Eddie's POV

Students all around me were frantically running to the nearest exits, trying to escape the men who had just arrived and ruined the whole night for all of us. I on the other hand, was straining to see above the mass of bodies crushing me, looking for my friends, my dad, and most of all- for Patricia. After all we've been through, Sibuna related or not, I know I have to protect her. After all, she's my Yacker. I'd freak if anything happened to her. Look how much I had to go through to keep her safe from Senkhara, Rufus, and even Ysabella!

"Patricia!" I yelled at the top of my voice, scanning the crowd for signs of the redhead.

"Mate! Have you seen the others?" Jerome suddenly grabbed my elbow, pressing Mara tightly to his side.

"I've been trying to look for them for the past few minutes" I reply, distracted because of my search. Fabian suddenly arrived, clasping Nina's hand in his.

"Have you seen Patricia?" I ask breathlessly. Dammit! I need to find her! I scan the heads around us as we huddle closer to each other so as not to drift apart.

"Isn't she with you?" Amber asks out of nowhere, Alfie and Mick following close behind.

"She's with Joy! I saw them talking a while back, walking across the room" Mick cut in, eyes searching around, probably looking for signs of Joy.

All of a sudden, we heard a faint scream coming from across the floor. Even if it was soft and sounded like it came from far away, I recognized it immediately. Patricia. Apparently the girls did too.

"Trixie!" Amber called, trying her best to be heard above the din of the people still in the gym.

"Patricia!" Nina shouted, straining to see through the people surrounding us.

"Over there!" Jerome pointed to a spot near the stage. I guess his height is an advantage. We all tried to rush over and make our way to them.

"Help!" Joy screamed, her voice clearer and sounding a bit closer than before.

"We're coming! Hang in there!" Alfie bellowed.

Patricia's POV

Joy and I locked our arms together, hoping to remain hidden under the table we had found. Suddenly, a black- clad figure approached us.

"Get up!" He said, aiming his gun at us, furious.

"HELP!" Joy cried out, trying to keep the tears from falling.

"I said get up!" The man shouted, louder this time and seemingly angrier.

"Okay! Just don't hurt us!" I say, clambering out of our hiding place, holding on to Joy's arm in fear. I could hear our friends calling out to us, my grip on Joy getting tighter and tighter.

"We're over here!" I yelled stupidly, hoping that they could hear me.

"OUT! NOW!" The man yelled, still aiming his gun at us and pointing to the door. Just then, Joy- probably driven by her fear or just by her insane self- freed herself from my grip and ran straight at the man, looking ready to attack. The man pushed her forcefully away as she came nearer and she hit the table and collapsed.

"Joy!" I exclaimed. Before I could move closer to her, the guy aiming his weapon at us grabbed me and started to drag me to the exit, leaving Joy on the floor, eyes still shut and barely breathing.

"Help!" I cried out desperately. "Eddie! Amber! Nina! Alfie! Somebody! Help me!"

Eddie's POV

We finally reached the area where the voice had come from and discovered Joy lying on the ground, unconscious. Mick immediately rushed to her side and lifted her head onto his lap.

"Joy! Wake up! Someone call an ambulance!" Mick said, worry written all over his face.

"On it!" Amber said, whipping out her phone and pressing speed dial. After everything that happened to us in the past, I guess she learned to be prepared for anything.

"Eddie!" I heard Patricia screech. I turned around, hoping to see her face. I did. ONly it wasn't in the way I had hoped for. Instead, she was being dragged out the door by one of the armed men, a look of pure terror replacing her usually calm and aloof features.

"Patricia!" I yell, rushing to her, trying to weave through what seemed like a million other people, although they were fewer than before.

"Eddie help me!" I hear her scream.

"I'm coming Patricia!"

"Don't worry mate. We'll get to her!" I hear Alfie assure me from behind. I guess some of the others had joined me for the chase. Finally reaching the empty hallway, I run as fast as I can outside of the building.

When we reach the parking lot, we're just in time to see Patricia forced into a black van, gagged and hands bound. Before the vehicle pulls away, she catches my eye, hers filled with worry and fear, as if trying to tell me to come after her.

I start to run after the van but with all the cars leaving and the dozens of students there, I find it rather difficult. When I finally reach car's parking space, the vehicle nears the exit and I know then that chasing after it will be no good. Even if I try my hardest, I'm tired and out of breath, what with all the running I had just done, and I will never be able to catch up to Trixie and her kidnappers.

"I'll find you Trixie" I shout out, hoping she could hear me as the car drove out of the school's property. "I'll save you somehow" I whisper, as if the breeze would carry it to her.

"Hey Eddie" Fabian's hand reaches out to touch my shoulder. "We'll find her mate. Don't worry"

"Easy for you to say Fabes! It wasn't Nina dragged away! It was PATRICIA! MY PATRICIA! How can I not worry?" I snap. "No wait. sorry man. I know you know what I'm going through. I guess most of us has, considering what's happened over the years we spent in Anubis house. The Sibuna stuff, the death threats, and all that. It's just.." I let out a sigh "Things were only starting to get better, and now I've lost her and.." my voice drifts off, and I look down at my shoes, hoping that none of them see the tears forming at the corners of my eyes.

"It's okay. We've got your back Eddie. We'll find her." Alfie reassures me, placing his hand on my other shoulder. His phone starts to ring then and he pulls it out of his pocket and answers, putting it on loudspeaker for all of us to hear.

"Alfie!" Amber's voice rings out, sirens blasting in the background.

"Ambs! Are you okay? Do you need something? Where are you? How's Joy?" he asks, worried.

"We're on our way to the hospital, Trudy and Victor are meeting us there. Where are you? Where's Trixie? Is she hurt?"

"We're outside of the school building Ambs. Oh and you're on loudspeaker. We didn't get to her in time. The goons took her away" I speak up.

"OH MY GOSH! NO! PATRICIA!" She screams. "WAIT. I'M ON LOUDSPEAKER?"

"Listen Ambs, calm down. I need you all to do that for me so I can try to calm my nerves too. Don't panic okay? We'll meet you guys at the hospital" I tell her.

"Okay fine. See you all then" she says before hanging up.

The three of us rush to my car- the black Volvo S60 my parents gave me for Christmas. I hop into the driver's seat and as soon as Alfie and Fabian are settled, pull out of the parking lot and head to the hospital.

Why did those guys take Patricia? What happened to Joy? What's going to happen next? Watch out guys ;)