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~ Chapter 27 ~

Ally pressed the close button on the elevator violently and she watched the dark hallway disappear in front of her. She had ran away from Dallas, but she had chickened out at the last minute, and she didn't want to confront Elliot.

She had passed so many dead bodies and she collapsed onto the metal floor, panting for air. God, this is so messed up.

She wiped her sweat from her forehead and she felt the elevator begin to move up. She didn't have a plan, I never have a plan, I just run into danger and hurt everyone but myself!

The elevator violently shook and came to a halt. Ally scrambled to her feet and she stared at the doors. It had stopped between the safe house and the warehouse. I'm stuck.

"Shit," She mumbled and she pressed the alarm button, but nothing happened. Suddenly, the light went out and she was covered in darkness.

...

The office was a hectic mess and Austin grumbled, burying his face into his hands. Trish was sat on the couch, sorting out some of the files and Austin was trying to get his head straight before he went into a very important meeting.

His mind was thinking back to Ally and how he had to leave her. He wanted to get her out of that place and let her live her normal life. She doesn't even have the chance to be normal.

Ally was experiencing a million different kind of emotions and it was causing her to act irrationally. He needed her safe and that place was the safest place she could be.

Austin opened up the top drawer of his desk and glanced at the small black box. He took it out and hid it out of Trish's view. He opened it up and stared at the diamond ring. It was hers if she wanted it.

Knock Knock

Austin put the ring away and closed the drawer. Dez walked in with a panicked look on his face. Austin got to his feet and walked over to him.

"What's wrong?"

"Elliot broke into the safe house."

...

"Ally, can you hear me...I know you're in there," A voice cackled and Ally's eyes fluttered open. She brought her head away from the metal wall and stared into darkness. "Are you scared?" The person laughed and Ally realised it was coming from the intercom.

Elliot.

"Is it lonely in there?"

Ally didn't respond. She brought her knees up to her chest and hugged her legs. She had been stuck in here for a while now, and exhaustion had taken of her body.

I just want to sleep, for a very long time.

"I'll let you out if you marry me."

"Why would I want to marry someone like you," She muttered.

"Princess, my dad paid a good price for you and I want what was promised," He snickered in a childish manner and Ally sighed.

"I thought we were friends. We used to get along so well, but it turns out you were fake. I'm never going to marry you, do you want to know why?" She asked, but he didn't respond. "I'm not going to marry you, because I'd rather die. Leave me in here to rot! Go ahead, I don't care! You're the last person I'm ever going to want to marry!"

She cried out and hit the metal wall hard. She wanted her mom and she wanted Austin.

I need to get out of here.

"Do you really think he loves you?"

Ally glared at the direction the sound his voice was coming from and she was ready to freak out. She wanted to get out of this place and go back home. She wanted to be Austin's personal assistant and she wanted to live her life freely.

"I'm still not going to marry you," She grumbled, and she suddenly felt like she couldn't get enough oxygen into her lungs. "What's happening?"

"Oh, I'm just bringing down the oxygen levels until you submit to me," He spoke nonchalantly.

"Go to hell," She grumbled, then she heard voices coming from underneath her.

"Ally!" It was Dallas. "Are you up there!?" Ally guessed that they had opened the elevator door at the bottom of the elevator shaft.

"Yes!" She shouted, but it came out wheezy. "YOU BASTARD, YOU'RE GOING TO KILL ME!" She screeched, and she felt her head begin to roll around from light-headedness.

"I'll bring you up to the top floor and then we can leave together. No fuss," He said, and she growled.

She was close to passing out and she was debating agreeing to his proposition, just so she could get some oxygen. I could run?

"Okay," She breathed out. "Let me up."

"I knew you'd come around," The elevator light came back on and it began to move upwards. The doors opened and a wave a fresh air crashed over her and she scurried out, falling to her knees, gasping for air.

"You're looking a little pale princess," Elliot towered over her, and she glared up at him. "Want some water," He held out a bottle for her to take, and she swiped it from his hand and gulped it down. "Take her," She was yanked to her feet and the bottle fell from her hands, as they were forced behind her back.

Ally let them guide her out of the warehouse and out into the alleyway. She saw a black van at the entrance and she looked at her surroundings. There's nowhere to run. She was pushed into the van and she couldn't fight back, because her body was still weak from the lack of oxygen.

The van began to move and she glared daggers into the back of Elliot's head. She shifted into the shadows of the van and got closer to the back doors. She reached up and tried the handle; it was worth a try, but it was locked. She let out a frustrated cry and fell against the van wall.

The brakes were slammed and Ally flew forward, rolling towards the front seats. She cried out when she landed on her arm. She heard a crack, and she glanced down at her misshapen arm. Crap.

"Is that?" One of the men said.

"Austin!" Elliot shouted and she watched him fly out of the door.

"Let me out!" She kicked at the door and she held her arm to her chest. "Austin!"

"SHUT UP!" Elliot's voice boomed and she kicked hard at the door and it flew open. She raced out and glanced over at Austin. He was standing in front of his car, and Dez was behind him. His eyes landed on hers and she watched him step forward to come to her, but Dez grabbed his shoulder. "She's mine!"

"No, she doesn't belong to anyone," Austin focused his attention on Elliot and Ally knew he was close to losing his temper.

"She was promised to me. Not you!" Elliot sounded like a child throwing a tantrum, and Ally slowly edged closer to them.

"What do you get out of a woman that doesn't want to marry you?" Austin crossed his arms over his chest. "That's not a happy marriage."

"I don't care about love, or any of that bullshit. She belongs to me."

"I'm only going to tell you this one more time, SHE DOESN'T BELONG TO ANYONE!" Austin's voice made her jump and she glanced down at her numb arm.

"Austin…I think I've broken my arm," Ally's voice was calm considering the situation, but her teary eyes gave away her true pain.

"All of your men are dead Elliot," Dez said. "It's only you and those two," He gestured to the other men. "Give her up, and I'll kill you quickly."

Elliot ran towards her and grabbed a hold of her broken arm. He gripped it hard, and she screamed in pain. He pulled her roughly against his chest, then the cold barrel of a gun rested at the back of his head.

"Let her go," Ally turned to look at the familiar female voice.

"Mom," Ally whimpered.

"Let. Her. Go."

Dallas stepped out of the shadows holding his gun and he pointed it at one of the men, then another guard did the same. Ally felt him loosen his hold on her and she flew out of his hold and raced towards Austin. He caught her with open arms and they fell to the floor in a massive heap. She cried out, but she pushed away the pain. He pressed a hard kiss to her lips and she tasted the salt from her tears. She pulled away and she jumped at the sound of a gunshot.

Ally turned to see Elliot bleeding out on the floor; it wasn't her mom who had fired the shot, it was Jaime. She was standing at the edge of the shadows and her hand didn't even shake. Wayne came running out of an alleyway behind her.

"Jaime! Did you just?"

"What? He was annoying," Jaime scoffed in response.

"We need to get you to a hospital," Austin whispered, and she nodded her head. He picked her up into his arms and put her down in the passenger seat of his car.

"We'll be there shortly," Dez said, and Austin nodded his head in thanks, then he drove off.