Longing to Break Free
Chapter 11
Troy felt way too petrified as he eyed the gun that was pointed directly against him. The man still held onto him extremely tight. Troy felt like he almost couldn't breathe.
His eyes then drifted to Chad and Gabriella who both looked at him in absolute horror.
"Oh isn't this exciting!" the man laughed, "Two uninvited guests have come to join our fun little party!" He glared at Chad and Gabriella, "Now I need to figure out what exactly to do with them."
Troy's eyes grew wide. No, no, no! He couldn't stand that Chad and Gabriella had now gotten involved with this and that his kidnapper could hurt them at any moment. He couldn't let that man hurt them. He just couldn't. He had to protect them, somehow!
Chad and Gabriella remained frozen, as they were both too afraid to say or do anything.
"Don't hurt them," Troy finally managed to get out, but his voice was only a shaky whisper, "It's me you want, not them! Let them go!"
Chad had managed to find his voice somehow also, it was a little stronger than Troy's, "What are you going to do with us?" he felt terribly nervous as he spoke, "You can't just kidnap us. That's crazy!"
"It's either that or I kill the two of you," The man coldly spoke to Chad, still firmly holding the gun on Troy, "Which is probably what I should do, as I have absolutely no reason to keep you alive."
Troy felt extreme anger boil inside of him. More than anything he just wanted to kill that man right now.
His eyes locked with Gabriella at that moment, he noticed she was trembling really badly. He looked at her in terror. He couldn't stand the thought of his kidnapper killing her. He couldn't allow that to happen. He had to get her and Chad out of there somehow, yet it all just seemed so impossible! And that absolutely killed him. He almost didn't care what happened to himself; he just wanted Chad and Gabriella far away from this man and for them to be safe.
"How about we all move this party to the basement, and we'll figure things out from there," the man then laughed after he spoke. Horror waved through Troy as he felt the man start to drag him closer towards the basement.
No! He couldn't let him bring them all down there, who knew what he could do to them down there.
"Now move, damn it!" He yelled at Chad and Gabriella, causing them both to jump in fright. They both eyed Troy before doing anything. Troy looked helplessly at them.
"Come on now!" the man suddenly aimed the gun towards them, but he held on even tighter to Troy, "Move towards the basement, or I will shoot one of you right now!"
Chad flinched, but nodded as he started to walk back towards the basement with Gabriella right next to him. Chad held onto Gabriella as if he were trying to protect her.
They were now just only a few feet from the basement. Troy shook with fear. He just wished there was someway they could escape this but at the moment there was no way they could. He looked around desperately but could come up with nothing. God, he had to get them out of there somehow!
Troy then watched in fright as the man started to open the basement door. Chad and Gabriella were to the side of them, both remained unmoving. The man suddenly shoved Gabriella, causing her to stumble closer to the basement. Gabriella screamed as she stumbled.
"NO!" Troy suddenly screamed; anger rising in his voice as the man had touched his Gabriella, "Do NOT touch her!"
The man looked at Troy and just laughed, he suddenly shoved Gabriella again, this time however she lost her balance and knocked into the man, this caused him to suddenly loose his grip on Troy. Troy suddenly flew to the other side of the room, breaking free of the mans grasp finally.
He had also lost his hold of the gun which went flying the opposite direction of Troy. It flew far across the room. Gabriella and Chad both frantically jumped out of the way.
The man was very close to grabbing Troy again, when suddenly Chad had grabbed a chair from behind, he shoved it towards the man. The man tried to push the chair away from him but Chad kept shoving it at the man, he stumbled towards the basement steps. Suddenly the man lost his balance at the top of the stairs and started falling down.
Troy's eyes were very wide as he immediately thought to quickly lock the door to the basement. He frantically locked it, his heart was hammering against his chest.
As he frantically stepped away he could here a loud thud coming from the basement, and then all they heard was silence.
"Let's get the hell out of here!" Troy gasped, his eyes grew even wider, he was wondering what that thud had meant. Yet he knew they didn't have any time to check. They desperately had to get away from here. He had to get Chad and Gabriella to safety.
He started to bolt towards the door.
He looked back at Chad and Gabriella to make sure they were okay, they were both shaking and Chad looked rather shocked. They both eyed him. He gazed worriedly at Gabriella, she nodded at him and they were soon racing very closely behind him.
They were suddenly next to the door that would lead them outside.
Troy quickly slid through the side door and suddenly felt his first breath of fresh air he had felt in days. It felt so heavenly being outside.
His feet hit the grass and he anxiously looked back to see Gabriella and Chad right behind him. He looked further behind them, terrified that the man might still sneak up from behind and catch them.
He felt a wave a relief run through him as he saw that they had all made it out.
He immediately grabbed a hold of Gabriella's hand and they ran.
They ran for their lives.