ged, " he

ly brushed a hand through my curls and then his

y really any other being, I thought that it would be their first instinct to take advantage of that. I half-expect

lly wasn't much of a need for it. His prey would never have the strength, the stamina or the sp

man who thought he had an eternity to accomplish what needed to be

my neck stood on end when he was near me. There was just something so sinister about him. Aside from the fact that he had mercilessly killed five girls without batting

in my prescence, the twisted grin on his face when he knew he was standing much closer to me than I was comfortable with-- I could tell that making me

e had enough common sense to be afriad. Unless there was someone whose word was superior to his own, and as far as I

f I fought, there was a good chance that he

his face when he saw me pull her in front of me protectively. If he was as nasty as he seemed to be, he had already pic

t let tha

had any siblings, let alone any that were younger than me. This must be what it must feel like to have one. I felt an overwhelming need to protect her even if it meant going against my own self-prese

light in the room. The place reminded me of those infirmaries you'd see in those movies about the World Wars; during a time when turn-of-the-c

ed in dark brown sheets with unfluffed pillows atop them. At the very end of the room there wa

the tiny brunette asked,

. "Let's find out." I could hear the footsteps and the hus

e were shower stalls and toilet stalls, each at opposite ends of the room. On one wall above the basins, I could see the rectangular, rusted outline on the til

d the showers. Conveniently, there were five stalls with toilets and five s

g my fingers from t

thing she needed was for some pervert to walk in on her while she changed. If I could do nothing else, I would try to s

" she s

e fine. I'll try to stuff mys

nut haired girl had gone into and a wall. I tosssd the sack cloth dress to the floor and shrugged out of the thin straps of my dress, my back to the rest of the room. It fell to the gr

my lips was short lived because a pale hand cove

cautioned. "

nced up the skin of my back until they were resting on my left

ed what was left the bra to my body. Before I could

of my ear lobe. Then he was gone, disappearing in a gust of c

shock of it, I was furious. Furious

egardless of how uncomfortable it made either of us. Instead, I had left myself com

y was he toying with me? And if there was something he wanted, why didn't he just make his m

dice of the garment with the thin leather straps, when I heard the curtains being drawn ba

apologized her s

abbed my red dress from the ground and she grab

s he want

voice when we were bac

d chosen and she sat there beside me, sta

o him. He was just playing his cards, toying with my

fight him off when the time cam

ght. I had to pull the skirt down to cover more of my thighs when I sat down and it was difficult to move my shoulders. As I had suspected, the deep v was extremely reveal

point of this outfit, but I was uncomfort

ross my chest, tryi

he?" Her voice trembled arou

more tightly, her grey eyes lightened with fear. There was no u

asked in a low voice,

." she r

eze. "Nothing is going to happen to you. He will not lay a hand on you. Whatever h

spered, her voice barely audible. Tea

ou and say that somehow I might ever be able to over power him. But I ca

I had made to myself seem more real. I w

scooted a little closer to me, he

cause you don't

e of us deserve to be here. Why would

lly an answer to

I can really put into words. Why do you stay with me? Of

ks. "You're stronger than I am; st

es you th

when he killed the first four but yo

cold corspes and the fear in

morning when we found the bodies; the way you looked at

er hand until the very end; you let her know that she wasn't alone and that i

u like holding

f us. I've never been a strong person. I don't think I can endure this on my own." The tears spilled over then, glistening in the weak

was it: I couldn't bare to see her fall over that edge. W

her. "They don't d

that you'll keep me safe but I don't know if I deserve that fr

t to. I didn't really know what to think when you grabbed my hand but you have

. Nor was there any real motive. It was just something that I

herself into my side, resting

o have accep