A/N: I forgot to thank S Lila 315 for giving me the idea about Krista being a bad guy! That was before I revealed Ben being the bad guy. She totally thought it was going to be Krista, which wasn't originally planned, so thank you! ^_^ *Whispers* Update...

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Sequel: Chapter 7: A Nightmare That Came True...

Ben's PoV:

I enter the house and head to the back bedroom, where Kevin is being kept. When I open the door, I see Kevin on the bed, beaten and unconscious... I'm over to him in an instant and shaking him, saying his name, "Kevin?! Kevin?!" I pull him up, so that his head is on the pillows. Oh, god... Why did I leave him here with Harry?! "I'll be right back, buddy," I rush out of the room and holler, "Harry?! Harry?! Where the hell are you?!" I search the house, and I find Harry in the kitchen, with his head in the fridge. "Harry?!"

He looks up from the fridge and asks, innocently, "What?"

"What the fuck did you do to that kid?!"

"Nothing!"

I push him and shout, "Don't you fucking lie to me! You beat him!"

"Yes! Yes, I did! Only to finally get back at him for last year!"

"Haven't you fucking done enough to him?!"

"He deserves everything I did and more done right back at him! That kid's a little Devil!"

"He's completely innocent! If anything, you're the little Devil! No, you're a monster Devil! Where the fuck is Krista?!"

"She went out," Harry says, plainly.

"Where?!"

"I don't know... I think she went out to get us some wine, beer... I don't know... some sort of alcohol drink... She didn't really specify..."

"Did she see you do that to him?!" I point to the direction of the bedroom.

Harry shrugs and answers, "She left before I did it to him..."

I point my finger to him and say, sternly, "If you do that to him ever again, I'll make sure you're euthanized, understand?!"

Harry shrugs and says, "I guess you should've brought him with you, or made me talk to the McCallisters about the ransom,"

"I only went to the McCallisters' residence, because I'm an honest man! They took me seriously. They're bringing the money to Central Park on Christmas Eve at noon. But, just because I leave you here with him for no more than an hour, doesn't mean you have to beat him!"

"We're just going to kill him, anyway!"

"We won't kill him! They'll bring us the money!"

"They'll bring the cops, like last time! Then, we'll have to kill him!"

"I told them not to, because I'll know. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to treat the kid's injuries, that you caused," I grab a cloth and wet it, then head back to the bedroom, where Kevin's being kept...

Kevin's PoV:

I wake up, when there's something cold compressed against my head. I slowly open my eyes and see that it's Ben sitting over me. "Hey, you're alive,"

"What... What happened?..."

"You're hurt,"

I then remember what happened...

Enter Flashback...

I lay on the bed, nodding off to sleep, when I hear the door to my room open. I think it's Ben, so I look toward the door. My eyes widen with fear, when I see that it's not Ben, but Harry. My stomach becomes nauseous, I'm so scared... "S-Stay away!" I stammer.

"Now that Ben and Krista are gone, I can have my way with you..."

"No! Stay away! I'll make sure Ben knows, when he gets back! I'm not doing anything! Just leave me alone!" This whole time, Harry's moving closer to me. I try to recoil away from him, trying to hold back the tears, I'm so scared of him... I'm also shaking with fear.

"Well, you see, you'll be unable to tell Ben, when he gets back, because I'll beat you so bad, that you'll be unconscious,"

He releases my arm from the headboard of the bed and pulls me off the bed, out of the room. I can barely walk, because he's pretty much dragging me across the room. "No! Let me go! Please! I didn't do anything! I was just laying there! I'm sorry for last year! I swear!" I'm freaking out, because I don't want him to beat me ever again...

"You can beg and plead all you want to, kid, but it won't make a difference!" Harry grabs his gun out of his pocket and instantly smacks the side of my head with it, which makes me collapse to the floor. I use my free arm to hide my head, so that he doesn't hit it again... I keep crying out for him to stop, but he doesn't listen... He kicks me in the stomach. "This is what I was going to do to you, when we got back to the house all the way back in Washington! Do you remember me saying that to you?!" I nod, frantically. His foot makes contact with my chest, which makes me gasp for air. "I keep my promises, don't I?! Huh?!" Again, I nod, frantically. "And, when I say that I'm gonna kill you, I mean it! I always keep my promises, right?!"

"Please! Don't kill me! I wanna go home! I want my Mommy!" He kicks me in the stomach again.

"Don't mention that ever again! You're never going home! Ever!" Hearing that hurts more than the kick in my gut...

"Ben said I will!"

"I don't care what Ben said! Nothing happened to him last year! It was all me and Marv!"

"Even Ben told you to get over it!" He kicks me in the stomach again. "Stop kicking me! It hurts!"

