As usual I woke up before Marko. I didn't want to wake him up thought, so I stayed still and watched him sleep. Despite his clothes and his friends, he had such a sweet face, and the biggest eyes. He was utterly perfect in my eyes. I could have laid there for hours but he started to wake up. "Hey lady." He said with I smile. "Hello sir." I said back. He smiled and kissed me on the lips. "Are you feeling better?" he asked. "Yeah." And I actually was feeling better. "You gonna come tonight, I would feel so much better if you did, cause when we go do what we have to do at least you'll be in a crowd you know?" I forgot all about this. "Yeah, I'll find something to do." There was only one thing that I could do, go see the frogs.

The boardwalk was cool tonight. I blocked out almost all of the sound, I was just taking in the brightness and excitement of the people around me. "Okay we'll be back real soon, just listen for us, okay?" I smiled. "Yeah, don't worry, I'll be listening." He kissed me and followed David and the others. I turned my attention on getting to the comic book store. It was as full as usual, which was empty. Edgar and Alan were standing behind the counter. "Hello boys." I said. "Bernie! Long tome so see, where've you been?" Alan said. Oh nowhere, you know, only the eyes of one vampire, and the arms of another, no big deal. "You know, around." I finally said. "Hey are you alright." Edgar asked. Man for someone who hates sharing emotions, I sure show them a lot. "Oh yeah, I'm fine, just some sucky family stuff at home." Alan looked at me funny. "Like what kind of family stuff?" What the hell was I supposed to say to that? I couldn't tell them that the family stuff was being beaten every time I walked in that house. "Oh, my foster parents have been fighting about money and stuff, there's never a quiet moment, so I haven't really been sleeping." Thank god he took that excuse because I didn't know what I would have said if they didn't believe that. "Oh yeah, tell me about it! Our parents used to do that." For I second I thought he meant beat them, but than I remembered my lie. "Used to?" I asked. "Yeah, when they opened this store, we started bringing in money. That shut them up!" I smiled. "So, what's new guys?" This conversation wasn't going anywhere. "Eh, Same old, same old." It really wasn't going anywhere. "This conversation is so bad." We all laughed at that and really we were laughing because it was so true, and then came that awkward silence. It was broken by the sounds of motor cycles. "Okay, ill see ya later guys." They said goodbye and I walked out of the Store.

I had heard the bikes but there was no one in site on the boardwalk. Where did they go? I decided to walk a little to see if I could find them. I passed by a gated alley way. Someone grabbed me violently and painfully by the arm and pulled me in. Oh my god, it was that leader! He covered my mouth as the tears began to fall. "Now listen to me," I tried to scream through his hand but the boardwalk was too loud, no one could hear me, "Your gonna come with me quietly, or I'll kill you, and then I'll find Marko, and ill kill him too." I felt absolutely powerless. I nodded in defeat. "Good." He led me out of the alley. Each person who passed me in the crowd could be my nameless savior if I could just cry for help. My tear stained cheeks weren't enough for a rescue. Before I knew it we had come up to a motorcycle, surely it was the one I had heard in the store. I looked back to the boardwalk and saw the boys pull up. "MARKO!" I yelled as loud as I could, I don't know if he heard me. The leader came quickly over and roughly threw his hand over my mouth. "Oh, no, why do you have to break the rules?" He held me up and punched my hard in the cheek. Shit, I was in for something bad. He pulled me behind him on his motorcycle and we drove away, leaving any hope of my rescue behind at the Technicolor boardwalk.

We were deep in the woods when we finally came to a stop. There was this old looking warehouse; it was pretty big for its condition. I was stubbornly silent as he grabbed me from my spot on the bike and pulled me inside. It was the stalest and most bitter smell I'd ever smelled. He brought me to the closest room to the exit, threw me in it, and locked the door from the outside. I had cried myself to sleep that night, but can you blame me, who wouldn't? I missed Marko, and I wanted nothing more than for him to come and save me right now, but that wasn't happening.

