Chapter 8 – Before It's Too Late!
AN: Well, this is it, the next chapter. Personally I got tingles when reading it. It gave me shivers. OH well.
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Jack's P.O.V
I told Lucille my concerns, which I later realized was a mistake because she was now three times more worried than she was before. The police were doing nothing, because they believed there was no concrete evidence that is specifically where Troy was, or that was where Daniel was keeping Gabriella. But I knew better. He had Gabriella, and now Troy, there. I had given them the address, and they had it ready, so if new evidence came out, they would be ready to head over there.
Other than that, the only thing that was being done was the broadcasting of the picture and information of Gabriella. People all over the country were now looking for her, trying to bring her back to her family and boyfriend. I had gotten some completely rude phone calls of girls saying that if she dies could they get Troy's number so they could hook up with him. I found it repulsive that some people only cared about themselves instead of the wellbeing of others. I then realized that this is the kind of person that we are dealing with.
A beeping brought me out of my thoughts. I realized that it was coming from my cell phone, signaling I had gotten a new text message. I was hoping it wasn't another one of those girls wanting Troy's number. When I opened up my phone, I realized it was nothing close.
Dad, Daniel had a cottage, remember?
I'm There now.
Gabriella barely alive needs medical care urgent.
Please come! 911!
Callback-Boy
I was right! Troy was at the cottage, and he had found Gabriella. It sounded like Gabriella was in a terrible condition and needed care instantly.
"Chief! I have a lead!" I yelled at the police chief. He and his policemen ran over to me. I handed them my phone, and they read over the message. By the time they had finished reading it, Lucille and the gang had run over as well, trying to find out what I had learned.
"Mr. Bolton, how can you be sure that this was your son that wrote this, and not someone else who had Troy's phone and wanted to play a prank?" He asked me. I was furious, but I knew it was procedure to not make a move unless they were certain.
"Because officer. Callback-Boy was a code that Troy and I came up with for him to use if he needed something, but didn't want anyone to know it was him that had left me the message. He did a callback with Gabriella, and that was what she had called him once. He then stuck with it, using it in cards to her. Troy must have know that you might have been hesitant, so he signed it with callback-boy, a secret only him, Gabriella and I shared." I replied. The officer nodded at me and quickly burst into action.
"I need a helicopter from Albuquerque hospital to be send out to the cottage immediately. The girl needs urgent care, from what the boy says. I want every single officer in this room to get into a car and head towards the cottage. Mr. Bolton?" He said turning to me.
"Yes?"
"We're going to need you to come with us, to confirm the cottage and to help us around. You know the cottage area, we don't." I nodded. "You'll be coming with me," he added. I again nodded. The chief turned to his officers. "Hurry up! They are in danger and we need to get there as quick as possible! We must get there before it's too late!" he yelled. Everyone was in motion, running around, gathering guns and other materials that might be needed, and heading for their cars.
Troy's P.O.V
I turned to see Daniel and Markus walking back down the stairs.
"So Troy, you got released quick enough. How did you do that?"
"Gabriella taught me." I replied. He laughed.
"She is intelligent, to bad that she will never be able to become something." He smirked at me. I glared back at him. He snapped his fingers, and Markus took out a gun from behind his back. He pointed it straight at me.
"Bolton, I'm going to need you to cooperate. Understand me?" He asked. I nodded my head. "Good, now stand up." He instructed. I did as I was told, in the process accidentally knocking Gabriella in the head. She groaned.
"Ou…ouch" She stuttered.
"Ah, I see princess had awoken. Too bad, I was almost positive you were dead. I guess dreams don't always come true. Shame, really?" He said. She turned to look at him and spat at his feet. What made me go pale was not that she had the nerve to make him angrier, but when she spit, blood came out instead of saliva.
"Tisk, tisk Gabriella. You wouldn't walk Troy to be shot now, would you?" He asked her. Her face paled even more, which to me seemed like it couldn't have paled anymore. "Anyway, get up!" He yelled at her, kicking her in the side. She screamed in pain.
"STOP! She can't, you've hurt her too much!" I yelled at him. I was about to run towards her when Markus pointed the gun at her.
Jack's P.O.V
The police cruisers were speeding down the highway. I could hear the chopper above and knew it was coming prepared for whatever it may have to face. I didn't even want to think in what condition my son was in, never the less Gabriella. The officer turned to me.
"Are we heading the right way?" He asked. I nodded. I felt like this was droning on and on. Before I was about to give up, I saw it.
