4 : 23 AM

Day 17

William's POV

William Davenport wakes up very slowly. The first thing he sees... is the amount of blood which sank on the floor. Raising his head up,he discovers that this blood comes... from the back of Sergei's skull. He yells and orders him to wake up. The former soldier quickly wakes up and looks at everywhere,lost and confused. Then he looks at the ground,sees the blood,searches the origin and,when he understood where that comes from,he drops a little swear.

Then William looks at his right and finds Johnny who was still awaken,not knocked out.

" Guys,are you okay ?! " He asks,panicked.

" Yeah,yeah. I'm fine. " Will answers for himself. " But Sergei... I don't know... "

" Hey Serge ! " John calls him out. " Turn your head to... the right. I might have seen something unusual.

Sergei obeys and turns his head. William and Johnny discover that the wound in the skull has been healed with real care. Sergei has now a large bandage.

" Someone has taken care of you. "

" They seem really nice. " Sergei reacts indifferently. " So... How are we arrived here ? "

" After you've been out,the attackers saw that Will tried to steal them. So then KO him too... "

" Fuckfuckfuck ! It's all my fault. I shouldn't have tried to take it. I'm a loser. "

" Will,listen... " Sergei talks,the one who tried to prevent him from stealing. " Normally,I should say that it wasn't your fault,you couldn't predict that to happen. But at the end... I will instead say... that it is purely your fault and that you could have predicted this,asshole. " He critizices calmly.

" Yeah,I know. Sorry. "

" Guys,it's good that this affair is settled. But the more important... Isn't it to get out of here ? "

" You're right. Where's my little machine ? " He tries to search his dirty sleeves.

" Machine ? "

" My blue hair clip. That's what I'm talking about. " He answers as he keeps searching.

" Blue,you said ? " Sergei says that by looking at the bloody floor.

" Yeah... " Will says,not understanding the interest.

" Because... I am seeing a... blue broken hair clip in front of me... "

" WHAAAT ?! " Will stares at the floor and indeed finds his broken hair clip. " Those sons of bitches ! How are we gonna to get out ?! "

" Is this the sect you're talking about ? " John questions them.

" I don't know. I couldn't... "

" They're not. " Will interrupts Sergei suddenly.

" You sure ? "

" Before they knock me out,I faced them. They were definitely not from the sect. But they were wearing... university football attires. "

" University football ? Like the teenagers in rich high school ?! "

" Yeah... Those sportmen. "

" Wait... "

" What is it ?! "

" Don't you know someone who was wearing some university attire ?! " Sergei asks sarcastically.

" Mmmmm... "

" What about Jaiden ?! " He purposes then,frustrated.

" Ahhhhhh ! Him ?! So he set us up ?!... "

" No ! Impossible. I would more say that they have nothing to do with Jay. "

" I hope so. Otherwise... Jay won't see the bullet that will kill him. "

" Easy... "

" So... " John talks again. " What's the plan ? And what's the place ?! "

" Well... " Sergei starts by analyzing the place. " It is a huge room... Wooden lockers... Bathroom... Furnitures... Dirty T-Shirts... Will and I are handcuffed on the lockers. You,you're stuck sitting on the square seat. "

" Wait. That means... We're in a locker room ! " Will concludes. " That makes sense. Teen... University... "

" They set their base in their most favorite place. "

" Indeed. But one more question... HOW ARE WE GETTING OUT OF HERE ?! "

" Davey calm down. I got this... First,let's get out of this room. Then we'll go to the security guard's room. We will find a map of the stadium. We will head to the parking and steal a vehicle. Whatever it is. Finally we return home and we tell them everything we know. "

" They're not gonna believe us. " John announces.

" One more question... " Will insists. " How are we taking these beauties off,now that I don't have hair clips anymore ? "

" I got a trick up the sleeve. "

" A trick you learned in the army ? "

" Yes : I will dislocate my hand. "

" Among all the bullshits you said since fifteen days,this is the worst. Dislocate your hand ?! That will hell be painful. Plus how could you get it back if it fails ? "

" I already did that. And I still got my both hands. " Then,without hesitating,Sergei quickly breaks his own right forearm and easily gets his right hand off the handcuffs.

" Congratulations ! I never doubted about your method ! " Will lies.

" How did he do that without screaming ?! " John questions,astonished.

After that,Sergei uses his left hand to repair his broken hand. Then he tries to pick up one piece of the hair clip. He nearly gets here. His both fingers are at only one inch from touching it. Suddenly the door opens and the teenagers enter in the room. Only two of them get inside. As soon as they see Sergei,the leader exclaims.

" Well looks like one of them managed a magic trick. Spike,punish him. " And quickly,the named Spike kicks Sergei at the ribs.

The leader heights 7'0" and is weighting until 290 lbs. He is very muscular,he has blond short hairs,blue eyes and a scar to the lips. He wears a white T-shirt,a jean and the jacket of the football team.

The so-called Spike has the same attires than his boss. But he is thin,small,he has a short yellow crete,a short beard and black eyes.

After the correction,Spike tosses Sergei against the wall and takes out a Magnum. He plays with it a little bit then the leader gets in front of him - making him step back - and grabs Sergei's Makarov from his pocket. He holds it in his hand while smiling at his guest.

" Here,we will really not tolerate that our guests try to escape on their own. Some of them... paid the price for it. "

" Neat. " Will comments angrily.

" Spike... Make him shut up. I don't think I talked to him. "

Spike performs a beautiful spinning back kick to the comic guy. That kick left a small scar to Will's left cheek.

