Disclaimer- Dont own nothing! I swear it! Nothing I say! Nothing!

Personal Note- Thanks to everyone that has reviewed this and for all those are enjoying
it… Thanks. Thanks to Christina that said that I should seek professional mental help..
your concern has been noted…:P. I was listening to Mudvayne when I was writing this
and I like the influence they gave me… hehehe…

The Meaning Of Love

By the untalented JOxER

Chapter Seven.

Razor opened the warehouse door and stepped inside carrying a huge box. "Honey I am
home!" Razor said as he placed the box down and headed to get more boxes from the
van. Lawrence went outside and began to help Razor.

"Hey, does it take the whole fucken day to get a computer?" Lawrence said as he neared
the beat up brown van. "Its almost 8 clock!"

"Oh calm down and Yes it does.. plus I picked up something for myself." Razor said as
he shoved a box to Lawrence. Lawrence took the box and went back inside the
warehouse. Razor followed with another box.

"Get off your butt Doran and get this crap out of their boxes. You too Mike." Lawrence
said as he placed the box on the ground.

"I am not your fucken slave asshole." Mike said to Lawrence.

"I SAID DO IT!" Lawrence said as he neared Mike and punched him in the face. Mike
fell to the ground but did not attack back. Mike rubbed his aching jaw and began to help
out Doran with the supplies. "That's it." Lawrence said as he left the room and bumped
into Razor on his way out.

"Just a few more stuff in the van." Razor said as he entered the warehouse. Lawrence
went to the van and reached for another box when something caught his eye. In the rear
front side of the van, there was a small figure shaking badly. Lawrence got near the
figure and saw it was a young girl that was bound with duct tape and tired to the vans
back seats. She was about 17 years old and she had on one of those stupid bands t-shirts
and some tight jeans. Lawrence was about to yell for Razor when he saw that Razor was
coming out for another box.

"What the fuck is that?" Lawrence said as he pointed to the girl.

"I said I picked something for myself, well- there she is." Razor said as he went towards
the girl.

"What the hell are you thinking? You could have ruined everything!"

"Will you shut up already! I know what I am doing. I have done this so many times so
just shut up and let me have your fun. I am letting have your fun with your stupid son, let
me have fun with my hobby…" Razor said as he untied the girl's hands from the seat.
The girl tried to fight off her captor but ended up getting slapped in the face a couple of
times by Razor. She began to kick Razor and landed on good kick to his ribs and Razor
gasped for breath. Razor backed off but quickly made his move again. The girl was
ready to strike again when Razor began to punch her in her stomach and after several
blows, she spotted struggling. Razor threw her over his shoulders and exited the van. "If
you need me, I will be in one of the empty rooms. I also have some interesting news
about your little brat but I will tell you when.. when I am done with her" Razor said as he
carried the girl into the warehouse. Lawrence wanted to kill razor for being stupid but
instead he laughed. Lawrence reached for another box and found a pink wallet near it.
'Must belong to the girl' Lawrence said as he opened the wallet and read the id name.
"Oh my dear Patricia Anthony, you are going to die so young" Lawrence said as he
pocket the wallet and carried the last box into the warehouse.

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One and half weeks later…

Lucas was about to go out of his mind. He has been stuck inside the stupid house for
about week and the only time he got to go outside, he was always accompanied by Ben.
Every morning, Ben would come by and say that he was there to talk to the captain and
check the system. But Lucas had long figured out that Ben was there for Lucas' sake.
There was one time when Lucas got to go out of the house but that was only a trip to the
market and again, Ben was along for the ride. Lucas had confronted Ben about the
following around but Ben denied everything. Lucas was now in his room, again
forbidden to leave without having Ben around. That was it. Lucas shut down his
computer and had to have a talk with his dad.

Lucas went down stairs and to what surprise, Ben and Nathan were talking to each other
in the dinning room table. Lucas took in a deep breath and went to the dinning room.

"Hiya Lucas." Ben greeted his friend.

"Dad, we have to talk." Lucas said as he took a seat in the dinning room chair.

"Alright Lucas. What's on your mind?"

