Okay guys, so this chapter will probably be all in Maddie and Porter's POVs. It should explain quite a lot, so get ready.
I don't own Austin & Ally
Maddie's POV
"What do you people want with us?", I asked in a bored tone. I'm currently sitting in this small room with my little brother (that I didn't know was my brother) sitting beside me, and Elizabeth and Tom Carter sitting across from me. Yeah, I've done decided that I will only be using the 'Moon' part of my last name since the 'Carter' part makes me related to them.
"To be a family", Elizabeth said. I just rolled my eyes.
"No thanks, I've already got one", I retorted. Though that's true, Aiden will always be my brother too, even if we weren't biologically related.
"Not for long", Tom muttered. That created a large amount of rage that erupted in the pit of my stomach. How dare they threaten my family! Oh, they will not be getting away with that.
"Touch them and you will regret it", I said honestly.
"Is that a threat, little girl?", Tom asked, obviously angered by my statement.
"Maddie, please stop", Aiden whispered sacredly. I just grabbed his hand reassuringly.
"That's a promise", I said determinedly. That made the dude so mad that he just got up and left, his wife following him in suit. So now, Aiden and I are locked in this small room all by ourselves. Oh well, it's much better than having to be with those nut jobs.
"Maddie, how did you end up with those other people that were taken with us?", Aiden asked. I sighed.
"Apparently we all have a long, complicated history. I'll have to explain everything to you later, but let's just say that they are going through the exact same things we are", I said. He nodded a little and laid his little head on me. You see, I've always had this connection with Aiden that I've never quite been able to explain or understand, until now that is. The second he entered the orphanage as a little baby, I just knew I had to protect him. He was just so young and innocent, and he reminded me a lot of myself. Isn't it weird how that's what Ally and Dez said about me, and we met all these years later from our parents working together, and now I say that about this little guy, who just so happens to be my real brother? That's just messed up if you ask me. But then again, our family is just one big, messed up group of people who love each other with their entire hearts. I remember the day I first saw him like it was yesterday…
Flashback
"Maddie! Get your butt down here!", mean Mr. Max yelled at me from downstairs. I'm only eight years old! I don't see why they hate me so much, or why my parents left me in the first place. I sighed and ran downstairs in hopes that I wouldn't get another beating if I got down there fast enough.
"Yes Mr. Max?", I asked. He just rolled his eyes, and I could see he had something in his hands.
"I'm going to the bar. Take this little brat and make him shut up", Max said pushing a little baby in my arms and rushing out the door. I looked down at the little baby boy in my arms and noticed a little bruise starting to form on his cheek. That made me so mad, it was almost unbelievable. Here he is, just a small infant, and they already hurt him. That's awful!
"Hey baby, it's okay. I'm going to try my best to keep you safe. I had someone take care of me my whole life until she had to leave last year, so it's my turn to take care of you", I said determinedly.
"You've got to be kidding me. They brought in another little rat faced baby?", Samantha asked. I don't know why, but she just comes around here all the time, acting exactly like Tina and Max, who I just found out a few months back, are her parents. She's fourteen, six years older than me, but she still bullies me. I just don't get it. But then again, her parents are the same way so…
"He's a baby Sam, give it a rest", I said, angrily pushing past her. She stood there wide eyes, shocked at how I just acted. I'm usually the quiet one that just takes what she gets, but no more. I'm not going to just stand there and watch them hurt these poor little kids. I'll take whatever comes to me, as long as I can spare other kids' lives.
End of Flashback
And that's exactly what I did. I tried my best to protect the kids at the orphanage, and received many more beatings myself. But hey, it kept that other children from being hurt quite as much, so I took it. But now I feel horrible for leaving. I know that there was no way I could've known that the Freemans had accomplices, but I still wish I had've done something to prevent them from taking my little brother.
I looked down and noticed Aiden had fallen asleep on top of me. That poor little guy's been through so much. He must be so tired and confused from everything that's going on. Like me, Aiden always dreamed of what it would be like to have parents. He wanted to see the people that gave birth to him, and see if they actually had a good reason for giving him up, exactly like I did. I wanted to know if my birth parents left me at the orphanage because they were too young, too poor, got pregnant by mistake and didn't want to abort me, or if they were just cold hearted people. I was pretty disappointed to find out my answer was the last one. I can imagine that Aiden felt the same way when he found out.
