CHAPTER 16
Barry limped as fast as he could away from where they were going to keep him captive , his heart pounding and thumping against his chest as he refused to allow himself getting killed after finally getting away from his captors .
Barry pushed himself harder and harder as he ignored the white hot pain that flared up his arm as he tried to clutch his stomach as another jolt of pain surged through his body like electricity.
Barry kept walking further noting the cold air hitting his face and body , making him shiver from the single layer of clothes he had been wearing since he had been taken from the hospital which were dishevelled and soaked in dirt and blood , his blood but somehow at the same time he was still heavily sweating as he could feel heat rising to his cheeks most likely from the fever .
He grunted again as he started inching himself backwords , his entire leg burning in excruciating pain as he overexerted them . He was tired and his head faintly throbbed .
The idea to simply sit down and take a break crossed his mind more frequently as he continued to put one foot in front of the other . The tall grass tangled around his feet causing him to lose balance off his unsteady feet and before he knew it his legs came crashing down as he tripped onto a stone falling face down.
Barry squirmed as pain flared across his chest , his bruised and broken ribs making it impossible to breathe in air as he felt another rib crack under the pressure . He closed his eyes as the pain made his vision blur .
" ahh" gasped Barry as he tried pushing himself up feeling the blood pool beneath his body . The sight of his sticky blood making him feel sick . He continued to push through the pain , the effort causing him to huff through the agony each tugging movement was causing his shoulder . "I can do this ! I can do this" cried Barry with gritted teeth repeating the mantra again and again.
Barry started feeling lightheaded , the strain of trying to pick up his battered body completely taking away what little breath he had left . Weariness made his arms and legs feel like lead as he started pushing his body against the tree . Jumping slightly at the coldness of the tree that seeped through his back .
His eyes moved wearily around his surroundings trying to figure out where he had stopped . It had been a few hours since he had escaped from the brothers but with each passing moment he feared that they were somehow getting closer to him . He knew that he had to start moving again , sitting in one place for too long could get him caught but instead he closed his eyes . Just wanting to drift back to the beckoning call of sleep .
He continued to lie still , trying to gather his thoughts . His mind at a total loss of what to do next . He knew absolutely nothing about where he was and he knew even less about how to survive in the woods .
Barry tried to remember the last time he had something to drink or eat as his stomach grumbled . He knew that it was only a matter of time that his body would probably feel the effects of dehydration and starvation.
Breathing in air Barry tried to gather his thoughts. He knew that there was only one way to survive this and it was possible only if he wouldn't give up and stayed strong . He quickly started assessing his injuries . His first priority to stop the bleeding from his stomach so that it wouldn't slow him down.
Barry looked around searching for something , probably anything that could help him to stop the bleeding . Finding nothing around him he tried ripping away the bottom of his pants . A few struggles later he finally succeeded . Barry bit back a moan as he tried lifting his t-shirt . The cloth sticking to his wound , dried blood glued to his t-shirt . Fresh blood started oozing out from his wound as he tried to rip off the cloth from the torn flesh .
He was drenched in a thick layer of sweat by the time he had tied the cloth around his wound with trembling hands . It took all of his power to focus on the task ahead and not pass out from the pain. He touched his bruised side and whimpered when he felt two or three ribs shift . Blinking back tears he tried assessing his hands and legs . Knowing that there was nothing much he could do to his dislocated shoulder he moved on to his injured leg .
Barry wished that he hadn't taken a look at his leg . His leg looked like a horror movie . His ankle and knee were swollen . He had deep gashes below his knee , some of them long enough to still be bleeding. Jolts of pain surged through his body as he touched his bullet wound. The area around it red and swollen .It had been a few days since he had been shot but it still hurt like hell .
By the time Barry was done assessing some of his wounds with what little cloth he could , he was exhausted and sweaty . A few minutes had turned into nearly an hour , draining him of what little strength he had left .
