Struggle - H.S.

He didn't kill me though but I was knocked of my feet nonetheless and I felt a stab in my shoulder. He had shot me in the damn shoulder, why wouldn't he just kill me off? The pain was unbearable but I couldn't show him this. I couldn't show him I was still the same weak girl he had abducted a few weeks ago.

"I have wanted to do that ever since you ran away." Bradley kneeled in front of me and grabbed my chin, making me look up at him. He gently stroked my cheek and the emotion I saw in his eyes, were pure hunger for something I would never give him. I rather kill myself then to give that piece of me. "Does it hurt Anna?" He asked me with humour in his voice and I really wanted to kill him in that moment. I shook my head, implying I wasn't in tremendous pain, which I obviously was and to demonstrate that I was lying to him, he pressed his thumb into my bullet wound.

This made me scream, I tried to ignore the flare of pain that went through me when he first pressed the wound but that didn't last long, as it was excruciatingly painful. "Acting tough aren't you." He pulled his finger out of the hole and I tried to catch my breath. "Do you still have your earpiece?" I turned my head away from him but he wasn't having it. "I asked you something princess." He pulled my hair hard, which made me groan with pain. "Yes." I said through clenched teeth. He smiled his brilliant smile at me, while coming closer.

"Hello to everyone who is listening, I just want you to know that we have Harry and Anna. If any of you just as much as try to help them escape they are dead." He told the guys, if they were listening as we had lost communication.

He got up and pulled me up not caring that I was hurting and losing a lot of blood. My shirt was soaked with my own blood and blood of others, it was all very upsetting. "Oh and before I forget, you had this one coming." That when he hit me right in the eye. It made me see stars, I closed my eyes and fought the urge to cry. He pulled me along with him. I half expected him to drag me back to that horrible room but instead he took me downstairs and into the basement. "Why are you taking me to the basement?" I asked in-between pants.

"You want to see Harry right? Well I'm taking you to him." My heart sank when he said that because there was something terribly wrong. I started to pray that Harry wasn't dead. "I have been looking forward to this day." I heard Bradley say and it shocked me with how much joy he said this. "Why, what did I ever do to you?" I asked. I was really curious why he wanted me dead. "You choose Harry instead of me, that is what you did wrong and now you two are going to pay for that."

I was scared of him in that moment and when he dragged me trough the door, my heart skipped a beat when I saw harry hang on his arms. He was visibly hurting and that's when I broke. "Harry." I sobbed, he did look up and when I saw his expression, I knew what he was thinking. "Anna." He whispered, his eyes were full of regret, this made me desperate. "Let him go please, he needs help and I promise I will stay here with you." I pleaded. Bradley just laughed at my plea and slapped me hard. I couldn't hold my balance as everything already felt much to heavy so I crashed on the floor.

"You're not going anywhere and because you tried to defy me, you leave me no other choice then to punish you." Ashton stood behind me and made sure I couldn't look away from Harry. Bradley walked over to him, with what looked like a bat. "This happens when you defy me Anna." He got into position and when the first hit touched Harry's body, he didn't let out a peep, instead I was the one who screamed out for him. We looked each other in the eye and I saw the tears forming in his, this was something I had never seen before and it told me all I need to know and that was that we weren't coming out alive.

But who was the one he would kill first. This was going to be a long night and a really painful one. Ashton started to pull me up and before I knew what was happening I felt the cold metal of a blade against my throat. To say I was freaking out was an understatement. Harry had closed his eyes but I couldn't help but keep staring at him. I had to find a way to safe him, even if it was the last thing I did.

"Bradley, please, I will do anything for you, but please let Harry go, he really needs medical attention, please?" I begged him. I stopped talking when I felt the knife digging into my skin. "Shut up!" Ashton said near my ear. I did as he asked because he would really cut my throat if Bradley asked him. "Tie her up opposite of Harry." Bradley demanded and as they tied me up, I saw the expression of Ashton and was relieved to see he was actually looking guilty.

Bradley walked up to me and stood right in front of me with pure hate in his eyes. He put his hand back on my cheek and caressed me and that was what triggered Harry. He had been silent the whole time but Bradley touching me made him beyond angry and he began to pull on the chains, this only made Bradley smile and as he leaned forward I tried to go backwards, this was no use as I was tied up much to tightly. He pressed his lips against mine but I didn't kiss him back, I did bite him really hard, which made him bleed.

