Elliot was about to explode, with every slap and every punch, finally Mark said he was going to the store to get some beer. Thats when Elliot came out of hidding.

"Zoey?" She was crouched in a corner, blood dripped from her mouth where she'd been hit several times. He hurried over to her with a wash cloth.

"Zoey," "Elliot...don't...if he sees that the blood is gone..." "He's not going to see the blood, cause you'll be gone too, get your things and hurry up." "Elliot..." "Zoey! You can't let him treat you this way!" "I'll be fine, go, please before he gets back..." Elliot sighed and hugged her, "Alright, but stick up for yourself, alright," "Mhm, I'll try." "If you have any problems, just call me, you know the number," "Hm, I should by now, I worked there long enough," "Yeah, if you need to the back door will be open alright," "Mhm, thanks." "Anytime. See you later." "I hope so." "Take care." "K..." "Lock this door and do not let him in." "K...bye Elli." "See ya Zoey." Elliot left and Zoey locked the door.

8

"Open this fucking door Zoey!" "Mark...I think you should go home..." "What! You're my girlfriend! Now let me in!" "Thats right! I'm your girlfriend! Not your punching bag!" There was no answe and that made Zoey think that maybe, just maybe he'd left, but she did not look outside and went to her room.

"Finally, maybe a night without...AHHH! OW!" "Hey, Kitty cat...hm? Whats wrong?" "That hurt...D...Dren!" "Hey...are you okay?" "I...argh, that really stings...whoa! wait! Stop that!" Zoey had, had her back to the wall, but Dren had turned her to see why she was in pain and the sight of the bruises, made him start seeing red.

"Where is that piece of shit!" "Stop it! He's not here!" "You chose him over me and now he's beating you!" "Dren...mmm!" "Come on! You can't honestly say that you like being black and blue!" "No...no i don't..." "Then thats settled, you're coming with me, honey." "Dren!" He grasped her wrist and noticed another bruise and decided to himself that Mark was a dead man when he got through with him.

Suddenly Zoey's bedroom door was smashed open, and Mark stood in the doorway, while Dren was holding onto Zoey. "YOU!" "Yeah, me shit for brains! I'm here to take Zoey away from you, now don't interfer!" "She's my girlfriend!" "Ha! Like she really wants to be yours anymore!" "Hm?" "What kind of guy are you!" "Dren..." "You don't desreve her! You're nothing, but a woman beater!" "Yeah, well at least I'm human! Hm? Ah...I knew you'd come back to me...ARGH!!" Zoey punched him a good on in he mouth the in the gut and lastly she sacked him in the groin. "Ow...that has got to hurt."

Mark said nothing, he couldn't he was just laying there sprawled on the floor, breathless. "That is for the countless time you've done that to me! As far as we go we are through!" "Z..." "No! You've made me shut up each time, but now you're going to hear this from me! You are the very same as Deep blue!" "Ouch! What an insult!" Dren said as he stood back to watch the show, ready to kill Mark if he even tried to touch Zoey.

"I'm what!" "You heard me! You are just like him! Violent and crule! When I first started liking you, you had a soft expression, but ever since Deep Blue's defeat, you've been so cold towards me! You hit me, smack me, even kick me, and up until now I kept telling myself that you were just ahving a bad day, but those bad days were everyday! There was not one day when you didn't strike me! There was not on single day that I didnt feel the pain of being used as a doormat and a punching bag, sometimes at the same time!" Zoey shouted. "Yo hace no idea how much I once loved you! You don't know!" Mark still said nothing. "I may have loved you once, but that was a long time ago, now you disgust me! You make me feel as though I was the one doing something wrong! Well you know what! You're not going to use me as a beating post ever again! also you are so lucky that I never once went mew on you fucking ASS!" Zoey turned to Dren, who had been surprised to hear such words coming form his kitty's mouth.

"Ready to fly?" "Mhm...like I should have done a long time ago.