Chapter 11 is here! And I have 29 reviews, 4 follows, and 4 favorites. Thanks so much. But now, onto the story.
Carol's P.O.V
Where am I? Why is it so cold? Why is it so dark? I feel sick. Where is Ally and Serene? Weren't we just at dinner? Where were the boys? Mom? Dad? Our aunts and uncles? I know for a fact that I am not home. The stench is the first clue that told me something isn't right. I'm on a hard, metallic texture. And instead of waking up to a rising sun, everything is dark and warm.
I looked around the room I was in. It was small, almost like a cage. I could tell by the bars all over it. My first attempt at getting up resulted in a stabbing pain in my stomach. I fell back down on the surface and moaned.
"Carol, are you up?" I heard a soft, beautiful, high-pitched voice. It obviously was a chipmunk. I didn't care who it was, I need someone to tell me where I am. I looked to my left and saw two girls who I was expecting.
Ally's fur had spots all over it and her outfit was suddenly dirty. Ally's eyes still had a hint of drowsiness in it and I saw a scar across her cheek. Serene was no different. Her clothes were as dirty as Ally's but instead of having spots all over her body there was bruises. What happened to them?
"Ally, Serene, what happened. Where are we?" I asked them. Ally and Serene looked at each other and sighed.
"I don't know, you were still unconscious when we woke up." Ally replied. Gee, was I, I thought sarcastically.
"What happened exactly?" I asked. Serene just shook her head and Ally just rubbed her arm. What's wrong?
"He took us." Serene replied. He? Is it Ian? Oh, no. What's going to happen to us now?
"W-Who's he?" I asked, not fighting back the crack in my voice. I wanted to be with my mom and dad. Or for me and my cousins to be somewhere other than a cage.
"I don't know." Serene replied, sitting on the hard floor. "He has blonde hair, I think he wants to get back at our fathers."
I craned my neck. "What makes you say that?"
"Because, before we got knocked out, I heard him say 'Time to show those rats who is the real star'." Serene replied. Rats? Our dads aren't rats! And real star? If anything it sounds like Ian wanting to make us into his personal hundred dollar bills.
I looked around this cage. The cold, hard metal, the rotten stench, no parents, no way out. I couldn't find back the small tears of fear that came out my eyes. Why did this have to happen to us? What did we do wrong?
I felt Ally and Serene's arms wrap around me, holding me close in a cousinly embrace. How do they feel? Do they feel the same pain I feel? Are they plotting a way to get us home? I don't care what's the way. I need to get home!
Alvin's P.O.V
I woke up and found the sun shining on my face. It was morning and I felt something silky, smooth, furry on my chest. I looked down and saw Brittany still asleep. She looked so peaceful when she slept. She had a smile on her face like always, her leg was thrown across my waist, and I could clearly hear her mumble my name. I smiled. I liked when she did that.
But now I felt something weird in my stomach. Something that has been there before. I got up from bed and just thought I was hungry. I reached for my hoodie and put it on over my naked body. I walked out the door and the feeling became stronger. I was expecting to smell something cooking but nothing was. Great, now I have to make my own breakfast. Where is Theodore or Eleanor when you need them?
I saw a red headband that obviously belonged to Ally on the living room floor. Weird. It probably fell off while she was dancing. I picked it up and laid it on the couch. Maybe Ally will find it here. Just as I was about to make my way to the kitchen, I tripped on something. I turned around to see what I tripped over.
A cord.
But this was the cord that controlled the lights in the house. Why would it be pulled out of the socket? Let's see. Ally's missing her headband, the girls aren't asleep on the couch and the lights are out. The only thing that could've happened was-
"Alvin?" I heard my brother, Simon's, voice behind me. I turned around and found him, Jeanette, Theodore, and Eleanor all looking at me. Theodore and Eleanor looked like they have been crying. Jeanette looked close to tears and Simon just had his head down. What happened?
"Alvin, have you seen the girls?" Simon asked me. I shook my head but before I could reply, Theodore beat me to it.
"So you don't know." Theodore said. I craned my neck. Know what? Before I could ask I saw Brittany's beautiful figure come into the living room.
"What's going on?" She asked them. She was dressed {Thank goodness} and looked as though she was sick. "Know what?" So she did hear the conversation.
