Where Is My Mind? •brance

your head will collapse

(hihi it is author, i jus wanted to say i have
absolutely no clue how baseball works so
bare with me here..!)

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it was the last inning, bruces team was close to winning. he just needed to hit the ball and get a home run. bruce had just gotten his first strike. the pitcher, finney blake, threw again, but bruce missed again. another strike. his last throw, bruce managed to hit it. he began to run to first, watching as the ball flew out of the field. he had just won his team the game! bruce ran over to his teammates, cheering on their victory.

when it came to giving the other team the high fives, bruce stopped finney. "your arm is mint finney, you almost had me!" he told finney.
"yeah, thanks bruce!"

after the game, before bruce was getting ready to head back to his car, he was stopped by vance.

"vance? i didn't know you were here" bruce told him.
"oh, yeah its whatever, just came to watch. anyways, do you wanna come by the grab n' go with me?"
"really? sure bro! i just gotta go home and shower, i will be there in possibly a half hour" bruce said happily.

"alright, i will meet you there bruce." vance nodded, walking away, leaving bruce stood there, smiling like an idiot, his cheeks being slightly flushed too. bruce. he still cant get over it. it's practically impossible for bruce not to swoon over that.

wait, what? im getting too ahead of myself. i do not like vance hopper. bruce said, his smile quickly turning into a frown. bruce shook his head as he made his way to his parents car.

"great game bruce! we are so proud of you, you did amazing!" his mother told him. even if they didn't like vance, they were still very kind to bruce.
"thanks mom" bruce said. usually he would be cheering along with them, talking about his best plays in the game, but this time he just had too much to think about.

when bruce was home, he ran straight up to his room to shower and change his clothes. it only took around 20 minutes, so he still had 10 to get to the grab n' go.
"hey mom, is it all right if i go out for a bike ride?" bruce asked.
"of course! don't be out too long, and be safe!"
"i will, love you mom!" bruce said as he slipped on his shoes and left the house. he rode along down the street, once again waving to the girls that giggled when he passed. he heard a boom from behind him, seeing it was finney shooting up a rocket again, probably with robin. the smile on bruce's face was wide, many things were making him happy in this moment. but his expression was quick to turn into confused when a van pulled up in front of him. a man dressed up as 1970's magician stepped out of the van.

"hello! hello hi, i am new in town, could you help me find where the- oh man. i forgot the name. i- i believe i have a map in the trunk, would you care to help?" the mysterious man said.
"yeah, sure i'll help." bruce got off his bike and dropped it down on the street. bruce made his way towards the trunk.
"are those.. black balloons inside there?" bruce asked. he was getting a little suspicious of the situation.

"yeah.. wanna see?" the man asked him.
"no i.. i think i should get going" before bruce could walk away, the man opened the trunk, grabbing the balloons and then grabbing bruce. he tried to scream out for help, but the man started spraying an unfamiliar substance into bruce's mouth, causing him to pass out.

the next time bruce opened his eye, he saw himself laying on a strange bed, in an unfamiliar place. he sat up, seeing a man in the doorway who had a mask on.

"w-who are you? what do you want?" bruce yelled out.

"i know your scared. im not going to hurt you." the man said in a low voice, inching closer to bruce.
"if you didn't want to hurt me, why did you kidnap me!?" bruce continued to question him.

the man just looked at him, then left.
fuck. fuck fuck fuck fuck. what do i do? how do i get out? am i going to die in here? bruce began to think way too much. and- shit, vance! vance is going to that bruce had ghosted him. bruce started looking around the room, looking for any way to get out, lucking spotting a window. bruce backed up, and ran up to the wall, jumping and reaching his hands out to grab the wall. he managed to grab ahold, but he was weak from whatever the grabber had put in his mouth. bruce fell down from the ledge, groaning at the hurt in his body. bruce got back up, seeing a small hallway leading to another room. bruce immediately got up and went to go investigate.

bruce pulled down the light switch, which revealed a room with 3 stacked carpets and a toilet. bruce left the room, deciding it was useless. what would vance do in this situation? bruce asked himself. vance would fight. to get out of this place, bruce needed to fight. but what was he supposed to fight with? perhaps the black telephone of the wall would work. but it was just practically hollow on the inside. it wouldn't do much damage. what else was there to use? it had already turned to night time. he wasn't even sure how long he was passed out for, or how long he then spent huddled up in a corner crying, but it felt like an eternity.

meanwhile, vance had heard of bruce's kidnapping. that must be why he didn't show. as soon as vance got his hands on that fucker, he would snap every bone in that horrid persons body.

a week later, there was still no sign of bruce, and no new leads. the only thing being there were black balloons at the place hd must've been kidnapped. just a block away from the grab n' go. if vance had just picked him up from his house, none of this wouldn't even have happened. he doesn't even know if bruce has been.. killed, yet.

another week had passed. two weeks since bruce had gone missing. vance still goes out every night looking for any sign of bruce. still absolutely nothing. vance spends every night stressing whether or not bruce is still alive, or if he's been killed and the kidnapped would be hunting out a new victim.

another full week. bruce is still gone. the police had already gone house to house looking for him. they had apparently gotten word that a girl named Gwen something had a dream about bruce's kidnapping. wait. if Gwen knew something about bruce's disappearance, then maybe it could help vance figured out where he is.

and that is how vance found himself pounding on the door of finney blakes house. don't ask how he found out his address.
"vance..? what are you doing here? i didn't even do anything" finney said once he opened the door.
"i need to talk to your sister, she home?" vance asked, looking around his house frantically.
"she is but-" finney started to speak before vance shoved him out of the way and began searching the house for Gwen.

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hihi it is meeee the authorrrr anwywho so sorry i just got him kidnapped but like it kinda was the whole ooint of the movie and im tryna have some similarities here... dont worry hes not gonna dieeee

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