Chapter 2
"Damn it!" Laura cursed. "Out of bullets….…...… again!"
Sydney grinned in relief, then hastily wiped the grin off her face before Laura could notice it. Just then, Sydney felt something in her back pocket. Since her hands were tied behind the chair, it was easy to reach into her pocket to get it.
Sydney was so happy about what she found, that she almost screamed. In her back pocket had been a pocketknife, which she was now using to saw away at the rope binding her hands together.
"Well Sydney," Laura purred slyly, "Are you now ready to tell me what you know?" Vaughn looked at Sydney with a pleading look in his eyes. Sydney swallowed.
"Yes Mo - Laura, I'm ready" Vaughn looked petrified. Laura glanced quickly at Sydney. "Well, I guess you can be cooperative after all." She whirled around to face Sydney. "Tell me, how did Jack kill Haladki?"
Sydney gulped. She hadn't even known Haladki was dead until Laura had told her. "But if I tell her that, She will just think I'm lying and kill me," Sydney thought franticly for an answer, her face showing no sign of her inner turmoil. She quickly replied with what seemed like the safest answer. " I don't know, but maybe you could ask Vaughn, he might know."
As Laura turned around, Sydney finished sawing herself loose and showed Vaughn that she was free. He nodded to show that he understood.
Vaughn started to speak. "Well, Jack and I were having a casual conversation about…"
"He's buying me time! Vaughn is so smart, and cute too!" Sidney smiled inwardly. She got up as quietly as possible and stepped up behind Laura. Before Laura had a chance to turn around, Sydney whacked her in the head, knocking her out. She untied Vaughn who was congratulating her silently with a rewarding smile and a playful wink. "Vaughn, are you all right?" Vaughn managed a weak smile. "Yeah, I'm fine, I think, just a little dazed."
Sydney and Vaughn got up and got ready to leave. Sydney stopped him. "Wait a minute Vaughn." Sydney knew she had to leave a mark. It was a part of the revenge that she wanted so badly. Sydney took out her pocketknife and carefully, so as not to injure her mother, used the tip of the knife to scrape Laura's cheek, knowing it would leave her with a permanent scar. Sydney and Vaughn finished tying Laura up and left the room.
Vaughn and Sydney ran out quickly, knowing that the guards would be looking for them soon. They ran side by side at the same pace, smiling at each other with every step. They desperately hoped that they were heading towards the exit, since they did not know the building very well. Then, a guard spotted them. "Get them!" Sydney rounded the corner, running right into another guard. She kicked him in the stomach before he could do anything. The guard doubled over in pain, giving Syd and Vaughn time to escape.
Sydney was getting slightly ahead of Vaughn now. As they were running a guard jumped out of nowhere and onto Sydney's back. Sydney, in shock, collapsed under the guards weight and called out for Vaughn. Vaughn stood there, panicking, and remembered what was in his pocket. When Sydney had knocked Laura out, he had taken one of Laura's guns, making sure that it was the one that had bullets. He took the gun out and pointed it at the guard, unsure of what he should do.
TO BE CONTINUED…
"Damn it!" Laura cursed. "Out of bullets….…...… again!"
Sydney grinned in relief, then hastily wiped the grin off her face before Laura could notice it. Just then, Sydney felt something in her back pocket. Since her hands were tied behind the chair, it was easy to reach into her pocket to get it.
Sydney was so happy about what she found, that she almost screamed. In her back pocket had been a pocketknife, which she was now using to saw away at the rope binding her hands together.
"Well Sydney," Laura purred slyly, "Are you now ready to tell me what you know?" Vaughn looked at Sydney with a pleading look in his eyes. Sydney swallowed.
"Yes Mo - Laura, I'm ready" Vaughn looked petrified. Laura glanced quickly at Sydney. "Well, I guess you can be cooperative after all." She whirled around to face Sydney. "Tell me, how did Jack kill Haladki?"
Sydney gulped. She hadn't even known Haladki was dead until Laura had told her. "But if I tell her that, She will just think I'm lying and kill me," Sydney thought franticly for an answer, her face showing no sign of her inner turmoil. She quickly replied with what seemed like the safest answer. " I don't know, but maybe you could ask Vaughn, he might know."
As Laura turned around, Sydney finished sawing herself loose and showed Vaughn that she was free. He nodded to show that he understood.
Vaughn started to speak. "Well, Jack and I were having a casual conversation about…"
"He's buying me time! Vaughn is so smart, and cute too!" Sidney smiled inwardly. She got up as quietly as possible and stepped up behind Laura. Before Laura had a chance to turn around, Sydney whacked her in the head, knocking her out. She untied Vaughn who was congratulating her silently with a rewarding smile and a playful wink. "Vaughn, are you all right?" Vaughn managed a weak smile. "Yeah, I'm fine, I think, just a little dazed."
Sydney and Vaughn got up and got ready to leave. Sydney stopped him. "Wait a minute Vaughn." Sydney knew she had to leave a mark. It was a part of the revenge that she wanted so badly. Sydney took out her pocketknife and carefully, so as not to injure her mother, used the tip of the knife to scrape Laura's cheek, knowing it would leave her with a permanent scar. Sydney and Vaughn finished tying Laura up and left the room.
Vaughn and Sydney ran out quickly, knowing that the guards would be looking for them soon. They ran side by side at the same pace, smiling at each other with every step. They desperately hoped that they were heading towards the exit, since they did not know the building very well. Then, a guard spotted them. "Get them!" Sydney rounded the corner, running right into another guard. She kicked him in the stomach before he could do anything. The guard doubled over in pain, giving Syd and Vaughn time to escape.
Sydney was getting slightly ahead of Vaughn now. As they were running a guard jumped out of nowhere and onto Sydney's back. Sydney, in shock, collapsed under the guards weight and called out for Vaughn. Vaughn stood there, panicking, and remembered what was in his pocket. When Sydney had knocked Laura out, he had taken one of Laura's guns, making sure that it was the one that had bullets. He took the gun out and pointed it at the guard, unsure of what he should do.
TO BE CONTINUED…