Hi everyone I've been very reluctant to publish this chapter, ive had it written for quite some time. Its quite long but I don't want to drag this bit of the story out. Tissues may be needed.
Marco was the first to wake up and straight away he realised he had been drugged. He then looked around desperately for Skye. She was still unconscious and he practically ran over.
"Skye. Skye. Come on Skye, please wake up. I'm sorry" he tried to shake her carefully awake.
She eventually woke up and he sighed with relief.
He pulled her into a hug without thinking. She didn't hug back but Marco didn't care. She was awake and that's all that mattered.
"What happened" she asked.
"I think we were both shot with tranquilizers. We need to get out of here" he said standing up and helping her up.
They looked around the room and noticed how dark it was. They were in a basement.
Skye realised and suddenly she couldn't breathe. She was having a panic attack.
Marco realised straight away how it was triggering her especially after the visit he and Lorenzo took. Lorenzo thought it was were they tortured enemies but the truth only Marco knew.
Marco was quick to help her with the panic attack and it worked.
"I expected you both to be out of it alot longer"
Kevin
The man who sexually abused them both.
"You are suppose to be in prison" Marco said. He didn't care that he was on the verge of a panic attack himself. All he cared about was Skye's safety.
"I know a few people" he shrugged like it was nothing.
He snapped his fingers and a few men came in, they tried to seperate Marco and Skye but Marco was not going to let her get hurt again and he managed to fight them off.
"I'm not a kid anymore" Marco snapped. He was ready to take down Kevin but his fear had him hesitating and Kevin saw that.
"Sure you are. You're still the pathetic 8 year old who couldn't save his younger siblings. You're the reason for all the pain they suffered. For everything I did to her" Kevin used his guilt against him and with that he mangaged to push Marco away.
Trigger warning of abuse of all kinds.
Kevin went to hit Skye but Marco tackled him. This caused Kevin to push Marco off and start to kick him until he couldn't move.
He grabbed a whip and went back to Skye , Skye was in tears as she was reliving what she thought she had escaped from.
Marco was coughing up blood but he saw what was about to happen, and as the whip came down he used every strength he had to place himself in front of Skye.
Kevin took his anger out further on the boy.
He suddenly got a call and after a conversation in Spanish, which Marco was able to translate. It wasn't anything important to them. Only a drug deal.
"I'll be back later"Â he said was a viscous grin.
Once gone , Skye who was in tears put aside her fear and tried to help Marco. "Are you okay, of course you're not. Let me help you" she said worrying about his injuries.
"Im fine Skye. As long as you don't get hurt, I'm fine. We need to escape though"
Kevin came back the next day, again he tried to get to Skye but each time Marco fought back and took the hits.
"You could just knock him out again" one of the men who hadn't been killed by Marco suggested not wanting to get close. Every time one of the men got close, Marco fought back and often snapped their necks.
"No. I don't think so. I want him to see how weak he is whilst I hurt her" Kevin said. This time he undid his pants.
"No" Marco was barely able to stand but he did so anyway. "It's like old times" Kevin muttered.
Marco shuddered, tears started to fall as he managed to stand in front of Skye. He would not let this happen. Not again.
"Very well. You can suffer first "
And Marco did suffer. He felt like the 8 year old boy who failed his siblings all over again. He tried to fight back but he couldn't.
Skye was crying as she witnessed what was happening. It was all her fault. She saw one of the men who Marco killed when they came in not long ago, she saw how distracted Kevin was and grabbed the knife the man had. The other man had taken his gun but forgot the knife. Before the other man could do anything she threw the knife at Kevin. Kevin instantly stopped, when the knife hit his leg. He turned to shoot her but Marco snapped out of it as soon as Kevin was out and grabbed the gun and shot Kevin and the other man.
They didn't bother checking to see if they were dead. They didn't have time. Marco knew the gunshots would have more people down here soon. He grabbed Skye's hand and rushed upstairs. There was a few men left but they had just presumed Kevin had killed the siblings he kidnapped so no one noticed Marco or Skye. Marco was trying his best not to pass out.
But as soon as they got out which they noticed was a warehouse in that middle of nowhere, he was barely hanging in. He managed to get them off the property and down into the woods. Not to far from the road but far enough they wouldn't be seen.
He collapsed against a tree.
It had been three days since they had been taken.
Unconscious for one day.
The next two Marco had been beaten, whipped, burnt and sexually assaulted in order to protect Skye.
He had done his job though, Skye was never touched.
"We need to get going" he said trying to stand.
"You can barely walk. No one saw us. You need to rest" Skye said.
Marco tried to get up but failed and so he rested.
They spent the night in the woods, Marco was a bloody mess and Skye had done her best to make sure he didn't bleed out.
The next morning Marco refused to rest anymore, so they set off again.
"We just need to stay close to the road and in the woods until we find a town" he stated as they set off.
Marco was looking around for threats to fight off as they walked and Skye was doing her best to help support Marco.
"Thank you Marco. For everything you did. I'm sorry" she said as they walked in silence.
"I'd do anything to protect you Skye.....even Alex and James" he said.
The walk became quiet once more.
They finally found a town.
"Go and ask someone where we are, say we were hiking and got lost. I can't go without raising suspicions" Marco stated.
He kept an eye on Skye from a short distance as she approached an elderly lady who told her where they were.
Once Skye informed Marco he nodded. It seemed he was barely speaking but Skye understood. "Not far. I can get us back" he muttered.
Meanwhile, back home.
Rafael and Lorenzo had the entire mafia out looking for them.
Alex and James were pacing. Both were almost in tears, Rafael was doing his best to comfort his two sons but they were not handling it well. The only reason they weren't crying because they were brought up believing emotions led to a beating.
Leo was trying to comfort Nico.
Lorenzo was on the phone, no one had seen them.
All they knew was they had been kidnapped by masked men from the side of the road.
"It's been 4 days. They are gone forever" Alex said harshly. His worry had turned to anger and guilt
"This wouldn't have happened if she hadn't gone. It's all my fault" he stated.
"They are not gone forever" Rafael said a little to harshly. He wouldn't accept it.
"We were kidnapped from a birthday party and that was it for 10 years. I am not waiting 10 years" Alex replied.
"I have a lead. A girl was spotted matching Skye's description" Lorenzo suddenly said.
"Where? I'll go there now" Rafael said.
Lorenzo didn't get the chance to anwser and Rafael dropped his car keys as the front door opened.
Skye and Marco stumbled through the front door. Marco was close to passing out,Skye couldn't support him. Marco refused to let go of her in case someone tried to take her so he had held her hand.
Alex and James ran to Skye and a group hug was formed.
Marco realised he was finally home. They were no longer in danger so he collapsed onto the floor. "I tried" he whispered, his eyes closing.
Rafael had been on the phone calling an ambulance as soon as his children entered.
"Are you hurt Skye" Rafael asked as he began tending to Marcos wounds.
"No. They didn't hurt me. Only Marco"
"I knew it. Marco was the target and you got caught up in it. He put you in danger" Alex snapped.
"Would you just stop. Marco wasn't the target. They wanted to hurt me but each time they tried Marco saved me. He put himself in front of me when he was about to whip me, he saved me, he got hurt because of me" Skye ranted quietly so the others didn't hear.
Alex took that information in. He no longer felt anger towards Marco. Marco had saved Skye and for that Alex was truly thankful.
Because Skye wasn't hurt all the attention was on Marco who was passed out. They were trying to stop the bleeding until the ambulance arrived.
Nico was instructed to take the triplets into a different room. Rafael didn't want his youngest 4 children seeing how bad Marco was.