Kori looked at the paper map of Jump City. Richard sat next to her pointing different locations out to her giving her information. Gar was sitting in the passenger seat while Victor drove. They were all in Victor's car on the highway.
"Rich, give me the map!" Gar yelled at his friend.
"Calm down! I'm trying to find where we're going." Richard screamed back at the blond.
"No! Give it to me now!" Gar said angrily as he turned the opposite way in his seat to get the map.
"If you fools ruin my car! You will both walk home!" Victor said as he tried to focus on the road.
Gar grabbed the map and snatched it from Richard's hands. "You're going to make a left." Gar said.
Victor turned to the left. "There's nothing but woods here." Victor said as he rode along a dirt road."
"It is most beautiful." Kori said with big eyes as she looked out the window.
"If a deer pops up from here and hit my baby, I'm killing it!" Victor said.
"Calm down dude." Gar said as he looked out the window.
"So where are we going to search?" Richard asked.
"Let's search here." Gar said.
Victor stopped the car and turned the car off. The four teens walked into the woods with flashlights.
"Why do we need flashlights? It's like 2pm." Victor said as they walked deeper into the woods.
"Just in case." Gar said as they kept searching.
The four teens searched throughout the woods. They searched around for hours but found nothing.
Kori walked along a dirt and grassy walkway. She looked around at the beautiful green trees. She was too engrossed in the trees that she didn't notice the tree roots. She slipped and fell hard on the dirt. Richard quickly ran to her aid. He helped her up and dusted her off.
"Are you ok, Kori?" Richard asked the girl.
Kori coughed the dirt out of her face. "Yes, I am fine."
The couple walked back to the car where Gar and Victor were standing.
"Any trace?" Richard asked.
"No." Gar said a little down. "But we'll search the other part of the woods on the West side of the city another time. Right now it's getting dark." Gar said as he looked at the map. The four teens got into the car and was waiting for Victor who was inspecting the car.
"Dude, get in the car!" Gar yelled "I'm hungry."
"Hold on." Victor said as he checked every inch of the car. Five minutes passed and Victor finally got into the car. He looked and saw his friends giving him angry glares.
"What? I gotta' make sure my baby is alright." Victor said as if he did nothing wrong.
"Victor started the car and the four teens drove off.
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Rachael slowly opened her eyes. She was in the cold bedroom that she and her father shared. She tried to sit up but was hit with sharp pain. She laid back down on the rickety bed and moaned in pain. She looked down and saw her leg wrapped up lightly with bandages and ice. She tried to move her leg but the pain was too much. She felt her face with her hand and felt scars on her forehead and cheek. "If only I am able to go to the bathroom to see what he did." Rachael thought. She laid back down and sighed "I was so close to leaving. How did he hear me? I was being very quiet. How did he run so fast yesterday? I didn't think he could catch up." Tears ran down Rachael's face. "Maybe I never will escape."
The door to the bedroom opened and Mason walked into the bedroom with food on the plate. He saw Rachael on the bed with tears on her face. He quietly walked to her and wiped the tears off her face. Rachael quickly opened her eyes and moved from the sudden action. Pain soon rose in her body. She moaned in pain and laid back down in the bed.
Mason chuckled. "Why you crying little lady?"
Rachael turned her head and ignored him.
Mason grabbed her chin and pulled her face to him. "Is it because my breath smells? I'm sorry about that. I just had a hamburger with onions." Mason said with a smile.
Rachael rolled her eyes. "Leave me alone."
"Come on, I'm not going to bite. I even bought you food." Mason said as he gave her a plate with a hamburger and french fries on the side."
Rachael looked at him. "Why are you helping me?'' She asked.
Mason shrugged his shoulders. "I'm not that heartless."
Rachael looked at the hamburger with bacon, cheese, lettuce and ketchup. She looked at the burger hungrily.
Mason laughed. "I know you want it."
Rachael rolled her eyes and ate the burger and fries quickly and greedily. Mason looked at her astonished.
