YES I KNOW THAT THIS WAS JUST POSTED ON CHAPTER 3, BUT MY COMPUTER WAS HATING ME. WE ALL KNOW HOW WELL MY COMPUTER AND I GET ALONG. OKAY, THE 5TH CHAPTER WILL BE UP SHORTLY, BECAUSE I EXPECT NO REVIEWS FOR THIS. WELL, ONE OR TWO WOULD BE NICE . . . JUST PLEASE SHOW ME YOU ACTUALL WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS STORY!! PLEASE!! AND NOW I AM GOING TO POST THIS NOW!!
Here is the fourth chapter and it turns out that I actually do have chapter 2 up, so yeah. I'll post this when I get back to my mothers, and I have internet on this. And I'll post chapter 3, because I'm guessing that people havfe reviewed it since yesterday. At least , I hope. I'll go try and get the computer away from my sister, and come back and tell you. Please hold. Okay, I'm back. Reviews took a jump, just not in this story. So maybe I'll post chapter 3 tomorrow. Okay, without further ado, the next chapter!!
"We have to go find her." said Troy. "What if she ends up getting killed?"
"Troy? I know that you're crazy about Gabriella and all, but this would really not be the best time to die for her. Let the police handle it, okay?" said Taylor quickly.
Troy shook his head. " You don't get it, Taylor." he replied.
"What's up, man?" asked Chad. Troy shook him off.
"You don't get it, man. And if none of you care enough about Gabriella to find her, then I'll go myself." He stood up suddenly, turned, and bolted down the corridor that had been marked by Gabriella's dress.
"Troy!" the entire gang called after him, but he didn't respond or turn around. They didn't get it.
"Well, this is bad," muttered Hannah, stating the obvious. She shook back her extensions. "What do we do now? Troy's run off, and there's some creepy killer who looks just like him who appears to be after Gabriella for reasons unknown to us."
"It's him," said Kelsi. She was pointing to the magazine clipping. "It's this guy. Zac."
"What would Zac be doing in New Mexico? He lives in Hollywood." said Sharpay.
Kelsi shrugged. I don't know. I'm just saying, this is the guy that took Gabriella. It's Zac Effron."
"Am I the only one who's getting creeped out?" asked Selena. "I mean, seriously. This crazy celebrity shows up, looking for Gabriella, and then Kelsi and Hannah disappear. Then Gabriella disappears, and she happens to look like Vanessa Hudgens, who Zac just broke up with. What if . . ." she trailed off. "No, that's crazy." she muttered to herself.
"What?" asked Taylor sharply.
"I was just thinking . . . What if he thinks that Gabriella is Vanessa? And he's looking for her so that he can repay her for dumping him? But, that's crazy, right?" she asked, looking around the group, as if begging someone to assure her that she was wrong. Taylor stared at her, and everyone could tell her brain was working furiously.
"Oh, my god, she might be right!" cried Sharpay suddenly. "Yeah, because Vanessa dumped Zac, and I remember, she said in US Weekly, that she dumped him because he was getting to be really jealous and clingy. Oh, god, Lena, I think you're right!"
"This is not good," muttered Chad. He looked around at his friends. "What if he comes after all of us? And what do you think will happen to Gabriella? Would he end up killing her?"
"Don't even say that!" cried Taylor. Her eyes were filled with tears. "It's bad enough we're trapped here!"
Chad took her hand. "I'm sorry," he said. "I don't care what we have to do to get out of here, guys. We will. Gabriella and Troy too."
Taylor looked up at her boyfriend and smiled. "Come on, guys." she said. "We're not splitting up. Let's go find Gabriella."
With Gabriella and the creepy guy:
"Why are you doing this?" Gabriella whispered. They were up on a high floor, and she knew that even if she screamed, then no one would hear her. She had decided not to waste her voice.
"Why? Because of what you put me through, Vanessa." snapped the man. "You decided that, because I loved you, you were just going to break my heart. And you are going to pay."
"What? You're going to kill me?" asked Gabriella fearfully.
"No, Vanessa, why would I kill you?" asked the man. "I am going to keep you alive, for as long as possible, and make sure you never leave me."
