Chapter Thirty-Four

Abandoned Warehouse

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The days went by very slowly. Before Serena realized, she received a 'Merry Christmas' from Darien.

"I'm going to go visit my son today. I'll be back later. Don't worry; I'm completely locking the house. No on gets in…you don't get out." Nichole told Serena after a brutal beating. "So you might as well not even try."

"Yes ma'am."

She walked up the steps and locked the door.

After what Serena guessed was about a half an hour, she figured that if she could take off the blindfold and figure out at least what state she was in, she could tell Darien. But then again if Nichole heard her tell Darien, she just might relocate.

I have to. If I don't, I'll never get out. She decided to take a chance and pushed the blindfold up with her shoulder. She gasped. 'Darien, I-I'm in m-my old house.' She told him

'What?'

'In my old house. I'm alone, in the basement. I probably won't be alone long though.'

'I'm coming over now.'

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Darien got up and ran to the door of his house.

"Where are you off to in such a hurry?" Kevin asked from the couch.

Kevin and Darien were the only of the guys at the house. Josh, Zac, and Stephen went on dates with Mina, Lita, and Amy. Raye was sent to California to visit her relatives.

"Serena's old house."

"What, why?"

"Serena just told me she's there. And if your guess was right, the person will probably be back and take Serena somewhere else."

"Come on. I'll come with you."

"We have to hurry. I'll call Dan on our way."

"Good idea."

Darien picked up his cell and called Detective Bruter.

"Hello?"

"Detective Bruter, please."

"One moment."

"Hello?"
"Dan, it's Darien. I think Serena is at her old house. Can you get a search warrant?"
"Well we'd need more evidence. The most we can do on such sort notice is ask the current owner to search. But I'll work on getting one. I'll head over to her house now."

"Okay. But I know Serena is there."

"How?"

"I just know."

"You can tell me later. I'll leave and head there now."

"Kevin and I are driving there as I speak."

"Just don't go in until I get there."

"K." He hung up the phone as they turned onto Serena's block.

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"DID YOU THINK YOU'D GET AWAY WITH TELLING HIM?" Nichole said throwing Serena against a wall.

Nichole had heard what Serena told her boyfriend and immediately turned around. She sped home, and when she got there, she started beating Serena.

"I-I'm sorry."

"You will be by the time I'm done with you." She said throwing Serena into the wall again and then throwing her into a closet as she blacked out.

Shit, now what. I'm sure that guy is on the way right now…I'll put her into my car. That'll work. She thought as she heard the doorbell ring. I gotta do this now.

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Detective Bruter pressed the doorbell again and waited.

"What's taking her so-" Darien was cut off to the door opening.

"Sorry. I was in the basement and it's hard to hear down there."

"It's okay." Detective Bruter said. "I'm Detective Bruter." He said flashing his badge to the lady.

"Can I help you with something?"

"We'd like to search your home for a local missing girl."

"I can assure you she isn't here. I'm the only one living here."

"I can always come back with police who are trained to search everything. They tear the house up and don't put anything back. Would you rather that or we search the house now?"

"Uh, sure come in. But I do have to get to work." She opened the door wider and let the three men in.

"Okay. Thank you ma'am."

"Well I must go now." She said turning towards the garage.

"Then we'll start with the garage." Dan said.

"I have to go to work now though."

"We'll search the car then you can go."

"But-"

"Ma'am I'm starting to suspect you are hiding something."

"I'll be fired if I'm late for work."

"I'll call your boss. I can tell them that you were cooperating with the police. We were just conducting a search."

"If my job finds out I'm doing something with the police, I'll be fired. I can't be involved with the police."

"I'll take care of that problem. Listen, all this is just prolonging your getting to work. Do we have permission to search your house? Including everything contained in the house?" She didn't say anything. "That or I'll go back to the police station and get a search warrant and we can search everything, where as if it's just us three, we won't be empting drawers onto the floors. We'll keep everything clean."

"I need to go to work. You can get your search warrant. Good bye." She said opening the door for the three men to leave.

"We'll be back with the warrant then." The Detective said leaving. "I'm going to go to the station and see about the warrant."

"I'm going to follow her. She might have Serena with her." Darien said.

"I can't let you do that."

"But I'm going to anyway."
"Call this number. I want to know more information."

