Chapter Nine: Hostage.
Jackie awoke in unfamiliar surroundings. Her head pounded and she could feel every tiny vein throbbing within her skull, she tried to raise her head to get a better view but couldn't as both of her hands were tied to either post of a very uncomfortable bed. Jackie tried to open her mouth to speak but felt a foreign fabric invade her mouth that stopped Jackie from screaming the house down. Jackie tried to shift her feet a little but couldn't as they were also tied to the bed. Jackie heard a few footsteps and quickly closed her eyes to pretend that she was still a sleep.
Dawn walked into the tiny room with a cloth and a bowl of warm water. She sat on the edge of the bed and Jackie tried her best not to flinch when she felt the warm water glide over her forehead. Dawn looked down at Jackie and sighed.
" You know I kinda liked you, well for a while anyway and then I realised why I hate you so much so this doesn't pain me as much as I would like to say!" Dawn smiled down at Jackie as she ran her hands through her matted hair. No longer was it the shiny vibrant raven black it looked just days ago. Instead it was a mop of lifeless hair saturated with blood.
Jackie heard everything that she had said and wanted to punch her right in the jaw but she stayed still not to alert Dawn that she was conscious so she could escape.
Hopefully if this bitch thinks that I am asleep she will leave for whatever reason and I will have a chance to escape and get Steven to kick her ass! Jackie thought as she felt the bed rise just a little as Dawn got up.
" You know what?…….Jackie I think you look better this way!" Dawn laughed as she moved into the next room.
Jackie heard the door close and opened her eyes. She frantically searched the small room with her eyes looking for anything that she might be able use to get her self out of this mess. The room was so dark and small, Jackie had a bigger closet than this. The wall paper was a horrible orange that reminded her of coolade. Jackie slightly tilted her head and was able to get a slight view from the window. She saw a group of small buildings that looked really familiar but she couldn't put her finger on it.
All Jackie could think about was kicking Dawn's ass when she has the chance. She knew Dawn was a bitch but she had no idea that she was capable of kidnapping her. Jackie's mind floated to Steven. She closed her eyes and saw his face, a tear ran down her cheek.
I am not going to die, I can't die not without telling Steven that I love him. And I don't wanna die like this.
Jackie winced in pain as the tear passed over an abrasion on her cheek. Jackie heard footsteps again put this time they were leading away from her and she heard Dawn leave the house.
Hyde looked at Kelso as he continued. He felt like pounding him but he knew something about Jackie and he needed to hear it.
" Kelso what kind of a problem?" Donna said slowly as she looked at Hyde and then Eric. Donna could see the anger in Hyde's eyes and threw an awkward smile at him. She then turned back towards Kelso. Whatever he knew she also needed to know.
" Guys I knocked on Jackie's door just to see how she is and I asked Mr Burkhart if I could see her and…."
Eric leaned forward and slapped him on the arm. " Kelso get to the point!"
" Damn! I was getting to it…geez!" Kelso cried as he rubbed his arm. " Anyway Mr Burkhart told me that he hadn't seen Jackie all night and he didn't even know that she knew about him and Dawn!"
Everyone was quiet.
" So I am sure she just went somewhere else to think. If I found out that my dad was screwing a hot cheerleader I wouldn't wanna go back to that house where I saw them doing it too!" Fez said. For once everybody agreed with Fez.
" Wow Fez that was really…….logical of you!" Donna said as she looked at Eric.
Kelso got up from his seat and got a Popsicle from the freezer.
" I guess your right! Boy would I be in a pissed off mood. Especially at you!" Kelso said as he pointed to Hyde.
" Kelso man back off!" Eric said. He knows how much Jackie means to Hyde and he could see the anger building up inside of him.
Donna, Fez and Eric prepared themselves for a fight but instead heard Hyde sit down on the couch.
" I know…I should have told her!"
