Tori signed as she parked her car outside of her house. She turned to look out of the side window to see the black car parking further down the street. It would be there all night and wait for her to leave again. She knew she was being followed. They knew that she knew. They wanted to scare her.
She had already been through one hell of an interrogation after the show about Roman, Seth and Dean aired. Whoever had recruited them back in the days weren't happy about getting their secrets revealed to the world.
Unknown men had snatched her up one morning when she got ready to leave for work. They never told her their names or who they worked for. It was all illegal, just like she already knew. She had been put in the back of a van and driven somewhere. They refused her a lawyer. They kept her there for two days straight without food or sleep, constantly asking the same question.
"Where are Roman, Seth and Dean?"
She gave the same answer again and again. In a house somewhere. She only saw the basement. No windows. She was blindfolded. They kidnapped her the same way these men had done and told her their story. No need to tell them that Roman had called her first, or that a woman named Becky was involved too. She stuck to her lie until they finally gave up and drove her home. Ever since that day, she had a tail no matter where she went. They never left her out of sight.
"Just give up already," she sighed. "I don't know where they are, and I'll never see them again. The story is over and done. Move the fuck on."
She couldn't know if they were bugging her car, phone and house. She was pretty sure that was the case. When she talked out loud like this, she only said what they already knew. She sighed, left the car and walked to her house. As soon as she locked herself inside, someone grabbed her and slammed her down on the back on the floor. The air was knocked out of her as someone held her down and stared at her angrily. She knew that face.
"Dean!" Roman barked. "That was unnecessary."
"Really?" Dean sneered. "Because I think we're only getting started. This bitch deserves everything we can bring."
"Easy," Seth said.
Roman squatted down and placed a hand on Dean's shoulder. Dean shrugged it off but left Tori's body. She found her breath again and managed to sit up.
"They're outside," Tori said.
"We know," Roman said.
"The house..." Tori started.
"Don't worry, we cleaned it for microphones," Roman said.
"Don't you think we know how they work?" Dean asked annoyed.
"Dean, take a seat. Let her explain," Roman said.
"Explain what? How she sold us out and told them where we were?" Dean raised his voice.
"What?" Tori asked surprised. "I was blindfolded. I don't know where you were."
"You took it off in the car. Becky told us," Seth said.
Tori's jaw dropped. So that had been Becky's weird plan when she tried convincing Tori to take off the blindfold. Someone had revealed their hiding place. They had escaped because of the traps that allowed them to know when someone was coming.
"I would never!" Tori looked at Roman. "Roman, I would never sell you out. You know that. I didn't take off the blindfold. If anyone sold you out, it was Becky."
"I know her!" Seth snarled.
"Clearly not good enough!" Tori shouted.
Tori gasped and held her breath as a fist came flying towards her face. Seth managed to stop himself in time before he actually punched her. The fist was right in front of her face for two long seconds before he let out a loud sound, turned around and kicked a nearby chair.
"She might be telling the truth," Roman said.
"Why?" Seth asked. "Why would Becky do that?"
"You're so fucking blind," Tori said. "The woman's in love with you. That was clear as daylight. When you sat next to me by the campfire, she thought you were making a move on me. This is revenge because you didn't throw your heart at her. She thinks you want me."
"That would be Roman," Seth mocked.
"Stop it!" Roman growled.
"It doesn't fucking matter, Roman!" Seth raised his voice again. "You wanna fuck the pretty, little reporter. You know you can take her if you want. Where the fuck is she gonna go and report where you are? We'll be out of the house before she gets that far."
"Stop talking like a fucking movie villain! This is not you!" Roman shouted.
Roman stood back up. All three men stared at each other for a short while. Tori kept sitting on the floor until Roman held out his hand to help her up. She took it and got to her feet.
"Roman's right," Dean finally said. "It was Becky. It had to be."
"I don't believe it," Seth said.
"I'm sorry," Roman said.
"How could she do that to me? I thought she was my friend," Seth said.
"We can only trust ourselves from now on," Dean said.
"And me," Tori said. "You can trust me."
"Sorry, baby doll, we're not about to get burned twice," Dean said. "We need you though."
Dean grabbed Tori's arm and dragged her to the back door. He took her bag and dropped it on the floor. Clearly she wasn't allowed to bring anything with her other than the clothes on her body.
"We'll disappear in the darkness," Dean said.
"Where are we going?" Tori asked.
"Don't ask questions," Seth said.