Black Roses chapter 23: Should I help You?

Shouting out to Pancake cuz she drew a cover for BL and I thank you so SO much! :D You can check it out on her DA profile or on my faves on my DA (CutieChloeGal). :)

OH AND I COMMAND U TO GO ON YOUTUBE AND TYPE IN ED SHEERAN GIVE ME LOVE CAPTURED IN THE LIVE ROOM. JUST DO IT AND FALL IN LOVE WITH HIS VOICE. .

MERE: Chick will show up very soon... MWAHAHHA

PGR: Here's le update. :-D

BTW. I made a vow I will not write any M rated stuff until I'm 16/17 and that's in a few years. I'm only about to go into Year 9 (SAVE MEEEEEEEEEE!) and this story in film rating would be at least a PG/12A. Not that it will be a movie but it's the closest I can get in book ratings. Rant over.

"Billy, you need to be stronger. We nearly got caught!" Chick yelled at a weak young man by Willie's Butte at 1 in the morning.

"Well...I'm sorry!" Billy spluttered weakly. He hadn't eaten in days neither slept.

"Sorry? That's all you have to say?! Sorry!? You're useless! I don't know why I recruited you! The point was to get back at Sally for breaking our hearts and running off with that...that thing! We both can't stand him!" Chick yelled kicking the helpless man with every insult. What good would it do? Nothing. Nothing good, nothing bad either.

"Chick stop!" coughed Billy.

"Why?!" laughed Chick. Billy stayed silent as Chick continued to punch and kick him. Once Chick was done, blood was pouring from his head and bruises all over his arms. Blood stained his jeans on his knees. "Just be glad I haven't stabbed you yet," Chick snarled as he walked out.

"Why..." Billy said faintly as he watched Chick walk away as his vision fell out of place and went fuzzy.

Sally woke up the next morning snuggled up to Lightning.

"She seems so real..." Sally said quietly. She got up out of bed and brushed her short brown hair. She tried braiding a ribbon through it and holding it together with a bead. It just didn't look right. She looked a right state. She wondered how Lightning thought she was pretty. Her untameable hair was a mess, her lightly tanned skin was very pale, her eyes had massive bags under them and she'd lost a ton of weight. She stared at herself in the full length mirror in the bathroom and broke down in tears. Suddenly, 2 big strong arms comforted her.

"What's wrong?" Lightning hushed.

"I don't see how you think I'm pretty. Are you blind? Girls want to look like Miley Cyrus or Beyonce or even Hayley Williams. But I can't ever look like them. I'm not pretty," sobbed Sally.

"No Sal. Yes they are pretty...but not as gorgeous as you. You're Sally," Lightning smiled hugging her and kissing her forehead. "You're Beautiful, it's true." Sally chuckled.

"Oh now you're quoting song lyrics? So 3 people think I'm beautiful; you, my mum and James Blunt," Sally laughed.

"Yup. Now come on, Flo's serving her legendary pancakes," Lightning smirked kissing Sally's cheek and leaving the bathroom to get dressed.

Sally dressed into a simple red tee shirt and jeans even though they didn't fit her like they used to. She was scared if she did anything extreme, she was break like china. She was so skinny and petite. She then caught a look of a bruise and a scar on her stomach where Chick had violently beaten her up a week ago as she watched herself put the tee shirt on in the mirror. She felt a chill on her spine at the memory. Lightning knocked on the door of their room and poked his head through.

"Come on hurry up. Me want my pancakes!" Lightning whined like a little child.

"Yeah...yeah coming," Sally said brushing her hair running after him.

"...You know I'm going after him. After what he's done to us. To you," Lightning said over breakfast, scoffing pancakes.

"Don't Stickers. It'll only end in more tears. We've lost Mater we can't lose you. I love you too much," Sally protested.

"But Sally..."

"No. Just don't do anything. Don't kill him. Don't do anything to him," Sally begged.

"Oh what? Even after what he did to you? Sally are you that blind? He tried to frikking kill you! He killed Mater! Nothing's ever going to be the same again." And with that, Lightning finished the last mouthful of pancakes and stomped out. Sally looked on and followed him.

"Light wait!" Sally yelled. Lightning ignored her and climbed into his famous red corvette and drove away. Sally watched him in anger. She stomped over to Holley's house.

Lightning sat on the edge of Willie's Butte listening to the sweet sound of silence, totally unaware of the horror that had happened in the early hours of the day. He sat in front of Doc's grave talking to him.

"I know you can't hear me but...We miss you. You have no idea how much we need you. Something bad has happened affecting all of us. Mater's gonna be with you too. Just make sure he stays out of trouble okay Doc? But, he'll still be here. You see, Holley's having his baby, me and Sal got engaged. But I'm not sure of my life anymore. I'm not sure if I want to get married, I'm not sure if I want to have kids. I'm not sure of who I am anymore. I'm lost. I want more than anything for you to be here and be my Guidance again. You were the closest thing to a father I'll ever have and now you're gone," Lightning said aloud to Doc's grave stone. "We miss you." And with that he stood up and turned around. Suddenly a broken body came crawling towards him. Lightning jumped back in shock.

"Help...Me..." the person begged. It was Billy. He had crawled out of the cave from earlier and was slowly dying. Lightning stared at him.

WILL LIGHTNING HELP BILLY? OOOH SUSPENCE! XD