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Chapter 20: Escape from the Hotel Attempt

Kevin's PoV:

I exit the room and sprint down the hallway, heading for the staircase. Suddenly, I'm grabbed around my waist, and a hand is placed on my mouth. I start crying out for help, while I'm being half dragged back to the room. I try biting his hand, but he places it on my mouth again.

As soon as I'm dragged back to the room, Harry slams the door shut. Then, he grabs the collar of my sweater and brings me over to my bed and forces me down on it. He sits on top of me and brings out a knife. He places it up against my throat. I try to push him off of me, but he has my arms pinned down to the bed. Panic strikes me. Is he going to slit my throat?! "Don't you... ever do anything like that again, you little shit..." I almost start to hyperventilate, I'm breathing so fast...

"I-I'm sorry... P-Please... don't hurt me... I'm sorry!" I cry out.

"With you screaming out, I don't think it's safe here, anymore..."

"Please... get that away from my throat..."

"Why should I, huh?" he asks, clenching his teeth. "What if I just slit your throat and get this done and over with, huh?" He presses the knife closer to my neck. I can't help but start to bawl. Is this really the end?

"I guess I should give you another chance..."

"P-Please... I-I'll do anything you want... Just... Just don't hurt me... Please..." I try to talk through my bawling.

"Well, you will be doing something I want, whether you like it, or not..."

"Anything... Just please... Let me see my family again..."

He grabs onto my hair with his free hand and says, "Don't you be telling me that again... Understand?!" I nod, continuing to bawl. I was getting my way tonight... Well, mostly, anyway... Why did he have to catch me again?... Why?... "But, they'll see you again..." What?...

Kate's PoV:

Peter and I enter the house, and four out of five of our kids run up to us, excited. When they don't see Kevin, they all frown. "Where... Where is he?..." Megan asks.

"He's... not here, Megan..." I say, trying to hold back the tears.

"Whu... Why?..." Linnie asks.

"We... couldn't save him, sweetheart..."

"What do you mean, 'you couldn't save him'?!" Linnie shouts back, crying.

"They got away with him, Linnie." Peter answers back.

"But, the good news is, one of them got arrested. He got arrested, trying to help Kevin. We talked to him. His name is Marvin Merchants. His partner is supposed to be going to California with your brother. He's unsure if that's the case still, or not. Marvin caused an incident in a general store in Indianapolis to try and save Kevin. But, the plan failed... Now, Kevin and Marvin's partner are God knows where..."

Megan runs into me and cries. She's worried about her baby brother... So am I... I'm worried about my youngest son...

Kevin's PoV:

Harry finally gets off of me and turns on the lamp beside us. "Stay there," he orders. I nod. I bring my hands up to my face. He heads over to his coat and pulls out the roll of duct tape from his pocket. Once he's back over to me, he grabs my hands away from my face and ties them together with the duct tape. He does the same thing with my feet, after pulling up my pant leg, where it's bandaged.

"What... What are you doing?..." I ask.

"Zip it." Harry once again struts over to his coat and pulls out something else from his pocket.

"Where'd you get that?" I ask.

"It's mine."

"Who'd you steal it from?" I ask, trying to be sarcastic.

"Don't ask me that again, kid..." Harry says, warningly. I don't think I should make him even more mad than he already is, so I stay silent. Harry also takes out his gun and brings both the camera and the gun over to me.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm going to show your family what they get when they don't deliver the money..."

"I... I thought you weren't gonna worry about the money for now!"

"Well, I'm worried about it now, kid. Now, stop asking so many damn questions!" Harry shouts, as he tries to get his camera working. "Now, smile," He takes a picture of me. I look away from the flash. "Good. It's working," he says, as the picture ejects from the camera. "Now, hold still, kid," I kinda have no choice but to... He rips off more duct tape and places it across my mouth. Then, he picks up the gun and points it to my head. I close my eyes when another flash happens. "Perfect," he says. "This will show your family. It'll get them concerned about the well-being of their little boy, making them give me the money. More of it! Double the amount!" My eyes widen. My parents may be rich, but they can't just pull $2,000.00 out of the bank! "Now, since we have work to do still, we'd best get out of here..."

To be Continued...

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A/N: Thanks for reading! Review positively please! Thank you! More useless information: I have the song Who Can it be Now? by Men at Work stuck in my head. That's going to be a new thing I do every chapter! Tell you useless information! XD Anyway, that was a pretty interesting and trippy chapter, I think... I thank Guest (you mystery person, you...) for the idea of what I did in the final "Kevin's PoV". Well, another update tomorrow, as long as S Lila 315 updates hers tomorrow, too! XD Our awesome deal (that almost said "seal" XD)! And, the first "Kevin's PoV" was an idea from the awesome movie, The Good Son, with MacAulay Culkin as a... nevermind... Find out for yourselves! Go on PutLocker! Anyway... Ciao!

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