Giving Up

Part 16: Kidnapped

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*Troy's POV*

The street next to the beach was not that crowded but when I looked farther down the beach, I noticed so many other people whom were all gathered around a stage.

"Hey look!" Lauren pointed at a tent which was full of lollipops.And so Emily, Miley and Lauren ran over to the tent and kept staring at the variety of rainbow lollipops.After, They all bought a numerous quantity of the delicious candy with their own money and ran back to us.

We began to walk down the boardwalk and just looked at the many shops and people walking by. The sun was so close to disappearing, to be replaced by the moon. I looked at the boardwalk stores on my right , most of them were shirt and restaurant.

"Are we going next to that huge crowd?" I asked.

"Yes, you're going to be performing." Giggled Emily.

"What?" My jaw dropped.

Added Miley. "Oh, we forgot to tell you. There is a contest happening over there. Who ever wins, gets seven thousand dollars."

"What! Seriously what are you talking about?" I asked once again in a confused way.

"Didn't you understand?" Said Peter. "You're going to get on stage and sing, sing for the audience."

"There is no way I'm doing it. Nuh-uh."

"Yes-uh." Replied Lauren."Troy." She snapped.

"Yes, you stupid."

"Don't make me me slap you." She said as she revealed an evil smile. I gulped. "You had better! ." She threatened.

Lauren is really scary sometimes.Well, all the time.

"You have to do this Troy." Added Miley. "If you want to save Harry then you have to do it, seven thousand dollars is more than enough to pay the lawyer."

"I will, but how am I going to sing when I didn't even register?"

"It's not a big deal, you can go and register over there." She answered as she pointed to a huge line where I should wait for my turn. Looks like everyone wants to win the prize.

"I'm winning." I said as we pumped fists together.

"No I am winning." Someone interrupted us.

"So it's you again?" Jason is on the black list of the people I hate. He is the one person you really hate and want to violate. His face sets an alarm in my body and each time I see him I just want to smash his face with my fists.

"What are you doing here?" Yelled Lauren using the F word.

"I came here to win." He replied putting his fake smile on.

"Trust me, I don't want to laugh Jason." I said through my teeth.

"Since when do you sing?" Asked Lauren. He sang a couple of notes. "Okay shut up! You can freaking sing. You better disappear if you want to survive. She smiled as he walked away.

"I'm having a bad feeling guys." I said as I got shivers all around my body.

"We are all by your side, just go and win that seven thousand dollars prize." Said Peter assuring me.

I walked towards the line and waited for my turn.A few minutes later, I got registered and followed the security guard to the backstage.As we entered, there were at least twenty other contestant, some of them play the guitar, the others are holding instruments, others are warming up, and there was, me, trying not to look stressed because the last time I sang on stage some crazy girl threw a bra on me.And it was awkward.

They started calling us by order and luckily I was the last  to perform. All of the contestant did really well including that stupid bastard. An hour later, they called my name, I went on stage as I managed to take control over my stress because the song I chose was really hard to preform. I mean "The Original High" by Adam Lambert isn't a song anyone can sing, yet I took the risk. I looked down the stage to see Miley, Emily, Lauren and Peter cheering up for me, they even made leaflets and wore those cheering gloves. So I won't betray the faith everyone have put in me,so I must win this. The music started playing and I opened my mouth to blow them. All the way long Lauren was singing out loud, jumping and dancing like crazy, she is just being herself. What's better than being ourselves? The song came to end and all I can see is the crowd screaming so loud. I wasn't sure if the screaming they handled was going to get me close to winning. I got out of the stage, the one that I rocked. Damn I'm really proud of this confidence within me.

"This way please." Requested a member who was wearing a large, that seemed to be larger at the level of his elbows. It was weird, and I was uncertain whether if I should follow him or not but I did it anyway. But when got backstage this time it was different, it was mainly doubtful.

"Excuse me, but this isn't where we should be going, right?"I asked as I felt the pain of the blood rushing rapidly though my veins giving me a feverish sensation and alerting me that some danger is about to happen.

"Oh! no, don't worry, it is this way, we are just reaching the other side where they will be announcing the winner."

Suddenly, I glimpsed the illusion of a heavy object hitting me straightly in the back of my neck and causing me to quickly fall down. As someone in a black hoodie said: "I told you not to mess with me, Troy." Then

"I want him in the car! Make sure no one sees you, otherwise you won't have a single dollar."