Trapped (An Aviana/Victorious Story) Ch. 21
Finale Part 1
P.S: It's been a while, so you might want to read the previous chapter to freshen up!
Ariana wakes up in a cold room on a bed. The walls are grey and brick, like in a basement. There is a single sheet on the bed, and no windows. Slowly sitting up, she cringes when pain shoots up through her body and her head aches. She moans from the soreness, and starts to remember why she is sore. She tries to stand up, but has to sit back down for a minute because of dizziness. She manages to stand up and she slowly walks over to a steel door. She tries to open it but it's locked. She bangs on the door. "Hello? Someone let me out please!" shouts Ariana. "Please, I just want to see my friends!" she starts to cry. Her voice cracks and she lets out a sob. Walking back over to the bed, she sits and continues to cry. She hears noise as the door begins to open, and she stands up.
Avan has been walking all night and into the afternoon the next day. He hasn't stopped for anything. He refuses to lose hope in finding Ariana. He almost trips on something on the ground. He stops and gets on his knees, and notices that the ground is significantly raised up where he tripped. He starts picking at the grass and mud, and he feels something hard, like steel. He keeps working his way around until he feels a handle. Avan gasps and starts smiling. He pulls hard on the handle and the steel platform opens, easily pulling the fake section of the ground up with it, to reveal a stairwell. Avan quickly enters and shuts the door above him. He slowly walks down the steel steps and at the bottom, he hears footsteps walking his way. He quickly goes back up a few steps and stays silent. "Yes…..yes sir. She is awake and in the cell. She's ready for you," says a low voice. Avan realizes that the man is referring to Ariana. When the man's footsteps disappear, Avan quickly makes his way down the hall.
Ariana backs up as a tall man in a suit enters her room. "Drake will be here in a minute". The man stares up and down her body, and Ariana nervously looks down. Drake appears at the door within a few seconds. "Why, hello sexy", says Drake as he shuts the door behind him. Ariana's heart begins to race as he begins walking toward her. "I hope you've been working real hard on your dance. Today's the day I'll see it." Drake pulls out a pair of handcuffs and continues to walk right up to Ari until she is forced to sit down on the bed. "But that's not until later. First you need to get warmed up." Ariana begins to cry, but she has had enough. "No! Don't touch me! Get off of me!" she screams as loud as she can.
Meanwhile, Avan has made it halfway down the hall, until he hears a girl screaming and yelling—Ariana. "Oh my God," says Avan to himself. He quickly scouts the direction of the screaming. He continues to run down the hall and makes a sharp turn left down a dark corridor. At the very end of the hall is a narrow set of stairs. Avan runs as quickly and quietly as he can until he reaches the 4th floor. Suddenly, the screaming stops with a loud yell of pain. Avan's heart is racing and he follows the direction of the yell.
Ariana lies on the floor after being punched by Drake for screaming and touches her nose. Blood comes flowing out and her face feels numb. "Now, will you shut up, you little bitch, and get on the bed." Drakes says as he grabs her arm and yanks her up and onto the bed. Ariana coughs and uses the bed sheet to stop the bleeding in her nose. Drake grabs Ariana's left hand, while she is holding the bedsheet to her nose with the right, and handcuffs it to the bed. He takes a small key out of his pocket of his black jacket, and sets it on the bed table next to the bed. Ariana keeps her eye on wear he sets the key. Drake stares excitedly down at Ari as she cries. "No, no, no no no please," she begs. Drake doesn't hesitate. He immediately puts his hand on her stomach and begins kissing her.
Avan runs toward the direction of where he heard Ariana's voice. He turns another corner and comes face to face with a big, tall security guard. Avan immediately backs up. Desperate and frantic, he says, "Please, I just need to find Ariana. I can't let him hurt her, please." The security guard pauses for a moment, and then begins to walk toward Avan. Avan puts his hands up in surrender. "Do you have a sister? Girlfriend? Daughter? Would you be allowing them to go through what Ariana is going through right now? Please, I need to help her. It's my job." Avan's eyes tear up at these last few sentences. The security guard looks down. After a few moments hesitation, he looks Avan in the eye and says, " You won't be able to help her without some help of your own. Let's go." Avan is hesitant for a second, and then slowly nods, and lightly grins. "Thanks," he says. Together, they run toward Drake's "torture" room where he has Ariana.
Ariana, meanwhile, is still struggling under Drake's grasp as he pursues her. In terrible pain, she tries to muster up some idea of how she can escape this. She eyes the key sitting high up on the dresser above the bed. After some thought, she comes up with a plan. As he makes his way back up her body, she waits until he's face to face with her, and she kisses him on the lips, in an attempt to go along with his game. She pretends that she's into it for a few moments. And then, she takes her knee, and hits him right in the groin. "Ahhh!" Drake yells out and balls up. Ariana sits up and punches him in the face, as hard as she can. Drake is pushed backwards in shock, and he falls to the floor. Ariana reaches for the key with her now bloody hand, grabs it, and tries to steady her shaky hand as she unlocks the handcuff. Drake starts to get up, and wipes the blood off his nose and heads toward her. Just as he does that, Ari unlocks the handcuff and darts off the bed, she runs to the door and is about to make her escape.
