Chapter 5: Not again

Cody Martin stared into the emotionless face of John Roberts. The first thing he could think of is to get defense. So he jumped across the kitchen to get a butcher knife he spotted. John jumped and tried to catch him only to be stopped by Zack who got knocked out on his attempt. As John sat up Maddie ran into him and grabbed a vase and smashed it on his head. Cody now had the butcher's knife in his hand and Zack was beginning to stir.

"Let's get out of here." Maddie said almost hyperventilating

"Good idea." Cody said dragging Zack to the door. He opened the door to find Kurt Roberts staring at them with a manic look on his face.

"Not so fast." He said as he punched Cody leaving him on the ground.

Kurt grabbed Cody's knife then gestured for Maddie to come and fight. Maddie kicked him straight in his stomach with her heels knocking the air out of him. Gripping for breath Kurt laid on the ground with the knife in his hands.

"I'll take that." Maddie said as she snatched the knife then dragged Kurt's body bumping him into things purposely so he would be unconscious. She found a rather big room in the back of the suite and she opened it. She walked in the cool darkness to hear a muffled whining, so she turned on the light to find a whip, a frightened Arwin, and Karen Fitzpatrick: Maddie's mom.

"Mom." She said in a hushed voice.

"So that's the last person you'll see before you die." Kurt said looking madder than ever, also with a gun pointing straight at Maddie.

"I don't think so!" Zack screamed he said hitting him in the face with a hardcover book as he turned around.

John was still conscious but suffered a bruise on his forehead. Zack took the gun and was about to throw it but let go after being hurtled to the ground by John Roberts who was 5 times madder than before and he was nearly going to suffocate Zack. Zack motioned them to go but Cody resisted. He jumped on John and did whatever he could; bit, kicked, punched, hit, and scratched. Though Maddie pulled him back and dragged him to the door. Zack watched as they all abandoned him and left him about to die. Anger curled up inside of him just waiting to explode. He took advantage of it and exploded upward making John fly back and crash out of the window.

"It's not over yet!" an aggravated Kurt said holding the knife Maddie left behind.

Zack was speechless. So he just grabbed John's gun and pointed it at him not sure what he was doing. A startled Kurt slowly put his knife down. Zack took a deep breath.

"Now take a few steps back." Zack said still taking a huge gulp.

"Ok." Kurt said and after a few steps he pulled a gun on Zack then grabbed the knife and put it on Arwin's throat. Zack didn't know what to do, he wished he would just wake up from a bad dream.

"It's all over." Kurt said with a dirty grin on his face.

"I don't think so!" a voice yelled as the side of a baseball bat hit Kurt in the face knocking him out.

"Thanks Cody." Zack said falling to his knees and hugging Cody's legs.

"We need to call the police." Cody said urgently grabbing a phone.

Zack's POV

The police came and captured Kurt but couldn't find John's body even after I told them what happened. They did insist that we got some sleep- me more than Cody- so we did. When we woke up we headed to the lobby to talk to Maddie. I told her everything and she was so proud of me she gave me kiss on the cheeks. She gave Cody a small hug (she would've given him more but she knows I like her and not him.) After her shift was done she came to our suite. She told us that her mom was back and safe and that Arwin was also safe. Cody and I felt a lot of relief from that. Everything was right again. I guess I should've believed Cody in the first place.

LATER THAT NIGHT

We had a huge party when mom went to rehearsal. But Cody found a note next to the Dr. Pepper on the table. It said: I have your mom and you know who I am.

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