Until I Met You

Anything (22) Grace

"RED ZONE."

Jake's word sent a shiver down my spine. No. He can't take him there. I panicked and looked at Jake who didn't pay any attention to me. My voice was small and hesitant when I said, "Jake, no."

His eyes darted to me but then his eyes descended to where my breasts were. I bowed my head to find the piece of fabric of my cloth was torn up a bit. It wasn't big enough for me to need to cover it but it was big enough to see some skin. When I noticed the small hole in my shirt, I snapped my gaze back at Jake worriedly. From the looks of Jake, it was obvious that my request was going to be ignored.

Mason and Jake took one guy in each hand and started to drag them to the Red Zone.

All the while, those three guys tried their best to convince Jake and Mason.

"Hey man, I didn't know she was your girl." One of them said as he tried to twist out of Jake's grip. Jake ignored him.

"I didn't do anything. I was just standing there. Come on, man. At least, let me go." The guy, who earlier made the 'baby' comment, said. He managed to get out of Mason's grip. I completely forgot that Ethan was still standing with me, until I felt a warm fabric being dropped over my shoulders.

"Are you okay?" He asked. I faintly nodded my head.

Ethan gave me his jacket and moved to the guy who, now, was trying to run away. On his way, Ethan picked up one of their bags. From almost a great distance, Ethan flung the bag pack in his hand over the running guy. *Boom.

The bag hit guy so hard, I could practically feel the impact of it, from this far. He flung in the air a bit and then his whole body slammed in front of the ground. I heard a snapping sound and my body jolted because of it. He must have broken his jaw. Now, I felt terrified to a new level.

This is craziness. All of them could go to jail for this. And it would probably include me. What should I do?

During all my thinking, I totally forgot how much distance they had created between me and them. They had turned around the corner with those guys, and I was still looking at everything with shock. Suddenly, I snapped back to reality and ran after them. I threw my bag over my shoulder and ran after them. As I entered the so-called 'Red zone' after them, I saw all four guys' hands tied behind their back. I ran up to Jake.

"Stop it." I said to him. Jake ignored me completely, as he pushed a cloth in the guy's mouth he was handling. He gagged him then moved. I grabbed him by the arm and turned him around to face me.

"Enough!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. Mason, Ethan and all other guys stared at me.

"Stop all of this. You're all going to end up in jail." At that, Mason let out a humorless chuckle.

"Ow. Are you worried about us?" He asked in a hard teasing tone that didn't fit the situation. They were not taking me seriously. It's going to end bad.

"Don't worry, nobody is going to jail." Jake said looking down at me with hard expressions. His eyes moved around the guys then back at me.

"At least, not all of us." With that, he bent down and picked the guy up with his collar. He slammed his fists into the guy over and over again. A sense of déjà vu hit me.

Instead of cowering and backing down, that guy spat on Jake's face.

"You don't have the courage to fight me without my hands being tied. I bet you fuck this bitch up with her hands being tied up." He said nodding at me. When Jake slammed his fist with much more force, that prick laughed. With one swift motion, Jake opened his hands and punched the prick's jaw with all of his strength. That guy staggered back and fell backwards.

At this point, Mason and Ethan had stopped struggling to beat the other two guys and the other two guys had stopped struggling to see the fight.

Suddenly, I hear a loud punching sound and then I hear a thud. I saw Jake on his back and his cheek bleeding from a cut, just now made by a punch from that douche. Jake sat up and swung his foot, taking down the prick hovering over him. Jake stood up and with a lightning speed, he jumped up and came crashing down, struck the guy with his elbow, hitting the prick on his back.

I froze at the scene. So as everyone. But then I snapped back to reality and shouted to Jake.

"Enough."

Walking to him, I grabbed his hand and dragged him into the college's corridor. His cheek and nose were bleeding. Letting go of his hand, I huffed out a breath. Running a hand through my hair, I looked at him.

"Let them go." I asked him.

"No." He replied, giving me a short, sharp answer.

"Why not?" I asked him. He didn't say anything and studied my face for a second.

"Do you regret being my fake girlfriend?" He asked out of nowhere. For a minute, I was dumbfounded. He kept staring at me and I finally blinked my eyes.

"You..." I started but stopped when I heard a scream. Without looking at Jake I ran back to the Red Zone and saw all three guys' hands bound behind the back of the trees. Their shirts were torn apart. Ethan brought a knife out of his jeans pocket.

"What are you going to do with them?" I asked with full of panic. He wasn't going to stab them, was he?

"I'm just going to write 'perverted pig' on their chest and leave them here to let everyone witness in the morning about what happens to anyone who goes against Jaxon's field." Ethan replied, taking leisurely steps towards them.

I felt a presence behind me and I knew Jake had entered the Zone. Without looking back, I spoke. This time with an amazing strong voice.

"Jake, stop them." I demanded. A sudden warm breath hit my neck.

"Why should I? What will you give me in return?" He asked in a horse voice. I spun around and looked him dead in the eyes. "Anything." I replied.