Hostage

Chapter 14

I saw Jackilen get up from laying on the couch, and I ran right up to her.

She opened her arms up widely, and I fell into both of them. She embraced me to the last second. My tears just kept flowing as I thought of the other stuff I thought was possible that would've happened to Jackilen.

I wiped my tears, and looked at Latina and Chuck.

"Thank you! So much!," I said with gratefulness in my voice.

They both nodded their heads, and didn't say anything. Of course, I didn't really want them to, because then they would've ruined my moment.

"We got to get going!," said Kevin.

"Oh my god! I alsmot totally forgot that we were on the look for your brother! Let's go! Quickly," says Jackilen.

"Wait!" Yells katina.

All three of us stopped and looked back at Katina and Chuck. We were all waiting for both of them to say something until Kevin spoke up.

"Well? Come on! Say it! Spit it out!" He yells at them.

"We want to go with you!" Says Chuck.
Jackilen looked at Kevin and Kevin looked at me.

"Why?" I asked them.

"I need to find out what happened to my father and brother!" Says Katina.

I looked at Jackilen, she nodded her head yes, and I went along with it.

I sighed.

"Alright, fine. But while you guys are with us, you need to help us in our way,"I say.

"Alright then, Christo, Melenia, pack your bags and let's go!" Yelled Katina.

I looked at her like she was crazy, which she was. Little kids shouldn't come along, I can't risk losing another dearest one, especially a munchkin.

"Um, I don't think we should do that!" I told her while waving my hands in the air to tell her to stop.

"Easy! It'll be okay," she says.

Sure, it's okay. Until we lose someone. I'm only saying this, if one dies, we all go down with them.

I sighed once again and shook my head. My gut had a sharp painful feeling, telling me I'm going to regret this later . And yes, I follow what my gut tells me.

As the kids got ready, Katina started to pack her things as well. My heart couldn't stop beating rapidly. I grabbed my stuff and headed outside and waited for the others. I stopped once I reached the minivan. My head was full of stuff I shouldn't even be thinking right now.

I shook it, and slapped some sense into myself. Kevin walked out of the house to see me crying while standing up by the minivan outside. He slowly took small steps, and waked towards me. He wrapped his arms around my waist as I blushed while tears were coming out.

He whispered,"we will find him,"

And those were the only words I needed to hear by now. I wiped my face from the salty tears that were coming out. He grabbed my hand and turned my whole body towards him. His face was getting closer once again. I knew what was gonna happen, I just wanted it to happen.
Suddenly, the kids stood by watching our 'moment', so I pushed him a bit and he waved at them. Melenia smiled and as always, Christo stayed looking emotionless, but I still loved him.
The others came outside and started to load the minivan with the belongings that they were going to carry with them. I went up to the kids and picked Christo up from his feet, and hugged him. His small body, he smelled of shampoo. We all got in the minivan after everyone was done loading it, and hit the road.

The kids were moving about as there was no space in the back of the minivan with Kevin, Jackilen, them two, and me.
"What was that place you said you needed to head to?" Asked Chuck.

As I put Christo on my lap, and Melenia scooted beside me, I answered chuck's question.

"Bangiler paper factory," I said to him. He nodded his head.

"Well then, off we go!" He says with a peice of beef jerky in his mouth.

I feel like, I might get my brother back sooner than I expected.

Traffic hour is never a good thing. As we were about to cross a street near a bakery, a truck full of food nearly killed us all. My head was spinning in circles, because Chuck is a fast driver. Jackilen was starting to feel nauseous on the way to the factory, and Melenia had to use the bathroom. My stress level was going higher than it usually does.

As Chuck halted to a stop sign, in the corner of my eye, I saw a brick building that looked old, rusty, and worn out. Next to it, there was a building that looked the same, but a bit cleaner. The words read, Bangiler Paper Co. So my assumption was, the rusty old worn out building was the factory. Which it was.

"There!" I pointed out at the building.
Chuck pulled into the alley that was right next to it, and turned the minivan off.
"Okay, here's the plan, Katina and Jackilen, you two will look for any kids that are in the building. Chuck, you monitor the outside of both buildings, Kevin and I will look for the guy who started this shit!" I said to all of them.
"Got it?"

They all nodded.
"Good, then let's move out!", I yelled out. Katina opened her door and got out, Jackilen did the same thing as well. They ran into the first building, and disappeared in an instant with weapons in their hands.
"Chuck, remember your role my good friend," I said to him while patting his right shoulder. He nodded his head yes.

"Kevin, let's go," I said while swishing my hand in the air.

"Wait!"
I looked back, Melenia grabbed hold of my shirt, she wasn't going to let go.

"Please you guys, stay here! I can't risk you guys getting injured real badly," I said.
Melenia let go, and said," please don't get hurt," while crying. I hugged her one last time.

"I won't," I said. Kevin and I got out of the minivan, and headed towards the second building. I looked at Chuck, and yelled out, "please take good care of them!"
"I will!" He yelled back.
As I ran towards the building, I looked back once more, and saw a terrible scene.

"No!" Screamed Melenia as I ran towards the building, her tears were streaming down her face, as she held out her right arm in front of her, signaling she wanted me to come back.

But I couldn't. I need to help my brother and the others. I shedded more tears, this might be my chance to save him. Please God, just this once, let everything be okay. Bring your angels down with us, and send the devil away!

Because right now, he is laughing in hell.