It's that time of the week again folks!

Recap: Jack shot Sawyer in the shoulder and then had Ana at gunpoint to leave the apartment. He took her to a car behind the building before knocking her out. Christian, Elliot and Kate were at Ana's place going crazy and worrying about Ana. Taylor told Christian that someone has to be helping Jack with everything and there are not many people in his life so the list is short.

Thank you as always for coming back. This story is already longer than planned, I did plan on 10 chapters but that looks like it's not going to happen! I'm a bit weird and try and get my stories to end on a chapter number that ends in 0 or 5 like the 5x tables... sad I know!

Disclaimer: Fifty Shades of Grey and its original characters do not belong to me

Poison Apple: Chapter 9: Three Days

Ana
I've been here... wherever here is... for three days now. I only know that because there is a clock on the wall that Jack has me facing and the date changes. I know that I'm on a boat or a houseboat because I can feel the water underneath me, which didn't bother me at first because I'm not one to get sea sick or any kind of travel sick but bobbin around in the same spot is starting to make me feel woozy. If I could just move around a little bit I would feel better but Jack isn't going to let that happen. The room he has me in hasn't even got any windows; I can never tell if it's day or night. The only way in or out is the one door and Jack has that bolted shut from the outside.

Jack has completely lost it; he's not even making sense anymore. He just comes in here shouting at me and telling me he wants to be with me, sometimes it's like he's having a conversation with himself rather than with me. I try to talk to him, to calm him down but he keeps telling me to shut up. To be honest I don't think he's really thought this through, now he has me here I don't think he knows what to do next. He's panicking and it's making me panic because him being like this is only going to end in disaster, something bad is going to happen and I don't know how to prevent it or get out of it.

I'm scared I'm not going to get out of here alive.

All I can think about is Christian and how stupid I feel for telling him to go. If I had allowed him to stay at my apartment or agreed when he wanted to take me to his place, none of this would have happened. I would have been safe, Jack probably would have been arrested and Sawyer wouldn't have gotten shot. It's clear that Jack waited for me to be alone so he was watching the apartment; all of this is my fault. I don't know how I'm ever going to make this up to Sawyer, he got shot... SHOT... because of me and my mess.

I should have listened to Kate when she told me it was a bad idea to start dating Jack. From the moment she met him she knew there was something off about him, she tried warning me off him but I didn't listen and now look what's happened. I used to just think that she was overbearing and mothering me, she knew I had never had a serious boyfriend before Jack and now I know she was just looking out for me. To be honest I thought about rejecting Jack when he first asked me out because he was older and we were quite different but I fell for him and things snowballed from there.

Jack Hyde was the worst decision of my life and now I'm paying the price, a heavy price for that mistake. After this, I'll be surprised if I ever want another boyfriend again!

Well, I know one person who wouldn't do this to me; Christian. Not that I want him to be my boyfriend but I've been thinking about what they would look like. Since knowing Christian he has been nothing but supportive, kind and caring. When he kissed me it took everything in me to pull away, when we kissed it felt right and felt like we were made for one another. There was a spark I think neither of us could deny our lips moulded together perfectly and his touch felt electric.

I know that I have no one but myself to blame for everything that has happened but I should never have told Jack that Christian and I kissed. I never should have let Christian kiss me in the first place. I should've ended things with Jack long before now. I should've been a stronger person. When or if I get out of here I am going to make some serious life changes.

A loud bang above me brought me away from my thoughts with a jolt. I heard Jack swearing and shouting but I couldn't hear anybody else, is he shouting at himself? I heard more movement; Jack's footsteps were getting louder and louder until I could hear him on the other side of the door. I took a deep breath as I waited for him to burst in the door but everything went quiet, I let out a sigh of relief but then out of nowhere the door flew open with a bang.

Jack looked deranged to say the least. It's obvious he hasn't slept in a long time or showered. He had the gun in one hand, his other hand was empty but he kept making a fist with it, he stared at me and if I saw him in the street looking like this I would think he's a homeless drug addict.

"Jack," I said in a soft shaky voice "Are you ok?" I asked.

"You broke my heart," He stated sadly.

"I know and I'm sorry," I replied.

"I was good to you," He cried.

"You were for a while but when I started working you turned mean. You can't treat people like how you treated me. You accused me of cheating on you and sleeping with my boss; you called me names and constantly put me down. You didn't take my feelings or wants into consideration when you started planning my future. I made mistakes but so did you," I explained to him as nicely and calmly as I could.

"I did all of it because I loved you," He said, he was getting angry. He thrust the gun in my face "I don't want to be without you Ana," He whispered.

"Jack calm down," I begged "You're not thinking straight, you need to rest. Why don't you sleep for a little bit? Everything will be clearer when you wake up," I told him.

"No!" He shouted.

"Ok... then please get the gun out of my face," I pleaded.

"Are you scared?" He asked.

