A Chase That Never Ends

Chapter 7: Beaten Up

"Astrid let her go!" Jack yelled from the other side

"Nah, I like her so I'll keep her!" I yelled back

"You won't get away with this! Let her go before we open the door or there would be huge consequences!" He insisted

"Sure, won't you kill me? Just kill me already so you can be satisfied. End my life so you won't suffer any more. Is that what you want?" I ask standing up

We then hear the door unlocking, expecting to see Hiccup along with his friends I get myself ready for any attack. "Guys stop!" Punzie yelled

"She didn't hurt me!" but before she could even say anything more they forced her away while Hiccup left along with them leaving me at Merida and Jack's mercy.

"You little disgusting rat!" Merida punched, she kicked me hard while I winced from the pain.

"You have gone too far Astrid! Most times I try to be gentle but after what you did to Rapunzel, I won't forgive you! Ugh!" He kicked and beat me up as well. After at least an hour they finally stopped with the torture leaving me and my wounded body. Scratch, stabs and slashes were visible on every part of my skin. They were both merciless.

I closed my eyes and fell asleep on the cold floor stained with my blood. The next day, I woke up to see Jack looking down at me. "You f*xk, you're finally awake? Good. I've been waiting" he says before forcing me to stand up. He tied my hands with a rope that was tied to the ceiling.

He then went into a position, then out of nowhere he punched me on my stomach and started to make me his punching bag. "Ugh!" I groaned after he finished.

"Feeling the pain? Good. You deserve it after your attempt to hurt my Punzie! You know, I don't even know why Hiccup keeps you here. You're just another mouth to feed and a problem! I want to end you but Hiccup disagrees and I hate it!" He yelled and slapped me

I looked at him coldly with my blue eyes. He stiffened for a moment as his face went dark. "Don't tell me that he sees her in you? You look like her, are you here to haunt me? Huh? You want to slap it on my face that Hiccup's better? That he'd always be better than me? Well you're wrong! You're wrong!"

"Why is it that you would even consider choosing him over me? I loved you first! I was your first! I should be your last too! It's unfair! You're unfair! I hate you!" He cried

"I hate you, I hate you I hate you, I hate you!!" He screamed, and with every word he punched or slapped me.

"I hate you... Why would you break me like that? I hate you! Ugh!" He left me all alone, tied up with a dizzy head. He slammed the door shut before I heard him walk away. Now what? Am I gonna die here? I won't even be back from my home?

Why does it always have to be me? I try my best, my hardest. But I don't feel enough, you don't make me feel enough Dad.

"Ah, if it isn't my favorite girl!" Heather chuckles as she enters and closes the door.

"Here to punch me too?" I asked as she laughed but paused

"I wish, Punzie asked me to bring you food. She cares a lot." She says and helps me free myself, before I could even reach the cold floor because my weak knees couldn't keep me in balance, Heather held me and gently placed me on the ground

"I knew I should've brought medical equipment!" she said in a whisper

"Oh, now you care?" I smiled teasing her

"No. Yuck. You're just pitiful but really, I don't feel it. It's just Punzie" she says

"I wish you would just let me go home. My younger brother is home and he could be suffering right now." I say while trying to lift the spoon

Heather helped me, she placed me into a comfortable position before feeding me. I hesitated to accept her services but I did anyway. "Why so? Don't you have your parents?" she asks

"Yeah, that's the problem.." I mumbled after swallowing the warm porridge

"Oh.. you have that abusive family? How sad, well at least you have your family. Unlike mine, it's all your fault." she says and wiped her eyes which were starting to form tears

"Because I didn't let you steal the book even though you told me? Hah, how am I supposed to trust you when you sneaked on us and tried to disclose personal information like that?" I say and she sighs

"Yeah, you're right. But how did you even get to the black market? Vikings like you don't go there.." Heather asks as she holds a spoon full of porridge in front of my mouth. I took it in before swallowing

"I was looking for information about the dragon master. He hurt our chief which feels a little illegal now that I know his identity. Can't believe he could do that to his father with a straight face" I say

"Stoick? Really? That's odd, Hiccup doesn't like violence at all and try to avoid them as much as he can" Heather comments

"Well as it turns out, you don't know your Hiccup as much as you think.." I mumbled and continued eating. She rolled her eyes before removing the porridge in front of me. I tried to reach for it but because of my beaten body I could barely move, so with a swift move I kicked her for revenge where she ended up chuckling.

"Nice, you could die sooner with that attitude"