Chapter 14

Kelsey pushed her weight backwards in the opposite direction. She couldn't let him led her farther into the woods. "PLEASE!" she yelled. "RAUL, PLEASE DON'T DO THIS!"

This only angered him even further and he wrapped both hands around her arms this time, practically picking her feet up from the ground just to show her that he could. "Shut the fuck up or I'll kill you right here," he whispered angrily. "I swear to God, you stupid bitch. I'll take this gun and shove it down your fucking throat you little whore."

Tears filled the girl's eyes completely this time as she was forced to look the man into his frightening eyes. He wasn't joking. That she knew. "Raul, pleeease," she begged in a cracked voice. "I won't say anything, I sswwear," she stuttered.

He let her go and removed his weapon from his clip, bringing the gun to the side of her face next. She flinched her eyes from fear, assuming that he was really going to shoot her. He smiled before bringing his mouth to her ear, "Say one more fucking word. I dare you," he whispered in a haunting voice.

Kelsey opened her mouth to take in a deep breath and opened her eyes. Raul was now moving directly behind her. He dug his gun against her back. "Now move bitch," the man ordered.

The teen unwillingly made her feet move one foot after the other at first, slowly as she examined the view in front of her. There were only trees. And when he dug his gun harder into her back, she knew he wanted her to move faster.

And she did.

After what felt like a mile distance from the car to Kelsey, she heard Raul's voice again. "Stop."

Kelsey did and she knew by where they stopped, what this meant.

They weren't going to meet up with Ray.

They must've been in middle of the woods, and there still wasn't anything in sight.

She wanted to call out Raul's name again, but she was too afraid to. Kelsey let even more tears escape from her eyes and stream down her cheeks as she thought of him removing the gun from her back and blowing her brains out.

He removed the gun, but she refused to move.

She didn't want to see him actually do it. She'd rather him kill her from behind.

"Get on your knees," Raul instructed the girl.

Would that make it easier for him to kill me? she wondered quickly.

I wonder who would find my body? she was beginning to ask herself.

Would they even find it?

Still, she dropped down to her knees and prayed that this would be as quick as possible. Would I even feel it?

She tried to stay as still as she could, so he wouldn't miss the shot. She took in another deep breath and attempted to accept her fate. But it wasn't until she heard the man pulling down his zipper that she opened her eyes again. She was beginning to realize, that there was no way he was going to make this easy.

"Now, this can be quick and painless or I can make it long and painful," Raul informed her as she dropped his pants. "It's up to you to decide..."

Olivia raced toward the older red Honda accord, when she realized that the chip was definitely in it, since the location definitely matched up on her phone. There weren't any other vehicles or buildings near them. When she pulled up behind it, she made a quick stop and attempted to see.

The widows were also tinted black.

"Nick," she said as she turned toward him.

Nick nodded, "Yep. Gotcha," he answered as he withdrew his gun from it's holster and she did the same.

Amanda and Fin pulled up behind them and also got out of their car, when they saw Olivia and Nick approaching the red vehicle. They stayed farther behind just in case.

Olivia felt her heart beginning to race again as she started to approach the driver's side door. She hated not being able to see who was in the car or what they were doing. From what she remembered, the man who took Kelsey had a gun.

What if he was pointing it at her right now?

She took a deep breath and reached to the door handle as soon as she got to it. She pointed the gun directly inside of the car, but when she opened it, all she saw were empty gray leather seats. She glanced over toward Nick and he pulled out Kelsey's bag from he passenger's side.

Olivia slapped her leg out of frustration and circled the perimeter with their eyes.

There was no one.

Not a soul in sight.

"Where the hell could they have gone?" Olivia asked.

Amanda snapped a photo of the license plate with her phone and texted it to Munch for an ID. But they knew that the chances of getting one were slim to none. This man impersonated a police officer in the middle of a police station. There was no way that this license plate would link to his real identity.

"What do we do?" Nick asked his partner. "Your call?"

Fin and Amanda also stared at the woman.

Olivia tried to think.

Why did they stop here? she wondered as she eyed the woods in front of them.

But when they heard a girl's scream coming from the inside the trees, their eyes widened immediately. Olivia knew that it was Kelsey voice. So without thinking, she rushed in that direction.

Nick and the others tried to keep up with her.

They didn't hear the scream anymore so they had no idea if they were running in the right direction. After awhile, Olivia came to a stop and the others did too. They all tried to listen for any sound from the girl but not one of them heard a peep.

"We're going to have to split up. These woods are too big," Amanda told them. "Fin and I will go this way," she said as she pointed to the right. "You two go east."

Olivia nodded in agreement and chose not to waste any more time. A million things were going through her mind right about now. She felt in her gut that something wasn't right. What if he was hurting her? With that thought, she picked up her pace.

"Liv," Nick asserted.

"Not now, Nick," Olivia answered as she kept moving.

"No," Nick said. "Listen," he instructed as they both stopped and opened their ears to any type of sound.

They could hear a man's voice.

It wasn't clear but it was close.

Nick thought about pulling out his walkie and telling the Fin and Amanda to go east but he was afraid it would make too much noise.

Both Olivia and Nick began walking southbound and it was apparent to both of them that they were getting closer and closer towards the voice. And they knew they were getting closer when they began to hear more sounds of the leaves ruffling.

"Shut up! Don't be a little bitch! This isn't anything you didn't let him do to you a thousand other fucking times!" Raul said as he unbuttoned Kelsey's pants from behind and pulled her shorts down. He turned her body around and pulled them off of her, throwing them over his back. As soon as he did that, he ripped her white t-shirt open. His eyes seemed fully satisfied by her semi-exposed chest. They were how he pictured, he was beginning to realize.

Without a second thought, he spread her legs open all the way with his knees and placed his hand in between them and on top of her white underwear. She squealed and flinched from fear and the feeling of him touching her. This couldn't really be happening, she thought as he continued to run his fingers over her body.

She stared at the gun that layed beside her head but felt his body apply more pressure on top of hers. She'd be stupid to reach for it, she knew. Next, Raul attempted to grab her underwear to pull it off, but something stopped him.

"FREEZE!" Nick ordered when he finally got a look at what was going on. "GET OFF OF THE GIRL NOW!"

Olivia said nothing as she was forced to take in the picture. The terrified look on her sister's face, the almost completely naked man on top of her, and the tears streaming down Kelsey's eyes were all enough to make her stop thinking completely. She forced herself to maintain focus on Raul as she pointed the gun directly at this head. Olivia wanted to shoot him right then and there more than anything she'd ever wanted before.

Nick saw the crazy look on his partner's face and knew that he had to diffuse the situation and quickly. "Liv, don't! We got him! Put the gun down!"

Olivia shook her head and didn't remove her eyes from the man's face or her finger from the trigger.

That wasn't good enough was all she could think.

"Liv!" Nick shouted at her, when he noticed her finger fidgeting on the trigger. "Liv!"

Raul saw the look on Olivia's face and he knew she was going to kill him. Instinctively, he reached for his gun that he had placed besides Kelsey's head.

And before anyone could do anything, someone's gun went off…