Monk hesitates at the door. Maybe she's right. Maybe I do need someone to go with me.
I have to do this for not only Tommy but for me. He reaches out for the doorknob inch by inch, very slowly till he thought he heard someone scream. He had to take action quick. He turned the doorknob. Complete darkness he was about to enter. He let out a slow breath. Not one sound. He closed to the door careful not to make any sounds himself. He turned on his flashlight inside his hands, so that just enough light went through his fingers. He made a step, then another.
That's when he heard someone talking. He couldn't quite make out all that was being said but he knew that this voice has anger in it. He inched closer to the voices. He ducked be hide some furniture, from where he was he could sees Tommy, he was tied to a chair. Tommy saw Monk and tried to move his hands some. Monk shakes his head and put his finger to his lips tying to tell Tommy not to make a sound, or any sudden movements.
"Get him to tell you where the tape is." Shouted the man on the phone.
"He says he doesn't know." A man standing close to Tommy responded in a high pitched voice.
"Make him talk."
"How? His already tied up."
"I hear he hates changes, make some changes….rearrange the furniture or move his chair, do something I need to know where that tape is and he is the one that knows. He might even have the tape on him."
"We looked everywhere in the house, nothing."
"It has to be there. I know it. You guys didn't look hard enough. Now get to work."
Then there was a click.
The man starts to move furniture then thinks he sees something out of the counter of his eyes, "who's there."
Not a sound. The man shakes his head, "nothing I guess. Now where was I? oh yeah." Tommy moves and the man thinks that he might get away so he goes behind him. "So this is what you need." He tightened the rope which causes Tommy to yell out in pain. Monk swallows. "I have to do something." Gets closer, just a little closer.
"You,"
Monk grabs for his gun, but his wrestled to the ground. Tommy watches as the two men went round and round on the floor. Monk's gun slides across the floor. "I don't think so." The man draws out his knife. Tommy watches in horror as the man stabs Monk in the shoulder with it. Monk balls up so he can protect himself. The man watches Monk and seeing the blood dripping out of the body, he leaves to face Tommy again.
The man is frustrated with not getting any answers from Tommy he decided to go for another approach, a threat. He sticks the knife up against his throat. Tommy swallows. What's going to happen to me? Am I going to die just like my parents?
"Now tell me where that tape is so no one else gets hurt. If you don't I'll cut your throat open."
"I…" Tommy could feel the blade against his skin. He really didn't have a clue what tape he was supposed to know where was. Monk stretches out his legs and kicks the man.
"ow…." The man faces Monk once again. This time he stabs Monk in the other shoulder. Tommy gets lose from his ropes races over to help Monk. "The gun," Monk mouths and pointed. Tommy picks it up.
The boy not knowing how to use a gun aims it at the man "You killed my only family!" and places his finger on the trigger. The man lifts the knife and is about to stab Monk again this time in the side. "Pull the trigger." Tommy did. The gun goes off, and both Tommy and the man fall back. The man gets up on his knees over monk and tries again to stab him. Tommy fires the gun again, and once again they both fall over but the knife slides down monk.