Chapter 2

"Remember the Rescued"

Dani's p.o.v.

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I arose in the middle of the night..my breath extremely heavy. I glanced around to remember that ..I was not home...that I still didn't have my parents. I sat up, buried my head in my knees and just let tears roll down my face. The name Ace Merrill still rings in my ears as ...I know this name...I know where this has come from. I know this group...somehow a sign of familiarity comes up everytime I think of his name.

Then...it hit me... the one night I was running late from working on my music. I didn't have a ride home so I had to walk. The sky was pitch black and it seemed as if it was around midnight. I pulled the sleeves of my jacket over my arms hoping to get warmth. I then remember hearing footsteps behind me... I turned around to two larger boys who seemed to be following me. I could tell by the way they were whispering to each other that they didn't have good intentions. I sped up...and I froze as I heard.

"Where are you going, doll?" one of them called out.

"None of your business" I said keeping my head forward.

"Come back we just want to talk to you" the other called to me.

My steps became quicker...I felt my pulse race...I heard their footsteps run toward me and I began to sprint ahead. One of them grabbed my shoulder and cornered me...

"I said I just wanted to talk to you" the one guy said looking me up and down.

"Okay we've talked, bye!" I said trying to turn the other way and there was the other guy at my guard.

"What do you want?" I asked.

"Action...a pretty girl like you should never be out this late at night...there's creeps out walking the streets" he stroked my cheek.

"The only two creeps I see are you guys now if you don't mind I'm leaving" I said trying to get away.

One of them grabbed my arm and pulled me back.

"Hey! Let me go!" I pulled my arm out of his grip.

"No way princess" he tugged me back by my shirt.

The two boys tried lifting my shirt and I kicked the one. Soon enough the guy beside him slapped me so hard I hit the ground. The one stood back up and tried getting ontop of me. I struggled, scrambled to fight back.. I screamed out as loud as I could and the one covered my mouth. I heard a car approaching in the distance..my only hope... I kicked the two guys off of me and crawled towards the road. I was pretty beat up...I felt my face throb and my whole body tense and I dragged my body hoping someone in the car would stop.

Finally a car came up the road and I yelled at the top of my lungs as the two guys grabbed my legs. The car came to a stop and inside were two guys. The tallest one got out of the car.

"Hey! What do you two think you're doing!" he yelled.

The two boys ontop of me froze and I glanced at the figure. He was tall, muscular, with bright blonde hair and a scruffy face.

"Get off of her now" he said pulling out a switchblade.

"Ohh why is this your girlfriend" one of them tried taunting him.

The boy looked at me and back at the two animal like guys ontop of me.

"You're pathetic..you would never get someone like her..atleast aim for a girl in your league" he said approaching them with the knife.

The dark haired boy stepped out of the car and stood next to the blonde one. I watched as the animals examined the lining letters on the front of the blonde boy's jacket.

"Cobra's...oh so you're the supposed tough guys everyone's talking about" the animal stood up off of me.

"I guess so" the blonde boy stated putting out his cigarette.

"I aint afraid of you" the one guy got in the blonde's face.

I watched the blonde boy slam him against the brick wall of the little alley and put his switchblade to his neck.

"I'll give you a 10 second running start before I chase you and slit your throat" he warned him.

The one animal unlatched himself from the blonde 'Cobra' and took off and soon enough his friend followed. The dark haired boy smiled and got back in the car waiting as the blonde just stared at me. I got up off the ground and quickly fixed my clothes and put my hair in my face to cover my recently inflicted injuries. I went to walk around him and he stepped in front of me. He moved the hair out of my face and anger arose over him.

"Those bastards" he muttered to himself.

"Thank you...you..you saved my life" I said.

"No problem just be careful" he said putting his switchblade in his pocket.

I began to walk away as I heard the car door close after the blonde entered the car.

"Do you have a name" the blonde called out to me.

"Uh ...yeah..Dani" I stopped and looked at him.

"I'm Ace Merrill" he said still glancing at me.

"Be careful Ms. Dani I wouldn't want to have to see you like this again" he said glancing at my beat up body.

"I will...thank you ..Ace" I said to him and he flashed me a smile and then drove away.

I sat up on my bed and thought back that this incident happened a year ago...

Did he remember me?

Did he take me in his home as an order to protect me?

I sat up all night thinking about this...thinking about everything how my life has changed... everything...

I remember being in school being the nerdy, weak, girl. I used to be pushed around in the halls.. tripped between classes...and now I'm here. I recall the day I've had enough... I hated everything about myself...my face, my legs, my personality, my stupid glasses. I ran home from school and of course the other girls found me. I didn't want to fight because I was afraid of my own anger.

