n0t3: Enjoy! I think this is longer.
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Title: Picture Perfect
Rating: T
Author: mylifeismine
Summary: Gabriella's being followed, so she does something drastic in order to save her son. She hands it over to the father. Troy Bolton. The NBA star must find Gabriella, though. Life or death. An easy statement, not easy to accomplish though. Troyella.
Genre: Mystery/Suspense
Length: Story
Chapter Eight- Roadtrip
The next morning, Troy woke up, thinking it would be another normal day, until he saw the two purple notes.
He threw the covers off, and rushed to the washroom, slamming into the wall a few times, from his tiredness.
As he walked down the hall, he stopped at Nick's room.
Should I bring Nick?
Well he should at least see his mother.
Troy pushed the door open to see Nick sleeping peacefully on the bed.
"Wake up, buddy," Troy said as he gently shook Nick.
"Hm?" Nick said as he rubbed his eyes.
"It's time to find your mommy," Troy said, pulling Nick off the bed.
Nick didn't say anything, he quietly got changed and everything, and followed Troy down the stairs.
They ate some breakfast, then got into one of Troy's cars.
"So tell me more about your mom," Troy said, as he drove down the busy streets.
"Um."
"Was she happy?" Troy suggested.
"Well once she said that she hadn't been happy for a long time. But was happy when I made her proud."
"Mhm."
Troy stopped at 616 Cliffwood Road half an hour later.
He pulled up at the end of the block.
Then he and Nick walked down the road.
Troy was nervous, yet excited.
616 Cliffwood Road looked like a hellhole.
It was a beat-up house.
There were two bulky men sitting by the door.
"Rogue! Baites!" Tim yelled.
The two guys got up and went to the back, where Tim's voice had come from.
Troy smirked, and walked up the half-broken steps, holding Nick's hand.
Troy pushed open the door.
Troy walked in, as Nick followed.
The house was full of empty beer bottles, and cigarette butts.
So the house would naturally reek of alcohol, and cigarettes.
"Are you dead yet?" Nick read off the wall.
Troy could see blood trails everywhere.
Troy shuddered.
Troy heard footsteps upstairs.
He looked around and saw a door.
Troy quickly opened the door, and gave Nick a little shove to go in.
Troy quietly closed the door behind him.
The two guys didn't move a muscle as the person walked passed the door.
A few seconds later, a door slammed shut, and the house went silent.
Troy could see the stairs as his eyes started to adjust to the dark.
He could also see the puddles of dried blood.
Troy went down first, with Nick at his heels.
When they reached the bottom of the stairs, they heard Gabriella's soft cries.
Fact.
Gabriella's alive.
"Gabriella?" Troy whispered as he started walking towards the sobs.
Troy finally noticed that the cries were coming from below him.
Troy looked over at Nick, who was quietly sitting in the corner munching on a bag of B-B-Q ships that hadn't been there earlier.
Troy rushed over to Nick, "Where'd you get those chips?"
Nick pointed at a closed closet, "Over there."
Troy went over to it, and Nick followed with his almost empty bag of chips.
Troy pulled open the two doors to see bags and bags of chips, and packages and packages of candy.
Troy stared at the shelves.
All were full except for one shelf.
B-B-Q.
Suddenly, the basement was filled with light.
Troy yanked Nick inside the closet, closing the two doors behind them.
Nick climbed to one end of the closet.
Troy followed.
Heavy footsteps and loud voices echoed.
Nick pulled the handle on the wall that was barely visible, and a trash can slid out.
Nick dropped the empty bag of ships, then slid the wall back into place.
Troy stared at Nick.
"Have you been here?" Troy asked in a whisper.
Nick nodded.
Suddenly, the food supply closet opened, and light filled the room.
Troy and Nick froze.
Either Rogue or Baites stood there and reached for a bag of chips in the empty shelf.
"Someone stole my last bag of B-B-Q chips!" he said loudly in a whine.
"I don't pay you to just eat chips, Baites!" Tim yelled.
Baites sighed a sad sigh, then left, but leaving the doors partially open.
As Baites left, Troy went to see what they were doing through the hole.
Tim reached under a table, and pulled out a handle, and the floor pulled up.
The three guys climbed the ladder down, closing the hidden door above them.
Troy waited a good five minutes, then climbed out of the closet.
He helped Nick out, then pulled open the hidden door, and went down with Nick, closing the door above him.
Risking his life for Gabriella was worth it, right?