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Discovering The Waterfront
Chapter 7:
Words That Cut Like Knives
The van drove down the dirt road the dry dust getting moved around by the wheels. Isabelle was slowly waking up and immediately felt the huge rushing pain from the bruise on her head. She groaned in pain and caught the unwelcome attention of her new captors.
"We're not at the extraction point yet, put her out." Lauren told the other agent to her left. He immediately took out a syringe and walked over to Isabelle.
"Don't...please..." Her pleads were no help to her, in a minute the syringe was inserted into her neck and the substance inside injected into her blood stream. A few seconds after the injection, Isabelle passed out and couldn't possibly ruin Lauren's mission.
Sydney stared straight into the green eyes that haunted her every day since she saw him get shot and when he was taken away on a gurney in the hospital, never to be seen again.
"Sydney." Vaughn said in the same comforting tone he always used whenever he said her name.
Sydney couldn't believe who she was looking at. Vaughn was alive, it couldn't be possible, at least not in her mind.
"How?" She had to ask the only question that was standing out in her mind since she saw him standing in front of her.
"I can't explain it right now." Vaughn said in a voice that showed he needed to tell her something.
"You were the one that broke into the house and took Isabelle." Sydney stated to herself outloud seeming as if she didn't want to believe the fact.
"Yes." Vaughn answered her unasked question without an explanation.
"I don't believe this." Sydney angrily said.
"Look I'm sorry but it had to be done, that's all I can say now." Vaughn told her apologetically.
"I don't care what you can say or what you can't, Lauren took Isabelle. Are you responisble for that too?" Sydney hurriedly asked her anger fading away.
"Lauren's alive?" Vaughn asked clearly answering Sydney's question. The light in his eyes changed to hatred at the mention of the betraying ex-wife.
"She can't be alive. I shot her...she died." Vaughn said quickly over and over again.
"We need to find her." Sydney said in a tired voice.
"I know who can help." Vaughn grabbed Sydney's hand and led her towards a room where Irina was located.
Isabelle awoke still drowsy from the innoculation in a well lit hotel room. She was laying on a comfortable bed and could hear the ocean outside.
She rubber her eyes as if wondering if the imagery around her was real. She rose shakily from the bed and walked to the door. She was about to turn the knob when the door burst open. Isabelle doubled back sitting down on the edge of the bed as a woman walked into the room with a gun pointed straight at Isabelle.
"Now now, you're not running off are you?" Lauren Reed said in a mock friendly tone.
"I was let go, you can't do this." Isabelle said hatefully towards Lauren.
"Sure, you're father let you go but see I'm a different person who works for different people. You see you're important to those people and my employers are going to be very pleased that you're here." Lauren gloated.
"Father?" Isabelle's voice went high.
"You didn't know? Well I guess it's better you know now than never, looks like all the people in your life who you thought were dead aren't but then again you'll never get the chance to enjoy the family you always longed for. I'm really going to enjoy killing each and every one of them and then watching as you get handed over to the people who are going to make the rest of your life a living hell." Lauren said in a malicious whisper.
"We'll see." Isabelle had somehow just gained a weird confidence that made her say the comment in a sarcastic tone to her obviously dangerous captor.
"You might want to save that biting wit for when you finally meet who's behind this team here. I'm going to make sure you don't try to run away so I wouldn't try anything." Lauren sat down in a chair next to the bed putting the gun down on the bedside table next to her.
I never wanted it to be this way
Crashing down like the pouring rain
Lying still in my blood-stained clothes
Is this the ending that no one knows
Is this the ending that no one knows
Is this the ending that no one knows
Isabelle sat quietly fora few hours quietly planning her escape, she could hear the ocean clearly so she knew she was pretty close to the beach. From the sounds outside they were definitely close to the ground and the window was her way out. She had shoes on and she could be a pretty fast runner, she just didn't know how fast she could run when there were a few guns firing at her.
I cried out to heaven when I thought I lost myself
I cried out to heaven when I thought I lost myself
Myself
How can I live if you know
I lost my faith long ago
Isabelle turned to look at Lauren, Lauren glared at Isabelle as if she knew what Isabelle was planning. Isabelle turned back to look at the door.
