Sorry. I didn't mean to leave you on a cliffhanger right there. My computer was screwing up with the Internet. Plus I was busy a lot. And thanks for pointing out that typo with the time. I'll have to fix that later on. Oh! And sorry if I get confusing on some parts of this story.

Chapter 15: I'm Comin'

Danny just looked at the bodies lying on the floor. He saw Jean trying to get up and Danny ran over to him.

"What happened?" asked Danny. "Where's Alex?"

Jean could barely speak

"A bunch of guys ran in and attacked all of us. They all had ski masks on. They totaled us. One of the guys pulled off his mask though."

"What did the guy looked like!" yelled Danny. He was getting more and more nervous by the minute.

"He was a Hispanic guy with dark brown hair."

That was Tay all right. Danny could remember every single feature on Tay. Jean got up; he was limping on one leg. Danny could see a blood stain.

"What happened there," he asked pointing to the hurt leg.

"I got cut right there. It wasn't deep, but it hurts like heck."

Danny began walking to the doorway.

"Where you goin?" asked Jean. Danny turned around.

"I'm going to see if I can get Alex out of there."

"Wait a second."

Jean yelled "Gary!" and a guy stuck his head out of one of the doors. Jean turned around to Danny.

"This is one of the guys I knew around town. His name is Gary. He hooked us up with this building. He can get his crew and help you out when you're going to save your friend."

"Where are they?" asked Danny.

"There are all in here," said Gary.

"How deep are they?"

"We've got about 20 people."

'20'. That should be enough. Danny didn't know how many people were in Tay's crew, but he knew it wasn't real big. Twenty people could probably handle them. As long as they were they were tough enough.

"Okay. Call them and let's go."

Danny wanted to go to save Alex as soon as possible. They could have killed him by now. But knowing Tay, he would try some Godfather talking stuff. He was pretty big on that movie. Danny remembered how one time, Tay totured this one guy who he was gonna kill. He did it for a long time, but the cops showed up so they all had to ditch pretty quickly.

Gary called his gang and they all walked outside. They walked around the corner and piled into a truck while some got into the Brumly Boy's van.

"Do you know where to go?" asked Danny getting into the passenger seat.

"I've got a pretty good idea," started Gary. "There's only one other abandoned place around here. It's near the park."

Near the park. That must have been the place where Danny slept. That means that it wasn't early when they captured Alex. They could have reached the place when Danny was in the store, or when he was running back to the Brumly Boys.

Gary started up the car and they rode towards the abandoned building. On the way there, Danny was thinking about all the times he and Alex hung out. They first met when they were in 5th and were friends ever since. Once they had almost gotten caught sneaking into a concert. When they made their first job for Tay. Stole from stores. Danny could remember everything. Danny snapped back into reality when they reached the building. There were many cars in front of it.

"This must be it," said Gary getting out of the car. Everyone got out also and sneaked up to the building. One of the guys took multiple glances in the window.

"How's it look?" asked Gary. The guy answered.

"The room doesn't have any doors leading to somewhere else. Just some stairs. The kid must be up there."

"Do any people in there have guns."

The guy shook his head.

"None of them have jackets, and I can tell there aren't any guns tucked in."

Danny looked upwards and saw that the place was about four stories. Alex could be on any of these stories. It could take a while.

"All right," started Gary. "We'll rush in there. While we're fighting, Danny, you run up the stairs and find your friend. We'll be up there as soon as possible."

Danny nodded. He just wanted to get in there. Gary did a countdown and they all rushed in there. They took Tay's crew by surprise and everyone started fighting. Danny tackled and punched his way through the crowd and reached the stairs.

He ran up the stairs and opened the door. There were more guys in there sitting around a table. When they saw him, they got up and ran towards him. Danny recognized a couple of people, but he didn't have time for a family reunion. He dived to the side and punched one of the guys. He jumped over the fallen guy and slid chairs towards the gang. Some of the tripped over the chairs and some were smart enough to move.

Danny ran over to a door and there were more stairs leading up. He ran inside and locked the door. He ran up the stairs and came into an empty room. There was nothing and nobody in it. There was a door on the other side of the room, which was would surely be the stairway leading to the fourth and final floor.

Before Danny could even take four steps, the knob on the door turned. Danny readied himself. He froze when he saw who came out. Alex came with his arm around Houston. Alex had a gun pointed to Houston's head.