Chapter 9 -

Dani wandered around the music department, trying to figure out how she got back there. She was so far down below yet now she's back here again after waking up in the lobby.

Of course the ink the flooding the way to Sammy's office so she has to go and turn the valve in his sanctuary and the one in the infirmary again.

"There." She said, turning the one in the sanctuary.

Then the noise of the door shutting behind her rang out.

"Hm?" Dani looked over her shoulder.

There, standing by the door with his back turned to her, was Sammy Lawrence himself. It looked like he had a axe, rope, and a lit candle sitting by him on the floor.

She let out a wheeze as her back hit the valve, likely causing it to bruise but that was the least of her worries.

The chuckle she heard, on the other hand, was one of her top worries.

With nowhere to go, Dani slid down and sat on the floor in the fatal position, wondering if she could open the door herself.

"Ah… my little sheep. My bad, bad little sheep." Sammy picked the rope up and slowly made his way to her, relishing in the palpable fear that was radiating off of her.

Dani tried to keep it in but the closer he got, the easier it was to let out a whimper and hugged her knees tighter against her chest. In the process, she lowered her head in submission by accident.

Sammy let out another chuckle.

"Giving up?" Sammy asked. "I do so love our game of tag along with hide and seek. But all games must come to a end."

He stopped directly in front of her, with Dani averting her eyes away from him, not being able to look him in the eyes. Or cardboard eyes that is.

"You have nowhere to run." Sammy kneeled down, leaning forward by resting his arms on her knees. "Now be good and turn around." He said in a whispered voice.

Dani shuddered at his voice. Making him laugh again.

Sammy waited a moment. Then a few seconds. Finally a minute before he let out a growl.

"I said turn around." Sammy said again.

When she shook her head, he growled again before reaching under her head and grabbing the collar of her shirt. Then he forced her up, making her wheeze again and grabbed her neck, slamming her head into the valve, making her see stars for a minute.

While she was dazed, Sammy took the moment to tie her wrists behind her back. After that, he then kneeled down again, using more rope to tie her ankles together. Once he was standing again, she had began to struggle to break free. Not wanting to hear her, he used the last of rope and tied it around her mouth and head as a gag.

Dani whimpered again through the gag.

"Shhh." Sammy said. "It's alright. Sit back down and stay."

With his help, she slid back down and leaned back against the wall.

Once she was down, Sammy went back and grabbed the axe and candle. Dani's eyes widening as he got on his knees beside her.

Sammy gave her a toothy smile from behind the mask before taking it off and throwing it behind him.

Then he straightened her legs out so he could climb on top of her and began kissing her neck, leaving black inky lines as he kissed and licked her, making she shudder and tremble hard.

"Hmm." Sammy hummed pleasantly. "I would love to ravish you, my sheep. But… unfortunately you need to be punished."

"Why?" She tried to ask through the gag.

"For running off and not coming back to me." He reached behind her and tightened the rope around her wrists. "You're SHEPPARD!" He shouted.

That one shout was enough to set her off. Dani's shoulders trembled as she started to cry from fear and pain from the ropes.

"Don't cry. It's only going to hurt… a lot. Hehe." Sammy said, taking the ax and putting it against her neck. "Stay still." He commanded.

Taking a deep breath, she tried to stay still as he brought the axe down her neck, making a faint red line as blood came out.

"See? That wasn't so bad."

"Sammy stop!" Dani begged.

"I can't. I need to punish you to keep you from running again." Sammy replied, picking up the candle and pouring hot wax on her wound, making her cry harder from the pain.

After that, Sammy slowly pulled her pants down, making her flinch and try kicking him off of her.

"Shhh… you'll like this…" Sammy grinned.

- Several Minutes Later -

"Sammy…. Sammy stop… Sammy…" Dani muttered and kicked in her sleep, almost hitting Wally in the process.

"Wake up!" Wally said, trying to shake her awake. "Come on, wake up!"

"Hm…?" She hummed, slowly opening her eyes.

Dani wiped her face, which drained of color when she realized she was crying and not just sweating.

"Are you okay?" Wally asks, worried.

"I-I um…" Dani trailed off.

"Nightmare?" Wally asked and she nodded. "You mentioned Sammy… a lot. I take it he was involved?"

Dani nodded again with a shiver and choked out a sob.

"Shh… it's alright." Wally slowly made the move to hug her, which she accepted instantly. "I'm here. What did he do?"

"H-He…" She couldn't say it. "He tried to….sacrifice me again. Like he did both times we ran into each other earlier."

"Oh." Wally replied. "Sounded intense from the way you were acting in your sleep. But like I said, I'm here and you're safe."

"I-I know." She wiped her tears. "Can you show me to the bathroom… is there one here?"

"Yep!" Wally said and helped her up.

"Okay. Can you take me there? I don't think I'm going back to sleep any time soon… though I am hungry."

"Sure! I'll see about making you some soup while you get as cleaned up as you can there!" Wally nodded.

"Sounds good." She smiled and hugged him again. "Love you, buddy."

"I…I love you too, Dani!" Wally returned the hug before leading the way to the bathroom.