Taken

Chapter 49

The water had a chill to it, and I almost inhaled out of shock when I hit the water. I surfaced and treaded water for what felt like a minute before I began swimming towards the other side of the yacht. Sticking close to the side of it so I had some level of light.

"She's in the water!" I heard someone yell, before there was a splash behind me. I swam faster, kicking as hard as I could, anything to put distance between myself and the person who had gone into the water behind me. I was aware that whoever else was up there would be on their way down to the gym area to alert the others, if they weren't aware already.

As I rounded the side I saw it. The side of the yacht was open and the man from the bar was kneeling on the platform. The men stood back and I could barely see them, but I could hear them. I wondered if it was to keep out of the rain.

I reached up and took the knife into my hand. Cracking my jaw slightly before swimming toward the platform.

"Why did he send you? What were you trying to achieve by drugging her?" Nico asked, agitation clear in his voice. He was struggling to keep it contained.

"He wants his daughter back. She's more valuable to him than what she is to you." The man spat. I watched as Nico stepped forward and punched him in the face. The man fell to his side as he laughed up at Nico.

"He's never going to stop. You know that right? He will keep sending people to get her." I swam closer trying to be as quiet as possible. I watched as Nico turned around and walked back into the gym area whispering to Kevin and wiping his face down with a towel.

"It'll get to a point where he'll just instruct us to kill her. That way no one can have her." He laughed. I could hear commotion inside the yacht. People were yelling and I wasn't sure why.

With the men somewhat distracted, I climbed onto the deck, grabbing a fistful of the guys hair and angling his head back as I looked down at him. I could see out my peripheral vision some of the men looking at me, they looked shocked. Kevin quickly turned Nico so he was looking. His face confused.
"Anna?" He said gently, stepping forward slightly. My eyes flicked up to him.

"They'll just keep coming." The man said again, laughing somewhat, pulling my attention back down to him.
"Let them come." I said, prepping to drive the blade through his neck. I hesitated for a second, before the man jolted to the side and rammed his neck into the knife. I felt the hot blood squirt onto my hand. I gasped and let go immediately, only to see another hand come from behind me and  grab the knife and drive it deeper into the man's neck, the person twisted the knife slightly. I felt my eyes go wide with panic and I tried to back away only to bump into the person behind me.

"Anna?!" Nico yelled, everyone looked so confused. I watched as as the person behind me let go of the knife and felt their hands grab me and pull me to the side, away from the man.

I screamed and struggled in his arms and tried to fight to get free.
"Stop fighting! It's me! It's me!" Ford said, grabbing my wrists and holding them up high on my chest. Ford dragged me toward the gym as I kept struggling in his arms. I watched as Erik, Pascal and Alexander moved forward towards the man.

"Anna!" Nico chastised slightly, stepping forward and looking down at me.
"Why did you do that?" He asked, calming himself.
"I was just trying to scare him! I don't know what happened? I... I didn't want you to do it." I said confused staring up into his eyes. I could feel my body shaking, and tears begin to well in my eyes. I'd had no real intention of hurting the man.

I looked to the side at Ford who, like me was dripping wet. Kevin rushed forward and threw a towel over Ford before pulling me out of his arms and wrapping me in the towel. Wiping the blood from my hands.
"Why the fuck did you do that?" Henry demanded angrily accosting us. I backed into Kevin's arms and allowed him to hold me closely.