A sweet warm whisper in darkness ch10
Cries and desesperations...
Hilary was walking in the city searching for the place Chris could be hiding. She wanted to find it at first to come back after with a plan because yet she didn't have any and she perfectly knew she couldn't enter in this situate and invite Chris to a battle because she would be dead. She was also wondering if he was alone because it would have been easier to catch him. That's why she decided to spy on him, she needed information to create a real plan and after she would put it all in action.
'I just have to find a clue of where he might be...it could be anything...' She thought to herself.
Hilary looked at the sky; it was about two hours before sunset so she walked toward the direction of the little deserted apartment she had found earlier to herself, she would take back her researches at night. It was a miserable place but it was the perfect area that Chris or even Tyson wouldn't think about to search for her. It was secure enough to sleep and peaceful enough to create a plan. She crossed the main street and turned on a little road named Montgomery, which was one of the oldest streets in town. It was very nice and beautiful in the beginning of the past century but it became today one of the most poor and neglected avenues. She crossed an old unused railroad and arrived in front of a big building covered with publicities. She suddenly heard two angry voices with running footsteps. The voices were so familiar to her, she ran in the corner of an alley to hide. She gasped when she saw who was making such noises; two angry guys out of breath she perfectly knew. She stayed hide from their view.
'Shit! Kevin and Johnny...what are they doing here...if they're here it means Chris put the whole gang after me...oh man I'm stuck!' She thought before looking at them again.
'Wait a minute...they're all covered with blood...ah what have they done again?'She focused on one of them who started to speak.
"Forget about it he's gone" Said Johnny, the guy in blue.
"Hey! Don't tell Chris we explained to that jerk the plan because he'll kill us for sure" Said Kevin, the one dressed in parasuco.
"That's your fault...no I won't tell him but anyway that guy can't do anything against us so don't be that scared"
"Anyway...let's get out of here"
Both of them started to walk away looking all around them.
'They were running after somebody? Is there somebody else in trouble with them? Oh I just wish nothing bad happened to that guy...' She thought to herself.
Hilary began walking securely out of her hiding alley in the direction where Chris and Johnny came from. She noticed blood on the groud which came from a backstreet not far from her. The blood stopped in front of the neglected house she was standing beside. She took a step foward thinking the wounded person would still be inside in need of help but as soon as her hand touched the door handle, she backed from it thinking that the person could be in touch with the gang just like her and that she didn't want to risk being catch. Hilary suddenly heard a deep breathing from behind the door, a painful and irregular breathing. She felt cheap of her action and almost cried because somebody was maybe dying in there and she didn't want to help, in fact she wanted to but she couldn't. An angry feeling took place in her heart just by thinking Kevin and Johnny had beat a guy almost to death as an idea illuminated her mind. She would follow them to their place to spy on them as she planned she would do because they were actually the clue she was desesperatly in search for.
'They will pay for what they did to that guy or girl...but am I stupid or what? I'm actually planning in following Chris's two best men...if they see me...I'm dead...but I think I would be stupider if I would take that opportunity...' She thought to herself.
After breathing deeply a couple of times and after she convinced herself it was the only solution to solve her problem, Hilary carefully ran to find find herself behing the two guys and initiated a walk after them making sure they couldn't see her. Her heart thudded faster as she was following them because at any time she could be seen. She was also thinking about the poor guy they had beaten up; It could also be happening to her. But as she was walking she was also wondering why they would run after another guy.
'Maybe they're not with Chris after all...maybe they are on their own...yeah right that's impossible but anyway they were surely not talking about me'
As soon as she thought that, they started speaking.
"Are you really sure he can't do anything against us" Asked Kevin.
"Of course he can't, he's alone...nobody's with him" Answered Johnny.
'Fuck, who's alone?...who are they talking about?' Thought Hilary.
"But you should've let me kill him before, I'm sure he lied and I'm sure he perfectly knows where she hide" Said Johnny again.
"Yeah right but if you would have killed him we would never have been able to discover where that bitch is"
'Oh shit now they're talking about me...' She thought.
