Now or never
Escape
I stared at zacky in disbelief as he cradled me in his arms. I should have seen this coming, how could I be so foolish to think that Matt wouldn't retaliate. My worst nightmare was coming to life, I already knew where he was taking me and I honestly feared that I would be dead by morning. Everything seemed to be moving in slow motion as I turned my head seeing shana still laid on my bed, unknowing of what was happening. I knew I had to fight, I had to try to escape before zacky took me away. I reached out placing my hands on zacky shoulders as he held me, pulling myself up slightly. Before he knew what was happening I pulled my head back slightly then brought it forward slamming my forehead into his. Catching him off guard he dropped me to the floor, bringing his hands up over his bloody nose.
" fucking bitch!" He spit angrily. I struggled to regain my composure from the fall that knocked the wind out of me. I shakily placed my hands down attempting to push myself up. But I only raised my body up about two inches before I felt zackys boot slam down harshly onto my spine, pinning me down to the floor. He didn't speak but I could hear his breathing become more erratic as he I felt him remove his foot replacing it with his body.
" night, night whore" he whispered as I felt a pinch on my neck.
~~~ Matt's pov ~~~
I paced back and forth impatiently, periodically gazing out my front window eagerly waiting to see zackys headlights. I was slightly sorry that it had to come to this. I hated having disputes between my friends and I, but Brian had something I wanted and I wasn't going to dismiss my desires. I grabbed my cup of whiskey, sipping it as I chuckled to myself replaying the earlier events of the day. I had to hand it to Brian and Michelle, they put up a pretty good front. But they underestimated me, I knew what they were doing and I played along.
" About fucking time zack" I grumbled under my breath as I saw his black BMW creep down my winding driveway. I went into the kitchen and out into the garage hitting the button opening the garage door so zacky could pull in.
" What took so fucking long!" I snapped at him once he got out. He shot me an irritated glance as he opened his back door. I could see the dried blood under his nose as well as the dark purple bruises beginning to form under his eyes. I smiled internally at the fact that halen was such alittle spit fire. Zacky pulled her from the backseat of his car, tossing her unconcious body over his shoulder like a rag doll.
" bring her into the basement, then you can go" I directed. with a roll of his eyes he obeyed as I lead him through the house and down the basement stairs. Luckily Val was out of town visiting family, which made all this much easier. If she had any idea what was going on she would flip. I was able to easily keep my little torture chamber a secret simply telling her that it was my "man cave" and as I told her the only place in that house that was mine only and off limits. She never argued or questioned it, I'm sure just assuming I was being a typical man that need a place to watch sports and hide my playboys. But she had no clue what actually went on behind that dark mahogany door. Zacky walked over to the stone wall holding her limp body in place as I clasped the iron shackles around her limbs.
" Be careful dude, she's a fighter" zacky snarled, wincing in pain as he rubbed his broken nose. With that he walked back up the stairs leaving just halen and I. I reached into my pocket pulling out a cigarette bringing it to my lips. I lit it, inhaling deeply as I continued to stare at her as she stood chained before me. She looked so peaceful despite the chains that bound her. I enjoyed the silence for a few more minutes while I finished my cigarette. I knew once she came to, I would have my hands full. I walked over to her gently taking her chin in my hand raising her head slightly. She was still out cold, I snatched my hand away letting her head drop back down. I took another sip of my whiskey letting it burn down my throat as I swirled the remaining contents around in the glass. I was ready to get this show on the road, my patience was wearing thin having to wait for here to wake up. I took my glass tightly in my hand as I jerked my arm sending the remaining whiskey in my glass splashing all over his face. I smirked when she began coughing and choking, struggling for air being that her mouth was still taped shut. her head groggily snapping to attention as I roughly snatched the tape from her mouth causing her to gasp out.
" Well, well, well we meet again" I said, a hint of evil in my tone.
