I was starting to wake up from my nap. It's been three days since me and Jay got the tape of Alex and his girlfriend. I hope they're okay. We've been driving non stop to the return adress of the tape, only stopping to switch turns at driving and napping and once having to refill the gas tank.
Being next to the drivers seat I could hear Jay talking to the camera. I wish he would stop with the camera thing, it was really unnerving me a little. Then again, the fact I was holding it for him probably was'nt helping so I was being a bit of a hypocrite.
"I have no idea what's gonna be there, when I get there. So… it's looking a little rainy… and… I don't know why I'm still talking", I heard Jay admit to the camera, which was resting on my lap and I decided to respond.
"Because you missed talking to me while I was napping?", I joked as I opened my eyes and looked at Jay.
"I guess". Jay gave a half smile, keeping his eyes on the road. "Hey, we're nearly there. Could you turn the camera off for me for me? Till we get there?"
"Sure". I nodded my head and pressed the off switch for it before looking outside. It was raining though it was'nt heavy. Just a light shower.
We soon made it to the return adres. It was a small, red bricked building that was missing doors and windows and the front was covered in graffiti. I could'nt tell if it was (at one point) just a small building or house.
"You sure this is the right place?", I asked as we got out of the car while turning the camera back on.
"Pretty sure it is. Give me the camera". I handed Jay the camera and we made our way quickly up the pathway to the front door...or at least where the front door should be. The grass was brown. If it was still barely alive the rain would have some relief for it. There were also some trees nearby, but no other buildings.
The room we entered into was large and was covered in debris, both big and small and there was more graffiti inside. Perhaps there was a fire here at some point? We could make out some of the debris being metal and wood.
As I went to look at some burnt shelves trying to see if there was anything usefull, Jay went to the other side of the room where most of the inside graffiti was. If this had been a house, was this a breakfast nook area? The only sounds were our footsteps and the rain hitting either the roof, or the floor from entering the windows.
A sudden sound made me and Jay turn sharply in the direction of the source, only to see that the window had only sucked out a tarp covering a window. We ignored it then and countinued to look around.
"I'm just gonna look in here", Jay said to me as he went into a smaller, darker room. I nodded and countinued to look around. But just a couple of seconds after Jay went in there, I heard a large bang behind me which startled me and made me give a sharp gasp as I turned around and Jay came out of the room.
It was just some metal blown over by the wind.
I could faintly hear from Jay's breathing he was just as startled as I was. The rain seemed to get heavier and the air a little colder then before.
"M-maybe we should go now. Come back tomorrow. The rain should have stopped by then", I suggested, looking around nervously.
"Y-yeah. Let's go", Jay mumbled before we started to walk to the doorless entrance. From there we ran to the car and once inside drove off.
"So, what do we do now?", I asked as I looked out the window on my side.
"...Well if it's okay with you, I was thinking we could sleep in the booth for tonight, untill we know what to do. There's blankets and it should be big enough for the both of us".
"Sure", I simply responded, still looking out the window. "So, do you think Alex sent the tape? He could have used this adress simply because it was safer then his own place".
"Makes sense. Gives us a reason to look back tomorrow".
Admitably it was a little awkward sharing a sleeping space with Jay, but it was safer then sleeping in the back seats and it was comforting a little. I did'nt have that dream of being in a forest again.
"So, do you think we'll find something this time?", I asked as Jay drove us back to the red bricked building. The weather was much better today compared to yesterday. The sky was bright blue with very few clouds in the air and it even looked as if it had'nt been raining at all.
"Maybe. There'll deffinetly be more light so that should help, and if someone is there they should be there today", Jay answered, nearing the building.
"I guess".
Getting to the building was more or less a repeat of yesterday. We parked, looked around us before walking up the pathway to the empty doorframe. Except the weather seemed to try and make things more cheerfull.
We went inside. It seemed a little damp here and there, but otherwise it was dry from yesterday. Jay gave a small sigh.