"Understandable"

"Good now get going. If you are going against my wishes then keep out of immediate sight of her. She'll probably be watching to see if any cars are following her."

"Okay." Darien said, running towards his car. "Come on Kevin."

"Yah." He said, running after Darien.

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Now what am I going to do. I can't go back home. Where can I take her? Nichole thought to herself as she drove around. She's still unconscious, but I don't know how long that'll last. I'll have to find a warehouse or something and make sure it'll be a while before she wakes. Nichole drove for another minute before finding an abandoned warehouse. Perfect.

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As soon as Darien got into his car and caught up with Nichole, he called Dan.

"So explain why you say Serena was at her old house."

"Well Serena and I can talk telepathically."

"And you haven't said anything?"
"I would have…and probably should have, but I didn't because she was hardly talking to me. She called for me the day she was taken in tears. I asked what was wrong and she didn't answer. Then she told me that she couldn't talk to me and that she was find and sorry. I told Kevin about it and he thinks that maybe the lady can read minds or something."

"Yes, you should have told me even if she didn't have any information. But I also understand why you didn't."

"She seems to be pulling into an abandoned warehouse or something."

"Is there a parking lot that is near it?"
"Yah. A McDonalds. I'll pull in there and watch her."

"Okay."

Darien handed the phone to Kevin and pulled into the parking lot that was located across the street and watched Nichole's car.

"She's getting out and going to the trunk." Kevin explained.

"Holy shit, that's Serena in the trunk." Darien said in amazement.

"Did he just say Serena?" Dan asked.

"Yah. She looks pretty beat up too." Kevin confirmed after putting the phone on speaker.

"I'll head over there now. How does she look?"

"She's got burses all over her arms, legs, and face. She's blindfolded and her hands are behind her back, probably tied or handcuffed or something." Kevin explained.

"She's thinner too." Darien added. "She's carrying her into the warehouse now."

"Stay in the car. I'm almost there. DON'T go near the warehouse."

"But I have to protect Serena. I can't just sit here knowing that she's probably doing something to Serena." Darien said slamming his fist against the arm rest.

"No. You could jeopardize everything. You have to stay in the car." Dan said.

"Darien, please stay in the car. If we stay, we'll have a better chance of getting her back safely."

"I'm only about a minute away anyways. By the time you will get over there, I'll be there. Other police officers are on their way as well."

"Fine. But hurry. She just walked into the building."

"Okay, I can see your car. The warehouse across the street?"
"Yah."

"I'll go in and check it out." He said hanging up his phone and put it on silent.

He pulled out his gun and started sneaking into the building. He heard a series of yelps and what sounded like flesh connecting with flesh. He peeked around the corner and saw the same female that was at the house with a very beat up Serena.

"POLICE, FREEZE!" He said turning the corner and aiming his gun at Nichole. "Step away from her now." He said walking closer to the two females. He noticed Nichole still had a hold on Serena's arm. "Ma'am, please let her go and step away from her."

"What if I don't? You gonna shoot me? I'll just pull her in the way of the bullet." She smirked. Before she knew it a foot swept under her feet and she was on the ground.

Serena had briefly loss consciousness and when she regained it, she heard Nichole talking and decided that she had to do something. She kicked her foot behind Nichole's knees which caused Nichole to drop her hold and fall to the ground. She started to crawl away while Detective Bruter walking over to Nichole, but she quickly loss consciousness again.

While the detective was walking over towards Nichole, she started to make a move towards Serena again. Seeing this, Detective Bruter pointed his gun and aimed. He shot Nichole in the leg, preventing her from moving any further.

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"What was that?" Darien asked fear obvious in his voice.

"Sounded like a gunshot." Kevin said.

"God I hope Serena's okay." Darien said, rushing across the street.

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The detective read Nichole her rights as the other officers rushed into the building. He handed Nichole to an officer and grabbed Serena and took her outside to an awaiting ambulance.

Darien saw the cops come out with a limping lady they recognized from earlier. He then saw Detective Bruter carrying Serena out to an ambulance.

"Is she okay?" Darien asked.

"She's just unconscious. She woke up and took out Nichole. But I want her to go to the hospital though. She's got a lot of bruises and I want her to be checked out by doctors."

"I'll meet you there." Darien said as he ran back to his car with Kevin right behind him.