A new girl in town

Chapter 76

Kayla/?

When he had gone, she stared into space.

He hadn't taken the bomb with him. He hadn't taken the god damn bomb with him, she didn't have the first clue where she was, and the silence and darkness would probably send her off the deep end sooner rather than later.

This must be what Stockholm syndrome feels like. She thought desperately. I want to kill him... but I can't stand it when he leaves.

Removing the mask that created the voice ? headed down the hall smiling. They won't find her in time. That is unfortunate.

Cena

"Hey do you have the plans for this place." Cena asked walking up to the manager.

"No we don't keep them here they are at corporate." The manager said.

"Shit." Cena replied turning and walking out of the hotel.

Maybe I can get them from city hall. Cena thought grabbing a cab. No way I find city hall on my own.

John/Ron

This is nuts. Ron thought. She could be anywhere by now. He could have her halfway across the country at this point. But somehow I feel like she's not far.

John saw Cena talking to the manager and got an idea.

Walking over John was surprised when Cena walked away and right out of the hotel.

Where the hell is he going. We need him to help search. John wondered getting a little pissed.

Walking over to the manager John tried to control his anger.

"Can we check all the empty rooms. She could be in any one of them." John asked the manager.

"The officers are doing that now." The manager said. "I'm sure if she's here they will find her."

John shook his head and walked away at a loss as to what to do next.

Kayla

They have to know I'm not there by now. Kayla thought desperately.

But where the hell am I? If no one can hear me like he claims, where did he hide me?

She went through various ways of freeing herself, but quickly discarded each one. Moving would activate the god damn bomb...

And with that thought, panic took hold of her once again

John/Ron

Wait a minute. John thought. The guy has to be staying in the hotel. So she might be in an occupied room Shit.

"Hey," John said walking back over to the manager. "They guy could be staying here and she could be in his room."

"Well we can't exactly ask to search occupied rooms just because you think she's been kidnapped." He said. "You said you had to go to an event. Maybe she left early to get there."

"She didn't." John said.

"Well until this becomes a missing person's issue I won't even consider it." The manager said turning to walk away.

"What are you some kind of asshole. He could be doing god knows what to her. If she ends up dead her wife will sue believe it." John said hoping to get the man to change his mind.

"Firstly I don't believe she's in the hotel." The manager said. "Secondly we are doing all we can do so you'll just have to calm down."

"I won't calm down. All of you don't seem to understand. She was being stalked. She wouldn't have just taken off without us. Either she's here somewhere or else there is some clue here as to where she is. Damn it we need to move on this now." John shouted.

Two police officers came over and began talking to John trying to calm him.

"Leave me alone and find her." He told them pointedly.

Leaving the lobby Ron went to the first floor and began knocking on doors.

If the manager won't search the unoccupied rooms, I'll ask the occupants nicely if they have seen anything. Maybe one of them did. OR maybe I'll get lucky and find her. Ron thought.

Each door he knocked on if it was occupied all the people had the same thing to say. They hadn't seen or heard anything out of the ordinary last night.

This is stupid how could no one have seen anything. He must have been carrying her if she was as out as we were. How could he have moved her though the hallways without bringing attention to himself.

Now where did Ron go. John wondered turning around and not seeing his partner anywhere.

Has everyone gone crazy? Cena leaves Ron disappears and though we have some guys searching most of them have to leave soon to go to the next event. Hell Cena has an match so even he has to go. Maybe Ron and me can stay since we don't have anything scheduled but even that is dependent on Vince.

Cena

Getting to city hall Cena jumped out of the cab throwing the guy some money then headed inside.

He found someone at an information desk just inside the door.

"Where can I get plans for the Hampton." He asked.

"Third floor second door on the left." The woman replied.

Cena didn't even want to wait for the elevator so he ran upstairs taking two steps at a time.

"I need the plans for the Hampton hotel." Cena said the second someone came to the desk to help him.

"Are you a contractor?" the person asked.

"No." Cena said.

"I can't give them to just anyone." She said.

"This is an emergency I have a friend that has gone missing in the hotel. I need to know every nook in the place so I can help find her." Cena said. "She was being stalked and I'm sure she didn't take off on her own. He could have taken her anywhere in the place."

"Well I'll have to talk to my supervisor." She said.

"Please do." Cena said anxiously.

Kayla

Thinking about the girls brought with it a semblance of calm.

If they're really on their way, they'll need me to not lose my shit. Kayla thought.

But that doesn't make any sense. Wade would never let either of them go without him, my brother or someone else he trusted. He knows what's been going on; there's no way either of them could...

But what if Wade didn't know? She wondered. He, Vanessa and Cassie all had jobs. It was impossible for them to remain together 24st7. Even if Tye and Darius acted as body guards, Cassie still had clients and they couldn't exactly sit in on her sessions with them. Vanessa, as a medical secretary, would be easier to keep an eye on, but even she had meetings in which confidential information was discussed. Nothing was foolproof.

John

Not knowing what else to do John walked to the elevator and hit the basement button.

Maybe she's down here. He thought.

He began wandering the dark hallways calling out Kayla's name. The shouts echoed but there was no response.

He began checking doors to see if they were unlocked he found a few but all the rooms were either empty or filled with junk.

Cena

What the hell is taking so long. Cena wondered pacing around in front of the desk.

