Chapter 7 – Escape

"You're a sick bastard," Maya mumbled under her breath as she came to. Overhearing the tail end of the conversation.

"Sleeping beauty is awake," Brad grinned standing up and walking toward her.

Maya sat up as best as she could and leaned up against the opposite wall where Bailey resided. She looked the girl over for a minute making sure she was still intact before she returned her attention back to the man kneeling in front of her.

Brad was studying her face almost as if he was trying to memorize it. As his eyes took in the damage he'd done she could almost swear she saw a twinge of regret in his eyes. There was a split second when she allowed herself to feel bad for him. But when he licked his lips that moment was gone and she mustered up all the courage she could and eyed him with hatred and contempt.

To her surprise he laughed and she hated him for it. When he finally stopped he reached out to touch her, to which she responded with an attempt to bite him. Unfortunately for her he had the reflexes of a cat.

"I've missed you Maya, always so full of fire."

"Go to hell."

"I don't understand why you hate me so much."

"Should I make a list?"

"Love that sense of humor," Brad grinned. "You have a lot of passion in you. I'd love to explore that side of you one day."

Maya simply continued to glare and made no comment.

Brad on the other hand looked over toward Bailey before returning his attention to the dark haired girl. "You know you could learn a thing or two from Bailey here," The man stood up and walked over sitting down beside the golden haired girl.

"And what is that?"

Bailey cringed when Brad ran the back of his hand down her right cheek. When Bailey turned her face away he roughly grabbed her chin and forced her to look at him. "For one she knows who's in charge." As if clarifying this he slowly slid his tongue from the ridge of her jaw to the top of her cheek, and then covered her mouth with his, effectively smothering her protests.

When he was finished he smiled in triumphant and looked over to Maya who had a disgusted look on her face. Anger swelled up inside him and he rushed over grabbing her by her shoulders as he pinned her hard against the wall. But before he could do any real damage they heard a loud explosion nearby. Brad dropped her back on to the floor with a thud and locked them in before rushing out to investigate.

Brad looked on with fascination at the commotion. He wondered where they were schooled in the art of warfare. Didn't they realize you never let an enemy know your coming. He would have laughed out loud if he wasn't currently hiding. They thought they had it all figured out. It didn't take him long to realize, they didn't know how wrong they were.

Brad watched them for a little longer before he became bored with the sheer stupidity of it all and quietly made his way back toward his hole in the wall. He thought back to the day he'd found his sanctuary, for the hell hole that it was, it was still secure and finding it would be a tedious undertaking on the best of days. Fact is that he had gotten lost a time or two when he'd first occupied it. But now the route was cemented in his mind and he grinned as he continued his walk back.

"Bailey are you alright?" Maya asked her friend while trying to slide closer to her.

"I guess, are you?" she asked.

"I guess, sick fuck."

"I don't think I've ever heard you curse," Bailey stated honestly surprised.

"Well you better get used to it, because Brad just has that effect on me."

"What are we going to do?"

Maya thought for a minute, "I think I have an idea. Can you turn so that we're sitting back to back?"

"I think so why?"

"Because I think I can untie your hands," Bailey did as Maya suggested.

After a few tries the other girl was able to succeed in releasing Bailey's hands from their constraints. In turn Bailey untied Maya's feet but before she could untie her hands Brad rushed in. His anger peeked when he saw Bailey standing and Maya's feet unbound. Bailey pushed the man forward with all her might but he recovered quickly and Bailey hadn't taken a step before he grabbed her around the waist. Instinct set in and she began kicking and screaming.

Maya seeing an opportunity slid her foot far enough so that she could trip Brad's legs out from under him. The man went down with a loud thud taking Bailey with him. It gave Bailey just enough time to release his hold on her and help Maya into a standing position. They made an attempt for the open door when Brad suddenly grabbed Maya by the foot and she went down on to the ground once more.

"Bailey run, go, get help!" Maya screamed but instead Bailey ran up to Brad and kicked him in the face.

Brad covered his face with his hands and with Bailey's help the girls made it out of there slamming the door behind them. Unfortunately with Brad still holding the key they couldn't lock him in so their best chance was to keep going.

Maya paused in shock at the pictures of her plastered on the wall. Her terror suddenly erupted mega fold as she realized just how sick Brad had become. Next to her picture she saw the knife sticking out of Zack's forehead. In that moment she knew nothing she could do would ever stop him from tormenting her and the one's she loved.

"Maya we have to go now!"

"He's never going to stop," Maya whispered as a single tear slid down her cheek before she wiped it away with the back of her hand.

"Maya come on," Bailey tried to pull her friend toward her.

"Untie my hands."

Bailey looked over toward the door and then to Maya before reluctantly taking the time to do what was asked of her.

"Let's go."

"No."

"What?"

"No, you go. Try and get help down here as fast as you can."

"I can't leave you here, he's crazy," Bailey jumped when she heard a noise coming from inside the other room.

Maya pushed the other girl out and slammed the outer door shut behind her. She could hear Bailey's shouts and a loud banging on the door for a few more minutes before thankfully it finally subsided. Maya hoped that meant that her friend was doing as she'd asked and that her rescuers would find her soon. Sitting down on a nearby crate Brad apparently used as a chair, she waited. When Brad finally walked into the room a bit dazed he was surprised to see Maya sitting there waiting for him.

"What the hell."

"Brad, this ends now!"

Bailey made her way through the twisted sheets of metal and thick large pipes that encircled the different cat walks, as she tried her best to maneuver her way up to a place in the ship that looked familiar. In the back of her mind she felt like a coward. She'd left her friend in there with a mad man. Part of her knew that the best thing she could do now was to get help, but another part told her that Maya would never survive one on one with that monster.

Bailey had to make a choice.

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