"Well then, now you know how I feel!" I'm still hiding my head, when he picks me up from the floor by my sleeve. He hangs onto my arm, tightly, and twists it. "Now, are you going to talk about your family again?"

I have to stand up to my fears, I realize. "No! I love my family! I have every right to miss them! You keep talking about hurting and killing me, I think it's only fair that I talk about my family!"

Harry punches me in the face—causing another black eye that will soon happen. Then, he backhands my head. He pulls me closer to him and twists my arm more. I'm scared that he'll touch my broken one... I look up at him, with fear. I want to collapse to the floor in pain, but with Harry holding my arm awkwardly, I can't... "I'm the boss here, and I tell you that I don't want to hear about your family, anymore... Got it?!" I feel so small against him. I try to hold back my tears again.

"Ben's the boss, and he's nicer than you!"

"One more insult, kid, and I swear, I'll break your other fucking arm... I keep my promises, right?"

"Ben will make sure you won't..." This is a lot harder than I thought, standing up to my fear...

Harry punches me in the face again. "Well, Ben's not here right now, so I'll do to you whatever the hell I want, you little creep..."

"You're the creep!" He punches me in the face again, which makes me collapse to the floor again. I look up at him.

Harry fiddles with his gun in his hand and says, wondering, "Should I just shoot you now, and get it done and over with?" I slowly shake my head "no". I got out of this alive before, I can do it again. Harry points his gun at me, which makes me jump.

"When Ben sees me dead, he'll kill you!"

"I'll die getting my revenge out on you, then, now, won't I?"

"Don't... kill me..." Harry clicks his gun. I'm panicking, breathing heavily. I will see my family again, won't I?

"It's so very tempting, kid, but I guess it'll just have to wait until Christmas Eve..."

"Christmas Eve?!"

"Yeah, dummy. It's December 22nd. Ben plans on letting you go two days from now, which is Christmas Eve. Though, I just might kill you on Christmas Eve... Then, your Christmas will be destroyed, just like how you destroyed mine," I forgot what day it is... "So tempting... You're lucky Ben's around, kid, I would've shot you by now... Ben's a better guy than I am."

"Yeah, no shit," I say. Harry then smacks me in the side of the head again with the gun, hard enough to knock me unconscious...

Harry's PoV:

I look down at the pathetic little brat on the floor... I only took it easy on him... The next time I get the chance, I'll make sure he gets hurt twice as much... This bastard won't ever cross me again! I grab onto his foot and drag him back to the bedroom, where he belongs...

Back in Reality...

Kevin's PoV:

"I can sure you that he won't kill you on Christmas Eve, bud. I'll make sure of that,"

"He hates me... I'm honestly sorry about what happened to him last year... I just wish he can see that, like Marv..."

Ben tries to clean up the blood on my face, when he says, "I know you're sorry,"

"I'm surprised you're the boss, considering how nice you are,"

Ben can't help but chuckle. "I just want the money, buddy,"

"Harry put you up to this, even though you're the boss, didn't he?"

"He suggested it, yes. The intention wasn't to hurt you, you know. Harry was the one that did it, and I'm sorry,"

"But, why did you hit me?"

"You bit my hand, so you pissed me off,"

"You won't actually hurt me, will you?"

"You sure do ask a lot of questions, kid,"

"Sorry..." I pout.

"It's to be expected... Kidnapped by the man that saved my life, I'd have a lot of questions, too..."

"Please... don't leave me here alone with him again..." Tears form in my eyes.

"I won't. If there's an errand that needs to be done, I'll either send Krista or Harry out to do it, or I'll just bring you with me," I pipe up, when he says "bring you with me".

"If there's an errand, can you do it, so that I can go with you?"

"Don't get any smart ideas, or else I will have to punish you,"

Feeling insulted, I defend, "I think I got beaten enough today, I just wanna go out somewhere..."

"Well, don't get too excited, you'd stay in the car,"

"I know, I just wanna go out somewhere... I've been cooped up in this room, handcuffed to the bed... I'm bored!"

Ben sighs and says, "Well, here," He hands me the cloth. "Heal yourself. I'm gonna get you some food." He pats me on the back and then exits the room, closing the door behind him...

To be Continued...

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A/N: Thanks for reading! This was supposed to be up hours ago, but my computer was being retarded... Anyway, do the usual! :D Today's useless info: I'm tired, yet very hyper!

Well, we got to see what Harry did to Kevin, when Ben and Krista were away. Wow... Harry really wants to kill Kevin... He wasn't even doing anything! He was just trying to sleep on the bed! And, I love Ben's character in this! ^_^ He's like Marv... Anyway, I hope to update soon! I should really look at another story of mine to update first... Well, ciao!

- Termina's Hero1234