Ever After

Chapter 29



The struggle



The rain was even harder, we sat waiting to be rescued I heard a scuffle from where Todd and Kyle laid knock out. I gasped as I saw Todd was no longer there. It was then I saw him behind William, he wrapped his arm around his neck putting him in a chokehold. He tried to hold on to me but I slipped out of his arms to the cold ground. Roth grabbed the back of Todd’s neck and tried to pull him off Will.

“Get the hell off him you pansy, fight your own kind!” Roth yelled, as Todd shoved Will all the way across the clearing into a tree.

He hit the tree hard with the side of his head. I covered my mouth as I let out a cry. Todd then grabbed Roth and threw him too. I was shocked, as Roth was ten times stronger than Todd was. Todd moved next to me instantly, he knelt down and looked into my eyes.

“Did you really think I would not make sure you were dead?” I curled into a ball, too weak to run or even try to move away from him. He grabbed my leg and pulled me closer. I clawed at the ground trying to stay away. I could feel the wet cold mud under my fingernails.

“No, please!” I begged. Todd only laughed as I felt his hand around my throat. He was squeezing so hard I could not breathe. I struggled and gasped trying to claw him and get away. It was no use he was so much stronger than me. I could feel it now, what I had been trying to hide from, out run and avoid for over a year, this was death.

The sounds around me were dulled, my ears began to ring. I could only hear the slowing sound of my own heart beat in my head. I tried to hold open my eyes but it was no use, my body had nothing left to fight with. My hands began to tingle, my legs were numb. The sound of my heart seemed to be louder filling my head, but the beats were getting slower and slower.

I felt my chest tighten, as I felt Todd drop me to the ground. It did not hurt, as it should have. I opened my eyes one last time, and saw Will and Roth yank Todd away from me. Will had a vile; I knew they were going to try to kill Todd.

Will had planned it all along should he get close enough to Todd. He had told me many times, he would do it. I never questioned him, as an animal like Todd did not deserve to live in my eyes anyway. I tried to see if they got him, but that’s when a pain so strong, so piercing tore across my chest. I cried out in sheer agony.

I could hear my own pleas for help now. I also heard something else as well, my heart stopped beating, and all went dark. I opened my eyes for a minute, to see William running towards me. He slid to his knees to where I lay.

I felt him take me into his arms. He whispered my name waiting for me to answer him. I could hear him and feel his touch, but it I could not respond to him. I had only been “out” for a minute, but now I was hearing everything and not able to move or speak. I lay in his arms motionless, as he fell apart right in front of me.