Soothe the Pain
The dim lights flooded the streets as a young girl walked through the dank alleys, she pulled her ratty cloak around her, in a vain attempt to stay warm, but with the chill of the night there was little chance anyone on the street at this time could be warm. She sighed mournfully as she looked at the massive billboards pasted on the side of the building, a woman with beautiful blonde hair and her warm family all sitting in the park on a sunny day. Turning away she ran, the tears stinging her eyes as she felt the anguish bubble up, why couldn't her life be like that? Why had god been so cruel?
She kept running and running, the tears in her eyes continued, the pent up pain and anguish breaking out over something so simple. Realizing she had no clue where she was she stopped and leant against the wall, waiting for her breath to return to normal. Cars sounded off in the distance as she began wandering; attempting to recover what little sanity she had left. The crunching of car tires behind her alerted her as she spun around to see what was going on.
A black SUV pulled up beside her and stopped, a man unwound his window, his face hidden by a baseball cap.
"How much?" he asked, his voice scratchy, and his teeth yellow.
Rinoa frowned, this wasn't going to get her anywhere, but she needed the money and tonight this would be the only thing she could do.
Putting on a sexy face, she leant against the car, revealing the cleavage through her torn shirt.
"Depends on how long you last sugar" she told him enticingly, tracing a finger along his jaw line. He sneered at her and slapped her, she glared at him as he produced a wad of cash.
"Three hundred dollars, take it or leave it" he spoke roughly a no nonsense voice that scared her a little, she nodded, still holding her glare.
He laughed a little, "you got spunk, I like that, but you'll have had enough of that by tonight" he told her, his voice laced with humor and lust. The door opened and Rinoa climbed in unsteadily, he grasped her arm and yanked her in, she yelped slightly but refused to show any sign that it hurt; any weakness and guys like this could kill you.
The man ripped of her top and straddled her waist, she struggled against his grip but couldn't escape, she swore violently as he slapped her again, this time harder. With her top gone he began to roam her bare chest with his hands, grasping and groping her breasts. Against her will she moaned as he began to run his hands down her body and to her lower regions, running his tongue across her neck.
In the back of the car Rinoa saw a car jack, this was her chance! Shifting her body, so not as to interrupt his exploration of her body, she reached out and grasped it firmly in her hands. Bringing the jack down on the mans head, he slumped down, his body draped over hers.
Grunting with the effort, she managed to push the mans body off herself, reaching into the pockets of his discarded pants, she pulled out his wallet. Her eyes widened, in the wallet was nearly a thousand dollars, with this she could get out of this city and find a new place to live. Quickly grabbing his top and replacing hers she exited the car and ran back down the road, back to the billboard.
She gazed at the faded letters :Sunny Balamb, beautiful beach, people and land. This was it, she was going to Balamb, that's where she would start her new life.