A./N I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING! I ONLY OWN THIS PLOT! I'm glad so many of you liked this new story! Here is the second chapter. I hope you enjoy it :)
About another month and a half later, nothing had changed. Everything had stayed the same. Troy continued to spend most of his time searching for Gabriella. His mother and him hardly spoke anymore, and he never saw or spoke to his friends either. The only person who still supported him was his father. He still had the message dreams every time he closed his eyes.
One afternoon, just as Troy got home from school Jack stopped him. "I need you to do be a favor, Bud."
"Can't it wait? I need to get back online and check for Gabriella."
"It won't be long, I promise. I need you to go down to our storage unit and grab the file box from inside. Your mom needs some old files for something."
"Can't she get it?"
Jack sighed. "Troy, I know you are angry with your mother but I really need for you to do this. I promise once you come back you can go back online."
Troy sighed. "All right, I'll be back."
Troy turned around and left.
He arrived at the storage place and went to his unit number. He sighed as he unlocked it and lifted up the door. There were a ton of boxes. This was going to take a while. He searched through the boxes until he finally found one that said Important Files. He grabbed it and moved it outside. He closed and locked the door. He was headed out when he heard a strange sound coming from one of the other units. He stopped in front of it. It was then he realized the sound was crying, but the weirdest part was the crying sounded a lot like Gabriella. He had to be going crazy, right? She couldn't be locked inside there…could she?
He pressed his ear to the door. He started to sing their song. "This could be the start of something new. It feels so right to be here with you…"
It was quiet for a moment before he heard the most wonderful sound, it was horse, dry, and came out in a whimper, but it was still music to his ear. "I feel in my heart that it's the start of something new, it feels so right to be here with you…Troy?"
"Gabriella? Oh Baby, it's me! I'm here, I'm right outside."
The crying sound got louder. "Oh Troy! Please help me! Get me out of here!"
"I will, I promise I will, Baby Girl, just hang on please, just hang on! I'm going to get the guy in charge."
"NO! NO! TROY! NO!" she screamed.
"Baby, he has a key!"
"No! He knows I'm here, he knows! He won't help me! Please Troy don't go to him!"
"OK, ok, I won't go to him. Here is what I have to do, I need to go home and get some tools, then I can come back."
"NO!" Gabriella screamed on top of her lungs. "NO, TROY! DON'T LEAVE ME!"
Troy squeezed his eyes shut. She was so scared and he couldn't comfort her. The fear in her voice was making him physically ill.
"Baby, listen to me, I'm never leaving you. I promise, I'll never leave you. The only way I can help you is by going home and getting tools. I promise I'll be right back."
"Please don't leave me!"
"Gabriella, I love you, I've never broken a promise to you before and I don't plan on starting now. You've got to trust me, Angel."
He heard a loud sniff. "Ok." She whimpered. "Ok, you can go, just please hurry back.
"I'll be as fast as humanly possible. I promise. "I love you, Gabriella."
"I love you too, Troy."
Troy grabbed the box, his father needed and took off in a full speed run.
He arrived home in record time. He dropped the box on the floor. "DAD! TOOLS I NEED TOOLS!" he screamed.
Lucille came out from the bedroom. "Your dad is outside. Is that the box I need?"
"Yes, now tools, where is the tool box."
"What do you need tools for?"
"It's Gabriella! She's stuck in one of the storage units. I need to break the lock and set her free."
To his surprise Lucille started to laugh. "Oh Honey, I know you miss Gabriella, but you are starting to sound crazy. Whatever you heard was not Gabriella."
"YES IT WAS! I SANG OUr SPEICAL SONG AND SHE SANG IT BACK!" Troy said yelled.
"Do not take that tone with me Young Man, I've been letting you off the hook a lot lately because of Gabriella's death but if you yell at me again I'm going to ground you."
Troy groaned. "Mom, Gabriella isn't dead. It's what I'm trying to tell you. She's trapped in the storage unit and I need to save her."
"Troy, you heard what you wanted to hear. It's not possible she's trapped there. There are always camera's surrounding that place. If the owner saw anything weird he would have reported it."
"He's working with the kidnapper, Mom. I'm telling you she is in there; now please tell me where the tool box is."