"The girls are gone, we can't find them anywhere." Simon said. Those nine words just broke my heart into one billion pieces. No, not even that many. More than anyone in the world can count. When the girls came back it was the happiest day of my life! Now…now they're gone. Again? Why is this happening?
I saw Brittany's facial expression. The hurt in her eyes, the tears forming, her mouth turning into a 'O' shape. Her tears started raining out her eyes and I immediately wrapped my arms around her, pulling her close. She fell to the ground, pulling me with her and wrapped her arms around her knees, rocking back and forth.
"No, Ally is not gone again!" Brittany yelled, trying to deny the truth. I wanted to agree with her too but all the evidence could only mean one thing.
"I'm sorry, Britt, we can't find her or the others anywhere." Jeanette said, crying into Simon's chest. Brittany pulled away from me and stormed towards her sister. I thought she was going to yell at her and I was right.
"NO! YOU ARE JUST NOT LOOKING HARD ENOUGH! ALLY WOULDN'T JUST GO WITHOUT A WARNING! SHE WOULDN'T! WHAT KIND OF JOKE IS THIS?!" Brittany yelled. I just sat there, frozen. Brittany never yelled this loud, ever. Even if she was mad at me.
"Brittany, we are looking-" Before Jeanette could finish Brittany pushed her causing Jeanette to fall onto the ground. Brittany glared down at her and even I was scared. I never saw her so angry.
"NO THE FUCK YOU AIN'T! IF YOU WERE LOOKING YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUND MY DAUGHTER BY NOW! BUT YOU HAVEN'T! DO YOU EVEN CARE ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER? IF YOU DID, THEN HOW COME I DON'T SEE HER?!" Brittany yelled before storming upstairs and into our bedroom. Everyone just stood there frozen, except for Jeanette who sat there frozen. I'm guessing this is my time to comfort Brittany, but I can't. Not this time. Who would kidnap Ally? Soon I saw a muddy footprint behind the couch.
I walked over to it and knew it wasn't Dave's. It was a man for sure. Who would want to kidnap Ally and the girls? Ian would, but I don't think he would try again only to fail. The only people who could hate me and my brothers so much would be Dave {A little}, Ian and...Ryan.
Ally's P.O.V
It has been two hours and we still couldn't figure a way back home. We tried unlocking the lock…but none of us were wearing hairpins. We tried squeezing out…but not even Serene could go through and she was the skinniest out of all of us. We tried pushing the cage to the edge so that it will fall and break…but we were too weak. And where was the guy who kidnapped us anyway? Shouldn't he be watching us to see if we're trying to escape.
As if my thoughts were answered the guy who kidnapped us came walking in, looking about in his early twenties. He had blonde hair which seemed uncombed for years, a old red varsity jacket that was rugged, and he had a hole in his neck. Probably from smoking all those cigarettes. He took a few puffs before putting the cigarette on the ashtray. He looked at us and smiled.
"Well, well, looks like the three ladies have woken up." The guy said, walking closer to the cage. We all backed into the back of the cage but the bars stopped us from going any further.
"W-What do y-you want w-with us?" Serene asked the guy, stammering in her sentence. He laughed, then coughed, then started panting. He picked up his cigarette, put it in his mouth, and took a few puffs before putting it back into the ashtray.
"I want to send your little mommies and daddies a message." The guy said before he opened the cage and took out me. He closed the door and tightened his grip on me. I could barely breathe. I was sure my face was turning blue. Help! Someone help me!
He took his phone out his pocket and made it lay on the cage bars. I could see the flash, meaning it was recording. But what was he doing? He took the cigarette and aimed the burning part onto my tail. Oh no! No! NO! NO!
"Stop, stop, no, please! STOP!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. But it was no use. I struggled to get out of his grip, only to have his grip tighten even more. I could feel my eyes start to turn to blurry. But I was stronger than that.
The man inched the small, glowing embers close to my tail. "No, stop! Please!" I pleaded. A few more inches and the cigarette burned through my fur. "AAAAAHHHH!" I screamed so loud, the burning embers causing me to cry in pain and sadness. The man opened the cage door and tossed me inside, before locking the door. I hit my head onto the floor and the last thing I remember was Serene and Carol's worried looks.
Serene's P.O.V
How dare that man hurt my cousin? He nearly choked her to death, he burned her with his cigarette, and he threw her into the cage, making her hit her head and faint! Oh, how I wish I can just choke the life out of him for what he did to her. But I can't do that. Right now I was busy trying to get Ally to live.
