chapter 2: uh oh sammy

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"
I panted. This was worse than death. I wished I would just black out. I bet liam was forcing me to stay awake. He was in some deep shit and now I was paying for it. Sweat dripped off my forehead and onto the ground.

I found it strange that tears, blood and sweat all seemed to taste the same. Salty. I shook my head. I was getting delerious. If I wanted to stay alive, I had to stay sane. But to stay sane meant I would have to face the pain. And that was a prospect I did not want to face. I wanted to be numb. I didn't want to have to feel anything. But as fate so chose, that appeared to not be in my forecast.

They were trying very hard not to kill me. I could tell I was hovering on the line. But they made sure I would not. I don't think I had felt anything worse than this. It was absolute hell and seemed to go on for eternity.

Why wasn't I passing out? It was so frustrating! Why should I be the only one to suffer?
I could fell myself getting angry and upset. Tears were rolling down my face and the men around me appeared to think I was close to cracking. They assualted me one more time and then---

"Ahhhhhh!" What was going on?! Where am I?! Why did everything hurt?! I began to cry. Where was demetri? He shoulve been here! Why'd he leave?! There were men surrounding me. Uh oh. Looks like liam got into trouble again.

"You ready to end this yet liam? Enough with the games!" A big scary man yelled at me. He grabbed my face and forced me to look at him.

"Liam's a badddddd older brother to sammmmmyyyyyy!" I cried. "Why does he make me and demetri suffer?" The big man stared at me shocked. He let go of me and took a step away. I grabbed onto his pant leg, " I wanna- I wanna go hooooooooomeeeeeeeeee!" Tears continued to roll down my face. I was all icky and gross. I wanted to go home. I needed a bath. And I was soooooooo tired.

"Get off of me!" The big burly man yelled. He kicked me off of him and then suddenly I felt as if lightning had struck me. I screamed and screamed until the big man told me to shut up. I curled up into a ball and wept. I just wanted to go hooooooomeeeeee. Demetri where are you????????

Then a different man spoke to me. He leaned down and placed a cold hand on my head. I didn't like that. I didn't like this man. He was bad. "Sammy? Is that your name?"

I nodded furiously. I wanted to go home. But this man... he felt awful. I could feel badness from him.

"How old are you sammy?"

"Five and a half." I didn't want to tell him. But I was so scared I couldn't help myself. I was shivering. Why couldn't I just go home. Spongebob was on tv. I just wanted to sit and watch tv. Why did big brother liam do this? Then my stomach growled. It scared me it was so loud.

The bad man smiled at me. It wasn't a very nice smile at all. I flinched away from him. "Sammy, do you know what big brother liam is hiding from us?"

Something seemed to light up somewhere. I felt like I almost knew but didn't. Something was telling me not to say anything. I shook my head.

"I'll give you something to eat. Maybe you could watch a little tv."

I stared at him. It was as if he knew what I was thinking. But a little voice told me not to say anything. I shook my head. "I wish mommy was hereeeeeeeeeee!" I began to cry again. But mommy was far away. I'd probably never see her again. I started to cry even louder. And then--

"Shut up!" I got slapped in the face and it sent me whirling into a wall somewhere behind me. "Fucking crybaby of a kid!"

I sat up startled..."oh no. Please don't tell me sammy was out here! Oh no. Oh god!" I clenched my own hair. I felt like screaming. He did not need to be a part of this. I was so weak I let poor sammy take my pain.

Someone else grabbed me by the hair. "And which one are you?!" They were hoping for liam. Too bad they got me.

Again. "Demetri...."