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The Stalker
Chapter 10: A Surprising Twist
Normal POV
"Hello Becca, how are you tonight?" Rhys walked over to the young girl on the bed, she was huddled in a corner, shaking uncontrollably. "Awe what's wrong little one? Don't be scared of me." He said softly, stroking her cheek lightly.
"Please let me go." Rhys chuckled almost cruelly and walked away from her. Putting his back against the wall, he crossed his arms casually and smiled at Becca.
"Becca darlin, I am going to let you go. First though, Jane here is going to get you ready." Opening the bedroom door he stuck his head out hollered, "Jane, get your ass in here!" Turning back to Becca he walked back over to the bed and offered his hand. "Come on sweetheart, get up."
Reaching out her hand, she hesitated in putting her hand in his. When she finally did, Rhys smiled and lifted her off the bed, wrapping an arm around her to keep her from falling over from lack of eating. Jane walked in at that moment and Rhys handed Becca over to her.
"Jane get her cleaned up and fed. She and I have some place to go to."
"Yes Rhys, we wont be long."
Both girls walked out of the bedroom and turned down the hallway to a large bathroom. Jane closed the bathroom door behind her and a moment later, the sound of a tub being filled was all Rhys could hear.
Pogue's POV
"Hello Miss. Carson, what are you up to tonight." I asked, walking into Baby Boy's living room where Jules was stretched out on the sofa. Reid had filled us in on what happened, and needless to say, we were all a bit pissed off at the guy Reid said was named Rhys. What the hell kind of a name is that? Was his parents bread or something?
"Hey Pogo, not much just flipping through channels. Tyler gets 628 channels and nothing interesting is on. What's new with you?"
"Tyler, Caleb and I are heading out to Nicky's, and we wanted to see if you wanted to join us. Reid's is trying to update the security system." I had to fight to keep from rolling my eyes. Jules would be a lot better protected if she knew about the Covenant, but no this is the one thing both Caleb and Reid have to agree on 100%.
"Um yeah sure why not. Just got to change out of my pajamas. By the way, who's all going?" Jules was half way you the stairs when she turned around and sat on the banister.
"You, me and the guys. That girl who was with Caleb the first time you went to Nicky's is going to be there too. Caleb said she wants to meet all of us. Oh and get down from there before you fall. I doubt Tyler's housekeeper wants to clean you up from the floor."
"Yes daddy." Jules rolled her eyes, stuck out her tongue and went up to the room she was staying in.
Shaking my head at her, I went into the living room where the guys were. "So one of us will stay with her the entire time, nobody leaves her alone for a second." I told them and they all nodded in agreement.
"I'll just be glad when this is all over." Tyler rubbed the back of his neck, and Reid came up and slung his arm around his neck.
"Ah come on Baby Boy, you know you enjoy having a hot girl in your house."
"You're right, I do, and I might just take her from you." Reid narrowed his eyes as Tyler laughed, Reid's eyes flashed black and he Used to make Tyler fly onto the couch."
"Alright that's enough you two." Golden Boy commanded, laughing at his two friends.
"Are you guys ready yet? Let's go!" Jules came bounding down the stairs and Reid stared at her. "Reid close your mouth, you'll catch flies." She ran out the door and we followed, Tyler locked the door and we all piled into our cars, speeding off to Nicky's.
Rhys's POV
"Hello again Becca, you look lovely in blue." Jane and Becca returned to the bedroom and I smiled at her. She really did look very pretty. "If you're ready, let's head out shall we?"
We went out to the garage and I opened the passenger seat for Becca, she got in and buckled up. Going around to the driver's side, I got in an did the same. "Hm déjà vu." I smiled and Becca moved closer to the door, gripping the seatbelt strap. Pulling out of the garage, I closed the garage door and sped off down to Nicky's. Jane really did come in handy, she could find out anything on anyone.
Pulling into the bar's parking lot, I shut off the engine and turned to face Becca. "Alright darlin, here's the deal. Reid and his friends are here, which means Juliet is here, and which means you are going to do something for me. You are going to go in there, and as soon as Juliet leaves Reid's side, you go up to him and start talking to him. When you see Juliet come back in eyesight, kiss him. That'll make Juliet leave the bar, and that's when I snatch her. I have people inside willing to keep the others from going after her. Mess this up, and those people have orders to kill you. Understand Becca?" I smiled when she nodded, and unlocked the car door. Waving her out, she unbuckled her seatbelt and got out. I kept a gun trained on her and I knew she could see it. As she disappeared inside I lowered the gun.
