that raped me was killed the same night after they harassed me…."
I felt myself slowly blacking out, drifting into unconsciousness. The last thing I saw was Beyond's crooked smile.
I gave her my smile as I watched her drift away into deep unconsciousness. Quickly after, her eyes shot open. Her left eye was a dark purple while the other was a crimson red.
"Fuck! Finally I was able to wake up from that long ass sleep! I was wondering how long that bitch was going to keep me locked up inside her conscience."
Her voice was different. It was slightly deeper than normal. Her mixed colored eyes glared up at me.
"Mind untying me asshole?"
I got out the key I hid in my pocket and unlocked her chains. She started rubbing her wrists and ankles.
"Ah! Yes, I feel much better now. The damn chains were starting to dig into my skin."
"So, why did you awaken me?" She asked in an angry tone.
"I have a proposition for you." I replied to her quietly.
"I'm listening."
"You assist me and I promise, you will have all the blood and pleasure you lust for."
"So, what ya saying is, I get to kill strangers for no reasons if I assist you?"
I simply just nodded my head up and down.
"Fuck yea! Count me in!"
I roughly pushed her back down on the bed as I leaned my body on top of hers. I forcefully stuck my tongue in her mouth. She fought back with her own tongue, so I began to suck on it, earning a moan from her lips. She bit my tongue, making it bleed. I winced slightly, but did the same to her. She sucked the blood from my tongue as I did her, moaning in delight. I parted from her soft lips and gazed into her purple and red eyes.
"Deal…" I slightly panted.
The End…? (To be continued)
