Chapter three:
Michael and Gavin have resumed their search for something to carve into the walls with or do anything that might help.
"I found a rock!" Gavin says standing up.
Michael comes over to Gavin and examines the rock that Gavin is holding. "It's something." He says.
They turn as the door is opened only for Ray to be tossed in before the door slams shut.
"Ray!" Gavin and Michael race over to him and crouch on either side of him.
Ray groans and shifts putting his hands on the ground pushing himself up. His arm is cut but it doesn't look too bad. His neck has some bruising and his torso seems to also have a cut.
"What happened?" Gavin asks as him and Michael help Ray to his feet.
"They attacked me and tried to mentally bring me down." Ray explains and as he stabilizes on his own two feet the other two let go.
"I'm sorry we couldn't help." Gavin says giving the other a hug trying to be careful of the wounds.
"It's ok. You would have died if you tried to stop them. I don't want to lose either of you." Ray tells them as Michael joins in on the hug. "I still don't understand what they want from us."
"Neither do we." Gavin tells Ray. "But we found a rock. We might be able to leave messages here now. It's better than nothing to get into contact with the others." He says as Ray is shown said rock.
Ray nods. "Yes. I think we should start right away. But we can't let anyone catch on."
The other two nod.
"I have an idea." Michael says as they pull away from the hug. "Gavin pass the rock."
Gavin gently tosses it to Michael who catches it.
"I think we should start with symbols that the others will know." Michael explains. "Then add anything including all information that we can."
The other two nod with sounds of agreement.
"We'll cover you. You start getting at least one symbol done." Ray says in which Michael nods then heads over to a wall where he sits to begin.
Gavin and Ray settle on the ground with Ray to the side and Gavin in front. They are making a slight barrier between anyone who opens the door and Michael. They remain alert for anyone approaching as Michael gets to work.
The room is quiet except for some sounds of scraping rock as Michael works.
"Well." Gavin clears his throat deciding to try to talk over the sound. "Do you think the others are ok?" He glances to Ray.
"I would hope so." Ray responds. "Besides they might even be looking for us right now."
Gavin nods looking back to the door. "Yeah. I hope that they find us soon."
"Me too." Ray sighs. "I wanna get out of here as soon as possible."
"We all do." Gavin tilts his head back to look to the ceiling as Ray looks to him.
"Do you think we will?" Ray asks almost hesitantly and a little quietly.
Gavin looks to Ray silent for a few moments before finally speaking. "We shouldn't lose hope." He responds. "We should have faith that we will be indeed rescued. That we will be ok in the end. Ok X-Ray?"
Ray nods. "Ok Vav."
The two begin talking about anything that comes to mind until Michael speaks.
"Done."
The two turn them get up heading over to the other to look at his work.
What he's managed to get done is two images that represent something important to them that the others at rooster teeth will understand. He's drawn them as best as he can and to those that know the symbols then you can tell what they are.
R & R connection and team nice dynamite.
"It's perfect." Ray nods.
"Yes. Now it's a start to the whole getting a message to others thing." Gavin smiles at Michael.
"The rock will have to sit here. We can grab it if they come for us just in case they plan on moving us." Michael says.
The other two make sounds of agreement.
...
Geoff sighs as he is sitting on the edge of his bed with his elbows on his knees while he's slouched.
With everything that has happened it has just been long today and Geoff just wishes that this nightmare could be over.
He wants the lads to be safe and home. He wants the achievement hunter group to play video games and laugh like the family they are. He just wants everything to go back the way they were before. He brings his hands up to put them against his face and rubs them down his face with a sigh mixed with a slight groan. His hands drop back to where they were when there is no more face to go down. "Please. Please let them be ok. Let them return home and let the nightmare be over."
...
It's been awhile.
The three are not fully sure what is going to happen to them now as they wonder when the people are coming back. Though in the meantime they enjoy the peace and quiet with no one coming to get them to hurt them or anything.
Ray has laid down to try to take a nap.
Gavin is sitting by the rock slightly curled up.
