Chapter 2-Threatened
"God damn it Blake, why didn't you just come with me to the bathroom?" Echo said under her breath. "Huh?" Mark asked. "Oh my dumb boyfriend didn't want to walk to the bathroom with me. I asked him to, but he didn't want to miss the beginningof the show." Echo said. Mark raised his eyebrows and gave her a fatherly look. "Well, no offense to your boyfriend but if you were let's say my daughter or little sister, I would be right outside that bathroom and right next to you there and back. I wouldn't let you out of my sight." Mark said. Echo smiled, "will you adopt me?" she asked. Mark smiled, "I need a pen." He joked. He looked at her, "do you have parents?" he asked with caution. "Oh yeah, well I have a mom and a sperm donor." Echo said. "Oh did she do artificial insemination?" He asked. She looked at him and laughed, "no, I haven't seen him in 14 years and my mom is always going on and on about how much of an ass he is and he never pays child support." Echo said. "How old are you anyways if you don't mind me asking?" Mark asked. "I don't mind, I'm 17. I feel like I'm 27 sometimes I've had to grow up fast and it just sucks." Echo said. "Yeah I understand how hard it would be. I'm sorry about that. Damn there's the sun, guess we should try to get some sleep." Mark said. Echo laid her head down on the floor. "No, hey darling, you can lay your head down here if you want." Mark said patting his leg. She laid down and he put his arm in a nurturing way on her arm.
They were woken up a few hours later by a huge boom. Mark grabbed Echo who grabbed his leg. A man dressed in all black came in and sat down in a chair he'd brought in with him. "How are you two today?" He deviously asked. Mark's eyes were blazing, "what the hell do you want?" he almost yelled. "All in good time my friend." The guy said. "What do you want with her?" Mark asked pointing at Echo. "Oh you'll see." The man said. "What do you mean by that? If you lay a hand on her I'll kill you." Mark said. "Mmhhmm, yeah right." The guy said. He laughed and got up out of his chair and left.
"Mark, what is he gonna do to us?" Echo asked. Mark shook his head, "I don't know hunny, it'll be alright." He put his arm around her and pulled her close. They sat there waiting to see what was coming.