"Let the show begin."
Juliet's POV
"I'll be right back you guys, got to go to the ladies room. Don't have too much fun without me!" I told them moving towards the back where the bathrooms were located. We had been at Nicky's for about ten minutes now, and when we got there, I had decided to make friends with Caleb's new little girlfriend. Who knew we'd actually be friends.
"Hold on Jules, I got to go too, besides Caleb is playing foosball with Pogue. I swear when boys get together…" I laughed as Allison trailed off, shaking her head.
"Yeah tell me about it. Reid is all sweet and everything around me, but when he and Tyler get around each other, it's like kindergarten all over again. it's to be expected; boys don't grow up, they just get taller."
We both broke out laughing at how true that was, and pushed open the door to the ladies room.
Becca's POV
I can't do this, but if I don't he'll kill me. I should just run. There's so many people, he'll never know. Right? What was it that Rhys was mumbling about? Something about the Sons and abilities. I was knocked out of my thoughts by someone bumping into me. The person steadied me as I was about to fall over, I hadn't had that much to eat before Rhys took me here.
"Sorry, I should watch where I'm going. Hey are you okay?" The guy who bumped into me had blonde hair and blue eyes, and wearing a beanie on his head. This must be Reid, who I'm supposed to "distract".
"Yeah I'm okay, but Juliet won't be." His eyes widened then narrowed, he grabbed my elbow and pulled me over to the bar.
"What are you talking about?" He let go of my arm and crossed his arms over his chest. He was a tall guy, and after everything I've been through, I didn't like being so close to him.
Taking a deep breath, I told him everything. From Rhys kidnapping me, to his plan to kidnap her. I needed help in getting away from him, I don't want to die. I don't want Reid's girlfriend to die either.
"There are people here, people who work for Rhys. He told me to wait until Jules was away from you, then I had to kiss you when she came back, which would make her upset, and if and when she went to leave, someone would grab her and bring her to Rhys. I can't do that though. Please don't let them hurt me, I just want to go home." At this point I was crying from, well everything that had happened. Suddenly I felt two arms wrap around me, and this feeling of safety washed over me.
"I'm not going to let him hurt you. What's your name?" My head was buried in his shoulder, so my reply came out muffled. Pulling back a little, I sniffled and wiped at a tear.
"Becca Watson." He nodded and looked around for someone.
"Reid? What's going on?" I pulled back from him and looked over his shoulder. A girl I figured was Juliet and a redhead beside her was standing there giving us dirty looks.
Turning back to me, Reid gestured to a table by a foosball table. "Go sit over there next two the two idiots playing foosball, don't talk to anyone." I nodded and went to sit at the table, looking around me for anyone who might try and approach me.
Reid's POV
"Ally, can you go sit with Becca while I talk to Jules?" I didn't know if Caleb said anything to Allison about the notes, but if he hadn't, I didn't feel like being the one to let the cat out of the bag.
"Caleb already told me. He said it was just incase anyone approached me about Juliet." I nodded, and turned to Jules.
"Becca is one of the girl who Rhys kidnapped, he brought her here to carry out one of his ridiculous plans."
"Is he here?" She looked around and moved closer to me. Nodding my head, I wrapped an arm around her.
"Becca told me he's waiting out in the parking lot. We need to come up with a way to get everyone out of here safely. We're taking Becca back to Tyler's. Speaking of which, we should go fill everyone in on what's going on. One more thing, act like you don't know what's going on. She told me there's people around here who work with Rhys, and they've been told to bring you to him. So both of you stay close, I mean it." I was satisfied when they both nodded, and I escorted them to the table Becca was at.
Going over to the guy at the table, Tyler must have joined them at some point, I filled them in on what happened, and we all went over to the girls.
"We need a plan to get the hell out of here." Tyler said, dragging a hand down his face. "Hey I'm Tyler Simms." I rolled my eyes when he offered his hand to Becca.
"Introductions later, right now we need to get the girls out of here." Caleb said, looking towards the exits.
