Chapter 2
"Double kidnapping," said a man with greying hair, "Richard 'Rex' Tillerson and Rosalina Nunes went missing on the way home. The bus footage shows they got off the bus, but they never came home. They're both friends, but parents say that they wouldn't run off. They're both good students. Clean record."
"Have we searched their rooms yet?, said another. This one was tall, with curly brown hair and a long flowy coat.
"Yea. No clothes missing and normal seeming." The tall man took a sigh.
"You apes probably missed something. Where's the bus? Oh, and I'll need the footage of the last few months."
Rosalia's POV
I came to in the back of a bus, tied up and gagged. Rex was in the seat across from me, blood dripping from a cut on his eye and bruises all over his face. I couldn't tell if he was awake or not. I looked toward the driver, what was his name? Damn was it Henry? Or Harold? Yea, Harold Griffin. I moved around as much as my restraints allowed me. I tried look out the window but the bruises on my neck kept me still. My throat was parched like a desert. How long had I been asleep? It couldn't have been more than three hours? I tried to get Rex's attention by moving around in the seat to make noise. He didn't budge. I started to get worried if this asshole had killed Rex, he would be in a load of trouble. I heard a deep gruff voice coming from the front of the bus.
"We're close." I heard. It must be the driver. A short, evil, chuckle.
"Yeah, the girl's a cute lil' thing. We'll have a lot of fun with her, and hell, the boy needs to learn as well not to be disrespectful to grown men. Hell I taught him the hard truth".
I started panicking. What did he mean by "fun"? Did he mean torture? Or….No. That won't happen. I tried to get Rex to wake up once more by trying to shift in my seat. Come on, this is the worst time to be a heavy sleeper. Of course, me with my great luck, fell off the seat, causing a big thud! Someone grabbed my arm and threw me on the seat. I looked up at them. It was a man, late forties, graying brown hair and gray eyes to match. He ripped out my gag.
"What do you think you're doin' ya dumb bitch?"
I was to petrified to say anything. Instead, he just growled and grabbed my neck, pinning me to the seat. I screamed in pain.
"When we tell you to speak, you speak!" he yelled, spit flying out of his mouth, "Now tell me, What were you doing?!"
"Please stop!" I sobbed, "I-I just fell off the seat!"
Rex's POV
My eyes shot open when I heard a blood-curdling scream. Rosalia! I looked over at her and saw her being pinned to the seat.
"Please stop, I-I just fell off the seat!" She cried. I tried to get up but ropes held me down. A man walked down the aisle of the bus. He covered my mouth with his hand.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you little boy", a gruff voice said behind me. I bit down hard on the man's' hand. The taste of blood and sweat filled my mouth. The man yelled and yanked his hand away.
"You little shit! Just you wait until we get to a stop. I'm gonna fuck you up!" he yelled. His voice rattled inside of my head, creating a massive headache. He slammed his fist into my stomach. Blood filled my mouth. I heard someone scream next to me...
"Stop hurting him! You're gonna kill him!" the voice yelled. I tried moving my head to look at whose voice it belonged to but darkness was flooding my vision. The voice was still screaming my eyes grew heavier. He kept pounding my stomach. Soon, the darkness flooded all my senses.
Rosalia's POV
"No!" I screamed. I saw Rex move in the corner of my eye before that asshole came and started punching him. "He was alive, for now," the man holding me said. My gaze on Rex broke away from the man that was talking to me.
"You lying lil' whore! Tryin' to escape! You need to learn a lesson or two about knowing your place!" he spat at me. He flipped me on my stomach, facing Rex. I saw a man punching the shit out of him.
"Stop hurting him! You're gonna kill him!" I screamed. I tried to wiggle away from the guy to help Rex but he placed a knife underneath my neck. "Scream again and your head comes off" the man said threateningly. The buses wheels screeched to a halt. The man above me slammed into the seat in front of us and I fell onto the floor. I saw Rex's fly into the seat in front of him and his capture fall backwards into the aisle. I felt something ooze down my neck, but I ignored it for now
"What the fuck was that, Henry?" said the man behind me.
"Boss man says there's a wreck up ahead I'll have to go the long way to get back to camp" Harold said turning the bus around. The wheels screeched and everyone tried hold on. I slid underneath the seat and hit my head on a metal beam. My vision started to blur. The bus screeched again as he went around another corner. The two men stood up grumbling and cussed at Henry. Henry just gave them a toothy grin and smiled. One of the men grabbed Rex and threw him on the seat and sat next to him. My captor grabbed me by the neck and hauled me up. I tried to wiggle around but he held me still. He sat down and placed me in his lap.
"Damn you" I cried as he squeezed my neck harder.
"Now is that any way a lady should speak?" he kissed my cheek lightly. I head budded him. He shook his head and smiled.
"You'll regret that later my dear", he looked across to the other guy. The guy shook his head in a silent agreement.
"I fucking hate you" I spat at him.
"Good" he said. He reached into his pocket and smothered my face with a damp cloth. Chloroform. Damnit! Within ten seconds, I was asleep.