When A Stanger Returns

Chapter 9

"Jill."

She groaned and tried to push away the person whose hand was resting on her shoulder.

"Go away," she murmured, but the person started poking and pushing her.

"Wake up Jill," the voice said.

Slowly she opened her eyes, immediately wishing she'd kept them closed.

Doctor Crane was leaning over her, with a smile on his face. "Morning Jill."

Jill hated the fact that he was so calm. She ignored him for a moment, instead choosing to look around and see where she was. However it was hard to determine exactly where she was being held.

She knew that she was in a room of some sort. However all there was in the room was a chair (that she was tied to) and a big table in the middle of the room.

"Where am I?" she asked Doctor Crane in a shaky voice.

He laughed at this. "I don't think you're ready to know that yet."

"What do you mean? Just tell me."

His happy mood suddenly changed and all of a sudden he was angry. "For fuck sake Jill! Why don't you listen to me for once? I'll tell you when I think you're ready."

"Okay," she said, quietly and calmly, trying not to anger him again.

For a moment he closed his eyes. When he opened them again there was once again a smile on his face. "I've got someone who wants to see you."

He saw the fear fill Jill's face and his smile grew wider. "Don't worry. It's not Logan, not yet. However I don't think you'll be too happy with the other option that you have. Ryan!" The last words were shouted out and not aimed at Jill.

She didn't know who Ryan was but she had a strong feeling about who it might be.

The door to the room opened and a man walked in.

The resemblance to Doctor Crane was so striking that Jill knew straight away that this was his brother.

Ryan had the same black hair as Doctor Crane but his was long and reached his shoulder. He also had the same brown eyes but Jill could see something in them that scared her.

"Aha. Jill, we meet at last," Ryan said as he walked towards her.

Jill gasped as he slapped her hard around the face.

"You might as well have killed her," he hissed.

Jill knew that he was talking about Lola.

"It wasn't my fault that Lola was killed," Jill insisted. "I didn't even know her."

"I know you didn't know her but that's beside the point. Why should you get to survive and Lola has to die? It's not fair."

Pure anger filled Ryan's face and Jill knew that there was no point trying to convince him that she was not to blame. He was crazy, she knew it. She'd seen the same look in Logan's eyes when he'd tried to kill her before. Thinking of Logan...

"Where's Logan? I mean, surely he must be a part of this."

Doctor Crane laughed whilst Ryan just stormed angrily around the room.

Doctor Crane was the one to speak up. "Oh Jill. Of course he's a part of this. He's just waiting for me to come and get him."

Jill thought about what he'd just said. "Waiting for you to come and get him?" Jill muttered to herself as everything clicked into place. "No. No way," she muttered, looking up at Doctor Crane. The smirk on his face showed Jill that he knew she'd worked it out.

She was in the prison. Somehow he'd managed to get her into the prison. Wait... she knew how he'd gotten her into the prison. He'd told her that he used to smuggle Logan out in his car, so it was obvious that he'd managed to smuggle her into the prison.

Some might say that being in a prison would be a good thing, what with all the protection and guards surrounding the place. However Jill knew that it was bad, very bad. If she was in a room in prison then it meant that Logan would easily be able to see her and if Logan was able to get into a room with her then Jill knew that she was not going to be getting out of the prison alive. Not tonight.

If she'd been anywhere else then it would have meant that she'd have a chance of escaping but how was she meant to escape from a prison? Jill was in big trouble and she knew it.

Jill was desperate. "Look. You don't have to do this. Just let me go and I won't tell anybody, I swear."

Both Ryan and Doctor Crane laughed at this, although Ryan spoke this time. "I think it's a little bit late to be letting you go. We've all worked so hard to get you here, do you really think that we're just gonna give up now? No way."

Jill's face fell and she could feel tears running down her face. This couldn't be happening. She'd been through so much and now this was happening.

Doctor Crane smirked at her before looking down at his watch. "Well I have to go and collect someone but I'll be back soon." He smirked down at her. "I might even have a friend of yours Jill."

At that moment Jill worked out that if Doctor Crane left then she would be alone with Ryan.
"Please don't leave me," she begged.

"Oh don't worry," he said, looking at his brother. "Ryan won't hurt you."

"I wouldn't be so sure about that," Ryan growled, an evil smile appearing on his face.

"No!" Doctor Crane shouted. "She's Logan's. If you touch her then you know what will happen."

Ryan didn't look happy about it but he agreed that he wouldn't hurt Jill whilst he was away.

Jill was slightly relived that Ryan wasn't allowed to hurt her but she was still scared of him.

"I'll see you in a minute," Doctor Crane said, more to Ryan then to her. With these words he closed the door behind him and left her alone with an angry and ever so crazy Ryan.

I know it's a short chapter after quite a long time but I couldn't think of much to write. The next chapter should be a lot longer seeing as I'm getting to the end of this story :)