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I hold un pressed to et to the bottom, and slowly turn He hasn’t noticed I pick up speed now, et to the first room, and run into it I don’t pay much attention to the bland wooden walls in the tiny roole bed that looks like it’s seen better days in the corner I go straight to the drawers beside it, and open theun in here so one in this room, I run down to the kitchen I hear voices, and know it’s out of bounds My heart begins to thump desperately I have minutes, if I’m lucky My eyes dart around, and I run to the next roole beds--this one has two--and to the drawers I yank theh desperately Coht and spin around, only to co chest My entire body stiffens, and I liftdown at rey hair, yellow teeth, and eyes that are a steely blue He’s awful My blood runs cold He’s not giving me an expression that says he wants to hurt me No, his expression is that of lust

"Well, well, I heard there was a pretty girl on the ship What’re you doin’ ru back "I was…I was just…"

"You kno long it’s been since I’ve had a wo teeth

Oh no

What was I thinking, trying to run through this ship alone? I take another step back, but he lashes out and grips ht, butan arm across my chest Then he presses a knife to my throat Oh no, please, God, no Don’t let this happen No

"Don’t scream, or I’ll slit it," he hisses into my ear

Then his hands lower down overin my world stops, and h everything inside ht His hand slips into ainstsound, and I plead with him to stop

"Silence," he orders

I feel bile rise in ers skile to find ers pull at the elastic of ht I drivehi into the drawers beside the bed The knife drops to the floor, and I lunge for it I wrap eto the floor Blood runs frorip I feel the blood drain from my face as I stumble backwards I justI juststabbed hi sound, and I hear voices down the hall I have to get out of here I can’t do this any and screaun in his pants, and I pull it free I push to un at him, and in a wobbly hiss, I snarl, "Don’t ure he hasn’t acknowledged what I said Blood is pouring fro

"What the fuck?"

I hear Hendrix’s angry voice, and spin to see hiun out

"What are you doin’?"