Chapter 12: No one is safe.

Emily's POV

I woke up feeling dizzy. As I opened my eyes, I realized I was alone in the room.

"Fuck" I groaned as I stood up from the floor. My body was sore, my mouth dry and my head was pounding. I closed my eyes for a second 'come on, get it together'. I walked to the door.

"Noel! You little piece of shit! Get me out of here!" I yelled "Noel! You fucking coward!"

I rested my forehead to the door and inhaled deeply.

"Emily" I heard a voice on the other side of the door.

"Alison?" I questioned "Alison is that you?" I placed my ear on the door so I could listen better.

I heard steps approaching the room and I stepped back. The door opened revealing two tall men. Noel right behind them.

"Look who decided to finally wake up" he said sarcastically.

"Where is she?" I asked, "Where's Alison?" I walked towards him, but the two men stepped in front.

"It's ok" he told the tall men "She won't try anything" he said. The man stepped to the side.

"Tell me where is she!?" I shouted "If you hurt her…"

"I didn't do anything to her, don't you trust me?" he grinned.

"No" I answered almost immediately and glared at him.

"Good answer" he chuckled "Lorenzo!" he yelled.

I saw Lorenzo turning the corner, leading Alison though the hall. Her hands were tied up in front of her. My heart sank and a lump formed in my throat the moment I saw her just a few steps in front of me. Her hair was messy and her eyes sore, probably from crying. The only clothes she was wearing were her panties and her bra.

"Emily" she silently cried.

I rushed towards Noel and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt as I looked directly into his eyes with anger.

"What did you do to her?" I screamed "You fucking bastard!" I pushed him.

At that moment, his men grabbed me and pushed me back. Noel fixed his leather jacket and shirt.

"Why don't you ask her?" he walked to Alison and grabbed her face with both his hand.

"Don't touch me!" she tried to turn her head away.

Noel smiled and grabbed her harder turning her face to look directly at him.

"Why don't you tell Emily how much fun we had?" he said as he licked her cheek.

"You son of a bitch!" I yelled "Once I get my hands on you… I promise I'll kill you!"

He laughed and pulled a small pocket knife out of his jeans. I glared at him. He placed the sharp knife on Alison's neck and looked at me.

"No!" said Alison with desperation.

"Don't do it Noel" I said furiously.

"Sure, whatever you say" he joked and played with the knife around Alison's neck.

"Please…" I said.

He stopped and looked at me.

"I'm sorry, I didn't hear you. What did you say?" he grinned.

"Noel, don't do it…." I lowered my voice "…please… please" I begged.

"I can't believe it" he said stepping back "You're supplicating me to not kill her? You really like her that much?"

I glared at him and then looked back at Alison who had tears forming on her eyes.

"You know what, I'm tired of this. Let's go" he said, and Lorenzo threw Alison inside the room "Enjoy the short time you two have together before… well, I kill you"

The two men pushed me inside the room and closed the door.

"Ali…" I said approaching her. I untied her hands and hugged her close to me. She wrapped her hands around me tightly "What did he do to you? Once we get out of here, I'm going to…. I'm so sorry Ali…" I couldn't finish a sentence.

"Em, Em! Listen to me" she cut me off "He didn't do anything, I promise" she said looking up at me "he just wants to make you angry"

"Are you sure?" I said looking at her body for some signs of abuse.

"Yes Emily, I promise you he didn't do anything. He made me remove my clothes, but he didn't do anything" she said holding my face.

"I was so worried about you" I said and kissed her softly.

"Me too" she said.

I took off my shirt as I wore a tank top underneath. I helped her put it on and we cuddled together on the floor.

"I'm glad you finally woke up" she said, and I frowned in confusion.

"What do you mean 'finally'?" I asked her.

"You were unconscious for two days" she said looking up at me "They had me on another room and I always heard the guards telling each other how you were still unconscious. It took you two days to wake up"

"What did they do to you during those two days?"

"They just had me in another room. Noel said that you finally woke up and that he wanted to scare you" she explained "he's having too much fun with this Emily, he's crazy"

"We need to find a way to get out of here" I said as I stood up "I know what Noel is capable of"

I walked to the door and listened to the sound on the other side.

"They are here in the hallway; I can hear their footsteps" said Alison next to me.

"Yeah" I said.

After a few minutes, we decided to sit on the floor, hoping the guards would go to sleep or something. I started to hear noises, so I stood up.

"Can you hear that?" I asked Alison who looked at me confused.

She nodded and we placed our ears in the door to see if we could listen better.

"Why is everyone yelling?" she asked.