"Is there anything to eat around here?" Isabelle asked trying to see if she could get Lauren to leave or at least turn her back.
"I could tell someone that you're hungry." Lauren stated.
"Ok well then go tell someone." Isabelle imitated Lauren in a mocking tone.
"Fine." Lauren said not amused.
Lauren walked over to the door and Isabelle jumped at the opportunity. She smacked Lauren against the door, Lauren hit the ground hard and before she could yell for help or reach for the gun Isabelle had pried open the window and looked out at the grassy earth almost directly below her feet.
Ripped and torn from the inside out
Reminded of what I used to doubt
Letting go and I'll fly away
I'll see you all again someday
I'll see you all again someday
I'll see you all again someday
Isabelle heard a few shouts of help and then get her but she was alreadyracing away from the open window. Sheturned back and saw Lauren peer out of the window with a bruise on her face. Isabelle smiled at her small triumph but ran away faster when she saw two of the other team membersexit the building.
I cried out to heaven when I thought I lost myself
I cried out to heaven when I thought I lost myself
Myself
She turned a corner and saw several buildings. She was standing in an alleyway and had no idea where she could go. She chose another alley and ran down that.
How can I live if you know
I lost my faith long ago
I think it's time to let go
God if you're there, let me know
Let me know
She heard the shouts of the other agents and saw one of them turn into the exact alley where she was standing. Isabelle ran down another alley and even jumped a wooden fence trying to escape. Soon she was in a main road where there were a few cars but more people walking around.
"Where the hell am I?" Isabelle asked herself, she knew it wasn't New York and it definitely wasn't home. She had no clue where she was.
When did I lose my faith
Long ago
When did I lose my faith
I guess I'll never know
When did I lose my faith
Long ago
When did I lose my faith
I guess I'll never know
She headed for a coffee shop and ducked inside. She saw both agents run past the coffee shop and then double back their steps. She even saw them look like they gave up and head back the way they came from the hotel. Isabelle let out a large breath of relief that she wasn't found and that she was free.
I never wanted it to be this way
Crashing down like the pouring rain
Lying still in my blood-stained clothes
Is this the ending that no one knows
Is this the ending that no one knows
Is this the ending that no one knows
She walked up to the front counter of the coffee shop. She waited for people to order their drinks and then waited until it was her turn.
The clerk asked her a question that she didn't understand.
"What?" Isabelle asked the teenager working at the register.
"You're American." The boy stated ina thick Italian accent.
"Yeah. This is going to sound weird but where are we?" Isabelle asked trying to sound as casual as possible.
"Rome." The teen said as if he was asked all the time.
"Great. Can I use your phone?" Isabelle delicately asked.
"Sure. I'm Vince by the way." The teen introduced himself as he handed Isabelle the phone.
"Isabelle." Isabelle returned the introduction as she dialed her mother's cell phone number.
So take me away
Take me away
(Take me away)
Take me away
So take me away
(Take me away)
Isabelle listened as the phone rangseveral times.
"Come on, people call you all the time, pick up." Isabelle whispered to herself.
How can I live if you know
I lost my faith long ago (How can I live now)
I think it's time to let go (Is it time? Let go)
God if you're there, let me know
Let me know
She hung up the phone when she got the voice mail message. She waited a few seconds before dialing again. The familiar ring sounded in the earpiece.
I never wanted it to be this way
She waited a few minutes and listened to the phone continually ring before the voice mail message came on again.
"Damnit!" Isabelle shouted at the phone as she hung up for the second time.
She waited a minute this time before she dialed yet again. She heard the ring and waited for an answer. This time the voice mail message didn't come on but the person who answered wasn't her mother.
"Hello." A familiar voice that still wasn't her mother's answered.
"Mom?" Isabelle asked the obvious question.
"No. Isabelle?" The voice asked.
"Where's my mom?" Isabelle asked angrily wanting desperately to talk to her mother.
"Hang on." Her grandmother stated.
"Isabelle?" Sydney's voice rang through the phone.
"Mom." Isabelle said happily.
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