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Sequel: Chapter 11: To Mess with a Mind

Kevin's PoV:

"There's someone on the phone for you..."

Harry sighs and whispers, "Keep him quiet," Ben nods, as he hands Harry the phone. Ben sits on the floor with me, hanging on to me, when Harry says on the phone, "Hello? Marv?! What the hell?!" Marv?! What's he doing, calling?!

I decide to take this chance and call out, "Marv! Help me!" Ben places his hand over my mouth. I can't bite down on his hand, because he presses it against my mouth hard enough, so that I'm unable to move my mouth.

"Shut. Up, kid," Ben hisses to me.

"What?! What do you mean, you wanna help us again?!" My eyes widen with fear. Marv tried to help me! What's he doing?! "You want some take on the money, huh?! How do I know I can trust you?! You made a mistake, huh? Well, you sure did. You almost got me arrested! By the way, how the hell are you calling me? What?! You broke out of jail?! Well, if that's the case, I think we can give you one last chance... I don't know if you know, but we have the boy back with us. Stupid little kid... We've been teaching him a lesson, though... Now, when you get here, I don't want you sticking up for him. Understand?" Marv's... coming here?... My eyes widen. I don't know whether it's out of fear or out of excitement. Is this a trick, or is he for real? I gasp, muffled.

"Oh. How sad is it that your friend will be joining us again, hm?" Tears want to form in my eyes.

Harry hangs up and says to Ben, "I don't know if I should trust him..."

"Well, it's worth a shot. Double the punishment for this little fucker,"

"Do you really think so, Ben?"

"Who's the boss here?"

Harry then raises his hands in an "I surrender" manner again. "I'll lock up the kid," Ben finally releases me. While he stands up, he pulls me up by my waist. Harry grabs a hold of my arm and pulls me back to the bedroom I was being kept in. I'm hurting so much, I can barely walk... I probably look a mess right now... I'm pushed into the bedroom. I was expecting to either be left or at least handcuffed to the bed, but instead, Harry grabs a hold of my arm again and opens the closet. Ben soon enters the room with some rope. Harry pulls off the coat I'm wearing, saying, "Give me that. Get in there," Harry orders, pointing in the closet.

"No," I rebel. Wow... Is me saying that brave or stupid?

"Get in there!" Harry grabs my arm and forces me in the closet. He sits me down and forces my left arm in front of me. Since my right arm is able to somewhat move in my sling, Harry forces that arm in front of me and hangs onto them, while he takes the rope from Ben. He wraps my wrists, along with my feet, tying me up.

"I wanna be in the bed..."

"Too bad. Leaving you in here like this may teach you a lesson,"

"I've learned my lesson... Please..."

"Nope. We'll let you out, when Marv gets here,"

"When will that be?" I whine.

"I don't know. He says he's on his way now,"

"Please... Don't leave me in here..."

"Quit arguing, or else I'll make these ropes tighter,"

I don't say anything more, and Harry stands up. Part of me just wants them to leave me alone, but the other part of me doesn't want to be in here alone! Ben then kneels down in front of me. He looks up at Harry and says, "Do you mind?" I hear Harry sigh and exit the room. "Look, I'm sorry for earlier, buddy. You just made me lose my temper, that's all,"

"Please don't leave me in here..."

"It'll only be until Marv gets here,"

"That could be hours!"

"Please don't argue with me, Kevin, or we'll make it the whole night," I pout, wanting to cry. "Don't cry, OK?"

"What else am I supposed to do?"

"Just sit here and be quiet, OK?"

"I'll be bored!"

"Kevin," Ben warns. I finally do cry. "Hey, hey, hey, buddy, it's OK."

"I want my Mommy..." My voice squeals.

"Hey, if you stop crying, I'll consider giving you some supper, OK?" I nod. I try to stop my tears. "I'll check on you in a bit, OK?" He brushes my hair out of my eyes.

Ben then grabs a hold of the duct tape. "No. You don't have to do that. I'll be quiet, I swear,"

It's like Ben didn't hear me, because he places it over my mouth, anyway. I've been punished enough... "It'll be OK, buddy," Ben pats my arm and kisses the top of my head. OK, what the heck? You're not my Father! Don't do that! I look up at him, scared. Don't tell me he's a pervert! "Don't look at me like that. Would you rather me slap you?" I shake my head "no". "OK. Good," He rubs my head. "I'll be back in a bit..." He then closes the closet door, leaving me in complete darkness...

Krista's PoV:

I walk in the door, with my bag of wine bottles from the liquor store. "Where the fuck have you been?" This is what I'm greeted with?

"Does it matter?"

"Well, duh! We're hiding out!"

"Don't yell at me!"

"Well, I'm sorry, but when we're trying to hide out from the police, trying to keep a kid hidden..."

"Well, I'm sorry, but I got caught up in line and in traffic. Plus, you're the one that suggested to Ben that we be out in the middle of fucking nowhere..."

"Well, excuuuse me!"

"Would you two just quit arguing please?" Ben tells us. He then turns to Krista and says, "Krista, we got a call from Marv. He's back on our team, apparently,"

"Wait, isn't he in jail?" I ask.

"He broke out, he said," Ben answers. "He wants a take on the money."

"Speaking of money, where's the kid?"

"He's locked up in the closet in Ben's room. We had to teach the little snot bubble a lesson..." Harry answers.

"What did he do?"

