Life is Strange 2: Falling Into Place

Chapter 18 of my Life is Strange 2 story, enjoy.

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Chapter 18

Cassidy growled through her gag, struggling against her bonds, glaring up at her father.

"You stupid idiots." He snarled, looking from her to Daniel. "You shouldn't have done that, it's your fault we're trapped like this."

"Mmm." Cassidy grunted. 'Oh sure, like you breaking in here and tying us up didn't have anything to do with it.'

They were still trapped, her father growing more agitated as he paced, his gaze moving from them to the locked door. He kept his gun trained on them at all times however, meanwhile they could hear the police on the other side of the door and Cassidy knew it was a stand off, a hostage situation and certainly not something she ever expected to be part of in any capacity.

'Fuck, fuck, fuck...' She thought desperately. 'What do I do, gotta do something, can't just...not with Daniel stuck here, in danger, gotta try to...'

Grimacing she tugged on her bonds again, she knew this wouldn't end well, her father was hardly the most reasonable and the police attempting to negotiate were not going to be successful, she was certain of that.

"There's nowhere to go, nothing's happened yet, this doesn't have to get any worse." She heard one of the officers calling through the door. "Release the hostages and everything will be alright."

But naturally her father was having none of it. "Fuck you, you have no business stopping me, my daughter is coming with me and-"

"You need to calm down, this won't get you anything!"

Cassidy shook her head, this looked set to carry on for quite some time, luckily it meant she had more time to act, since she had already managed to slip her hands free of their bonds. She stealthily began working on her ankle bonds next, glad that all the ropes were hidden from view due to their kneeling position.

But then, things took a sudden, worrying turn when they heard rushing footsteps outside and sounds of a struggle, yelling. Someone had come running up and that someone soon became clear.

"Let me go, I need to...Cassidy, Daniel!"

It was Sean.

Daniel immediately reacted to that. "MMMM!"

But then Cassidy's father turned sharply and struck him with the gun. "Shut it, brat!"

Daniel fell back, moaning into his gag as he tried awkwardly to get back upright again. Sean was here, from the sounds it so were some of the others. But things were still clearly tense and not working. He looked up as Cassidy's father turned to face the door fully and began yelling again.

"Listen, I'm fed up with this nonsense, all of you just piss off, I don't care what you think, Lucy and I are fucking leaving and you can-"

Whatever else he said, and whatever the police were saying, Daniel didn't hear. For he had been distracted. He looked worriedly over at Cassidy for a moment and was surprised when she met his gaze, and then winked. Then she showed him her hands were free, before putting them behind her back again. Daniel's heart raced, he realized now, Cassidy had somehow freed herself and was just playing along, she was stalling for time, likely waiting for a chance to act. He just hoped whatever she had planned would work, especially as her father was getting more and more agitated.

Standing outside, watching as the police tried to negotiate, Sean grew even more anxious than before.

"Sean...they're doing all they can." Lyla tried to reassure him.

"But, Daniel and Cassidy, they both..." He blurted out.

"He has a gun Sean." Jenn remarked. "They need to try and calm this down, defuse the situation before someone gets hurt."

Kyle nodded. "They're right, getting worked isn't going to help, I understand you're anxious, worried, but you need to think clearly."

"I just...wish there was something I could do, I..." Sean began but then stopped as Esteban arrived. "Dad...it..."

Esteban quickly hugged his eldest son. "They already told me, we'll get through this Sean, just, hold on."

"R-right."

Jamie bit his lip as he listened it. "I hope they know what they're doing. It sounds like no matter what they say this guy is getting more and more crazy."

They all turned their attention back to the hostage situation, worried Jamie might be right, for it certainly sounded like Cassidy's father was becoming more and more unhinged.

"I mean it, you back the fuck off and let me and Lucy walk out of here, otherwise I'll kill everyone!" He yelled. "I don't give a fuck, no one is stopping me from taking my daughter back where she belongs, I won't have her disgracing us anymore, she needs to learn, she-"

The negotiator continued. "This is not helping you, or anyone, you need to calm down."

But his words were simply falling on deaf ears, that much was clear.

Cassidy couldn't take it anymore, she could see it written on her father's face, he was losing it, getting more and more agitated and this attempt to calm him down was only making him worse. She knew he was going to do something drastic and she had to act. She was just glad she had freed herself from the ropes, but what good would it do if she couldn't act fast enough. So she had to take the chance now.

Her father ranted again. "This is your last warning, fucking leave now, or I'll start shooting, I mean it...the brat will die first if you don't back the fuck off!"

Cassidy had used this distracted to remove her gag, she needed everything available to her to act, she knew that much. But hearing that nearly gave the game away when she nearly gasped.

'Daniel.'

The boy froze, eyes wide with terror as her father turned, the gun pointed right at Daniel, he then pulled the trigger.

"NO!"

Cassidy's world exploded in agony as she leapt in the way, taking the bullet meant for Daniel. Her father froze, eyes wide at what had just happened and then the door burst open, there was shouting, Cassidy struggling to focus, to keep breathing, her abdomen was on fire, she could just barely make out her father being arrested, Daniel being freed. Then she saw Sean, kneeling beside her.

"Cass!"

She groaned and finally got the words out. "I...I..."

But then everything faded and her world went black.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.