Michael has moved to investigate the door as secretly as possible. He hopes to spot something that might be helpful later in a possible escape. He quickly backs away and moves over to Gavin when he hears footsteps.
Ray sits up as the footsteps get louder.
The footsteps pause just outside their door as all three watch the door waiting to see if someone will come in. After a few moments the footsteps move away only for another door to be opened.
"No! No please!" A males voice screams. He sounds younger than the lads and soon there are sounds to suggest that the young male is being dragged down the hall kicking and screaming for mercy. His screams can be heard until they fade into the distance.
The lads relax after a few moments of silence.
Ray lays down with a sigh of relief that they were not taken.
Michael turns to Gavin. "Gav you should write about this. Keep it short though."
"How about I carve that we heard another person be taken away from what we can guess was his holding cell so we can strongly believe that we are not alone here?" Gavin offers.
Michael nods. "Yes. Do that." He agrees and Gavin gets to work. He turns to look to Ray who looks even less likely to be able to actually nap.
Gavin sits there working on the writing for awhile so Michael decides to lay down for a bit.
Michael contemplates their current situation and his mind begins to wander to what the kidnappers could want.
What did they expect from them? Do they really want to break them down and make them into... Tools...
Michael sits up so quickly he almost faints. "Oh God. Oh fucking God no. Don't let this be some human trafficking thing." He mutters to himself.
"What Micool?" Gavin asks almost as if to remind Michael that he's there.
Michael turns to Gavin. "Nothing." He says in a normal speaking voice. "I'm just thinking to myself."
"Ah. Ok." Gavin says making Michael glad that he didn't bring worry to the other.
Michael turns away and looks up to stare at a spot where roof meets the wall. "Please find us... And fast..."
...
The Lads have been missing for three weeks now.
Geoff and Jack have been trying their hardest to do what they can for the Achievement hunter. Though they've been recently going into the stockpiled videos and they have been trying to monitor as much as possible for any possible help in finding the lads since the fans know that they were taken.
So news spread rather quickly and Jack got an idea to make an email, Facebook page and Twitter page to help find the lads.
It's only gotten them so far though as nothing helpful has really come through yet.
Ryan's been skipping work recently. He came to work after a day or two but he always seemed lost within himself and eventually he stopped coming.
Geoff and Jack have seen him running around town though he never slows down to even say hello. They figure that he is probably searching for the Lads and that he stopped going to work because it brought back memories... Memories that reminded him that the Lads were kidnapped... Especially the reminder that his love Ray was taken... So he stopped going... They've been doing the best that they can to cover for Ryan but they aren't sure how much longer the higher ups will allow it. They hope that by keeping the posting done on time then the higher ups will leave them alone about it.
After all it'll make Ryan feel better to be looking around instead of sitting doing nothing. Even if it leaves Ryan looking rather tired in the end.
And so everything just feels like it's falling apart at this point.
Geoff sighs as he plops down onto the couch next to Jack. "This is just a mess." He says in his sigh then he rubs his hands down his face. "Everything's just a mess." He sighs again as soon as his hands arms fall onto his legs and his hands dangle between his legs.
"Geoff..." Jack begins in a gentle tone. "We've been doing our best to help our children through this hard time. We've been doing what we can and I know it's stressful." He adds as Geoff puts his face in his hands wanting to sigh again. "But we're in this together."
"Jack..." Geoff begins. "Who knows what is happening to the lads and we're stuck here without anyway of even knowing if they are actually ok or not." He lets his hands drop do his lap this time not rubbing them down his face.
"We are all worried Geoff." Jack places an assuring hand on Geoff's shoulder. "We all want them to be safe and back here with us."
Geoff turns to meet Jacks eyes even as his own are half open and he listens.
"But right now they need help more than ever before. Plus there has been no bodies discovered and that means that they are still out there somewhere. So we need to keep going. For their sakes." Jack tells him. "They need us to continue pushing through. To continue doing all that we can to help find them."
Geoff blinks glancing away for a second then blinks to change his expression to determination before turning back to Jack. "Alright." He nods making Jack smile.
"Good."
"Let's do this." Geoff says determined.