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Chapter 4 - Undeserving

Everything hurts. Her head hurt, her chest hurt, and her feet hurt. She was sure it'd all be over soon. The pain would never last that long, right? The realization that she may be wrong caused a moment of panic. For a moment she thought about everything she might lose if she gives in to the pain and everything that would come of it. Nicole laid there, struggling to fight on.

Her entire body was trembling now. Weak and exhausted, it cost her all her remaining strength to keep fighting. The crimson blood dripped from her head repeatedly, she was dying and she had to deal with it. "G-Goodbye, Kyle…" She muttered. In her last moments, she'd be stuck in a storage room. How dumb is that?

Alec laughed as he opened the storage door before turning his head, "HEY! RACKET! WHY DID YOU LEAVE THE VICTIM IN A STORAGE ROOM!?" He cried with a scary and raspy voice. He looked back down at the victim, he then grabbed her and began to drag her by her ankle. "Help! No!" Nicole managed to scream as she tried to kick at her perpetrator. He walked her to the stairs and threw her down. The victim was unconscious. Nicole had fallen to the bottom of the stairs and she was in the void now. Not dead, but not awake.

She laid there, her head disturbingly turned to the right and her eyes closed. Blood seeped from the back of her head and then her mouth, she had bruises scattered across her gorgeous light skin. Her body was covered in scratches, cuts, and bruises. Her clothes had been covered in dirt and water, then sweat aswell. Her arms lay out beside her, still and her hands opened. Her legs had also been injured but not broken.

Alec scoffed, "The girls unconscious…" He whispered to himself with anger as he walked down the stairs nonchalantly. He began to drag her to the back of the house, he went to the area where he usually lounges; the garage, and then scanned the place.

He noticed the bloody meat hook in the corner of the room, he smiled devilishly and looked down at the woman. He began to pick her up, violently. He threw her onto the meat hook, blood splattering onto his face and also all over the floor; it drenched the white T-Shirt that she wore.

Nicole abruptly awoke on the meat hook, she felt levitated as she began to panic. She groaned in pain and began to scream. Nicole's hands met with the top of the hook, she didn't know what to do. She couldn't escape now. She was bleeding out on two parts of her body now and she might've been fatally injured by that meat hook. She cried out in pain, "Shh… it'll be over soon." Alec smiled as he looked at her.

Nicole stared down at him before she began to throw up blood, she coughed up some blood before her head fell forward lifelessly. She hung there, dead. She was gone now. Alec scoffed and looked down, "I'll deal with you later. We're gonna have some good dinner with you…" He smiled evilly.

Nicole's fatal injuries had taken her life, she was only seventeen years old; she had a loving boyfriend and loving friends.

"LET'S GO! I HEARD A SCREAM!" Kyle screamed with horror as he heard the screams that came from Nicole's mouth. He began to run to the house, sweat pouring down his face. He looked around as he tried to force the door open.

Grace and Kate stood behind him with fear in their eyes as they tried to keep calm. They knew that was Nicole's scream. They knew that something was wrong and that something bad was going to happen, and that it may have already happened.

Kyle looked at the door with the hope that he could get it open, he began to breathe in; about to do something. He stepped back and charged, he ran into the door and he hit it with all force that he could. He burst through the door and fell face-first on the ground. Alec heard the noise and ran to it, "RACKET! RACKET! NEW VICTIM! C'MERE!" He cried as he grabbed him by his neck, Kyle struggled. He screamed and punched the man in the stomach before turning to Kate and Grace. "RUN!-" He screamed before Racket came running. He held down Kyle and began to pull out a knife. Kate looked at the sight and began to freak out, she was hyperventilating and shaking profusely, she turned around and began to bolt.

"NO! KATE! COME BACK! PLEASE! WE HAVE TO HELP HIM!" Grace screeched with fear as she looked at Kate, with a hopeful but terrifying look. Grace looked around desperately and located a hammer, she quickly grabbed it and ran inside the house. She looked at Alec and breathed heavily before swinging it at him in a rush. She did it too slowly, he dodged it and kicked her in the thigh. She fell back and felt her breathing degrade. "AHG- HELP!" She cried desperately. Kate ran up to them, she looked at Alec.

"LEAVE MY BEST FRIEND ALONE!" She screamed as she swung at him with her hand. She let a hard slap hit the man's cheek, making a loud slapping sound as he flung to the side. Alec fell to his knees and angrily growled, "YOU DISGUSTING FEMALE! SIT DOWN! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO SLAP ME!" He screamed as he looked up at her. "I slapped you. I am a woman, and I have my rights." She said angrily.

Kate looked around before noticing Racket coming down the hallway, holding a sledgehammer. He smiled evilly as he looked at her, "Hello." Racket would smile as he looked at her. He tried to swing at her, Kate gasped and ducked down desperately, he hit the stair railing with the hammer and began to wail. "I BROKE THE RAILING! NOOOOO!" He squealed angrily as he began to freak out. He let go of the hammer and turned back to Kate. "You- YOU JERK!" He yelled as he began to try and grab Kate.

