Faith's POV

Ian smashed my phone against the ground until it was in a million pieces. The evil, sickening smirk never left his face once as he turned to me.

"I hope he said a proper goodbye, if not he can do it at your funeral." He started walking towards me, making me scoot away from him until my back hit against the wall. Tears streamed down my face and my cheek ached from the slap it received moments ago. I knew I was going to die and to be honest, I didn't care anymore. I lived my life how I wanted to live it. My life flashed through my eyes, all of my childhood memories, taking pictures for the Super Bowl, meeting so many famous people, and meeting the guys in Of Mice & Men, as Ian pulled out a switch blade.

"Ian, don't do this. Please." I begged, sobbing as he crouched down to my level.

"Oh but I want to do this." Venom seeped into his words as he slashed the knife across my cheek. My screams echoed through the warehouse. I gripped onto my cheek, blood pouring from the gash. "Let's see if your boy toy will like you now."

"F-fuck you." I sneered through gritted teeth. A laugh erupted from his throat before he stabbed the knife to my stomach. A glass shattering scream escaped from my lips as the pain seared through my body. I held my stomach, falling to my side onto the cold ground. My vision started to blur and a puddle of blood collected around me. "Go to hell, Ian." I spat blood at him as I spoke.

"I'll meet you there sweet cheeks." His voice made me want to puke. He drug the knife across the scar he left on me last time and chuckled. "I might just have to reopen this one for you." I was slipping from consciousness fast but I braced myself for the knife to enter my chest.

"Get the fuck away from her!" Austin's voice rang through the room. He kicked Ian away from me, jumping on top of him. "Alan! Get Faith! NOW!" He screamed, before I slipped into blackness.

Austin's POV

I ran up the fire escape, hearing another scream from Faith. My adrenaline was running high and anger was boiling through my veins as I threw open the window to the room Faith was in. The site before me was enough to make me vomit everywhere. Faith was lying in a pool of blood and Ian possessed a switch blade.

"Get the fuck away from her!" I yelled, kicking him right in the jaw, sending him backwards away from Faith. I jumped on top of him and screamed for Alan. "Alan! Get Faith! NOW!" My voice was louder than it's ever been as Alan ran into the room and picked up Faith off of the floor. "I'll be out there in a minute. GO!" He quickly nodded and ran out of the room. I shifted my eyes to the sick fuck underneath me. I couldn't think straight anymore as I grabbed the knife from his hand. "How about I open up your chest for you, asshole?" Without a second thought, I dug the blade into his chest right above his hearts, just like he did to Faith. His screams echoed through the empty warehouse as I jumped off of him and took off towards the door.

"Y-you aren't g-gonna want to look at h-her anymore." Ian's voice was strained and I smirked, turning around to look back to him. Blood was seeping out of his chest and his lip was busted open.

"She's beautiful and smart. Too bad you couldn't see that, mother fucker." I spat and ran out of the door, leaving him there to die.

"Austin! Hurry! She's losing blood fast!" Tino yelled as I ran outside. My feet couldn't move fast enough to get to my car. As soon as I got in, Aaron took off towards the hospital.

"Tino call the police and tell them to be at the hospital." I turned to Alan, finally seeing Faith and all of the blood. My eyes filled up with tears as I held my hands out for her. "Let me hold her." My voice cracked as he gently handed her to me. "Faith, stay with me, please." Her breathing was short and she wasn't responding. Tears dropped from my eyes and I couldn't hold back the sobs coming from my body. "F-Faith, please stay with me." I held her close to me, not caring about the blood soaking into my clothes.

"Austin, come on." Aaron's voice was urgent. I snapped my head up to see that we were at the hospital. Within seconds, I was out of the car, running into the hospital with Faith's limp body in my arms.

"Somebody help! She's dying! I need help!" I screamed as soon as I stepped foot into the emergency room. Nurses ran everywhere, getting a gurney to take Faith back. An older nurse ran up to me and gently grabbed Faith from my arms. "Please, save her." I whispered to the nurse, more tears falling from my eyes. She had a sympathetic look in her eyes and laid Faith down. In a flash, they rushed back into a room, leaving me to collapse to the floor, crying my eyes out.

"She's going to be okay, Austin." Phil helped me up off the floor and into a chair. He slung his arm around my shoulders as I sobbed loudly, not caring about the looks I was getting from the people in the waiting room. "The police are on their way. You have to be the one to talk to them." Before I could speak, loud sirens sounded from outside and my stomach dropped. I stood up and looked towards the doors.

"We have an emergency! Male, in his twenties, stab wound to the chest! He's losing blood fast!" EMTs rushed inside and my insides churned. Ian was on the gurney.

"He was dying when I left him." I whispered to Alan, who had walked in behind me.

"I guess there was another guy in there that we missed." We both watched as the ran him back to the trauma unit, where Faith was.

"Let's just hope he doesn't make it." I mumbled walking outside to talk to the police men, who just arrived.

"Are you the man who called about a stabbing?" The officer was tall, but still had to look up at me. I nodded. "Could you tell me what happened and why you two are covered in blood?" He motioned to Alan and I.

"Yes sir. Our friend was kidnapped by an ex boyfriend, who was released from jail. He was sent to jail because he stabbed her right here." I pointed to my chest, showing him. He nodded, telling me to go on. "I tracked down her cell phone and went to find her. She was in an empty warehouse on 3rd street. When I entered the room, he was crouched down beside her, with an illegal switch blade. There was blood everywhere. She had a stab wound to her stomach and a gash across her left cheek. I kicked him backwards and I guess when I did that, I kicked the hand that possessed the knife and it punctured his chest." The officer nodded. Thank god he believed my lie.

"And why do you have blood on your clothes?" He didn't look up from his paper he was writing on.

"We carried her to the car." He nodded again and shook my hand.

"Thank you very much, Mr?"

"Carlile and Ashby." I motioned towards Alan. He shook Alan's hand and went inside without another word.

"You didn't kick his hand, did you?" Alan looked at me, with a knowing smirk. I chuckled.

"Hell no. That motherfucker had it coming to him." Alan patted my shoulder.

"She's gonna be okay. She's strong. Even though we just met her, she's strong. I can tell." I smiled weakly and pulled him into a hug.

"I hope she'll be okay." I mumbled, holding back tears. I had to be strong for Faith and for my four best friends. "You should call Zoe and let her know what's going on." He said a quick 'okay' before running to the car. I slid down against the wall and put my head in my hands. My mom's words ran through my mind.

When you find the one, you'll feel it in your bones. That person will make you feel invincible. Just by looking at them, you can see they were meant to walk into your life. You'll find the one and you'll feel it, Aus. I promise.

Notes

I apologize for being MIA. I've been going through a lot and haven't had a computer to update. I will try hard to update as much as I can. I'm extremely happy to see that my story has been rated at a 10! Thank you so much. It means a lot to me! <3