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And now….here's the next chapter!
"Adam I'm fine" Chase claimed for the millionth time, still being carried in Adam's arms, "I can walk."
"Hush" Adam snapped at him. After walking for a long time, we finally reach another closed door. I try to turn the door knob, but the door won't budge.
"Great" I sigh, "We're trapped again!"
"Maybe there's a key somewhere around here to it" Adam replies looking around. I look around too. Then look to the left of the door and see some writing engraved in the wall.
"Hey Adam I found something!"
"I'm here too you know" Chase mumbles.
"Quiet" Adam told him, walking over to me, "What is it Bree?"
"There's some writing on the wall. It says something about this door locking at six at night and unlocks at six in the morning." I look down at my watch, "It's seven p.m right now." I groan.
"Great, now we're going to have to wait until morning to get out of here."
"What kind of door automatically locks during certain times of the day anyway?!" I sit down on the floor. Adam sits Chase down next to me.
"I guess we can sleep here for the night." Chase gave Adam an irritated look.
"I knew this was a bad idea" Chase started, "We should've-"
"I told you to be quiet!" Adam shrieked. I jumped, startled at Adam's screaming. Chase just looked away from Adam. I put my hand on Adam's shoulder and gave him a cold look. I know the only reason that he's yelling at Chase is because that he is still shocked from the fact Chase almost drowned, but at the same time, he needs to learn how to control his emotions. Adam sighed and lightened up his voice.
"Just lie down, ok Chase?" he replies. Chase lies on his side, his back facing Adam and me. "Don't try to get up or anything. Your body's still weak and you'll be tired for a little while."
"I don't feel tired" Chase growls. Adam stands up.
"I'm just going to lie over there." He walks over to the other side of the hallway and sits.
"Wow" Chase mumbles, "First I almost drown and I then I get yelled at."
"He didn't mean it." I explain to him, "He's just….upset…"
"Yeah. Upset that I didn't die…." My eyes widen. How could he say something like that?
"Chase Davenport you know that's not true!" I shout making Adam look over at us and eavesdrop into our conversation. "He saved you for goodness sake! He obviously cares about you! I do too! We both risked our lives to come out here and save your ungrateful butt-"
"Well you wouldn't have had to come save me if you wouldn't have abandoned me in the first place now wouldn't you?" Chase replies. He then slowly sits up and glares at me, "And I'm ungrateful?! I never said that I wasn't grateful for you guys helping me out, so stop saying I'm grateful!" Adam walks over to us and sits down beside me.
"Chase we-"He starts.
"And don't you start talking about forgiving" Chase points his finger in Adam's face. "because I'm sick of hearing that from both of you! I'll never forgive you, ever! You got that?! Do I need to spell it out for you? I'm hurting too much to even think about forgiving!" He turns and now his back is facing us again. I feel like this whole conversation is a repeat from earlier. Hopefully this will end the way I want it to and Chase will calm down.
"Please" I plea putting a hand on his shoulder. He immediately flicks my hand away.
"I'm not forgiving you!" he screams. His voice sounds shaky like he's on the urge of crying. He pulls his knees up into his chest.
"Chase" Adam says softly, "What do you want us to do if you- "All of a sudden, Chase turns back around and collapses into me and Adam. He starts to cry.
"Hold me!" he screams, "Just hold me!" Adam and I look at each other, surprised at the fact that Chase has just began to sob on us, but we instantly grab him and cradle him into our arms.
"I hate admitting when I'm wrong" Chase sniffled, "But I was wrong. I didn't mean all of those things I said earlier. I'm sorry. I was just thinking about-"
"Why are you apologizing?" I ask him, "We're the ones who should be apologizing, not you. We shouldn't have tried to force any apologizes out of you." He grabs tightly on Adam's shirt.
"Yeah" Adam added, "That was wrong and we are really sorry for it."
"It's ok" Chase replies, his voice muffled, "But I'm still sorry for acting like a jerk to you guys earlier. It was wrong of me to lash out on you guys like that."
"Don't worry about it." Chase nodded. "Chase?"
"Yeah Adam?"
"I didn't mean to yell at you earlier, I was just upset that you could've drowned and I never want to be in a situation like that ever again. I couldn't bear to see you dead anymore."
"I know you didn't mean to yell at me Adam."
"You did?"
"Yeah. You always yell at me after I get hurt. I know you only do it because you care about me." Adam smiles. We sit there in silence for a couple of minutes. Finally Chase breaks the silence.