I was woken up by the loud opening of the door. I hadn't been asleep for a half hour by that time. "So, your boys want me out, huh?" He delivered a vicious kick to my ribs. I grunted. "I don't know why they couldn't just give us what we wanted. It would have been so much easier if they had just given us what we wanted." He delivered an identical kick to the same bruised spot on my stomach, and so I delivered the same grunt, only this time I unintentionally added tears. "Well, now we had to go take what we wanted, and you'll come out of this in worse shape because of them." He continued to beat me in that hidden warehouse. I received kicks to my stomach, and when I tried to stand up, I would be kicked down on my back. He would sit me up and smack and punch my face, and lunge his fist hard into my gut. I actually wanted to die. "Now I'll go first gentlemen, when I'm done you three can flip for turns, okay? Now shut the door, I'll need privacy." Shit. They obliged and shut the door, leaving us alone. I heard him unbutton his belt and jeans as he walked closer to my battered body. "Since the moment I saw you, i wanted you." He said calmly. "Did you want me to, baby." I don't think he expected me too speak but with all the energy I could muster, I spoke anyway, through tears. "No." I said as sternly as I could. All it got me was another blow to my tender ribs. "I'm gonna enjoy this." With that he turned me on my back and got on top of me. He kissed me roughly on the mouth and let his hands wonder my body. I was in complete constant pain. Though, through any emotional and bodily objections I fought. I fought against his mouth and his hands. "No." I said through my partially closed mouth. The tears were really falling as he got more and more rough with my frail body. I continued to fight thought it did no good, it just pissed him off. "Please, stop, please don't!" I would beg. That took every ounce of my dignity away. He would just laugh. He had pulled my pants down just enough to position himself. Than he did it. He took me with such horrific force. I cried as silently as I could. I was dying inside at every thrust. I felt bruises forming all over my body, and I had to do this three more times. As he came to his climax, he tore the midsection of my shirt. I felt his nails cut into me when he did this. He collapsed on top of me for a few minutes. I laid there in shock and pain. He got up and walked out without a word, just a wink.

As the second one walked in, he didn't waste any time. He just got on top of me and began to defile me further. This was how it went until the night was over. I sat up against the wall when I was left alone. I was so broken, in all aspects of the word. I must have sat there for hours before I fell asleep. I had dreamt of New York, being in my house in Kew gardens off Hillside Avenue. I was watching The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour with my dad. God I loved that show. My tranquility was ripped away at the opening of the door the next day, well night. "Your little fucking boyfriend thinks I had something to do with your disappearance. Ha, if he only knew what I have done, and will do." He walked over and stood over my defeated body. "He said that they would stop at nothing to find you, and then he punched me, Bernadette, now I have to punish you for that." He kicked me in my already battered stomach, and then he again got on top of me and whispered in my ear, "Just imagine that I'm Marko." He said. That made me sick. And with that, he repeated the acts from the previous night. Then he left.

Just as expected another walked in. But it was about an hour later, things were quiet outside, I had thought they all left. He came over and knelt before me. I couldn't see his face but I flinched at his gentile touch to my check, anticipating the hit. It never came. Instead I felt the tears, of someone very hurt, on my hand. "Oh, Bernie." Oh my God. "Marko." I said through my sudden sobs. I had vicious almost screaming sobs and he carefully pulled me into him. He kissed the top of my head, "I'm getting you out of here." He scooped me up and I just cried into his chest. When we reached the door we were suddenly stopped. "You really shouldn't have done that." Said the head vampire as he shut and locked the steel door yet again. "No." I said in terrible fear. Marko backed up to the wall and slid down it so I ended up on his lap. My face never left his chest as we both sat there in defeat.

Marko spoke when his eyes finally adjusted to the darkness and he was able to survey the damage, my damage. "Oh my god Bernie, what did they do to you?" I looked away from him and started to cry. "Everything." I said. They completely destroyed me. "I…I'm so sorry." He said as he again kissed the top of my head and wrapped his arms as tightly around me as he could without hurting me. I was afraid, but I wasn't settled by the fact that he was, too. "I will get you out of here. I promise." He set me down next to him and rose to find a way out. I really, really hope he finds one!

It was about 20 minutes later that he found the loose door hinge. I watched in complete amazement as he ripped the metal door off with his bare hands. He backed up towards me watching the door he had just ripped off. "Come on Bern." He bent down and lifted me bridal style, it hurt a little. I buried my face in his chest as he took me out of that room. When we got outside I had a thought. "Marko, how are we gonna get out of here?" He kept moving. "I hid my bike over here. I know you're in pain but you still have to ride behind me, Hold on okay?" I was scared. "Okay." When we finally came to the bike, he carefully lowered me to my feet. I leant on the bike for support. "You okay?" I nodded. After he got on he put his hand out to help me get on. Slowly but surly I was able to get on the bike. I wrapped my arms around him tightly and he began to drive away.

