Dead in the Water
Just Push Play
(Martin's POV)
I was the first one to hop out of the car and take off running into the apartment complex. I ran all the way down the hall to my apartment with Paul and Erelin behind me. When I got there the door was ajar and I could smell an awlful scent. It was a scent mixed in with a scent I know by heart and one that made me push on into the room.
"Oh my...Is that? I think I am going to be sick!" Erelin replied running back out into the hallway.
"Martin, I don't like this. Is that...?" Paul trailed.
The place was trashed. The couch and chairs were slashed. Broken glass was everywhere but the smell came from the main living room wall. It was the first thing I noticed when I stepped in.
"It's blood from the blood packets I keep in the fridge and a little of Amanda's mixed in." I said running back to the bedroom. If I was human, I think I was going to be sick.
Amanda wasn't here but I had to call her name anyway hoping she was just laying unconcious in the bedroom but my heart new better. This monster had her and was doing everything he could to hurt me and make Amanda crazy. The silence and empty, trashed bedroom confirmed it.
"The fridge is empty so you were right. He didn't kill...whoa! What happened in here?" Paul said coming into my room.
The bed was messed up and there were ropes cut at the ends of the bedposts where you could tell Amanda had been tied down to the bed. There was blood on the sheets. I couldn't move. I didn't know what to do or to think.
"Guys? Did you read what was written on the wall?" Erelin finally said as she contained herself long enough to step into the bedroom as Paul put his hand on my shoulder.
"Not really. I smelt the blood and blood was all I saw." I barely got out.
"Is it Amanda's?" Erelin asked trying not to throw up again.
"A little. It's just a trace." I replied stepping back out and into the living room.
The blood was smeared onto the wall to make letters. It read, "Just push play."
I turned to see that my tv and dvd/vcr combo was in tact and that there was a video hanging out of the vcr. I took the tape out and was about to say something but stopped.
"Do you think I ought to call the others for this?" Erelin asked. I just shrugged. Time was ticking.
I popped the tape back in and pushed play. First thing I saw was a frightened Amanda who looked very fragile and pale and had her hands tied to the bedposts with a bandana tied around her mouth. I clenched my fists together tightly.
"Let's see here. I have your girlfriend, Martin. What do you plan on doing about it? You know I was really wanting her sister Elissa but she got to be too bossy so her sister stuck out in my mind. You had to come along and mess everything up. Maybe I would be a little easier on Amanda if you would have just joined me when I turned you. Now, my lovely bride to be is going to pay for your mistake. See I like messing with her, Martin. If you make them crazy then the better they will be." Ian said in his monologue.
He removed the bandana from her mouth and started to run his hand down Amanda's right leg all the while looking at the camera with his stupid grin. She was trying to kick him away and fight from her bonds.
"I will never be yours! I would rather die!" Amanda yelled spitting in Ian's face.
"Naughty girl. You really shouldn't have done that. What did I tell you about defying me?" Ian snarled.
"Martin will find me and break you in half before you get to try anything!" She yelled again.
This time Ian hit Amanda hard in the face and I reacted as if I had felt it which in a strange way, I was starting to feel all her pain she was going through. That's how I know if I don't get to her she won't last.
"Oh my...I want to rip him a new one so bad!" Erelin snapped.
Ian climbed ontop of Amanda as the camera panned to her left side. Ian started kissing Amanda who tried to move away from him but to no avail. He started running his hands down her sides as I saw the tears form in her eyes. He's going to rape her.
"The fun is just beginning my dear." Ian snarled. He looked up at the camera and then grinned. "This is for you, Martin. Wish you could be here, wait no I don't." He laughed as he leaned down forcefully and tore into Amanda's neck again as she was vulnerable and couldn't move.
She screamed some as she was trying to break free from her restraints but eventually gave up. Ian just looked up at the camera and smiled wiping the blood from his lips as he was finished. Amanda's eyes were starting to lose that light in them.
"Was her blood just as sweet for you as it was for me?" Ian asked.
I watched as he cut the ropes tying her wrists which were now red and swollen. He picked her up and as she tried to stand she almost fell onto the bed again, obviously weak. He laughed and shoved Amanda into the closet wall.
"Play time is over." He said throwing her into our dresser. Then the tape went all fuzzy.
I got up and threw whatever I could find into the television, breaking it.
"Martin, we will find her." Paul said.
"I just hope. She doesn't have much time." I said as Erelin called the others.
