Chapter 9 You're hurting me

Blake leads me out of the cafe and into the streets, he does a quick scan of the surrounding area his senses are in a state of heightened alert.

"Come on we need to get out of here quickly" he tightens his grip on my arm again and starts pulling me along, I wince at the twinge of pain i feel in my arm and try to wrestle myself free.

"Blake stop please...." i said almost crying but this only causes him to pull on my arm harder and with all my might i pull away to wrench my hand free. Blake stops and turns to look at me his face is set in a look of deep annoyance as if he is currently dealing with a child who is acting out.

"What is the matter with you?" He asked seething in anger

"You're hurting me blake!" my eyes were already glassy with tears threatening to spill out, He sees me rubbing my arm at the spot where he grabbed on earlier and his hard expression instantly softens.

"I.....I didn't mean to....look, can we just go now?" he says trying to hold my hand again

"Ha I don't think so mister, remember what happened the last time i agreed to go with you? You kept me locked up in your house and refused to let me leave. So tell me why i should follow you now." i asked and Blake only rolls his eyes and lets out a long sigh, clearly irritated that I'm not relenting.

"Alicia here's what's going to happen....you're coming with me whether you like it or not, even if it means that i have to drag you kicking and screaming but i suggest that you stop being such a pain in the ass for a while and make things easy for both of us" I take a few steps towards him swinging my hand and slap him hard across the face. I can feel a stinging pain in my palm from the contact. Blake brings a hand over his cheek and rubs the area which is now bright red, the shape of my palm imprinted there.

"I'm going to let that slide just this one time, look the longer we stay here the dangerous it gets. Let's go home ok?" His words make me feel so out of place, something about it doesn't sound right. (Home? Did he just say home?) i let out a chuckle and blake asked

"What's the matter with you now?" I let out another chuckle trying to hide the deep sadness that I'm feeling.

"Funny of you to say that, right now i don't have any place that i can call HOME" I said and he lets out a caveman grunt, his standard response that I've come to expect when he doesn't know how to react to something.

"Which actually reminds me.....did you use your phone to call someone?" His expression has turned grim looking at me intently waiting for an answer

"Err....yes. I did try calling my dad but i didn't get to talk to him, it went straight to voicemail. i responded

"Shit" he is livid at my admission, he pounds his fist into his palm in a bid to channel some of his furies outwards.

"That was a big mistake Alicia! A huge mistake! Where's your phone?

"It's here...." Blake snatches it from me, with one swing he sends it flying into a trajectory through the air. It hits the main road about a couple meters away with a loud thud.

"Are you crazy? You have no right to do that! That's my phone!" i lashed out

"I actually did you a favor, that phone was putting us both in danger"

"Oh really? Should i thank you for that then? I have no way of getting in touch with the outside world, how convenient is that for you?" i make a move to go get my phone but a pickup truck swooshes by at that instant and runs over the phone twice, first with the front wheel followed by the rear wheel. There is no doubt that the phone is dead now.

"The people who are after you might be able to track our location via your phone, you don't understand how dangerous they are. These are people who would skin humans alive just for the fun of it,We really have to leave now!." The urgency in his voice sends me into a panic, I am completely petrified.

(Who are these people? I have to get away from them and Blake too, I can't stay with him). The surge of adrenaline in my blood triggers my feet to start running without allowing much time for my brain to think, I try to head for the fringe of forest that i can see at the end of the road I know that i can't outrun Blake for long so the trees would provide a perfect cover.

As the trees start to get closer and closer i pick up my pace even though my legs are starting to give out. (Just a couple more steps Alicia) i could feel footsteps catching up behind me and i try to pick up speed, suddenly i feel a hand reaching out from behind me cupping over my mouth with a cloth, i try to wiggle myself free but another hand is wrapped tightly around my body swaddling both my arms on each side. I try to fight but my head feels heavy and my vision starts to become blurry (I feel so dizzy) then everything becomes black around me.