"Anyway it won't be long after we find her trust me, there's so much people working on it that she soon won't have any places to hide...there's somebody undercover in front of her home, another one stand by Tyson's house, by the way it's like that we discover she was first hiding at his place, there's Chris at her school and both of us are searching all day long...and soon we will have a list of all the places she usual go and all the people she usual hang with...so we will watch after all her friends and Tyson's friends too" Said Kevin looking around. Hilary ran behind a building and rested there for a minute.
'Oh shit...it means everybody's there searching for me and now, like a stupid idiot, I'm following them risking loosing my miserable life?...oh no please I don't want to get stuck with them again' She continued her way behind them.
"Okay maybe but I'm still thinking we lost our time or we didn't beat him enough because I'm sure he knows where she hide" Said Johnny.
'Oh no...it means they've beaten...him'
"We couldn't...he escaped you idiot" Said Kevin.
"Anyway...next time I see Tyson it's going to end up differently" He turned his head away, angrily.
'No Tyson...not him...I left because I didn't want that to happen...I didn't want to put his life in danger...and they beat him...but why Tyson? He doesn't have anything to do with them' Tears were about to roll on her cheeks but she wiped them away.
"If you want but you're not alone in that story, do you really think Chris will let you beat him up by yourself...I doubt it he wants to enjoy it too you know...he's so selfish I'm fed up of him" Said Kevin.
"You're fed up of Chris?" Johnny asked.
"Bah forget about what I just said...and to talk about Tyson again well I don't think it will be necessary because we beat this guy so hard that I don't think he would want to put his nose in our business anymore...if he's intelligent he'll stop looking for her"
'But I know him he will never stop...even if I would tie him against a tree with chains he would find a way out...I don't want him to search for me...he really doesn't know who those people are...he doesn't know the danger he's facing...that's why he must let me alone...I'm used to that kind of atmosphere...I was trained since the past two years...I know how to proceed' She thought.
"Well in that case I wish he's not intelligent...he's not, that's for sure...I know what kind he is...I know those little lover boy...they are all weak because they follow their feelings until they die...sinking in their blood crying about everything"
"Yeah maybe you're right but do you really think he will risk his life for that slut?"
"I just told you those guys follow their feelings till they die"
"Oh Shit shut up we're arrived...now don't talk to Chris about anything okay? Let me do that"
"Ok if you insist...less for me"
Hilary hided behind a huge garbage container and waited there. She heard the sound of a door that we open and the voice of another girl asking them if they were followed or if they saw something suspicious. Hilary also knew the girl perfectly; she was Chris's younger sister, she was fifteen years old and her name was Lana. When she left the gang, Hilary tried to convince Lana that growing up like a criminal was not for her and that she deserved better than that but she didn't even bother listening to her, she followed her brother like a blind person not aware of the consequences that befall on future. When the door closed, Hilary took her head off behind the container to see if she was secure to go out. When she realized there was nobody in front of her she looked to see if there was any windows. There was one but on the side so she got out and pushed herself to the 'house' where she bended down advancing till she got to the window. Her heart was beating even faster and her breathing rhythm was very irregular; she was afraid. She risked a peek by the window to see if there was anyone in. There was nobody so she got up and took opportunity by opening it trying to enter even if she perfectly knew it was very risky. Suddenly somebody came in the room, she pull back from the window and stayed outside her back against the wall of brick. She closed her eyes trying to recover her normal breath and trying to stop her shivers. Her forehead was dripping with sweat as she continued to shake.
'Oh shit...oh shit...okay I'm okay...I have to stay there...calm down Hilary...you're okay you can do it...it makes a long time you didn't do such a thing...but you can' She thought.
Meanwhile, inside the place, somebody was yelling with anger and because she had open the window she could hear what they were saying.
"What the fuck are you telling me! You and Johnny were actually with Tyson, you beat him up alright but he escaped? Are you that stupid?" That was Chris's voice.
"It wasn't our fault he broke John's nose and started to run away" Kevin answered.
"YOU WERE TWO AGAINST ONE! WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?"
