Silence of Serene

* Selene *

I woke up alone. Thank God! Rolling over to the other side of the bed, I noticed it was still warm. Shit! "Ugh," I groaned, burying my face in the pillow. I was hoping it was all a dream. I cried in front of him last night, fuck! I literally broke down. I haven't done that in years. This is why I don't get close to people. I let myself get close to Robert and look where that landed him. The fucking hospital! No more, I decided. I would let these men help me out, but that was it. I don't care how attracted I am to Blaine. I would savor the moments from last night, as a memory. It wouldn't happen again.

Getting out of bed, I dressed quickly. I wanted to get this over with. Tell them everything, and then figure out our next move. As I headed downstairs, I readied myself for the story I was about to tell. I hoped they were ready. I know Robert told Blaine his version, but mine was worse.

As I walked in, everyone stopped talking. I decided to ignore them for now and head to the kitchen for some coffee. Looking around, it was your modern day design. All the appliances were set up nicely. I guess the whole theme of the house was the lightly tinted wood. After making me a cup, I sat at the kitchen table, to enjoy it alone.

No one bothered me for awhile, it seemed they were all waiting for my decision. I sighed, knowing I would have to get this over with and made my way to the living room. Their conversation came to a halt once again, with all eyes on me. It was kinda intimidating.

"It was a week after I had turned 16. Robert had told me he would take me shopping for my birthday. When we got to a strip of shops, we went our seperate ways," I began.

"As soon as I stepped out of the store I had been in, I was grabbed from behind. The man had whispered in my ear, that I was going to finally be his. No more running. No more playing games. At the time, I was very confused at what he meant by all of that. I found out later he was the guy who had been harassing me on social networks." I took a deep breath, and looked around the room for an open chair. There was one right behind me, so I sat down and made myself comfortable. The four men studied me, but stayed quiet and waited for me to continue.

"I started to scream as loud as I could. I barely got one out, when a rag was placed over my mouth, and everything went black. I later woke up in an awful, smelling, house. If you could even call it that. The place was falling apart, and half of it had been burned down. I still remember the smell off the old ashes. The man then demanded that I sing for him. I asked him why. What was the point of kidnapping me just to get me to sing for him? He slapped me and told I wasn't to speak, just sing. When I looked back up at him, he looked crazy, insane. His eyes had a wild look in them that would make any person want to cower in a corner." I shivered thinking back on it. I needed to finish this.

"I told him no. He got angry, started throwing anything in his reach around, trying to scare me. 'I said, you will sing for me. And you will do it when I ask, or you will be punished. You are stuck with me, you are mine. I am never letting you go. All you have to do is sing, and I will give you whatever in life you desire, but if you don't. I will kill you, because I don't share.' Were his exact words. I still didn't sing, in fact I didn't utter a sound. I am no ones property. But that made him more angry and he went into a rage. I kept my mouth shut, not letting even a peep escape for as long as I could. I didn't want him to have the satisfaction. He threw things, he yelled in my face, and even acted like he was going to hit me again. But I kept silent. I knew then, I probably wasn't leaving there alive." I laughed to myself and thought for a moment. All I had to do was sing. And it was something I loved doing. But this had been different. I would become a slave to a man. An insane person. I would never be free again. I would never have my lifes desires as he so kindly put it. I would of rather died that night, then had to go through everything he would of put me through.

"He resorted to violence. He slapped me twice again, but still stayed silent. So he punched me. I had gasped, but no noise other than that. So he punched me a few more times. I remember tears running down my face, and tasting blood in my mouth from biting on my tongue. Next, he went for the ribs. I finally screamed. He kicked me over and over again. I remember screaming for help. But no one came. He ended up inviting the second man to help. One would go for my face while the other got my stomach and ribs. Then they would switch until I had screamed so much I became horse, and finaly passed out." I swiped a tear away from my face, remembering the pain. I saw Blaine go to take a step forward, but I threw my hand up to stop him. I didn't need him.

"No! Let me finish. I woke up in the hospital with Robert by my side and flipped out. This was the first place he would come to find me. I think I freaked Robert out so much, that he finally agreed. He helped me all the way to his car, and right as I was getting in, the man ran out of the hospital. He started screaming that he would find me again, no matter what. So I talked Robert into giving me his car and some money. I left. I could barely drive because of how much pain I was in. He had broken two of my ribs and my whole stomach was bruised. I could also barely see, because both of my eyes were swollen. But I did it. I drove until I had to fill up the gas tank. I got a lot of weird looks, but most people just kept to themselve. One old lady came up to me and offered me a place to stay until I healed up enough to carry on my way. So that's what I did. She was nice and begged me to stay longer but I didn't. Couldn't. She even accepted the fact that I didn't talk and had horrible nightmares that kept her up. I will forever be thankful. But I kept going. Changed my hair color, and look. I changed places often. Never talked to anyone. Used fake names. I haven't even spoken to my parents since I left. And it worked up until now. All because of my fucking voice!" I finished, looking at the 4 trained killers around me, stunned speechless.