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Longing To Break Free

Chapter 10

Jason was feeling incredibly worried. He had been worried ever since he had lost connection with Chad and Gabriella. He frantically looked around the hallway. He suddenly spotted who he wanted to find. He raced over to them and tapped Kelsi on the shoulder from behind. She was standing next to Ryan and Taylor.

"Whoa, Jason!" Kelsi jumped, feeling rather startled, "Hey!"

"Hey Jason!" Ryan smiled at him.

Taylor however looked at him in concern, "Okay, why do you look so worried?"

Kelsi also noticed and suddenly looked at him, "Yeah, what is wrong Jason?"

Jason took a deep breath before speaking, "I spoke to Gabriella," He quickly let them all know.

"Oh thank goodness!" Taylor sighed with relief, "I've been worried about her ever since she left the classroom. She left her books in there, I grabbed them for her. I've also been wondering about Chad since I think he ran off after her."

"He's with her," Jason assured her, then he continued, "But I'm really worried about both of them." Everyone looked at him in confusion, so he quickly filled him in with what he knew. He ended with the part where Chad's cell phone went dead and where he had lost connection with Gabriella.

"Why would that man have Troy's cell phone?" Kelsi eyed the rest of the group, "That's crazy!" She froze suddenly, then gasped, "Oh my God! Unless that man has done something to Troy."

"Yeah, but what could he have done to Troy?" Ryan questioned. He was feeling very confused. He also was feeling very worried.

Everybody looked worriedly at each other for a moment. They were all wondering what that man could of done to Troy and they all felt increasingly worried for there missing friend.

"What if that man caught Chad and Gabriella following him?" Taylor asked the group suddenly, she frowned. She just wasn't sure what to think about all of this. She just felt very concerned.

"That's why I've been really worried," Jason told the group, "I just hate that I have no idea what's going on."

Kelsi leaned against a locker and let out a frustrated sigh. She absolutely hated that they still didn't know exactly where Troy was or what had happened to him. Now she was also worried about Chad and Gabriella.

She gazed at the group with wide eyes, "Something tells me we need to figure out what happened to Chad and Gabriella," she took a deep breath, "And we need to figure that out fast."

Troy couldn't believe his eyes as they landed on the top of the steps. He blinked, he felt nothing but disbelief. Were Gabriella and Chad really standing there? How was it even possible that they had actually found him? He was absolutely shocked over it. He wasn't exactly sure how they were even there, but he had never felt so happy to see them in his life.

"Oh my God, Troy!" Gabriella gasped as her eyes finally landed on him. Her eyes grew wide however once she saw what kind of condition he was in. He cringed, he hated that she had to see him tied to a chair, gagged, and beaten.

She was soon practically flying towards him, with Chad very closely behind.

"Troy!" Chad exclaimed with a shocked look his face. He could then tell his friend looked extremely worried, yet relieved, "I can't believe all of this! I can't believe we found you! Thank God we did find you!"

"Troy, are you okay?" Gabriella asked frantically, her eyes were flooded with concern. She was suddenly next to him, and she quickly removed the gag that was still on him. Chad was immediately untying the ropes that held him to the chair.

Troy looked up at them with wild eyes, "Gabriella! Chad! I can't believe you are both here! I am so happy to see both of you! How in the world did you find me?"

"I am just so happy we did finally find you! Thank God! We have been so worried about you!" Gabriella then eyed him as she struggled to untie some of the ropes.

"I accidentally bumped into that man, we figured things out from there and followed him and now here we are," Chad filled Troy in really quickly, he looked seriously at him for a moment, "Who is that man, Troy?"

"That's not important right now," Troy went; he gazed anxiously at the top of the stairs, "The important thing is getting the hell away from here before he catches us." He shivered at the thought of that man finding him with Chad and Gabriella. Who knew what the consequences could be if that happened. More than anything he didn't want to see Chad and Gabriella get hurt.

Finally, Gabriella had untied the last of the ropes. Troy had never felt so relieved. He immediately stood up and before he knew it Gabriella had wrapped her arms around him.

"Gabriella," he softly whispered, he held her close to him. God, it just felt so good to finally be in her arms again. He had wanted to be with her for what felt like forever. He never wanted to let go of her.

However, Gabriella pulled away from him suddenly. She looked up and down at him, "My God Troy! What has he done to you?"

"Hey, we have to get Troy the hell out of here," Chad interrupted them, suddenly. He gazed at Troy, "We know he left awhile ago but who knows when he may come back."

"Yes we have to get out of here and fast," Troy immediately agreed, but he suddenly winced in pain. Everything still ached.

Gabriella looked worriedly at him. Chad also noticed and immediately rushed to his side, "Here, lean on me, I'll help you up the steps, okay?" Troy nodded, as he leaned against his best friend and they started walking.

Together, the threesome made there way to the top of the steps. Gabriella pushed the door open and they finally stepped outside of the basement together. They were so close to freedom now.

"Come on," Gabriella led the way, "Let's get out of here." Getting out of here sounded so heavenly to Troy and he couldn't believe it was so close to happening this time.

Suddenly Troy let out a terrified scream as he felt himself get roughly yanked away from Chad and Gabriella. He squeezed his eyes shut as he could hear Chad screaming behind him.

Troy flinched; he looked up, fear was overwhelming him as he felt the man grab him again.

"Troy, No!" Gabriella cried out fearfully.

The man then turned to face Chad and Gabriella, he had his arm wrapped around Troy very tightly and he wouldn't let go. Troy panicked as it felt impossible to break away from him. His heart was racing like crazy.

Chad and Gabriella were both frozen, there eyes were both filled with horror as they looked up at him. He looked back at them in pure terror.

Suddenly a gun was pointed directly against Troy.

"How about nobody leaves," the man laughed rather evilly, "And if anyone even tries to, he dies."