Hey guys! I have no clue why, but I've been getting very interested in kidnapping books, so yeah, someone will definitely be kidnapped. And I hope you all are feeling awesome because I'd hate to have you feel, I don't know, not awesome?

Anyways!

POVs...

Autumn, Lily!

CHAPTER THIRTY SIX: PULLING THE TRIGGER

Autumn

(THIRD PERSON POV)

Sunlight trickles into the back of the delivery truck as Autumn's kidnappers open up the back doors. Autumn is curled into a small ball, snuggled into herself and shaking. She's asleep, the sunlight no bother to her tired body. She doesn't even stir when the men jump up and into the back of the truck. Autumn's breath come out in small little puffs of air, and the cool fall air around her and the men is becoming chilly. It's morning, that's probably why.

Autumn has dreams all the time. Usually it's not a big deal when she has one. Her mother always told her that it was just her brain trying to process whatever happened that day. But today, a lot of things happened. And Autumn's dreams were a little like her afternoon. Scary.

Autumn's running throughout the hallways of the castle, screaming with sweat dribbling down her temples and her long dress keeping her from full on sprinting. She bites back tears, trying to throw herself into safety. The Women's Room couldn't have been as far away as she had thought. It had to be right around the corner. But when Autumn turned, instead of the Women's Room, she came face to face with a large man. He had dark skin and a bald head and looked angry, steaming almost. Everything seemed off and Autumn backed up in fear. What was she supposed to do? Stand there while he attacked her?

She might have been shy, but she wasn't risking her life because she was afraid.

She turned around, ready to run, but before she could even take a breath the man wrapped his large arms around her and she screamed in horror and fear. What was he going to do to her. Why her? Why her? Why her? That question played over and over in her head. If she was kidnapped, would the prince put everyone on the job? She had heard that Eris was a detective or something like that, did that mean she would help on the case? If one of the Selected were on the case, then would that mean she wouldn't really try to get Autumn back? Out of jealousy, competition, or maybe even want for the prince?

Autumn was afraid of what was supposed to come next. It was the hurting, the beating, the kidnapping and throwing into multiple bags until Autumn couldn't see the bits and pieces of daylight creeping through the cracks to get to her. Until they gave up and let her rot.

It was only a matter of time before the dark man's arms fell from Autumn's waist and the hallways of the palace disappeared.

It was all just a terrible nightmare.

Maybe.

Lily

(THIRD PERSON POV)

She wasn't afraid of what might be hiding nearby in the library. She rarely saw any of the Selected wander into one of them. But maybe it was only because Lily didn't bother to glance at the Selected or take the time to see which places were best loved by the girls. She expected Audrey, or Calista or maybe Josie, crawling through the libraries for fun, but who she got to was someone she didn't really know was a Selected.

Phoenix?

"What do you think-?" She was quickly cut off when Phoenix threw a book at her, making her stumble back in surprise and anger. She touched her forehead and rubbed it furiously. It hurt and she could already see the bump messing up her makeover.

(CHANGING TO LILY'S POV)

Phoenix scrambled towards the exit, but Mark was on her. Mark was helping me with the attack. I had been planning it forever. I just didn't expect a little girl to mess it all up for me. We already captured Autumn. They had told me on the walkie-talkie that I held in my skinny jeans. I thought that'd be enough for the day.

"Get her!" I yelled at Mark, but he was too deaf, and too dumb. He stumbled a bit, trying to grab Phoenix's tiny little legs, but Phoenix kicked him in the nose and he screamed like a girl, grabbing it and clutching it in his chubby fingers. He growled and swiped up her leg. She screamed and tried kicking again, but Mark had dropped his nose and used his other hand to pin her feet down. I smiled. She was a simple girl to beat. It wasn't like she was fierce or strong. She was tiny, like all of the other, and she wasn't stubborn like Saraphina or too clever like Eris. She was simple, easy, and minutes later I'd see that she isn't what I expected.

Phoenix had a little temper, that I never expected in her tiny little red-headed body. She bit Mark's finger and grabbed a gun that Mark had in his belt. I yelled, "No!" because I knew that if she got her hands on the gun, she could kill both of us. I gripped my own gun, taking it out of it's holster. I aimed it at Phoenix, who's hair wasn't as annoying as mine and was pulled into a ponytail. Her whole outfit was ready for something like this. It was a small white t-shirt and blue jeans, with black sneakers. Her red flames of hair pulled back into a ponytail and my black waves cascading down my back and getting into my eyes. I had on a pair of tight black jeans and a red crop-top with black heels. I made sure that before I pulled the trigger of my gun, the safety wasn't on.

Phoenix noticed my movements, and it was pretty obvious she had never handled a gun before. I growled and watched Mark on the ground, looking up at me. He was a short, chubby man with a bald head. He was stupid and pathetic, but a good partner. The smart ones were always the leaders. Smart and pretty, that was exactly what I was.

I was about to pulled the trigger when I heard Phoenix's voice ring out and one of the bullets in her gun was gone.

And it was placed into Mark's head.

I didn't wince, I didn't even feel bad. Part of me hated to see him go. I actually thought that I'd have him longer then a month, but of course he just turned out like all of my other partners. Useless and dumb. He just ended up dying in the end. He would have never survived as a leader himself.

I didn't bother trying to shoot her after that. It was seen now that she knew how to press the trigger down so that a bullet flew through the air, so I bailed. I slipped my heels off quickly and sped through the halls, running past guards and shooting a couple as I went. I stopped at a dead end and looked at the window that was in front of me. Breaking it open, I growled. It stung my arm and just threw away a perfectly good salon visit. The lotion on my arm to make me look younger then 21 was just starting to work.

It was only one floor I had to jump before I landed in the back of the rebel truck. Autumn was probably in there already and I knew I wouldn't feel totally lost without having my other girls around. I had started to get used to Chantel's vibe. She would have made a good partner. But I think she would have died too quickly. She couldn't have known the difference between a gun and a hair dryer, even if she was intelligent in difference ways.

I didn't think anymore as I heard the sounds of officers running down the halls. I jumped, landing safely on the back of the truck that was encased in safety foam, in case. I remember only a year ago Micheal, another one of my partners, had jumped onto it. But he didn't last very long. He didn't die, but he was injured, and didn't come back. He was actually a very attractive boy. Only nineteen though, so I didn't really feel any connection to him.

I heard the sound of the guards above, yelling and screaming at each other to run and catch up because they weren't going to jump down.

We had gotten away.

Again.

Hey guys! I'm so proud of myself I wrote this chapter and finished it and I thought it was pretty good! Sorry I haven't been on and updating in a while, I've just been really busy. Three of our turkey's died and we got new ones and my neighbor isn't doing too well and...I don't know, just...stressful.

Anyways thank you all for reading you are all sweet and awesome and amazing! Love y'all!

From your friend, and fellow Selection lover!

MABubbles! (P.S. I will probably update soon again)