Abuse Ch. 5Chapter 5 I shakily stood my ground as they approached. I felt hollow, like a shell of myself. The cheering of the crowd overwhelmed my senses and I became completely uncoordinated, stumbling around in confusion. So many voices. Suddenly, I was rammed from behind and sent flying across the ground. I smashed into the wall, leaving a fairly big dent, and sunk to the ground. Blood streamed down my forehead and I didn't even feel alive. On instinct, I turned to face my attacker. A dusty, old skeleton stared at me with dark, empty eye sockets. I staggered to my feet, being pulled down by the chains. I wasn't going to die without a fight. Another beast lunged at me from the side but I was ready. Picking up the heavy ball weight, and ignoring the sharp, throbing pain in my arm, I leapt into the air and landed on the monster's head. The crowd roared with exc
Abuse Ch. 4Chapter 4 Thrashing around didn't help. Each small movement resulted in a forceful punch at the bag, one landing into my gut and worsening my cracked ribs. I gave up and sat quietly in the bag. I didn't know where we were going. I didn't know what was up and what was down. All I knew was that I had failed, that that failure was most likely going to cost me my life. Suddenly my head hit something hard. The ground. They were dragging me along the ground. I bounced over rocks, one making a gash along my face, hoping that it'd be over soon. There was a sudden drop and I felt myself dangling. Something very hot lay under me, and I didn't know what it was... I didn't want to know what it was. Steam entered the bag and billowed against my face. I wanted to struggle and squirm but I knew if I did then they wouldn't think twice about dropping me, so I stayed as still as possible. Staying still wasn't even the hardest pa