"Yes," I answered honestly. He put the gun down and I let out a breath "What's the plan here Jack?" I questioned "You can't keep me locked in here forever and you can't stay awake forever. Surely you have some kind of plan," I urged, I need to get what I can out of him "Tell me your plan," I said.

"One of us is going to die," He answered as calmly as if I had just asked him the time.

"Jack-"

"I don't which one of us it will be yet but one of us is going to die. Maybe I'll kill you for breaking my heart or maybe I'll kill myself so I don't feel like this anymore... who knows, maybe I'll kill both of us," He explained "I need some air." He stated.

He turned his back on me and walked out of the room, closing and bolting the door closed behind him. Oh my God. I actually believe him, I think one of us is going to have to die for this to be really over and I believe him when he says he doesn't know which one of us it will be. He has plenty of reasons to kill me; he blames me for everything that went wrong and said I broke his heart. He believes I ruined his life and put him in this situation. I think Jack has more reasons to kill me then to kill himself.

I have to do whatever I can to get out of her, I don't want to die, and I'm not ready to die. There are still so many things I want to do. I felt my cheek get wet from the tears that started streaming down my face... why did this have to happen?

Christian
Taylor came into the office and stood on the other side of his desk with his hands clasped behind his back, always the professional.

"Please tell we have something... anything," I pleaded with him.

"I'm sorry Sir, it's as if they have dropped off the face of the Earth," He answered "The police have two more people to speak to that are within Jack's inner circle. Hopefully one of those two will have some clues or answers," He added.

"Do you have anyone you could reach out to?" I asked.

"I've reached out to everyone I know already. The police are not the only people looking for Jack and Ms Steele," He told me.

"Thank you Taylor."

He nodded and left the office, closing the door behind him.

They have to be somewhere, two people don't just disappear into thin air, there has to be a trail or someone must know something! It's the not knowing that's killing me but if I'm honest I think they're a lot closer to home then people would probably think. I don't think Jack would be able to take her too far with so many people looking for her. As Taylor said, it is not just the police looking for her right now, Taylor has connections with a lot of different people from different agencies... we have them looking for Ana too and the difference between those guys and the police; they won't let the law get in the way of finding her.

I'm sure the police are doing everything they can to find them both but the guys Taylor is working with don't have to wait for warrants and such, there is no red tape with them. they will be going to addresses, kicking in doors and searching every place that Jack has ever been near. I just hope they are found soon.

Its clear Jack is not in a good state of mind and I don't want Ana to get hurt.

Three fucking days she has been missing! Surely he doesn't have that much to say to her... if all he wanted to do was talk to her then he would've said what he needed to say and let her go by now, surely? I told Kate that I didn't think Jack wanted to hurt Ana and at first I believed that but now I'm starting to question why we haven't found Ana and why Jack hasn't released her yet.

I thought I was angry when he had hurt her last week but now, anger doesn't even begin to cover what I am feeling. He best pray that the police get a hold of him before I do because if I find him first I am going to hurt him and I don't care what happens to me. I have good lawyers who would get me off considering the circumstances. I knew he was a little unhinged from what Kate and Ana had told me about him but I never thought he'd do something this insane. Kidnapping is serious and if he has hurt her in anyway... Ahh! I don't even want to think about it.

The office door knocked.

"What?!" I called out angrily.

The door opened and Elliot came in. He looked like he hadn't slept for days, I suppose he probably hasn't as Kate has had him up crying and worrying about Ana.

"I won't ask how you are," He said as he took a seat opposite me.

"How is Kate?" I asked politely.

"The same," He answered sadly "I've been trying to explain to her that she'll be no good to Ana if she is tired, hungry and crying but she won't listen to me," He said "She made me sleep on the couch last night," He added with a sigh.

"I'm doing everything I can!" I shouted and threw some files onto the floor in anger.

"Whoa!" He stood up in shock "I know you are. I never thought for a second that you weren't," He added.

"Sorry," I bent down to pick the papers up when Elliot placed a comforting hand on my shoulder, I stopped and fell back so I was sitting on the floor with my knees up and my arms wrapped around my knees. Elliot sat down silently next to me.

"We will find her," He stated.

"As the days go on I can't help but we're not going to see her again," I confessed "He's had three days to let her go and he hasn't. Does that mean he wants to keep her hostage or he can't let her go because he's hurt her or killed her?" I questioned.

"Don't think like that," He scolded "You said yourself that you believe Jack loves Ana, you don't hurt people you love," He said.

"He's not exactly stable is he? Who knows what he is capable of," I told him.

"You've been left by yourself for too long and you've let your imagination run wild. Come to my place tonight-"

"No," I cut him off and stood up quickly "There's something I have to do." I stated.

"What?" He asked curiously.

What is it that Christian has to do? Is Jack going to release Ana? Is Ana going to escape? Will someone find her? What is Jack going to do to Ana?

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