Returned
Hiya guys, thanks so much for all of your reviews, anyway, here's chapter 11, hope that you enjoy it, please read and review.
Chapter 11Troy quickly raced along the banks of the river, praying that he would get to his girls in time, and that Tyler was to stupid to even question whether or not he should move the three of them.
He reached the ancient abandoned warehouse of the old West High Knights team in minutes, and took a deep breath, carefully pulling his phone out of his pocket and scrolling through his contacts until he found the right number. Swiftly pressing the call button, he stuffed the phone back into his pocket, knowing that whoever picked up on the other end would be able to hear exactly what was going on.
Back at the house, Gabriella was losing her mind. She paced back and forth as the rest of the gang tried to imagine what she was going through, but it was impossible, first she had lost her children, none of them had children, so they couldn't imagine that pain, and then her husband of three and a half years had gone missing hours ago, although the rest of the gang were deeply in love with their other half's, they knew that their love was nothing to Troy and Gabriella's need for each other.
"Gabriella, can you please relax? You're making me feel seas sick just by watching you," Ryan joked, trying to lighten the heavy mood that was filling the room, but Gabriella only turned to smile at him faintly before resuming her pacing.
"Briella, Troy's a big boy, I'm sure that he can look after himself," Chad looked at Gabriella, sympathy and seriousness flooding his features, "and as for the girls, we're going to find them Briella, and none of us are going to give up until we do."
She stopped her pacing and turned around to face them, a slight smile creeping over her features, "I know that, Chad, it's just that Troy's a hothead, he's always been a hothead, it's one of the things I love about him," she laughed softly and the rest of the gang had to smile, "the only thing is that sometimes that can get him into trouble, and I'm starting to worry if this could be one of those times."
The whole gang nodded and shuddered as a memory of Troy in their senior year of high school suddenly flooded all of their minds.
Flashback
The gang were all hanging out at one of the biggest social events of the East High school year, the mega big spring break blow out at head cheerleader Kirsten Harvey's mansion.
Gabriella suddenly started moving from foot to foot, fidgeting with her hands and Troy looked up at her laughing as she moved around on his lap.
"Ella if you wanna go, just go," he laughed and she glared at him.
"Yeah well I already tried that didn't I you idiot," her glare intensified as his laughter increased, "but one of Kirsten's friends was just a bit preoccupied in there with her boyfriend," Gabriella fumed, still fidgeting as the rest of the gang laughed, remembering Gabriella's pale, horror stricken face when she had returned from her first trip to the bathroom about twenty minutes ago.
"ELLLLLLLLAAAAAA," Troy whined, dragging out her name for effect, "Would you please just go and see if they're done yet, so we can get back to drinking and being on the dance floor," he rolled his head onto the back of the sofa, but his pleading eyes never left hers.
"Fine," she yelled, already halfway across the room, heading for the stairs as the rest of the gang burst into amused laughter.
Gabriella breathed a sigh of relief as she exited the bathroom, luckily Jane and her buddy had been done in the bathroom, so Gabriella had finally managed to go.
But as she was walking back along the corridor towards the stairs, a door swung open and a rough hand grabbed her, pulling her inside the room and covering her mouth as she tried frantically to scream for help.
"Shut up you little bitch, or I swear I will slit your throat here and now," a sinister voice whispered in her ear, and as she saw a flash of silver, Gabriella nodded her head furiously. "Good," she could literally hear the smirk in her attackers voice as he pushed her violently against the wall, attacking her neck with his lips, biting down hard and starting to remove her clothes as she sobbed in pain and terror.
Downstairs, Troy checked his watch and was worried when he noticed that Gabriella had been gone for twenty minutes, and although he knew that it took girls longer than guys in the bathroom, he knew that she should have been back by now.
Troy swiftly called all of the guys over, and once he had explained the problem, Chad rapidly informed the rest of the basketball team, those that weren't too intoxicated, and the hunt for their little sister, as she was to the guys, and the rest of the basketball team/ best friend, as she was to the girls/ girlfriend, as she was to Troy, was on.
They all promptly split up, the team taking the outside of the house, round the back, while the girls tackled the outside, in the front. The guys started to search the downstairs of the house, while Troy sprinted up the stairs that he had last seen Gabriella go up.
On his way along the upstairs hallway, Troy could hear a pair inside one of the bedrooms, and scrunched up his face in disgust, until he heard the girl in the pair whimper, before crying out. His eyes widened as he recognised the cry and he speedily charged towards the door, hearing Gabriella in complete distress.
Finding it was locked, he cursed under his breath, hearing Gabriella scream again and the sound of a slap ringing out from the room.
Troy found this too much and backed up, speeding towards the door and putting all of his weight against it as he shoulder charged it, and the door was knocked off of its hinges, revealing a petrified looking Gabriella, whose top had been thrown to the side, and who had a long rip running the length of her skirt, as she struggled in the arms of the West High Knights basketball captain, Tyler Beckford, who had her pressed up against a wall and was still trying to force himself on her.
Anger flashed in Troy's eyes as he flew forwards, swiftly pulling the captain off of Gabriella, who consequently sunk to the floor, sobbing, and started to punch him repeatedly in the face, throwing in the odd kick now and again for effect.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" He yelled breathlessly, his punches intensifying as the rest of the gang and the team all reached the doorway. "YOU SON OF A, HOW DARE YOU TOUCH HER IN THAT WAY EVER!" he screamed as Chad, Zeke and Jason ran forward, pulling Troy off of the guy, who was now lying close to unconsciousness. Troy struggled in the guys' arms and nearly got away a few time, before Chad leant in, to make him see sense.
"Troy, dude, look at Briella, she needs you right now," Troy's gaze flew to Gabriella, and instantly softened as he saw her curled in a ball, in the corner, trying to protect herself. "Let the team worry about this jerk, if there's more than one of us that gives him what he deserves, he won't dare squeal, but if it's just you, he'll tell the cops in an instant." Troy nodded and walked over to Gabriella, pulling her into a hug, before unbuttoning his shirt and wrapping her in it, sending one last glare at the guy who had even attempted this, as he carried Gabriella from the room and the team all crowded around him, smirking, this guy was going to get exactly what he deserved for even touching their little sister.
Sure enough, all that was known of the Beckford after that was that he spent a week in hospital, before he rapidly returned to West High, never daring to so much as step out of place or on East High turf again.
End Flashback
Gabriella and the rest of the gang shuddered as they relived that memory. "I can't believe that he'd do something like that and then stoop so low as to take two little girls away from their home," Kelsi spat, more angry than anyone had ever seen her before.
Gabriella nodded, "Well he almost killed Beckford that time, imagine what he's going to do to him if he finds him now, after he took the girls'." The gang all shuddered again, "I would much rather not have my husband go to jail, if we could help it, so let's go, now," Gabriella finished firmly, reaching for her coat, just as the phone began to ring again.
Everyone held their breath as the phone continued to ring, before Zeke lunged forward to answer it, "Hello," he muttered in confusion, "there's no one there," he said, looking up at the gang, who all looked back at him, even more bewildered, as Gabriella reached over to put the phone on loudspeaker.
"Hello Beckford," Troy's voice rang out loud and clear, as the rest of the gang just gasped and stared at the phone in shock, listening intently, to terrified to move…
Well guys, that was chapter 11, hope you enjoyed it. Please review and tell me what you thought!