Naia's POV
I wasn't sure how much time had passed since we were dumped into this new room. Jane probably had a better idea since she was good at keeping track of time but the girls had fallen asleep and I didn't want to disturb them.
Lucky for me, I didn't have to wake them because the door unlocking and swinging open seemed to do the trick.
"Get up," Ginger said, yanking the girls to their feet.
"What do you want with us?" I asked bitterly and Jerkface slapped me across the face before pulling me onto my feet. I sneered at him but didn't repeat my question.
When they pulled us outside, I saw that it was dark out. The sun had set and the stars had come out. I scanned the night sky for the moon but couldn't see it. I guess it was a cloudy night.
Ginger and Jerkface dumped us in the back of the van and slammed the door shut before getting the front like earlier. The engine started and the van moved as it pulled out of the driveway.
"Where are they taking us?" Jane asked me quietly. I could hear how scared she was.
I racked my brain, trying to think of a comforting answer but the best I could do was "I don't' know" which didn't cut it in my books.
Deciding to try and eavesdrop and get some information, I strained my ears and tried to make out the mumbled words of the conversation Ginger and Jerface were having.
"Doesn't the boss think this is kind of fishy?" Ginger asked, "I mean, what kind of buyer would buy all of the girls?"
Jerkface snorted, "You wanna ask the boss in person, be my guest. Plus, does it matter? This guy is loaded and if this goes smoothly, maybe Boss'll give us a tip for our hard work."
This got me intrigued but unfortunately, their conversation got quieter and I couldn't hear anything but mumbo jumbo.
"Girls?" I whispered. They all turned their attention to me and I gave them a weak smile. "Whatever happens, I want you to all know how brave you've been. It'll be okay."
They all nodded and my smile widened. Inside though, my heart was breaking. They were so little. So innocent.
After a while, the van started to slow down and I realized that it would soon happen. We were going to be sold. The thought made me want to throw up but I didn't have anything in my stomach to throw up.
I heard Jerkface and Ginger get out of the van and the door at the back soon opened.
"How should we do this?" Ginger asked Jerkface who just shrugged.
"We've never sold so many at once. Should we take them one at a time or do it all at once?" Ginger asked and Jerkface shot him a look that shut Ginger up real fast.
Jerkface nodded, "Take them all at once. The faster we do this, the less likely we'll get caught."
Ginger and Jerkface pulled us out of the van and threw us onto the ground. I managed to land on my feet but Megan and Zoe weren't so lucky.
"Get up," Ginger snarled at them.
I was quick to jump in, "Don't talk to them like that. Maybe you should have been more gentle."
"Shut up," Jerkface said to me. "I'll be thrilled when you're gone. It'll be good riddance."
I sneered at him but didn't say anything more as we were yanked away from the van and towards some other car. It was a black pickup truck and was parked in a clearing. I looked around and managed to make out in the dark that we were in a field. A man stood beside the pickup truck but since it was dark out, I couldn't see him too well.
"Where's the money?" Jerkface asked as he pushed us along.
The man looked at us and paused before talking.
"Right here," He said and pulled out a drawstring bag. He opened it to reveal a ton of cash. There was so much money my mouth dropped. "So how are we going to do this?"
Ginger and Jerkface exchanged looks before turned back to this mystery man.
"You give us the cash, we give you the girls." Ginger said and Jerkface nodded in agreement.
The man looked as though he was going to agree when he stopped.
"Who's that?" He asked, nodding towards a black car parked a little bit away.
Jerkface sneered, "None of your business. Now are we going to do this or not?"
The man shook his head, "Tell me who that is."
"Our boss, now let's get this over with before we get caught," Ginger said. Jerkface shot him a glare for giving up the answer so easily.
The man closed the drawstring bag and held on to it. "Let me meet your boss and then I'll give you the money for the girls."
"Who do you think you are?" Jerkface asked and his grip on my arm tightened.
The man shrugged, "Do you want the money or not?"
Ginger and Jerkface looked at each other before Jerkface nodded.
"You get the boss, I'll keep an eye on him and the girls," Jerkface ordered and Ginger nodded before hurrying off.
"You better not have any plan behind this," Jerkface growled at the man who remained poker-faced. I couldn't detect any emotion on him once so ever and started to feel sick again.
What would he do to us?
Ginger returned with a man I had never seen before. Not that I could tell what he looked like in the dark. Presumably, he was 'the boss' that Ginger and Jerkface kept referring to.
"Why'd you want to see me?" The boss asked and the man nodded.
Suddenly, there was a rush of movement and chaos. Black cars surrounded us and the man who was going to buy us pulled out a gun and pointed it at us.
"Get down on the ground," He yelled. Instead of obeying, Ginger and Jerkface took off for the bushes but was stopped by two more people wearing black who also had guns. It was dark before but the light from the black cars helped me see that one of the people in the bushes was Hailey Upton.
It all made sense to me. They were here to help us.
"Drop the gun and get on the ground," Jay ordered, his gun pointed at the boss. Before I could process anything, I felt myself being pulled and I felt the cold muzzle of a gun against my neck.
My eyes widened and I saw someone walking towards the boss and me. He also had a gun and had it pointed at us.
"I swear, back off or I'll shoot," The boss said. His voice didn't waiver at all which made me even more scared. This couldn't be happening. I had to be having a nightmare.
"I promise, I'll shoot her," The boss said and the man kept walking. His grip on my shoulder was released but the nuzzle didn't move from my neck as he pulled the other girls closer to him.
He was using us as a shield.
"Please," I heard Zoe beg, "Don't kill us."
The boss snarled, "Shut up,"
"Naia, I'm sorry but Mr. and Mrs. Samual are gone. Mr. Samual tried to shoot Ellie, Thomas, and Shane but Mrs. Samual jumped in front of them. Mr. Samual then shot himself. They were both dead when we got on scene."
How did Ellie feel when she was held at gunpoint? She probably was scared that Thomas and Shane would get hurt because she was like that.
"Come any closer and I'll shoot!" The boss said and I whimpered as the gun pressed deeper into my neck.
The man who was walking towards didn't seem like he any intention of stopping which made my gut turn. My heart was beating so fast and so loud that I was sure everybody could hear it pumping.
What happened next happened so fast, I wasn't sure I saw it properly. The gun against my neck was removed but was followed by two gunshots which happened almost at the same time. The first gunshot came from the man walking towards us and hit the boss in the neck.
The second gunshot came from the boss and I watched the bullet fly out of the muzzle.
When I realized who it was going to hit, my heart dropped and I leapt forward.
I made it just in time to catch Jane's body before it hit the ground.