"Wow! You eat as if you haven't eaten in days! Mason laughed. He looked at her and saw the seriousness in her face. He soon realized and shut his mouth.
"Sorry." He said.
Rachael laid back down onto the bed. "Where's my father?" Rachael asked.
"He and the guys went out for a drink." He replied.
"My dad probably have him stay so that I wouldn't sneak out of here" Rachael thought as she rolled her eyes. "Well, why didn't you go?" She asked him.
Mason shrugged his shoulders again. "I wanted to keep you company."
Rachael rolled her eyes. "Yeah, sure."
"What? A handsome guy can't stay home with a pretty girl." He said with a smirk.
"Rachael rolled her eyes. "He's just like Gar." Rachael thought.
"You roll your eyes a lot…Your dad does that too." Mason said with a chuckle.
Rachael soon became angry. "He's not my father." Rachael said.
"What? You have a different dad?" Mason asked obliviously.
Rachael sighed. "No you fool! He is not a father to me! He is an evil man, and I am trapped in his clutches."
Mason looked at her. "That sucks."
The door to the abandoned house opened and noises of men laughing and cursing was heard on the first floor. Rachael sighed and slowly got up from the rickety bed.
"What are you doing?" Mason asked as Rachael tried her best to get up from the bed. "You're not fully healed."
"It's my wonderful father's new law." Rachael said. "His bed, and the last thing I need is for him to beat me up when he's drunk."
Speaking of the devil, Trigon opened the door and walked in obviously drunk. He looked at Mason and asked. "What are you doing in here?"
"Uh, nothing Trigon." Mason said.
Trigon looked at Rachael sitting on the bed. Anger rose in him. "What did I tell you about being on my bed?!" He said as he raised his hand to hit Rachael. Rachael closed her eyes awaiting for the impact but it never came. She opened her eyes and saw Mason holding Trigon's hand back. Trigon turned to Mason.
"What are you doing!?" Trigon angrily said.
"I got her." Mason said with an evil smirk.
Trigon evilly smiled at the man. "She's all yours." Trigon said as he left the room.
Mason soon let go of the act and helped Rachael.
"Are you ok?" He asked her.
"Yeah, I'm fine…Thanks." She said quietly said to him.
Mason smiled. "No problem."
Rachael gave him a small smile.
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Gar walked into the front door of his home. Mrs. Logan looked up from her book to her son.
"Gar, where have you been? You had me worried." She said to her son.
"I was searching for Rachael." He said as he sat on the couch exhausted.
Mrs. Logan sighed. "Gar, leave it to the cops. You can't search for her on your own. You must remember that you still have school."
"But mom, it's not just me! I have Kori, Richard, and Victor helping me." Gar said.
Mrs. Logan looked at her son. "Son, please."
"No, mom, I think we have a trace on where Rachael is." Gar said excitedly.
Mrs. Logan rolled her eyes. "Fine. What do you have?"
Gar sat next to her and showed her the pictures that he took on his phone.
"What am I to be looking at?" Mrs. Logan asked her son.
"Look at the footprints on the ground" Gar said.
Mrs. Logan took her son's phone and zoomed in on the dirt ground. "Those looks like Rachael's shoe size, but they could be anyone's shoe print. What if it was Kori's?" She said.
Gar took his phone and showed her another picture. Her eyes grew big. "Is that..." Mrs. Logan looked at her son.
Gar smiled. "Yup. That's the bracelet we gave her. We found it on the Eastern part of the outskirts."
"We'll tell the cops. Now that they know a general part of the outskirts to look for, it'll be quicker."
Gar rolled his eyes. "Sure, but I doubt they'll actually search."
"What do you mean?" Mrs. Logan asked.
"Mom, it's almost been a month! When will they actually search or give us a call saying that they found a clue!?" Garfield said angrily.
"Let's just tell them anyway." Mrs. Logan said.
The door opened and Mr. Logan walked in. He hung his coat on the coat hanger.
"Hey guys, what are you two up to?" He asked.