"Alone." Lucas said as he stared at Ben.

"I got it. I'm going to check on the system and see if everything is working alright." Ben
said as he got up from the table and headed towards the study room where the system
monitors were.

"Alright Lucas, we are alone now."

"I want to go out Dad."

"Sure, go and take Ben with you." Nathan said

"I don't want to go with Ben. Dad, why are you doing this? I can go by myself you
know."

"No you cant Lucas. That.. that bastard is still loose and… well, it is not safe out there."
Nathan said.

"But Dad, I am sick and tired of being inside all day! I can't be hiding from my real
father for the rest of my life. Don't you see that is what he wants! He wants me to hide
and he is succeeding! Look, all I want is to go on a date with Dayna. I have canceled so
many invitations that I can't face her and tell her that I can't leave or go anywhere! I
need to get out dad. I need to leave this prison."

Nathan sighed, Lucas was right; he couldn't live in hiding everyday of his life. And there
was no reason not to let Lucas leave. Lawrence could have been out of the country and
living a grand life while Nathan kept Lucas under lock and key. But the fact was that
Lawrence was still out there somewhere and Nathan couldn't risk on losing another son.
In the other hand, he could lose Lucas anyways; the past days had made Lucas miserable
and stressed. It was showing the teens character, he would just mope around the house.
Nathan sighed again as he felt his son's eyes on him.

"Alright Lucas. You made your point. But, I want to know where you are going. Better
yet, why don't we all go to the city carnival?"

"We?"

"Yes, you, Dayna, Kristen and I."

"Dad, I want to go alone."

"You will. You will go alone and pick up Dayna and Kristen and I will meet you there. I
promise not to spy on you or follow you around. I also owe a night out to Kristen and
maybe we all could have dinner somewhere. On me."

"You promise not to follow us?"

"I swear it. Now go call up Dayna and tell her the news." Nathan said as he patted Lucas
shoulder. Lucas smiled and nodded his head.

"Thanks dad." Lucas said as he left the room and headed towards the study room. Ben
soon came back from the room and sat down back at the dinning room.

"What happened?"

"Oh like you don't know Ben." Nathan said as he laughed.

"Me?" Ben said

"Yes you. I saw you peeking in.."

"I need to work on this spying thing. So you are really letting the kid alone?"

"I said I was didn't I."

"But it is not what you have planned.."

"Right. I have to go and tell Kristen. I am also not going to need your service for that
night."

"Yeah, you will be the spy on this case." Ben said as the captain left the dinning room.

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Two days later- Carnival Night.

Lucas was all ready as he tied his sneakers and double-checked his hair in the living room
mirror. It was going to be a casual date but he still wanted to look his best for Dayna. He
was so happy that he was going out with her again and even though his dad was going to
be around, he knew his father's promise not to follow him was a good promise that
Nathan was going to keep. Nathan had come down the stairs and he was also dressed
casual, a pair of faded jeans and a nice but not to fancy dress shirt. Nathan and Lucas
waited for Kristen to come down the stairs.

"Woman, I am only going to take her somewhere casual but she still takes her time
like…" Nathan began to say when he heard Kristen door slam. Nathan saw Kristen was
dressed casual but she always looked good to him. Kristen grabed her purse and hold her
jacket in her arms. Nathan went into the study room and grabed a 'watch' from the desk
and grabed his cell phone. Nathan pretended to slipped on the watch and took notice that
Lucas didn't wear one.

"Lucas, where's your watch?"

"I don't have a watch dad."

"Oh. Here." Nathan said as he handed Lucas the 'watch.'

"Dad.. I don't need a watch…"

"Yes you do." Nathan said as he grabed Kristen by her arm and led her outside the house.
Lucas sighed and put on the silver watch and grabed his car keys. Lucas set the alarm on
and locked the front door.

"Alright Lucas, we will meet you at the carnival ok?"

"Sure dad." Lucas said as he rolled his eyes and headed towards his car. Nathan went
towards his and opened the door for Kristen. Lucas walked to his driver side of his car
and began to get in when his father yelled for him again.

"Don't go off and do something else in stead Lucas. Go pick up Dayna and go straight to
the carnival."

