A/n - A new chapter finally! I know it's been a while, and I can only apologize and thank user 'Doododooodoo' - your last review really helped, thank you :)
Chapter 29: Waiting (Part 2)
(Ian's POV)
I waited outside that disgusting, abandoned warehouse for what felt like days, but was probably just an hour or so. Sitting by myself, in the dark, waiting for Burn's to show his face again...to return to his car at least. But all I could see was Wanda's crumpled body on that hill. Everytime I closed my eyes, there she was, half dead.
I couldn't just sit there any longer, I'd be no good if Burns even did show his face, I could feel the energy pouring out of me. I probably wouldn't even see him if he walked right in front of me.
So, tired and shaking from the cold, I started to walk back the way I had come...making sure to take a different route towards the main road so I wouldn't see any dark patches of blood in the grass, litten by the moonlight still overhead..Wanda's blood.
Now I'm just sitting here doing nothing. I can hear Kyle snoring down the hall while I'm pacing in my room and feeling like I could explode. I've called Jared. I've showered and gotten warm, though I haven't stopped shaking. I've done everything I can...I need to see her. I can't wait until 9am!? Are the doctors crazy?! She could be… I don't even want to think about what she could be by then. I can't stop picturing her face...pale and lifeless, lying in the dirt like an abandoned doll...
I ran my hands through my hair and tried to tell myself I was doing everything I could do right now, but of course, that's totally wrong. I should have stayed at that warehouse and taught that animal a lesson. At least he won't be able to drive very far…the thought almost made me laugh, picturing his dumb face as he notices all four tires are now perfectly flat. Though I'm sure he could get far enough away from town on them to get them fixed, it's not like it's the middle of the day, and the police still won't believe me about what happened.
They say that 'I have no evidence' yeah?! How about Wanda being in the hospital. Oh and the fact that I found her in the middle of a field, half dead, 100 yards from Burns' car!
Kyle never should have called the station yesterday when Wanda was missing. Could it only be yesterday that she went missing?
I rang the station again before I even spoke to Jared. They scoffed at me, calling me crazy to think that a 'respectable young man like Bernard could do such a thing like that.' And since I haven't seen him with Wanda, they said I had nothing to go on. A load of bull in my opinion. Do they think Wanda did this to herself?! ...'protect and serve' they make me sick.
I checked my cell again. No new messages. No missed phone calls. Nothing. I guess no news is better than bad news…
Falling backwards onto my bed...I couldn't help but think about the time Wanda walked through my room that day...when I carried her to bed after too much pizza and singing along to movies. We had laughed and kissed and everything had been okay, she was safe with me, she will always be safe with me. My eyelids started to get heavier, and I fell asleep remembering everything I could about the girl I could never imagine losing.
(Burn's POV)
I re-packed everything into my car methodically. Trying to calm my nerves. That was the problem. I shouldn't have been rough with Wanda when she was outside. She's like a delicate flower I need to look after, not crush in the palm of my hand.
With a blanket strewn over my shoulder and a flashlight in hand, I walked across the fields that stretched out in front of the warehouse, where I had caught up to Wanda.
I saw a dark smear on the ground. It must have been blood, mine or Wanda's I couldn't be sure. But it was definitely blood.
The grass had also been pushed down, I could just make out the slim outline of Wanda's shoulders as she had pushed into the ground...I looked around and saw another, smaller, flat section of grass. Leading like a pathway towards the closest hill.
She must have crawled or something...it looks as though she was on her hands and knees.
I shrugged it off and walked around the patches of flattened grass, not wanting to disrupt the outline of it...it seemed to bring me closer to Wanda somehow, to see her outline. To know that she can't be far away. It comforted me.
I reached the apex of the hill, to a spot that looked like Wanda had laid down. The fighting must have taking it out of her I guess, or maybe her foot wound was worse than I thought.
I looked around and found what looked like footsteps in the grass, other than my own. Big footsteps. Much too big to match Wanda's tiny feet.
I put my foot up against one of the marks in the grass...it was almost my size. Only very slightly smaller. Weird.
These trailed back down the other side of the hill...it even look like two sets, one coming up, one going down. So these couldn't have been Wanda's.
Shit. Someone's taken her. Some creepy guy must have snatched her when she was lying here unconscious. Oh my god.
I practically ran back down to my car, threw it into first and drove to the main round. It hasn't been that long. I know I took a while to get everything together, but maybe I can still find them. God, what if he had a car.. he could be a town over by now!? What am I going to do?! My face throbbed as my heart pumped faster and faster as I thought of Wanda in the hands of some stranger.
As soon as the car went over the ridge of grass and the tires met the road I knew something was wrong. The engine? No lights were flashing on my dashboard to tell me something was wrong… I tried changing gears but nothing seemed to stop the scraping sound as I kept driving.
The tires?
I pulled up the the side of the road and hopped out, immediately, now that my car was in the light of streetlamps I noticed the tires. I circled my car but I knew what I'd find. All four?! Someone must have done this… the thief who stole Wanda? Could she have told him I pushed her to the floor when she was running? I was protecting her?! Why does nobody see that?!
I slammed my car door as I got back inside. Tires or no tires I need to find Wanda.
A/n - Sorry that it's a bit of a filler chapter, again. But I really like writing the crazy Burn's side, and I really feel like the character development is needed for him to show how far-gone he his.
But don't worry - I'm going to try and start updating regularly again.
((Next chapter spoilers; It's finally going to be time for Ian to see Wanda (hallelujah). But will Wanda want to see Ian?))
