When the Clock Strikes Midnight

2:35 p.m

A/N: We are at almost 100 pages with this story! Thank you for whoever is reading this!

"Peach? Peach, please wake up." I slowly open my eyes, looking around. All of the memories suddenly rush back into my brain and my eyes water. I sit up, wincing in pain. I see Jack sitting there, watching me carefully.

"He brought down some food a little while ago. I made sure that he didn't wake you up." I start studying Jack a bit more and see that he looks exhausted, and is breathing heavily. I scoot over to him, grabbing his hand. He looks down, tears starting to cloud his vision.

"What happened Jack? What happened while I was asleep?" He looks back up at me, tears starting to spill from his eyes.

"Well, it's like I said. When he came down here I wouldn't let him wake you up. He got mad. He came at me and I gently laid you down before grabbing me. He chained me to the chair and brought out the voltage charger. He put a cloth in my mouth so that you wouldn't wake up from my screams and he shocked me. 15 times. I wasn't even able to walk afterwards. But I need to take care of you." I gasp, covering my hand with my mouth and feeling the tears roll down my face. I quickly lunge at him, wrapping my arms around him in a hug even though both of us wince. I squeeze him tightly and he squeezes me tightly back. I know that doing this hurts both of us, but we can't seem to let go of each other. Finally after a couple of minutes my stomach rumbles and he pulls back. I wipe my eyes, the tears making them blurry. I see him do the same then he pushes a paper plate towards me. It has a ham and cheese sandwich on it along with some lay chips. I instantly grab the sandwich and start gobbling it down. Jack leans against the wall and closes his eyes. I finish the sandwich and scoot towards him, tapping him on the shoulder. He flinches but opens his eyes, relaxing when he sees it's only me. I offer him some of the chips on my plate and he accepts. We sit there eating chips together, both of us leaning against the wall and in our own worlds. Suddenly I hear the door open and I tense, dropping a chip back onto the plate. I feel Jack tense beside me as I look over. I see Micheal standing there, a malicious look on his face. He comes over and sits beside us, grabbing a chip from my plate. Both Jack and I retreat our hands quickly, not wanting to be anywhere near him. He chuckles, eating the chip. He dusts his hands together and stands up. He grabs my hand, pulling me to my feet. I stand up, stumbling into him. He twirls me quickly and dips me. I gasp out in pain, feeling the wounds in my back reopen. He chuckles, kissing me before twirling me back up. As soon as he lets me go I quickly fall back against the wall, sliding to the floor. He chuckles, sitting on the floor again.

"So, I'm not done with you guys. All of you. I want to finish what we started. All of you will be dying. So over the next couple of days we are gonna be going on some trips. Today, I am going to be bringing Peach with me. We are gonna go and grab one of the kids and bring them back here. Jack, you will stay here. I will leave some food down here for you. Now Peach. I brought you a change of clothes. Because yours are looking a little bloody." He laughs and I feel a tear roll down my face.

"I'll bring them down then you will get changed. Then we will head out. I will be picking who I bring back. But just remember Peach. If you try anything, Jack will get hurt. You see, I happen to have a shock collar. I will shock him to death if you even think about trying anything. Do you understand?" I nod quickly, trying my best to ignore the pain it spreads down my body.

"Good. I will grab the clothes now. May as well say your goodbyes real quick." He chuckles, grabbing another chip and walking out. I turn to Jack, tears glistening in my eyes. He quickly wraps me into a hug, rubbing my back gently and murmuring things into my ear. Suddenly I hear the door open again and I turn. Micheal walks down with some clothes and something black. He tosses the clothes at me then grabs Jack, pulling him up. Jack still doesn't have the energy to fight back, so he lets Micheal drag him over to the chair. Micheal tosses him into the chair and chains him up. He wraps the black thing around his neck and that's when I realize that it's the shock collar. Jack just slumps against the chair, barely able to open his eyes. Micheal pulls a remote out of his pocket, turning towards me.