~~~ halens pov ~~~
i choked as I felt the warm liquid burn as it traveled through my nostrils and down my throat. The more I tried to catch my breath the more I struggled for air not able to breath through my mouth due to the tape. Everything was a blur as I raised my head, even though I couldnt make out clearly who was standing before me I knew it as Matt. My vision slowly started to come back as he yanked the tape from my lips, I choked out then took in a much need lungful of air.
" well, well, well we meet again" he said in a tone that made my skin crawl. He smirk widened as he watched me struggle against my restraints. I felt hopeless at this point, the only tiny glimmer of hope I had was the house arrest anklet that Brian and Michelle put on me. If it actually did what they said as soon as zacky carried me out of the house it should have alerted them. As I stood there chained and imprisioned against my will I felt the rage begin to ignite at the pit of my stomach. At this point he was going to do whatever he wanted and I was pretty much shit out of luck. But I sure as hell wasn't going to make it any easier than it already was for him.
" Their going to find me eventually you sick fuck!!" I growled as I yank violently against my chains. I could feel my face burn crimson red as I screamed. He chuckled lightly, completely dismissing my rage, which fueled me even more. He sauntered over while at the same time slipping his shirt over his head.
" Oh I have no doubt they know exactly where you are and that they will come and try to rescue you love. But your mine now, you were supposed to be mine from the beginning" he purred, I fought to snatch my head away as he softly ran his hand along my cheek. My movents froze as I stared at him in confusion, what the hell was he talking about? It was as if he read my mind as his features softened from devious to adoring.
" I wanted you since the first time I saw you backstage, but Brian that sneaky bastard got to you before I did. " he said gazing into my eyes lovingly.
" why shana then?" I asked, completely dumbfounded. Not that I really gave a fuck which one wanted me first, either way it was still a fucked up situation regardless. But I never really got any explanation for all of this bullshit, and now I had my chance. He chuckled softly shaking his head like I should have already known the answer to that.
" Shana was just a ploy to get closer to you. To give them a false sense of security, so they wouldn't catch on that I wanted you since I already had shana. You see I did it all for you" he said taking my face lovingly in his hands. But just as quickly as he turned loving like the flip of a switch his face twisted in a mix of anger and betrayal.
" But you fought against me, you dismissed me like I was some vile peice of shit" he spit, the once gentle grasp on my face turned harsh and violent. I cried out in agony as the pain became unberable. He yanked his hands away as he began tugging at my clothes, tearing them away leaving me naked.
" Please, I'm sorry! I didn't know" I cried out, trying to calm him down and spare myself what I knew was coming. He didn't let up though, he grabbed my arms which we already chained above my head, slamming them harshly against the stone wall.
" Too fucking late baby, now I'm only going to tell you once, SHUT THE FUCK UP!!" He growled as he pulled away slightly enough to smack me across my face. As much as the impact burned my skin I kept my mouth shut as I was told. He leant down and began biting and sucking my nipples roughly. The tears streamed down my cheeks as I stood silent. Just as he Began to unbutton his pants the shrill ring of a telephone blared from upstairs. He groaned in anger as he ripped himself from me and ran up the stairs to get the phone.
" hey baby, I miss you" he cooed. I could hear his muffled conversation as I assumed he was talking to Val. I rolled my eyes as he rattled on and on to her like he was husband of the year. Besides the fact that he had a girl chained down in his basement. Regardless of his lies I was grateful that he had been pulled away and was being kept busy. After the phone call ended I had excpected for him to come back down, but I was gladly proven wrong when he simply shut out the light and shut the basement door. I could hear to floor creak above me signaling that he was up in his room. My body ached from being shackled but atleast I didn't have to deal with him for now. The next morning I could see the sunlight peeking through the bottom of the basement door. the sunlight blocked out momentarily as someone stepped past. Matt hadn't been back down here since before the phone call last night. And I wondered if Brian and Michelle had realized I was gone and if they even cared. I could hear the muffled sound of a car starting and screeching tires out of the garage. I sighed in relief that I atleast had a little bit longer without him tormenting me. But I didn't know how long he was going to keep me like this, and if he was planning on feeding me or just leaving me down here to rot. With that thought the song " A little piece of heaven " played in my head. My body froze as I sang each lyric, realizing how real it seemed to my situation right now. I thought back to how much I loved that song and would sing along to it in my car or just hanging around the house. And now I was living it, or technically Matt would be living it. My heart leaped into my throat and I heard a door slam from inside the house. the sunlight was once more interrupted by someone's presence infront of the door. I squeezed my eyes shut as my heart raced violently. I heard footsteps race down the stairs and hit the floor, but then it stopped, I didn't hear anymore movement.
