Within A Stardust

Chapter 42 - Caught

"So that's what you think my best is? Even you got mad with the result." I said. He didn't reply and head back upstairs.

"Son of a bitch!" He cuss and run at something after climbing. "Wait where's y/n?!" I ask out of panic.

"Saf? Hey... Saf? Saf, wake up." He was shaking her.

Y/n is gone with chains on and Nile is missing too. "You better put her in the sofa and check for any injuries." I said. "I'm just gonna go outside."

"No! Wait!" He called out. "Stay here, we'll go together. I don't want any of us to be in another danger." I nod.

After checking, he stands up. "We're fucked up.. Nile isn't Nile. It's an impostor." He said while scratching his head. "They probably have a good lead and knew we were heading here."

"How about we check outside? Let's just hope none of them are here to kill you." He nods and we head towards the door.

. . . . .

We tried to contact Nile but he wasn't answering our call. Stan's assumption is that he might be at work, somebody stole the phone, while mine is that he's probably in danger too.

At this point, we don't know what to do, where to get help and where should we go. We have so many problems in our hands.

"Nile mentioned that before, he said that he almost got one of those kidnappers, but somebody in the team was an impostor and knocked him out during an operation.. which is why it is a dead end for him that time if I didn't call for a new update." I said while we were waiting for Saf to wake up.

Stan is laying on one of the chair his hands gripping his hair, thinking.

Silence passes the theater for a minute or two, then he sits and put his hands down. "How about we check the station where Nile is, just to confirm?" He asks.

"What about Saf?"

"We'll take her and just decide on other things on the way." He said.

He gave me his car key and pick up Saf, I lead the way to the garage.

. . . . .

"You stay here with Saf, I'll go inside." He turns off the engine. "How can I know it is you when you come back?"

"Punch me, if I swear or stop you before you even do it, it's me." He said. "Ok, be careful." Stan opens the door and walk inside the police station, wary.

I open the window a bit where Saf is near, grab a notebook scattered at the back and used it as a fan to her. Few minutes of looking around, making sure we are safe, I feel Saf move. "Hey." She opens her eyes and was confused she was in a car. "What.. what happened? Ow." She said and touch the back of her head.

"Stan saw you laying on the floor. And y/n is gone when we got back up. Nile is missing too." I said as I glance into the police's stations entrance. "Do you remember anything?" She shakes her head no. "I'll tell you when I recall one. I can't right now, my head hurts. What are we doing here by the way?"

"While we were waiting for you to wake up. We've come to a conclusion that either Nile is in danger or he's in there, safe and sound." I point to the police station. "The Nile we are with earlier is an impostor and he took y/n, knocked you out while we were busy checking the results at the lab."

"What a day to be knocked out. I just hope we got the rest we deserve after all this. Shit's too messed up, I can't keep up." She sighs and touch the back of her head again.

I glance at the station and saw Stan coming back. "Wait here." I said and got out of the car. As much as I am nervous I have to make sure this is him. "So-" I punched him.

And that fucking hurts without a glove.

"What was that for?" He asks, holding his mouth.

Oh shit, this isn't Stan.

I run towards the car. "Saf! Lock the doors!" I shouted repeatedly. At first she don't understand, but when she saw what was going on behind me, she heard me and do as I say.

The impostor Stan was able to grab my hair and pull me backwards. He grabs me by the waist, I strike him with my elbow repeatedly. "Let me go! Argh! You fucking bitch! Where's y/n?!" He didn't respond, kept walking to the other side of the parking area.

I look around and in the entrance, I saw Stan and Nile walking towards the car. "Sta n! Stan! Help me!" I shouted.

After seeing me being carried, he run as fast as he could,  Nile behind him. This impostor is now running too. I continue to try to escape his grasp.

There were police who heard and saw, and is now after us too.

We got to the car and he was struggling to open the door because I was hitting him in the head. He puts me down still maintaining that grip...

Then he punch me in the stomach.

All of my energy instantly changes to pain and it was so hard to move. I ended up laying inside the car.

"Nile! Grab him!"

I can hear grunts and people struggling outside.

"Put him in the cell. That asshole almost got the person i'm helping. We'll interrogate him later." Nile shouted.

"Lizzie?" Stan asks, then the door opens. "Are you alright? What happened? Reach my hand."

I reach for his hand and as I sit. "Wait. God it hurts." I said as I lean, groaning. He is just looking at me. "Your twin punched me." I was out of breath. "Shut up. Oh there you are. Can you carry her?"

Nile comes in. "What? Why? What happened?" He didn't wait for an answer and pick me up as he ask. "That dumbass punched her in the stomach. Should we go back for now? What about the interrogation?"

"We'll proceed with the interrogation first because I know you will be mad if I said you get some rest." He said, I huff.