Sheena's and Damon's POV

Chapter Seven

I felt Lee place his hand next to mine, as he helped me lift the jacket off the body. "OMG!" I whispered, as I looked at the poor girl lying dead in front of me. My blood ran cold at the sight of her, she looked like she had been brutally raped, beaten and left for dead. She only looked about eighteen, nineteen. However, wrong this sounds I was just so relieved and happy that it wasn't Sheena.

Once I knew the coast was clear, I got up and started to make a run for it. I felt bad just leaving Cherelle after all she had done for me, but I just panicked when I saw that they were the police officers from yesterday. Especially the brown eyed one, as he seems to do something to me. Moreover, as much as he makes me feel safe, the feelings that he sends through my body when our eyes locked scared me.

Running to nowhere in particular, with tears streaming down my face, felt like Deja vu. I tried to think of anywhere I could go, knowing it was too late for a place in the hostel. And knowing damn well that Cherelle and the other two would be checking the train station I was running out of options. I decided to carry on walking in the direction of the city, knowing it would be safer for me to be in a more crowded place.

I stopped walking when I seen a gang of boys ahead of me, I looked around trying to find another way out of here without going past them. There was not a person in sight, it was so isolated here, and these boys looked like they were doing so kind of drug deal or something. Fear rushed through me as flashes of the night in the park played over in my head. Seeing an alleyway to my left with a big Dumpster, I quickly ran towards it hoping they wouldn't notice me.

I tried lifting the lid up as quietly as I could, but the alleyway was not helping, as I lifted the heavy lid it squeaked and echoed throughout the alley. I tried lifting it all the way up but I didn't have enough strength in me. Frantically looking around for anything to stand on, my body froze as I heard footsteps coming towards me. Shaking uncontrollably, I tried climbing inside in, the footsteps were getting closer, my foot slipped making me fall back onto the ground, grabbing onto the top of the Dumpster with my hands I desperately tried to lift my body up the side, but every time I tried climbing up my feet would slip sending me back down onto the floor. I snapped my head around as I heard the footsteps echoing off the alley's walls. Noticing the little gap under the Dumpster, I started to squeeze my body under it. The feeling the rough ground cutting my skin made me want to scream out in pain. However, knowing if I stopped now they would probably do a lot worse to me made me carry on pushing my body under. Gritting my teeth hard as my tears fell silently; I laid flat under the Dumpster, just in time. As I could now hear them talking right beside me. Holding in my breath, I was desperately trying to stop my body from shaking. My arms and legs were stinging and paining me so bad, I began biting the inside of my cheek as I tried to hold in the pain. Hearing a gunshot go off; my blood ran cold as my body became numb. I pushed my face into the dirty wet ground as I tried to muffle out my screams. Praying they wouldn't hear me, I felt something grab hold of my ankles. They started to drag my body out from under the Dumpster, I screamed out as the pain bolted through my body. Tears were now streaming down my face as I felt my bones in my ankles breaking as they pulled roughly, the pain was becoming too much for me to handle as I fell into darkness.

As I woke up pain shot through my ankles making me scream out, trying to take in my surroundings through my watery eyes I noticed I was still in the alleyway. It was light now so I must have passed out for the whole night, I thought to myself. Even though the pain was so intense, I needed to try to get out of here. I reached over to the crate beside me, leaning my weight on it as I tried getting up, only to scream out, as my ankles couldn't take my weight. I looked down at my ankles, seeing the bone sticking out of my right foot made me throw up. Crying hysterically, I tried thinking of how I was going to get help, so I could get out of here. Screaming out for what felt hours, nothing eventually I gave up, feeling exhausted and weak.

Sitting on the hard wet ground with my back up against the wall, I cried, as I was starting to lose the feeling in both of my legs. As much as I wanted to scream out I couldn't as my body became lifeless, the only thing I was feeling, was the intense pain. Trying not to fall back into the blackness, I kept thinking of Cherelle and the police officer who held me in his arms.

Fighting to stay awake was becoming harder, as now I could no longer feel my legs at all. My body was shaking so violently, even my teeth were chattering now. I was freezing cold as I sat there alone and helpless. Thinking how I was going to die here alone, and that this time no one would be able to rescue me, I began to pray. Knowing I was too hidden here beside the Dumpster, and it was Saturday so no one will even be coming to empty it until at least Monday.

All of a sudden, I could hear voices coming from the main street, but as much as I tried to scream out, nothing would come out, as my mouth was too dry. It did not help that I could not stop my body from shaking either. Feeling exhausted and crying hysterically, I welcomed the blackness, as I had no more strength in me to fight.