Alec looked up at Racket and pulled himself to his feet, "No. Let me deal with her." He volunteered with a scratchy voice, he turned to her and evilly smiled at her. She didn't know what he'd do with her and she didn't wanna know. Kate turned around and looked at Grace, "Get up! C'mon!" She cried as she pulled her up. Grace looked at Alec, "You are not gonna hurt my friend, you CANNIBAL RAPIST!" Grace screamed angrily.

Alec grumbled before he slapped Grace before grabbing her neck and hair, he pulled her close. "Shut up. Be quiet." He threatened. "If you wanna see your friends again, you gotta comply!" Racket exclaimed, he was talking about Tanner and Kyle.

Grace winced as she got her hair pulled, "You kidnapped Tanner?" She asked with anger and fear. She didn't try to make a move, because she knew he'd kill her immediately. Babee ran into the room, she had heard everything. "Yep! He's upstairs. Now, we're gonna take Kyle up there too!" She smiled as she grabbed Kyle. Racket grinned as he began to help Babee pull him upstairs.

"Don't hurt our friends. I promise. I'll do anything…" Kate pleaded as she breathed heavily and tears ran down her face. "Stop talking." Alec barked at her as she flinched, he threw Grace to the floor with a scream as he looked at Kate. He grabbed her and threw her up the stairs, "I'm gonna put her upstairs with the others. She'll stop talking." He called to Babee and Racket as he grabbed her, "Come with me…" He growled at the girl. Kate screamed as he pulled her by her arm, she didn't wanna obey because she was terrified.

Grace breathed heavily as she panicked. The door was closed now, locked as well. Everyone else was upstairs and she worried for them, "They have Kate… I need to help her. In just some way…" She told herself and tried to reassure herself that she'd be able to save Kate somehow. Racket and Babee smiled at each other as they came down the stairs, "Hi." Babee smiled. "Grab the medicine, Babee. We can drug her and make sure she can't get outta here." Racket ordered his sister.

Babee grinned evilly as she walked to the bathroom that was located underneath the stairs, she looked up at the medicine cabinet and began to search. "Analgesics, antipyretics, Codeine, Dopamine, Ketamine, Tranquilizers…" She read as she grabbed one of the bottles, and she smiled.

"I found ketamine. We could give that to her, it induces anesthesia." Babee giggled as she grabbed some of the contents. She walked over to Grace and she began to shove three ketamine pills into Grace's mouth. Grace tried to wiggle but Racket walked over. He jabbed her in the arm and smiled, "Drink it. Now." He ordered. Grace cried out in desperation as she tried not to, but Babee forced her to. Grace swallowed it and began to scream and cry, she coughed. She almost felt sick to her stomach, she had just been drugged with ketamine and now she knows that her best friend was being tortured upstairs.

Babee looked down at the hopeless woman, she giggled and smiled disturbingly. "You're one of our new victims…" She whispered as she got away from her. She walked to the bathroom and placed the ketamine pill bottle in the medicine cabinet. Racket looked down at Grace, he pushed his hair out of his face as he sighed. He smiled at her and walked away. Grace lay on the ground with pain rushing through her.

Grace waited for Babee and Racket to be out of the room, she watched them smile at each other and hop down the hallway, entering a different part of the house. Grace groaned as she looked around desperately, she attempted to get off the ground. "K-Kate… Kateeee!" She groaned as she slurred her words, the effects were taking place already. She dropped onto the ground again, she was incapable of getting up and she felt herself slipping away.

She looked around, it had been 15 minutes since they left the room and the effects were risking her life. "KATE!" She cried again, Grace was desperate to get up… but she couldn't. Grace growled as she pulled herself to her knees, using all the strength she could muster. She stood on her knees as she looked around, she looked at the stairs as she tried to approach them. "No… I have to help her…" She muttered with frustration and fear. Her heart began to pound as she looked around, she felt a rush of adrenaline rushing through her veins.

Grace got up on her feet desperately as she placed a hand on the railing of the stairs, she smiled victoriously as she tried to pull herself up. She felt drowsy again as she began to fall, she pulled herself up with all her strength. "C'mon…" She whispered as she began to step up the stairs. She couldn't handle it, she was only on the fourth step as she fell to the side. Her palm slid across a rusty nail as it ripped open her skin, blood flowing from her palm as she looked around. She didn't feel the pain due to the drug and she didn't know she had hurt herself so badly.

She looked around as she began to tear up and tears streamed down her face. She lay on the steps as she began to close her eyes with worry. She had fallen unconscious on the stairs, almost looking like a corpse. She was pale due to the blood loss that she was suffering.

Kate tried to fight back against Alec, he hit her over the head and smiled. "Shut up." He muttered. Kate fell unconscious as she lay there on the floor in the storage room. Alec smiled. He was going to do something bad to her. He had already drugged her with ketamine as well.