Ch. 55
Trish: Calm down Austin. I'll call the psych ward. They'll send someone over. *Quickly calls the number
Dez: What do you think happened?
Austin: I don't know. When I came in here she was like this looking at the computer screen. Something she read must've spooked her. *Suddenly Ally opens her mouth but no words come out. Austin hopefully looks at her waiting for any sound. She falls back and closes her eyes with raspy breathing. *Austin climbs on the bed and sits on his knees and he cradles her in his arms.
Dez:(worriedly) Uh.. Austin you should read this. *Looking at the screen. Austin looks at the screen and his face turns from worry to fear. *He starts hyperventilating but tries to keep calm.
Trish: They'll be here in five minutes. Austin what's wrong now?
Austin:(stutterring) T-the e-mail! T-t-the e-mail! *Shakily points at the screen. *A medical squad rushes in and exams Ally. She's laid on the bed and her pupils are checked for dilations . Which look normal but stressed. *Ally turns back to normal. She sees several eyes staring at her. The voices are disoriented but eventually come clear.
Ally:(weakly) What?
Nurse: Can you hear me? *Ally nods her head and sits up a little.
Ally: W-What h-happened?
Nurse: You went into shock. Something made you scared you zoned out.
Austin: It was the email you got. We all read it.
Ally: Yeah it was terrifying.
Cop: Can you tell us what it says?
Ally: I'm too scared to read it.
Austin: I'll do it. *Grabs laptop and sits on edge of bed
Austin:(shakily) D-dear Dawson, I'm quite upset you left. Don't think I'll give up. You can run you can hide but I w-w-will find y-you. When I do you're DEAD! ~ Anonymous *His face turns as white as snow
Cop: We need to track the sender of that email
Austin: The signal is blocked.
Cop: We have to try. *Tech expert tries to track the signal but can't get through
Tech expert: The kid's right. I've tried everything I can think of. I can't through.
Trish: What should we do?
Dez: Do we have to leave and find another safe house?
Cop: No we're going to have 24/7 monitoring here. The stalker probably tracked the location.
Nurse: Are you feeling better Ally?
Ally: A little. I'm just really tired.
Nurse: Good. You need you rest.
Ally: Does my Dad know what happened?
Austin: He'll be here in the morning. *The cop and nurse leave out. *Trish and Dez sleep in the other room. *Austin stays with Ally until she's completely asleep. Then he moves to the air mattress next to the bed to give her more space in her bed. *All through the night Austin would peek his eyes open a little to check on Ally. His worst fear is that she'll be gone any time he looks at her. Each time he does, he's relieved to see her in peaceful slumber right next to him *He gets up to use the restroom and when he returns he sees a dark figure standing over Ally. He cautiously walks toward it
Austin:(uneasily) H-Hello? W-who's there?
*The figure moves toward Ally so Austin quickly turns on the light and Ally wakes up and jumps when she sees the mysterious figure. She screams and Austin runs toward the figure whose face is masked. They wrestle on the floor. The cops rush in but the person is faster and takes off with Ally leaving Austin on the floor beaten and confused. He comes to his senses when he hears Ally's terrified screams. Trish and Dez run in and follow him after the cops. *The intruder is surrounded by the SWAT team with no way out. They put a gun to Ally's head threatening to shoot if anyone makes a move toward them. Austin pushes through and sees Ally screaming for her life. He's held back a SWAT team member and is told to stay where he is
Austin:(angry) WHO ARE YOU?! HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE?! *The person unmasked themselves and Trish, Dez, and Austin are as shocked as Ally. They immediately recognize the person.
Austin, Dez, and Trish: Trent?! Trent:(smirk) Hello Austin, Dez, and Trish. Nice to see you again.
Austin: Why are doing this? Why do you want to hurt Ally?
Trent:(angry) I want to hurt both of you! Ally is just an easier target. It's payback for ruining my career! Austin: What are you talking about?!