He pulled his head back and his smile grew into a smirk. "I like it rough princess" and that almost made me vomit. He stepped back and looked at Harry who was still trying to get free and he just walked out of the room, leaving Harry and me alone. "Harry please stop doing that, I'm fine." I wasn't but that was beside the point. He stopped struggling and turned his attention on me. "What the hell happened Anna, why aren't you safe with the others?" He was pissed at me really? "I don't know Harry when I came back to get you into safety you weren't there anymore, so I went looking for you and that is how I got into this damn mess." I said just as angry.

I saw him sigh deeply. "You know one of us isn't going to survive this right?" he said through his teeth and he actually looked really sad about this. It did break my heart because he was right, one of us was going to die. "We can't think like that, we just have to make a plan to get out of here." I said. I was trying to sound confident but damn that was hard when you were in pain and tied up to a wall.

"What do you suggest we do Anna, we are fucking tied up to a damn wall and we are both severely hurt." His voice went from powerful to weak again. You could hear the weariness in his voice. "I don't know but there must be a way to get out of here!" I urged but he just shook his head. "I don't think there is a way out." He said in a tired voice. I kept my mouth shut, to think of a plan I had to get us out. I'm not sure how much time had passed when the door opened again. "Anna, open your eyes please." I opened them and was surprised to see Ashton standing in front of me.

"What do you want?" I didn't sound like the friendly person I normally was and he even had the nerve to smile at me. "Good you're awake, listen good." He said whilst reaching for the robes that hold me against the wall. "I'm going to get you and Harry out of here but we have to move quickly okay?" I was shocked about the things he was saying, why in the world was he helping us?

"Why?" was all I could say and he looked me right in the eyes. "Because no one deserves to die like this and I'm not in Bradley's team but in Harry's but I couldn't blow my cover." To say I was shocked by this was an understatement. He had placed his hands on my waist when he cut the last robe loose. "I'm going to put you down okay?" I nodded as he released his hold on me and helped Harry on his feet. "I'm sorry mate." He said to Harry, which nodded in return. He looked really pale but we didn't waste one minute and started to make our way out of this hell hole.

We were completely silent as we made our way to the front door. I had troubles keeping up because my legs were stiff and my shoulder really hurt but there was no time for resting. When we reached the front door, Ashton gave Harry to me. All of a sudden the light switched on and the shooting began. A bullet flew by me, almost hitting me. I let go of Harry purely out of shock. Ashton grabbed me and started to pull me with him. "LET GO OFF ME!" I screamed at him, trashing against his hold, to get back to Harry but he never gave in.

"HARRY!" I screamed.

"ANNA!" I heard him yell and that's when Ashton was beaten to the ground by someone, which made him loose his grip on my arm. I know I should ran away but I couldn't let Harry die, so my feet were already carrying me back to were he was. "Harry, I'm here." I tried to reassure him but the look he gave was gave me the chills. I caressed his cheek before I began to lift him, which wasn't easy. Again there was a bullet that went right over my head. I looked up only and was met by Bradleys blazing eyes. He was coming right at us. I tried to pull Harry up even faster but it didn't work. "Harry please you have to." He didn't let me finish my sentence and opened his mouth. "Run Anna, I will find you, just go!" He urged but I ignored him and pulled even harder, that is until he pushed me away violently, making me fall. "Harry, stop being childish, we have to go!" I crawled back to him but was pulled away by Ashton.

"NO, I CAN'T LEAVE HIM HERE!" I screamed yet again and when I turned my head I looked right into Harry's eyes, he shook his head slightly and mouthed, "I love you" to me and whilst he said that I saw a tear running down his cheek. "Please let me go." I tried again but Ashton didn't stop walking. He had thrown me over his shoulder and all I could do was stare at the boy I loved with all my heart.

I saw Bradley stop right in front of Harry and that's when he pointed the gun right to his head. "NO HARRY!" I screamed and it made Bradley look up and he was laughing. "YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS, I SWEAR!" I yelled at him and the last thing I heard was a gunshot and everything went black after that.

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