Chapter 34: Traumatized

We were backstage and I still couldn't believe that Damien and I won. He couldn't as well. We were told to wait for the limousine to pick us up. We were finally leaving. I couldn't believe it. I had to go to the bathroom. Jacks wanted to accompany me but I told him that I could do it by myself. I wonder if the judges and Aristole are mad. They can't have us because we won. His precious little victims, gone. I'm proud he got what he deserved. But he was going to get away with all of it. He murdered all the other contestants and no one will ever noticed. I entered the bathroom and I saw Grant and Thomas drying their hands. I stopped and they noticed me. They looked at each other and smiled. Going to the bathroom was a bad idea, I should have held it. I hate myself.

"Look who we have here? The Champion?" Said Thomas as he cracked his knuckles.

"It's over, we're leaving. Get over it and get a life" I said and I turned around to grab the door and open it. Grant ran and closed the door.

"We can't let you leave," he said. "Why? I already won. You can't eat me" I said crossing my arms. "Because things went the way we didn't want, We thought of something. We are going to kill you to break the draw" he said. Was it over? Was this the moment I was going to die? Are they going to take me and chop me off? What about Damien and Jacks. They must be worried sick.

"I won't allow it" I clenched my fists and I glared at them angrily. Thomas and grant pretended to be scared, "ooh, he's angry" They laughed and started walking towards me. I kicked Grant in his crotch and he fell down. Thomas came closer and punched me. I fell down, holding my cheek. I kicked his knee and he grunted. I stood up and I pushed Thomas so hard that he fell backwards. His head hit the sink very hard and his eyes stayed awake as he ended up unconscious. Grant gasped,

"you killed him!" He said angrily and he tackled me. I tried to break free of his grip but he fought back. He held my arms and got something out of his pocket. A syringe. He placed it on my neck. And I screamed trying to fight. "Stay still!" He yelled and held me tighter. I felt the needle enter my neck and I whimpered. The room started getting darker the last thing I saw was Grant's face as he grinned. I slowly woke up and I was laying in a small bed. I tried moving my arms but I was strapped in. "Damn it," I said. I looked around and I was in a slaughter room. Is this the room Clarissa described? What I saw next completely traumatized me. I saw Louise, Veronica and half of Clarissa's body hanging with their neck slit open and blood running down. I couldn't control myself and I started shaking like crazy. I tried to free myself but it was impossible. I yelled for help but no one listened, which made me more scared. I tried looking for a way out but it was too late. Aristole entered the room.

"Adryan Levithan. You sure know how to piss people off" he said as he walked towards me.

"Stay away!" I cried.

"Not so tough now are you?" He walked to a table where he had sharp objects, Cleavers, axes, knives and more. He grabbed a cleaver and walked closer to me.

"I always kill my victims while they sleep. But because you pissed me off so bad... I will kill you while you're awake. Your screams of pain will be music to my ears. It'll be better than your singing" I couldn't speak I was frozen and I couldn't move. He got in position and I closed my eyes ready to die. Suddenly, I heard the door open and a gunshot. I immediately opened my eyes and I saw Soline holding a gun. She shot Aristole in the shoulder. If it wasn't for her I would be dead.

"Soline!" I said as she quickly walked to me and helped me get out.

"You were right. Come on let's get you out of here" she helped me get up. We exited the slaughter room and ran for our lives. I saw Carla. She noticed us and looked surprised.

"Adryan, you can't leave!" She ran towards me and was suddenly tackled by Soline. "Run!" She yelled and I did. I heard a gunshot as I ran. Maybe Soline killed Carla. I ran as fast as I could but I was suddenly grabbed by Grant.

"You're not going anywhere!" He threw me to the side. I held my waist as I winced.

"I'll kill you myself. I don't care about Aristole" he said as he grabbed a knife from his pocket. "This is going to be fun" he climbed on top of me and prepared to stab me.

"Hey!" Someone yelled from a far distance and Grant looked to the side to see who it was. I took my chance and I kneed him in the crotch. He shouted falling to the ground. I got up and I saw Damien and Jacks standing there.

"I knew they took you," said Jacks and I ran to their arms. I cried. Damien looked at Grant angrily and walked to him.

"Damien, what are you doing?" Jacks asked.

"He almost killed Adryan" he got on top of him and started punching the hell out of him. His rage, he couldn't contain it. He was basically killing him. "Damien, stop! We need to go, now!" I said. He slowly noticed what he did and looked shocked. He couldn't speak well, rage entered his body and consumed him. He was still in shock. I grabbed his arm,

"let's go!" I said and we ran to the outside of the stadium and there were two limousines. The drivers were outside waiting for us. And we tried to enter one. The driver raised his hand. "Only the ones in first place get to enter this limousine"

"What about Jacks?" I asked angrily. "He won second place. I'm in charge of taking you to your new life" I looked at Jacks and he had tears in his eyes. I walked to him.

"What are you doing?" he asked and I placed my lips on his. He kissed me back immediately. We ended up pulling away,

"I'll see you soon, I promise" He nodded and promised me as well. He went to the other limousine and we got into ours. I started crying and Damien held me. He rubbed my head and talked to me gently,

"it's going to be ok" he kissed my head and I saw the limousines driving different locations. We were finally free.