"Hello?", he said out loud, but as expected by me got no response. I helped him lift some wood up since one of his hands was holding the camera only for him to let go and kick some debris away in frustration. I let the wood drop to the ground and walk after Jay as he said,
"There's nothing here". I was'nt too sure if he was talking to me or if he thought someone else was here. "What are you wanting me to see? I'm not seeing anything".
I noticed a green notebook on a shelf. I don't recall seeing it yesterday. I was going to walk over and get but then I heard a voice I had'nt heard in three, nearly four years.
"Jay? Rebecca?"
We turned around and saw Alex. He was'nt showing any specific emotion but I did'nt care. It was my brother! After all this time! Before me or Jay could say anything though, Alex put a finger to his lips and pointed to the room behind Jay.
"Okay, hold on", Jay whispered and me and him moved towards the room. There was a doorway in the backroom and out of curiousity I walked over to it, though what happened next almost made my heart stop.
Masky ran out of the doorway, knife in hand. For that split second I thought he was going to stab me again like he did three months ago! But no, he shoved me out of his way and ran past Jay to Alex!
I of course acted imeadietly and ran after him and grabbed onto the back of his jacket and the arm holding the knife, trying to pull him away from try to stab Alex. That did'ntstop him from grabbing Alex's throat. Around the same time I heard the camera drop to the ground and Jay ran over to help by trying to pull the masked man's grip off of Alex. Jay was successful but Masky then shoved Jay away.
"Ah, God", I think this came from Alex. The struggle was a bit of a blur blur, but I remember I managed to force the knife away from Masky's hand so I was now holding it. After that Alex shoved me away (I'm guessing for my safety) and pushed Masky to the ground, face down, before pinning him down, with some help from Jay.
"Get the cord!", I heard Alex order Jay, and seeing some cord nearby I grabbed it and threw it over to Jay before picking up the camera, the sounds of Masky struggling and making muffled noises, trying to get out of Alex's hold echoing throughout the small building. While Alex was tying the Masky up, I handed the camera back to Jay but I still had the knife in hand. I guess I felt safer holding the same knife that stabbed me a few months ago then with anyone else. I could have sworn just thinking about the incident was making my scar hurt a little.
I walked over beside Jay as he went over to join Alex. Masky was still struggling a little. This was deffinetly not how I imagined my reunion with Alex.
"Keep him still", Jay said to Alex as he bent down to grab the mask. I felt anxiety as the identity of our assailent would finally be known, but I was not prepaired for this.
"Tim...", I could'nt believe. It was him? All this time? I...I don't know how to exlpain my shock. Whenever I talked to him he seemed nice, normal...but, he was the same guy who made me taste his own blood! The same guy who stabbed me and taste his own blood! The same guy who choked me...
Tim started to cough and I heard Alex say,
"Rebecca".
"Hm?", I looked at him and saw him gesturing to my left side. "What?",I said looking at the knife, still in my hand.
"Give me the knife", Alex demanded.
"No, I'm not giving you the knife!" I hardly doubted I could trust Alex with the knife while he had Tim tied up and not really able to defend himself so I handed it to Jay who I think was thinking the same as me since he took a tight grip of the knife and held it out of Alex's reach.
"Jay, turn off the camera", Alex said as he got off of Tim and grabbed a rock. I felt horrified when I realisied what he was planning.
"What the hell do you think your doing?"
"What? No! Hey, hey, hey, hey!", Jay tried to reason with Alex but it seemed useless. I felt frozen as he walked over to Tim and raised the rock. Tim himself was now on his back and trying to crawl away from my brother who now seemed to have a murderous streak in him. And I thought my current sanity issues were bad.
"He's not gonna follow us!", were the last words I heard from Alex before I snapped into action and ran behind Alex and grabbed him from behind and tried to pull him away from Tim. Jay dropped the camera and was going to help, but before he could Alex brought down the rock on Tim's leg, which brought a loud scream of pain to my ears.