"Dad! I found a clue on where Rachael is!" Gar said.
Mr. Logan sat on the couch and sighed. "Alright what is it."
Gar took his phone out and showed him the pictures. Mr. Logan looked shocked. "You found this?"
"Yes! I found it on the Eastern outskirts of the city. I even have the bracelet!" Gar said as he took the bracelet out of his pocket and showed his father the bracelet.
"That's great Gar!" Mr. Logan said with a smile to his son.
"I told you we didn't need the cops." Gar said with a smile.
"Maybe, but we should tell them." He said.
"I told you!" Mrs. Logan said to her son.
Gar laughed and sat down on the couch next to his father.
Mr. Logan soon held his nose and coughed. "Oh gosh! Son, go take a shower!"
Mrs. Logan laughed.
"What's wrong dad? Can't stand a little B.O." Gar said as he put his hands behind his head.
Mr. Logan coughed and got up from the couch. "No, now go bathe. Please!"
Gar got up and went to his bedroom with a smirk on his face.
Mr. Logan quickly got an air freshener from a cabinet and sprayed the living room. He took a deep breath.
Mrs. Logan laughed once again at her husband.
"How can you not stand his smell?" Mr. Logan asked.
"Honey, I've smell worse from our son." Mrs. Logan said as she went back to her book.
Mr. Logan shook his head and went back to spraying the air with the air freshener.
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"Mason, please. Help me escape." Rachael pleaded.
Rachael sat on the bed with her leg elevated. The swelling was starting to go down and Rachael could now move quicker.
"I can't. I'm sorry." Mason said.
"Why?!" Rachael asked.
"If I let you go, your father is coming after me. Now you know that your dad is evil, he's gonna kill me." Mason said.
Rachael sighed. "I hate that man! I wish he was never my father."
"I agree." Mason said as he took a sip from his soda.
"You want one?" He asked Rachael.
"You're a nice guy. How did you get a part of this kind of gang?" Rachael asked as Mason gave her a soda.
Mason chuckled. "Went with the wrong crowed."
"Lame!" Rachael laughed as she took another sip of her soda.
Mason laughed. "What do you mean?"
"Every nice guy in a bad gang says that." Rachael laughed.
"Ok fine." Mason said as he put his soda down. "So during high school, I hung out with the bad kids of school we beat kids up, stole, and all that crap. My parents warned me and obviously I didn't listen. I did finish high school but barely. I crashed at my parent's place. I didn't have a job, and I kept hanging around those wrong people. So my parents kicked me out. I soon crashed with my pals, and I have to admit, I was living the life. I had the girls, the drinks, and I could go home without having to worry about the door being locked. Not long after the joy life, there was a shooting. I moved out of my friend's place because they were looking for me for something I did, but I moved from there, met this new group, and now I'm crashing with them." Mason said.
Rachael looked at him. "Wow, that's uh, a lot."
"Yup." Mason said as he took another sip of his soda.
"Don't do stupid stuff. That's my advice to you." Mason laughed.
Rachael laughed. "Oh, I won't."
"So how about you?" Mason asked as he leaned back against the wall.
"What about me?" Rachael asked.
"What's your story?" Mason asked.
Rachael looked confused. "I've been kidnapped. I guess that's my story."
"I do feel bad for you." Mason said.
Rachael rolled her eyes. "I feel bad for myself.
"No really, I really do want you to escape."
Then help me!" Rachael said.
Mason sat in silence, thinking.
"I'll think of something." Mason said.
"Think of something that will help and not get me killed by my father." Rachael sighed as she laid back onto the bed.
Mason chuckled and smiled. "Sure thing, princess."
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Hey guys! Here is the chapter that you wanted so much. Now I'm not sure if people are wondering about Adonis too much, but I do know someone who is…*couch* Kaarlinaa *couch* lol. Adonis will make his appearance in the story again, but in later chapters. I just wanted to tell you guys that if you were wondering. Enjoy the chapter and leave a review!