Family

Ex-nightmare

Ali's pov

My eyes slowly open and immediately I feel a flow of pressure rush to my head. My arms and legs have been tied tightly around a chair and I am alone in a small pitch dark room.

"Where the fuck am I? What happened?" I mutter to myself

"Enjoyed your sleep Ali?" a figure asks, appearing from the shadows

"Who are you?" I question, trying to hide my fear

"It's not been that long Alison, you know who I am" Ian smiles, turning on a small lamp

"What the fuck do you want?"

"I want you Alison. I may have been engaged to Melissa but I wasn't in love with her. We loved each other Alison, and that will happen again" he wickedly smiles

"I have never and will never love you" I snidely remark as I try to escape my seat

"I'll make you fall in love with me Alison" he smiles, leaning against my legs and moving increasingly close to me

Ian leans towards me, closing his eyes he plums his lips and forcefully plants them onto mine. I bounce around my chair desperately trying to pull myself away from him. The piercing sound of a gun shot fills my ears and Ian's head falls onto my knee

"Sorry about that Alison. Come on let's get you out of here" an English accent says

"Wren?"

"He's not the first person I've shot. Now let's go, before Holbrook and Lorenzo come"

"Holbrook and Lorenzo? Wren what's going on?"

"Your ex's. They are still in love with you. They all agreed that if they can't be with you, no one can"

"Why are you here?"

"They invited me. Someone told them about our daughters, I came to save you"

"Our daughters?"

"Yes. Lily and Grace. I am their father"

Wren's confession sends shivers down my spine and my head yet again fills with blood, making me dizzy. Wren grabs my hand and drags me through dark corridors until we see a light shining from the bottom of a door

"Through that door is the thing in your life that guides you into the light" a voice says,
shattering the silence

I turn to see who the voice belongs to as the feeling of Wren's presence dissolves into the darkness. My legs begin to tremble and a man's face forms into more than a ghost

"Great to see you Alison" Cyrus Petrillo grins

Without saying a word I swiftly turn and run as fast and as far away from him as I can. Footsteps echo as I run along the thin corridor, reaching out for the bright light. My hand wraps around the handle and I twist the nob, frantically trying to open the door. I look over my shoulder and see Cyrus, Lorenzo, Holbrook and Ian shuffling towards me. Frightened I throw myself against the wall and a hand wraps around my mouth, I grab their arm and discover that the hand is missing it's index finger, Archer's hand continues to suffocate me as my ex's move closer. The wall I am leaning on collapses and I fall onto the concrete floor of the room behind it. Cracking my arm against the floor I look up and hovering above me is Wren

"Hello again Alison" he smiles, helping me off the floor

"Why are you helping me?"