"I JUST TOLD YOU"
"...and what about the girl do you know where she is?"
"No...Tyson didn't even know himself"
"AND YOU BELIEVED HIM!"
"HEY WE BEAT HIM UP PRETTY GOOD BUT WE LOST OUR TIME HE WAS SEARCHING FOR HER TOO" Now Kevin yelled to Chris.
"AND HOW DO YOU KNOW HE WASN'T LYING?"
"BECAUSE WE FOUND THE LETTER SHE WROTE FOR HIM BEFORE SHE LEFT WE JUST WANTED TO BE SURE IT WASN'T A TRAPT"
"I can't believe it...Kevin, I was counting on you you're my best man around...Don't fail on that one...Now find her I need this girl and we all need her okay? She did the worst mistake by deserting us...deserting me...And one last thing...if you fall on Tyson this time bring him to me...I'll do the rest"
"Fine"
"It's better to be fine, you may be my best man but I won't change the consequences for you...got the picture?"
"Yeah OKAY I GOT IT" He said the last sentence provocatively.
"Great now tell me...how the other researches are going?"
"Well I've learned Hilary's mother's staying one more week in vacation; that's good for us. Tyson just arrived at his house and he went directly to sleep. We don't know yet about his grand father. I've also learned that a certain guy named Kenny tried to call him...so we know we'll have to check on him because maybe he detains information"
"Kenny...oh yeah I know him, he's a little nerd, not very dangerous but he's one of Tyson's friends so maybe you could get him and bring him in here it will make sort of a pressure on Tyson...ok...and Hilary?"
"We started looking on the hotel and motel reservations, we went to look on her friends and we followed Tyson...we will take the researches back at night down town"
"Okay perfect and how many are working on it now to find her?"
"We called twelve of our close members for now on, that's not very much but I don't think we'll need more"
"Okay nice...Come with me I'll..."
Hilary couldn't hear anymore because the two guys had left the room. She securely got up and ran as fast as she could in the direction of the container. Arrived there, she started walking normally towards her little apartment. She was shocked by all what she had heard. She thought at first she would only fight Chris but now she learned they were twelve searching for her. At least it was not the whole gang but it was still a lot against her own little person. There was somebody in front of her house, another one at Tyson's house and they were even checking after their friends. She didn't understand either why they were doing that. Was Chris so upset of her departure because he loved her? She doubt it, it was maybe something else but she couldn't think about something else than that. When she first met him, he looked like the perfect guy but she soon after realized he wasn't what she thought. He introduced her to his world and during two years, she was spying on people, she was dealing drugs for them, she was steeling, she was frightening everybody with those street gangs' stories and she was fooling people. But now she had changed and she didn't want to have anything to do with them anymore. Why live a life if it's to destroy somebody else's? She learned that lesson and will never come back to them.
She suddenly thought about Tyson and what could he think if he knew she has been part of a street gang. He would deny her for the rest of her life and that's why she lied to him. She told him she went out with Chris for three weeks, which was true, and left him because he was beating her, which was also true but she didn't left just because of that. He wanted her to fool other girls and put them into prostitution to bring more money to the gang but she didn't want to do it because she imagined herself fooled by somebody to become...that. She didn't want to do it to other girls, nobody deserved that kind of treatment and that's because she refused, that he started beating her. She soon realized Chris was the ruthless ruler of a street gang that she was part of and she also realized what she did all during those two years. She felt bad about everything and left, but just before she did so, Chris said to her he would always keep an eye on her and he did. Today though, it's more than an eye, it's a complete organized battalion but she knew she would be able to face it one day or another.
Now that she had her information about what was going on, she could start preparing a plan but something was in her mind all the time and she couldn't concentrate because of it; Tyson.
'I don't know how badly they treated you but I know they won't do it anymore because you won't try to help me anymore...I'll find help but I don't want yours because I don't want you to get hurt...again...I left because of that and now I realize it's worst because you're searching for me...I forbade you in my letter to try to find me but you had to do your thick head...you never listen to anyone but to yourself...you're stupid Tyson...every time I wanted to protect you like you did to me you weren't listening...you're idiot...so idiot...but I think it's what I like about you' She thought.
