Elektra woke up with an awful headache in a neighbourhood she was not familiar with. Where was she? What happened? She was on the ground in some alley, feeling very weird. She rubbed her eyes and felt something sticky on her face. She looked at her hand. Blood?! Did she fall or anything? She looked around some more and noticed there was something wrong with her body. She looked down and started crying of horror. Her trousers and panties were on her ankles and she had bruises all over her naked lower body. There was blood on her t-shirt. Elektra cried louder and louder. She couldn't care less what passers-by would think of her. She didn't know what happened to her. But she knew it was that Anthony. He had done this to her. She looked to her trousers on her ankles for a few more seconds and her crying became only more hysterical. He couldn't have...
It took her very long to get up and pull her trousers up again. She looked at her clothes. Her trousers were ripped and dirty and her bloody shirt looked even worse. She didn't even want to know what her face looked like. She didn't remember where she came from, so she didn't even look for her lost shoe. She just wanted to find the homeless shelter. Going home wasn't definitely no option anymore. She was completely lost. Even if she wanted to go home there was no way she could. She had no choice. She had to go walking again. She walked and walked and walked... What was her life like? Was running away really worth it? She wasn't so sure anymore. She was completely exhausted. Physically, emotionally... There was not so much left of her. She walked and walked and walked... She didn't even notice what was happening around her. She didn't even notice what has happening inside her head. All she did was walking.
"What's wrong Miss?" Elektra heard all of a sudden.
She looked around. It was a man in his early twenties. Elektra was so scared. She ran away.
"Wait!" The man said, and he ran after her.
Elektra wanted to get away as fast as she could. She didn't want to go through all that again. Last night had been a nightmare. Elektra lost her other shoe, but she didn't care. She had to run and this time she wouldn't look back. But she didn't look down either and fell over some woman's bag.
The man crouched down next to Elektra and put his arm around her. Elektra tried to escape again.
"Easy girl, easy... I mean no harm. I want to help you." He said.
Elektra started crying again and shouted: "DON'T FUCKING TOUCH ME!"
"I'm sorry. I don't want to hurt you or anything. I want to take you home. Where do you live?"
"P-p-primrose... Primrose Hill." Elektra stammered.
"Come on, I'll take you there."
"NO!"
"Are you sure? I can give you some money to take the bus home too if that's what you want."
Elektra shrugged.
"What do you want? All I want to do is help you."
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" Elektra shouted.
She didn't trust him. He was just like Anthony. He too acted nice until they were alone.
"Oh... Very well then. Good luck." The man said, and he walked away.
Elektra stood up and realised she could have gotten home. Even though her parents would be angry at her for leaving and for looking bad, and even though they'd probably go on and on about her coming out and how they didn't like her sexual preference. She couldn't wait to lay down on her own bed. The homeless shelter was probably not bad either, but she could always go there if it didn't work out at home, couldn't she?
"Wait!" She tried to catch up with the man who had just walked away.
"Can you please give me that lift? I'm sorry I..."
Elektra started crying again.
"It's okay," the man said. "Don't worry. I'll take you home."
They awkwardly sat together in his car as he brought Elektra home.
"What's your name?" He asked her.
"Elektra." Elektra replied, while looking at herself and her awful looking face in the mirror.
"Nice to meet you Elektra, I'm Jon Nicholson. I work for Social Services. So if there's anything bothering you or something. I can help you." He said.
Elektra didn't reply. She couldn't believe how bad she looked. She had a black eye and dry blood on one side of her face. She wanted to take a bath so badly.
When they arrived in Elektra's street she already felt sorry for deciding to go back home.
"Never mind, I don't want to go back." Elektra said when Jon got out of the car.
Jon opened Elektra's door and asked: "Why not?"
"My parents... They... Oh never mind."
Elektra got out of the car and walked to the door. She hesitated for a moment but eventually rang the door bell. Her mother opened the door.
"Mandy! You look dreadful! Go to your room right now and get yourself cleaned up!" She said.
"Mum, I was gone for..."
"I don't care why. Have you seen yourself?! Upstairs, now!"
