CHAPTER 9

A/N Boohoo! Almost over L

Carter's POV

I dragged my feet up to Brockland Ville. The warehouse, had, in fact been empty, and Sadie had to go and meet up with someone- no, not in that way- so I went to the mini-mansion by myself. I stopped and looked at the towering, grey, dull mansion. It looked abandoned, and I went around it. I saw nothing, so I was about to leave when I heard a scream.

My head shot up.

That Scream! It belonged to Zia!

All of a sudden my heart began thumping so hard in my chest. My eyes were more alert, and I almost flew to the window from where the scream had come. I saw a tree nearby, and began to climb.

Zia's POV

Another man came in, and he hit the man with the gun.

"Quit scarin' the girl. 'N don't you dare shoot her. We'll need her alive for the money, ya hear me?"

The gun-man grunted and said,

"Stay outta this, O'Shea."

The other man, supposingly O'Shea, growled and hit him again.

"Im the boss, 'n you gotta listen to me, ya understand? Now get going, Rosen."

Rosen sulked and left the room, and the other man, the "boss" turned to me.

"Now, girly, no need to be scared. Ill getcha some food. You'll be hungry,ay?"

Another woman came in with a tray full of set it on my bed.

I was shocked. What kind of kidnappers were they?

The woman quietly left and the boss watched me eat.

"Now, we have a couple questions for you,kid."

I nodded. What else could I do?

"Tell me about your father."

I swallowed.

"We last met about 7 years ago. Hes always busy. I haven't talked to him in the past 5 years."

He tsked. "And your mommy?"

I was close to tears. "I have no idea,I talked to her a few weeks ago."

The man came closer. I hugged myself.

"What did she say? Temme everything!"

I swallowed the lump in my throat. "N-N-Nothing. She was busy on her phone."

The man scowled. "You know what, girly? Your daddy? He's my brothers Rival."

I was so scared, so this was my fathers fault!

The man continued. "Your daddy... I told Kyle! I told him not to go 'ere. Did he listen? No, that *badword* went 'ere. Then Julie..."

He babbled off a list of names that made no sense to me. About 5 more guys entered, and I trembled.

One of them grinned and went, "Ay, boss. Lemme have some 'un with her."

Boss hit him and blood flew out his nose.

This was certainly a vicious kind.

Anyways, still arguing, they stomped downstairs, One of them pausing to glare at me.

I took a shaky breath and convinced myself Carter would save me.

Suddenly, I heard a thump outside, and almost screamed again. Then a very familiar face appeared and I flew over to the window and unlocked it. Carter grinned at me, and I hugged the life out of him. We both stayed like that, in each other's arms for a while. Then we awkwardly let go , and Carter scratched his neck.

I was so happy, I pulled him up, and told him that we had to escape. FAST.

Carter just looked at me, as if he couldn't believe I was alive. I gently smacked his head, and he grinned sheepishly. We both ran to the door and peeked out. No one was there. We looked at each other and I took a deep breath. Now or Never.

Carter's POV

OMG, I was so glad Zia was alive. She looked so pretty, in that...

Focus, Carter!

Right, so, um, we crept down the stairs, and everything was going well. We reached the front door,and were about to go outside when we heard a deep drawl.

"Going some'ere?""

We froze.

Then, almost in slow motion, we turned around.

A man was standing there, one hand on his holister, and the other on his waist.

Oooh, Savvy.

Anyways, I look at Zia from the cornor of my eye.

She met my gaze, thyen looked at a door. I got the message, and in,

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We ran towards it, knocking the man out of our way.

"Hurry up, you lazy idiots! Shes getting' away!"

We both knew we had a matter of seconds.

After running for about a few minutes, we could hear footsteps behind us.

"There they are! Hurry!"

My breath caught in my throat and I squeezed Zia's hand tighter.

She squeezed it back, and we ran into an empty room.

I didn't notice the black object they had thrown in.

I locked the door, and Zia got a chair and pushed it against it.

We were quiet for a moment.

Something was wrong, but I couldn't palce a finger on what,exactly.

Suddenly Zia gasped.

"Why aren't they trying to open the door?"

Suddenly it felt as if my world had fallen apart.

I noticed the ticking of a black object near my feet.

Zia noticed too.

Her eyes widened, and she dived for it.

She held it up, tears already streaming down her face.

"30 seconds, Carter. 30!"

She sobbed, and I held her close.

27.

"Shh.. Don't worry."

But how could she not?

25.

I took a shaky breath and kissed her hair.

24.

Truly Madly Deeply began playing somewhere far off.

23.

"Zia, Truly, madly, deeply, I am
Foolishly, completely falling
And somehow you kicked all my walls in
So baby, say you'll always keep me
Truly, madly, crazy, deeply in love with you
In love with you "

I spoke in sync with the 5 guys.

10.

She looked up at me, tears in her golden eyes.

9.

"I love you too, Carter. I always have."

7.

She kissed me and I felt sparks, fireworks, bombs (excuse the pun) and it felt... amazing.

Like all those days and weeks and months I tried to steal a kiss
And all those sleepless nights and daydreams where I pictured this,
I'm just the underdog who finally got the girl
And I am not ashamed to tell it to the world

3.

I heard the distant sound of sirens.

2.

Someone banging on the door.

1.

Darkness.

Screams.

Pain.