I was the first one to hop out of the car and take off running into the apartment complex. I ran all the way down the hall to my apartment with Paul and Erelin behind me. When I got there the door was ajar and I could smell an awlful scent. It was a scent mixed in with a scent I know by heart and one that made me push on into the room.
"Oh my...Is that? I think I am going to be sick!" Erelin replied running back out into the hallway.
"Martin, I don't like this. Is that...?" Paul trailed.
The place was trashed. The couch and chairs were slashed. Broken glass was everywhere but the smell came from the main living room wall. It was the first thing I noticed when I stepped in.
"It's blood from the blood packets I keep in the fridge and a little of Amanda's mixed in." I said running back to the bedroom. If I was human, I think I was going to be sick.
Amanda wasn't here but I had to call her name anyway hoping she was just laying unconcious in the bedroom but my heart new better. This monster had her and was doing everything he could to hurt me and make Amanda crazy. The silence and empty, trashed bedroom confirmed it.
"The fridge is empty so you were right. He didn't kill...whoa! What happened in here?" Paul said coming into my room.
The bed was messed up and there were ropes cut at the ends of the bedposts where you could tell Amanda had been tied down to the bed. There was blood on the sheets. I couldn't move. I didn't know what to do or to think.
"Guys? Did you read what was written on the wall?" Erelin finally said as she contained herself long enough to step into the bedroom as Paul put his hand on my shoulder.
"Not really. I smelt the blood and blood was all I saw." I barely got out.
"Is it Amanda's?" Erelin asked trying not to throw up again.
"A little. It's just a trace." I replied stepping back out and into the living room.
The blood was smeared onto the wall to make letters. It read, "Just push play."
I turned to see that my tv and dvd/vcr combo was in tact and that there was a video hanging out of the vcr. I took the tape out and was about to say something but stopped.
"Do you think I ought to call the others for this?" Erelin asked. I just shrugged. Time was ticking.
I popped the tape back in and pushed play. First thing I saw was a frightened Amanda who looked very fragile and pale and had her hands tied to the bedposts with a bandana tied around her mouth. I clenched my fists together tightly.
"Let's see here. I have your girlfriend, Martin. What do you plan on doing about it? You know I was really wanting her sister Elissa but she got to be too bossy so her sister stuck out in my mind. You had to come along and mess everything up. Maybe I would be a little easier on Amanda if you would have just joined me when I turned you. Now, my lovely bride to be is going to pay for your mistake. See I like messing with her, Martin. If you make them crazy then the better they will be." Ian said in his monologue.
He removed the bandana from her mouth and started to run his hand down Amanda's right leg all the while looking at the camera with his stupid grin. She was trying to kick him away and fight from her bonds.
"I will never be yours! I would rather die!" Amanda yelled spitting in Ian's face.
"Naughty girl. You really shouldn't have done that. What did I tell you about defying me?" Ian snarled.
"Martin will find me and break you in half before you get to try anything!" She yelled again.
This time Ian hit Amanda hard in the face and I reacted as if I had felt it which in a strange way, I was starting to feel all her pain she was going through. That's how I know if I don't get to her she won't last.
"Oh my...I want to rip him a new one so bad!" Erelin snapped.
Ian climbed ontop of Amanda as the camera panned to her left side. Ian started kissing Amanda who tried to move away from him but to no avail. He started running his hands down her sides as I saw the tears form in her eyes. He's going to rape her.
"The fun is just beginning my dear." Ian snarled. He looked up at the camera and then grinned. "This is for you, Martin. Wish you could be here, wait no I don't." He laughed as he leaned down forcefully and tore into Amanda's neck again as she was vulnerable and couldn't move.
She screamed some as she was trying to break free from her restraints but eventually gave up. Ian just looked up at the camera and smiled wiping the blood from his lips as he was finished. Amanda's eyes were starting to lose that light in them.
"Was her blood just as sweet for you as it was for me?" Ian asked.
I watched as he cut the ropes tying her wrists which were now red and swollen. He picked her up and as she tried to stand she almost fell onto the bed again, obviously weak. He laughed and shoved Amanda into the closet wall.
"Play time is over." He said throwing her into our dresser. Then the tape went all fuzzy.
I got up and threw whatever I could find into the television, breaking it.
"Martin, we will find her." Paul said.
"I just hope. She doesn't have much time." I said as Erelin called the others.