As she was walking she suddenly had a strange desire inside of her and she started to feel those butterflies again.
'Okay that's not normal...why am I feeling that? The first time I've felt it, it was because I had fallen in love with Chris...but I don't love Chris...I hate him...I would kill him if he wouldn't be scaring me...no I was thinking about Tyson because I wanted him to stop looking for me...so why am I feeling that weird thing again...could it be possible that I'm...falling in love? No it's impossible...I'm not in love...with whom would I be that's stupid...I'm a cold-hearted person who will never fall for someone because it could be another Chris's type...I'll stay single period...so where am I...ok They are twelve people against me and one is posted to my home and...Why can't I concentrate properly?...because I'm always thinking about him, because I don't want him to get hurt...Tyson get out of my head you play with my emotions and it's not funny...I have to deal with a street gang so it's not time for love...wait...where did that came from?' She mentally slapped herself and continued her way to the place she could work for the plan.
Hilary looked at the sky again; she thought it was maybe eleven O'clock. She thought she should have a good night sleep because now that she had found their hiding district, she wasn't obligated to search during the night. She stopped to get a snack and when she was eating, something was disturbing her mind again.
'Kevin told Chris they had twelve members after me but it doesn't make any sense...there's Kevin and Johnny, one in front of my home, one in front of Tyson's home, Chris at school and Lana...What is her role? I don't know yet...but it makes six people...so where are the six missing if they're not searching in the city? I don't get it...' She thought getting up of the table ready to leave when she had finished eating.
She got out of the restaurant and started to walk in the direction of the main street. She waited at the light to turn green when she suddenly saw something unexpected. She opened her eyes widely and tried to hide behind a fat man who was waiting too. She saw not far in front of her Kevin and Johnny on the other side of the road. They were separating each other and one of them, Johnny, was about to cross the same street as her. She gasped loudly causing the people to look at her like she was crazy. She began to run in the direction of the closest backstreet where she could maybe find another way hoping he didn't see her running away or didn't see her arriving on the corner. She ended up sprinting in a scary dark area always looking behind her if there was anyone following but she wasn't able to see anything. She breathed loudly visibly scared as she stepped deeper in this alley like a frenetic. At the half-way, the wind was making a weird noise that worried her again and made her think there was somebody behind her. She was almost at the end of it when suddenly, somebody entered in the alley she was about to leave and placed himself in front of her walking toward her making her to struggle for breath. It was Kevin. She didn't know at first what to do but seeing he was coming closer to her, she ran in the other direction but she soon realized she had fallen in a trap when she saw Johnny entering the alley by the way she came. She was catch, between two guys and between the destiny she feared so much. Her heart almost got out of her chest as her forehead was dripping with sweat. She breathed loudly with pain as she was panicking of what could be happening next.
Both of the guys were getting closer to her by each side and she knew if she wouldn't react soon she wouldn't have any chances to escape. She looked at them and decided to run onto the weakest one with all the strength she possessed. It was Johnny. Hilary prepared herself and jumped right onto Johnny who wasn't expecting that at all. She pushed him aside as hard as she could trying to free herself a way out but he rapidly found his balance back and ran after her. He finally pounced on her making her to fall on her stomach. They rolled on the ground as both of them were fighting to be in control. She put her grip against his face trying to pull him off her and trying to hurt him. He yelled as she scratched his face with her nails but it became her turn to yell after, when he hit her hard her temple putting himself on top of her. He seized her wrists putting them on the ground next to her head and immobilized her legs between his. She struggled but it was too late; she was stuck. Kevin walked to them while Johnny was refusing to loosen his grip, happy of himself.
"Well, well, well what do we got here...look at that Kevin, is it not a nice catch?" Said Johnny grinning at Hilary who was still struggling to free her wrists but wasn't strong enough.
"Yeah not bad at all...hello sweetie did you miss us?" Asked Kevin who was standing beside them also grinning.
"LET ME GO" She yelled with a broken voice.
