Who pulled Kim out of the room? Is she safe now and what will happen next?
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Chapter 12: Unlikely Friend
KIM'S POV
The next thing I know someone is lightly patting my face and I can hear soft whimpers. "I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry, Kim! Please be okay!" The person, no GIRL kept saying over and over again.
I slowly opened my eyes and waited for my vision to stop spinning circles. When I could finally focus, I looked up and saw Claire starring down at me with tears running down her cheeks. She gasped when our eyes met.
"Oh Kim, I am so glad that you are waking up. I am so sorry!" She said again.
"Where am I?" I asked. I knew that I had been at Donna's, but now I was in a room with some lights on and nothing looked familiar.
As I looked around some and tried to sit up, I could tell I was still in a basement, but then things started to spin so I laid my head back down on Claire. She looked at me so seriously and answered, "You are at Donna's house. We are in the basement. Tommy is dealing with calming Dylan down and he had me pull you out of there. I swear Kim I didn't know what he was going to do. I may not like you all that much, but I never wanted him to hurt you like that." She said as more tears fell down her face.
I ran my hand over my face and could feel the places that it was swelling already. "Claire, can you get me some ice? This kind of hurts and I need to see if I can keep it from swelling anymore." I told her.
She helped me to sit up slightly and looked over at one of the other guys in Dylan's gang. He disappeared and came back a few minutes later with some ice wrapped up in a dish cloth. I knew that Tommy and Dylan were probably arguing, but that they would have it settled soon. I had to get out of here now. I looked around some more to see if I could find my easiest exit when I heard music coming from upstairs.
I looked at Claire and had to try to reason with her. "Claire, I have to get out of here now before the two of them come out of that room." I whispered to her.
"Kim, I can't. I don't think I could get you out anyway with all of these guys watching. They are a little intimidating now that I see them like this." She whispered back then she looked up at one of them. "She needs some water to drink. Can you go get her some?"
She was trying to thin them out so we could at least talk. "Claire, I have to get out of here. Trust me when I tell you that this was nothing. It will be worse the next time." I tried to get her to understand. I never thought that I would be looking to Claire for help, but she had just become my unlikely friend and the only one who could help me right now.
"Kim, I don't know what to do. Donna is having a party tonight and there are tons of people coming here any minute. I will see what I can do, but you are going to have to give me some time." She said making sure none of the guys heard her.
One came back with a glass of water for me just as Tommy and Dylan came out of the room that I must have been in. I took a few drinks of the water and noticed that Dylan had a bruise forming on his cheek. I quickly looked away from him avoiding making eye contact with him. He started to rush over to me, but Tommy put a hand on his chest stopping him.
"Go on upstairs and get cleaned up before the party starts. I will take care of Kim for now." Tommy said.
Dylan looked upset and mad at himself, but he walked up the stairs and disappeared. Tommy came over to Claire and I and said, "Thank you, Claire Bear, for taking good care of my Kimmy. How are you doing, Kim?" He asked me bending down to get a better look at the damage that had been done.
"I have been better." I replied snidely.
"Oh come on. Don't be like that!" He said. "Come on. Let's go back to your deluxe accommodations." He added as he picked me up and carried me back into the dark room.
I looked around and noticed there had been some changes. There was an old chair with a foot stool sitting in the room and some blanket that had been laid on the boxes. He sat me down carefully in the chair and it was softer than the concrete floor. He propped my feet up on the foot stool and then grabbed two of the blankets and threw them over me. I looked up at him with questioning eyes.
"I know. Why all the luxury?" He said teasingly. "I didn't want you trying to sleep on the floor, but this was the best I could do. I just want to get out of this town and get all of us back home soon."
"Tommy, I am not going anywhere, but home... my home." I said even with the pain that I felt from my split lip.
He leaned over closer to me and said, "Kimmy, I am sorry, but you really don't have a choice. I won't let that happen again, but I can't stop him from needing you to go home with us. You know that."
I just looked at him for a minute and then said, "Tommy, I am not going!"
"You really are just as stubborn as you always have been. I will get you some more ice in a little bit." He touched me gently on the face, but it still stung. "I really am sorry that he did this. I don't understand how he can…." He started and then he stopped himself. "I will check on you in a little while. Dylan won't be back in here tonight. You have my word so get some sleep." He added and then he bent down and kissed me on the forehead.
I was a bit shocked, but I shook it off. I rolled onto my side and put the ice on my eye. I waited until he had left the room and then grabbed some of the utensils I had found earlier out of one of the boxes. I was not staying here. I moved the footstool over below the window and jumped up on it. I used some of the utensils to start prying on the boards on the window.
JACK'S POV
I met up with all of my guys and we headed to Donna's house. We pulled up and the place was packed. I made my way in the front door and Donna walked right up to me.
"Jack? What are you doing here?" She said surprised to see me.
"This is my town, Donna. You know that. Nothing happens here without me knowing about it. I am just surprised that you didn't invite me. I know that must have been an accident, right?" I said to her in an intimidating voice.
"Yes. I am sorry, Jack. Things have been so crazy around here lately. I am surprised to see you though. I thought you would be spending all of your time with that Kim girl. You know until you are bored with her." She said snidely.
