"Oh quit your crying slut," Micheal sneered, smacking her to the floor. She tried hard to stop but couldent.

"L...l...leave me alone!" she struggled to say. Her wrists were killing her and her ankles wouldnt stop throbbing. To top it off, her legs, crotch, and neck were hurting like hell thanks to Micheal, her sister was probably dead. Now he was beating her and there was now pretty much no hope of escaping. "GO AWAY!" she screamed, slapping him across the face.

"Thats it," he said simpily. He grabbed her by the neck, yanked her up, pushed her against the wall, and started pressing his hands against her throat. He started laughing when she struggled for air.

"You know Sere, I really wasn't planning on killing you. I was going to keep you alive untill I got tired of you. But you had to be the tough girl and fight back," Her movements were starting to get weaker. She needed air. Serena gave him a last desperate look. Her mind drifted to over when they first met. She had kicked him in the groin out of pure fear. She weakly brought her knee up to his groin.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" he yelled in surprise, dropping Serena. She fell to the ground, grateful for air. "You BITCH!" he screamed, trying to stand up. She jumped up, and ran for the door.

"Oh my God," she whispered, looking around. It looked like she was in a maze. To one side was a huge staircase, and the other, two of them, leading to two diffrent directions, which would definatly be an advantage to her Their were a ton of rooms and the hallways looked confusing. Without looking back, she ran up one of the staircases.

"GET BACK HERE!" Micheal screamed, pulling something small and silver from his pocket. Shit THATS A GUN! her mind screamed. He ran up the staircase after her. She stopped at the top and saw a tiny stand next to the staircase. Grabbing it, she threw it down. Just then, there was a deafening blast. Something small whizzed a few inches away from her and into the wall. A bullet.

"AAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" she screamed in shock, running down the halls. When she heard Micheal running up the stairs, she ran into a room, shut the door, and dove under the bed. Not two seconds later, the door was thrown open.

"BITCH I KNOW YOUR IN HERE!" he yelled. She cringed. He always seemed so calm before but now, he was just plain insane! He went over and opened the closet door. She thanked her lucky stars when he left. She waited a couple minutes before rolling out from under the bed. She opened the door and went the oppisite direction of Micheal. Serena ran down the stairs and down the hall as fast as she could. She ran up the other staircase and down the even more confusing hall. When she heard Micheals footsteps, she opened another random door and went in. This time, there wasn't a bed she could go under so she settled for the closet. After waiting for a few minutes, she went out. And ran right into Micheal. "Found you," he sneered, pushing her against the wall. He pointed the gun to her throat.

"NO! LET ME GO!" she screamed. She didn't want to die. She was only sixteen! Her thoughts breifly went over to Rini. She was ten and was probably dead. Theres no way Josh would let her live. And if Rini was dead, it was Serenas fault.

"Give me a reason why you should live," Micheal said. Serena didn't respond. She couldn't think of a reason. "Exactly. Because of you, Mina nearly died. Because of you, half your friends are in the hospital. Because of you, your sister was raped. Because of you, several live were destroyed. Because of you, your family is destroyed," She tried hard not to cry. He was right. She distantly heard the gun click. The next thing she knew, she pounced on him, throwing his arm off balance. In surprise, he pulled the trigger, causing a bullet to go flying into the ceiling. Micheal swore and threw her off. She stood up and when she came to her senses, felt something cold in her hands. Looking down, she saw the gun. Somehow, she had managed to grab it from him. She aimed it at him, hoping to scare him. He only laughed.

"Serena, there is no way you could shoot a gun. You could barly stab me without guilt on your face. Why should I be scared of you holding a gun?" She meant to click it, but pulled the wrong button. A bullet flew out and shot itself straight through Micheals arm. "AAAAHHH!" he he yelled in surprise and pain. Her armjolted up from the force. He seemed to get over his pain because he got up and jumped for her. 'STUPID BITCH!" he screamed. She pulled the trigger in fear. This time, she dropped the gun. When she looked up, she saw Micheal laying on the floor. He wasn't moving and blood was comming from his head and arm. She crawled over to him.

"Micheal?" she whispered. She grabbed his wrist and felt for a pulse. His wrist was limp and she could feel no pulse. She put his hand on his chest and felt no heartbeat or breathing. She jumped away from him and screamed. After staring at him for a few minutes, she stood up and shakily, pulled his cell phone from his pocket. Franticly, she dialed 911.

"State your emergency and location," an ever so calm woman.

"I...I'm a m...m...murdurer," she said breathlessly. Her mind was in a huge jumble and she couldn't think straight.

"Honey, why is that?" the woman asked calmly. "And please say your name,"

"M...my n..name is Serena. Serena Tuskino. I killed him! he tried to attack me and I killed him!" she said, bursting into tears.

"Serena! Where are you?" asked the lady franticlly.

"I dont know! Please find my sister! He raped her and had someone throw her in the woods! Hurrry please!"

"We've found your location. Try to get out of the house or wherever you are. Get outside. Police will be there shortly," Shakily, Serena made her way through the house and found the front door. She opened it and unknowingly, she took her first breath of freedom and a new life.

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A/N: Only one more chapter to go untill the end. Please review!