A.L.E.N - Between Shadows (Chapter 2)

Act 14

Liam took advantage of the fact that his workday had come to an end by going outside. "Wait, how did you have my number, Aiden?"

The situation perplexed Liam, and Aiden also explained it to him, and he tried to find a way out. "I took the phone from that guy," and Liam said, "Wait, you took the phone away from the kidnapper." Aiden said yes.

Liam was taken aback by the man he was thinking of, so Liam asked Aiden to conform, "How does he look like...?" and Aiden tried to remember, "The man was tall but not too tall; he is strong even though he doesn't seem so; he is overdressed with dark and dirty clothes like boots, a winter coat, and an old pair of jeans; and he also wears a cap; I couldn't see his face because he was so well covered," Aiden responded.

Liam appears perplexed and asks, "Aiden, where are you again? Aiden?" But Liam could barely hear Aiden speak as he began to talk to himself in panic and fear, "I don't know... Please, you have to assist me. I don't want to die like this... I'm too young to die like this."

As Liam continues to ask, "Hello, Aiden... Where are you?" but he realizes that Aiden can't hear him any longer, and Aiden eventually finds his way out and escapes, having also noticed that his phone's battery was running low. "Damnit. Sir, can you hear me?"

However, there was no response, and the connection was lost. "Aiden?" asks Liam as well. "Hey, Aiden, can you hear me?"

Liam was contemplative and perplexed about the situation as he hung up the phone.

Meanwhile, a few minutes later, at the Wal'Diner and Coffee, in the meantime, the man in the cap was sitting on a bench, checking Julie's phone as he attempted to track down someone by going through a few numbers, but it wasn't easy because he began to feel apprehensive about it, and his leg began to shake, making the chair's metal deep resonant sound with each step that he made with the use of the heavy boot, that it began to annoy the customers.

Until a beauty waitress with brown gently curly hair with green eyes, pale skin with smooth makeup, and red lipstick on her lips asked, whispering very friendly and politely to the man, "Excuse me, sir?" The man slowly looked at her as she said, "I don't want to be rude or something; would you make less noise, please, for the customers? It is kind of a bother. If you don't mind?" and the man slowly stops, and the waitress thanks him. "Thank you for understanding; I appreciate it," she smiles.

The man with the black cap looks at her and notices her name tag on her coat saying, "Hannah," making him a bit apprehensive about her.

The waitress, now known as Hannah, looks at him and notices that he appears to be nervous or stressed by his behavior, so she goes to get some water to help him relax, and he wants to pay, but she refuses. "Hey relax, it's on the house," she hands him a glass of water. "I noticed you seem a little stressed out, so maybe a glass of water will help."

He thanks her with a nod; she just smiles and says, "You aren't much of a talker, I can tell." He looks at the phone, but it doesn't bother her. "Hey, it's okay. No worries,"

The man was taken aback by the woman's kindness, and as the waitress takes a close look at him, Hannah notices his eyes despite his cap and says, "Wow, your eyes are beautiful... Are they blue and green? I can hardly tell." That comment got him off guard, but then the waitress.

Until the man, Hannah, and also the customers heard an adolescent boy calling for help outside, which turned out to be Aiden, and the man recognized him and also Hannah as she asked, "Aiden?"

And the man quickly gets up, spills the glass of water, rolls and falls to the ground, and the glass is shaped into a million pieces, making a mess. The waitress says as the man looks at the mess, "Oh, no worries. I'll clean it up," and when the man looked back at the door, Aiden vanished from sight as the man in the cap rushed out the door.