"what the fuck?!" I heard a male voice gasp out In disbelief. I peeked through my eyes seeing a tall silhouette before me in the darkness. He snapped out of his shock and ran over flicking on the light before racing back over to me.
" Jimmy?" I said, my voice hoarse and weak. I didn't know wether to be relieved or scared. So far all of them had some hand In this shit, and it was hard to think jimmy wasn't involved as well. But the pure mix of shock and terror on his face convinced me he had no idea any of this was going on. Without saying anything he grabbed a large pair of metal cutters and began one by one freeing me of my restraints.
" I just needed to borrow a lawn mower, and what the fuck" he mumbled almost incoherently to himself as he shook his head, not able to come to terms with his discovery. Once free I rubbed over the imprints from my shackles. i reached down grabbing my clothes, dressing myself. He frantically dug through his pockets pulling out a wod of cash shoving it into my hand.
" I'm sorry for whatever fucked up shit has gone on, I had No idea. But you gotta get out of here before he catches you." He rambled out. I hugged him quickly before I ran up the stairs and out of the house. As I ran down the driveway , I could hear a car speeding up behind me, then Coming to a screeching halt beside me.
" Get in ill take you to the airport" jimmy said reaching over opening his passenger side door for me. I climbed in as he sped through the front gates and then onto the highway. We didn't speak the whole way, I knew he still couldnt get over what he had just discovered, but I was more than thankful to him for saving me. We pulled up at the airport, I opened my door about to step out when I felt Jimmy's hand on my shoulder.
" Here wear this, it will keep you warm" he said shyly taking his sweatshirt off and handing it over to me. I smiled taking the sweatshirt and slipping it on.
" Thank you jimmy, ill never forget what you did. Your my hero" I smiled as the tears began to pool up in my eyes. He smiled back as I turned and stepped out of the car and went into the airport. The flight back dragged on forever as I looked back on everything that has happened since I got to California. My trip down memory lane was interupted as Turbulence began to rock the plane violently as the air masks dropped down from the ceiling. I grabbed the armrest as a scream of pure terror rang from my lips.
" halen!!!!!" I sat up instantly, my body dripping with sweat as my chest heaved up and down while I fought to catch my breath. Shana just stared at me as she sat next to me on my bed.
" God, that was some nightmare!" She said, rubbing the drenched hair from my face.
" It felt so real" I whispered as it took me a moment to believe that I was in my bed, in my room at shanas house. That all of it was a dream, Matt, Brian, Michelle the whole fucked up situation. I reached out grabbing shana in a tight hug, never wanting to let her go. She giggled squeezing me tight.
" Now come on, we don't wan to be late to your first avenged sevenfold concert!!!" She squealed, jumping up and skipping out of my room. I felt the hair stand up on the back of my neck as my dream re played, starting at the meet and greet. The dream was still too fresh for me to be able to shrug it off so easily. I lightly giggled to myself for being such a freak. It was a stupid dream, besides ill probably never get to meet them anyways. I looked up as I heard shana run by stopping in my doorway.
" Oh and I forgot to tell you. While you were asleep I scored meet and greet passes before the show!!" She squealed, running off to get ready. I felt the eerie feeling creep up on me once more, I shrugged it off once again. I flipped on the radio to attempt and drown out my thoughts while I got ready.
