Kory tried desperately to fight against his hold, but that was easier said than done. He had his full weight holding her down as he kissed her. Kory gasped when he pushed her closer to the wall giving the man time to slip his tongue into her mouth. She tried to make another attempt of getting out of his grasp, but it ended looking like Kory wanted more when she pushed closer against him. The guy smirked against her lips and brought his hands to her upper back, looking for the end of the towel so he could pull it off.

"Xavier, I think she wants to be let go," Slade said from the doorway and he pulled away from Kory, not looking very pleased.

"Xavier? This man's name is Xavier?" Kory thought, looking up at the man holding her against the wall. Panic began to hit her body in tremors and soon she was shaking beneath him, but Xavier didn't seem to notice. That, or he just didn't care.

"This is the reason I'm here. This man holding me against the wall is the one that brought me to Slade! 'You were practically giving yourself to me by having that rich daddy of yours. I was just there for the money, but then Xavier was kind enough to bring me you.'," Kory thought, remembering what Slade had told her a while back.

"Just when I was beginning to enjoy myself, you had to come along," he said, still not letting Kory leave the wall. She wanted to do something, anything that would get Xavier off her, but right now Kory just felt so weak and hopeless.

"You have enough money to enjoy yourself," Slade said.

"Not nearly as fun," Xavier said, looking back at Kory's frightened face.

"Well I don't think being raped on her birthday was on Kory's to do list," Slade said and Xavier looked back at Kory.

"If I had known it was her birthday I would have gotten right to the chase," he said.

"Slave, what were you doing taking a shower anyway? Did I say you could take one?" Slade asked. Kory tried to get herself somewhat together before speaking.

"I am sorry Master, I just thought that since-"

"Exactly, you thought. I don't know how many times I have to tell you this, you don't have the freedom to think. Now, you must return to your room unless you'd rather stay up here with Xavier," Slade said and Kory looked back at the man holding her against the wall.

"Let me get dressed," Kory said before Xavier let her go.

"Thanks a lot Slade," he growled before leaving the bathroom.

"Hurry up," Slade said before leaving and closing the bathroom door. Kory quickly dried herself off before pulling back on her clothes. She then ran her fingers through her hair to make up for not having a brush.

"So much for a day of freedom," Kory thought before opening the door to find both Slade and Xavier gone.

"Hello?" Kory yelled through the halls. Her voice echoed off the walls and received no reply.

"Which way did I come from?" she asked herself, looking down the halls.

"Shit, Slade is gonna kill me if I get lost!" Kory exclaimed before deciding to go down the hall with no light at the end. (If you remember, she came from a hall with no lights) When Kory reached the end of the hall there was no rushing water, but instead the distant sound of talking. Her heart racing, Kory began to quicken her pace towards the noises. She reached a small room that had a T.V in it and a couch.

"Nobody but, you, Slade, and I are in this place," a voice said from a dark corner and Kory knew she was in trouble. She quickly turned around and began to start running down the hall she had come from while the sound of bare feet chasing after her filled her heart with fear.

"Why must you always run?!" Xavier's voice yelled and Kory began to run faster.

"Leave me alone!" she yelled back before turning a corner. The next time she went to turn, Kory slipped on the ground because her feet were still sort of wet. She crashed to the ground and hit the wall. Grunting in pain, Kory grabbed the back of her head.

"You see what happens when you run?" Xavier asked, looking down at her.

"It's better than just giving up," Kory made out, wincing in pain as she tried to move.

"No, because now you're be in pain," he said, smirking as she struggled.

"I would have been in pain if I gave up too," Kory spat and Xavier squatted down to her eye level.

"Don't mistake pain for pleasure," he said, smirking while looking her body over.

"The only thing you could ever cause me is pain. You are after all the one that brought me here," Kory spat before trying to sit up against the wall. She put her hand to the back of her head once again to find blood on it when she pulled it back.

"So you remember that, do you? Well then you should be thanking me for not killing you," Xavier said smugly.

"Yeah, I should thank you for taking me here so that I could become some whore for a mad man!" Kory yelled.

"Now you're admitting you're a whore?" Xavier asked. Kory screamed out in frustration before lunging forward and landing a punch right into Xavier's…hand.

"Did you honestly think I'd just let you hit me?" he asked before turning Kory's arm so that she was now forced to have her back against his hard chest.

"See where acting off your emotions can get you?" Xavier asked, his breath hot against her neck.

