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Warning: This chapter has a lot of 'mature' stuff in it. So if you can'thandle sexual contact of any kind and bad words, then please don't read this.

Chapter 13

"Jess?" I heard someone say. I wonder who that is. Sounds like a kind person. Maybe I should open my eyes to find out. I want to but my eyelids feel so heavy its almost unbelievable. I guess I should give some reply that I am awake - partially.

"Hmm?" I mumbled. My response echoed through the room. Gee, I wonder where I am. Can't be somewhere to good, since its pretty chilly here. Or maybe I'm just in a freezing cabin in Alaska. Yeah, I'll stick with that.

"Jess? Are you okay?" I heard the same person ask. They seemed like a kind, concerned, and caring person. I also knew that they were definitely not a woman. I really wanted to open my eyes to see who this was, but I didn't have the willpower or strength.

I didn't answer. I mean, I wanted to but what was I gonna say to them? I was in a bit of pain, but I felt okay too.

However, I guess my lack of answer worried the guy. "Jess? Can you hear me?" he asked with worry clearly laced in his kind voice.

"Yeah," I managed to croak out. I hadn't realized that my throat was that dry - or sore.

"Jess? Do you – do you know who I am?" he asked. He seemed nervous, anxious, and very hurt. What did I do? I was trying as hard as I could to answer his questions, even though they were one-word or one-noise answers.

"I dunno," I answered. His voice did sound a little familiar now that I think about it.

"Jess! Wake up!" he yelled. That startled me a bit. Actually, it startled me a lot. It startled me enough to open my eyes and fully wake up. Before I was in a sort of trance or something and kinda out of it.

As I looked around the room I was in, I noticed it was dark - and cold - and completely disgusting. Then I looked at the guy in front of me.

"Rob?" I heard myself ask. It was him. He was here with me. God dammit, why didn't I recognize his voice before? And where the hell were we?

"Jess?" he said with more belief in his voice and something I couldn't quite place in his eyes. He looked at me very intently and then hugged me very tightly. "Don't you ever do that to me again," he whispered in my hair.

I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes. I was gonna cry again. Again.

That was when all the memories came flooding back. Oh god! KIA! I pulled away from Rob and stood up.

"Jess, what are you doing?" he asked. I could tell he was confused, just by the way he said it.

"We need to get out of here, Rob," I stated. I was trying to remain calm, cool, and collected, even though what I felt inside was completely the opposite.

"You don't think I've tried, Jess?" he asked. He looked at me with his lovely fog-colored eyes and came over to me.

"We can keep trying!" I yelled. I was crying now. All the tears that had welled up in my eyes a moment ago spilled. I went over to the door and kicked it and punched it and even threw myself against it, but it was solid steel and wasn't going to budge anytime soon.

"Jess, I've tried everything I can think of. We're just gonna have to wait," he said sorrowfully. I just let myself fall to the ground. Before I hit the ground, Rob caught me and brought me back over to the bed we were on before. Why they had a bed in here, I'll never know.

"Wait for w-what?" I finally replied.

He looked into my eyes and answered, "For Krantz to come and find us...or someone else," he said the last part almost so it was inaudible. I heard it though, and it was the way he said it that made me realize, 'Oh god, Jimmy.'

I looked into Rob's calming eyes to find that they weren't so calm at the moment. What was wrong? This guy is usually so brave and calm and everything I am not. Why does he have to do this now? Knowing that he is scared makes everything all the more frightening.

"Jess, its okay," he said softly. He was rubbing my back and had an arm wrapped around my stomach, "we're gonna get out of this together, baby."

Boy did I want to believe him, too. He sounded so sure of himself and everything, but I knew the reality of our situation. Getting out alive and well was pretty unlikely, considering we had a serial killer in our vicinity.

"How do you know?" I asked him. I didn't really want to contradict him, but I had to know why he was so sure of this.

He looked me in the eye. I saw hope in his eyes. Hope for us, I guess.

"I just know, baby, okay? I know we'll get out of this alright and we will have Kia with us too," he answered.

And oh god did I want to believe him too. But there's that little thing called denial. Yeah, that's what I was in.

"Jess, just trust me on this, okay?" he asked.

Trust Rob? I knew I could trust him on anything. So I guess I should trust him on this. Besides, it not like I've got anything to lose. So, I nodded.

"Good," he said, "now we just have to wait, Jess. And if you know who comes before Krantz, then we'll just have to think up a plan."

"Okay," I said meekly. I was scared. Rob was here, but still that didn't take the fear of the situation away. I wasn't really afraid for myself. I was afraid for Kia and what they could be doing to her. My little baby is suffering because of me.

Scared as I was, I knew I had to be brave. So I smiled - what I hoped was - a courageous smile. I guess it looked good enough like one, because Rob embraced me and gave me one of the most heartfelt hugs ever. God, it was great to be with him again, even if we were in a disgusting place in the middle of nowhere.

We discussed our plans in hushed tones just in case someone was listening in. It wasn't a great plan, and Rob didn't really like it, but it was all we had. I was to be used as bait.

