Chapter Seven: Rescue
When Jack and Evy got in the car and left her house, Evy started asking questions. "Jack, what the hell do you think you're doing!"
"I've never known you to curse, Evelyn. Shame on you. That damned husband of yours must be a very bad influence on you. It's a good thing I got you away from him."
"He's not a bad influence, Jack, you are!" Evy shouted.
"Look, Evy, do you really wanna make this hard for you?" he asked as he pulled his gun out again, just holding it in his lap. She didn't reply, instead she just stared out her window. Jack then put the gun away.
Back to Rick
When Rick got to the zoo, he went straight to the where the lions were. He knew that Alex was fascinated with them and that's where they would probably be. Strangely, the place was almost empty. Rick figured that it would be packed on a Saturday and all. 'Oh well,' he thought, 'that's just the easier it will be for me to find Jonathan.' When he entered the lion area, he saw the three standing just where he had predicted. "Jonathan!" he shouted across the place. "Jonathan!"
"Rick, what are you doing here?" Jonathan asked, confused.
By now Rick was right next to Jonathan. Rick felt safe to talk to Jonathan because Alex was not in earshot, as was Jenny (although he didn't worry about her hearing this). They were on the other side of the lion area where the lions were laying. "Jack came back! He took Evy."
"What!" Jonathan was now very concerned for his sister, being he knew how Jack was.
"I need to know where he lives!"
"Why? Are you going to his house?"
"Of course! I have to get my wife back! And his house is the only place I think he would take her!" Rick was starting to get impatient so he was starting to raise his voice.
"I'm going to come with you. I'll show you how to get there."
"No! You're going to stay here so Alex doesn't get concerned! Just tell me where he lives!"
"Ok! Jeez. Keep your pants on, ol' boy! He lives on Madison Dr. The house number is 3608." Jonathan hardly got to finish the sentence because Rick was already headed the other way.
Back to Evy
Jack and Evy were now and his house. And he pulled her inside.
"I see you still have our old place." Evy said, a little surprised.
"Yeah, I couldn't really afford a new one right away, being you took all my money. I'm saving up for one though." Jack led Evy into the living room and he sat on the couch, pulling her down with him. "So, how has your life been these past few years?"
"Jack, don't start conversation with me like we're still dating, ok? Because we're not! I left you a long time ago. Just get over it, ok!" She had now gotten up and was almost yelling at him, but knew better than to really raise her voice too much to him, in case he was still as violent as he used to be. Unfortunately, she still raised her voice a little more than what she'd intended.
"Don't you raise your voice to me! I would think you would know better! Obviously I didn't teach you very well." He got up, and started towards her, backing her into a wall, lightly putting his hand around her throat. She thought that this was going to be just like the last time, but was wrong. He started kissing her neck, here and there. Something that she only allowed Rick to do. Her body started to tingle with fear. She didn't dare knee him, for she remembered what happened last time.
"Jack, stop it. We aren't together anymore, and you have to let it go."
"I'm not going to let you go. I told you that years ago. I wanted you then, and I want you now."
"We don't always get what we want." She moved away from him, but he just followed her wherever she went.
"I do." he said. Evy noticed that he had that look in his eye, and it scared her. She desperately looked around for any kind of weapon or means of escape. But she was out of luck. He moved closer to her.
Back to Rick
Rick was now speeding down the road, toward Madison Dr. It would take about 15 minutes to get there. He couldn't even imagine what Evy was going through right now, and he probably didn't want to know. But he did know that he was going to find out. However, he didn't know that he would end up walking in on it.
Back to Evy
She moved a step away for each step he moved towards her. However, his steps were much bigger than hers, and he caught up to her. She was now against the back of the couch. He kissed her passionately and his hands started roaming. She pushed him away, but he just came back. He wasn't going to give up now that he was this close.
Back to Rick
Rick finally saw it. Madison Dr. When he pulled onto it, he realized that it would be quite a few blocks before he got to 3608. He drove as fast as he could.
Back to Evy
While he was kissing her, she got the courage, and bit down hard on his lip. He squealed and pulled away. He put his hand up to his mouth and saw blood on it when he looked at it. He then looked up at Evy with an evil grin on his face. She was scared to death of what he was going to do.
Back to Rick
"Just five more blocks." Rick said to himself as he rushed towards Jacks house.