Lucille crossed her arms over her chest. "No, and you're not going back out there. Honey, you've become so depressed that you are hearing and seeing things that aren't there. Maybe it's time we take you to see someone."
"I'M NOT CRAZY! GABRIELLA IS IN THERE AND I NEED TO GO GET HER! I NEED TO SAVE HER BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE! NOW TELL ME WHERE THE TOOL BOX IS OR I'LL TEAR THIS HOUSE APART LOOKING FOR IT!"
"You do that and I'll ground you for the rest of the year. Now, you better stop yelling at me and got to your room."
"NO!" Troy yelled on top of his lungs. "NO! NO! AND NO! I WILL NOT LISTEN TO YOU! GABRIELLA IS TRAPPED INSIDE A STORAGE UNIT AND I'M GOING TO RESCUE YOU HER WITH OR WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION!"
"TROY BOLTON YOU ARE GROUNDED!"
"I DON'T CARE! I'LL BE GROUNDED AFTER I FIND GABRIELLA!"
Jack came running in from outside when he heard all the screaming. He saw Troy was close to tears. "What happen?"
"Your son has lost his mind. His newest idea is someone kidnapped Gabriella and locked her in a storage unit." Lucille said. "Now he wants tools to go and rescue her."
"I DID FIND HER! I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP AND I HAVEN'T LOT MY MIND!"
"All right, Buddy, just stop yelling. I get you're angry. I want you to calmly tell me what happen.
"It's Gabriella! Dad, I found Gabriella!" he said.
"Whoa, whoa, slow down, Son. I did say calmly."
Troy quickly explained what happen. "…now I need tools so I can help her out of there."
"There are tools in the garage, but Troy you might want to wait for the place to close and go back when it's dark."
"No." Troy growled. "I promised her I'd be right back and that's what I'm going to do."
"Troy…"
"NO! You've supported me this entire time, please don't stop now."
Jack sighed and nodded. "All right, you run ahead I'll call the police and meet you down there."
Troy nodded and rushed to get the tools.
"You actually believe this story?" Lucille asked.
"As a matter of fact, I do. If it was you who was missing I'd react the same way Troy is. I believe he believes she is still alive and I'm supporting that no matter what I personally believe is wrong with Gabriella. Personally, I believe Gabriella is still alive. I refuse to believe anyone is dead without seeing a body." Jack answered.
"You're making it worse by encouraging this, Jack. Do you realizes how hurt he'll be when it finally hits him that she is gone?"
"At least when that happens he'll know he can come to me for comfort without getting an 'I told you so' in the process." Jack told her.
"You don't think he'd come to me?"
"Honestly? No, I don't. I think he'd be too scared of getting an 'I told you so' or an 'I tried to warn you' instead of comfort."
With that Jack walked into the kitchen.
Troy ran back into the house and without a word to his parents rushed back outside. He had been gone long enough. He had to get to Gabriella and fast.
He arrived back at the storage place and ran over to the unit. "Gabriella?"
"Troy!"
"All right, Angel, I'm back and I've got tools, just hang in there a bit longer I'm going to get you out of here."
"Ok."
Troy got to work using every tool he had to break the lock. Finally the lock broke and Troy lifted the door. He gasped. Gabriella was on the floor chained to a bed. Her clothes were big a baggy, her hair was messy and she was covered in dust and dirt. She had a few bruises on her wrist and eyes. He had a feeling if he lifted her shirt there would be more and he'd be able to see her ribs, yet…she had never looked more beautiful to him.
He rushed to her and hugged her tightly. "TROY!" she screamed happily. They both hugged each other tightly and cried together so happy to be together at last.
After a few minutes Gabriella looked to Troy. He moved some hair behind her ear. "Don't worry, I'm here now and I'm going to get you out of here."
"How can we get me out of this chain?" she whimpered.
Troy kissed her forehead. "I'm going to try and pick the lock, if that doesn't work I'll break the chain and we get the cuff off you later."
Gabriella nodded. "Just be gentle please, it's really tight and it really hurts."
"I promise."
Troy moved and went over to chain and started trying to pick the lock. Gabriella whimpered.
"I'm sorry." Troy said. "I know this hurts."
"Please just get me out."
"I will, I promise."
After a few more minutes Troy finally got her wrist free. He took it and gently kissed it.