After taking the last beating I went home, threw my stuff down and looked at myself in the mirror. I was so sick of always being hit. I knew I had anger issues and that if I fought something would go wrong, but at this point I didn't care I was done. I took off my glasses and let down my ugly long hair that draped to my lower back. I analyzed my bangs that just seperated from my face. I looked around for a pair of scissors and cut my hair..I cut it up to my shoulders and cut my bangs to cover my face. I dropped the scissors and tears just rolled down my face...I was so done of being hurt.

I looked at my split lip as I thought back on this I lightly ran my finger across the scar that still remained on my lip. I remember that day I punched the mirror and got glass in my hand. My parents were not happy with my decision to go without my glasses and my long hair but I learned to adjust my eyes. The next day I carefully wedged a switchblade in between the belt of my skirt. I walked into school and everyone just stared at me... they all muttered to each other and I just kept my head up.

Then ...they showed up...the 3 girls that always wanted to hit me. The three girls that thought they were absolutely perfect.

"Nice look" one of them said laughing.

I just ignored it. I just kept my head up everything that happened...I couldn't take it.

"I wish it was you that had to go instead of your brother" the one dark haired girl mocked me.

"What's that supposed to mean" I got angry.

My brother Jake was quite popular until he got into a strong amount of drugs... It hurt to know that he wasn't still here with me. He never really payed attention to me but I cared a lot about him and I watched him kill himself... I remember the call we got informing us that he was passing away from an overdose. This made me angry that these people just mock him.

"Yeah I miss Jake the cute junkie but your whole family follows him right? Your whole family are junkies right?" the other girl said stepping towards me.

"No actually just Jake did those things but he was a great person, but you wouldn't know" I said.

"Noo actually your family is full of whores, junkies, and whatever you are" the tallest girl stepped toward me and shoved me.

I tried pacing myself before I got too angry.

"Stop it" I warned them.

"Noo look at you, you're just disgusting" the girls started again.

"Stop it" I repeated myself.

"Why should we? What are you going to do?" the dark haired one said.

I kept my hand on my switchblade and I just started swinging. I grabbed the dark haired girl by her ponytail and pulled her to the ground. I noticed many people gathering around as if it was an entertainment event. The dark haired girl grabbed my leg and I began kicking her face. The third girl ran but the perky looking blonde just stood there. She ran toward me and threw me into the wall. I shoved her right back and she spit in my face. I slammed her against the wall and put my switchblade to her throat.

"People just can't keep their mouths shut" I told her.

Students panicked and soon enough teachers, police, were pulling me off of her and dragging me away from the battle. The girls looked scared and never spoke to me again. Well, they didn't really have an option because at that time I was kicked out of that school. I sat up and opened my eyes. I glanced around the room realizing that all of that was gone... I am now here in a new place, starting a new life.

I got up and wandered to the kitchen to get a glass of water.

"Hey are you alright?" Ace said coming up behind me.

I got startled and dropped my glass, shattering it on the floor.

"Uh...yeah..fine" I said frantically sweeping up the glass.

"Are you sure?" he stood in the doorway of the kitchen.

"Yeah...sure...fine" I said putting all of the glass into a dustpan.

"...I heard you crying" he said looking at me.

I turned around to look at the shirtless boy slunching his body against a wall.

"Uhh..yeah it's nothing" I said turning my face so he couldn't see my tears.

He moved closer to me and tried moving the hair out of my face. I turned my head and he wrapped his arms around my waist, lifted me up, and sat me on the countertop. I tried to get down and he stood right in front of me.

"What's wrong?" he said.

"Nothing! It's nothing" I told him again.

"Look in this house we don't hide. I don't want to see you upset so just tell me what's wrong" he demanded.

"Nothing...I don't want to talk about it" I informed him jumping off the countertop.

He put his arms against the counter, keeping me from moving away from him.

"Tell me" he demanded.

"No! I don't want to talk about it!" I said pushing him off of me.

"So you're just going to push me away!" Ace yelled.

"It's late...I do not want to talk about anything. I am tired" I said to him turning to face him.

"I am so sick of people pushing me away! If you live in my house you can't push me away" he became angry and threw a glass from the counter at me.

I froze...

All I could do was just stand there...I was frightened...

"...I'm so sorry" he approached me to make sure I was okay.

"Stop. I'm going to bed" I said stepping back afraid of his next move.

"Please. I'm sorry I get angry easily. I'm so sorry" he said.

I just turned away and walked down the hall. I glanced back to see one of his hands wiping his face. He seemed to be tearing up and I watched him quickly grab a cigarette, light it, and sit at the kitchen table. I didn't want to say anything so I just turned away and went back in my new room. I layed down on my bed and just stared at the ceiling, hoping that all the of the bad would go away...

***Alrighty! A very eventful Chapter. This is really the first time that Dani is seeing Ace's angry Cobra side. Throughout this story I will tend to alternate first person point of view to capture the thoughts and feelings of all the characters. Will Ace be gentle with her, or end up pushing her away to keep to himself? We will find out soon :) I hope you guys really like it. Please Review and Subscribe :)***