I started thinking about everyone else, wondering how everyone was doing, if they were all okay, and if I wouldn't be seeing any of them again. I know that's a pretty depressing thought, but it's true. I know Ally's pregnant, and that can't be good for her babies. Ella's just a little kid; I can't even imagine how scared she must be, and that kills me. I love that little girl so much! Then there's Dez. He was so heartbroken when Trish went missing, and I know it must've been hard for him to see her the way she was the other day. Who am I kidding, of course it was! It was hard for me to even see her that way. Trish was always the strong and confident one of all of us, and to see her like that was like losing a little bit of hope for what was to come. It just isn't right.
And that little baby Trish was holding, was she seriously Dez's baby sister? That seems like a bit of an extreme age difference. I know it was a shock to him, and it just sounds disgusting. That poor little baby had to be born into all of this. Then there's Austin; I wonder how he's taking all of this. He doesn't exactly have a 'family' here, so I bet they didn't put him in the same room with Ally and/or Ella. He must be going crazy. I know I would be. Next are my parents. I don't know how they're dealing with this. We're all like kids to them, and I'm pretty sure that Austin would be the only one in the room with them, if he even is. I would be freaking out if I was in their shoes. And then I feel so bad for Uncle Daryl, Aunt Claire, Kelsey, and Toby. They've been so nice and helpful to us, and how do we repay them? By getting them kidnapped by dangerous sociopaths? That's just terrible.
Lastly, there's Porter and his little sister. I vaguely remember him mentioning her while I was having a panic attack, saying he knew how to treat me because she had them too. I wonder why his sister has panic attacks. I mean, I guess it could be because of anxiety, shyness, or something like that, but it's usually from some sort of traumatic event. What I also don't get is how Porter supposedly 'betrayed' the crazy people that kidnapped us. That makes no sense to me, especially since he didn't know anything about all of this. Then again, when I think all the things he and his sister said over in my head, some things do sound a bit suspicious. Like how Porter about freaked out when he first heard their names. Why would he have done that? And how did the Freemans find his sister anyway? I don't recall them knowing Porter was with us. And Porter asked Alyssa if they hurt her, and I remember her saying 'Not as much as they usually would'. What on Earth does that mean? I'm so confused.
I just hope they're all okay…
Porter's POV
"Porter, we gave you everything you needed. We took you off the streets, gave you enough to eat, and gave you shelter when you needed it. All we asked was for you to return the favor. But what do you do? You betray us! How could you do that to us?", Tina asked me. I rolled my eyes.
Ever since they 'rescued' Alyssa and I off the streets a few years back, they expect us to do anything they ask. And yeah, that kind of explains how I met Maddie. I was assigned to keep an eye on her. I didn't know it was the same girl I had saved that day at the park, and when I saved her and Ella, I didn't realize it was Penny and Lester at first. I had seen the couple around Tina and Max before, but I never knew what they all did for a living. It sickens me to think I even contributed to any part of all that over the years without knowing it. Now, did I think it was weird they had me 'keeping an eye' on people? Of course I did, but I needed to keep them happy so they wouldn't kick Alyssa out. She's all I ever cared for, until I met Maddie.
After I decked Lester and told Maddie and Ella to run away, they started screaming at me for being a stupid, inconsiderate kid that always got in the way. I tried to play it off like I didn't know it was them, but of course I did. I heard some girls screaming, ran towards it, and saw the people I 'worked for' trying to hurt and/or kidnap them. Then, not to long afterwards, I was assigned a teenage girl to watch, and get a little closer to. I was just supposed to have a few minor encounters with her, but everything changed when I saw she was the same girl from the park. I knew that girl had something special about her. Something that made me want to protect her with my life. So yes, I was using her for the assignment…for the first ten seconds before I realized who it was. After that, I couldn't do it anymore. I was already in trouble from my first 'mistake' in the park, and it made it worse when I quit the assignment. I really did just want to make sure Maddie was okay that day we all had to go on the run.