" Hyde you were gonna but she found out in a very horrible way!" Donna said as she tried to comfort Hyde.
Hyde shook his head. Something didn't feel right. In all the time he knew Jackie whenever she was upset she would always want a shoulder to cry on and for most of those times it was him.
" Look! Something doesn't add up here!"
Everybody stared at Hyde not sure what he was getting at.
" Guys whenever Jackie is upset she comes to us to talk about it."
Donna didn't want to disagree with his theory but she tried to reason with Hyde.
" Yeah Hyde but we are the ones she is running away from! She ran cos we knew something that she didn't and didn't tell her!"
" Yeah even though some knew for longer than others!" Kelso pointed out and Donna, Fez and Kelso glared at them.
Hyde got up and shifted his weight. " Yeah I know. But she would at least tell us were she is going or call us if she wants us to pick her up. I am gonna go to her house and try and talk to Mr Burkhart maybe he knows something that he isn't telling us!"
Eric got up and was followed by Donna. " Yeah and maybe Dawn knows something to. I mean she hasn't exactly hid how she feels about Jackie's dad and Jackie." Eric added.
Fez walked up to Hyde and stood behind him.
" Ooooh are we going to be like detectives!" Fez grinned.
" Yeah sorta!" Donna took control. She knew Hyde was right and something didn't feel right. Right now she just wanted to find Jackie and kill her suspicions.
" Ok Hyde and Eric you go to Jackie's house and try and get some info out of her dad and Fez, Kelso you are with me. We are gonna look at Dawn's local hangouts and try and find her to see if she has seen Jackie. We will meet back here in two hours and discuss what we have. Is that clear!"
"Yes!" They all responded.
" Donna I love it when you take the lead!" Eric smiled.
Donna popped him on the shoulder. " Yeah I kinda like it too!" She chuckled.
The gang filed out the basement door and set off in their assigned groups to find Jackie.
Jackie remained in the same position as the hours ticked by. She tried her best to free her self but it was no use the ropes were too tight and they were starting to cut off the circulation to her hands and feet. Jackie whimpered in a sign of defeat as she realised that this was how she was gonna die. She didn't know what Dawn had planned for her but she knew she wasn't gonna be able to make any long term plans.
Facing that prospect made Jackie become increasingly angry which gave her the strength to shake her entire body in hopes of loosening the ropes or breaking the bed. The bed shook violently but didn't give way. Jackie tried again and felt the ropes cutting into her skin but she didn't care about the pain. The pain was only momentary and Jackie begged her mind to focus on something to stop her self from passing out. Jackie felt like a victim from one of those horror movies that always got caught by the bad guys and was in need of someone to rescue her. But the prospect of being rescued or even escaping was starting to fade away and Jackie was ready to give up when she heard a set of feet outside. If a smile could have been on her lips than it would have been as Jackie heard a set of voices that sounded like angels to her.
Fez, Kelso and Donna stood outside a fairly normal looking building just on the outskirts of town. It was a medium sized house that didn't look inviting at all. Donna had heard about Dawn from Hyde and Eric and gulped as she knocked on her front door.
" Donna if you want her to hear you, you have to knock louder than that!" Kelso said as he pushed Donna out the way to knock.
" Kelso stop being such an ass, we are looking for Jackie! And I knock just fine!" Donna whined. She stood beside Kelso with Fez behind her.
They had checked all of Dawn's hangouts and had talked to some of her friends and no one had seen her. Which is what Donna found really suspicious given the fact that Jackie was also missing. She was even starting to buy into the fact that Dawn was psycho. They waited for a few moments.
" Oh come on she isn't even here! Oh look candy!" Fez yelled as he began to walk over to the box of candy that was lying in the street.
Donna went after him and pulled him back.
" Fez you don't even know where that candy has been. Besides this is the last place on the list!"
" List what list, I didn't see a list!" Kelso sulked.
" There is no list I mean the one…Ohh never mind!" Donna said.
