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"Regret"
Chapter Two
Danny froze inside, not even being able to move. He just stared down, confused, as a wave of fear passed through his body.
"What did he say, Danny?" Harriet asked with a concerning voice, noticing the look on Danny's face.
"He… Ah, he…" He could catch the breath to speak.
"Danny, what's going on?" Jordan said softly, touching his arm.
"Someone took Matt…" He said looking at his cell again.
"What?!" Harriet said.
"I don't know, it was his cell, but it wasn't him… The voice said that Matt is with him…" His voice trailed off.
"God, let's get out there!" Cal started to run to the direction Matt and Mark had gone before, as the other three followed him.
They looked everywhere on the way to the back doors of the studio, as Harriet tried his cell, that now was off. As Danny opened the door, they were all careful to see if there was no one else around anymore.
"There's no one here…" Danny said, scanning the area.
"We don't even know if it's true… It might be someone joking around, we don't know…" Jordan stated.
"Shit…" Danny said, slowly getting down on the floor, running his fingers through his face in despair.
They all looked at where he was, seeing blood on the floor.
"Oh no…" Harriet was about to fall but Cal managed to catch her.
"Let's calm down, at least we know he's alive…" Cal tried to keep himself cool.
"How do you know that?? There's blood in here!" Danny turned to him.
"They've called you Danny! Whoever's got him, wants something to return him! He's like a hostage now!"
"But why? He didn't do anything…" Harriet said, with tears falling down her face.
"We've gotta talk to the police!" Jordan picked up her cell.
"No!" Danny shouted, standing up. "Please, don't do that!"
"Are you crazy, Danny?? Matt's in danger! We've gotta call them now!"
"No!!! I think I know who did this! If you call the police they will kill Matt!" He begged her, as everyone stared at him.
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Matt started to wake up, and then felt like his head would explode from the pain. He slowly opened his eyes, trying to figure out what had happened and where he was.
He found himself on his knees, in some kind of basement, with his wrists tied up together a little up his head, hanging from up above, on something he couldn't actually see.
"What the hell…" He looked around, remembering going outside with the security guy and then being hit by something. It was dark, with a few light spots that allowed him to see an old wooden table with some tools on it, a chair… Nothing around that could help him see the exit.
A few seconds later he heard some noises and managed to stand up. Two masked guys appeared in front of him.
"Feeling comfortable, Mr. Albie?"
"What the hell is going on?" Matt stared at them.
"All you have to do is to stay quiet and behave while everything is done. It all depends on your friend." The guy said calmly.
"Leave Danny out of this!!!" He said causing them to laugh.
"He's the main reason for you being here in first place… You're both dead…"
"Who are you? What do you mean he's the reason?
"Missed me, Matty?" A third guy showed up, but he wasn't wearing any mask. He was tall, with a huge scar on his face. Matt froze at the image.
"That's not possible…" Matt said quietly, staring confused at the man.
"Life's changed in these eleven years, hasn't it? But even so, we always end up facing each other…"
"That's not possible! I saw you die!! I saw the car explode!" Matt said in disbelief.
"And you thought it would be that easy? You two messed up with me and really thought it'd be that easy?" He smiled "You have no idea where you got yourself into… " He said and before Matt could say anything he approached and punched him on the face. "Guys, your turn…" He said before leaving the other two to beat Matt up.
"Great…" Matt sighed, closing his eyes, knowing that the torturing headache would be the least of his problems at the moment.
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"What's going on, Danny? How can you know them?" Harriet said, wiping her tears as Danny was staring at nowhere.
"Eleven years ago, soon before I stopped doing drugs, I was involved with a guy named Rick… He was my easiest way to get the coke, so as any other addicted, I always managed to raise money for him to get it… Rick didn't care about anything but himself, but once you're near him, you can't let go that easy… I've met Matt for a couple of years back then, and he never understood why I did that to myself. He knew Rick's reputation and always warned me to stay away from him, but I never listened. Rick also knew Matt was my friend, and for several times threatened to kill him if I didn't help him with what he wanted…" He continued as the others fell silent, listening.
"Rick was meant to kill a guy that owned him a lot of money and asked me to drive him there and then wait for him outside, so we could run away…"
11 years ago – New York…
Danny was inside the car in the corner of the street, just waiting for Rick. All the sudden he sees that someone opens the door and points a gun at him.
"Get off the car!"
"Matt! What are you doing here?" Danny freaked out, fearing that someone would see them and already listening to the police coming.
"Get off the car right now! You're not doing this! I'm tired of seeing you screw up with your life! You're getting out of this and it's gonna be now!" Matt shouted, still pointing the gun at him.
"Where did you get this? Matt, are you crazy? They're going to kill you! I told you to stay out of this!!!"
"Get off the car, Dan! Or I swear to God I'll shoot you!!!" He said calmly and Danny could see Matt had tears in his eyes that he wouldn't them fall.
Danny didn't have too much time to think, he jumped out of the car as Matt lowered the gun. Soon after they started running, they heard Rick shout Danny's named, near where the car was.
"You sons of bitch!!! You're dead Danny!!! You're both dead!!!" Rick shouted as they ran.
Rick got into the car fast, seeing the cops right after him. As he saw another police car coming in front of him, he managed to get the car out of the way, but lost control of it and hit the wall in full speed, making the car turn upside down. A few seconds later, Matt and Danny stopped running, to see that the car had exploded after the collision.
"Soon after that, I found out that Matt had already packed our stuff and we were all set to catch a flight to L.A. He was determined to get me out of all that and he did it." Danny said looking at the floor. "We came here and I checked myself in rehab… and the rest you all know…" He looked at them for a second, everyone shocked by all they were hearing. "For my entire live, I will never be able to thank him for what he did to me… Never… I was meant to die in that explosion, and if it wasn't that, I'd probably end up dead by some overdose…"
"And you think these guys are back?" Jordan asked
"I'm pretty sure… I knew that voice, it was Rick… I don't know how to explain it…" He said standing up and pacing around. "They are not messing around, it's not their style."
"Then what are we supposed to do?? We can't sit here and wait until they kill him!" Harriet said frustrated.
Before Danny could say anything, his cell rang again. Matt calling.
"Hello." Danny said turning his back on the group.
"We have some old stuff to fix, right Danny? Or will you walk away from a friend again?" Rick said with a smile Danny could notice over the phone.
"You were anything but my friend…"
"Anyway, try to do the hero thing again and I'll blow his brain!" He said causing Danny to take a deep breath.
"What do you want?"
TBC