I guess Tim crawling away combined with me pulling at Alex may have just been what saved Tim's life. His leg however was deffinetly broken, and I could even see some blood. Tim was still giving some cries of pain which made me feel as if my heart dropped into my stomach. I was too stunned to even yell at Alex
"What the hell man!", Jay yelled at Alex. He just scowled and broke out of the grip I had on him. He gave a brief glare at me, though I did'nt notice, before he walked out.
"Hey! What do you think your doing?", Jay yelled before following after Alex. I could hear them starting an argument and I could even make out what they were saying but right now I was just trying to think of some way to help Tim. I mean, yeah he's hurt me in the past, but that does'nt mean he deserves to have his head bashed in. Not to mention his leg needed medical attention somehow.
I looked around, trying to think quick before Jay and Alex realised I was'nt with them. I spotted a pipe about leg length and quickly grabbed it before putting it next to Tim and knealing beside him and making him sit up. I cringed as he still cried out in pain. I hope I was'nt making it worse by making him sit up.
"I'm sorry about all this", I mumbled quickly as I tried to loosen the cord tied around his wrist. It was a little difficult, especially with the very limited time I had, but I had to do something! I managed to loosen it enough so that Tim would have no problem getting out of it.
"I loosened the chords. Wait a little bit after were gone and try and use the pipe as a walking stick and get to a hospital", I said quickly. I was'nt too sure if he could understand me with the unimaginable amount of pain he was in, but I could at least do something to help him.
"Rebecca? Where the hell are you?", I heard Alex yell.
"I'm sorry", I murmured before quickly standing up and running to the doorway just a few seconds before Alex got there.
"C'mon. Just forget about him", Alex roughly grabbed my wrist and dragged me out walking at a pace that almost made me stumble.
"H-hey!" But Alex did'nt listen to me and only let go of me at the car and took the seat next to Alex, but not before he ordered me to get in. I did so reluctantly as Jay pulled away from the house. The rest of the car trip had a tense silence as I looked out the window, wondering if Tim would get out okay.
I'm did'nt keep track of the time, but eventually we drove into a parking lot. There was only one other car there which I recognised as Alex's. When we stepped outside, Jay was the first to break the silnce.
"Why did you do that? What were you thinking?", Jay yelled at Alex.
"Are you trying to make this whole thing even worser by trying to kill him?", I joined in. Just yesterday I was hoping to see my brother, but now I was wondering if that had been a wise thing to wish for.
"I did what I had to do. He stabbed my sister", Alex yelled at Jay.
"You broke his leg with a block of cement!", Jay stressed. I put my face in my hands while mumbling, 'oh God', over and over again. For the moment I was going to assume he had seen the videos since he seemed to know about the whole stab thing.
"I could've done worse and I probably should have!", Alex retorted as he paced away from the car a little. I took my mind off of the conversation a little bit. I did'nt want to listen to Alex for a couple of minutes, and I also started to feel a pounding headache. What the hell was wrong with Alex? The Alex I knew would never do something like that, ever! When I finally returned my focus to the conversation Alex was saying to Jay,
"…hotel you were at, what room you were at and then get a package delivered to your door. Your not exactly hard to find". It was silent for a little while untill Jay asked,
"What do you want us to do between now and whenever you decide to call us?"
"Lay low", Alex answered. He glanced at me and mumbled, "talk to ya later sis", before he went off to his own car and drove away from Jay and I.
"Yeah, we're doing great at that. Laying Low", Jay mumbed.
Date: 04/22/10
Time: 20:23
We went back to the red bricked house today.
...We saw Alex..
He's...He's not the same.
Masky is Tim.
Alex tried to kill Tim with a block of cement, but I pulled Alex away enough for only Tim's leg to be broken.
Alex left several hours ago, told me and Jay to lay low.
always imagined I'd be hugging Alex when I would be reunited with him, but now...
...Then again with all the shit that's been happening lately, I guess I should have known better...
I loosened Tim's bonds, and left a pipe for him to use as a walking stick. Hopefully he's get medical attention.
...I feel like I can only really trust Jay right now...
Rebecca Kralie.