I started to say something and then Dylan walked up behind her. This guy has some real nerves to just walk up to me like this. "Jack, where is my Kimmy? I was hoping that if you came, you would at least have her with you." He said.
I was about to knock him out when Brody grabbed me by the shoulder and pulled me back. I calmed down and glared at him. "I thought you would know where Kim was since you and your guys were the ones that took her." I spat at him and then I noticed that he had a scratch on his cheek that he didn't have before.
He has been with Kim recently and then the next thought hit me like a ton of bricks. What did he do to her to cause her to scratch at his face? I am going to kill this bastard if he hurt her in any way.
"I wish I knew where Kim was, Jack. That is what she does…She is with you one minute and then just leaves, without a word. I am sorry that she did that to you. I know how it feels." He said with a grin.
"Where is she, Dylan?" I asked stepping closer to him.
"I really don't know. Sorry, Jack. I am going to go dance with Donna here and have some fun. You should really try it." He said as he started to walk off with Donna smiling and holding his arm.
"I want to kill him." I said to Brody and Jerry.
"Yo, I know, but we just need to split up and look around some." Jerry replied.
"I know. Let's go." I said.
We all went in different directions in the crowded house. I was not going to let Dylan get away with this. We were going to find Kim and I was going to make him pay.
KIM'S POV
I got the first one loose and started working on the second. I heard someone coming and laid back down quickly in my chair leaving both boards up in the window.
The door opened and then closed back quickly. I kept my eyes closed waiting to see who had come into the room. "Kim, I can't get you out of here right now, but I brought you some food. Everyone is drinking and as soon as I can, we will leave. I promise." Claire whispered into the dark room.
I sat up quickly and looked at her. "Thank you, Claire. I may be able to get out of this window soon so we might not have to go out the other way. You could just meet me outside and we could leave then." I told her.
"I will watch out for you. Be careful." She said as she snuck back out of the room.
I jumped back up and worked on the second board. It was not coming loose as easily as the first one. I was not giving up though, I had to get out of here. My head was starting to spin slightly and I could feel pressure building.
I put everything I had into getting this board off of the window. It finally came loose and I pried the small window open. I grabbed my bag and shoved it out the window and then hoisted myself up on my arms and started working my way out of through the window.
I pushed myself all the way through and was in Donna's yard. I hid behind some bushes when I saw more people pulling up. I looked to see if I saw Claire anywhere, but I knew I had gotten out faster than she thought I would.
She came out of the house and walked in my direction. "Kim! Kim! Are you out here?" She said quietly, but I could hear the panic in her voice.
"I'm here. Where is your car?" I asked.
"I will go get it and wait for you in front of the neighbors house. I will be right back." She replied and then disappeared again.
JACK'S POV
We regrouped and were having no luck finding anything. Several of Dylan's guys were here, but I didn't see Tommy anywhere and that made me worried that they had Kim somewhere else. I just wanted to find her so badly.
I walked down the stairs to Donna's basement and ran into 3 of Dylan's guys. "Hi, guys. What are you doing down here?" I asked casually.
"We are getting ready to watch some TV." One of them answered.
I continued to make my way down the stairs even though one of them was trying to block my way and keep me on the stairs. "Do we have a problem?" I said glaring at him.
"No. I just think you should go back up to the party." He replied.
"Well, I guess we disagree then because I am bored up there and want to watch some TV with you guys." I replied with a smirk.
He let me pass and I made my way down the stairs and sat on a couch. I noticed a few drops of blood on the floor and knew that she was here somewhere. Brody and Jerry made their way down the stairs to join me. Now, Dylan's guys were really on edge but trying to act cool.
"So what are we watching?" Brody asked.
"I don't know. I am going to see what is on." The guy replied.
We sat there for a little while and then we heard a commotion upstairs. The rest of my guys stormed down the stairs and said that the place was being raided and we had to get out of here now. I was not leaving without Kim and there was no time to waste now. I knocked out two of the guys quickly leaving the third for Jerry or Brody. I burst through both of the doors that were in the basement and found the room she had been in.
Her pajamas were laying on the floor with her blood still on them. I noticed that there was only one window and it had been opened. I looked out of the window and saw Kim, at least I think it was her, jump into Claire's car and they sped away. We had to find another way out of here now. I needed to get to my bike so I could follow her and make sure that she was safe.
"Jack, there is an exit over here." Brody said. He lead the way to a back corner of the basement that had a storm cellar door that opened to the yard. We all bailed out and snuck around to our bikes and flew down the road after Claire's car as fast as we could go.
KIM'S POV
I waited a few minutes and then started to make my way to the neighbors yard. I saw her car pull up and she opened the door for me. I jumped in and quickly closed the door. She sped off away from Donna's house, but I had no idea where we were going to go.
I looked back behind us and watched Donna's house disappeared. Then I saw all sorts of lights coming from her house. The police must have shown up because I could just barely see cars that looked like squad cars. We had gotten out of there just in time. I started to turn around and then I saw several motorcycle lights following us.
My heart began to speed up and I wasn't sure what to do. There was no way we were going to outrun them in a car. I knew that Claire saw them too because she sped up and headed toward town. Safer in public is what she was thinking, but at this hour no one is going to be out so this was not going to help. I was not going to tell her that right now. I just had to figure out what I could do to get us out of this situation fast!