" And here's a song from avenged sevenfold who is playing tonight at the huntington arena!" The radio dj excitedly said. And with that I turned my head slowly towards my radio as the fimiliar music filled my ears.
" Alittle piece of heaven........."
" fucking bitch!" He spit angrily. I struggled to regain my composure from the fall that knocked the wind out of me. I shakily placed my hands down attempting to push myself up. But I only raised my body up about two inches before I felt zackys boot slam down harshly onto my spine, pinning me down to the floor. He didn't speak but I could hear his breathing become more erratic as he I felt him remove his foot replacing it with his body.
" night, night whore" he whispered as I felt a pinch on my neck.
~~~ Matt's pov ~~~
I paced back and forth impatiently, periodically gazing out my front window eagerly waiting to see zackys headlights. I was slightly sorry that it had to come to this. I hated having disputes between my friends and I, but Brian had something I wanted and I wasn't going to dismiss my desires. I grabbed my cup of whiskey, sipping it as I chuckled to myself replaying the earlier events of the day. I had to hand it to Brian and Michelle, they put up a pretty good front. But they underestimated me, I knew what they were doing and I played along.
" About fucking time zack" I grumbled under my breath as I saw his black BMW creep down my winding driveway. I went into the kitchen and out into the garage hitting the button opening the garage door so zacky could pull in.
" What took so fucking long!" I snapped at him once he got out. He shot me an irritated glance as he opened his back door. I could see the dried blood under his nose as well as the dark purple bruises beginning to form under his eyes. I smiled internally at the fact that halen was such alittle spit fire. Zacky pulled her from the backseat of his car, tossing her unconcious body over his shoulder like a rag doll.
" bring her into the basement, then you can go" I directed. with a roll of his eyes he obeyed as I lead him through the house and down the basement stairs. Luckily Val was out of town visiting family, which made all this much easier. If she had any idea what was going on she would flip. I was able to easily keep my little torture chamber a secret simply telling her that it was my "man cave" and as I told her the only place in that house that was mine only and off limits. She never argued or questioned it, I'm sure just assuming I was being a typical man that need a place to watch sports and hide my playboys. But she had no clue what actually went on behind that dark mahogany door. Zacky walked over to the stone wall holding her limp body in place as I clasped the iron shackles around her limbs.
" Be careful dude, she's a fighter" zacky snarled, wincing in pain as he rubbed his broken nose. With that he walked back up the stairs leaving just halen and I. I reached into my pocket pulling out a cigarette bringing it to my lips. I lit it, inhaling deeply as I continued to stare at her as she stood chained before me. She looked so peaceful despite the chains that bound her. I enjoyed the silence for a few more minutes while I finished my cigarette. I knew once she came to, I would have my hands full. I walked over to her gently taking her chin in my hand raising her head slightly. She was still out cold, I snatched my hand away letting her head drop back down. I took another sip of my whiskey letting it burn down my throat as I swirled the remaining contents around in the glass. I was ready to get this show on the road, my patience was wearing thin having to wait for here to wake up. I took my glass tightly in my hand as I jerked my arm sending the remaining whiskey in my glass splashing all over his face. I smirked when she began coughing and choking, struggling for air being that her mouth was still taped shut. her head groggily snapping to attention as I roughly snatched the tape from her mouth causing her to gasp out.
" Well, well, well we meet again" I said, a hint of evil in my tone.
~~~ halens pov ~~~
i choked as I felt the warm liquid burn as it traveled through my nostrils and down my throat. The more I tried to catch my breath the more I struggled for air not able to breath through my mouth due to the tape. Everything was a blur as I raised my head, even though I couldnt make out clearly who was standing before me I knew it as Matt. My vision slowly started to come back as he yanked the tape from my lips, I choked out then took in a much need lungful of air.