"You act off of your lust all the time," Kory countered.

"True, but that gets me so much further than acting off anger has gotten you," he said.

"All I want to do is get back to my cell," Kory said, trying to get free from his grip. Eventually Xavier let her go and they both stood up.

"Have fun finding that," he said.

"That's all?" Kory asked, turning to face him since she had had her back to him before.

"I could do a lot more if you want," Xavier offered.

"No," Kory said before beginning to walk away, but keeping her eyes on him.

"By the way, happy birthday," Xavier said before disappearing from sight.

"Damnit! I'm lost again!" Kory cried not even ten minutes later, looking around the empty halls.

"Since he went that way, I'll just go this way," she thought before going in the opposite direction Xavier went. Soon enough, Kory met a dead end forcing her to turn around and go the opposite direction.

"Great, now I'm walking towards him," she thought, looking around the halls and trying to be quiet so Xavier wouldn't hear her.

"This must be my lucky day," Xavier said while he was leaning up against the wall.

"Seems like you've been waiting for me," Kory said, walking past him.

"I knew it was a dead end if that's what you mean," Xavier said and as Kory walked past him, Xavier grabbed her arm and spun them around so he was now pinning her to the wall.

"Let me go," Kory said, struggling against his hold.

"I let you go last time," he said.

"Is this some kind of pattern or something? You take me hostage, then let me go, then take me hostage again?" Kory asked, glaring into his golden eyes.

"If you wanted to, I guess you could call it that. This will become a pattern soon too," Xavier said before kissing her once again. Kory's first response was to try and push him away, and when they didn't work, she could only wait for him to stop. When he didn't show any signs of stopping soon, Kory turned her face away from him, ending the kiss.

"You're hard to please, aren't you?" Xavier asked and Kory turned her head so their faces were only inches apart again.

"Let me go," she growled and Xavier smirked.

"We both know I would never do that," he said.

"Let me go!" Kory yelled.

"Why on earth would I do a thing like that?" Xavier asked.

"Because I told you to! Now let me go!" Kory yelled and she began to thrash around. While her arms struggled against Xavier's hold, one of them managed to get free and Kory punched him in the nose.

"Son of a bitch!" Xavier yelled, backing away and holding his nose. Kory didn't waste another second and began taking off down the hall and away from Xavier. While she ran, Kory was able to hear his racing footsteps, but she didn't speed up in fear of slipping again.

"Stairs!" Kory cried as she began to run down stairs, hoping they were the ones leading to her cell. Soon the stairs ended, but another flight came right after, and Kory began to run down those too. Soon she was in a hallway that had a door to the right and a door to the left, but it was followed by other doors in the same pattern.

"Which one?" Kory asked, looking nervously behind her to find Xavier nearing the second flight of stairs. Sweat began to trickle down the side of her head, and Kory began running once again. She reached the end of the hall, but there was a door. Luckily the door was unlocked so Kory threw it open and began to run though another hallway.

Kory was soon running up a flight of stairs and when she reached the top, she heard Xavier throw open the door from the bottom. Kory started running once again, turning left, or right in different hallways hoping Xavier would lose her trail, but he didn't. Kory looked behind her to find Xavier getting closer to her. Hoping she wouldn't fall again, Kory began to speed up again, leaving Xavier behind.

"You can run Kory, but you can't hide," Xavier said, his voice echoing in the hallway. Kory ignored his comment and continued to run, not daring to look back in fear he would be right behind her. Kory soon came to another room and when she closed the door, she locked it. Xavier's pounding fists rattled the ground as Kory looked around for a way out. It looked as though she was in someone's room because there was a large bed, two dressers, and another door.

Kory ran over to the other door and threw it open, but just as she did, Xavier kicked down the other door and began running into the room. Kory ran into the other room and had to squint so she could see. She had stopped running and when her eyes adjusted, Kory gasped to see a large window letting in massive amounts of light.

Just as she was about to run to it, Xavier tackled her to the ground and Kory broke down into tears. She didn't start crying because of the impact, but because she knew that she was a few feet away from freedom but she wasn't fast enough. Her sobbing became harder as Xavier lifted her up and dragged her over to the window. Kory looked out the window and saw the faint outline of city buildings.

She had been so close to being free, but she wasn't fast enough.

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Oh my god! I feel so bad for Kory! Can you imagine that? Being so close, but not being able to make it because you were too slow or you tripped.

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Kattie