Just a quick little chapter! :{)
"We're not alone."
As those words left Andre's mouth, the whole situation suddenly became very real to Jade and Cat. They weren't alone in the warehouse like they had initially thought. There was someone else there. A stranger. A seemingly dangerous stranger. That wasn't part of their master plan.
"What do we do?" Cat whimpered, her eyes wide in the dim light as she looked between her friends who looked equally as terrified. Even Jade looked scared - and nothing scared Jade.
"We go back to the tent and hide there until morning," Tori decided, looking from side to side as she spoke - paranoid that the stranger could see or hear them.
Jade frowned, "Are you kidding me? He could be a murderer. We are not spending the night here anymore," she hissed to the brunette.
Andre sighed, "It's our only option right now. C'mon, lets make a run for it," he finished once he decided that it was safe enough to make a break for it. Each of them mentally counted to three in their heads before simultaneously getting up and dashing out of the aisle and back to the camping section, trying to keep their speedy footsteps as quiet as possible as they ran.
Inside the tent, Robbie was just literally on the verge of sleep before hurried footsteps approached the tent and the opening to the tent was ripped apart, causing himself, Trina and Beck to jump in fright at the unexpected action.
"What is your problem?" Trina groaned as Tori, Andre, Jade and Cat hauled themselves into the tent before zipping up the opening - wishing they could lock it.
"Shh!" Tori hissed to her sister, pressing her hand over her mouth to silence her.
"What's wrong?" Robbie questioned as Cat crawled into his arms. He knew something had happened with the way the redhead was quivering in his embrace.
"We're not alone," Andre repeated his line from earlier to the rest of the group who were blissfully unaware of the potential danger they could be in.
Beck frowned, "What do you mean?" he asked, raising an eyebrow before turning to Jade as she spoke.
"Someone else is here. Some guy."
"Who?" Trina asked.
"I don't know!" Jade cried, looking at Trina incredulously.
Beck sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose, praying that he was still asleep and that this was just a dream. But it wasn't. It was very real, and they could be in very real danger very soon. "We need a plan," he finally said.
"I think we should hide here for the night. Maybe he's just here for an hour or something? Maybe he isn't planning on spending the whole night here?" Tori offered, trying to stay positive.
Beck shook his head, "It's too dangerous, he could find us. We need to get out, or at least a few of us need to get out to get help."
Andre nodded, "So... Who goes out first?"
Everyone looked around at each other for a moment, trying to decide between them who should go until Beck spoke up.
"Andre, you and Tori go. The rest of us will wait it out here."
Tori and Andre nodded, both of them instantly feeling anxious and nervous. They wanted to get out and get help, but they didn't want to get caught. That would ruin everything and they couldn't let their friends down. It was up to them.
"I want to go," Trina whined.
"God, yes please, take her," Jade groaned, pinching the bridge of her nose as Trina's voice went straight through her body.
Tori sighed, "Fine. Let's go."
"Use the walkie-talkie and stay in touch," Robbie told them, nodding to the gadget that Andre still held in his hand. Andre nodded and took a deep breath as he unzipped the tent before slowly climbing out, trying to be as quiet as possible before helping Tori and Trina out. Beck zipped the tent back up behind them, praying that they would be okay as he heard their footsteps drift away until silence surrounded them.
"I hope they'll be okay," Cat whispered, chewing on the skin around her thumb as she stared into space.
"They'll be fine," Jade told her softly, moving to lean against Beck tiredly. She wanted to sleep so bad, but she was too anxious.
Robbie nodded, "Yeah, don't worry. They'll get help, we'll get out of here, and everything will be fine," he told Cat, pressing a kiss to her temple as his fingers tucked her long red hair behind her ear.
"What do we do now?" Jade asked, tilting her head to look up at her boyfriend.
Beck looked at his watch and sighed, "We wait. There's nothing else we can do, baby."
"I wanna sleep," Cat mumbled, rubbing her eyes tiredly.
"We'll take turns sleeping since someone has to be awake in case they contact us," Beck said, holding up the second walkie talkie in his hand, "Jade, you and Cat sleep first and Robbie and I will stay up."
Jade nodded and yawned as she lay down, "It's going to be a long night."
