CHERUB, the next-gen.

Chapter 16: Lucy's POV

It seemed like it was 11:00 AM as I walked out into the sunlight and met up with Reid. I couldn't help noticing a largish bulge under his shirt and tried to poke it. We walked to the bus stop and took it to their street. When we arrived at the house he signalled to go around the back and I felt like a lumberjack stepping on everything compared to him as we crept around the house. Suddenly Reid put his hand up to stop me but I couldn't hide a small gasp. Pam was swearing and struggling to get her feet undone while hanging upside down in front of the back door. I started moving forward past Reid "what should we do?" He pulled me back and hissed "it could be a trap", "oh, right" I said dumbly. "Wait here" he said then without waiting for an answer he inches against the wall towards her. As I was watching his progress something caught my eye, just a sudden movement, a flutter of curtains but enough to get me panicked. Without thinking I sprint out, ignore Reid's shocked expression and his hand trying to reach out and grab me, flip out my trusty pocket knife and jump onto a bench that's beside Pam. "Lucy! I-" I cut her off, "stop squirming for god's sake" and start to hack at the rope that's holding her upside down. "Lucy what are you thinking! You shouldn't have done that!" Reid jumped up beside me. "Shut up and help me before she falls on her face" I said while finishing off the rope. Just as Reid caught her, a large bang sounded from the house which made him yell "RUN!!" We all took off in a dead sprint around the house and down the blocks until we arrived in a very sketchy neighbourhood. 

Halfway in, we stopped running and I panted "Reid, jesus, where are we going?" I glared at him. Of course he's way fitter than us because it looked like he just finished a light jog. Pam also looked fine but I was completely dead. Maybe I should have let Joe help me instead of running off and eating all the time. "Somewhere safe" he said and motioned to us to follow him to the front of an abandoned building. Pam and I looked at each other, shrugged and walked after him. "What now?" Pam asked when we arrived. Before answering, Reid eyes subtly flicked over our heads, I caught him but as I was about to turn around, a black bag went over Pam's head and someone with a mask grabbed her to keep her from moving. I stumbled away from her in shock and looked at Reid. "Oh my god Reid they f-" I stopped short, he was looking at me with a sympathetic expression while pulling something out of his pocket.. a, syringe..? "what the hell is this?" I whispered as my eyebrows drew in and betrayal seeped into my voice. While Reid stepped forward without answering, I stepped back, but instead of air I bumped into another person (of course I noticed their damn thick abs through the shirt) and the guy, I'm assuming, held my arms back so I couldn't move. "It's for your own good," Reid said when he reached me. As he gently pulled the hair off my neck creating goosebumps, Pam screamed, which made me panic and headbutt both Reid and the guy holding me. The guy swore and yelled "I just got my nose fixed!" (yep, it's a guy) and released me enough so I could get away... but not for very long. Before I got a chance to run, Reid tackles me to the ground, growls "sorry" in my ear and jams the syringe into my neck. Almost right away my vision gets blurry but I could hear him all the same as he gets off of me. "I hope to see you soon". I slowly flip myself over and hear the guy that was holding me say in a now nasally but angry voice, "I'm gonna get that bitch back". I look over to my right and I spot Pam lying unmoving on the ground with a nasty cut on her leg. I say her name not knowing if anyone even heard me and tried to crawl towards her, but then everything went dark.