I sighed in relief as we pulled up to the cave. I began to sob horrifically knowing that I had to face everyone after what had happened to me. This sucked. "It's gonna be okay." He said. He picked me up off the bike and held me close as we entered the quiet empty cave. He led me to a familiar place, the bed. As we laid down he held me tight, as if he was afraid that I would leave. It only took me five minutes to fall asleep.

I woke up to Marko yelling in the main part of the cave. "They can't be serious!" I heard him yell. Whose they wand why can't they be serious! "Marko calm down." David said. "We can't tell them no, and we don't even know what they did to her." There was silence. "I don't want to ask her, she shouldn't have to explain." There was more momentary silence. "We have no choice Marko, we have to ask." Oh come on! "I know." Marko said quietly. I guess that was my cue. I got up and walked into the room. "I guess I'm gonna have to explain." They looked up to me. I'd never in my life seen a group of bikers, never mind vampires, look sympathetic. "Yeah." David said. "Okay." I said. Marko came over to me and brought me to a seat. "Well I was listening for the bikes, and I heard bikes, but they were the wrong ones. I walked all around the boardwalk when that leader pulled my into an alley. I tried to scream I really did." I started to cry so Marko squeezed my hand. "It's okay Bernie." David said. "Keep going." I did. "He told me that I had to go with him quietly or he would kill me, then you. I went with him. We came to a warehouse and he locked me in one of the rooms. Then he came in and beat me and…" Marko squeezed again. "He raped me. The four of them took turns." I finally got it all out with no emotion. Marko quickly stood and turned away. "I'm sorry." I said through tears, basically begging Marko not to turn away. He quickly came back to me. "No Bernie, I'm sorry, I'll always be here, I promise." Paul and Dwayne just looked shocked. "Damn it." David said. "Who can't be serious?" I asked. Marko looked at David and then back to me. "They want to come here, because of me." My breath was yanked away. "Why?" I asked. "Because I broke in to their place, they want more negotiations." I wanted to die. "They want me." I said. "Well they can't have you." David snapped. That brought me some comfort. "Don't worry Bernadette. They came on our turf and they kidnapped you. Marko only went in to get you out. They can't get anything, especially you." I felt so much better. The only thing that was really bothering me now, was the fact that I had to see them. "Well when do they want to come?" I asked. I just wanted to know so badly. "They want to come tonight." Crap. That really sucked. I nodded. "Are you scared?" Marko asked me. "A little." I answered. He hugged me tightly and led me back to the bed. "Do you want to rest a while?" I nodded. We laid on the bed.

"Marko, I can never thank you enough for getting me out of there." He put his chin on the top of my head. "I didn't get there soon enough." He said. "Marko, getting there any time would be in time." I felt him smile. "I'm just really nervous about seeing them again." I was scared and I couldn't hide it. "I know. But all of us will be there with you this time, nothing can happen." I was starting to doubt that after what had happened. But I could do nothing but trust the four men around me that really cared. I turned to face Marko. He just smiled at me and I buried my head in his chest. He smelled so good, I really missed that smell. "You know, for a while there, I didn't think I would ever do this with you again." I felt him squeeze me gently. "You can never know how truly grateful I am to be here." I added. "Yes I do." He said. I smiled, and so did he. "I love you." He said. My smile just got bigger. "I love you too, Marko." I said. Wow was I tired. He kissed my head and I was drifting off to sleep. He rubbed little circles on my back and I was asleep within minutes.

The skies were black, and so were the eyes of my attacker. His smiles echoed through me viciously. I couldn't rub off the felling of his hands all over me. The pain was unbearable. I screamed but all the people around me couldn't hear me. He pinned me down and that's when I woke up. Marko was standing over me trying to calm me. I cried and he immediately pulled me into him. He held me tightly on our spot on the bed. I didn't want to sleep anymore but the darkness eventually consumed me. I didn't dream anymore that night.

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