She knocked on the door again this time more forcefully.
" Donna she isn't here!" Kelso reasoned.
" I don't care! She may know where Jackie is!" Donna yelled.
" Donna I am sure Hyde and Eric spoke to Mr Burkhart and he told them that my beautiful angel just wanted to be alone. And there would be no worries!" Fez tried to comfort Donna as he and Kelso lead her away from the front door.
Jackie heard her friend's leave and tears ran freely down her cheeks. She wanted to scream but the gag in her mouth was making her throat sore so even if she didn't have it she wouldn't have been able to alert them.
Jackie gave up hope there and then and closed her eyes trying to picture happier times.
Hyde and Eric were walking around Jackie's house. Mr Burkhart wasn't home so Hyde took it upon himself to get them in. Eric was in the kitchen eating a piece of chicken. Hyde walked in and saw him.
" Man stop screwing around!" Hyde yelled. He just wanted to find Jackie and hold her in his arms.
Eric put back the chicken and continued to look through the house.
" What exactly are we looking for?" Eric casually asked.
" Anything!" Hyde replied.
" Well that helps!" Eric said to himself in a whisper so Hyde couldn't hear. In his own little way Eric loved Jackie too and he too wanted her to be safe.
Both Eric and Hyde made their way to Jackie's bedroom. When Hyde saw the little sign that said princess thousands of images of them making out on that bed flashed through his eyes. Hyde smiled but the smile quickly faded when he saw what condition her room was in. Hyde slowly walked in with Eric behind him and Eric gasped when he saw Jackie's room. He saw the broken bottle of perfume and a baseball bat on the floor. He picked it up and began swinging it around.
" Since when does Jackie have a baseball bat?" Eric asked.
" She doesn't!" Hyde replied his voice thick with worry.
Eric quickly chucked the bat down and backed away. He saw something on the door frame but wasn't sure. He bent down and took a closer look.
" Oh my god!" He yelled and looked away.
" What?" Hyde said as he raced over. He was now on tender hooks he didn't want to be in this house anymore.
" Look man, there's blood on the frame and on the floor. How could we have missed that?" Eric said clearly shook from what he saw.
Hyde didn't answer he just stared at the small patch of blood on the frame and then looked at the blood on the floor. It looked like a trail and Hyde bolted out the door. He raced down the stairs looking at the pattern of blood. It wasn't a lot which could be taken as a good sign as it meant that she could be alive.
No she is alive, man I have to stay strong and try to find her I owe her that much!
Eric raced down the stairs after Hyde and stopped when he saw Hyde staring at the trail on the floor
" Hyde it looks like a struggle went on here, How could Mr Burkhart not have noticed this?"
" Cos he didn't care!" Hyde bit back. The fact that her father could have betrayed Jackie like that made him think of his own parents.
" Well we need to call the police or something this is like an investigation. Jackie is missing!" Eric didn't wanna say it but it was the truth and even he hurt when he said it. He thought about Donna he didn't even know how to tell her, Jackie and her were best friends. Eric shook the thought from his head and focussed on Hyde. He remained so strong. If that had happened to Donna Eric couldn't promise to remain strong because he wasn't.
" Yeah I know! But we are gonna try and find her!" Hyde said as he walked out of the house.
Eric ran after him.
" Hyde man wait. Just say something anything?" Eric pleaded.
Hyde stopped and turned to face his friend. He took a deep breath and for moment he let his walls down. Up until now it was only Jackie who had seen him with his walls down.
" Look Forman if I don't keep going I don't think I will be able to again and I know that she is alive, I can feel it so as long as I feel it I need to find a way to find her!" Hyde looked as though he was gonna break down but he didn't and in an instant the Zen mask had flooded his features.
" Man we are gonna find her!" Eric said as they ran back to the car.
To be continued………..
A/N: Hey guys glad you all like the story thanks for all the reviews I really love writing this story!
