Violence And Victory

Alcazar hung up the phone and turned off a voice altering machine. He had planned to betray Manny all along. He had promised Brenda before she left that she would put aside his plans to get revenge on Sonny for killing his brother. When he found out that Manny was planning on taking Emily hostage, he made sure to set up a place where Manny thought he'd be safe. He knew that Brenda would never forgive him if anything ever happened to Emily, so as soon as Manny told him that he was at the cabin, he had called the police and tipped them off.

"I may not always be an honorable man, but I know what Manny would try to do to Emily. I'm not going to stand by and let that monster hurt her."

Manny did one last sweep of the perimeter, and went back into the cabin. He took off his coat and headed straight for Emily.

"Now, Miss Quartermaine, I'm ready to have some fun with you. Nobody is around, and nobody can hear you scream." Manny laughed and grabbed Emily. He took her over to the floor and shoved her down. As he did so, Emily screamed and tried to kick him. Manny laughed and slapped her across the face. He grabbed her legs and sat on them. He then ripped her shirt off. He violently kissed her while clawing at her breasts. Emily bit Manny on the lip, and used her legs to push him off her. Manny stood up, shook his head, and spit the blood from his bit lip in Emily's face. "You're a bit of a spitfire aren't you? I supposed I'm going to have to do this the hard way. That's alright, I always did prefer the hard way."

Manny went to get another piece of rope and Emily steadied herself for his next attack. It took him a few minutes to find the rope, and the waiting was almost more than she could bear.

"Oh God Sonny! Where are you? I need you now. Please find me, oh please find me."

She felt tears sting her eyes. She couldn't let him see her cry, so she fought back the tears. She rolled onto her tummy and tried to crawl into the kitchen. Just then Manny found the rope, and turned around to see her slithering away from him.

"Oh no you don't Emily. You're not getting off that easily. I'm going to have my way with you and there's nothing you can do to stop me, unless you kill me. But since I don't see any weapons on you, and your hands are tied, I don't think I've got to worry about that." Manny dragged Emily to a chair and tied her legs to it. He then took a knife and cut away the string on her pants. He started to pull them down when Emily hit him in the face with her head. Now his nose was bleeding as was his lip.

"If I didn't know any better, I'd think that you enjoyed it rough. Is that how you like it Baby?" Manny slapped Emily across the face. She screamed at him and spit in his face. Then he kneed her in the stomach, knocking the wind out of her. Then he yanked her pants down.

"Where are you Sonny? I can't hold him off anymore. Oh God, please don't let me be raped again."

Outside the cabin, police officers were taking up positions near each exit. Sonny and Jason crouched down near the front door with Mac. None of his men were able to see inside any of the windows of the cabin. They weren't sure where Manny or Emily was.

Mac knew they needed to keep the element of surprise if they were going to save Emily. Mac whispered into his walkie-talkie, "Can anybody see anything?"

"No commissioner, we can't see anything. The windows are too high. If we tried to get up high enough to look inside, we'd make too much noise. What do you want us to do?"

"Odds are that he's got her in the front part of the house. I want you to quietly confirm that by looking through the door in the kitchen."

A few minutes passed and then, "There's nobody in the kitchen sir. It's all clear back here."

"Okay, wait for my signal and we'll take him by surprise."

"Yes sir."

Sonny glared at Mac. "You can't just bust in there. Emily might get caught in the crossfire and get killed."

"I know that you're concerned for her safety Sonny, but these men are highly trained for this kind of situation. The best thing we can do is try to get his attention focused out here on us. If we can do that, then my men will sneak in the back and get Emily out of there."

Just then they heard Emily scream inside. Without thinking, Sonny and Jason both ran for the front door. When they got there, they could see Manny standing over Emily who was tied to a chair with her shirt gone and blood dripping down her face. Sonny signaled to Jason and Jason quietly opened the front door. Manny kneed Emily in the stomach and pulled her pants down. Before he could do anything else, Sonny hit him from behind and put him on the ground. Manny tried fighting him off, but he couldn't. He kept fighting until he saw the sniper rifle pointed at his head.

"How did you find me? Nobody knew I was here."

"We got an anonymous tip at the police station. Apparently somebody knew you were here."

While Sonny held Manny down and Mac put handcuffs on him, Jason gently untied Emily and put his coat over her. She pulled up her pants and then collapsed into his arms. "Thank God you're here Jase. I was so scared. He h..h..hit me and r..r..ripped my shirt. I tried to fight him off, but there was nothing more I could do." Emily collapsed to the floor crying. Sonny came over and held her.

Jason walked over to where Manny was sitting on the floor. He kicked Manny in the head. "I want you dead you son of a bitch! You tried to rape my sister you sick monster!" Manny just smiled and then he laughed. "That's the third time you've kept me from having my way with a woman who was close to you. I don't think I can let it slide this time."

Mac yanked Manny up off the floor. "You don't have a choice but to let it slide Mr. Ruiz. You're going to be in prison for a very long time by the time we're done with you."

Mac escorted Manny outside. A female officer walked over to where Emily and Sonny were. "I'm sorry Miss Quartermaine, but I need to take some pictures. This will help to build a strong case against Manny Ruiz for attempted rape." Emily stood up and nodded somberly. "Whatever is going to put this creep away."

"I need you to take the jacket off and have you sit back down in the chair you were in." Emily did as she was told. The officer took photos of her in the chair, and then shot closer pictures of the bruises and cuts on Emily's body. "Thank you Miss Quartermaine. You can put some clothes on now."

Sonny took off his suit jacket, and gave Emily his shirt to put on. Then he put his suit jacket back on and buttoned it. Emily put the shirt on and then hugged Sonny tight. "I kept calling out for you. I hoped you would find me, and you did." Emily then went over and hugged her brother. "Thanks for finding me. I knew I could always count on you to rescue me. I love you Jase."

Suddenly Emily looked scared. "What's wrong Emily?" "I almost forgot that I remembered!"

Both men looked at her funny. "I got my memory back! I guess the trauma of this whole thing made it come back. I remember lying on the couch, knowing he was going to rape me like Connor did, and all of a sudden it all came flooding back."

Both men hugged Emily and silently thanked God that she was alright.

P.S. This is not the end of this story. However, the army just informed us that we're moving, and we have to report by March 10th. I'm not sure when I'll be getting back online to post more chapters. When the inspiration hits me, I will be writing some new chapters. So when I do get a chance to post some more chapters, hopefully I'll have a few that I can post. The same thing applies to my other story, Victim No More. I thank all of you for reading this so far, and for all of the reviews. Take care everyone, and look for more chapters either in late March or early April.