CHAPTER SIX;
THE CAPTURE:
"Do you think they found anything?" Micah asked.
"I don't know. More than likely. All of my information is in that hotel." Alley told them. "We need to go somewhere. somewhere instead of here so we can talk, and think. I mean, we're right in the middle of the baby's clothing isle."
"Well, we've got to find Edward, Chasity, and Zeke, plus, we've got to call Nick, and tell him to get out of the house." Julie said.
"I can go find Chas, and Zeke." Micah suggested.
"Good. Julie, call Nick. I'll go find Edward, okay?" Alley replied.
"I'll come with you, kido." Ruth spoke.
"Oh, Ruth, you don't have to."
"It's okay. I don't have many friends, so. you get it."
Alley smiled. "Okay. Come on."
Alley and Ruth ran through the men's clothing, looking in every isle. They finally found him in the men's Docker's isle. "We have to get out of here, Ed." she stopped when she saw the twinkle in his eyes.
It was directed towards Ruth. She had the same look. Alley couldn't help but to smile at the situation. "Alley, who is your new friend?"
"I'm Ruth." She smiled, extending her hand.
He took it, and then kissed it.
"So charming." Smiled Ruth
"Um. this is just dandy, and all, but. Edward, we've gotta jet."
"What's going on?
"We'll talk."
"At my apartment?" Ruth suggested.
"Yeah! Gabriel would never look there!" Alley exclaimed, excitedly. "You two go get the car ready, and I'll go get the others."
Edward, and Ruth agreed, and then they went their separate ways.
"Chasity!" Micah called.
He looked in every isle he came to, but found no one. "Zeke! Come on, you two! Looking for you two like this brings back a bad memory, minus a flash light and a corn. come on!"
"Young man?
Micah turned around to see a friendly looking elderly woman. "Yes?"
"There's a register up there where you can have your parties paged." She smiled.
Micah returned the smile. "Thank you."
Micah ran up to the register. "Yes sir? How can I help you?"
"I need Chasity, and Zeke paged."
She picked up a phone, and dialed a number. "Chasity, and Zeke, your parties are waiting at register one. Chasity, and Zeke, please come to register one."
Micah stood at the register only a moment when the two came running up to him. "Is everything alright?"
"No. Alley got a pretty disturbing call from one of her friends."
"About what, Micah?" asked Zeke.
He sighed. "Gabriel is in Omaha. And he's brought friends."
"What the hell are we waiting for?! Let's get out of here!" exclaimed Chasity.
"So. you live here, huh? I like it. It's cute." Edward smiled.
"Thank you." Ruth smiled back. "So. Julie, did you give your brother the directions I told you?"
"Yep. He said he'd find it."
"How did you know me?!" Micah burst out, like it had been building up inside of him.
Ruth was calm about it. "You never knew me, and I really never knew you, Micah."
"So. you don't hate me?"
"No. I don't hate you. Especially since some of it was my fault. for listening to the thing that possessed you."
"So. what now?" Chasity asked. "Wait until it finds out where we are?"
"I agree. I mean. we can't hide out for forever." Julie replied, then coughed. "Damn this cold!"
"Maybe I should just go talk to Gabriel." Alley began to suggest.
"Don't be nutty, Alley! I know what you're thinking! Just get it out of your head!" Julie scolded.
"Julie's right. I'm the older brother, and I can be involved if I want." Edward told her.
"And what about us?" Micah exasperated. "We got you involved, Alley."
"It was just a suggestion. Forget I said anything. It seemed to be the right thing to do."
"Well, it's not. It's suicide." Ruth told her. "You guys can sleep here. There's plenty of room."
Edward smiled. "Really?"
"Yeah." She answered. "Of course."
"Thank you."
"No problem."
Just them, there was a knock. Julie ran to the door, and looked out the peephole. "It's Ni. Ni." she sneezed, "Damn it all, its Nick!"
She opened the door, and allowed her older brother to enter. "Hey, guys."
"Hey, you look like hell." Chasity sighed.
"Yeah, well. I've been through hell. I had to sneak out the back of my own damn house, cause two men were coming through the front."
"Are you okay?" asked Alley.
"Yeah, and no one saw me. I ran to the neighbor's house, and called a cab."
The more Alley heard, and saw, the more she knew she was putting her friends in danger. "I'm sorry, Nick."
"Don't worry, Al, I'm okay."
She wasn't even near convinced, nor did it make her feel any better.
Micah woke up to someone walking around the apartment. He sat up, slowly. Just then, he heard a loud bang, than made his heart go up into his throat. Then he heard, " ouch!"
"Alley?!" exclaimed Micah, in a hushed voice.
"Go back to sleep." Whispered Alley
"What are you doing?"
"I. just. I'm going out for some fresh air."
"I'm not buying it. Where are you really going? Tell me now or I'll wake up your brother."
"Oh. alright! I'm going to try to talk to Gabriel."
"What?!"
"Shhhhhh!"
He pushed the blankets off of him.
"Even your pajamas are black."
"That isn't the point right now!"
"Shhhh!"
