Welp, I'm going to work on another chappie now. I hope y'all are enjoying this story so far! I know at least one of my readers is, and I appreciate their continued support. And I look forward to reviews, so just keep that in mind. :)
It had been a few months after Charlie had taken Callie with him out of the hospital, and had disappeared. Everybody, minus Joey, was in Monica's apartment. "Think he's alright?" Phoebe asked, glancing towards the door. She could imagine him walking through the door right now. She sighed, before returning her gaze back towards the others.
Monica sighed. "He's probably wishing that he had done something more to try and help Callie before Charlie left with her." She leaned her head on Chandler's shoulder. "I can't believe that I had volunteered to go with him!" She said in disgust. "I am so glad that he knew I was playing him!"
Ross, Rachel, and Chandler all three remained silent, listening.
Phoebe sighed. "I think I am going to go and check on him. You know, just to see how he's doing." She stood up and walked out of the apartment.
Rachel rubbed her forehead. "I should be more disappointed than what I am since Callie is my cousin," she shrug. "But I am just glad that everyone is okay."
Chandler glanced at her. "What? Everyone is not okay! Yah, sure. Physically everyone is fine, sure. But what about mentally?" He didn't mean to snap at her like that. "Sorry," he murmured quickly afterwards.
Then the door opened, and Phoebe came back, leading Joey in. "Hey, guys. Look whose here." She said happily, then led him over to the couch.
"So, still no luck, huh?" Monica asked, propping herself up on the couch.
Joey miserably shook his head, but he remained silent.
Monica thought a moment. "Where would Charlie have gone after he left the hospital?" She wondered out loud.
There was silence after that as everyone was preoccupied in their own thoughts.
Phoebe was sitting silently in Apartment 19, clicking her fingers together in thought when the door open. Rachel sat down on the couch beside her, while the others slowly and silently crept in.
Phoebe put a finger to her lips. "Shh, he finally fell asleep," she whispered to the others. "I got your call. So does anyone know where Charlie may have taken her?"
Chandler exchanged a glance with Monica, and gave a slight nod to her. "We may have an idea, but its a long shot."
Ross thought a moment, quickly getting an idea. "We have the element of surprise, so that will be our greatest weapon. Pheebs, you stay here with Joe. And when we get there here's what we are going to do.."
After Ross had told them his 'plan', everybody nodded in agreement.
Monica glanced at her watch. "Okay, then. We should head out now!" She said, rather excited.
Monica paused outside of the warehouse. "You mean here?" She asked, glancing at Chandler questioningly. "It looks abandoned. Why would he come here anyways? Does he know that its so secluded that he may be able to get away with anything?"
Chandler nodded. "He sure does." He glanced towards the others and gave a slight nod. "Mon, be careful. Your part is critical in this," he wrapped his arms around her neck, then pulled her closer and pressed his lips against hers.
Rachel cleared her throat. "Uhm, guys? We have to go now."
"Right," Monica reluctantly pulled away. "Just make sure you come back to me." She said softly, then turned away and walked off.
Chandler watched her leave, then glanced over at Ross and Rachel. "You guys ready? Alright, so things are going to happen very fast."
Ross nodded. "Got it!" He reached into the bag that they had brought, then pulled out a gun, and handed one to Rachel. "You just be careful, man."
Chandler nodded. "You two be careful too." He flashed them both a smile, then hurried off.
Monica walked towards the front door, or garage door, whatever it was called, then knocked on it. She had put on makeup to make it look as if she had been crying, then waited for the door to open.
Eddie opened the door. "What do you want, girly?" He asked, crossing his arms.
Monica sniffled. "I.. I need to talk to Charlie.." She said, sobbing.
He glanced at her suspiciously, then moved to the side to let her in. "So what is this about?"
She sniffled again. "Ch.. Charlie was in.. love with me.. so I.. I'm here to tell him.. me and Chandler broke up.." She sobbed again.
Charlie walked out of one of the rooms, then paused when he saw her. "Mon..?" He asked softly. "Why are you here? Everything alright?"
She shook her head. "Chandler and I broke up.." she repeated, then walked over and fell into his arms to sob into his shoulder. "Can we go somewhere to talk about this more? Somewhere more private?"
He nodded. "Sure, that sounds good." He led her into one of the other rooms, which looked like a control room of some sorts.
She glanced at one of the cameras, and saw Callie tied to the bed, then she glanced back at Charlie. So they were definitely in the right place.
Chandler crept through the backdoor of the warehouse or whatever this place was. The easy part was over, and now it was time for the hard part. There had to be several rooms in this place. Which one was she in?
He paused at the first door he came to, then slowly opened the door. It was empty, except dust that covered the floor. He slowly backed out of the room, then eased down the hallway to the next door, which was also empty.
He started to back out of the room, when he backed into someone. He silently cursed himself, then slowly turned around.
Eddie was standing there with his arms crossed. "Hello, Chandler. Can I help you with something?" He asked. "Looking for someone? Perhaps you are looking for Charlie, well he took Monica into a private room so they could talk, because it seems like you two had broke up or something."
Chandler opened his mouth to say something, then closed it again. He had gotten caught, so how was he going to talk himself out of this one?
Ross and Rachel had found a different way in, and was looking through the different rooms, looking for Callie. He clutched the gun in his hand, then slowly opened the door.
Callie was laying on the bed, tied to the rail, when she spotted him. She couldn't say anything because she was gagged.
"Rachel!" He called to her. "In here!"
She hurried into the room where he was, then breathed a sigh of relief. "Callie!" She hurried over and took the gag out of her mouth so that she could speak, while Ross was trying to disconnect the camera.
Callie breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm so happy that you found me!" She squealed in excitement, as they started untying her.