Carol was pumping her chest with her two paws and I was giving her mouth to mouth. I needed Ally to be alive. She was always the one to protect us. Like that one time Carol was attacked by a squirrel, Ally beat the squirrel up. Ally was always making us laugh. Like when I fell and busted my knee, Ally made me smile. Without Ally…what would happen?
"S-Serene, I think she's coming through!" Carol exclaimed, moving away from Ally's fragile state. I leaned back and looked as Ally started breathing normally and her eyes fluttered open. Ally's alive! Yay! Without thinking, I leaned forward and kissed her on her lips. Her lips were soft, moist, and almost feathery-like. I pulled away and saw Ally's eyes wide open and her looking from between me and Carol.
"A-Are we h-home?" Ally asked us. I felt her eyes fall on me and I could see the confused gaze she gave me. Okay, I didn't mean to kiss her. I was just so happy she was alive. Is that so wrong?
"No Ally, and we need to find a way back home." Carol said, bowing her head. "Could you imagine how devastated our parents must be? I miss them so much! I need to get home. But we were more worried for you at this moment."
Ally nodded her head and stood up, but grabbed her leg and hissed in pain before falling back down. I could see a line of blood going from her knee to her ankle. She must have busted it when that bastard threw her in here.
"Ally, are you okay?" I asked her. Even though I am the smartest of the group, I thought that was a stupid question.
"Of course I'm okay, why else would I grab my bleeding leg and fall to floor while hissing in pain?" Ally sarcastically asked. I couldn't help but giggle at what she just said. Only Ally would be sarcastic at a time like this.
"Okay, sorry, maybe you should lie down and Carol and I can figure out a way to get us home." I said to Ally, looking into her hazel-brown eyes. Ally mumbled something under her breath and I was sure it was 'I'm not that hurt'. I tried to pull away from her eyes but I couldn't. As if it was evil and punishable to pull away from her eyes. Golden as honey, brown like chocolate.
"Well, come on, Serene." Carol said, grabbing my arm and pulling me over to the lock. Ally just fell on her back and I thought she fell asleep.
Ally's P.O.V
Okay, let me be the first to say, what the hell just happened? I remember fainting and Serene and Carol giving me CPR. But after that, something odd happened. I woke up and felt someone's lips on my lips. I was sure it was Darien's, thinking he may be here and this was all a dream. But it wasn't Darien's lips. I knew Serene was the one giving me mouth to mouth, but would she honestly kiss me?
She has been my frenemy for years. She is sometimes uptight, responsible, and always bragging about how smart she is. Me, I am awesome, fun-loving, and always bragging about how pretty I am. And we are always arguing, no matter what the situation is. We once argued about who has to go to sleep. She had said, "Time for bed" and I just replied with "Then go to bed" and that started the whole argument.
But maybe the whole kiss thing was just my imagination. I mean, come on, these girls are my cousins and would never kiss me on the lips. And there are no boys, so who would kiss me on the lips? I just shrugged off this stupid thought and closed my eyes, hoping to fall asleep. If anything this is a nightmare and when I wake up, I will be home.
Third Person's P.O.V
Brittany was crying so much that not even Alvin could comfort her or make her laugh. She kept saying the same thing to anyone who walked in. "Unless you are Ally, come in, if not, get the fuck out". Jeanette and Eleanor had enough of Brittany's endless crying. This wasn't like their sister. Their sister was a hot-headed, stubborn diva and this wasn't her.
Jeanette and Eleanor just walked into Brittany's room and hopped onto her bed. Brittany glanced up once and before she could say one word to them, Eleanor spoke up.
"Brittany, we have had enough of your endless crying and we are going to do something about it." Eleanor said, smiling at her sister. Brittany didn't crack. Her frown stayed exactly in place.
"The only way you can stop it is if you get Ally back." Brittany replied to Eleanor, letting the tears start to go down her cheeks at Ally's name.
"That's what we were coming to talk to you about." Jeanette said to Brittany. Brittany bolted up, ears perked up and her tail wagging like she was a dog. Brittany couldn't hide her excitement.
"What do you mean?" Brittany asked her sisters, the hope shining in her sapphire blue eyes.
"We mean that we know where the girls are." Jeanette said to Brittany. "You see, when Serene came back, Simon put a GPS chip on her glasses, that way we can find out where they are. I connected to it and found Serene and the others in this old building. We can tell the guys now and they could-"
"No, Jeanette." Brittany interrupted her sister, awarding her with a confused gaze. "The guys aren't going to save our daughters. We are."
