Chapter Ten
"Where did you say you saw her?" Walt asked as he quickly pulledon his jacketand followed Johnny out of the house. His friend was heading out to stop something that he wasn't even sure was going to happen. This worried Walt. Ever since Laura showed her face in Maine, Johnny was willing to risk his life, more than usual, for her life. He just hoped it wasn't all for nothing, though. Even he was skeptical about how this could have happened.
"In a warehouse… I think in New York," Johnny said, heading toward his jeep.
"You think? Johnny, this is too serious of a situation for 'I think'," Sarah spoke up. She had showed up after hearing the news of the break-in. This truly worried her. It had been such a long time since she had seen Johnny so happy. Him being depressed was the last thing she would ever want for him. She hoped that he would rescue her in time.
"Don't you think I know that?" The psychic's eyes were full of fear as he spoke. He couldn't help but feel terrified for the life of his cousin, one of his only living relatives. She was in terrible danger and he had to do something to help her. "She's going to die if I don't do something."
Walt's eyes went wide in shock. Apparently, Johnny had left out that little fact. "What? John, how can you be so sure?"
"Because I saw it. If we don't do something, she'll be killed."
Walt nodded. "Okay. I'm coming with you. I'll call her captain and tell him what's going on." He kissed Sarah softly on the lips.
"Come back safely, both of you." She spoke softly as she looked into her husband's eyes.
Walt gave her his reassuring smile. "Don't worry. You just take care of J.J." He turned to head to his vehicle. "We'll take my car. You shouldn't drive like this."
Johnny nodded as he took a deep breath to calm himself and climbed into Walt's SUV.
They had been driving for hours. Silence had consumed them both. Johnny was too worried to speak and Walt didn't want to say anything that would upset his friend.
The sheriff had spoken to Laura's captain to tell him what was going on. He told them that he would meet them as soon as they arrived. Walt still thought that there was something that he was keeping from him and he wanted to know what. But, while he was driving wasn't the time to ask. He was almost positive that he wouldn't have been given the answers he wanted anyway.
"Anything yet, Jon?" He asked, finally breaking the silence. He was curious if Johnny was at least sensing something about Laura's whereabouts.
Johnny shook his head. "Nothing." He continued to clutch her hairbrush in his hands, trying to get a vision. "We have to hurry, though. She doesn't have much more time."
The sun was setting outside of the warehouse. The man standing in the middle of the warehouse was still pacing back and forth. He was talking on a cell phone, telling someone that he would be home late and that he had some work to do before he could leave. He turned his head and smiled at Laura.
She sneered back at him and returned to trying to break free of her binding. She struggled roughly as she tried to cut the ropes on a rusted pipe. But, her arms wouldn't bend the way she wanted and therefore gave up.
"Stop struggling," the man said, roughly as he approached her, now off the phone.
"If you're going to kill me, why don't you just do it and get it over with?" She asked, glaring up at him.
He gave her an evil grin. "Because, I want to savor this… besides, you put my only son in jail for something that I did. I can't let you get away with that."
"Why'd you do it? She was your son's girlfriend. What did she have on you?" She was trying to stall for time. Hopefully this would give Johnny the edge he needed.
"Absolutely nothing." He smiled evilly again as he thought back to her murder.
"So, why kill her?"
"Simple. I wanted her, but she wouldn't accept me. She had to be with my good-for-nothing son!" A crazed look appeared in his eyes as he looked at her.
"If he was such a good-for-nothing, then why do you care if he was in jail or not?" This story wasn't making sense to her.
"He is still my son, after all. I couldn't let him go to jail and risk the life that I have created for him. I want to make sure he grows up knowing that power is everything and this is how I'm going to show him. No stupid lessons for him to learn. Just this." With that said, he pulled a gun from his inside pocket and aimed it at her. "No one is to interfere with my business, Detective. Not even a freak like you!" The sly smile she had been sporting quickly vanished and was now replaced by shock. He just grinned as he saw her expression. "That's right. I've been doing a bit of research myself and I seem to have stumbled upon a very interesting family trait of yours." His grin broadened as she closed her eyes and showed him that she had just been beaten.
Yay, another chapter up. I'm working on chapter 11 as we speak, so hopefully there won't be such a long wait for it. PLease read and review. I hope you enjoyed this chater. I know I enjoyed writing it.
