AN: After David was left laying in the street, everyone is left wondering just what in the world happened. Something happened alright, and it was not a good 'something' either...

Chapter Two: In A Blink of an Eye

Hey there. Remember what I said a while back about things changing forever in a blink of an eye? Well, thanks to some dick in the back of a white van, I am now lying in a street, bleeding from my head from what I can best gather and feel of course, a gunshot and my best friend is long gone. Where is she 'long gone' to? I don't have any earthly idea as to how to answer that. Trust me, ladies and gentlemen, this little ride is just getting started...

David opened his eyes, and the moment that he did so, a sharp, burning pain hit him, and hit him hard. David sat up, and tried to get a glimpse as to where he was. It was then that he realized that he was back in his own house, but that is not the place that he remembered where he was when he went out. He remembered that he was walking with Alex to his house, and they were jumped by some goons. That was the last thing that he remembered. He placed a hand to his head, and realized that he was bleeding, and bleeding quite badly.

"Alex, I have to get back, and tell them what happened..." David mumbled to himself as he left the home, staggering from the pain that he was experiencing."

Justin walked outside his home, and saw Villo sitting on the porch. David and Alex were gone for quite a while now, and that seemed to set some worry on the half-lion, half-human, Justin could see that with no problem.

"What's wrong?" Justin asked him, taking a seat on the front porch next to Villo.

"I don't know, but something happened to Alex and David, I think." Villo said. Justin grew slightly concerned, but he thought that there was nothing to worry about.

"Really? Like what?" Justin asked.

"I don't know, but I have a really bad feeling all of a sudden." Villo said.

"Maybe that is because they are just taking a really long time to get back." Justin answered.

Villo opened his mouth to respond to that, but almost out of nowhere and so quickly, Villo leapt off of the porch, and took off into the distance. Justin, surprised as to his actions, took off after him.

They were not far from David's house, when Justin found Villo sitting on the sidewalk. Taking a moment to catch his breath, Justin spoke up.

"Thanks for waiting for me, but any reason that you took off so suddenly?" Justin asked his friend. Villo glared back at Justin, and pointed his paw at something in front of him. Justin looked towards the area in which Villo was pointing, and saw that they found David, which was the good thing, but the bad thing was that he was bleeding from a head would.

"Jesus, what happened to him?" Justin asked. Villo didn't respond. All he did was grab David's collar in his teeth and yank it to try and move his unconscious friend back to safety.

"Well, don't just stand here, help me carry him back to your house!" Villo yelled, carrying David's shirt collar in his mouth, and yanking it.

Justin was about to protest, but gave up, and helped out his unconscious friend.

Familiar voices were ringing in his head. David knew that he was alive, and apparently back at the Russos home. Justin and Villo brought him here, that much was obvious. David tried to open his eyes, but he just didn't have the energy to, and his body wouldn't respond to the head shot that he received.

Wait a minute. Head shot? I was shot in the head, and I survived? David thought to himself. His mind immediately turned to fear and concern for Alex. He had no idea where she was, or what she was going through right now, but David knew that it was not good.

Once he got his wits about him, David was going to go after her, but where was she now?

There is no doubt about it, this is now a personal hell that Alex Russo was going through. About thirty minutes after they shot David, they brought her here, and strapped her to a bed, and left her there. She knew that she couldn't scream, or talk, or even cry, because that would piss off her abductors to a point that they might hurt her. She felt as though this might be the last place she was going to be while she was alive. Dear god, don't let it be like that, because she doesn't want her last memory to be seeing her longtime friend, dead in the street because he wanted to protect her...

Right at that moment, Alex heard two people enter her room, so she feigned being asleep, so she would be able to hear the conversation that these two were having.

"So, any word about David?"

"Yeah. Some guys went back to get the body, but he was gone."

"WHAT!"

"Long gone. Justin and Villo took him away."

"Great, now Louis is going to be on us."

"We have an ace."

"What in the living hell are you talking about?"

"Alex here. As long as we have her, Jerry and Theresa won't make a move, especially that old bastard Professor Crumb."

Alex heard footsteps, and she literally had to resist the urge to flinch, and kick violently when she felt an ice cold hand run up her bare leg.

"Don't worry sweety, we are going to take good care of you." A voice said, breathing hot and liquor laced breath in her face and ear.

The only thing that Alex did at that point was make a silent prayer that someone was going to come and to save her really soon.

AN: In the next chapter, everyone figures out just why David survived his gunshot, and the person who kidnapped Alex reveals themselves. R&R!