We'll Stay Gold Forever (Nathan Sykes fanfic)

Mad Man

**Hannah's POV**

"Don't utter a word!" A cold, hard, gruff and unfamiliar voice hissed in my ear. It was a voice I didn't recognise and I could tell from that and from  his figure that my captor was male. I watched, trapped in the stranger's strong arms, as Nathan walked in through the front door, calling out my name cheerfully. And then again, this time more confused and worried when I failed to answer. Despite my best efforts to keep it it, I let out a small sob of fear.

"Shh!" They spat again, and terror raced through my heart like a lightning bolt when I felt the long, sharp, cool blade of a knife pressed up against my neck, teasing.

I watched silently, paralysed by fear, as Nathan walked blindly towards us, unaware of the current situation and danger.

"Come on, move!" They whispered, their words cruel and emotionless, with a vice-like grip on my wrist and the other still holding onto the knife, the person directed me towards the back door and then roughly shoved me out into the cool, dark night. Losing my balance I toppled over and landed on my right ankle awkwardly, spraining it. I saw this as my chance to get away and got up with a struggle, only to find the man towering over me, a sneer on his face. I looked at him properly for the first time, and my heart stopped as underneath a black balaclava, I saw those unmistakeable blue eyes peering down at me. But this wasn't Rory, or Nicole - this was someone else and I knew in an instant that things had become a whole lot more dangerous. Before I could make sense of anything else, panic took over me and I let out a scream and tried to run away, but I was stopped and a quick blow to the head from the man's fist shut me up and knocked me to the ground.

Dazed, I was aware of my arms being brought together behind my back, and then rough, coarse rope binding them together. As I was clumsily brought to my feet, the back door opened and the light from the hallway flooded out into the night, causing shadows to loom in the corners of my eyes. I looked up, and saw Nathan standing in the doorway. I hadn't cried yet, but seeing Nathan standing there brought tears to my eyes and letting out a sob, I broke down in a flood of tears.

"HEY!" I heard him shout, trying to sound confident, but I could hear the shake of fear in it. "Let her go now! Get away from her!" Nathan jumped down from the steps and began to run towards us. He stopped dead in his tracks and his deep green eyes widened in fright as he saw the knife pressed to my throat.

"That's right," the man said, almost snarling, "you stay right where you are. One more step towards us and your little girlfriend is as good as dead. Now listen to me, as I'm only going to say this once. I want you to go back into your house, sit down and pretend that none of this has happened. You will not call the police and you most certainly won't follow us. Because I'll know. And if you do, well, I think you can guess what will happen..." He said, in a taunting, deadly whisper, slowly and carefully dragging the knife across my neck, teasing Nathan. letting him know how dangerous he really was and what he could be capapble of. Nathan's eyes clouded with anger, but he didn't move.

"Right then, come on," the man spoke to me gruffly, dragging me away into the night, leaving Nathan further and further behind. But then suddenly, I heard his voice cry out,

"NO!" I was spun around by my captor as he turned to see what was happening. Nathan was sprinting towards us at full pelt. I saw the man's eyes harden and tried to call out to Nathan to warn him that he might get hurt,  but before I could utter a word, a sharp, searing pain jabbed at my side. I heard Nathan let out a scream, and as a wave of dizziness overcame me, I looked down, and saw a big gaping hole in my side, and it was bleeding heavily. Confused, I glanced to the side, and saw in the man's right hand, what was once a clean blade, now covered in dark, red blood. Before I passed out in pain, I could hear soft, sad and terrified sobs coming from Nathan.