"Hey Garwin, you fucking stole my money." I groaned as Aaron Abbott came up to me with two of his cronies. "I want a rematch. Or I'll just take your girlfriend, that works too."
Scowling I turned around and punched him in the face, his nose cracking and blood dripping down his chin. I grabbed Aaron's shirt and I was about to hit him again when Nicky - the owner of the bar - came up with a baseball bat.
"Take it outside you two." Nicky was a big guy, he looked like a biker, but he didn't own a motorcycle.
Going up to Caleb I lowered my voice. "Take the girls out back, and take them to Tyler's. I'll distract whoever is out front by beating the shit out of Aaron. I'll Use to get back. Don't give me that look Caleb, we have no choice."
Not giving him a chance to answer, I followed Aaron out front and as soon as he stepped through the door, Aaron swung his fist in my face. Blocking the swing with my arm, I used the heel of my hand to push Aaron's broken nose up into his head. He fell to the ground and screamed in pain, clutching his nose. I saw Caleb's mustang go down a back road. So I kicked Aaron in his stomach and before he could look up I Used to put myself in front of Rhys's car in the parking lot.
Opening the driver's side door, Rhys's eyes widened when he saw me suddenly in front of him. With my eyes still black, I re-broke his hand and pushed him up against his car.
"You really get off on taking innocent girls don't you Jackass?" When Rhys didn't answer, I pushed one of my fingers into his eye and pushed his eye into his head. Blood oozed out and ran down his face.
"Fuck, my eye! Becca is a whore! Hitchhiking to meet her boyfriend. Little slut deserves to die. Juliet will die too, if not by me, then from someone else who believes in taking out the trash. If you kill me, the others with die."
"You're right about one thing, I am going to kill you, and I'll take my chances on those other people, but you're never going to hurt Jules, or anyone else again." My eyes flashed back to blue. I put my hands on his head and gave a quick twist, his spine breaking in half and he fell to the ground dead like so many of his victims.
My eyes flashed to black again, so I picked up Rhys's dead, broken body and zapped myself into the woods behind the bar. Leaving him by a tree, I knew animals would do the work for me.
I had enough of Rhys; protecting Jules was my only concern. Using to put myself in front of Tyler's estate, I thought about how many other victims he had taken. Deciding not to go in just yet, I thought about what I had done. I had to kill him. If I hadn't, he would have hurt so many other people. But did killing him make me better then, or just as bad as Rhys? I had killed someone without thinking twice, or without feeling any remorse. Yeah he was scum for kidnapping and killing so many women, but what did that make me for killing him?
Then I thought back to when I was beating Aaron. I didn't feel anything then either, and he was just an idiot. If I can hurt them so easily, what happens if I ever hurt Jules? I doubted that I ever would, but if I did…would I genuinely regret it, or just think I did?
Looking at the door, I imagined her in there. Waiting for me to walk through the door. I also thought about the fear that would be in her eyes if she ever found out I killed someone in cold blood, or what I really am. Getting rid of Jules's threat was a split second decision, but hurting Jules was something I could prevent. I loved her too much to hurt her.
Looking back at Tyler's front door, I hung my head and Used to bring myself to the school's dorms. Taking out my phone, I sent a quick text to Caleb about what happened tonight, and that I'd be at the dorms, and to tell everyone I was fine. That I just needed some time to think about some things.
Going over to my dresser, I opened the top drawer and fished around for a few seconds. Finding what I needed, I withdrew a pack of cigarettes, and went to sit on the windowsill. I smoked four of them before I came to the conclusion that in order to protect Jules from myself, I had to stop seeing her. I couldn't allow her to get hurt by my hands.
Author's Note: Okay don't kill me. I know it's been a while, so I made the chapter longer to make up for the lack of updates. Incase anyone is confused by the ending; Reid has somehow convinced himself that by not feeling anything towards ending another humans life so easily, he has turned into this cold, unfeeling, and dangerous person, and that he decides that Jules is in danger from being around him.
I also want to add that I had this huge thing planned for ending Rhys, but I'm not very good at fight scenes, so I just decided to end it this way, with Reid coming to this false conclusion of himself. But there will be drama, and sadness up ahead, so I hope it makes up for it.