Back to Evy
Jack lunged at Evy throwing them both over the back of the couch. They rolled off the seats and fell to the floor. For a moment, they just laid there, dazed. Then Evy remembered her situation and started to get up. However, Jack stopped her by rolling over on top of her.
Back to Rick
"Three more to go." Rick said, still rushing.
Back to Evy
"Get off me!" she shouted and started struggling.
"No can do, Evy. You've been a bad girl and I have to teach you a lesson. One that you'll never forget."
"Get off!" She kicked him hard in the leg, making him roll off of her. She quickly got up and ran. He was right behind her.
Back to Rick
"One more!"
Back to Evy
She was heading to the kitchen, because she knew that there was a door just past it. She was next to the table when he caught up with her. He grabbed her and turned her to him. He leaned her backwards over the table so she was facing him, and started choking her, while shaking her a little. As well as yelling things that she couldn't make out.
Back to Rick
"Finally!" He got out of the car and headed down the sidewalk towards the door. Though it was a long sidewalk, he could still see the front door. But he knew it would take him a bit to get there.
Back to Evy
After she was starting to lose her fight, he let go of her. She fell to the floor, trying to catch her breath. He just stood over her. When he could tell that her breathing was ok, and she wasn't dieing, he joined her on the floor.
Back to Rick
"Halfway there!"
Back to Evy
"Let go of me, you basterd! Let go!" Jack had grabbed both of her wrists with one hand and held them above her head. He used his free hand to start lifting her skirt. It was now above her knees, where as originally, it hung past her ankles.
Back to Rick
"Two thirds of the way there!"
Back to Evy
"Get your filthy hands off me!" She was yelling as loud as she could, but that didn't stop Jack. He now had her skirt lifted above her hips and was undoing his blue jeans.
Back to Rick
"Three more steps!"
Back to Evy
"No! Get off me!" She was struggling the best she could but he was holding her down and he was much stronger than she could ever dream of being. He now had both of them exposed and was just about to…
"EVY!" Rick came barging in the front door. Jack still didn't stop. He was now "thisclose" to her a/n: I got the "thisclose" thing from the book "The Mummy". And I think you know what is "thisclose" to her. I hope you do because I'm not going into detail. You'll just have to figure it out. Rick came running in and saw the terrible site. He tackled Jack and started beating the crap out of him. Evy covered herself again, and quickly crawled to the corner and curled up, putting her knees to her chest and wrapping her arms around them. She closed her eyes, wishing that it was over…or better yet, not happening at all. At the thought at what was going on she started crying, still curled up.
Rick and Jack fought for quite some time, and then Rick finally got the chance to reach for a gun. It only took two seconds after he reached it to shoot Jack. He just shot him in the arm, for he intended for him to suffer for a little bit. Then he remembered what he saw Jack doing to his wife when he ran in, and shot him in the head. Jack fell dead to the floor, a puddle of blood quickly getting bigger where his head lay on the floor.
Evy was still in the corner, not paying any attention to what was now going on. She just stayed curled up doing her best to protect herself from Jack, obviously not knowing that he was dead. Rick put his gun away and found her sitting there. He cautiously went to her and slowly put his hand on her arm, knowing that she was probably very skittish after what had just occurred. He was right. When he touched her, she jumped and curled up tighter, whimpering and crying. "Evy? Evy, its ok. It's me, Rick. Jack's dead. I killed him, just like I said I would. He'll never bother you again. I promise. Come on, Evy. It's ok. I'm here. And I'll never let anything happen to you!" As soon as all this registered in her brain, she threw herself into his arms, and he held her close, rocking her back and forth, trying to get her to calm down.
A couple minutes later, Jonathan came running in. He was alone. He actually thought ahead and had dropped Jenny and Alex off at the house before coming. At first, he didn't see anyone. He only said that the door and been kicked open. Then he thought he saw blood on the floor, and at first, he didn't want to know whose it was. He slowly looked and saw that it was Jack. He hopped over the lifeless body and then saw Rick and Evy. "Evy! Rick, what happened!" Jonathan asked, very concerned for his sister.
"You don't wanna know." Rick said quietly.
"Oh." Jonathan said, knowing what had happened just from Rick saying that. "He didn't…did he?"
"No. But he was close." Rick replied, standing up with Evy and walking out of the house. Jonathan followed closely.