"You're trying to commit suicide!"
"Look!" she spoke, surprisingly angry with only herself. "I don't even know if I'll find him. But I have to try!"
"For what reason?!"
"To make him leave my family alone! To keep him away from my friends."
Micah studied her for a long time. He sighed. "Fine. Let's go."
"Huh?"
"Come on. Let's go. Let's go find the son of a bitch, and."
"Oh, no! Not you! Micah, I."
"I go, or Edward wakes up."
"Fine! Just. come on! You know. you're starting to remind me of a younger sibling."
"I've never had an older sister before."
"Oh. just. let's go!"
Bailey got out of her car, and stared up at the house. She didn't even know why she had come here. She had been pulled there by a powerful energy. It was Alley's house. She finally began to walk toward the house. The door was torn off its hinges. She began to get a horrible feeling. She entered the house, and was greeted by two very strong arms. "I knew we would meet again." Chuck smirked.
"No! Let me go! Don't kill."
"No, no. You're not going to die right now. We need you. To bring your friend to the cornfield. Now. be extra nice, and I promise when your time comes, it will be quick." He laughed. "Now, let's be off. We mustn't keep Gabriel waiting on us."
He drug Bailey out of the house, he screaming, and kicking the whole way.
"How do you know he's still here?" Micah asked.
"I don't."
"Oh. Okay. That's wonderful."
"Just come on."
The two walked up to the busted door of Alley's house. The two stepped inside, and got ready for anything. But the house was empty. She looked over at Micah. He was just as frightened as she was. "I was wrong, huh?"
"No. You were right." He spoke. "Someone was here."
"But no one's here now."
"Hey, Alley! Look at your phone."
She walked over to the telephone. A note was on the answering machine. It said 'play me'.
She pushed play, and the message sounded. "Hello, Alley!" it was Gabriel's voice. "I just missed ya, huh? Well, I'm having a little party tomorrow night. And you have a friend here who would really love it if you came."
Alley, and Micah heard horrible, terrified screams in the background.
"Oh, yeah! Bailey says hi." Gabriel laughed. "You won't want to miss this. We're gonna have a good old fashioned witch burning. Now, I know Bailey isn't a witch, but."
'beep. message ending. message two beginning.'
"Damn thing cut me off! Anyway. I know Bailey's not a witch, but she's quite the bitch, wouldn't you agree. So. you're the guests of honor, Micah, and Alley. Bailey sure wants you to be there. Hugs, and kisses. Gabriel."
There was horrible screams mixed with Gabriel's and the evil laughs of others, and then the message ended.
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THE CAPTURE:
"Do you think they found anything?" Micah asked.
"I don't know. More than likely. All of my information is in that hotel." Alley told them. "We need to go somewhere. somewhere instead of here so we can talk, and think. I mean, we're right in the middle of the baby's clothing isle."
"Well, we've got to find Edward, Chasity, and Zeke, plus, we've got to call Nick, and tell him to get out of the house." Julie said.
"I can go find Chas, and Zeke." Micah suggested.
"Good. Julie, call Nick. I'll go find Edward, okay?" Alley replied.
"I'll come with you, kido." Ruth spoke.
"Oh, Ruth, you don't have to."
"It's okay. I don't have many friends, so. you get it."
Alley smiled. "Okay. Come on."
Alley and Ruth ran through the men's clothing, looking in every isle. They finally found him in the men's Docker's isle. "We have to get out of here, Ed." she stopped when she saw the twinkle in his eyes.
It was directed towards Ruth. She had the same look. Alley couldn't help but to smile at the situation. "Alley, who is your new friend?"
"I'm Ruth." She smiled, extending her hand.
He took it, and then kissed it.
"So charming." Smiled Ruth
"Um. this is just dandy, and all, but. Edward, we've gotta jet."
"What's going on?
"We'll talk."
"At my apartment?" Ruth suggested.
"Yeah! Gabriel would never look there!" Alley exclaimed, excitedly. "You two go get the car ready, and I'll go get the others."
Edward, and Ruth agreed, and then they went their separate ways.
"Chasity!" Micah called.
He looked in every isle he came to, but found no one. "Zeke! Come on, you two! Looking for you two like this brings back a bad memory, minus a flash light and a corn. come on!"
"Young man?
Micah turned around to see a friendly looking elderly woman. "Yes?"
"There's a register up there where you can have your parties paged." She smiled.
Micah returned the smile. "Thank you."
Micah ran up to the register. "Yes sir? How can I help you?"
"I need Chasity, and Zeke paged."
She picked up a phone, and dialed a number. "Chasity, and Zeke, your parties are waiting at register one. Chasity, and Zeke, please come to register one."
Micah stood at the register only a moment when the two came running up to him. "Is everything alright?"
"No. Alley got a pretty disturbing call from one of her friends."
"About what, Micah?" asked Zeke.
He sighed. "Gabriel is in Omaha. And he's brought friends."
"What the hell are we waiting for?! Let's get out of here!" exclaimed Chasity.
"So. you live here, huh? I like it. It's cute." Edward smiled.