"Use the back door!" yelled Noel and running footsteps were heard around the cabin.

Suddenly there were gun shots. We crouched down.

"What the fuck?" she said.

After a few minutes of gun shoot noises and running steps there was silence.

"Check that room" said a voice outside the room.

"It's locked" said another voice trying to turn the doorknob "step back"

The door swung open when a bullet hit the doorknob.

"Oh my God" yelled Alison.

"Let's get you two out of here" said the guy standing at the door.

I stood up and walked to him.

"Toby! How did you find us man?" I hugged him.

"I saw when Noel took you guys, and I followed him. Sorry it took me so long to help but I couldn't do this alone. Are you ok?" he said as he looked at Alison.

"Yes" she replied.

"We have to leave, now!" said Caleb entering the room "Alison, I'm guessing this is yours" he gave her a pair of jeans.

"Let's go," said Toby.

I helped Alison and before stepping out of the cabin Toby stopped me.

"You're gonna need this" he handed me a small gun.

"Thank you" I said as I grabbed Alison's hand. We walked outside of the cabin. It was already night, about 9pm I guessed.

"The cars are past the river, about half a mile from here" he said "it was better to come walking so they wouldn't hear us"

I nodded and we made our way around the forest. Toby and Caleb walked fast. Suddenly there were police sirens.

"Shit!" said Toby "come on"

We started running but since it was dark, I lost Toby and Caleb.

"Fuck! Where did they go?" I asked Alison.

"I don't know, I lost them" she said "do you know where the river is?"

I nodded and grabbed her hand to start running again, but footsteps were heard near us.

"You didn't think I would let you go that easy, did you?" said Noel appearing from inside the bushes.

"Run Alison!" I said and we ran around the forest.

"Come here!" yelled Noel running right behind us.

He lost track of us for a few minutes since it was to dark to see. We found ourselves standing next to the river. We needed to cross it. The rocks were slippery, and the water felt cold around our legs. The water was rushing to one side pulling us along.

"Emily, we can't cross the river. It's too dangerous" yelled Alison as the hard waves pulled us even more.

The wind around us was so powerful. I stepped on the rocks again trying not to fall.

"There should be another way to cross" I told Alison as I looked around.

"Look!" she pointed to wooden bridge near where we were standing.

We managed to make our way there, hoping we wouldn't slip. The river pulled tree branches and the wind started making the waves more powerful than before.

"Grab my hand" I told Alison as we crossed the bridge. She walked in front of me.

"Be careful" she said as the bridge started swinging side to side because of the wind.

"It's not gonna be that easy to escape bitches!" shouted Noel appearing out of nowhere again.

"Alison, Go!" I said.

"I'm not going without you" she said.

Noel started climbing the bridge and the weight of the three of us made it move faster side to side. The wood started to crack.

"Emily! Alison!" yelled Toby from the other end.

"Toby! Help her" I said, and he extended his hand "Alison, go. I'll be right behind you. Do it before this thing falls apart"

She nodded and grabbed Toby's hand. She jumped to the other side. I grabbed one of the ropes that held the bridge trying to maintain my balance.

"Not so fast!" said Noel grabbing me from the hair.

I tried to get off him, I elbowed him on the low part of his body.

"You bitch!" he groaned.

I tried to run but he grabbed my leg making me fall.

"Ahhhh!" I yelled as I almost felt to the river.

"Emily!" Alison, Toby, and Caleb yelled in sync.

Toby tried to get in the bridge, but Caleb stopped him.

"What are you doing?" Toby snapped.

"It can't hold more weight, if you go it will break apart!" he said "the waves are going to take them both"

Toby looked at me concerned and stepped off the bridge. Me and Noel managed to stand up, he approached me, and we stood there, face to face. He pulled out his gun and pointed it at me.

"Goodbye Emily" he said with a smirk "this was fun game, to bad you're not the winner"

"Emily nooo!" yelled Alison.

I rushed to him, and he pulled the trigger, fortunately the bullet missed me as I tacked him down. We fought for the gun in his hands, after struggling for a few seconds we sent the gun flying to the river. He pushed me off him and I fell back. I got up quick and he did as well. He took a step towards me when suddenly the wood under his feet broke, making him fall straight down. His head hit one of the rocks and I saw the water getting red as blood started to come out his head. The waves pulled his body with force, dragging him far away from us.

The wooden planks started to break, and I rushed towards the end of the bridge before it started to fall. I jumped off just in time, falling to the ground. I looked up and to my disgrace, my eyes locked with a body lying on the ground in front of me.

"Noooooo!" I yelled crawling towards the body.