" Let's continue... Welcome to the CenturyLink Field stadium. Here,we have a lot of stuff to get a very good health : food,medicines,tools... guns... You'll see,you will please yourself. But at the condition that you do as we say when we say. What do you say ? "

" I'm sorry but we are not interested by the offer. " Sergei answers politely despite the ribs probably broken.

" That's sad. That's very sad. I could almost cry. But it's your choice. At least,let us know what you know. So... Who are you ? " The leader takes out one of his biggest smiles of today.

" The guy at my right is Rick,the other one is Marcus. And me... I don't really know my name because of the headache. "

" Oh no ! That's too sad ! " The man obviously simulates sadness. " Really,really sad ! Sad news. The worst is that I got another sad news for you : you see,despite we are far away from you,the walls here are pretty thin. And it seems like one of my men heard the names... I think it was Serjey,Will... And Davey. And I also heard a certain Jaiden. So which means,you are just lying to me. "

" Shit... " Will swears.

" Indeed. Here's what we're gonna do : bring the three of them ! "

Suddenly,another enemy comes out with three female hostages who have bags on their heads. They get on their knees in the middle of the room before the man chooses one of them and puts the others against the wall. Then he takes out the same Makarov and walks around the room.

" I,Axel,will not tolerate that some idiots fuck with me. So here's what we gonna do : if I don't get an answer that makes me pleasure... "

Suddenly he points the gun at the hostage in the middle of the room,who doesn't notice it... and shoots. Fortunately,the bullet went right next to her head and has hit at the left of William who has freaked out. Every girl in the room panics and screams the loudest possible.

" She dies. Capiche,assholes ? So let's start. Who is Serjey ? "

He walks around the room,playing with the ukrainian's gun and laughing around while the hostages scream and cry and the men hesitate to answer. Sergei seems volunteer to sacrifice himself,while John stands there,unsure of what to do.

At the end,William,out of nowhere,yells.

" It's me ! Me ! I'm Sergei. "

Axel goes face-to-face with the so-called Sergei and stares at him angrily. All of a sudden,he takes back his smile.

" So you're Serjey ? "

" Yes. That's me I swear. "

" Alright,Serjey... It's just a very little detail. You see,Sergei is an european name. "

" Did you already meet europeans ? "

" Actually I have. And I knwo that despite your name still is one full european name,you don't look european. "

" How could you... "

" It is clear that you lied to us. You're not Sergei,you're not Sergei... Wait ! North european face,black hairs... it is clear that Sergei stands in front of me. " After an intense negociation,Axel aims at the hostage.

" Seems like you played us. Here your PRICE ! "

BOOM !

" SHIT ! "

Another woman cries for her friend's death. Then Axel grabs her and places her in the middle of the room while Spike disposes of the body.

" Next question : who is Will ? "

" It's me ! It's me ! "

" Indeed,you look like a Will. Next...

You must surely be Davey. " He says,talking to John.

" N... "

" Yes ! " Will suddenly cries. " Yes. Tell him the tr... "

Spike shuts him up with a kick to the jaw.

" So what do you say now ? " Axel continues.

" ... Yes. "

" That's what I thought. " Suddenly he kills the second woman.

" Come on ! " Sergei spills out.

" One more ! " Spike gets the corpse out of the room while the muscular man brings the last one in the middle of the room.

" So all I wanna know is... With your mystery friend Jaiden,how many are you ? "

" Five. " Sergei responds. " Our last friend will come to save us. "

" That's really cute. So we will all await her arrival. Guys. " His henchmen go to secure all the entrances with SMGs and mines and other traps.

" Where is your base ? "

" At Portland,in the Oregon. "

" Seems pretty far to come here. Why the matter ? "

" We thought there would be better resources at Seattle. "

" Hmmm... " Axel tries to determine whether you lie or not. Then he talks to Spike.

" Send one of our guys at Portland. To see if there's anything left there. Meanwhile... What's your adress at Portland. "

" Well... It's... 7... 7... 4... 6... 9... "

" Wrong ! 77469 is in Texas. You played us again. "

Axel points the Makarov at the last girl's covered head. But all of a sudden,she predicts that move to dash forward and shove violently the leader who falls on the ground.

" Kill that bitch ! " He yells,pissed off.

Spike grabs his big knife to try to kill her. The woman stands up. Spike raises his knife up and holds it upside-down. But the hostage hits the gut with her shoulder then sets herself free by rubbing the ropes around her wrist against the knife. Then she grabs it and stabs the right shoulder.

Another enemy enters. When he sees what happens,he goes to take his gun. But the woman pulls the knife and throws it to the man's head. This one falls by sliding against the door. Then she throws Spike against Axel and both fall against the lockers. Then she takes off her bag and all the men are shocked to discover... that it was Dylan.

" Holy shit. You came back for us. " Sergei says.

" Not really. When I was gonna to leave,those bastards caught me off-guard and attacked my car. Then they imprisoned me with the two other girls. We've been waiting into a dark room for hours. "

" Wait. Don't you know those dead women ? " John asks,puzzled.

" Nope. "

" Well okay... Anyway,let's get out of here before they jump on us again. "

Dylan,Sergei and Davey leave the group. But Johnny grabs a rope and walks to both knocked out men.

" What are you doing ? " Will asks.

" I'll tie them up. Go to the exit. I'll join you. "

Trusting him,William joins Sergei and Dylan out of the room.