Running through the streets, abandoned and dark, was something he had never imagined himself doing in his mind’s eye. But now, with his heart pounding in his chest and his breaths coming in ragged gasps, he knew that he had no other choice.

The steady rhythm of his feet was echoed by the equal rhythm of his attacker’s footsteps, the sound of them pounding against the pavement like a drumbeat. The victim’s blood mixed with sweat, running down his lean, wrinkled face in rivulets.

He knew that his fate would be the same as Melissa’s: death. He had reached a dead end in the street, and his life was about to come to a violent end.

His attacker grabbed him, throwing him to the ground with a sickening thud. The victim’s bones rattled with the impact, and he cried out in pain.

The attacker took his time, savoring the moment as he created pain for the victim. The sound of his fists hitting flesh was like the crack of a whip, each blow sending waves of agony through the victim’s body.

He felt like he was being torn apart, his body wracked with pain and fear. The attacker’s face was a mask of cruelty, his eyes gleaming with sadistic pleasure.

The victim tried to fight back, but it was no use. He was too weak, too broken. The attacker was too strong, too ruthless.

In the end, the victim knew that he was going to die. He could feel his life slipping away, like sand through his fingers.

As the darkness closed in around him, he thought of Melissa, and how she had died alone and afraid. He hoped that wherever she was, she knew that he had fought until the very end.

But it was too late for him. The attacker had won, and the victim was nothing more than a broken, bloody mess on the ground.

The sound of the attacker’s footsteps faded away into the night, leaving behind only the sound of the victim’s ragged breaths and the distant wail of a siren.

It was over. The victim was dead, and the streets were silent once more. But the memory of his screams and the sound of his bones breaking would haunt the city for years to come.