Eleanor and Jeanette looked at each other, then back to Brittany, then each other. She wasn't saying what they thought she was saying.
"Brittany, how are we even going to get there?" Eleanor asked her sister, folding her arms across her chest. Brittany just smiled and jumped off the bed. She took out three familiar helmets with white and pink on it.
"Ellie, you know how to drive a motorcycle…right?" Brittany asked her sister, causing her sisters to have a wide-eyed, open-mouthed expression.
"Now, which way?" Brittany asked Jeanette, who was gripping onto her waist for dear life. They were riding Alvin's motorcycle and trying to rescue the girls. Eleanor was driving and Jeanette was telling her the directions.
"U-Um, to the left." Jeanette said, making her grip on Brittany's waist tighten as Eleanor turned the corner and sped up. "Can you slow it down!?"
"I'm trying to rescue my daughter, don't tell me to slow down!" Eleanor called over her shoulder to Jeanette. Jeanette just hid her face behind Brittany's shoulder. She made a promise before in 2009, that she was never going to get on a motorcycle again. Now, she was on a motorcycle again. WHY?
"Is this it?" Eleanor asked Jeanette, who was trembling in the back. Jeanette just gave a tiny nod. Eleanor and Brittany took off their helmets and hopped off the motorcycle.
"I-I'm going to watch t-the m-motor-motorcycle." Jeanette said, wrapping her arms around her. Brittany and Eleanor just shrugged and ran into the building. Where would the girls be?
"Oh, so now you want to try and get out!?" They heard a familiar voice that made their ears bleed.
"Ryan." They both said in unison before rushing to where they heard the voice.
"No, please, don't!" They heard Serene's voice. What is he doing to her? They have to hurry. They found a door that was slightly open so they could see inside. Brittany and Eleanor saw Serene struggling to get out of Ryan's grip while he held a cigarette close to her. Oh, no!
"What do we do?" Eleanor asked Brittany. Brittany couldn't believe he would do that. If Jeanette was here she would have-
"Hey! What do you think you are doing with my daughter!?" The once quiet voice that belonged to Jeanette boomed across the room. Everyone's heard turned and saw Jeanette on the window sill, glaring at Ryan.
"Mom! HELP!" Serene yelled, but Ryan just gripped her tighter. Jeanette watched as Serene yelled in pain and her face started turning blue. No, not her daughter. Jeanette couldn't hold back. She jumped onto Ryan's face and started scratching across his face, causing him to drop Serene. Serene fell to the ground and rushed over to Brittany and Eleanor.
"A-Ally and Carol are in the cage, but it's locked." Serene said to them. Brittany nodded and ran over to the cage. She saw Ally and Carol, clinging to each other as they watched Jeanette maul Ryan's face.
"Girls!" Brittany called to them. Ally and Carol looked at Brittany and their smiles grew wide.
"Mom!"
"Aunt Brittany!"
Brittany took the hairpin out of her hair and used it as a key. Just as the lock came loose, she heard a thud on the floor. She turned around and saw Jeanette on the floor in pain. No, not her sister.
"Girls, I want you to run with your Aunt Eleanor to the motorcycle, don't worry about me." Brittany said and the girls gave a weak nod. Ally and Carol ran out the cage and over to Eleanor. Brittany watched as they ran off to safety, before she attacked Ryan and scratched his face…or what's left of it. She had to admit, Jeanette did a pretty good job. Jeanette ran outside to safety as well. Before Brittany could scratch him again, he threw her off his face.
"Brittany, I didn't know that you wanted a challenge." Ryan said through his teeth at Brittany. Brittany glared at him, and as much as she wanted to kill him right there, she had to go back to her sisters, daughter, and nieces.
"Bastard." Brittany said to him, before running out of the room and onto the street. She found the girls on the motorcycle, getting ready to drive off. Brittany hopped onto the motorcycle and put her helmet on.
"Come on, let's get you back home where you belong." Eleanor said and they all drove off, but they could all clearly make out Ryan's threat.
"I will find you, and I will kill you!" He called after them. But they could care less. The only thing that mattered was getting home and living a peaceful life as a family.
So, did anyone notice what happened in Serene's P.O.V? Tell me in your reviews.