Barry stared at the sky his next plan of action becoming a blank stare as he tried to take in deep breaths , trying to blink back the confusion forming at the back of his mind . He felt like his mind was playing tricks on him , everything slowly starting to spin out of focus . He tried to concentrate on what was happening , but felt like his body was giving up , shutting down.
It took a moment but he finally found the strength to block everything around him and start working on the next plan of action . Closing his eyes for a few seconds he tried moving his hand to reach into his pocket feeling the pull of his bruised muscles cramping in pain .
Wincing in pain he tried reaching for the phone once again . Gripping his phone tightly he stared at the black screen . Swiping the screen with his shaky fingers which were covered in blood , he continued to look at the side of the screen praying for a miracle that could help him get out of this mess .
Barry felt like screaming in frustration when he saw that the phone had no signal and to make matters worse there was only three percent of Charging left.
He felt like nothing was working for him and things were getting worse and worse by each passing moment. He looked at the screen once more before shutting it off , trying to save what little charge he had left.
It was starting to get dark , the glare of the moon falling through the branches of the trees , getting colder and colder with each minute . Barry knew that he had to start moving again but his eyes started to flutter and before he knew it he was succumbed by the comfortable darkness of sleep .
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Joe sat down on the uncomfortable chair in the precinct as the captain briefed the team on their next move . It had been a few hours since they had arrived to the precinct with looks of disappointment , anger , fear on their faces .
Joe sat there in silence, his hand running across his tired face , as he tried blocking the horrible things he had seen ,a horrific site that no parent would want to see in their entire life . Joe could still replay the scene again and again as he closed his eyes .
Joe stood outside the warehouse pacing around , trying to clear his head from all the thoughts running through his mind . He watched as the CSI's were flooding the scene, bagging and tagging any evidence possible to find the monsters who had captured his son .
Not wanting to wait anymore Joe blew a shaky breath as he entered the warehouse once again which was now surrounded by darkness . He could hear hushed voices and whispers surrounding the room . Not knowing what was going on Joe walked a little further as he saw a small crowd gathered around. " what's going on here ?" Questioned Joe causing everyone to turn their heads facing him .
Hearing this the Captain rushed to Joe's side who stood there confused . " Joe you shouldn't be here . Why don't we take a walk outside ?"
Taking a step back from the Captain, Joe spoke with a stern voice " i am not going anywhere unless and until you tell me what's going on here" Seeing that the Captain held his head down Joe spoke in a vulnerable voice " what did you find Captain ? I know you found something. Please, i need to know ."
"Joe , i don't think that's a good idea . No father should see this" pleaded the Captain. "You may think that you are strong enough but nothing can prepare you for something like this."
"I don't care Captain" shouted Joe with anger . "You can't stop me" saying this Joe started to walk away ignoring the looks of sympathy on every officers face.
Joe gasped at the scene in front of his eyes . The smell of luminol hitting his him hard as the entire room had traces of fluorescent blue glow, showing up evidence of a fairly big blood spatter under the ALS light. Joe quickly began to breathe in large gulps of air as he felt that someone was cutting off his airway, as his eyes continued to search every area . He could see blood spattered on the carpet , the chair that was kept in the centre that looked as if it was used to torture his son which had traces of blood surrounded by it . Tiny droplets of blood imprinting on the opposite side of the wall .
The most disturbing scene was the trail of blood that seemed to be going all the way towards the stairs . He didn't have the strength to take a look upstairs , his heart beating out of his chest thinking about the horror that Barry must have gone through alone .Joe felt bile rise up in his throat, struggling to keep it down as a wave of nausea washed over him . His legs beginning to tremble , his eyes moved away knowing all the things that Barry had suffered because of him . The nightmare that he must have gone through . Joe left the room as quickly as possible ignoring the Captain's voice calling out to him .
"Joe you alright ?" Asked the Captain as he saw him sitting on the chair with a blank expression on his face, not listening to anything he was saying.