"We are too!" Rachel said happily. After what seemed like forever, she was untied. "You alright? Did he treat you right?" She asked, giving her cousin a quick hug.
Callie nodded. "I'm fine. He didn't treat me as well as one might have hoped, but he did keep me fed." She shrug.
Ross motioned towards the door. "Well, let's just get out of here!"
Eddie pushed him into the wall. "So you thought that you could just swing by and save Callie, huh? Well, I have news for you." He grabbed him by the shirt collar, then slung him into the opposite wall. "it's not going to be that easy." He started towards him, when he heard a commotion down the hall. "What was that?"
Chandler shrug. "Probably rats."
Eddie glared at him. "I need to go and check it out, just in case someone else has decided to swing by for a visit." He started to walk off.
Chandler didn't even take time to think about what to do next, he just jumped on Eddie's back and wrapped an arm around his neck.
Charlie got suspicious when the camera to Callie's room just shut off. "What happened there?" He asked, glancing at Monica, suddenly getting suspicious of her.
Monica shrug. "Faulty wiring, maybe?" She guessed. "Let Eddie handle it."
Charlie shook his head. "I will deal with it, and I will be right back." He stood up, and walked out of the room.
Monica took a deep breath, feeling nervous. Now what? Were they caught? She hoped that the others made it out, then stood up and quickly walked out of the room.
Callie saw the exit up ahead, and picked up speed, hoping that the others were right behind her. She was soon running out into sunlight, something she hadn't been out in a few months. She glanced back and saw Rachel right behind her. "Go!" Rachel called to her. "Come on, we have to keep moving!"
Callie nodded, then ran towards the bushes in the woods, before finally stopping for a breath. She heard gun shots getting closer and cowered down in her hiding place.
Rachel was right behind her, then crouched down in the bush beside her cousin.
Ross was shooting the gun at their attacker, then hurried after the girls.
Charlie paused and fired his gun one more time before turning around to head back into the warehouse.
Ross crashed to the ground when the bullet hit his ankle.
Monica ran out of the warehouse, panting heavily, when she heard gun shots on the other side of the building. She wanted to go around there to make sure everyone was okay, but she had to stick to their plan. She quickly found a bush to hide in until she figured it was safe to meet up with the others.
She watched the door closely, looking for any signs of movement, but when there wasn't any, she decided it would be safe to find the others.
Eddie flipped him over his shoulder, then twisted his arm behind his back. "Now it doesn't look like your going anywhere!" He sneered.
Chandler took a deep breath. "Yep, I guess you got me.." He mumbled softly. He waited a moment until he was sure that Eddie had thought he won, then spun around and kicked him in the stomach.
Eddie fell, clutching where he was just kicked. "Ouch!" He mumbled.
Chandler watched him for a moment. "This has been really fun, but I gotta go now." He hurried off.
Ross staggered to his feet, then half limped, half hopped, towards the bush where the girls were waiting. "Any sign of the others yet?" He asked them, glancing around.
Rachel shook her head. "No, are you okay? I was about to go and help you up, but I wasn't sure if we were still being watched or not."
He shrug. "I'm alright." He glanced up when Monica joined them.
Monica glanced around. "Chandler's not back yet?" She asked, starting to get worried.
Callie shook her head. "Not yet."
Eddie walked into the room where Charlie was. "I just had a run in with Chandler." He said. "I think he's still in the building somewhere."
Charlie took a deep breath. "You know, Monica lied to me! Just so they could form a rescue party for Callie." He paced the room, then punched a chair. "Hold on a moment.. you think Chandler is still in the building somewhere? Hm.. interesting.. I have a new plan."
Monica plopped down on the ground beside Rachel to wait, glancing back every once in a while. "I should go and look for him.." she said, standing up. "He might be in trouble."
Callie shook her head. "You can't go back! I'm sure he will join us in a moment, we just have to wait. The warehouse is pretty big anyways, maybe he just got lost or something?"
Rachel listened to them, as she took her jacket off, then wrapped it around Ross's ankle.
Charlie and Eddie had walked out of the warehouse, but had laid out a trail of gasoline though out the long hallway in the warehouse. Then once outside, Charlie lit a match, then tossed it on the gasoline.
Within moments, the warehouse had burst up in flames. "That should do it, let's go, Eddie."
Monica watched in horror as the warehouse caught on fire. "Chandler!" She screamed out, then stood up, and quickly ran towards the warehouse.
"Mon!" Callie ran after her, then caught up with her before she went inside. "Mon, stop. You can't go in there. Look, I'm sure he's going to get out, but we have to be patient.
Monica shook her head. "I'm done being patient! He might need me, so I'm going to go in there and see if I can find him." She pushed past Callie, and hurried into the burning building. She had just got in here and she was already drenched in sweat. "Chandler!" She called out.
It wasn't long after that when she started coughing. The smoke starting to burn her throat. She felt dizzy, and used the wall to support herself.
"Monica?" She heard a hoarse voice whisper her name, but it could have been her imagination. She took another step, before collapsing to the floor.
Ross glanced out of the bush. "Where are they?" He asked, then staggered to his feet, hopping on one leg.
Rachel stood up beside him, then they both walked over to where Callie was standing near the doorway, until the three of them had decided to take a few steps back to get away from the heat.
They spotted movement near the entrance of the building, then Chandler staggered out, holding an unconscious Monica in his arms.
Whew! I did not know where to end this chapter. There will probably be one more and then it will be finished. :( That makes me so, so, so sad. :'( Then I would have to think of a whole new idea or something. Maybe I will make a sequel to this one. I have never done that before, so if anyone has any ideas for that, please please please let me know. Anyways, I gotta go to bed now. Its 22 minutes after Midnight.. oops. Well, toodles!
Tall, Out!