Chapter 2
I finished going to the bathroom, I washed my hands and came out. The woman tied me up again, I still wasn't sure what my plan would be, but I had to keep Jackie here with me, she has to come out alive, even if I don't. As soon as I thought of the word out, I thought of the door leading outside, in the room we were in, if I remember correctly, it was by a knife collection I just then started thinking of a plan when the woman's voice interrupted them, as she was speaking I was thinking that I had to remember the first part of my plan.
"Come on" Her voice would give me nightmares tonight. She pulled my wrist as she took me back to the room. Jackie was still sleeping when I came in, the woman didn't seem to care. I bumped my chair into hers.
"Jackie, Jackie wake up!" I whisper loud enough for her to hear, but quite enough so the man and the woman couldn't hear. She opened her eyes, and I was thankful she didn't die.
"I have come up with a plan, but you have to be alive for it to work" Just then the man and woman walked in. They looked as mean as ever.
"The teen we had just died of starvation, it's a good way to suffer, but I want to see you die, brutally. I guess we have to feed you more, now, you will have a full meal, at noon. Oh look, it's 1 o'clock too bad." I really wanted to grab a knife and fling it down his throat right now. I try to pick up where my plan was before. Ah yes, the door next to the knife collection, I have decided my plan quickly. I know these things will happen in a blur, and I may not keep my life, but Jackie will keep hers.
"Jackie, ask if you can use the bathroom" I can tell she didn't have much strength left, but she had to be fast enough to run away from the two people who were trying to end our lives.
"Ok," She said it in a whisper, and I do know that she knows she has to be quick if she has to run. While she leaves I tell the man I do not feel good and that he should get a bucket, in case I vomit. My plan is going smoothly, but I know that somewhere, there will be a hole that I will be unable to patch up. As the man goes to get the bucket, I work as fast as I can. I hop over to the knife collection and grab two knives, one for me and the other for Jackie. He comes back in, with a bucket and Jackie comes back in, looking as dead as ever. They leave once again and I hop over to Jackie, I give her the knife and she looks at me as though she would drop to the floor any second if it wasn't for the chair.
"Jackie, you have to cut through the rope on your wrist and your ankles. Then I will cut mine, make sure the rope is set so it looks like it is still tightly bound. I will cut through mine, as soon as I get the woman close enough, I will say Go and you will run, fast, run for your life. Pretend there is a big feast of ice cream and hamburgers waiting for you at the end. I may not make it, but you have to." Just then I heard rustling, I look over to Jackie and she looks so somber. It made my heart break to know that I won't make it and she will, but my mind told me it was the right thing to do.
"ma'am, I think a spider bit me on the neck." I lean my head over as if there was something there that I wanted to see. Sure enough she came over, and it all happened in a blur, like I said it would. I stabbed the woman and told Jackie to run, she ran so fast, but not as fast as she could have done. It was okay though, the man looked bewildered, and then he finally took a gun out of his coat, aimed at me and fired. I could feel the bullet penetrate through my body and the force knocked me to the ground. I'm not sure where I got hit, but the pain was unbearable. I used all of the strength I had to stab the man right in the chest. I could hear him collapse and knew it was over. I did it, I killed them and saved Jackie, and the rest of the teenagers in the town. Even through the pain, I smiled, I finally did something right. I could feel the warmth of the blood around me, creating a sick feeling, blackness swept over me then, and I knew it was over. I wake up in a white room; my first thought was of Jackie, is she okay? Did someone find her? Then I could hear beeping and light conversations. I try to look over but my shoulder throbs, I try to grab it, but the IV tubes are holding my arm back. I look over and I see Jackie lying in the bed next to me. I could feel a warm hand touch my left arm. It was the nurse, she told me my parents had gone home, but that Jackie's were still here. I ask if Jackie is okay, and they say she was starved, but will recover. I smile, and once again, blackness sweeps over me. I think I am dreaming, I see my grandmother, she died though. AM I DEAD?
"Grandmother! Am-am I dead?" My voice is shaky and my heart beats with fear. She speaks, and instantly calms my nerves.
"No honey, but you must use your strength to hang on, I can only come to you when you are in critical condition. You must promise me that you will fight, for Jackie, and your parents." I nod and the tears fill up my eyes. I try to hug her but she is gone. For the next few weeks Jackie's color came back to her face, and her eyes began to look brighter, and she smiled more. I was the only one who noticed, but in her eyes, you can still see the pain and suffering that she had been put through, and I hope that no one will have to go through that, ever.