Long Shot, Take Two
'So, you ready for this?' Santana asked, having warmed up enough to give Quinn back her cardigan.
'Yeah, you?' She replied, hardly confident.
'Okay then, the next time the van stops. Got it?' Quinn nodded, and then both girls braced their hands against the back doors to the van.
Three hours earlier….
'You really think we can make that work?' Quinn asked, sitting next to Santana, both girls staring forwards across the van. 'Yeah.' Santana replied, and then got up slowly. She was holding a crow bar which they had found amongst the mess in the back of the van. 'Alright then.' Quinn agreed, willing to trust anything the Latina suggested.
Santana went over to the doors and placed the crow bar between where they joined, and started to push. She figured that if they could break the lock, they would be able to push the doors open and escape. It was worth a shot right?
'Okay, my go.' Quinn said about ten minutes later, seeing Santana's chest heaving from exhaustion.
'What?' She panted, looking back at the blonde, 'I only just started?' She looked confused.
'Santana,' Quinn got up and placed her hand over the brunettes, 'You're tired, let me take over for a bit okay.' Santana reluctantly nodded, and let the crow bar slip out of her grip and into her friends hands. Quinn smiled and watched her sit back against the van, looking up to the ceiling and inhaling a deep breath, and then she focused on the door.
They were doing this constantly for the next few hours, switching every so often so that they could keep up what little strength they had left. The van would stop occasionally, and whichever girl was working on the door would have to quickly return to sitting down, just in case Doug decided to make a stop and come check on them. He never did. And they were pretty thankful. Because if he opened the doors he would definitely see the hack job they were creating on the inside. And then it would really be over. They only had one shot to make this work, and they needed to make sure they picked their moment carefully.
'Hey,' Quinn said after a while, 'Hey S, I think, I think I got it.' She looked back at the brunette and smiled, the lock was open.
'Great, that's good.' Santana smiled as well, walking over to the blonde and putting a hand on her shoulder. 'Now what?' Quinn asked.
'Now, we wait.' Santana ushered her over to sit down, 'give me the crow bar Q.' She said, taking it from the blonde. 'Why?' Quinn asked.
'Because if we don't manage to pull this off, I don't want us to be defenceless.'
'Right, good thinking.'
'Yeah,' Santana smiled, placing the crow bar on her lap. 'Q?' She whispered.
'What?' Quinn turned her head sideways.
'Before we try this I need you to know something.' Santana was being deadly serious, Quinn knew this was bad. 'What is it?' She put her hand on the Latina's leg.
'Remember when Doug woke us up earlier? He whispered something in my ear.'
'Yeah.' Quinn nodded.
'He said that if I tried anything stupid again, he..' She swallowed, 'he said he would kill you.' A tear rolled down her cheek. 'Oh,' Quinn whispered.
'So..' Santana continued, 'If you don't want to do this we wont.' She looked into green eyes, seeing the fear in them, but also the hope.
'No, we have to do this.' She said firmly.
'But Q..' Santana started, but Quinn cut her off.
'No buts, this is our plan, okay?' Santana nodded. 'And besides, you look like shit S, you need a hospital.' Santana smiled.
'Yeah well, right back at ya Q.' And smiles broke out on both of their faces for that one moment, making each other feel safe, before they put their plan into action.
Present time…
The van had stopped several times since they had broken through the lock, but none of these stops had felt right. If the van was stopped for too long Doug would see them out of his mirrors as they ran off, but if it didn't stop for long enough, one of the girls could still be in the van when it set off again. And they were pretty sure it was light out, so they would be easily noticed. All Quinn hoped was that they were driving through a populated area, no way would Doug attack them in front of a mess of people. They would hope. 'So,' Quinn said, their hands still stuck pressed against the back of the van, 'next time the van stops right.' Quinn mocked.
'Picking the moment Q,' Santana smiled, but Quinn knew she was terrified. They both were, but they needed to suck it up and make a break for it eventually.
They then felt the van slow once more, and Santana looked at Quinn, both girls nodding. They felt the tires slow, and the engine quiet, and then they were at a standstill. 'Now,' Quinn whispered, and they both pressed against the doors. After a few moments the doors swung open, and they were once again blinded by light. Safe to assume that it was in fact daytime. And then grabbing a hold of Santana's hand, Quinn jumped out of the van taking the Latina with her. They landed heavily on the ground below them and were momentarily able to asses their surroundings. 'Shit.' Quinn whispered. They weren't in a populated area at all, they were in what looked like a ghost town. 'Q, I don't even think we're in Ohio any more.' Quinn quietly put the doors back into their closed position, and grabbed Santana's hand once more.
'I know, come on.' She said, and they quietly tiptoed away from the van. It still hadn't moved from the red light, although why this town even needed traffic lights was beyond them, and Quinn was peeking over her shoulder to make sure that Doug hadn't noticed them. Santana pulled her into the nearest alley in an attempt to get out of sight quicker. They lent against the wall breathing heavily, a combination of tiredness, huger and from being completely terrified. 'Is he still there?' Santana asked, and they Quinn peeked her head around the wall to observe the van. She smiled; 'he's pulling away, S, he's leaving.' She turned back to the brunette who was leaning heavily against the wall clutching the crow bar in front of her chest, and Quinn set her body next to her. 'He's gone.' She stated, holding the brunette's hand. 'He's gone.'
They wanted to get out of this place as soon as possible, they hadn't seen anyone, not a single person. They were walking down another alleyway, Quinn pretty much keeping Santana standing. She knew the brunette couldn't take much more, they needed a hospital. 'You know that was a clever plan S.' Quinn admitted, as they slowly walked down the alley, to find out if anyone was on the other side. 'Well what can I say, I was blessed with more than this smoking hot bod.' She smiled, her hand tightening around Quinn's shoulder. 'No, I'm serious S. That wasn't a long shot after all.' Quinn looked down at the smaller girl's body, it was almost as if she was looking at a different person. But then Santana stopped. 'I… I wouldn't be so sure about that Q.' She whispered, causing Quinn's head to shoot up, and follow the Latina's gaze.
'You stupid whores really thought that would work?' Doug smiled, and started towards them from the end of the alley, Santana's fists clenching around the crow bar. She was definitely going to need it.