Titanium

Max, Tori, Nathan, Emily

Max-

The girls have been gone offely long. I decided to get up and go look for them.

I walked to the girls bathroom and yelled, but no one answered. I started walking back until I heard sobs coming from the left direction. I followed the sobs.

"Hello?" I questioned, "Anybody there?"

The sobs stopped, "Max! Max is that you!"

"Yes" I replied kneeling down to her and helping her up. "Where's Emily?"

"They-the-they took her!" Tori scremed while bursting into thousands of tears. "who took her?" I asked

"Our ex's!" Tori screamed, "They took her instead of me!"

I froze. Somebody took Emily.

"Your joking." I said not very happy. "i am te-lling the truth!" Tori screamed, "Wh-hy would I be lieing about someone taking my bestfriend!?"

I helped Tori up and brung her into the light seeing her make-up all smeared from crying and nose bleeding. She was also clutching both her ribs.

We walked back to the table and I spoke, almost crying.

"Boys" I began,"Looks like we're making it an early night. I'll explain everything when we get home."

All of the boys looked at me confused, so I said, "Now please."

All of them had gotten up and gathered up their belongings and were out the door inot the cars.

Like always, Tori and Nathan rode with me while the others were in the other. But one thing was missing... Emily was.

"What exactly happened?" I asked.

Tori didn't speak instead she just looked out her window fogging it up with her breath.

"Tori?"

She snapped out of her  ' bubble '.

" We had these boys we dated through ninth grade to eleventh grade. We found out some bad things about them so both me and Emily broke up with them. It wasn't a big deal. We didn't cry over it. Come to think of it the only thing Emily ever did cry about was when her dad could never make it out here for her birthday and that was only for a couple of seconds." She said with a smile from the memory on her face.

" Anyways we've totally forgotten about them. Until we saw them here. Both of us were so scared we  walked into the bathroom and started getting nervous. I asked her if she brought her 45. of course Emily being Emily she forgot it. She also forgot her knife. Luckly I had both of mine. " Tori choked out.

" I remember handing it to her and then both of the boys attacked us. Beating us. Ken my ex he started saying things. Saying I was stupid for trying to run. Emily I remember was telling him to knock it off when Connor teased her about her finally speaking up. I tried running away. But they tripped me and I felt my ribs break and -and they took her. They-they just took her. I could have run after them maybe even call 911."

"But-I-I just sat there on the ground not knowing what to choose and then I guess Fate choose for me. And I still could have gone after her but I- I just sat there. What type of best friend does that. Just sit's there as her friend gets dragged away by rapists." She weaped

When she said the last word I swirved off to the side off the road. I slammed my hands on the wheel several times.

" Max man don't worry..We'll find her man." Nathan said.

But the last word kept running through my brain rapist rapists.

Fuck I'm gonna kill somebody.

-Tori

I told Max what had happend and he looked pissed off defineatly beyond pissed. Slowly I looked back out the window. Soon trees started flying by and I gripped onto the handle of the car. 

Emily doesn't deserve this. She was always the nicest person. Why does fate always have to have one of us get hurt and the other one suffer. Slowly I went over what happend in my head again. I could have gone after them

I could have possibly stopped them, doubtful, but I could have tryed instead of just sit there. This was my fault. We should have just sat there in the booth and asked the boys if we could just go someplace else. Maybe even just go home and order take out. That would have all been much better then having Emily taken.

How could I let this happen.

My phone buzzed. Lifelessly I took it out and looked.

Do you know where Emily is she hasn't been ansewering me

It read. And guess who from.

Her Dad. Fuck

-Nathan-

I looked over at Tori. She had just recieved a text and after reading it she looked panicky. 

" What's wrong." I said leaning over. 

" Her dad just asked me why Emily wasn't picking up here phone and know I just remebered her dad is coming out here at the end of next week. " Tori said panicky then she looked at the brake of crying again so I took a hold of her hand and she squeezed back tight.

" What are we going to do I mean.. we don't even know where she is. For all we know she could be half-way through the state by know. We don't have a lead or anything plus on top of all of that her dad is coming out at the end next week which isn't even 7 days from now." She said all nervous.

Then Victoria looked up at Max with the smallest smile on her face. 

" You are going to be torn to pieces by her dad. He use to be in the Military. He will make you feel like a little kid getting yelled at for a murder. " She said with joy in her voice.

Joy. 

What the hell is wrong with her. Max looked like he was gonna piss his pants right there. But even I was laughing I mean I had to face Tori's mom which attacked me with MY microphone.

Crazy Fuck

-Emily-

My throat was raw from my useless screaming. My cheecks were numb from Connor slapping me over and over again from my useless screaming. 

Tears stained my face. My wrists were raw and were stinging. They tied rope around my wrists and duck tape on my mouh. Both Connor and Ken were sitting up front. They had a sound proof window between us. The dumbfucks didn't realize my father taught me how to get out of this type of stuff. 

I still had Victoria's knife in the waist band of my pants. Slowly I shimmied the knife out. My hands were freed. I kept the duck tape on my mouth to keep them from suspecting anything. Slowly I inched over to the door on the passengers side. On the count of three I thought to myself.

One....

Two...

Oh Fuck let's just get this over with and stop delaying it.

I jerked the door opened and jumped out of the car. We were on a busy highway and I quickly ran towards a city we were near by. The dumb heels were annoying me so I slipped them off. If I picked them up I could get caught again so I ran as fast as I could not caring if my dress rose up. 

I could faintly here the car screech to a stop. I ran even faster and thank god for me being in cheerleading and having to run everywhere. I felt free and felt joy as I got closer and closer to the city. I was going to be freed fom these evil people. 

Yells were coming from behind me. I just kept running. I figured it would be harder for them to catch me If I ran through the forest so I quickly veered off to my lft and into the forest. 

Sticks poked into the bottoms of my feet and branches scratched my face. I didn't care though. I was gonna be free. A small cafe first showed up. Then a Kroger and a Meijer. Joy ran through me like a crazy hurricane. 

I smiled once I got into the parking lot of what looked to be a very busy parking lot of a restaurant. 

Fucking Free at Fucking once