He gently lifted her up and carried her out. Gabriella whimpered and buried her face in Troy's neck.
"Baby, what?" Troy cooed.
"The sun, it hurts my eyes." She whimpered.
"It's ok, you're eyes will adjust. Just keep your head down."
"Where are we going now?"
"To the hospital."
Gabriella just nodded.
Just as Troy was about to exit Jack pulled up in the car. "The police still believe she's dead and think I'm prank calling them. Let's just get her to the hospital and from there we will worry about the police get in."
Troy nodded and got in the car. He buckled him and Gabriella into the same seat and shut the door. Gabriella start to whimper and squirm. "Too small, too small."
"Shhh, shhh, Angel. We will be there soon." Troy soothed. He softly started to sing and rub her back. She claimed right down.
They arrived at the hospital quickly and the doctors and nurses ran all kinds of tests and exams on Gabriella. She didn't fight them as long as Troy stayed by her side.
After it was all over Gabriella was very happy to just sit and cuddle with Troy on the bed as they waited for her results.
"Baby, do you think you can tell me what happen." Troy asked gently. "How did you end up in there?"
Gabriella didn't answer him. Troy sighed softly and kissed her head. "Ok, we don't have to talk about it."
"I'm sorry, I'm just not ready."
"It's ok. There is no pressure."
Troy kissed her head, stroked her hair, and rubbed her back. He also started to sing softly, and before either of them knew it Gabriella was sleeping peacefully. Troy just watched her; he missed just watching her chest rise and fall each time. He didn't want to take his eyes off her in fear of this all being a dream. He was scared of waking up and she would still be missing.
Just as he was about to doze off the door opened the doctor walked in.
"How is she?" Troy asked.
"Who are you?"
"Troy."
"Where is Mr. Montez?"
"I don't know but I'm her fiancé, now tell me what's wrong with her."
He knew he had to lie, otherwise he wouldn't be allowed to hear about Gabriella, so he lied to them.
"I'll be honest, she's in rough shape, but with lots of TLC and time she'll be just fine."
Troy nodded. "What's wrong with her?"
"The three biggest concerns right now are, she's very male nourished, her ribs are very badly bruised and her wrist has been sprained. Which all things considered isn't that bad. As long as she can get her weight back up, the rest will heal. The most important thing is to get her weight back up."
Troy nodded. "How do we do that?"
"Just be a bit more strict about how much she eats. I'm not saying pressure her to eat till she feels sick and throws it back up, I'm saying just let her eat what she can, if it seems like enough than let her be done, if it seems like it's too less try to encourage her to eat just a little bit more. The more she eats the bigger her stomach will get and the more she'll start to eat."
Troy nodded. "What about her ribs and wrist?"
"There isn't much you can do about that. Just not too much physical activities and try to keep her on as much bed rest as possible."
Again Troy nodded.
"Also, you should know, we did a sexual abuse test, as we do to all our kidnapped victims and everything came back clean. There was no signs of any abuse or even assaults."
Troy sighed in relief. "That's wonderful news, Thank you."
"You're welcome."
The doctor left the room and Troy smiled softly and kissed Gabriella on the head. He gently rested his head on hers and closed his eyes. If TLC was all Gabriella needed it was all she could get from him. Nothing more and nothing less.
A few hours later Troy woke up to the sound of the door opening. He smiled when he saw his dad.
"Sorry, didn't mean to wake you."
"It's all right. What's going on?" he asked.
"I finally found a cop who believes me. She came to get a statement from Gabriella about what happen."
Troy nodded. "Right now?"
Jack nodded. "If possible."
Troy sighed and looked at his sleeping Angel in his arms. She looked so peaceful and Troy hated to wake her up. He gently stroked her hair and kissed her forehead. Gabriella snuggled deeper into his chest. He chuckled. "Brie, it's time to wake up, Angel." He cooed softly.
She moaned softly and opened her eyes. "What, Troy?"
"I'm sorry to wake you, Angel, but a Police Officer is here to get your statement on what happen."
"No." Gabriella whimpered.
"Gabriella, she's very nice. She is normally the one they call when they need to get a statement from a child. She's very gentle and nice." Jack told her.
"No." Gabriella whimpered again. "No."