Somehow, Alyssa had just disappeared during all of this. I was frantically looking for her everywhere, but Tina and Max just lied to me, saying that she told them she was tired of living there and went off on her own. She knew I was old enough to do whatever I wanted, so she wouldn't be a burden to me anymore. Sadly, I believed them because it kind of sounded like something my sister would say. That was the biggest mistake of my life (although it might be tied with working for the creeps in the first place). I didn't know they had kidnapped Alyssa and had her here the whole time. They had taken her, that Aiden kid (that turned out to be Maddie's brother), and that Trish girl later on. It's really sad actually.
"Porter, are you going to answer us!?", Tina yelled, snapping me out of my thoughts. Oh yeah, I also quit the business as soon as they said Alyssa was gone. She was the only reason I ever stayed anyway.
"I have nothing to say to you. You tricked me into working for you when I was a stupid little kid off the streets! How dare you guys do that to these poor families, and all those innocent children you beat throughout the years?", I asked disgusted.
"Porty, please calm down. They're dangerous", Alyssa whispered from beside me. She must be really scared, because she hasn't called me that since we were little kids. Probably since a few months after our parents died…
"It's okay Lys", I whispered. That's one of my nicknames for her. It's weird, but the only nickname she never cared to be called was Ally, even though she loved the name. I guess it's a good thing now since it would get confusing with the Ally that's already here.
"Mom and Dad wouldn't want us with these people", she said, close to tears.
You see, our parents were a little poor, but not so much to where they couldn't afford a place to live or food. Even though we weren't too poor, when they died, we lost everything. Technically, Alyssa and I belonged to the state since we had no parents, but they never found us after our parents' deaths, and figured we were in the car when it blew up. Yeah, our parents were hit by a drunk driver and the car flew off a ravine, almost immediately blowing up. It was disastrous, but they couldn't prove if we were in the car or not because they bodies of our parents couldn't have been discovered, and they never found us. So, either we technically belong to the state, or we're dead. Well, I wouldn't belong to the state, but Alyssa would since she's still a minor. I still could be dead though…
"Lys, I know you miss Mom and dad; I do to, but there's nothing we can do about what happened. We can't go back in time and prevent them from getting on the road, and we can't prevent ourselves from getting involved with these wackos either", I told her. Of course I knew the 'wackos' could hear me, but I didn't really care.
"I know, but I just wish our lives weren't this crazy. We should've just let the state take us to foster care or something. Instead, we were stuck living on the streets, then living with child abusers", she said with tears in her eyes. Tina and Max were the only other ones in the room, and upon seeing that we were never going to talk to them, they just left.
"I know kiddo. Please just promise me that you'll be careful while we're here?"
"I promise, but I could say the same thing to you big bro", she said, laying her head on my chest with my arms wrapped around her. "Please Lord let that girl find the police", she then whispered. I looked at her confused.
"Who are you talking about?", I asked. She smiled a little.
"Did you notice a couple of people that were originally with us all were missing before they took us in?", she asked. I thought back, but I couldn't really remember too well. I just shook my head.
"I just have a feeling that we'll make it out of here. I have faith in God, and I know he helped those two escape", she said. I was even more confused than ever.
"Who escaped?", I asked quietly, in case they could possibly hear us talking.
"Bentley kids", she whispered in my ear. My eyes widened, and then I smiled a little.
"You helped them figure out how to get out, didn't you?", I asked knowingly. She smiled smugly and just cuddled closer to me, closing her eyes and falling asleep. Lord, please don't let anything happen to my baby sister, Maddie, or anyone in this wonderful family.
Hey guys! So this was a little longer of a chapter, and hopefully it explained what some of you have been wondering about Porter, Alyssa, and Aiden. I might have a flashback from Porter's past from when their parents died if you guys want me to. I still have Dez's POV left to go, and the continuation of the Dawson/Freeman perspectives. Hope you guys liked the chapter! Let me know what you think, and please feel free to ask any questions you may have! Please read, review, follow, and favorite!
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-Daddysgirl11