"Thank you." Ruth smiled back. "So. Julie, did you give your brother the directions I told you?"
"Yep. He said he'd find it."
"How did you know me?!" Micah burst out, like it had been building up inside of him.
Ruth was calm about it. "You never knew me, and I really never knew you, Micah."
"So. you don't hate me?"
"No. I don't hate you. Especially since some of it was my fault. for listening to the thing that possessed you."
"So. what now?" Chasity asked. "Wait until it finds out where we are?"
"I agree. I mean. we can't hide out for forever." Julie replied, then coughed. "Damn this cold!"
"Maybe I should just go talk to Gabriel." Alley began to suggest.
"Don't be nutty, Alley! I know what you're thinking! Just get it out of your head!" Julie scolded.
"Julie's right. I'm the older brother, and I can be involved if I want." Edward told her.
"And what about us?" Micah exasperated. "We got you involved, Alley."
"It was just a suggestion. Forget I said anything. It seemed to be the right thing to do."
"Well, it's not. It's suicide." Ruth told her. "You guys can sleep here. There's plenty of room."
Edward smiled. "Really?"
"Yeah." She answered. "Of course."
"Thank you."
"No problem."
Just them, there was a knock. Julie ran to the door, and looked out the peephole. "It's Ni. Ni." she sneezed, "Damn it all, its Nick!"
She opened the door, and allowed her older brother to enter. "Hey, guys."
"Hey, you look like hell." Chasity sighed.
"Yeah, well. I've been through hell. I had to sneak out the back of my own damn house, cause two men were coming through the front."
"Are you okay?" asked Alley.
"Yeah, and no one saw me. I ran to the neighbor's house, and called a cab."
The more Alley heard, and saw, the more she knew she was putting her friends in danger. "I'm sorry, Nick."
"Don't worry, Al, I'm okay."
She wasn't even near convinced, nor did it make her feel any better.
Micah woke up to someone walking around the apartment. He sat up, slowly. Just then, he heard a loud bang, than made his heart go up into his throat. Then he heard, " ouch!"
"Alley?!" exclaimed Micah, in a hushed voice.
"Go back to sleep." Whispered Alley
"What are you doing?"
"I. just. I'm going out for some fresh air."
"I'm not buying it. Where are you really going? Tell me now or I'll wake up your brother."
"Oh. alright! I'm going to try to talk to Gabriel."
"What?!"
"Shhhhhh!"
He pushed the blankets off of him.
"Even your pajamas are black."
"That isn't the point right now!"
"Shhhh!"
"You're trying to commit suicide!"
"Look!" she spoke, surprisingly angry with only herself. "I don't even know if I'll find him. But I have to try!"
"For what reason?!"
"To make him leave my family alone! To keep him away from my friends."
Micah studied her for a long time. He sighed. "Fine. Let's go."
"Huh?"
"Come on. Let's go. Let's go find the son of a bitch, and."
"Oh, no! Not you! Micah, I."
"I go, or Edward wakes up."
"Fine! Just. come on! You know. you're starting to remind me of a younger sibling."
"I've never had an older sister before."
"Oh. just. let's go!"
Bailey got out of her car, and stared up at the house. She didn't even know why she had come here. She had been pulled there by a powerful energy. It was Alley's house. She finally began to walk toward the house. The door was torn off its hinges. She began to get a horrible feeling. She entered the house, and was greeted by two very strong arms. "I knew we would meet again." Chuck smirked.
"No! Let me go! Don't kill."
"No, no. You're not going to die right now. We need you. To bring your friend to the cornfield. Now. be extra nice, and I promise when your time comes, it will be quick." He laughed. "Now, let's be off. We mustn't keep Gabriel waiting on us."
He drug Bailey out of the house, he screaming, and kicking the whole way.
"How do you know he's still here?" Micah asked.
"I don't."
"Oh. Okay. That's wonderful."
"Just come on."
The two walked up to the busted door of Alley's house. The two stepped inside, and got ready for anything. But the house was empty. She looked over at Micah. He was just as frightened as she was. "I was wrong, huh?"
"No. You were right." He spoke. "Someone was here."
"But no one's here now."
"Hey, Alley! Look at your phone."
She walked over to the telephone. A note was on the answering machine. It said 'play me'.
She pushed play, and the message sounded. "Hello, Alley!" it was Gabriel's voice. "I just missed ya, huh? Well, I'm having a little party tomorrow night. And you have a friend here who would really love it if you came."
Alley, and Micah heard horrible, terrified screams in the background.
"Oh, yeah! Bailey says hi." Gabriel laughed. "You won't want to miss this. We're gonna have a good old fashioned witch burning. Now, I know Bailey isn't a witch, but."
'beep. message ending. message two beginning.'
"Damn thing cut me off! Anyway. I know Bailey's not a witch, but she's quite the bitch, wouldn't you agree. So. you're the guests of honor, Micah, and Alley. Bailey sure wants you to be there. Hugs, and kisses. Gabriel."
There was horrible screams mixed with Gabriel's and the evil laughs of others, and then the message ended.
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