Trap

A sharp pain ripped through Harvey's head. Voices erupted through the silence, slowly getting louder and louder. Opening his eyes, he saw the bright sun staring down at him. Harvey started to focus his eyes when he noticed something else in his line of vision. There was a crowd of people standing around him, all staring down at him.

Suddenly the events of yesterday began to form in his head. Sitting up quickly, he looked around for something. He ignored the crowd of people staring at him weirdly and scanned the area to find what he was looking for. Beyond the crowd of people there was a young boy picking up an old beat up radio. Harvey stood up, pushed past the crowd of people and ran over to the boy.

"Give me that." Harvey said harsher then he would have like too. Not waiting for a response, he grabbed the radio out of the boy's hand and started to play with the dial, hoping it still worked. When he heard some static he walked away from the confused crowd to find a quiet place. Just a short distance away was a small alley way.

"Corporal" Harvey said as he entered the alley. There was some static before he heard:

"Herbie"

"Harvey." He corrected him before saying. "What happened? Where's Kieli?"

"Are you alright? You took a pretty hard hit." Corporal said.

"I'm fine, but tell me about Kieli. Where did they take her?"

"I don't know."

"Do you know who took her?"

"All I know is that there were about seven of them. The one that grabbed Kieli wore glasses and I think the one that hit you had an eye patch but that's all I saw."

"I'm guessing one of the others had a red beard." Harvey mumbled.

"Now that you mention it, one did have red beard. How did you know that?"

"I played a card game with them a few nights ago." Harvey said. "They didn't like the fact that I won and took all their money."

"So all of this happened because they lost a card game?"

"Looks like it." said Harvey as he leaned up against the brick wall. The town itself wasn't a very big one, but it also wasn't one of the smallest they have seen. Most of the buildings here were old brick buildings that were either run down or barely standing. Most of the people here believed that they were safe enough to live, though in Harvey's opinion they weren't even safe to be around, let alone live in. The streets were full of pot holes and covered in cracks. Nobody in this town really used cars, but every now and then you get someone in a car drive by. By the time the car gets to the end of the road its no longer safe to drive, or it just stops working completely. The town itself was a ruin but to everyone who lived here, it was a perfect little town that gave them privacy from the real world.

"Um excuse me mister." said a small voice. Harvey looked down to see a small boy standing there. He couldn't be any older then eight. "Another mister told me to give this to you." The boy held out a small piece of paper. Harvey cautiously took the paper from the boy. As he read it, he felt his heart stop.

The boy turned and ran out of the ally, leaving Harvey to stare at it alone.

"What's it say?" asked the radio.

"If you want to see the girl alive, then I suggest you bring double the amount of money you took or else." Harvey said, his eyes never leaving the paper.

"Or else what?"

"I don't know" said Harvey stuffing the paper in his pocket. "But I know it's not good.

Kieli found herself in very uncomfortable position. Her hands were handcuffed behind her back and around a metal pole. She was sitting on a cold, damp cement floor that was covered in dust. The headache she had gotten early had now disappeared, but she was still extremely exhausted. Her head was swimming and if she had to guess her fever had gotten worse along with the never ending coughing fits.

Kieli looked around the room for something to do. Corporal had fallen off her neck in the attempt to run away, so she was alone. The voices from the other room echoed through the small door frame on the other side of the room. Her 'kidnappers' seemed to be enjoying themselves.

"Do you think he'll come?" asked one of the men.

"Probably, he seemed to care enough for her to try to get her away from us." Said another. "Plus if he doesn't the church solider will have our heads."

Church Soldier?

That's when it occurred to Kieli that these men had only one reason for kidnapping her and that was to get Harvey to come so the church soldiers could get him. What Kieli didn't know was how they had found out he was an Undying. He barely went out and when he did, Kieli was pretty sure he didn't talk to anyone.

The thought of church soldiers on there way frightened Kieli. They couldn't find out she was here because if they did they might take her away from Harvey. They might even try to hurt Harvey or worse kill him. Then it would have been all her fault for leading them here. She didn't want the church solider to find Harvey. Kieli began to struggle with the bindings holding her here.

"Yea, that ransom will keep us happy for a life time!" another said cheerfully. There was some silence before one said:

"It sure has gotten pretty quiet in there."

"Yea it has." Kieli heard a sound of a chair before foot steps echoed through the empty room. She looked up in time to see a bright light being shined at her. She squinted to see someone standing there. She could tell by his voice that it was a man, and if she remembered correctly it was the one with the eye patch. As he walked over to her, he removed the light from her face and pointed it at the ground instead. He crouched down beside her and looked her over. "Well ain't you pretty one." He said.

Kieli pushed herself up against the pole as far as she could. A feeling came over her telling her to get away. That wasn't the only reason she wanted to leave. His breath was filled with the stench of dead fish and what ever teeth he had left were a dark yellow. "Why don't we have some fun?" He said lightly touching her leg. Kieli continued to dig her back into the pole, knowing it was futile to try to get away.

Harvey walked down the street carrying the bag that contained the money he was supposed to bring. He couldn't believe he was wasting his time and all the money he had won rescuing Kieli. He kept telling himself that as soon as he got Kieli he was going to put her on the next train back to Westerbury.

Harvey stopped and looked around. They had given him an address, but the numbers on the buildings were so warn out that he couldn't even read them. He pulled out the small piece of paper and re-read the address again.

"43 Gollum Street. Where do you think that is?" Harvey asked looking at the numbers of several houses, only to conclude that they were all to warn out to read, just like all the others.

"Is that it over there?" Harvey looked over towards the house that was on the far side of the street. He roughly made out the number:

43

"It's worth a try." Harvey began to head over there. Silence once again fell over the two as Harvey walked towards the house that might be holding Kieli.

"Do you think they will let her go once you give them the money?" asked the radio after a short time.

"They said they would." Harvey didn't trust them, but somewhere deep down he hoped that they would keep their word.

"Well they also said that if you won you would get all the money, but look where we are now." Harvey glared at the radio. He wasn't in the mood for Corporals sarcasm.

Harvey walked up to the old building and looked around. The door was closed but there was no one around.

What am I suppose to do now?

Not knowing what to do, Harvey let himself in. Taking three steps in the door, Harvey stopped. The floor and ceiling were covered in mold, the broken floor boards laid around in a cluttered mess, and a thick layer of dust was covering the floor. The place was a total wreck. He would be surprised if anyone would be able to survive in here.

"So you came." said a voice. Harvey turned to see someone stepping towards him out from the shadows. Harvey felt his body tense as he saw who it was.

"Where's Kieli?" Harvey asked harshly.

"Somewhere safe." said a boy. He had green eyes and blond hair. He was tall and wearing a black outfit that could easily be mistaken for a priests outfit. Julius stepped a little closer to Harvey. "Somewhere where you will never find her."

hey~ um first thing YEA ITS LONG~ sorry bout that title cause i suck at naming things...also just incase you didn't know i had crap going on and i couldn't update and when i did it was really short so im sorry i proabaly should have waited to update so they would have been longer but hey cant do much about it now.

Also to let you know i write these in note books BEFORE i type them. To let you know right before its switches to Kieli's point of view like right when Harvey says. "I don't know but it can't be good." that was THREE PAGES in my note book. When i realized how short it was typed i add the next chapter which is pretty much the rest so you kinda get a two-in-one kinda thing.

Anyway hope you enjoy~

anyway comment/review or criticize (maybe) i wont yell!

sorry for spelling and grammar mistakes.