Joe just simply shook his head telling him that everything is fine . A few minutes later the briefing ended and everyone began to leave . Taking the opportunity Joe went to the captain , taking a deep breath he said " Captain i think someone from our team is involved with the Mardon brothers" seeing that the Captain was going to speak , joe cut him off " the brothers have been ahead of us the entire operation first at the hospital and now at the warehouse . It has to be from us eight people who knew that we were going to rescue Barry at the warehouse ."
"I want your help , so that we could find the mole in our department but you have to promise me Captain , no one should hear about this ."
Listening to Joe ,Singh just stood there frozen not knowing what to say or do ...
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Barry awoke an hour later . He propped his back a little upward wincing at the slight discomfort. He tried stretching his stiff muscles , rolling his head from side to side to loosen the stiffness that had settled there while he had slept .
He quickly moved his head , regretting the movement as he felt a dull throb pounding behind the back of his head as he hears leaves crunching in the distance . Barry began to panic as he could hear footsteps getting closer and closer.
Barry quickly tried to stand on his unsteady feet , feeling everything around him move . Gripping the tree tightly with his uninjured hand for support Barry started moving again . Listening to the footsteps getting closer.
Barry knew it in his heart that things were going to get worse for him if he got caught . He had to think of a plan right now if he wanted to survive . He tried removing the knife he had taken while he had escaped. Holding it in his good hand waiting for the moment when the brothers would attack .
"Come out you little brat . Playing time is over now . I know you are here . Besides you can't hide from me for too long" came a husky voice a few feet away from Barry . A chill ran down Barry's spine as he heard Mark's laugh making him run faster , trying to get deeper into the woods .
A loud bang echoed the woods causing him to duck down making him shake in fear . Barry quickly tried to hide behind the tree trying to listen to Marks voice " you better come out , otherwise you will have hell to pay" . Barry flipped through his options and came out with two of them , kill or be killed . Knowing what he had to do he grabbed the knife more tightly waiting for Mark to come upto him so that he could take him down .
Once again a gunshot echoed into the quite woods making him wince at the loud noise. This time the shot was aimed at one of the trees he was standing next to . He waited until the footsteps were right beside his head . Taking the opportunity he quickly tried to grab Mark with his arms but he was a lot quicker than he had given him credit for .
Several shots rang out behind him , one of them knocking a bark off a tree behind Barry's head making him duck to the ground giving Mark the upper hand causing him to punch him in the jaw and kick him in the stomach a few times .
Barry stumbled to the ground feeling the cold wetness seeping through his t-shirt once again . He quickly tried to get back onto his feet stabbing Mark at the back of one of his thigh with his knife .
Seeing that Mark was still down , he shoved a punch with full force hitting his jaw again and again , blood seeped through Mark's mouth as he continued to hit him causing him to lose consciousness.
Satisfied , Barry bent down trying to trying to pick up the gun which had fallen down from Mark's hands . He clenched his stomach at the pain the movement caused . He knew he had to stop the bleeding once , the blood trail had gotten him caught in the first place and it was not going to happen again .
Barry held the tree for support as he got up a little to quickly feeling his head spin , forgetting all thoughts as he tried to breathe through the pain .
He heard another shot and turned to see where it had come from . His figure becoming a blur as his body spasmed as he felt the bullet enter his shoulder . The pain mind numbing as he felt the bullet leave his shoulder as fast as it had entered.
He dropped to his knees as everything around him began to fade away , hearing the footsteps coming closer to him , feeling his body being dragged all the way through the woods , he closed his eyes welcoming the world of unconscious once again .
Hey guys , i hope you liked this chapter. Sorry for the late update again . I know that this has been happening a lot of times these last few chapters. I will try and update it sooner next time. Sorry once again.
Anyway if you liked this chapter please review and let me know because i love reading your thoughts .
Lastly thank u Redq for your idea . I know i have not done justice to your scene , so i apologise in advance.
XOXO until next time .