" well, well, well we meet again" he said in a tone that made my skin crawl. He smirk widened as he watched me struggle against my restraints. I felt hopeless at this point, the only tiny glimmer of hope I had was the house arrest anklet that Brian and Michelle put on me. If it actually did what they said as soon as zacky carried me out of the house it should have alerted them. As I stood there chained and imprisioned against my will I felt the rage begin to ignite at the pit of my stomach. At this point he was going to do whatever he wanted and I was pretty much shit out of luck. But I sure as hell wasn't going to make it any easier than it already was for him.
" Their going to find me eventually you sick fuck!!" I growled as I yank violently against my chains. I could feel my face burn crimson red as I screamed. He chuckled lightly, completely dismissing my rage, which fueled me even more. He sauntered over while at the same time slipping his shirt over his head.
" Oh I have no doubt they know exactly where you are and that they will come and try to rescue you love. But your mine now, you were supposed to be mine from the beginning" he purred, I fought to snatch my head away as he softly ran his hand along my cheek. My movents froze as I stared at him in confusion, what the hell was he talking about? It was as if he read my mind as his features softened from devious to adoring.
" I wanted you since the first time I saw you backstage, but Brian that sneaky bastard got to you before I did. " he said gazing into my eyes lovingly.
" why shana then?" I asked, completely dumbfounded. Not that I really gave a fuck which one wanted me first, either way it was still a fucked up situation regardless. But I never really got any explanation for all of this bullshit, and now I had my chance. He chuckled softly shaking his head like I should have already known the answer to that.
" Shana was just a ploy to get closer to you. To give them a false sense of security, so they wouldn't catch on that I wanted you since I already had shana. You see I did it all for you" he said taking my face lovingly in his hands. But just as quickly as he turned loving like the flip of a switch his face twisted in a mix of anger and betrayal.
" But you fought against me, you dismissed me like I was some vile peice of shit" he spit, the once gentle grasp on my face turned harsh and violent. I cried out in agony as the pain became unberable. He yanked his hands away as he began tugging at my clothes, tearing them away leaving me naked.
" Please, I'm sorry! I didn't know" I cried out, trying to calm him down and spare myself what I knew was coming. He didn't let up though, he grabbed my arms which we already chained above my head, slamming them harshly against the stone wall.
" Too fucking late baby, now I'm only going to tell you once, SHUT THE FUCK UP!!" He growled as he pulled away slightly enough to smack me across my face. As much as the impact burned my skin I kept my mouth shut as I was told. He leant down and began biting and sucking my nipples roughly. The tears streamed down my cheeks as I stood silent. Just as he Began to unbutton his pants the shrill ring of a telephone blared from upstairs. He groaned in anger as he ripped himself from me and ran up the stairs to get the phone.
" hey baby, I miss you" he cooed. I could hear his muffled conversation as I assumed he was talking to Val. I rolled my eyes as he rattled on and on to her like he was husband of the year. Besides the fact that he had a girl chained down in his basement. Regardless of his lies I was grateful that he had been pulled away and was being kept busy. After the phone call ended I had excpected for him to come back down, but I was gladly proven wrong when he simply shut out the light and shut the basement door. I could hear to floor creak above me signaling that he was up in his room. My body ached from being shackled but atleast I didn't have to deal with him for now. The next morning I could see the sunlight peeking through the bottom of the basement door. the sunlight blocked out momentarily as someone stepped past. Matt hadn't been back down here since before the phone call last night. And I wondered if Brian and Michelle had realized I was gone and if they even cared. I could hear the muffled sound of a car starting and screeching tires out of the garage. I sighed in relief that I atleast had a little bit longer without him tormenting me. But I didn't know how long he was going to keep me like this, and if he was planning on feeding me or just leaving me down here to rot. With that thought the song " A little piece of heaven " played in my head. My body froze as I sang each lyric, realizing how real it seemed to my situation right now. I thought back to how much I loved that song and would sing along to it in my car or just hanging around the house. And now I was living it, or technically Matt would be living it. My heart leaped into my throat and I heard a door slam from inside the house. the sunlight was once more interrupted by someone's presence infront of the door. I squeezed my eyes shut as my heart raced violently. I heard footsteps race down the stairs and hit the floor, but then it stopped, I didn't hear anymore movement.
