A/N: Thanks for reading! I'm about to go on vacation, but I'm going to try and post regularly while I'm gone. I'm sorry if I don't post as much whilst I'm gone. Now, on with the chapter!
Side note: I'm not anti-religion(I'm a Christian,) I'm anti jerk and people who pull the crap like what Aunt Helena is pulling. I'm also anti-conversion camps.
It was about two hours later when Victor was dropped back off at the apartment. They had to call Emily to get the approval of him being dropped off since she's the grandmother. She agreed to it since Bram was the closet thing they had to family in the state.
Once Victor arrived, he rarely left Bram's side. Victor was still shaking, which Bram thought was understandable. Bram set up a movie on the living room TV for Victor. Victor watched the movie as Bram logged onto his laptop. He looked up the place known as Green Pastors. On the front page, it looked like your average religious school. As Bram scrolled through, he discovered there darker truth about the place. It stated that it had a program for "Troubled People" who needed to be fixed.
It was about two hours away, and Bram had an address. Bram now just needed to put together a team to break in. He considered doing it sneakily, via reporting on that place and show the darker parts of it, but he figured that would take too long. He figured if what he was planning didn't shut down that place for good, that will be his backup plan. Right now, he was mostly concerned about getting his boyfriend out.
Bram heard someone knock on the door. He got up and opened the door. Behind the door were a boy and a girl who Bram recognized from old photos from Simon's high school. Simon introduced them to him as Abby Suso and Nick Eisner. He said they were two of his closet friends.
"Hey," Nick said. "Are you Bram Greenfeld?"
"That is me," Bram said.
"We came as soon as we heard," Abby said. "Leah is on the way. May we come in?"
"Of course," Bram said, opening the door more so they can enter. They entered the apartment. Bram was hoping that they would be able to help him out. They met in the dining area, where Bram filled them in on his plans for breaking into Green Pastors. "We need a map of the place so we can figure out the details of our plan."
"I'll call Leah," Abby said. "She's good at this kind of stuff. And I know she will be more than willing to help."
"Alright," Bram stated. Abby stepped away from the table and calls Leah. She informed her of what was going on. The conversation went on for about three more minutes. The conversation seemed to end with Leah agreeing to help. When the phonecall ended, Abby rejoined them at the table.
"She's getting a copy of the map," Abby said.
"Good," Bram said. "Once we have a copy of the map, we can figure everything else out."
The other two members of the team nod before getting back to work.
Three hours later, they were making their plan. Ivy was watching Victor for the night. They were going over the plan for about the tenth time. "Does everyone understand their parts of the plan?" Leah asked.
"We understand," Bram said. Abby and Nick nod in agreement.
"Alright, let's go," Leah said.
That night, they snuck into Green Pastor. They snuck in threw the back since that was where the conversion stuff was going on. Nick distracted the leaders by pretending to be from the local newspaper station. Leah was ontop of surveillance, but she was also backup just in case something went wrong, along with Abby.
Bram snuck around the area, He eventually ended up at a staircase that led him into the basement. Seeing how he hadn't found Simon on this floor, he descended the stairs. He made sure to be sneaky so he wouldn't be caught.
He kept looking until he found what he was looking for. He saw Simon laying on a bed. It looked like he had been severely sedated, but his room was empty other than him, Bram knocked down the door and ran over to his boyfriend. "Babe," Bram said. "It's me, Bram."
"Bram?" Simon questioned.
"It's me," Bram said.
"Is Victor ok?" Simon asked.
"Yeah," Bram said. "He's back at the apartment with Ivy. They caught your aunt before she could leave the state. She's being charged with kidnapping. But now, we have to get you out of here."
Bram lifted his partner into his arms. He started to run out of the building. They were being chased by guards, but Abby and Nick managed to stop them. Bram ran to the getaway van and climbed in. It was dark blue, with only two windows which were in the front. He sat Simon beside him, and Simon rested his head on Bram's shoulder.
"Thanks for the help back there," Simon said.
"No problem," Bram whispered.
"I love you," Simon whispered. That surprised Bram since neither of them had said the L word yet. Bram had never been in a relationship where it was serious enough to say 'I love you.'
"I love you too," Bram said. Soon, Abby and Nick joined them.
"Is everyone back?" Leah, who was the getaway driver, asked.
"Yes," Nick answered. Leah nods before speeding off.