After leaving the park, Lee and I made our way back to Cherelle's knowing she was probably going insane with worry by now. I did not want to go back to Cherelle's, as all I wanted to do right now was just try to find Sheena. However, Lee had talked me into going back with him, as he promised he would help me look after we checked up on Cherelle. In addition, I had to see if she had any more ideas of where Sheena could be. On the other hand, even remember anything that Sheena told her, which could give us a clue of her whereabouts.

As we pulled up outside her apartment, we could see Cherelle waiting for us. The look on her face was enough for me to know that she hadn't seen or heard anything from Sheena. I covered my face with my hands as my blood ran cold. I sat back in the car needing some time alone to think and clear my head. I knew Lee understood what I was doing, as I had told him how I have been feeling about Sheena Since I met her.

Thinking back to the morning she was sitting on my lap, I tried to wrack my brains thinking of anything she had said to me, but all I could think of was the defeated look in her eyes and her feeble body. I began to cry as I thought of her out there somewhere, alone and probably scared stiff. I have never felt so useless in my whole life, as I am the one that finds and helps people every day. Nevertheless, here I am now, trying to find the only girl I have ever had feelings for and have no leads or any idea, how I am going to find her. I heard the driver's door open and Lee getting in," Ok, there is a place around here that Cherelle said she has seen a lot of gangs hanging out, so how about we try looking there first?" Lee asked me as he started up the car. I nodded my head, as I tried to pull myself together.

I began telling myself, I needed to clear my head and try thinking this as just another work case. However hard I tried to clear my head I couldn't, I could feel the tears dripping down onto my cheeks as I kept my eyes on the streets praying I would spot her. I felt the car stopping and I looked over at Lee to see what he was doing. "We are here," he said pointing towards an alleyway on the opposite side of the road. I jumped out of the car and ran across the street, not even bothering to check to see if any cars were coming, well that was until a car honking his horn at me startled me. I did not stop, as all I could focus on right now was the alleyway in front of me. I felt my stomach sink as the alleyway was completely empty. I continued to walk down it hoping I would find something that could at least lead me to finding Sheena. As I reached the end of the alleyway, I looked along the adjoining street but found nothing. I felt like my heart was breaking piece by piece, as everywhere we were looking we weren't getting any closer to finding her. I started to walk back through the alleyway back to the car when I heard like a dripping sound; I ignored it, as I knew it was probably just some old rusty drain leaking. Reaching the car, I asked Lee where to go next.

We carried on driving and looking everywhere until it got too dark for us to continue. Cherelle rang us every hour checking up if we had any new information, and every time I could hear her cries. I knew it was killing Lee hearing her sobbing like this, but at least he could hear her, I thought to myself. Getting out of the car I turned to see Lee "I need to go for a walk" I told him, as I looked down at the ground. Walking along the main street it started to rain but I didn't care, as the emptiness I was feeling was killing me. I didn't know or care where I was going, as I just needed to let all my tears of frustration and worries out. I looked up and noticed I was back to the alleyway that Lee and I had checked earlier. Deciding to look around, I walked into the pitch-black alley. I was about half way through the alleyway when I leaned against the wall and cried, "Please God help me find her, I pleaded.

Looking down at the ground, I spotted a pair of shoes, seeing they were girls shoes, I felt a lump building in my throat while a bad feeling washed through me. Taking my phone out of my pocket, I called Lee, after the second ring he answered. "Lee I need to talk to Cherelle NOW" I asked him as I started to panic. "Damon." Hearing Cherelle's voice sent a shiver down my spine, knowing that if she describes these shoes as Sheena's then "DAMON" she shouted bringing me out of my panic. "Can you remember what shoes Sheena was wearing?" I asked nervously. "Why", "Cherelle just answer me," I shouted as the anger started to boil in me. "They were black ballet flats why? "NO!" I screamed out, dropping my phone, as I held the shoes closer against my chest," Damon, DAMON, DAMON FOR GOD SAKES ANSWER ME, and WHERE ARE YOU?" I could hear Lee shouting down the phone. I could not speak as the lump in my throat grew. "Alleyway now" I managed to shout out to him, before collapsing on to the ground. As I went to pick the shoe up that I had dropped I seen her, it was her, "SHEENA" I screamed out, as I crawled over to her limp body. Her skin was a ghostly white, her lips blue, and dried blood covered her body. Picking her limp body off the cold ground, I carried her bridal style to the entrance of the alleyway. Where I waited for

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