Avan and the security guard, who introduces himself to Avan as Wren, have come up with a plan of their own, and they start to put it into action. Wren walks down to the corridor toward the room where Drake and Ariana are. There are two security guards standing outside the door. "Hey, guys, I can take over from here. There's food ready downstairs, so go ahead and get a bite to eat, I've got it from here. Nathan's on his way up to assist me." The guards look at each other, unaware of Drake's struggle in that room because of the soundproof walls. "Okay, thanks man," says one of them. They walk away toward the stairs. Wren watches until they are out of sight, and then summons to Avan to go ahead in. "I'll keep watch out here," says Wren, "and I'll make sure that Drake doesn't get out of that room." Avan looks him in the eye. "Thank you". Wren nods at him with a grin.
Right before Avan opens the door, Ariana was just about to escape. Drake gets to her just in time, and grabs her by her hair, pulling her backward where she hits her head on the dresser and falls to the ground. The door swings open, and Avan enters. He gasps as he sees Ariana violently hit the ground and Drake charges at him with rage. Avan ducks, grabs Drake and throws him against the wall. Avan's martial arts training from his childhood comes into play, and he jump-kicks Drake right in the face. Drake quickly recovers, and grabs Avan's shoulders, and pins him to the wall. He punches Avan in the face, and blood starts trickling down his face. Avan knee-kicks Drake in the groin. Drake doubles over and Avan kicks him again in the face with as much strength as possible. "AHHH!" yells Avan. Drake grunts and his knocked out cold on the ground.
Avan takes a second and watches Drake lie motionless on the ground. He then turns over to Ariana, who is also lying motionless on the ground by the dresser. Avan's face turns pale, and he stumbles over to Ari, weak in the knees. "Oh my god, baby? Ariana? Can you hear me?" He put his hand under her head, and gently straightens out her body, and holds her head in his hand. "Ariana, please." Avan takes his shirt and wipes away some of the blood under her nose, and near her eyes, and on her head from the dresser. He gently shakes her shoulders, trying to wake her up. After a few moments, her eyes flutter open. She moans, and tears form in her eyes. Avan starts to tear up as well. "Oh, thank god," he says to himself. "Ari, it's Avan, I'm right here okay? You're safe now, sweetheart. Everything's going to be alright". Avan looks behind him to make sure that Drake is still on the ground, and he is. Ariana stares up and Avan with tears trickling down her face. "Listen, don't try and move, okay? What hurts? Does anything hurt?" says Avan. Ariana's mouth opens to speak, but no words come out. Avan becomes concerned. He caresses her cheek and gives her a second to find the words. "Everything". Avan's eyes well up even more, and he looks away as he wipes away a tear. "Okay, we're getting out of here okay? Just try and stay still, alright beautiful? Here, I've got you." Avan speaks and moves as gently as he can. He puts his hand that was under her head under her back now, and his other arm under her legs, and slowly picks her up so that her head is nestled against his chest. He takes a second to get her comfortable, and he kisses her forehead. Avan heads toward the door, and sneaks past Drake. He steps outside, and Wren locks the door. Wren frowns when he sees Ariana in Avan's arms. "I'll lead you out," says Wren. He and Avan quickly make their way down flights up steps. They finally reach the bottom floor the leads to steps, that lead outside, and Wren stops at a single door. "Good luck, man," he says. "Thank you again, so much," says Avan. Wren opens the door for Avan, and Avan makes his way up multiple flights of steps. He pushes upward on a door above him, and it automatically opens. He breathes a sigh of relief as he steps out into the daylight. But he stops in his tracks and gasps at the sight he sees. "You didn't think it was going to be that easy, did you?"
SO, everyone….haha, I apologize for the ridiculous wait for this finale part 1. My life kind of took a crazy turn, and I have had a super busy past two years as I have started college. And if any of you are in college, you know how much work that can entail. So most of my writing was, unfortunately, in college essay form. I also have been doing a lot of acting classes, singing, and dance classes, and taking part in community theater, and auditioning for film/television, which is (one) of my passions. I still ride horses as well, and compete a little too. I just had to find the balance between horses and performing, and I believe I have found it. So, life has been great. Busy and stressful, but great. And in the meantime, I completely forgot about you guys, so I apologize. But I really appreciate the loyalty to this story. I still see new reviews and new favorites being added occasionally. And that's when I knew that I had to continue. So, I hope you enjoyed this Finale Part 1 of Trapped. Part 2 will be out ASAP! I am on summer break, so I can write freely now. Thank you all! Review and let me know how YOU want this story to end, and I will consider it!