Gabriella's eyes widened. "Why do you keep calling me Vanessa?" she asked.
"Because it's your name." he replied. "Don't try and fool me, Vanessa. I love your dress, by the way. Why are you so dressed up?"
"Because it's prom." said Gabriella.
"Silly Vanessa, playing a high schooler." said the man. "We didn't know each other back when we were young enough to be going to prom."
"What do you mean?" asked Gabriella. "I'm only 17."
He sighed. "Vanessa, Vanessa. Why are you trying to fool me like that?" he asked. "You know it won't work."
Gabriella looked around, not saying anything. She had been scared when this man had first grabbed her and dragged her up here. Hopefully the gang would call the police. Now, she was beyond scared. She was terrified.
"Why so quiet, Vanessa?" he asked. "Don't you want to know more about this?"
"Why did you take Kelsi and Hannah to the basement?" she asked.
"Don't you mean Oleseya and her friend? Hannah, did you say?" he asked. "Well, to be honest, in the dark, I thought that that Hannah girl was you. I was hoping your little friends would come and I could finish them off. Ah, well. Then, when the others came down, I was going to kill them, but I didn't see everyone. I knew it would be more prudent to wait."
"Why?" asked Gabriella. She hoped she could keep this guy talking long enough to get herself out of the ropes that were tying her wrists and ankles together, and escape.
"Now, now, Vanessa, we don't want to be knowing too much, do we?" asked the man. "I will tell you when the time comes."
"Why do you want to kill us?" she asked, feeling slightly sick, tears pooling in her eyes.
"Not you, Vanessa. Them. I want to kill them." said the man.
"Why?" she asked again, her voice faltering slightly, trying to slide her wrists out of the ropes. She wasn't getting much progress, but she figured that was better than none.
"Because they got in my way of getting to you. And I am all you have, Vanessa. Your family is dead, and your friends will soon go the same way."
"No," she choked out, struggling against her bonds.
"I am all that you have, Vanessa." he whispered.
"No," she cried, tears running down her face.
"You know it is true." he whispered.
"No, it's not," cried out a new voice: Troy. He had found his way to where Gabriella was being held.
"Well, I can fix that," said the man, holding up a knife. Troy knocked it out of his hand easily. He grabbed a chair, and held it up over the man's head. The man scrambled for the knife, but Troy brought the chair down on his head. The man collapsed, unconscious.
"Are you all right?" asked Troy. He walked over to where the knife had fallen, and picked it up. He walked over to Gabriella and cut away the ropes holding her. She stood up shakily and kissed Troy.
"Thank you for saving me," she whispered.
"Come on, lets get out of here, before it wakes up," said Troy, gesturing to the man that was crumpled on the floor next to the chair. He took Gabriella's hand and led her out of the room, taking the knife with him.
The couple took the elevator down, and soon arrived at the lobby.
"Gabriella!" squealed Sharpay, as soon as she steeped out. "Oh god, Gabi, are you okay? What happened? Why does Troy have a knife?" She was completely spazzing, but that was just how Sharpay was.
"Oh thank god you're okay, Gabi." muttered Taylor, walking up and hugging her. Kelsi and Selena and Hannah, even though they barely knew her, followed. Soon, Gabriella was totally surrounded by her friends.
"Can we get out?" she asked.
Chad shook his head grimly.
"Why not?" she asked warily.
"We're locked in," said Chad. He walked over to the lobby door and pulled. Nothing. He turned back to Gabriella. "See?"
"Oh, lovely," muttered Gabriella sarcastically. First, I escape some psycho killer who's looking for us so he can kill you all, and now we're locked in with him. Did you guys try any other exits?"
Kelsi nodded. "Nothing worked." she said.
"What about janitors? Other guests? The manager?" she questioned.
Kelsi shook her head. "It's just like you said, Gabriella." she said quietly. "We're locked in this place with a psycho killer, and we're alone."
DUN DUN DUN, and I just feel like ending the chapter there, even though I have gotten next to no reviews on this, I'll post it anyway. Really, if no one likes this, then I can just delete it. So please tell me you like it in reviews and I will update. If not, then I can delete this. Okayyyyyy byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee