Just Breathe

Chapter five

A/N: TW minor violence, mention of beating, kidnapping

Thomas

We didn't get much sleep the last few nights, and resting in the day was not an option with the police walking in and out. But tonight we can take our minds off things for a bit, at least morgan and I could, I got my dad to lend us his porch, under the condition that logan drove us, I had asked logan and he agreed, I saw Virgil and morgan talking about something 'why the serious look?' I asked them 'well with everything going on, we can't be careful enough so we were thinking about using cover names if something would happen' morgan said 'oh, alright, that's a smart idea, I will use mason' I said, morgan took out a phone and changed my name into mason, she changed the names of the others as well 'its a backup phone, so they can't get a hold of any real information, I'll be using Emma' she said, I nodded walking off to get ready.

after about an hour I was ready and so was morgan she was wearing a light gray dress, but she also had a bag with her 'what's in the bag?' I asked 'a change of clothes, and flat shoes, for after the dance, at night it gets cold you know, I can just drop the bag in my locker' she told me, smart idea, also worst-case scenario, it won't be the good clothes like the suit that gets messed up 'i think I'm gonna bring a change too' I said running back upstairs. 'i' m good to go' I said, morgan nodded.

when we arrived a lot of people looked at us, and the car. It was around 10 P.M. we dropped our bags in morgans locker and went into the auditorium, that's when I noticed morgan wasn't wearing her usual necklace 'you took of your necklace?' I asked her 'yeah' she let out a soft sigh 'just in case anything happens, that necklace is way too valuable for me' she said 'understandable, but let's go have some fun' I said dragging her onto the dancefloor

we had a great time, around 2 A.M. we walked out and changed into the other clothes, both of us had brought a backup phone, with 4 or 5 numbers in it, in mine was also my normal number under my name. Morgan was already outside to get some air. I was on my way outside when I heard morgan call out, but it was my cover name 'shit' I muttered and rushed outside, there she was, surrounded by 4 or 5 men. I ran straight through the group taking morgans hand in the process pulling her with me, running as fast as we could 'thank the lord I'm not wearing heels' I could hear her mutter. as we were far enough to round a corner, and hide into a small ally, all of them ran past us, only the last one backed up again 'there they are' he called out. and yet again we were surrounded, I pulled morgan behind me, but she fought back. that's when they pulled her away to the other side 'mason' I could hear her call out before everything went black.

when I woke up again I was in the back of a small van, one of the men was sitting against the front and above him a small window, the other men probably in the front. my hands were bound behind my back, I struggled to sit up. on the other side was morgan she was still out cold, but not long after she let out a quiet groan and sat up as well.

some time went by, and I wanted to ask something, but morgan nodded no how did she know I was about to speak with her eyes closed I thought when I looked closely I saw she was breathing heavily and slightly shaking as if she was having a panic attack. after what felt like hours I finally spoke even against better judgment 'where are you taking us?' i asked, the man just grinned 'you'll see soon enough' and as on queue someone gave 3 knocks against the wall he was leaning on, he put on a mask and smoke filled the cabin making me blackout again.

I could hear muffled voices in the distance 'so these two are the only ones you could get' someone said 'we only got faces no names, besides these two were the only ones attending that ball thing' another said 'alright, take them to the room and chain them up' the first one said.

we were brought to a new room, and I felt the cold metal around my wrists, the fog cleared from my mind and I finally opened my eyes. I was chained to the ground, but Morgan wasn't, she sat on the ground her hands chained above her head, morgan was already awake 'are you okay?' she asked 'yeah, just where are we' i asked 'no clue' after that, she closed her eyes, I could hear footsteps coming closer, 2 men walked in both wearing a mask. they just looked at me, and then went on to morgan, I guess they were satisfied with how scared I was 'just look at this, we finally will get our revenge the one with the red and gold mask said, I wanted to scream at them to leave her alone, but I couldn't 'open your eyes' the other said, she didn't budge. With the result she got slapped across the face 'i said, open your eyes' he growled, still, she didn't, even I knew this could get her killed. they punched her a few times, every time commanding that she opens her eyes, but eventually, they gave up and left. 'are you alright?' I asked 'i'm fine' she said. when I looked around the room there was not much to see except for a closed-off room, I could see 1 wall completely of glass, facing us that was the only thing.

it took then a couple of hours before one of them came back, I noticed that just before he walked in morgan closed her eyes again 'it's playtime' he walked towards me, but that's when morgan stood up 'what are you trying to do lil sheep' the guy said walking over to her and taking the chains off the wall. he dragged her towards the room, I could see him breathing her.

this became more regular, one of the guys or both of them would walk in, say the 'it's playtime' line, morgan would do something and they beat her, they filmed it once and sent it over to Patton, lord I hope the others are okay, I don't know how long we've been here, but it just doesn't seem to end.

after a while they stopped dragging her to that room as one of them said 'it's too much effort if we can just do it here' but that didn't mean it didn't get less bad, they started to come more often but it seemed like they forgot about me, even though the beating, they still gave us lil bits of food and water, but only just enough to keep us alive.

I woke up to the haunting laughter of one of the men, I saw he didn't have his mask on, but I couldn't see his face clearly enough, he was talking to morgan 'well, well, well, look at you now, how low you have sunken, no one will be here to safe you, she is gone, and its all your fault' what was he talking about but he wasn't done 'now you get to feel how it felt for the rest of us, you lil, you weren't even supposed to be there, the town should have been defenseless, how is it that every time your the one to get away, but not this time' it was so weird, he was talking about something that seems important, 'you'll never get away now, he'll be so proud of me now'

after his rand to her he left, but not too long after he came back with a group of people, that's when I saw the cots for the first time, she was covered in them, some of them were still fresh. the group split up, only a handful of them didn't do anything, but worst of all they all went to morgan, except for 2, I curled up in a ball, but it didn't faze me anymore.

a loud crash, everyone stopped what they were doing 'what was that' one of them asked, the other masked man walked in and pulled me of the ground, the other one did the same with morgan, unfortunatmy, the other one had a gun, and pointed it at her head 'drop your weapons!' someone called out, i felt a pressure against my neck, i heard a gunshot and the next thing i know is that the man behind me lets me go, i see morgan disarm the other man before she passes out, he ran, and so did the other masked man 'send in the medics' someone said "Thomas" it took me some time to realize 'h-how do you know my name' i stuttered 'your friends called us' he said 'i'm officer Grand, your safe now' he said 'morgan' i muttered 'she is in good hands' i saw another officer, around our age kneel down next to her 'eM, morgan, are you alright?' he asked, it sounded like they knew each other 'nate?' she muttered, ' officer grand the medics are here' someone called 'take the girl first' he said as they got morgan on a stretcher. 'officer grand' the guy began 'nate, before you ask yes go with her, we'll handle it here, officer jonnes will ride the ambulance with him' he said and they guy apparently called nate ran off

once we arrived at the hospital, i was checked out, and because of the lack of food i had to stay, when patton saw me he practically ran to me 'are you alright, what have they done to you?' he bombarded me with questions ' patton calm down' logan said, i saw virgil leave the room to go talk to the nate guy 'i'm fine patton, thanks to morgan' i almost wispered 'where is she is she okay?' patton asked 'she'll be fine, but a lot worse than this guy here, she woke up momentarely just before she was loaded into the ambulance, and when i asked if she would be able to recognise anyone she said no, she didn't see any of the faces' the guy walked in with virgil 'how?' logan asked 'she closed her eyes every time someone came in' i muttered 'what?' logan asked 'yes that's what she told me, she closed her eyes every time someone would walk in, this in it's turn angered, the kidnappers enough to leave him alone, hence why he isn't badly injured' he explained.

'how long did they say you had to stay?' logan asked 'about 1 or 2 weeks, because of the lack of food and water we got there' I told him 'how long were we gone?' i asked 'about a month' Virgil said. 'you got lucky' the other guy said 'i'm going to check on morgan' Virgil said 'i'm coming with you' and with that Virgil and the other guy left my room 'that was strange' logan muttered 'what are you talking about?' I asked him 'the officer said you got lucky, but why unless he knows something we don't' logan said 'yeah, maybe'