Locked in With a Killer

By CorbinBleuFanatic1

Sum- A killer is on the loose but no one thought that he'd take refuge in Albuquerque, New Mexico. No one thought that he'd take two teenage girls, a part of the Wildcats team, hostage too. Until Gabriella and Taylor disappear. Troy and the other students are almost positive they know who the kidnapper is but the police don't believe them, saying that their "just kids," that they don't have any proof, that Chad and Troy are looking for anyone to blame. Now, without the law to help, Chad and Troy work feverishly to save their girlfriends. Can the Wildcats figure out a way to stop the killer before they have two less classmates? One way to find out.

Normal POV

"Wake up, Taylor McKessie." His words jarred her awake. "It's time for the fun part."

Taylor McKessie looked around slowly, her eyes resting on Gabriella Montez's petite frame in the corner.

"Is she . . . " Taylor mustered up all of her energy to utter just those two words, yet she couldn't finish the sentence.

"Don't worry," he answered. "She's okay." He laughed. "For now, anyway."

Taylor closed her eyes, trying to remember what had happened almost two weeks ago.

"Wake up," he said again. "You're gonna miss the fun part."

Taylor looked at him. She and Gabi have been in this basement since he kidnapped them almost two weeks ago to the day. She knew what "the fun part" was and she knew that it was anything but fun.

"Go to hell." Taylor didn't know what he had done to her, or why she felt so weak, but she never once gave this sick psycho the satisfaction he wanted by screaming her lungs out.

It was getting harder and harder to remember what had happened the day of her attack. She closed her eyes again and slowly fell into unconsciousness, trying to remember what had happened since her kidnap two weeks ago, when Chad had given her a kiss goodbye in the morning . . .

It was the day of their anniversary. Taylor had gotten a gift for Chad but he hadn't gotten her anything. Instead, he planned a special anniversary dinner for her, with Troy Bolton's help.

"You'll love it," Chad told her, kissing her softly on the lips. "You will. And Troy and the rest of the basketball team helped."

Taylor laughed at this. "How'd you rope the basketball team into helping?"

"Are you kidding? They loved to help out." Under his breath Chad added, "Besides, I paid them five dollars each."

Taylor laughed some more.

"Be ready by seven o'clock, okay?" Chad asked her. "I already talked to your parents and they said you can stay out an extra hour after your curfew because it's our anniversary."

Taylor smiled at him, bewildered. "Wow," she commented, taking his hand. "My parents must really like you, Chad. They've never let me stay out later than I was supposed to. For any guy."

"They can tell how much I love you . . . " Chad realized what he had just said and quickly closed his mouth.

"You love me?"

Chad nodded his head, not wanting to look her in the eyes.

Taylor put her fingers under Chad's chin and made her look at him. "I love you, too, Chad."

Chad smiled the biggest smile Taylor had ever seen. He wrapped his arms around her waist and lowered his head to place a kiss gently on her lips. She kissed him back.

"This is turning out to be our best anniversary," Chad stated, placing another kiss on her lips. "And it's just begun."

"I know what you mean, Chad," Taylor added. "I know what you mean."

"I'll catch you later, all right, Tay?" Chad asked. "I've gotta get going. I'm working on our anniversary dinner some more."

"Bye, Chad," Taylor called. "Love you!"

Chad turned around and smiled at her. "Love you, too, Taylor!"

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Taylor walked up to Gabriella Montez, who was longingly gazing into a picture of her boyfriend, basketball superstar Troy Bolton.

Troy had gone on vacation last night with his family and Gabi already missed him like crazy.

"Hey, Gabs," Taylor said, not wanting to bother Gabi. "What's up?"

"It's only been a day since Troy went on vacation," Gabi answered. "How can I last one whole week without him if I can't even last one day?"

"Call him," Taylor suggested. "That's what cell phone's are for."

"I can't." Gabi paused. "I'm sure Troy has a million other things to do then talk to me all night."

"Puh-leeze," Taylor said exasperated. "Gabi, he's probably waiting for you to call. Remember the look in his eyes when he told you he was going away on vacation? He didn't want to leave any more than you wanted him to."