"You know" he starts out, "This feels nice…"
"What?" I ask him.
"This, being cradled by you guys. I haven't been cradled in a long time."
"Oh" I chuckle, "Yeah it has been a long time."
"It used to be the exact opposite with Walter…he used to kick me down the stairs, poison any food that he gave to me and-" He paused, "I just don't want to be in that situation ever again."
"Chase?" I ask softly. He looks up at me, "I'd hate to ask you…"
"Just ask me Bree."
"Ok" I reply hesitantly, "Why didn't you ever try to, you know, escape from Walter?" He shrugged.
"I don't know. He threatened to kill me a couple of times if I ever tried and I guess I just stopped trying to after that because I was scared. I didn't have my bionics remember?"
"But he was hurting you. I know you didn't have your bionics, but you could've called the police or someone and you know martial arts. You could've attacked him." He laughed.
"He didn't have a house phone. He only had a cell phone and it was in his pocket all the time. And I do know martial arts, but unfortunately…he knew it too." He took a deep breath. I feel that me asking him that is bothering him so I decide to ask another question.
"What made you finally escape?" Chase looked at me confused.
"Escape? I escaped?"
"Yeah. I know you don't probably remember, but you did. Douglas has somehow wiped that part away from your memory…" Chase closes his eyes. It looks like he's trying really hard to remember. His eyes slowly open again and I see a spark of excitement jolt into his body. "Remember anything?"
"Yes" he answered, "It's all coming back to me now. Before I left Walter's house, he was yelling at me pretty badly. He was drunk of course. He was stating that I didn't deserve to breathe the same air as everyone else because I'm a nobody and that's why my family abandoned me." I cringe at the last sentence that comes out of his mouth.
"You didn't believe that did you?" Adam asked.
"Well maybe a little at first" Chase answered, "I mean...he kept repeating it over and over…"
"Well nothing that man said was true" I tell him, "Remember that."
"Ok…" Chase replied awkwardly, "Anyways, he said he would gladly put me out of my misery and then he threw his wine bottle across the room and it hit my forehead. I was knocked out and when I came to I was on lying on the kitchen floor. Walter wasn't anywhere in sight so I assumed that he had gone up to his room. It then came to me that I needed to get out of that lunatic's house. I'm actually kind of glad that bottle hit me. It knocked some sense into me."
"He threw a wine bottle at you?" I ask, gasping.
"Well yeah. He threw a lot of things… rocks, glass bottles, pots and pans; he even hit me with a lamp once." Adam grabbed Chase's head and examined it.
"You don't have any concussions do you?" he asked him.
"Not that I know of." Chase pushed Adam's hands off of his head.
"I'm pretty sure Adam gave Walter a concussion though" I tell Chase.
"Wait" Chase says confused, "You guys met Walter?"
"Yeah" Adam answered, "We were trying to find you. The man at the gas station told us about him yelling at you the day you went to the gas station. Don't worry Chase; you won't have to deal with that mean man anymore. I hurt him like he hurt you." Chase looked surprised.
"Wait, the man at the gas station! I need to pay him back!"
"Don't worry. We already did that. Or we tried at least. He didn't want any money. He just wanted us to find you safe and sound in which we did." Chase nods.
"How'd you end up finding Lindsay and Jon?" I ask again, "Do you remember them?"
"I think so" he slowly says, "Oh yes! I do! Well after I escaped by jumping out of Walter's living room window, I just started running. I ran as fast as I could. I never looked back at Walter's house. Sooner than I knew, it started raining really hard and I became desperate to try to find somewhere to stay." He lowered his head. "I knocked on many house doors, begging someone to help me, but no one did, except for Jon and Lindsay. All I remember from that night is them letting me in and I think I accidently fell asleep on their couch. The next day I woke up in one of their guest rooms. They were so nice and kind." He then gasps. "Wait, Lindsay and Jon! Are they ok? What happened?"
"They're ok" I assure him, "I think. Douglas left them tied up in their living room."
"I hope they're ok" Chase replied.
"Me too." Chase's eyes start to droop. I pull him tighter into my chest. "Tired?"
"No. Just thinking…"
"Maybe it's time for all of us to get some shut eye" Adam says. I nod.
"But it's only eight o'clock!"
"It doesn't matter Chase" I say, "Let's all get some sleep. Tomorrow's going to be a long day." And with that, we all slowly closed our eyes and dozed off.
Hope you all liked that. Hopefully they'll end up going home without running into Douglas and Krane …...
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