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A/N: Hi everyone! Hope you guys enjoy this chapter of Yesterday's Troubles. So please relax and enjoy this long awaited chapter. Don't forget to review please. Thank you already to all the many reviews I have received in the past. And please tell me if it's a little confusing. I really want to know what you guys think.
Chapter 12: The Choice
The cool air breezed into the already cold, industrial type room. Brenda paced slowly back and forth, but the chain kept her hooked to the wall like a dog in a kennel. Brenda watched as birds flew into and out of the one tiny window. She began to imagine the freedom that she had lost not too long ago. To be like a bird, fly wherever you wanted whenever you wanted. The only times she experienced that type of freedom was as a single girl in Europe…and the first time she rode on Jason's bike. She never understood what Robin saw in Jason, but now she knew, and she fell in love with every aspect of it. Time away in Europe and the past week had helped her realize just how much she had cared for Jason.
Jason sat against the cinder block wall, darkness forcing him to reflect on the past events and his thoughts. His body was weary from lack of food and the unsuccessful attempts at forcing his wrists from the chains. But his heart and mind still possessed energy, energy and the want to rescue Robin and Brenda. He hadn't experienced this type of helplessness in a long time, it scared him. The only thing that kept him focused was the fact that he knew Brenda needed him. Even in the darkness he could see her face and bright smile. Sometimes he imagined his fingertips touching her soft dark hair. He missed her spontaneity and energetic zest for life. He never believed he would ever want to hold her in his arms again. But he did.
The heavy door clanged open, a bright light forced Jason's eyes shut, but he forced them open. Two hefty men yanked Jason out of the room and threw him across the hall. They forced his fatigued body into a room a few yards away. Jason kept his head up, attempting to be take note of the place. Then he saw her. Their eyes met and happiness and relief rushed through their veins.
"Nice of you to show up," Brenda muttered with a tiny smile. Her heart dropped when the guards threw Jason into her cell, she had believed Jason was on his way to rescue her, not be a captive as well. But she was still happy Jason was with her, even if it was as a hostage.
"Well, I wasn't exactly given a choice," Jason retorted. He wanted to embrace her, squeeze her hand, anything, but his hands were quickly tied to the slim pipe above that was above their heads.
"I would have thought you would have gotten away by now," Brenda whispered in his ear. Her arms were raised above her head as well, her wrists tied to a pipe next to Jason's. The two were a mere foot apart, but it felt like a mile to Brenda; so close, yet so far.
"What, and leave you and Robin here?" Jason whispered back, assessing his surroundings. The only chance of escape was the one door, which was oddly not heavily guarded. The only problem to solve would be how to unlock themselves from the chains.
"Well, you could have left last night and gotten help, but instead you got beaten up by those goons. Man, Jase, you really are losing your touch."
"I don't see your wrists free from any restraints." Jason replied, a little annoyed, clanging the chain cuffs on the pipes.
"You're not going to blame this on me, are you?" Brenda exclaimed.
"Well, we're not close to setting Robin, or ourselves for that matter, free, are we?"
"Like you could come up with anything better?" Brenda muttered, eyeing Jason with the old look of hatred she used to have for him.
"I did, but you got kidnapped, first." Jason reasoned, in his old "I hate you Brenda" tone.
"Not this again. Who was the idiot that did not see the trap?" Brenda asked, ready to begin another bantering round with Jason again. But before Jason could reply, the door flew open, revealing Jagger laughing at the two.
"I should have put gags on your mouths. Honestly, do you two ever grow weary of bickering?" Jagger asked the couple who now stared at him with remorse and abhorrence.
"You know, this doesn't suit you," Jagger commented pointing to Jason's black attire. "A doctor's coat is more like it, or surgeon scrubs. Oh wait, I forgot, big brother messed up your brain. What is it now? Mob enforcer, thug, killer?" Jagger hissed. It amused him that Saint Jason was now Saint Thug. "I know who you are, do you know who I am?" Jagger asked a confused Jason. "Let me give you a little hint, Karen Wexler."
Brenda's eyes seemed to light up at the mention of her high school enemy's name. "Jagger?" she exclaimed, a shocked look on her face.
"That's right, Bren. You wanted me in high school, how come you didn't want me a few weeks ago?" Jagger snapped back at her. "And you - You don't even recognize me. You should. You tried to keep my girl away from me."
"If I did, then you were probably bad news," Jason replied coldly. He remembered Jagger, the stories Robin told about him and Karen. He wanted to meet the tough, righteous Jagger she described. But not the man, the sick man that was standing before him, a sick man filled with rage and anger.
"I see your attitude towards me hasn't changed." Jagger began.
"Why are you doing this, Jagger? I mean, what the hell could possibly make you this psychotic?" Brenda asked. Her stomach was doing flip flops while her mind ran a thousand miles a minute. There was no way the bleach haired man standing before her was the rugged bad boy she had crushed on in high school.
"Why does everybody keep asking me that?!" Jagger screamed, throwing his hands in the air. "Why can't you people understand? Sonny needs to pay. He needs to pay for what he did to Stone," Jagger began. He walked towards Brenda, brushing her hair with his fingertips; she flinched at his touch, "for hurting you more than any man would ever dare," he then walked towards Jason, careful not to touch him, "for turning a friend into a monster, and most of all, for destroying Karen." His eyes closed at the recollection of his love, his heart. Robin's voice resonated in his mind, "She's gone." Jagger shook his head back into reality.
"You sick bastard, you know perfectly well that Sonny did not-." Brenda started. Just then it all clicked for Jason. What happened to Courtney, the penthouse, the hotel, everything connected in Jason's mind.
"You placed the bomb in the penthouse." Jason stated unemotionally.
"You catch on quickly Morgan. I tried obliterating Sonny's perfect family, but a certain Marco issued the family out without my knowledge. And now, taking Robin has gotten to my advantage." Jagger explained. Just then a guard, holding Robin by the arm entered the room.
"Will you just let go of me, now?" Robin said, forcing her arm free of the man's tight grip.
"Here's the little saint, now," Jagger laughed. Robin noticed the company in the room. Her first instinct was to run and hug her best friend, but reason and a certain man stopped her. Her heart raced as to what Jagger was planning to do.
"Jagger what are you doing?" Robin questioned warily. Jagger walked over to Robin and placed his hands on her shoulders. To Jason and Brenda's surprise, she did not flinch nor try to shrug him off.
"See, I was going to use precious Robin, here, as a lever over the current PC commissioner, but now I got you two: Sonny's best friend and his past true love." Jagger handed a loaded gun to Robin with one hand, while another remained in his pocket.
"I don't want it," Robin protested. Jagger's other hand pressed a knife to her side.
"Take it," Jagger threatened, slowly pressing the knife harder on her body. Robin's shaky hands accepted the weapon, fearful that he might actually penetrate the blade into her skin. "Now choose, Robin, who goes first, your best friend or your past true love."
A/N: Oh no, Robin shooting the two leads! Kind of a huge cliffhanger, huh? So review and tell me what you guys think about Jagger, like is he a little too nuts. Or what do you think Robin will do. And for those of you who might happen to also like Liason, my liason fic is updated too. So check that out while you're online reading all the fanfic stories, only if you wanna, though. Ok, until next time!