"Ben took him into the city to get supper. Of course, the little fucker just had to attempt to get away..."

"So, we had to teach him a lesson. That's when we got the call from Marv,"

"Now, he's in the closet, until Marv arrives..."

"I see. Do we really have to keep him until Tuesday? Can't the ransom be handed in tomorrow?"

"No. These things take time, Krista!" Harry says, still with the same angered tone.

I sigh and roll my eyes. "I have an idea! Why don't we just kill him?"

"And not get the money?" Harry questions.

"There are other ways,"

"I'm not just gonna let that kid slide through my fingers, honey. This is my chance to get my revenge out on him. He's lucky he's even leaving Tuesday. Frankly, I want him to leave in general... Never to be walking on this Earth again... But, of course, Mr. Boss here doesn't want that..."

I sigh and say, "I'll be right back," I then leave the room...

Kevin's PoV:

Light shines in abruptly, when the closet door is opened. I'm leaning up against the wall, beside the door. I've managed to scoot my way over to it. I look up, and I see Krista's the one that's opened the door. She looks around in here, until she looks down and sees me. She smiles, but it's not her usual smile. It's more of an evil smile. "Hello there, little cutie. Enjoying yourself in here?" I don't do anything. "Hm?" I shake my head "no". "Well, I thought you wouldn't. It serves you right, though, trying to escape..." She kneels down beside me. I can't believe I ever loved her... She grabs a hold of my broken arm, which makes me gasp in pain. I stare at her with fear. "You think you're so smart... Everything you've done... back-talking, escaping... it's just stupid... You're just a puny little nine-year-old... If it were up to me, I would've shot you..." Really, why did I ever have feelings for this bitch?... Please, let go of my arm... She smirks. "Guess what, Harry's not going to let Ben let you go Tuesday. He's going to kill you, very slowly, and we'll both watch, with joy... How dare you hurt my boyfriend last year?!" She finally lets go of my arm, but slaps me... I've been beaten enough today! Stop it! I refuse to make eye-contact with her. I bow my head, trying to hold back my tears... I want to say "I'm sorry", but I can't... "You're helpless... You're helpless against us... It's too bad that your "friend", Marv, is joining us again. Nobody, not even Ben, will help you, anymore. We hate you, and we'll get even with you... We have all of tonight and tomorrow..." I finally do cry. Ben was right, she is a mental abuser... "We'll get even with you," Krista gently smacks my face, and I look at her. She stands up and looks at me with disgust. Though, she says, with pity, "You really are a cute kid. Too bad that we'll be killing you Christmas Eve," Her facial expression doesn't match with what she just told me... "Really..." She then smiles and says, "See you later..." The tiny room's filled with darkness again, when Krista leaves, closing the door.

I sit here, crying. Was she telling the truth?... Will they really kill me on Christmas Eve?... I'm never seeing my family again, aren't I?... I bow my head and cry into my knees. I'm scared... Please... Don't let it be true...

Kate's PoV:

The phone rings here again, and I pick it up. "Hello?" I answer.

"Hello, Mrs. McCallister. It's Officer James Pickens again. Mr. Merchants and I are on our way to New York now,"

"Does Mr. Pelzer know?"

"Yes. Mr. Merchants called him from my private phone. As far as I know, he doesn't suspect a thing,"

"How far away from New York are you?"

"With no stops, probably by supper time, New York time,"

"Wow. You guys sure drive fast,"

"Well, if we want to save your son, we have to,"

"I know. Let me know when you're close. I just hope this works..."

"I hope so, too, ma'am. We'll call you in a few hours. Take care,"

"Thank you. Bye," And we both hang up...

Kevin's PoV:

The door opens again about an hour later, it seems, letting the light shine in. I look up, afraid, to see who it is. In a way, I'm relieved that it's Ben... "Hey there, buddy. You OK?" I shake my head "no". "What's wrong?" I've been locked in a damn closet, tied up and gagged, what the hell do you think?! He kneels down and runs his fingers through my hair. "Hey. Marv should be here in a couple hours, OK?" I nod. "Can I get you some water?" I shake my head "no". "Do you need to take a break, if you know what I mean?" I shake my head "no" again. "OK," He pats the top of my head and stands up. "I'll be back in an hour or so. You should try to sleep or something. It'll make the time go by faster," I nod my head. "See you later, buddy..." Ben then closes the door, enveloping me in darkness. I then realize my mistake: I should've taken that chance to get out of the closet...

To be Continued...

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A/N: Thanks for reading! Of course, you know what to do! ;) Useless info: I got to watch Richie Rich out of chance tonight! Ahh... MacAulay is so hot in that... ;)

Wow. What a chapter! Sorry it didn't get uploaded last night, I got tired. Plus, I was going to watch Party Monster... Thank God the file didn't load... I know I would've been horribly traumatized to an extent that I don't even know... That's just not a MacAulay movie... O.o I've been feeding my Home Alone addiction, too, by watching it on PutLocker! ^_^ I'm no longer in withdrawal!

Wow. Ben was creepy, and Krista was a bitch... Poor baby, was locked in a closet... :( Also, Caroline, what did you mean in your last review? Lol. :D

Well, upload your chapter soon, S Lila! And, especially you, CoverGirl... I'm too excited! ^_^ Anyway, ciao, ciao!

PS: Sorry about the second half of last chapter being in Italics, I don't know what happened there... o.O I didn't notice it until after I posted it...

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