"what the fuck?!" I heard a male voice gasp out In disbelief. I peeked through my eyes seeing a tall silhouette before me in the darkness. He snapped out of his shock and ran over flicking on the light before racing back over to me.
" Jimmy?" I said, my voice hoarse and weak. I didn't know wether to be relieved or scared. So far all of them had some hand In this shit, and it was hard to think jimmy wasn't involved as well. But the pure mix of shock and terror on his face convinced me he had no idea any of this was going on. Without saying anything he grabbed a large pair of metal cutters and began one by one freeing me of my restraints.
" I just needed to borrow a lawn mower, and what the fuck" he mumbled almost incoherently to himself as he shook his head, not able to come to terms with his discovery. Once free I rubbed over the imprints from my shackles. i reached down grabbing my clothes, dressing myself. He frantically dug through his pockets pulling out a wod of cash shoving it into my hand.
" I'm sorry for whatever fucked up shit has gone on, I had No idea. But you gotta get out of here before he catches you." He rambled out. I hugged him quickly before I ran up the stairs and out of the house. As I ran down the driveway , I could hear a car speeding up behind me, then Coming to a screeching halt beside me.
" Get in ill take you to the airport" jimmy said reaching over opening his passenger side door for me. I climbed in as he sped through the front gates and then onto the highway. We didn't speak the whole way, I knew he still couldnt get over what he had just discovered, but I was more than thankful to him for saving me. We pulled up at the airport, I opened my door about to step out when I felt Jimmy's hand on my shoulder.
" Here wear this, it will keep you warm" he said shyly taking his sweatshirt off and handing it over to me. I smiled taking the sweatshirt and slipping it on.
" Thank you jimmy, ill never forget what you did. Your my hero" I smiled as the tears began to pool up in my eyes. He smiled back as I turned and stepped out of the car and went into the airport. The flight back dragged on forever as I looked back on everything that has happened since I got to California. My trip down memory lane was interupted as Turbulence began to rock the plane violently as the air masks dropped down from the ceiling. I grabbed the armrest as a scream of pure terror rang from my lips.
" halen!!!!!" I sat up instantly, my body dripping with sweat as my chest heaved up and down while I fought to catch my breath. Shana just stared at me as she sat next to me on my bed.
" God, that was some nightmare!" She said, rubbing the drenched hair from my face.
" It felt so real" I whispered as it took me a moment to believe that I was in my bed, in my room at shanas house. That all of it was a dream, Matt, Brian, Michelle the whole fucked up situation. I reached out grabbing shana in a tight hug, never wanting to let her go. She giggled squeezing me tight.
" Now come on, we don't wan to be late to your first avenged sevenfold concert!!!" She squealed, jumping up and skipping out of my room. I felt the hair stand up on the back of my neck as my dream re played, starting at the meet and greet. The dream was still too fresh for me to be able to shrug it off so easily. I lightly giggled to myself for being such a freak. It was a stupid dream, besides ill probably never get to meet them anyways. I looked up as I heard shana run by stopping in my doorway.
" Oh and I forgot to tell you. While you were asleep I scored meet and greet passes before the show!!" She squealed, running off to get ready. I felt the eerie feeling creep up on me once more, I shrugged it off once again. I flipped on the radio to attempt and drown out my thoughts while I got ready.
" And here's a song from avenged sevenfold who is playing tonight at the huntington arena!" The radio dj excitedly said. And with that I turned my head slowly towards my radio as the fimiliar music filled my ears.
" Alittle piece of heaven........."
Hm that's a pity because I'd love to read a sequel...^^ but that's up to you :D
10/27/13