"Dad, we have been through this before. I am not a little kid; you only have to tell me
things once! I go pick up Dayna, take High way 14 and exit on Dixon road, about a 30
minute drive and then turn left at the intersection and down several blocks, there is the
carnival! It is an hour drive! I know, you told Ben to map it out and time it!"

"Oh just get out of here… don't be late Lucas."

"All right dad!" Lucas said as he got into his car and turned on the radio. Nathan covered
his ears to the loud music and shouted to Lucas to turn it down. Lucas only raised the
volume to his Toxicity Cd and left the house. Nathan entered the car and sighed.

"Everything is going to be alright Nathan" Kristen assured the Captain.

"I know, he's a good kid.. but deep down inside me, I feel something terrible is going to
happen…" Nathan said as he started up the car and drove towards the carnival.

The black sports car took off and passed a parked Van near another house down the
block. Lawrence, Doran, and Razor had been spying on the teen for four days now and
Lawrence laughed as he saw Lucas drive away in one direction and Bridger in the other
direction.

"Doran, follow the red car." Lawrence said as saw Lucas make a right turn down the
block. Doran started up the car while Lawrence and Razor were in the back, getting the
rear of the van ready.

"You shouldn't have killed Mark, Lawrence." Razor said as he cut pieces of rope.

"He shouldn't have given me lip… you shouldn't have killed that girl.."

"She got to be annoying by the second day…" Razor said as he laughed. The trip was
about 20 minutes long when Doran came to a stop. Lawrence peeked outside and there
was his son, a few feet away, standing in front of a house waiting for someone to open
the door.

"Why not take him now, he's all alone.." Razor said

"No. This involves the two of them.. in order for my plan to work, we need both of
them….

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Luca arrived at Dayna's house a little late. It was already 7:35, only running late by 15
minutes. 'Dad's going to lecture me about being 15 minutes late? No, he will just skip the
lecture part and kill me' Lucas thought as he stood in front of the front door. The door
opened and Lucas was greeted by little Suzy. Suzy smiled and yelled to Dayna that he
boyfriend was here. Lucas thanked Suzy and Suzy just stuck her tongue out at him and
went back inside the house. Dayna appeared shortly and yelled to her father that she was
leaving and she closed the door. Lucas greeted Dayna by a small hug and a sweet kiss on
her cheek. Lucas led Dayna to his car and opened the door for her. Lucas then went to
his door and started up the car. The volume to the CD was still on high and System of A
down was blasting out of his front speakers. Lucas gasped and lowered the volume.
Dayna had covered her ears when the loud music went off and now was laughing.

"What's so funny?" Lucas asked.

"How can you understand what they are saying?"

"It is easy!" Lucas said as he turned on the CD player and sang some of the lyrics. Dayna
laughed at Lucas vocals. Dayna tried singing some lyrics but found it was too fast. The
two were too busy to notice a brown van that was following them. Lucas entered the
high way and found it was a big mistake. The high way was packed and he was late to
began with… he was going to get it now. After being in slow moving traffic for about 25
minutes, Lucas saw a near by street and made a right turn.

"I'm going to make my own short cut." Lucas said as he went down the empty road.
There were a few houses on the road but other than that, it was an empty road. Lucas
was pleased that his short cut was working since he could see the lights of cars on the
highway. Lucas looked at his mirrors and saw that there was no one behind him or in
front of him.

"I really don't like this Lucas." Dayna said as she got a bit nerves.

"I don't either but no one is behind us and the car is locked." Lucas calmed Dayna. Out
of nowhere, there were high beams shinning into Lucas eyes by the rear view mirror.
'Oh shit' Lucas thought as he began to speed down the street. The van kept on coming
towards him and began to flash his lights at Lucas.

"What's going on Lucas?" Dayna asked as she held on to the door's handle.