"Yeah, I guess . . . " Gabi decided to change the subject. "So . . . what's this I hear about you and Chad and a romantic dinner for your anniversary?"

"Chad doesn't have a gift for me," Taylor explained. "He decided to make a romantic dinner, just the two of us, for our anniversary. Oh, and did I mention Chad said he loves me?"

Gabi smiled from ear to ear. She loved that Taylor was so happy. "He did?"

"Well, his exact words were, 'They can tell how much I love you'. And then I said, 'You love me?' He nodded his head and looked down at the ground. Then I added, 'I love you too.'"

"Aw!" Gabi cried. "Congratulations!"

"Thanks." Taylor paused. "So . . . are we still on for the movies after school?" she wondered. "Chad told me to be ready by seven. So if we go right after school, we should have plenty of time."

"But don't you need to get ready?" Gabi wondered. "Our movie night can wait."

"Come on, Gabi. I'm not like you or Sharpay. It doesn't take me five hours to pick out an outfit." Taylor laughed and so did Gabi.

"Okay, then. The movie night is still on."

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It seemed like school took forever to end. When it finally did, the students of East High tore out of the building as if they were on fire. It was Friday and everyone was eager to get out of school for three days, as it was President's Weekend.

Taylor and Chad walked hand in hand out the doors and gave each other a kiss before heading their separate ways. Too bad it'd be the last kiss they ever gave each other in a long while.

"I'll see ya tonight," Taylor called to Chad, blowing him a kiss.

Chad pretended to catch it and held his hand close to his heart.

Taylor hopped into Gabi's car and within minutes they were at the movie theater.

Two hours later, they were walking out of the theater.

"That movie was great," Gabi was saying but Taylor stopped her.

"What's he doing by your car?"

"Huh?" Gabi wondered.

Taylor pointed to where Gabi's car was. A man was walking around, looking into the front seats and the back seats, seemingly looking for something.

"Hey!" Gabi called. "Can I help you?"

"This is your car?"

Gabi nodded her head. "Yeah."

Taylor thought she saw a look of lust pass over the man's face. But as quickly as it had come, the look disappeared and the man smiled.

"I was just admiring your car," the man answered. "A Jag. Nice car."

"I know," Gabi answered. She didn't want to be rude but this guy was giving her the creeps. She wanted to leave as quickly as possible.

The guy took a few steps toward the two teens and Taylor tensed up.

There was a serial kidnapper walking around the streets of Albuquerque and Taylor was afraid he might be the guy.

Gabi and Taylor inched their way to the car, trying to get away from the man.

He looked back and forth. He made sure no one was watching. He approached Taylor first and pulled something out of his pocket. It glinted in the moonlight.

"Get in the car," he ordered.

Afraid he would shoot her, she had obeyed. The man turned the gun on Gabi.

"Give me the keys."

But as stubborn as Gabi was, she shook her head forcefully. The man wouldn't take no for an answer. He pulled the trigger on the gun. It hit Gabi's arm.

"Give him the keys, Gabi," Taylor told her best friend, afraid he would shoot her again.

"You shut up," he said to Taylor. He looked at Gabi. "You give me the keys."

Gabi obeyed him this time and handed him the keys.

He grabbed Gabi roughly and pushed her into the car next to Taylor.

"Get down and stay down," he told them and they listened.

The next thing they knew, they both felt something sharp hit them on the back of their heads.

The last thing they heard was the sounds of the man laughing. Then everything went black.

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Taylor was brought back to the present by a slap in the face.

The man said, "I told you to wake up!"

Taylor forced her eyes open. "Is Gabi okay?" she wondered.

"Oh, she's just fine," the man answered. "She only had a little wound. But don't worry, I stitched her up just fine."

Taylor sighed. Would anyone find us?

It had been two weeks. Taylor, reluctantly, had given up after the first week. She doubted anyone would ever find her.

We're going to die in this hell hole, Taylor thought. No one is going to find us . . .

Did you like it? Was anyone going to find them? Or is Taylor right? Are they going to die in this hell hole? I hope it was okay. I got the idea from a book I read. Not the idea, per se, but the way to write this story . . . Anywho, I hope you liked!

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