open without breaking your scissors. They pass them to the men holding onto us, and I know then that we are going to be tied up.
Not good.
Vin smiles at us now, and paces the length of our little group and takes each of us as he does. On the fourth trip, one of the men stops him and hands him over Noah’s car keys. Wow, this day keeps getting better and better. This pleases the man immensely, and he takes up his pacing again as he pockets them. He comes to a stop in front of Gabe suddenly, and the man holding him forces him onto his knees. Gabe, to his credit, remains calm but doesn’t bother to hide his loathing look.
“Let me guess, you’re the leader of your small group? You don’t seem very touch little man, and we should get one thing straight right away. If you go against me, my men will have your women killed. Understand?” He says in a voice that really sounds like Vin Diesel.
Gabe glares up at him.
The men go about tying all of our hands now and one by one we all are on our knees.
“You want to be president, more power to you man. You should know, that your little tyrannical reign is about to have a glitch. The country is being bombed in less than a day, and if we stay here we’re all dead.”
Vin laughs, and looks to his men, who join in on his laughter. He leans over to Gabe, so that their faces are a breath apart.
“Is that so?”
“Yeah it is. Did you not hear the caravan of cars going through here just yesterday? What, you though some people were just grouping together in a vain escape attempt? They. Were. Fleeing.” Gabe seethes as he says this, and I swear he might have spat at Vin.
Vin stands back up straight, and gives Gabe a look of hatred. With a wave of his hand, the man holding Gabe forces him to his feet and Vin steps close to him again.
“You should know, the faster you listen to me, the easier things will be. I don’t tolerate lies, and thieves. Clearly all the items you had on you were all taken from my territory.”
He steps back with a smile, and waves in my direction, and I realize too late that he was motioning for the man holding me. I’m back on my feet now, and I notice the man holding me hands shake. I guess not everybody follows so blindly. He doesn’t let me go though, so maybe they do. Vin walks over to me, all the while giving a scary looking smirk to Gabe.
“I told you before, if you refuse to listen to me, your women will pay the price. Was I not clear?”
I watch as Gabe’s eyes go wide, and he and my parents struggle against their restraints. It doesn’t do any good though; Vin approaches me now and finally gives me the full effect of his seething. He takes me from the man holding me, and while gripping my tied hands together behind my back with one hand, he pulls me close.
With his free hand, he caresses my cheek, and I cringe away from him.
I don’t bother to fight or to say anything, what could I possibly do?
This man looks like the hulk next to me. I hear a loud smacking sound, my head swings to the side and only when my eyes begin to go grey, do I realize that he hit me. My body hangs limply in his arms, and as my world goes dark I don’t even feel any pain, I do hear the cries of the others though. It’s a comforting thought knowing they care.
Then there is nothing…again.
Chapter Seventy
When I open my eyes again, I know I’m dreaming again.
Either it’s just a habit now. Or maybe it’s because I’m back at the Bates courtyard behind the Library.
I’m standing just outside the window where Gabe and Hunter fell through and where I jumped. Its night and raining again, except this time I’m alone or at least I think I am. I’m walking around in the darkness, and already I can feel my skin, clothes, and hair getting soaked from the rain. I’m nearing the middle of the courtyard when I realize there is something or someone huddled on the ground. I can’t see what it is or who even, just that there is a black cloak covering it from the rain. It must