In his grasp 2

Deja vu

**Joe’s POV**

Where could she be! I was desperate. Who knows what that sicko was doing to her right now and just the thought of him touching her enraged me. I wanted to kill him, I wanted to make him suffer. My phone buzzed as I was driving down the street that was slowly filling with light from the break of dawn. I looked at it and saw Lauren’s name then underneath: shared location. I gasped and grabbed my phone, unlocking it as quickly as I could. She has sent me her location! I put it into my car that had a built-in sat-nav. 30 minutes away. Great! That’s too long and anything could happen in that time! I put my foot down and sped down the empty roads. 

10 minutes had gone by and I still had 15 minutes left of the journey. I had managed to shave off 5 minutes from speeding. All of a sudden my ringtone rang through car as my phone is connected to the Bluetooth. I looked at the screen and it just had a number on it. I pressed the answer button on the steering wheel.

“Joe?” A female voice was gasping for breath. She sounded like she was running.

“It’s Molly, he has got Lauren! I managed to escape but she helped me and now I’m scared what he’s going to do when he finds out I’m gone!” She shouted.

“Where are you?!” She continued. “I’m nearly there I need you to get somewhere safe and then call someone to come, you got Ryan’s number?” I snarled as I mentioned his name but he’s the only one that we have a mutual connection with.

“Yeah” she gasped. “Get to somewhere safe and call him. Tell him to drive back towards the beach and I will get my friend in the force to get someone to meet you there, he will take care of you” I sternly commanded her.

“But what about Lauren!” She panicked.

“I’m going to get her don’t worry, do as I say” I ordered before hanging up the phone.

I need to get there! I need my baby girl!

**Lauren’s POV**

“Grey... please... I don’t know how she escaped, I just wanted to have some alone...”. He lifted the knife from behind his back to show me that he knows exactly how she had escaped. I lowered my head and looked at him in fear.

“Get on your knees” he said and I stared at him for a moment.

“Grey...” 

“Now!” He shouted with anger rattling his tone. I got down on my knees slowly and he walked around behind me. He placed the knife to my throat and wrapped his other arm around my chest. 

“Looks like we don’t have a lot of time” he said and pulled me up from my feet. He dragged me to the door and pulled me down the stairs.

“Grey please, I’m sorry, I couldn’t let you hurt her” I explained and he ignored me, stilling shoving me in the direction that he wanted. Once we had reached the bottom of the stairs he shoved me into the boot of his car and got in the front. I began to cry at the fear of not seeing my friends again, not seeing Joe again...

Suddenly the car stopped after driving for, what seemed like forever, and I remembered that I had my phone in my pocket. I rummaged desperately and grabbed it. I dialled Joe’s number and he picked up.

“Lauren!” The boot opened and Grey was looking at me laughing. He snatched the phone from my hands and I called out to Joe.

“Sorry, Lauren is a bit busy at the moment” he said in a psychotic way down the phone. I heard Joe’s  once shouting down the phone.

“You son of a b***h, I swear if you...” he threw my phone to the ground and crushed it with his foot. I felt all hope drain from my body and Grey lifted me out. We were at his abandoned garage. At least I knew where I was and that I was closer to home if I was going to die. He pulled me out of the boot and threw me to the floor. He locked his car and grabbed my arm. Once we had entered the garage he tied me to the bed and and went over to his chest of draws. I couldn’t help but feel like this was deja vu from before. He took out a knife and walked towards me.

 “You look very uncomfortable baby, here...” he grabbed the bottom of my white blouse.

“Let me help”. He took the knife and the blunt side touched me skin. He made a little slice at the bottom then ripped it apart to the top. He tugged at the last bit to separated it. Tears filled my eyes and I begged him to stop. He was kissing my stomach and moved himself towards my lips. I struggled, trying to shake him off of me but it was no use. He was just too strong. I continued to beg him to stop because that’s al I could do. He was becoming increasingly more aggressive with the way he touched my body. 

“Mmmm, I missed you” he gasped as he buried his head into my neck and laid his lips onto my skin which made me feel sick. I noticed him rummage down below and quickly realised he was undoing his belt. Please god no, not again. I felt completely helpless and watched him take his top off and rip off his belt. I started to scream for help which angered him. He smacked me with the belt and shouted at me. “Shut up Lauren!” 

I began to cry harder and harder as his clothing slowly started to come off. Pleading and begging him not to penetrate me but it was as if he was deaf. I kept trying wriggle my way out of the rope that bound my hands, or at least wriggle enough to make it difficult for him. He grabbed his belt and slapped my thighs with it several times and ordered me to keep still. Soon enough the pain became unbearable and I laid still trying to catch my breath. “Grey, please don’t do this, at least let me feel your skin with my hands! I want to be in the moment with you” I lied but it seemed to have worked because he leant over and reached for the rope. 

“Ow!” I yelled as he tightened the knot. “Do you think I’m stupid? I know what your going to try and do and I’m not falling for it” he said before hitting me 3 more times on my thighs with the belt as hard as he could. “Ahhh... I’m sorry Grey. Please, I’m sorry just don’t do this... please” I begged him once again. I felt totally hopeless and didn’t know what to do. I closed my eyes as he trailed his hands all over my body and tried to think of a place where I am happiest.

I kept thinking about the way that Joe use to hold me and make me feel protected. I thought about the way he would hold my cheek as he kissed me and the way that... 

All of a sudden I felt immense pressure and stretching come from down below and my eyes opened. I gasped to see Grey grinding on top of me, pressing his d**k further and further inside me. The pain was intense and I felt nothing. Just pain and burning. There was no pleasure what so ever. I screamed for a while as he manoeuvred himself into all sorts of positions whilst still inside of me. I closed my eyes again and tried to pass the time until he had finished with me. I felt disgusting and vile. It felt like it was going on for hours and I was so sore that everything felt numb. He was holding my waist and my arms for leverage. I kept thinking to myself ‘this isn’t happening, it will be over soon’.

“You disgusting little perv. Get the f**k off of her!” All of a sudden Grey was thrown off of me and Joe was standing over him, his arms were flinging up and down as he punch him uncontrollably. I couldn’t find the strength to yell or speak or even move. I felt like he had taken every ounce of fight I had in me. I was laying there, completely naked once again but this time it was too late. Simon ran in and grabbed Joe to pull him off. 

“It’s okay Joe, stop, you will end up in trouble yourself and Lauren needs you” he managed to calm Joe down. Joe stopped and looked at me in a way that made me feel embarrassed. It was pity and anger mixed in to one. I just stared at him back, spaced out from the trauma and unable to speak. Joe was panting to get his breath back from his outburst.

Simon read Grey his rights and gave him a blanket to cover himself before cuffing him and taking him away. Once they had left Joe walked over to the side of the bed and grabbed the knife that Grey had placed on the table earlier. He cut my hands free and my arms went limp. He didn’t say a word to me he just pulled me up to the sitting position and placed his coat around me. He then sat beside me and placed his forehead to mine. I closed my eyes as the warmth of his skin touched mine.

“I’m here baby girl, I’m here”. Tears welled up in my eyes and didn’t fall until he said “we got him, he’s gone for good”. He picked me up and placed me in his car the same as he did the last time but I didn’t fall asleep. We drove down the dark road which lead to his house. “I got you baby girl, everything is okay” he repeated.