Finally, the woman came back.

She sighed then said. "The supervisor said you can have them but even with her permission we can't give them to you for twenty-four to thirty-six hours." She said. "You'll also have to fill out these forms in triplicate." She added handing Cena a sheaf of papers.

"She may not have that long." Cena said with exasperation.

"That's the only way we can do it." She said.

Cena took the paper work and began filling them out right there.

Kayla

There's always a way out. Kayla thought. Always.

If I were a sociopathic fuck with a thing for stalking and kidnapping, where would I fuck up? She wondered.

She tried to recall the training she'd gotten on bombs but she kept losing the threads.

Even if I could think straight, I still can't see. She thought. There's also the being tied up part. The restraints feel sound and I have no leverage.

Her mind worked furiously to find a way out of the predicament she was in but she found no answers. Whoever had taken her was good.

John

After hours in the basement John came back up to the lobby. Looking around he still couldn't see Ron and Cena.

But there were more officers now.

Walking up to the Sargent he listened to him for a minute before interrupting.

"What's going on?" John asked.

"Your drug tests came back. And thought we can't be sure you didn't take them yourself we've decided to call it a missing person at this point." He said. "So I've brought in more officers to search and the manager is sending some of them with a list of occupied rooms to check."

"Finally." John said. "I was looking down in the basement and there are a lot of locked doors she could be in any of them."

"We'll deal with that soon." The Sargent said.

Just then Ron made an appearance back in the lobby.

"Where have you been?" John asked sounding aggravated as he approached Ron.

"Checking occupied rooms." He replied. "I was knocking on doors and asking if anyone saw anything. No one had."

Looking around Ron realized that most of the wrestlers who had been around seemed to be gone.

Damn he thought we're down to just us and the police. This is not going well. Ron thought.

John picked up his phone to call Vince.

Kayla

They've done this too well. Kayla thought. Whoever is behind this knew exactly what they were doing. They covered all of the bases as well as any possibility of escape.

But why? She asked herself for what felt like the millionth time. Who would go to such lengths to get rid of me? What have I done to make somebody hate me this much?

As her thoughts circled, she wondered if anyone would bother trying to find her.

Ron and John seem like good people, but maybe that's because they've been well paid for it. Jon has had my back almost from the get-go, but he isn't an established enough star to have any real sway yet.

Kane and Taker would probably be able to put more behind finding me, but they aren't back yet.

Besides, it can't have been long enough for the police to consider me missing. She realized. It feels like I've been wherever I am for an eternity, but that has to be my mind playing tricks on me... Right?

The time would probably go faster if I could sleep. She thought. But if I allow that to happen, it could trigger the bomb.

She released a frustrated breath. She had no other option but to wait.

John/Vince

"Vince it's John." John said. "We have a situation you need to be aware of."

"What!" Vince said.

"Kayla is missing. She disappeared from the hotel room last night. Ron, Cena and I were drugged and she was taken." John relayed.

"What are you talking about?" Vince asked.

"Kayla? She was being stalked, remember?" John said.

"That was real?" Vince said.

"Yes." John said.

"Well let the police handle it and get to the next venue." Vince said.

"No Vince. Ron and I at least are staying here. We were protecting her we're gonna find her." John said.

"You don't have matches so I guess I can spare you." Vince said hanging up before John could reply.

Hunter

He took her. Shit. It was just supposed to be pranks. Na it's gotta be just another joke. Hunter thought putting on a shirt and heading down to the lobby.

Kayla

Does anyone know I'm not where I'm supposed to be? She wondered for what felt like the millionth time.

I'm not going to be able to get myself out of this without help. She realized. There Iso no way out and whoever's doing this knows that. Probably knew it also like along. This is fool-proof. So am I an idiot or a fool?

Her throat was parched from screaming but water felt about as far away as the moon. She closed her eyes, knowing that she was losing the battle to remain awake.

I don't think I can stay awake anymore... She thought tiredly. Just let me sleep for a few minutes. A few minutes can't hurt. I'll wake up and this will be a bad dream...

Her eyes closed and her surroundings fell away. Blissful darkness took her and she surrendered to it gladly.

Hunter

Wow that's a lot of cops. Hunter thought when he got to the lobby. Maybe this is a bit more serious than I thought. Hunter swallowed the lump in his throat. I thought she was making more of this stalking shit that was really going on.

Hunter took a deep breath and walked toward John.

I can't let on that I know anything but I gotta help somehow.

"What's really going on John." Hunter said. As he approached the former football player.

"Kayla's missing." John said, biting his tongue on the rest of what he'd like to say for Kayla's sake.

"We were drugged last night and someone took her." Ron added.

The officers said they were drugged but I thought they were mistaken. I guess they were. That is beyond a prank. Way beyond. Hunter thought.

"We're gonna split up and help the cops search this place." John said.

"I'm in." Hunter replied.

Cena

Cena jumped back into a cab after finishing the paperwork and headed back to the hotel.

What's he doing. He wondered seeing Hunter with John.

He arrived at the group just in time to hear Hunter say I'm in.

He's going to help. Will wonders never cease. Cena though. He's probably only doing it to throw suspicion off himself.

But I guess there is a chance he's not the one behind this and is actually trying to help. Cena decided.

The four guys decided to split up the floors and began searching.