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Her knees were pressed against her chest, her hands gripping the opposite elbow as though it was her life support. In her mind's eye, she was still in her skinny jeans and camisole, the blood still seeping through the material and sticking to her skin, the blood still under her nails and crusting on her skin. The beeping monitor and the scratchy hospital dress went unnoticed.

Behind the closed door was the doctor, he was talking urgently to her mother Michelle, her two brothers Rob and Lucas and her father William. Michelle looked worn and pale, the look that a mother had when she had been worrying for days upon days. Only natural since Kayla had run away exactly five days ago with her best friend Lily in an effort to escape the abusive boyfriend.

The door opened and Kayla's family walked in, fanning out to surround the bed. Kayla didn't look up. She just stared blankly in front of her, or so it seemed. She just saw Lily's body, broken in front of her. There was a police officer in the room too, apparently Kayla had been blind with hysterics when the police arrived. She didn't remember that. The last thing she remembered was looking into Lily's eyes, smoky blue and glazed in agony, before that slice of the throat caused those eyes to become marbles.

Michelle kneeled down next to the bed, "Kayla? Kayla can you hear me, baby?"

"Kayla? Kayla can you hear me?" Lily shouted, the door to their shared apartment slamming shut, quickly followed by a series of locks and bolts.

"Yep! Watcha got?" Kayla jogged over, grinning and taking the groceries from the smaller and frailer girl. It was nice to see no bruises.

"Michelle-" William began.

She shook her head, swallowing hard. "I know, Will. Kayla? I'm right here, come back to us. Please."

They were slipping the fruits, vegetable and bread from the paper bags when the glass shattered. Kayla and Lily screamed, ducking behind the counter as Luis strode in. Kayla screamed for Lily to run, knowing that he would torture her for leaving him. But Luis was too fast, he struck her hard. Kayla tried to run forward to help her but he lashed out at her. Screaming, Kayla went down.

"Mr. and Mrs. Lillian? I need you to come over here a moment..." The doctor said.

Her parent slipped over to the corner, far enough away that their conversation could be deemed private but close enough to keep an eye on their clearly traumatized daughter. Robert, the brother who Kayla had always been closest too, took Michelle's place with Lucas flanking him.

Kayla cried out, sobbing as she was tied to the bed next to Lily. Lily, with both wrists broken in their handcuffs, her left eye swelling shut and her mouth burbling blood. Kayla snarled and kicked, furiously trying to get free. Luis laughed and struck her hard with a bookend. After what felt like hours of torture he relaxed their handcuffs and Kayla wrapped an arm around Lily waist and tried dragging her from the bedroom.

"Kay? Please, wherever you are, come back," Robert whispered. "We'll help you, you aren't alone."

He reached over, his fingers closing around her wrist.

He grabbed her bruised wrist and yanked her hard into the wall, forcing her to release Lily and scream in agony as her dislocated shoulder met the wall.

Kayla became alive, screaming. The delicate glass separating her body from her memories shattered and Kayla was screaming and thrashing, watching as Luis mounted her and hit her over and over again, yelling obscenities in her face and blaming her for forcing Lily to leave him. Kayla thrashed and screamed as the doctors held her down, she was sobbing and begging just like she had been when she had been retied to the bed and forced to watch as Luis abused Lily even more.

Her family was pushed out of the room and they watched in horror as the nurses gave Kayla a sedative and her hoarse cries and harsh begging faded into whimpers, her convulsing body relaxed into twitching. Kayla turned her head towards the window where Michelle was sobbing into the nook of William's neck, her brother's clinging to one another, tears silently streaming down their cheeks.

But Kayla didn't see that. She saw Lily as she struggled to breathe through her slit throat, her eyes locked on Kayla's. Her bloody and broken lips formed the words, "I love you." before there was nothing.

Kayla blinked once, feeling unconsciousness claw at her. She stared at Lily and whispered through the guilt lodged in her throat, "I'm sorry."

This was just a small idea I had in the middle of the night, please critique.
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Sigfriedofgaea's avatar
So much tragedy... someone outta enforce karma on Luis...