My Bloody Valentine
Hold This and Sleep
Friday came quickly, I’d been busy with work at the diner and the bar, I’d barely seen Jay the whole time, when we first returned I’d had a horrible night, dad had promised to keep me up to date with everything about the girl I’d found at the party, and he did so. He’d told me that there was no ID on her, her purse was empty, there was semen inside of her and they’d matched it to some guy named Jason Wright but according to their records he’d gone missing on his 19th birthday which had started up a fucking riot. But tonight was going to be fun.
Amy and Lucy arrived at my house a little over half an hour ago and we were sitting around eating pizza and getting them ready, I did their makeup amazingly if I do say so myself, they were definitely going to win some prizes tonight.
“Thank you so much for this!” Amy squealed and hugged me tightly, I told her that it was my pleasure and I had a lot of fun and Lucy thanked me too as her mom pulled up outside the house. I wished them good luck and told them to have fun.
After the girls left I sat around the house watching horror movies, it was a week until Halloween so horror movies were on almost every channel, giving me plenty of choice. I was watching Rob Zombie’s remake of Halloween when my phone buzzed beside me, I expected it to be a message from Matt, continuing our conversation while he was in the studio working a late night with the guys. I unlocked my phone without taking my eyes off of the TV and shoved another chip into my mouth before looking at the screen. It was a text message from a number I didn’t know.
Unknown: Must’ve stabbed her fifty fucking times…
The message was lyrics from the song Jimmy had been working on, A Little Piece of Heaven, and it had a photo attached, it was from inside the gym at the school, of Amy dancing with some of her friends.
Me: Who the fuck is this you sick bastard?!
I texted back rapidly and hit send while debating whether to call Matt or not, but my thoughts were interrupted when my phone buzzed again moments later.
Unknown: Oh, just someone who’s going to enjoy fucking up your rock star’s little sister ;)
Me: You fucking leave her alone!
The person didn’t respond with words, but another picture of Amy, and her friends, posing for his fucking camera. I threw my phone onto the coffee table, threw on a hoodie and my shoes before running out the door and to my car, starting it up and racing to the school.
I parked the car and jumped out faster than the speed of light and ran into the building where the music was thumping from. I didn’t know my way around this place but I found the gym no problem and looked around frantically trying to spot Amy.
“Riley?” A familiar voice asked from behind me, I whirled around to see Jay standing there.
“Jay, what the fuck are you doing here?” I asked.
“My brother goes here and my parents got me roped into being a chaperone,” He rubbed the back of his neck and chuckled.
“Ah, well, have you seen Amy around?” I asked, my eyes darting around the room again.
“Actually yeah, she went out to the toilets about five minutes ago,” He said with a kind smile before excusing himself, I turned around and ran back out of the gym in search of the toilets.
“Amy?!” I yelled as I burst into the toilets, pushing every cubicle door open.
“Riley! Help!” I heard Amy scream back from the last cubicle, I ran up to it and threw the door open to see her feet going out of the little window on the wall. I screamed after her before running outside and back to my car as a black truck sped away from the school, there was a note on my dashboard. How the hell did that get there.
‘You want her? Come get her, come alone, if anyone follows I’ll kill you both.’
The handwriting was messy but readable, clearly done quickly, I pulled out of the parking lot and rounded the corner in the direction the truck had gone, only to see it waiting at the end of the road, but as I got closer it sped off and I barely managed to follow it.
I followed it all the way to the abandoned factory where the party had been a little over a week ago, the black truck was parked outside and I parked beside it and made my way inside.
“Hello?” I called out, my voice a little shaky.
“Ah you came,” A voice said from in the shadows, it was weird sounding and I saw why when the guy stepped out of the shadows and into the small light so that I could see he was wearing a device over his mouth to change his voice. He was dressed in black with his hood up to hide his face.
“Riley,” Amy cried as she ran over to me, I pulled her close to me.
“Since I have you where I want you… or almost,” He let out light chuckle “We don’t need the kid,” He grabbed Amy by the hair and dragged her away from me, I mouthed ‘get help’ to her and she nodded before trying to wriggle out of his grasp. He threw her out of the door and walked back over to me and grabbed me by my hair.
“Get over here, bitch,” He barked as he dragged me behind him, I struggled to keep up with his fast pace, tripping over my own feet and be dragged along the ground by the hair, which was excruciatingly painful.
A few minutes later and I was tied to a steel chair so tightly I could feel the circulation cutting off in my hands.
“Please, just let me go,” I begged, but I refused to cry.
“Very funny doll face, but that’s not going to happen, I’m going to have some fun with you before you die,” He promised.
“You won’t hurt me, dick,” I spat back, he turned away from the table across from me with a gutting knife in his hand.
“Do you know what this is for?” He asked.
“It’s for gutting fish, asshole,” I replied.
“Don’t anger me princess, it won’t end well for you,” I shut up and he walked closer to me, just as his phone started to ring. “Could you hold this for me?” He asked.
“You know, I would, but my hands are a little tied right now,” I smirked cockily at him.
“Well,” He sighed “Hold it here.” He snapped as he plunged it into my left thigh and I roared out in pain. “Wait here,” He told me as he followed the ringing from the other side of the room.
“Not going anywhere pal,” I called after him as I began tugging on the ropes, trying to get myself free. Suddenly, my head snapped to the side and there was a shooting pain in my neck and everything went blurry less than a second later, he walked in front of me and removed the device, but with his hood up, bad lighting and my dizziness I couldn’t make out who he was, but he looked familiar.
