A/N: Hey! This story is coming to a close and so ends the Macey series. *tears* This is going to be the last chapter, so READ THE STUFF AT THE BOTTOM!
Macey POV
I woke up a little bit later, feeling groggy and like I really needed a shower. When I fully regained consciousness, I remembered where I was, but not until I felt the tape across my mouth and the rope tying me down. I looked beside me and saw Liz, Cammie, and Bex struggling to get out.
They looked over at me and saw that I was awake and started trying to talk. All I could make out was, "Umph, Mashey, e hash u et phout of hewr." Cammie tried to say.
"Well, look who's awake. So, you four having fun?" A voice from behind me asked. I looked over my shoulder, only to see River standing there, with that same cold smirk on his face that he had on before I passed out.
I tried to tell him off through the bandages, but it didn't work, obviously. He left the room, leaving us alone again. Suddenly, my spy instincts kicked in. I started moving my hands around to try to loosen the ropes a little bit. Liz, Cammie, and Bex followed suit and, twenty-five minutes and eight sore wrists later, our hands were free.
I reached up to my mouth and pulled the duct-tape off as fast as I could, barely even registering the pain. The rest of them did the same, except for Liz, who tried to pull it off slowly. Eventually, Bex just reached over and ripped the tape off, clapping her hand over Liz's mouth so she wouldn't scream.
"Okay. Now to work on our feet." Bex said, her voice sounding hoarse. After a while, we got the ropes off of our ankles, leaving them feeling as sore as our mouths and wrists.
We hopped up silently and bolted for the door. We tried to pry it open, but it wouldn't budge. We started pacing across the room, thinking of ways to open the door. When we were all mid-stride, the door opened.
We found River standing there, looking angry. He was glaring at us and he wouldn't let up his gaze. Bex tried to tackle him, but her wrists and ankles were raw, so she didn't get very far.
He walked out of the room, closing the door behind him. I can only assume that he went to get more rope and duct-tape. We started pacing a little more frantically, our minds racing, and the only light coming from a small lightbulb on the ceiling.
Collin POV
Zach, Grant, Jonas, and I were walking down the Hall of History in the middle of the night, doing nothing. Well, actually, I was sulking and the guys were trying to cheer me up. They were failing miserably.
"Come on, Collin. So what if she dumped you? Come on, perk up! It's not like you to be so depressed!" Jonas attempted. I just shook my head and looked down at my shoes.
I heard footsteps running up the hall and looked up to see Tari running toward us with a scared expression on her face.
"Hey, Tari, what's wrong?" Grant asked as she came to a stop in front of us.
"River… follow him… girls… kidnapped…" She said in-between gasps for air. We didn't wait for any more explanation; we just ran after her.
She stopped at the end of the hall, at a passageway that Macey had shown me. We hid behind something that I couldn't identify in the dark and waited. Soon enough, River came strolling along holding a roll of duct-tape and some rope. I almost ran out and punched him right there, but they all held me back.
We waited for about a minute before we finally followed him. We walked silently behind him, sticking to the wall, me being careful not to run up and kick his sorry butt. After a couple of twists and turns, River stopped in front of a seemingly blank wall. He opened a hidden door, went in, and closed it behind him.
We followed, quickly that time, and opened the door as he had. River was standing there with tying up four unconscious girls on the floor. His body was obscuring their faces, so we couldn't tell who they were. He gave no indication that he heard us, besides the fact that his ears perked up.
He finished tying them up before he stood. You could tell that he was smirking.
"Hey, guys. What's up? I'll admit, following me without me knowing is quite a feat. I was going to drag this on a little bit longer to make you squirm, but apparently you decided to try to figure this out to soon. But, I guess that I could show you." He turned around and moved aside to reveal the faces of the girls.
They were Cammie, Bex, Liz, and… Macey. I immediately ran over to her, trying to take off the duct-tape and rope. The guys and Tari were just standing behind me shocked. Eventually, they got over it and went over to their various girlfriends and started untying them, too.
"Zach, we need you back in the group. And, we could really use the rest of you guys. We're using the girls to get to you. Apparently, it worked." River said from behind us. Tari was standing guard at the door. I saw Zach stiffen.
"Who exactly do you mean by 'we' and 'group'." I asked without looking up from Macey. He had the ropes tied on really tight.
"Why the Circle of Cavan of course. Zach knows all about it. Don't you?"
"I left it and I am never going back. You should think about doing the same thing." Zach growled.
"Well, then, Cammie, Bex, Macey, and Liz will just have to keep disappearing, won't they?"
I heard a fist connecting with a body and heard a whimper of pain. I looked back and saw Tari fighting River. It was pretty even right now, but River had more training then Tari, so she wouldn't hold out for long. We hurried up to finish untying the girls to help her.
Jonas finished first and as soon as he knew that Liz was okay, he was up and helping Tari. It wasn't much, but they were holding it together pretty well. Liz woke up soon after that and looked at the chaos in confusion. She started freaking out when she saw Jonas fighting, but me and Zach shook our heads no.
I quickly finished untying Macey, took the duct-tape off of her mouth, and got up to fight. I landed a solid punch in River's gut and he doubled over in pain. I looked over at Tari, who had tears streaking down her face. She quickly hit a nerve in his neck that would knock him unconscious, so, as you can expect, he fell to the floor.
Zach and Grant finished untying the rest of the girls, but they were awake, so it took them a little while to get up the nerve to take the duct-tape off. Eventually, the girls got tired of waiting, so they ripped it off themselves, leaving big red red-marks across their mouths.
I ran to Macey to make sure that she was okay, "Quick, who am I?"
"You're Collin. I'm so sorry, will you give me a second chance?"
"Of course. I love you." She threw her arms around me so hard I thought my eyes were about to pop out of my head.
Mr. Solomon and Cammie's mom came rushing in and surveyed the scene.
They picked up River, wordlessly, carrying him out of the room. We followed behind them, explaining everything. They nodded at the appropriate intervals, with grim looks on their faces. By the time we finished explaining everything, we were out of the passageway.
They took River to somewhere in the Sub-Levels, where he would be woken up to interrogation, leaving us alone in the hallway. We all said our respective good-byes, because we didn't have the energy to do anything else. As soon as we got back to our rooms, we crashed.
Macey POV
Two weeks later, me and Collin were sitting at the lake.
"Macey, can I ask you something?" Collin asked, quietly, tracing circles on my palm.
"You just did. But, go on."
"What are we going to do when I go back to Blackthorne?" I had never really thought about it.
"I don't know. I guess we'll just do what the other's do. We'll video-chat, text, call, e-mail. And, every now and then, we can sneak out to see each other." I smiled sadly.
"I love you. You know that, right?" He asked, still quiet.
"Yeah. I love you, too."
"You know, you're the first person I've ever been in love with." He confessed.
"You're my first love."
"I'm Macey McHenry's first love? Daaaang…"
A/N: SOOOOOOBBBBBBB! I AM SOOOOOO SAD! THIS WAS THE LAST CHAPTER! I love you guys! You're the best reviewers a girl could ever have. I'm not going to write a prequel, so I'M SO SAD! Listing reviewers below…
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