"No we will not..." Said Johnny with a childdish face.
She started moving her legs to free herself, she was panicking but Johnny squeezed them between his and began to compress her wrists against the hard ground.
"STOP YOU'RE HURTING ME!" She yelled again but in pain this time, tears rolling off her cheek.
"Poor little girl...but it's too bad I wanna make you suffer even more" Johnny answered laughing while he was squeezing even more his grip.
"Hey take it easy John, she's still a girl" Said Kevin bending down on his knees next to her. He put his hand on her cheek and spoke again: "It's too bad but we have to send you back to Chris"
"Oh yeah and I really don't know what he's going to do to you...watch out...you should have think twice before deserting us" Johnny completed.
"NO DON'T PLEASE!" Hilary started to cried louder.
"Yeah we will...too bad for you" Johnny laughed.
Hilary tried to stop crying and looked right into Kevin's eyes and spoke.
"Kevin I know you please don't let that happen...don't you know Chris is only using you...whatever he promise you, he'll never do it trust me...he's selfish and he only thinks about himself...I know you know it...you can go out of this world too...you're intelligent...you deserve better than this life...you deserve better than to be Chris's slave...I..." She didn't have time to finish when Johnny took her wrists to lift her from the ground and slapped her.
"Shut up you bitch...don't try to fool him...we're taking you to Chris even if you don't want to...walk beside me and behave like a good girl and if you dare yell, we'll have to explain Chris we found you on the ground with your throat sliced, all right?"
To answer his question she spat right in his face. Johnny got upset and was about to slap her again but was stopped by Kevin.
"Don't forget Chris wants her in one piece, in other words it means don't damage her too much" exclaimed Kevin.
"Yeah okay...you got lucky this time bitch...now walk" Said Johnny wiping his left cheek.
"NO! PLEASE...LISTEN TO ME..." She yelled.
"Can you shut the fuck up?" Said Johnny impatiently grabbing her arm harder making her to yell out of pain and obligating her to walk faster.
They stepped toward their 'district' going by the little backstreets because they didn't want to be surrounded by lots of people because it could be an advantage for Hilary to escape. Neither of the guys spoke during all the way long, they were too busy watching after Hilary; they were sometimes pushing her, sometimes grabbing her arm firmly so she wasn't forgetting with who she was. Hilary was shaking all over; she was afraid of what could be happening. Blood was sligthy dripping from the side of her head and several cuts could be seen on her wrists. She deserted them a month ago to find herself stuck with them again but against herself this time. She was silently crying, trying to walk slower, trying to avoid this world but it was inevitable; she was delivered right at the place she was scared of and to the guy she hated so much. She was frightened about what Chris would do to her now she would be in his possession with no chances of escaping. She tripped in her own footsteps and almost fell but was caught by Kevin who told her to walk faster. Johnny laughed and pushed her thinking maybe about the price he would get for Hilary's capture but Kevin didn't look as joyfull as him though, he was staring right in front of him like if he was thinking very deeply. He was avoiding every eye contact with Hilary and was walking at least five steps in front of them. They finally arrived in front of the house. Hilary looked at it with horror in her eyes as she tried to return back on her step but Johnny grabbed and squeezed the back of her neck obligating her to continue.
"Please don't...don't do that...remember Kevin we were friends...did you forget about it?" She begged.
"I'm sorry I can't do anything for you now" He answered.
"Hey Kev don't be sorry for her...she deserved it" Said Johnny looking at Hilary with baby eyes.
"Yeah I guess" Answered Kevin emotionless.
Kevin knocked at the door and a minute later, somebody opened it; it was Lana. She frowned when she saw Hilary and smiled.
"Nice catch guys...so Hilary did you enjoyed your vacation?...I wish you did because now you're getting back to work and it won't be very funny" Said Lana smiling in a sarcastic way.
She put herself out of the way and let them enter. Johnny seized Hilary's arm to push her inside but she took it off his hand violently and walked inside by herself. Everybody went to the same room to see Hilary and when they saw her they all stared at her up and down with angry eyes and grins on their face. She didn't like to be glared that way, it got her angry at the same time of scared but she tried to keep a strong temper and walked through the people following Kevin and Johnny without looking at them.
