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Chapter 8-

Give Me A Reason

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Simon takes a deep breath, trying to steady himself, glancing nervously towards Wallace in the driver's seat. He had tied Simon's hands before they left the bank, telling him that if he made any noise or called any attention to them he would shoot everyone he saw.

Simon had no doubt he meant it.

Wallace made the Hostages stay for a full five minutes before they left the building, he showed them a live video feed of the bank lobby, and told them if they left even a second earlier, he would shoot Simon, they had all agreed. He had taken Simon out the fire exit to an older non-descript dark blue truck with tinted windows.

Something that would be completely unnoticed

They had now been driving for close to fifteen minutes, moving into the warehouse district. Simon really was trying to remain calm, but without the other's around to focus on he was beginning to lose the confidence he'd had for most of the day.

It was just him now, and he really didn't know what to do anymore.

He glanced over giving a nervously hopeful smile,

"Umm…s-so you got away, huh? No slip ups?"

Wallace gave a slight nod

"Yup, your boyfriend's plan worked pretty well"

Simon nodded quickly

"Y-Yeah, he really is kind of amazingly smart, I'm so lucky to have him…"

He looked over at Wallace again, hopefully

"I'd really like to see him again…like, soon. Do you have any idea when you are going to let me go?"

Wallace gave a rather cold smile, glancing over at him

"Now, when did I say I was going to do that?"

Simon's heart sunk

He was really hoping he wasn't going to say something like that

For the first time today, Simon was beginning to think he wasn't going to make it out of this alive

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Wallace takes him to an old warehouse just on the outskirts of town. When they pulled up two men came out to the truck, pulling Simon out and hulling him roughly into the warehouse.

Simon glanced around as he was being pushed along. There were hundreds of boxes and crates scattered around the warehouse. Two other men were opening the crates, seemingly searching them for something, paying no attention to Wallace and the other two holding Simon. They pushed him towards a small room on one side of the warehouse, an office of some type at one point.

One of the men unlocked the door pushing it open, forcing him into the room, shoving him into a kind of rickety looking wooden chair, one of them quickly cut the bindings on his wrists, only for another to swiftly move him and retie him to the chair.

"Here you go; got you some company for a bit" Wallace sneered, over his shoulder towards the other end of the room

Simon shifted slightly so he could see around Wallace,

There was a young woman, maybe late teens, if that. The poor girl looked terrified. She was fastened to a chair as well; it looked like she'd been here for a while.

Her long black hair was braided, at one time; it was now coming down, slightly wild looking. Her dark brown eyes were wide with fear and Simon could see tear streaks on her cheeks from where she'd been crying.

The girl looked like she'd been through hell today.

Simon glared at the men furiously

"What the hell are you doing?"

Wallace laughed harshly

"Oh, now relax, detective, she's fine…just a little insurance policy in case things didn't go quiet as planned, You were kind of just a bit of extra coverage really. Just sit tight; this'll all be over in a few hours."

The other two laughed cruelly as they left, locking the room behind them. Simon looked back to the young woman

"Hey, miss, are you okay? Did they hurt you?"

She shook her head, slightly, still looking terrified

"My name is Detective Simon Lewis"

"D-Divya" She said softly

Simon nodded,

"Are you okay Divya? I mean, other than, you know, this…" he said gesturing to the chairs

She shook her head frantically

"N-no, they just grabbed me on my way to school this morning, I was walking and the next thing I know this van pulls up and they pull me in… I tried to get away but there were four of them and I just couldn't.

I kicked one of them pretty good, knocked the wind out of him, and bit another, but they managed to get my hands tied and they said that my brother was working with them and if I didn't cooperate that they would kill him.

I didn't want to believe them, b-but they showed me a picture of him!He's all I have..." She started crying again

Simon sat up straighter, brightening faintly,

"Raj? Is your brother Raj?"

She looked up, hopeful, nodding emphatically

"Yes, Raj Nadim! Do you know him? Have you seen him, is he alright?"

Simon nodded quickly

"Yeah- yeah, he's okay, I just saw him less than an hour ago, he is fine. Wallace, the big guy who brought me in here? He tricked him into helping with a bank robbery.

Your brother didn't want to help, tried to back out, but he threatened you, so he had no choice. But he is out now, he is with some friends of mine, he is safe."

She looked so relieved

"Oh, thank goodness! I-I don't know what I would do without him. He is all I have left. Our parents passed away in a car accident years ago, Raj became my legal guardian just so we wouldn't be separated.

I can't believe he'd do something illegal, that he would get involved in something like this. My brother is a computer nerd! He doesn't do anything like this, he just does programming and stuff like that. How did this Wallace guy get him to agree to help in the first place?"

Simon shrugged slightly

"He thought he was agreeing to just hack into the bank…Wallace promised him $250,000 to help with what he thought was an electronic bank heist. As soon as he found out what was actually going to happen he tried to back out, but like I said, they told him the same thing they told you."

She looked utterly shocked

"B-but why would he agree to that? Why would he even-"

She stopped, mid sentence shaking her head

"Oh my god, this is all my fault…"

"What do you mean?"

"I got a letter earlier this year; I got early admission for Stanford, into a select program. It is really prestigious, but it is really expensive, too, and financial aid just doesn't cover it.

Raj was so excited for me when I got it, but I told him that I'd have to turn it down… That we just couldn't afford it."

She shook her head

Simon took a deep breath,

Oh, that's why he did it… thinking back Raj didn't really seem like an overly greedy person…

"Hey, don't blame yourself, and your brother, yeah what he did was stupid, he made a rash, crazy decision… but his heart was in the right place"

She gave an almost laugh

"Yeah, it usually is…God, when I see him, I don't care that he is my older brother,he is going to get a lecture to end all lectures"

Simon gave her a bit of a smile.

He's mind drifted back to this morning, in line at the bank, it seemed so very long ago now. He thought back to his epiphany.

He had to get out of here, he had to see Raphael, had to tell him…he couldn't just leave it like this, with him not knowing how much he means to Simon

It suddenly didn't seem scary anymore. What scared him is he could have completely missed his chance. That, if this ends here, Raphael will never know how he truly feels.

He wasn't going to give up.

He couldn't

"Well, Divya…You have a brother you need to yell at, and I have a boyfriend who I just realized this morning I am completely in love with and I'd kinda like him to know that.

I think we need to get out of here, don't you?"

She nodded unwavering

Ready, and with a newfound burst of energy and motivation, they began working at their ties while forming an escape plan.

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Divya- Heavenly, Brilliant, Extraordinary

Nadim- Drinking Buddy

( I looked through everything I could find and couldn't find a canon last name for Raj, This one I liked, seemed to sound good and the meaning made me laugh, so…)

I'm really thinking about adding Raj and Divya as reoccurring characters

Maybe they can bug Raj for help with computer type things

I kind of want Divya to help out at Magnus's Agency, or just kind of visit a lot. Mainly because I think it'd be funny for her to be friends with Simon and Raphael and her totally not believe her brother about how scary Raphael is, cause she just sees him being all sweet and cute with Simon and thinks her brother just has a thing for Simon

O11O

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