Still Alive - Adam Stanheight

Chapter 15

*TW* Slight G*re

Liliana White is walking to her car while on the phone, just coming out of her yoga class. She is wearing a sports tank top and leggings, sweat stains visible from everywhere.

Adam and Lawrence are hidden behind the building, waiting for the perfect opportunity to get her. Lawrence had taken her car keys from her purse outside while she was in the class, meaning she would go back inside to retrieve them, giving Adam and Lawrence the chance to get her while no one is looking.

"Yes, I'll get that deposit to you tonight," Liliana speaks into the phone. She fumbles with the objects inside her bag to retrieve her car keys, but she then realises. "Shit, I left my keys inside. I'll call you back in a minute."

She hangs up the phone and begins to make her way back inside the empty building. Lawrence peaks behind the wall, making sure that they are all clear. He then turns to Adam, who is visibly pale with nerves. "Alright Adam, we do this just as we rehearsed."

Adam gulps nervously as he nods. He had studied the trap Amanda had made earlier, given the details to Brielle and then set up an escape route for this woman behind John, Lawrence and Amanda's backs before this. Still, he was worried that this plan wouldn't work and he hated the idea of having to kidnap her, especially since he remembers that terrifying feeling all too well.

"Ready when you are, man," he then tells Lawrence, gathering all the courage he has. He pulls the pig-mask over his head along with Lawrence.

As Liliana searches the building for her keys, Adam and Lawrence slam the doors shut behind her before disappearing from view. The woman gets a massive fright. She jolts around to see nobody there. She is sure that was a human who did it, as there is it not a windy night.

"Who's there?!" she yells, making her way towards the door. "Are you the fucker who stole my keys?" She opens the door and makes her way outside, her arms out wide in defence. "Come on! I don't do this shit for no reason. I can easily get you!"

In an instance Adam grabs her from behind, closing her mouth shut. Lawrence then appears in front of her. As she tries to squirm free, Lawrence punches her right in the face, knocking her out. He then sprays her with a drug that will ensure that she doesn't wake up anytime soon. "You can let her go," Lawrence then says. Adam carefully drops her to the floor and pulls off his mask. His breaths are heaving quickly, due to the realisation of what he just did. "Fuck me," he hollers as he sees the state of this poor woman.

Lawrence pulls off his own mask, completely unfazed unlike Adam. "John won't be able to keep the cameras off for too much longer. We better go now. Can you help me carry her?"

Adam nods as he lifts the woman by her feet as Lawrence takes the upper half of her body. Adam's grip loosens many times, due to the fact that he's shocked and also extremely weak carrying this woman who is heavier than she looks.

Lawrence scowls. "Come on, Adam. You can do better than that. I'm missing a foot for Christ's sake!"

"But you did that to yourself. If you hadn't shot me in the shoulder then maybe my muscles wouldn't be fucked," Adam retaliates back, even though his shoulder has healed immensely.

Lawrence shakes his head dismissively. "Just try harder."

Eventually, the two get the woman into their trunk and are able to get away in good time. As they drive back to the headquarters, Lawrence turns on the radio and some random country-rock song is playing. Lawrence begins to hum and quietly sing along to the song, tapping his attached foot to the beat. Adam looks at him, distraught. "What the fuck? You wanna do carpool karaoke after what we just did?"