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About an hour later, we heard the steel door creak open and someone stepped in. I knew who it was before I even saw their face. Their presence was disturbing enough.

Jimmy was here. He was going to try and do something horrible to me - and Rob.

He stepped into the light - it wasn't artificial, it was the moonlight coming through the very tiny window with bars on it. He looked the same as before, but with a more smug look about him. I could see he changed his clothes. He was wearing a pair of jeans and a red-and-white striped shirt.

Something shiny was clipped about his jeans. I squinted to look at it. I recognized it as a knife. I gulped. Oh, my god.

I think Rob noticed it too, because he whispered in my ear, "It'll be alright, I won't let anything happen to you," and he squeezed my hand. I tried to let those words encourage me, but it only served to make me more anxious and nervous. Not because I didn't trust him, but because I knew what this guy was going to do to me if our plan didn't work.

"Get up!" Jimmy growled. God, cranky much?

I got up and slowly walked towards him. I didn't dare look back at Rob. If I did, I knew I'd do something I would've regretted. So, I went towards Jimmy, who was already walking out the door. I followed him out.

As soon as we were about ten feet from the cabin - I guess - that we were in, Jimmy said, "I know what you're up to, and you're not gonna get away with it."

I looked at him. Be brave Jess, be brave, just like the Brave Little Toaster. If he can do it, so can you.

I stood my ground and gazed at him. He was tensed up in anger.

"What ever do you mean?" I asked innocently.

"You know damn well what I mean!" he yelled at me. I heard rustling in the bushes nearby and an owl hoot. Run while you can little animals, before he gets you. At least you can, if I do, he'll stab me.

"Um..." I said. Very intelligent, I know.

"Just shut up and do as I say," he said. We were approaching another cabin that was a ways away.

"Okay," I mumbled. I knew it was better to just obey him than to fight.

We were now in the cabin and he was leading me into a small room. It had a few dim lights in it and another guy was there.

"Now, I'm going to show you a few pictures, Lighting Girl, and you better tell me where they are. Or else," he said. I didn't have to ask what the 'or else' was. I already knew.

He thrusted a few pictures at me. Two were of middle-aged men and the other was a very young girl. "Who are they?" I heard myself ask.

"It doesn't matter! Just fucking find them!"

Okay.

I tried to come up with something. Nothing came.

"Do you have anything of these people? Like an article of clothing or something?" I asked. If I wasgonna find these people, then I needed to do it right.

"What do I look like? A thrift shop? Just find them!" he yelled.

"Alright, I'll try," I said. I tried again, but nothing came.

I looked at him and said, "I'm sorry, nothing's coming."

"Bullshit! You're not trying hard enough!"

"I am trying! You can't expect me to do it in a mere five minutes! It takes TIME!" I yelled back. However, this only served to make him more angry.

"Fine," he said through gritted teeth, "we'll take a different approach.

That didn't sound good...

"Take off your clothes," he commanded.

"Excuse me?"

"I said, TAKE OFF YOUR CLOTHES!" he yelled again.

I didn't want to, but what choice did I have?

I began undressing. I folded my clothes very slowly, trying to buy some time. When I got down to my bra and underwear, I estimated that I'd been here for a half hour. Rob must realize something is up by now.

"Take off ALL of your clothes," he said.

"Why?" I asked.

"Don't ask questions. Just DO IT!"

"Okay," I replied. I began unclipping my bra. I turned around, so no one could see. Then I took my underwear off. I was bare naked in the middle of a room in a cabin and the middle of nowhere. Oh, and did I mention it was freezing? Yeah, it was beyond freezing. I was getting goosebumps EVERYWHERE. Hint hint. You know, this wasn't very nice. Assholes.

"Turn around," he said.

I didn't.

"NOW!" he commanded.

I did. I covered up my breasts and crossed my legs.

"Let me take a good look at you."

I didn't move my arms or my legs. So, he came over and did it for me. I tried to struggle, but then I remembered my life and Kia's life were at stake.

He came very close to me ad started touching me in places that weren't very appropriate. I tried pushing him away but he kept flashing his knife at me. That was when I froze and let him touch me. Not that I enjoyed it. I knew what he was going to do. He was going to rape me. And I couldn't do a thing about it, unless Rob came in time.

"You know," he said, "you are a really beautiful girl. It's too bad you're gonna go to waste."

Come on Rob, hurry up.

Then, he wrapped his hands around my waste and pulled me into him. He started kissing me. I immediately pulled away. Ack!

"Do ths with me. If you don't I just have to press this little button," he said pointing at the remote next to us, "and your daughter will be killed."

I quivered in fear - inside - but outside I obeyed. He kissed me and I had no choice but to kiss back. He started stroking my breasts and putting his hands all over my butt. It was very unnerving, but it was either this or Kia would die.

All of a sudden, he pushed me onto an old, disgusting couch that I hadn't even known was there and he started unzipping his pants. His pants were off and then he whipped it out. Yeah, just whipped out his nasty dick and came near me with it.

He was on top of me now and about to stick that thing in me.

Then the door burst open.

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