"THERE! The sign and entrance is over there!" I yelled, pointing at the familiar sign signaling the entrance to the cottage. The chief's cruiser turned all the other cars following suit. As we drove through the trees, a familiar cottage was seen. When we parked, I hopped out of the car, hoping I wasn't too late!
"Bolton, not a smart move. Get any closer to her, and she's a goner. It's not like she won't be anyway, though." He said. I froze, and Markus put the gun back on me.
"Silly Bolton." He mocked. I glared at him, before turning back to face Daniel.
"Daniel, why? Why now must you come back? Why do you hate my so much? How did you find out so much about me?" I asked him.
"Whoa, slow down. One question at a time, will you? Seeing as your first question was to generic, let's go on to number two. Why did I come back now? Because your life was at it's peak. You were graduating with honors, no doubt with the help of your brainiac Latina girlfriend." I looked down to see Gabriella's eyes locking with mine.
"Uhh you guys are disgusting. Anyway, you have everything, and I have nothing. I wanted to make the playing board fairer." He said with a smile.
"You…You're…Sick!" Gabriella weakly exclaimed. Daniel kneeled down to Gabriella's level.
"Nope, I just wanted revenge." Daniel stood back up and came to face me. He walked towards me and grabbed my arms. I struggled, but he managed to tie me back up against the pole. "I know you can probably free yourself again Bolton, but by then I will be long gone." He said. He walked back towards the middle of the room, before turning and facing me again.
"To answer your second question, I hate you because you ruined my life. Hannah was mine, and you knew it, but you took her anyway. Because of you I was sent to a mental institution, my parents abandoned me and I have no money. I have a reason to hate you!" He yelled at me.
"And how do I know everything about you? Well, firstly I did what any retard would do, and googled you. It wasn't that hard, you were in every single blog that was posted on the East High Website. It was then that I learned about your little singing thing with Gabriella." He inched slowly towards Gabriella as he was talking to me, it made me feel nervous. "From then I read more and more about you, finding out thinks like you were dating Gabriella, you were excelling in school and you were the most popular guy in school. I made plans to ruin your life, and when I found out about this camp, it set my plans in motion. But do you wanna know the most interesting thing I learned Bolton?" He said, and he dug both his hands into his jean's pockets.
"What?" I said back in an attitude.
"I learned, that the most painful way to die, especially in a weakened state, is to bleed to death." As he finished saying this he withdrew from his right pocket a knife, and in one swift movement flipped Gabriella on her back and plunging the knife into her bruised stomach, sliding it around a bit, before getting up, knife still remaining in her stomach. Her scream penetrated my ears, and I could feel her agony as her stained white blouse turned scarlet red, same as the floor around her.
"GABRIELLA!" I screamed, wriggling against the pole.
"See Troy, you took away Hannah, and now you get what you deserve." I wasn't even paying attention to him; all I could see was Gabriella's eyelids slowly closing as she lost more and more blood.
"T…Troy…" She was barely heard, but I looked to see her staring me straight in the eyes.
"Gabi?" I said softly. Tears were clouding my vision.
"Troy…I…Love…You…" She said, and her eyes finally closed, plunging her into darkness.
"Gabriella! Stay with me! Don't go to sleep! GABI!" I yelled!
"It's no use Troy, she's gone. I had fun holding her hostage, but all good things must sadly come to an end. Speaking of which." He turned and faced Markus. "I think our visit must to, and sadly, your life. So sorry, but this is the last time we will see each other. Any last words?" He said.
"You'll go to Hell for what you did to Gabriella!" I screamed.
"That's alright, because I will have gotten my revenge. Ruining your life, your girlfriend's life, and your parent's life. The list goes on and on but I am satisfied." With that he snapped his fingers, commanding Markus like a dog.
"Say your prayers Bolton!" he said. Daniel turned to Markus again, snapping his fingers. "Markus! Shoot!" Markus looked at the gun, then nodded, pointing the gun at Troy.
"Sorry." He said.
A loud gunshot was heard through the room.
AN: OMG! What will happen? Will Gabriella and Troy be okay? Will Daniel and Markus get away with what they did? Well you'll just have to find out next chapter, right? Sorry for being evil, but it had to be done! I know I get annoyed when there are cliffhanger endings, because it makes me start to not stop thinking about what will happen next. So I will be nice. The next chapter will be posted soon, ok? I just want to know first what you think.
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