Troy sighed. "I'm going to stay right here with you. If you get upset and want the Officer to leave you just tell me and I'll make her go away."
Gabriella sighed and nodded her head. Jack smiled softly and left the room.
A few minutes later A female cop walked in with a stuffed bear. She smiled nicely at Gabriella. "Hello, Gabriella, my name is Tiffney Barns and this here is my Buddy, Brownie." He said holding up the bear. "He really likes to hear stories; do you think you can tell Brownie your story?"
Gabriella looked at her like she had grown a second head. Tiffney laughed. "Ok, I didn't think that would work. I'm sorry. I normally use the bear when I work with scared children. They find it easier to talk to a stuff animal than me."
Gabriella didn't respond.
"Who do you feel comfortable talking to, Gabriella? Do you have a special someone you tell everything too?"
Gabriella nodded. She pointed to Troy and he smiled and kissed her head.
"Is Troy your boyfriend?"
Again Gabriella nodded. "And best friend too."
"That is a very special someone. So here is what I suggest we do. I'm going to ask questions but I only want you to tell the answers to Troy. If you don't know something you can say you don't know it. This isn't like at school there are no wrong answers."
Gabriella nodded.
"All right, Gabriella, I understand you were kidnapped and held hostage in a storage unit is that correct?"
Gabriella didn't respond.
"Baby, all she is looking for is a yes or no answer." Troy cooed.
Still Gabriella said nothing.
"All right, Troy why don't I ask you the questions and then you can ask her?" Tiffney suggested.
Troy nodded. He looked to Gabriella and kissed her forehead. "Did someone kidnap you, Angel? Then they locked you in the storage unit?"
Gabriella nodded softly. "Yes."
"Ask her how the kidnapper treated her while she was in there."
"Baby, how did the kidnapper treat you, while you were in there? Were they nice to you?"
Gabriella shook her head. "No, they handcuffed me to the bed so I couldn't run away and they only fed me every other day."
"Ask her if there was any physical, mental, or sexual abuse?"
"Did they abuse you Baby? Did they say mean things to you or hit you or touch you in your private parts?"
Gabriella nodded her head. "They hit me and said mean things to me but they didn't touch my private parts."
"The person who kidnapped you did you know who they were?"
"Baby, the kidnapper, was he someone you knew?"
Gabriella didn't answer either of them. Troy kissed her head. "Come on, Sweetie. Please tell us the truth."
"Actually, Troy, I think her silence is all the answer we need. Normally I ask that question and most of them time they don't answer it because it is someone they know and don't want that person to be in trouble. Gabriella, if that is true, you really need to tell me who hurt you. They did a very bad thing and they need to be punished for it."
"I don't." Gabriella whispered softly.
"Don't what?"
"Need to be punished…h-…the kidnapper… said if I got him punished I'd be punished too."
"You won't be punished, Gabriella. That's a promise."
Gabriella shook her head. "I'll be taken into foster home and away from Troy if I tell on the kidnapper."
That gave Tiffney all the answers she needed."Gabriella was the kidnapper your father?"
Gabriella's eyes went wide. She frantically shook her head and clung to Troy like a life line. "No, no, no, no, no!"
Just then the door opened and Carlos walked in. "Gabriella, Honey, I'm so glad you're…."
He was cut off by a loud scream. Gabriella's machines started to beep like crazy and Gabriella started to breathe real heavy. "NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!" she screamed.
Nurses and Doctors rushed in and started trying to sedate her but it only caused her to freak out more. "TROY HELP ME! HELP ME!" she screamed.
"GET OFF HER RIGHT NOW!" Troy screamed out them.
They did as he said and he pulled Gabriella into his arms and started to rub her back as he softly started to sing to her. It didn't have any effect. He looked to Carlos and pointed to him. "Get him out of here right now!"
The doctors and nurses pushed Carlos from the room and Tiffney followed behind them.
Gabriella slowly started to calm down again.
"That's my girl, shhh it's ok now, you're safe. Shhhh it's ok. You're safe, you're safe." Troy cooed.
Her breathing returned to normal and she stopped crying. Troy continued to comfort her. That panic attack may have scared them all but it did answer one very important questions. Carlos was the kidnapper.
A/N so how many of you saw that coming? LOL What do you think will happen now? Leave me your thoughts in a review.
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