NightTide: The Girl With Red Eyes

I woke up, tied to a pole… I had tape on my mouth, I looked around and saw the guy sleeping in a chair… we were outside, I didn’t know where though. I tried pulling my arms away, I wasn’t going to be able to break this rope. I looked around, it was dark out… I couldn’t see very far, I couldn’t get free, but I could look at the stars… Elizabeth came to mind, I’m sure she was ok… I was worried about how she felt when she woke up… I wonder if she went to get Jessica? What if she’s looking for me now…

I tried pulling on the ropes again, my right hand was looser then the left… Maybe I could get it free… I wiggled my wrist around, it started bleeding but I managed to get it out… I was able to untie the rope and get free, I pulled the tape off, it hurt. He was still asleep, I searched around for a something heavy. I found a brick, I went up behind him and bashed his head. I saw blood in his hair, he wasn’t getting back up…

Now I had to figure out where I was at… I looked around, my eyes had adjusted by now, but I had no idea where I was at. Maybe waiting for the sun to come up would be best?

At least, until I saw a flashlight and hear someone yelling...

“Red! Where are you!” It was Elizabeth… Why did she look for me on her own?

I ran over to her. “Elizabeth!” I ended up tackling her.

She froze for a second in shock. “Red! Oh, thank god you’re ok!” She hugged me. “Where Nigel?”

Why did it matter? “I hit him over the head with a brick.”

She sighed. “Good, we shouldn’t see him again then… I’m glad you’re ok.”

I smiled. “I’m just glad you found me, I have no idea where I’m at.”

We got up, she smiled. We stood there for a minute, at least until she got a pained look her face. She looked down, I did as well… There was a blood stain!

What happened! “Elizabeth!” She fell.

She looked behind me. “Behind you!” She wouldn’t take her eyes off of what it was!

I turned around! It was Nigel! He was holding a gun! He had blood on his face. He looked angry. “They say every rose has its thorns… I guess yours are quite sharp.”

I felt something, I don’t know how to describe it. I didn’t want to cry, my heart was racing, my vision wasn’t straight. “YOU SHOT ELIZABETH!”

He sighed. “So, I did? It doesn’t matter, her father stopped trying to check up on her a long time ago.”

I wanted to kill him. I ran up and tried to punch him! He moved the side and kicked me in the stomach! I threw up on the ground.

He laughed. “You’re fragile. I don’t want to hurt you more than I have to, please don’t fight me.”

He I could feel my chest pounding, I didn’t know what this was. I wanted to kill him so much. “FUCK YOU!” I spun around and tackled him.

I kept punching him, I just kept hitting over and over again. He didn’t act like he was being phased by it! He grabbed my arm and tossed me into a tree! It hurt, I didn’t care though. I stood back up and ran at him! He ducked and punched me in the stomach again!

He was laughing. “Fighting with all you have won’t get rid of your weakness. You’re lacking when it comes to physical strength.”

That feeling got stronger. “SHUT UP! I’M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU!”

I tried kicking him but he jumped backwards. “Such language…”

I couldn’t stand this feeling. The more he picked at me the worse it got. There was a metal rod on the ground, I grabbed it… He looked nervous now. I ran up and swung at him, he tried blocking it with his arm but I felt a crack rattle through the pipe. He recoiled in pain and I swung for more, I kept hitting him I didn’t want to stop, he was curled up on the ground and I kept swinging. I swung and swung and swung until the rod snapped! I had to take a step back and breath…

He got back up, he was in pain, but he got back up. “That hurt quite a bit… I guess you have no intentions to hold back then… I supposed if I must I won’t either!” Before I could do anything, he was in my face.

He kicked my stomach, I watched blood fly out of my mouth before being hit again and getting launched through a tree. It broke my arm… I couldn’t move it at all, I tried standing up… Just moving hurt but I couldn’t let him get away with this!

He was walking up, clearly hurt from when I hit him. “Please stop this, your beautiful face is covered in blood. Things don’t need to be this way.”

He stayed calm during all this! “SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!” He was suddenly in my face again… I felt a fist in my gut, he punched me again.