As they were walking, Chris got out of a room not far from them staring at her with satisfaction. Hilary's lower lip began to shake as fear took place in her mind.
"Nice to see you back with us darling" He whispered to her before speaking to Kevin and Johnny.
"Take her inside the room and tell every one I don't want to be bother because I'll have a little talk with her...oh...and bring me some ropes because she will pass some time tied to the support post, I think it will make her think twice before deserting us again" Said Chris.
"Right" Said Johnny obeying his request still smiling but Kevin didn't move at all.
"I just told you I wanted to talk to her...get out!" Shouted Chris.
"Okay it makes three fucking days we are outside searching for that girl without any pauses, we have beaten Tyson to know where she was, we asked all her friends about her and now, you don't even thank us and you're giving more orders?" Yelled Kevin out of himself.
"Your pay-back is in the living room..." He simply answered not even looking at him.
Kevin gave Chris a glare and got out of the room in the direction of his 'pay-back'.
"It's about time he leaves...well Hil, make yourself comfortable for one last minute before Johnny comes back with ropes because I don't think you will have the opportunity for the next twenty-four hours tied to that post" Chris started in hope she will do or say something but she didn't move neither opened her mouth to speak.
"So...you don't want to talk to me right?...ok...but you dont have any other choice because I have a lot of questions I would like them to be answered" He said again.
He took her arm firmly and pushed her on a chesterfield forcing her to sit down while he sat beside her.
"What is the exact reason why you left I would like to know? Was it because you didn't love me because you know Hilary I always loved you and I still do today?"
She didn't answered, she was shaking inside and was worried of what could be happening. Chris slipped his fingers on her cheek softly but to Hilary, she felt like a sand paper was scratching a soft and sensitive baby skin. She tried to take her head away but he put his free hand on her other cheek and turned her face to look right in the white of her eyes while he got closer to her.
"Why did you left? I was treating you like a queen and I wasn't asking you much in return"
No answer came out of her mouth.
"You are a very bad girl...and just imagining you left me for that weak jerk, I just can't believe it...what exactly is between you and this guy?...ANSWER ME, WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN YOU AND TYSON?"
She glared at him with her most angry look while an expression of disgust took place on her face while she was whatching him.
"YOU...LOVE HIM...INSTEAD OF ME? IS THAT IT?"
When she heard the word 'love' she felt shivers down her spine while she suddenly broke the eye contact to look down at her hands on her lap. He looked at her with the same glare she used against him thirty seconds ago and in a very rapid move, brushed his lips against hers, his hands crisped on her face. She yelled inside her throat when she felt his wet lips on hers and the pain he was causing with his nails on her cheeks. She put her hand in the front of his face and pushed him away while she was pulling herself from the horrible embrace getting up of the chersterfield.
"I HATE YOU!" She spat to him.
He got up very quickly, red of anger.
"YOU'RE JUST A BITCH" He yelled back grabbing her neck between his two hands. She chocked because of the impact and tried to free herself but Chris started to shake her body like if he wanted to control it. They struggled like that untill Hilary gave him a punch that made his nose bleeding. He replied by punching her which the shock pushed her against the post while her bottom lip began to bleed. He was about to do something else when Johnny came back with a rope.
"Hum...sorry to bother you but here it is" He said showing what was around his hand.
As soon as he saw Johnny, Chris walked to him with a grin on his face. He took the rope from Johnny, this one got out of the room. Chris grabbed Hilary and started to attach her wrist behind her back around the post while talking evily at the same time.
"You can say anything you want...but you will be stuck with us period so you will have enough time to appreciate me...and Tyson...forget about him, he will soon be dead...you don't have any hope now...your mine and I'll never share you with anyone...trust me nothing will get between us anymore...think about it you have lots of time" He kissed her on the cheek before letting her alone in the darkness of the room, tied tighly to the post.
She couldn't contain her tears anymore and cried as loud as she could, cried painfully but more desesperatly...