"I don't know, but I am getting the hell out of here." Lucas said as he saw a near by small
street and made a left turn. Lucas thought that he could enter the highway again but he
made a mistake, the road was in a circle pattern and it shot him further away from the
highway. Lucas found himself in a bad maintained road, no houses, no buildings, and one
streetlight that he just passed. Lucas was now going 100mph but the van still seemed to
be on his tail. The van came too close and hit Lucas' rear bumper. The car swerved a
little but Lucas got it under control. Lucas began to go faster, knowing if the van did the
move again, he wasn't going to be able to control the car. Lucas was now going 110mph
when the van made the same move. This time, the van hit Lucas' rear bumper in a 45-
degree angle and it made the small sport car spin out. Lucas griped the wheel and
slammed on his brakes. But that moves made his steering wheel lock and he couldn't
control the car. Lucas heard the screeching of tires and then some a dirt cloud began to
form when he hit some kind of dirt road. Lucas gasped as his headlights shinned on a
large tree and the car crashed into it. Lucas' air bag blasted open and cushioned Lucas'
head from the impacted. The windshield cracked but didn't brake. The car was now
smoking and Lucas was sort of out of it.

Lucas tried to move his leg but screamed at the effort. Lucas looked at his left leg and
saw that it was in a weird angle, obviously broken. Lucas then turned to look at Dayna
and panic as he saw her that her head resting on the door's window. Lucas unbuckled his
seat belt and tried to check on Dayna. His leg was causing so much pain but he tried his
best to reach her. Lucas tilted her head and saw that she had a small cut on her forehead
and Lucas tried to shake her awake. She was out cold. Lucas saw that there was a small
bloodstain on the dashboard. Lucas drew his attention to the van that hit him when he
heard two doors slam shut. Lucas saw two figures exit the van and was coming towards
his car. Lucas knew who it was, 'who else' Lucas thought as someone neared the driver
side door. Lucas had the door shut and the man yelled for him to open the door. Lucas
disobeyed and started to honk his horn. The man got angry and rammed a hard object
towards the window and shattered the window. Lucas tried to stop the hand that was
trying to unlock the door but the man simply bent down and punched him in the face.
Lucas heard another window braking and saw someone opening Dayna's door.

"NO! Leave her alone. You want me! Only me! Leave her alone!" Lucas said as he
tried to grab Dayna before the other man did. The other man ignored his pleas and
carried Dayna out of the car. Lucas was not going to give up, he began to move out of
the driver seat, dragging his left leg and was determined to stop the man from taking
Dayna. That gave the man on Lucas' side to open the door and grab the teen before he
made it to the passenger seat. Lucas struggled against the hands of the man but the man
managed to drag him out of the car.

"HELP!" Lucas yelled only to get punched in his stomach. Lucas gasped for breath and
yelled for help again. This time the man kicked his injured leg and made Lucas cry out in
pain. The man grabed Lucas by his hair and made him stand up.

"You big baby, take it like a man!" the man said to Lucas.

"Nice to see you too Dad." Lucas said to Lawrence.

"I wish I could say the same to you."

"Don't take Dayna please. You only want me, leave her alone. Leave her here! I'll do
what ever you want me to do! Just leave her.." Lucas pled for Dayna's life as he saw the
other man carrying her to the van.

"I don't think so, I think my friend over there likes her… she is pretty, Lucas. Very
Pretty."

"Son of a bitch." Lucas said as he charged his father. Lawrence was surprised at his
son's actions but quickly recovered by the blow and pinned Lucas on the floor.
Lawrence punched him several times until Lucas stopped struggling.

"You really do like her huh son?"

"I am not your son!" Lucas whispered. Lawrence got up from his son and lifted him up
again by his hair.

"Come quietly or I will kill you little girlfriend right here and now!" Lawrence said.
Lucas nodded and Lawrence forced him to walk on his injured leg. Lucas was now in the
back of the van and saw Dayna already tied and gagged. Lucas was about give another
remark to his father when something hard hit him on his head. The last thing Lucas saw
was a bumper sticker on the van's rear bumper and then pasted out.

Lawrence laughed as he held the gun in his hand. Razor laughed too and helped
Lawrence with the teen and loaded him into the van. Lawrence began to tie Lucas feet
and arms when he told Doran to drive. Doran nodded and the brown van headed towards
back to the highway and towards the warehouse. It was time to play.