This was different though, as soon as the pain hit everything slowed down, I got knocked backwards but it was slowly. I don’t know what this is but it’s happened before, everything slows down. It feels like I’m trying to move underwater but I everything is slower… I can use this! I got up as quickly as I could and ran up, I tried punching him in the face but he moved to the side. I saw his foot coming up and moved to the side. I went to hit him again and managed to knock a tooth out. He tried talking but it was to slow for me to understand. There was a thick stick on the ground, I grabbed it and ran after him again. I went to hit him and he used his arm to shield himself. While his arms were up I changed the swing, I went for his stomach! I hit him and watched him throw up.

He was holding his stomach on the ground, I hit him over the back with the stick and it broke. I kicked his face and he flopped to the ground! I started kicking him, it didn’t matter where I just needed to hit him! I didn’t notice his fist coming towards me and I got launched away… I landed next to Elizabeth. She was awake, she was still ok… She looked scared though. I tried getting up, it hurt. I looked at her again, she gave me a weak smile… She had a knife on her, I grabbed it. When I pulled my arm away she grabbed my hand, I couldn’t understand her but it looked like she was saying sorry… SHE DIDN’T NEED TO APPOLOGIZE TO ME!

It’s always been my fault! I couldn’t protect anyone! I failed her! I failed Jessica! I’ve always failed! I’m not going to be useless anymore!

He was limping towards me! He wasn’t smiling anymore. If he was out for blood now I couldn’t let him touch me! He gave me a smile… just like that, I felt everything break. THAT FUCKING SMILE! I COULDN’T TAKE IT! IT HURT SO MUCH TO SEE! I WANTED TO CUT IT OFF! I DIDN’T WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN! I stopped caring about the pain! It didn’t hurt anymore! My only goal was to hurt him!

I started laughing… “I’m going to cut you to fucking pieces! You hear me Nigel! YOU FUCKING HEAR ME!”

I ran after him, I stuck the knife in his ribs. I saw his face twist into pain! It was glorious! He punched me to the side. I got back up and watched him try and hobble away! I ran after him!

I couldn’t stop laughing! It was hilarious watching him try to flee. “WHAT’S WRONG! DID THE THORNS CUT TO FUCKING DEEP!?” I ran after him and cut the spot behind his knee. He fell down, I started dragging him back towards Elizabeth! “LOOK AT ME YOU SON OF A BITCH! THIS IS THE LAST FACE YOU’RE EVER GOING TO SEE!”

I turned him towards me. He tried swinging at me, I slit his wrist. He was in more pain! I stabbed his stomach and pulled the knife out! I kept stabbing him! He wasn’t dying! I stabbed his shoulder, then his knee, then ankle. I cut his ear off! He was visibly in pain! I could see his face! He was screaming but everything was to slow to hear it! I stuck the knife just below his chest and pulled it all the way down to his crotch! I cut it clean through! I was covered in his blood but I didn’t care! He was in pain! That’s all I wanted! He was coughing up blood now! I cut his eyes, he couldn’t see! It was hilarious! I kept laughing during it! He reached his other hand to my face, I bit his fingers off and spit them out on the ground! He stopped screaming, he stopped moving, he stopped bleeding… I killed him! I enjoyed it so much! He hurt Elizabeth! I hurt him back! I fell backwards, I was spread out on the ground just laughing!

I was laughing for a while, I looked to my right… my arm was broke, my left arm was fine… I was covered in blood, I had to get to Elizabeth! Everything started speeding back up when I came to this realization. I ran over to her, her eyes were closed but she was breathing! I didn’t know where to go, I didn’t know what to do!

I tried to wake her up! “Elizabeth! Can you hear me! Please god be ok!”

I tried to pick her up, I couldn’t do it with one arm… the attempt caused me to vomit blood on the ground, I wasn’t any better. I didn’t know what to do. I went to stand up but fell back down, the pain was coming back. I couldn’t move, it hurt too much… Then I heard footsteps.

I also heard screaming. “Elizabeth! Red! Where the hell are you two!” It was Jessica.

My vision was going black but I had to scream. “OVER HERE!” I passed out before she got to us.