Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, You can't see me

I stood there looking at my "admiror". This was all because of a woman! A woman who years ago decided she didn't want to be with him. And this guy was blaming it all on me!!! I was speechless. And then he spoke again.

"Mr. Bennington. Do you know what I want from you?" He said in that creepy tone again. When he saw me shake my head no, he continued

"You need to be taught a lesson. A lesson about what's important in life and a lesson in the treatment of others. You see, my boys grabbed Rob because we needed to make sure we had your attention. He'll be fine. Don't worry about him. You, however, are a different story." He said in the calm tone that frightened me so.

I looked around and his two friends were back. Rob was supposedly fine with the others. That ominous feeling returned. Something bad was about to happen. To me. At least it wasn't going to happen to Rob or my beloved Mike. The guys were talking amongst themselves, laughing eerily. Before I knew what happened, I felt a sharp pain in my jaw and found myself lying on the ground. And so the beating began. They began kicking me and punching me as hard as they could. Over and over the ring-leader kept asking me "What's the most important thing in life?". When I didn't answer, his friends kicked my harder.

I could feel my ribs breaking. I was spitting blood. I had a huge gash on my forhead from a ring one the "boys" was wearing. Before long, they had broken my nose and a few of my fingers. That's when I heard the trunk of the car being opened. I feared the worst. I just knew they were going to kill me and dump my body somewhere.

**Mike's POV**

I was fighting back the tears when we heard the knock at the door. Brad opened to the delight of Rob! Every one was celebrating, excpet me. My beloved Chester was still in grave danger and we couldn't do anything about it. Joe was profusely apologizing to Rob for not being able to save him, all the while Rob was telling Joe how much he cared for him. Rob was starting to tell us what had happened and why these guys wanted Chester.

"They took me only as bait. To make sure Chester would come out there. I'm afraid they're going to kill him!" Rob said, burying his face in Joe's chest.

"What do they want with him?" Phoenix asked.

"Guys, this dude is fucking nuts!! This is all about some old grudge this guy has against Chester he's had since their fucking high school days!!" He proclaimed.

As Rob was telling us this, I kept wondering about Chaz. I had made up my mind after he told me how he felt, that if he made it out of this situation alive I was going to ask him to marry me. But, he'd have to make it out of this alive! The worry was evident on my face, as Brad walked over and put his arm around my shoulder to comfort me. The gesture was greatly appreciated. Brad was the one person I told about my true feelings for Chaz. I had to get him back. That's when Phoenix had his great stroke of genius. To call Samantha to see if she could get this guy to leave Chester alone!!!

**Back to Chester**

Luckily, I realized their intentions weren't to kill me. Only to do as much harm as possible without killing me. The guy had grabbed a metal pipe and began beating me with it. I felt searing pain in my leg, signifying that he had broken my leg too. The beating was endless until I heard the unmistakable noise of Samantha's car, obviously turning into our driveway. I screamed, trying to scream her name, but the "boys" shut me up. The last thing I heard was Samantha's voice.

A little while later, I woke up, with her arguing with the ring-leader about me. My hearing wasn't that good either. All sounds were just noises, nothing was coherent. I had trouble focusing, everything was blurry. I finally heard her call him "John". I guess that was his name. Not that I really cared at that point, but I began listening, as best as I could anyways, to their argument.

"John, look. I know I hurt you a long time ago and it is his fault. Look at me when I'm talking to you! He left me. I'm over it. We both know he's not worth anything to anybody. Leave it at this. I think he's learned his lesson. Just go and maybe I can convince him to not call the cops after you. Afterall, both he and Rob have seen your faces." She said, trying to calm him.

"He's a worthless piece of shit. He deserves to die. He shouldn't even be allowed to breath!" He screamed.

"John, please let's be reasonable. Go. He's got the point. I can almost guarantee it. Get your boys and get the fuck out of here." Samantha said, impatiently.

I guess he listened this time as I heard two doors slam shut. I was worried, since there were three of them. John just couldn't help but get one last kick in before leaving. As I lay there, holding my stomach and continued bleeding, I finally heard the third door slam shut and the engine start. I waited until I heard the tires squeel before trying to get up. It had been about three hours by my watch since I came out here. The sun would be up soon. I looked at Sam and hobbled my way to the house. I made it as far as the back door before passing once more.

When I awoke again, I was hooked to all sorts of iv's in a nice hospital room that I had all to myself. I started coughing up blood again and I heard Phoenix's voice yelling for a nurse. I felt immense pain again, but was relieved to see the nurse. She asked me several questions and increased my pain medication. I looked around the room to find several flower arrangements and cards all over. There was a giant Teddy Bear from Mike in the corner. All of a sudden, Joe, Rob, and Brad came into the room, followed by Phoenix. I was so happy to see everyone. I was barely able to mumble out the words "Where's Mike?". Rob said that Mike was coming by to see me a little later. I was a little heartbroken, thinking Mike didn't want to be with me after all.