‘Amy, please bring help soon,’ I thought to myself before slipping out of consciousness.
Amy and Lucy arrived at my house a little over half an hour ago and we were sitting around eating pizza and getting them ready, I did their makeup amazingly if I do say so myself, they were definitely going to win some prizes tonight.
“Thank you so much for this!” Amy squealed and hugged me tightly, I told her that it was my pleasure and I had a lot of fun and Lucy thanked me too as her mom pulled up outside the house. I wished them good luck and told them to have fun.
After the girls left I sat around the house watching horror movies, it was a week until Halloween so horror movies were on almost every channel, giving me plenty of choice. I was watching Rob Zombie’s remake of Halloween when my phone buzzed beside me, I expected it to be a message from Matt, continuing our conversation while he was in the studio working a late night with the guys. I unlocked my phone without taking my eyes off of the TV and shoved another chip into my mouth before looking at the screen. It was a text message from a number I didn’t know.
Unknown: Must’ve stabbed her fifty fucking times…
The message was lyrics from the song Jimmy had been working on, A Little Piece of Heaven, and it had a photo attached, it was from inside the gym at the school, of Amy dancing with some of her friends.
Me: Who the fuck is this you sick bastard?!
I texted back rapidly and hit send while debating whether to call Matt or not, but my thoughts were interrupted when my phone buzzed again moments later.
Unknown: Oh, just someone who’s going to enjoy fucking up your rock star’s little sister ;)
Me: You fucking leave her alone!
The person didn’t respond with words, but another picture of Amy, and her friends, posing for his fucking camera. I threw my phone onto the coffee table, threw on a hoodie and my shoes before running out the door and to my car, starting it up and racing to the school.
I parked the car and jumped out faster than the speed of light and ran into the building where the music was thumping from. I didn’t know my way around this place but I found the gym no problem and looked around frantically trying to spot Amy.
“Riley?” A familiar voice asked from behind me, I whirled around to see Jay standing there.
“Jay, what the fuck are you doing here?” I asked.
“My brother goes here and my parents got me roped into being a chaperone,” He rubbed the back of his neck and chuckled.
“Ah, well, have you seen Amy around?” I asked, my eyes darting around the room again.
“Actually yeah, she went out to the toilets about five minutes ago,” He said with a kind smile before excusing himself, I turned around and ran back out of the gym in search of the toilets.
“Amy?!” I yelled as I burst into the toilets, pushing every cubicle door open.
“Riley! Help!” I heard Amy scream back from the last cubicle, I ran up to it and threw the door open to see her feet going out of the little window on the wall. I screamed after her before running outside and back to my car as a black truck sped away from the school, there was a note on my dashboard. How the hell did that get there.
‘You want her? Come get her, come alone, if anyone follows I’ll kill you both.’
The handwriting was messy but readable, clearly done quickly, I pulled out of the parking lot and rounded the corner in the direction the truck had gone, only to see it waiting at the end of the road, but as I got closer it sped off and I barely managed to follow it.
I followed it all the way to the abandoned factory where the party had been a little over a week ago, the black truck was parked outside and I parked beside it and made my way inside.
“Hello?” I called out, my voice a little shaky.
“Ah you came,” A voice said from in the shadows, it was weird sounding and I saw why when the guy stepped out of the shadows and into the small light so that I could see he was wearing a device over his mouth to change his voice. He was dressed in black with his hood up to hide his face.
“Riley,” Amy cried as she ran over to me, I pulled her close to me.
“Since I have you where I want you… or almost,” He let out light chuckle “We don’t need the kid,” He grabbed Amy by the hair and dragged her away from me, I mouthed ‘get help’ to her and she nodded before trying to wriggle out of his grasp. He threw her out of the door and walked back over to me and grabbed me by my hair.
“Get over here, bitch,” He barked as he dragged me behind him, I struggled to keep up with his fast pace, tripping over my own feet and be dragged along the ground by the hair, which was excruciatingly painful.
A few minutes later and I was tied to a steel chair so tightly I could feel the circulation cutting off in my hands.
“Please, just let me go,” I begged, but I refused to cry.
“Very funny doll face, but that’s not going to happen, I’m going to have some fun with you before you die,” He promised.
“You won’t hurt me, dick,” I spat back, he turned away from the table across from me with a gutting knife in his hand.
“Do you know what this is for?” He asked.
“It’s for gutting fish, asshole,” I replied.
“Don’t anger me princess, it won’t end well for you,” I shut up and he walked closer to me, just as his phone started to ring. “Could you hold this for me?” He asked.
“You know, I would, but my hands are a little tied right now,” I smirked cockily at him.
“Well,” He sighed “Hold it here.” He snapped as he plunged it into my left thigh and I roared out in pain. “Wait here,” He told me as he followed the ringing from the other side of the room.
“Not going anywhere pal,” I called after him as I began tugging on the ropes, trying to get myself free. Suddenly, my head snapped to the side and there was a shooting pain in my neck and everything went blurry less than a second later, he walked in front of me and removed the device, but with his hood up, bad lighting and my dizziness I couldn’t make out who he was, but he looked familiar.
‘Amy, please bring help soon,’ I thought to myself before slipping out of consciousness.
9/11/13