Lost In A Deadly Paradise

Chapter 14

I let out an uncomfortable groan as I woke up in the dark room again.
I've been here for five days and the only one that will talk to me is Miles.
Riley has tried to talk with me a couple times but Miles had always scared him off.
He wasn't kidding when he said he'd be like my body guard.

The door clicked and slowly opened, a small light streaming into the room.
I turned around thinking it was Miles but when I saw Riley there I turned around and stared at the wall.

"Autumn can you just hear me out?"

"How the hell did you even get in here? Miles is going to rip your head off when he finds out your in here."

"He's asleep, it's not like he'll wake up."

"And if I scream?"

"Then he'd probably wake up but you'd have to be a real bitch to do that."

I raised my eyebrow.
"Well since I am a bitch.."
I screamed.
I told him I'd do it.

Miles came rushing in all of a sudden and as soon as he saw Riley his gaze hardened.
"Did I not tell you to stay the hell away from Autumn?"

"Well yea but-"
Miles cut him off and kicked him out of the room.
He closed the door behind him and turned to me.

"Are you okay? Did he say anything?
Did he rape you?!"

"Oh my god Miles no."

"What? I'm making sure nothing happened just in case I have to go out there and beat him."

"Yea well your not exactly my dad."

"Well if you haven't noticed im close enough. I mean name one guy other than me that your dad gets along with."

"Uhh..yea there's no one else so um point proven."

"Exactly!" He smiled and gave me a thumbs up.

"Your way to happy about this.."

"What it's not like being friends with your dad is weird-" He was cut off by the sound of a gunshot.
We both turned to the door, staring at it silently.
"Stay here Autumn.."
And with that Miles was out of the room.
I heard more gun shots but didn't dare to leave the room.
A minute later Lilac came rushing in, blood on her clothes.

She came up to me and slapped me across the face, making me stumble back in surprise.
She then grabbed my hands and hand cuffed them to a small metal pole which was bent like a loop into the wall.
Lilac left afterwards hearing more gunshots and some screams.

I thought I heard a familiar voice but thought it was just my mind playing tricks on me instead. All of a sudden I heard loud bangs that weren't gunshots.
I jumped back as the door bashed open and slammed into the wall.
It was pretty dark to see who it was but as soon as I saw the green eyes I knew it was Wesley.
I fought back a wave of relief and tears as he ran towards me, noticing that I was in the back of the room.

He basically crashed into me, pulling me into a hug. I hugged back with the one arm I had free, I let a couple tears fall as he pulled back to look at me.

"Please don't tell me they did anything to you.."

"No they didn't Wes, is everyone else here? How'd you find me?"

"It's just Chase, Tucker and I here, Rose stayed back with Brianna...we followed the way the car took when they got you."

He put his hands on my shoulders and looked me up and down.
His grip on my shoulders tightened as he saw the bruises and cuts I had from the fight I was in.
He looked at me again and lifted a hand to my cheek, the one that Lilac slapped before she handcuffed me.
I flinched away as a small amount of pain shot through me.

"They did hurt you didn't they?"

I shook my head. "I got into a fight with Lilac..I'll tell you when we get back to the range."
He nodded and glanced back at the door as another gunshot rang through the air.
He turned to my handcuffs and took out a pin, then started to work on the lock.
I guessed the pin came from Brianna's hair.
As soon as I heard the click and my other hand was free, it was my turn to the tackle Wesley into a hug.

We sat there for a moment and then pulled apart. "Alright let's go."

We ran out of the room to see blood almost everywhere.
Lilac was shot in the leg and Ashley wasn't moving.
Ms.Torres was no where to be seen.

I turned around to see Lilac lift her gun and shoot.
My eyes widened in despair as I saw what I thought was Chase hit the ground, blood pooling from his head.
But it wasn't Chase, it was Miles.
I stared In horror and ran up to his lifeless body. I bent down and checked his pulse but I almost screamed when I didn't find one.

My knees buckled beneath me as I fell onto the floor next to him.
I wanted to burst into tears as my heart practically broke.
He was the only one that was my friend the time I was held hostage and now he was gone.
I'd never see my friend again.

Before I knew it Wesley picked me up off the floor and he followed Chase and Tucker out of the warehouse we had been in.
I was put in the back of the truck with Wes and Chase sat in the front with Tucker.

As we drove away Chase glanced at me in the rear view mirror. I looked at him but he looked away once he saw the pain in my face. I turned back to the window and didn't say anything for the rest of the ride, no one did.

As I stared out the window I wondered if Ms.Torres was even alive still.
My body stiffened when I realized Riley wasn't in the room either.
Wesley put his hand on my shoulder as he felt me tense up. He looked at me with a questioning look and concern filled his eyes.
I gave him an extremely weak smile and turned back to the window.

By the time we got back to the shooting range it was dark.
I went straight outside to the back porch. Not wanting to really talk to anyone.
Rosanna and Bri were asleep already so it's not like I could talk to them anyway.

I sat there staring up at the sky when I heard the back door open and Chase sat down next to me.
"Want to talk about it..?"
I sighed and nodded, turning to face him.

"The guy that shot me was Riley Winston," I started watching Chase tense at the name. "They locked me up in the room Wesley found me in for the five days I was gone..the only one that showed me any attention and kindness was Miles."

"Miles Jackson?"

"Yes..He was the one that was shot in the head today.."
Chase put an arm around my shoulder knowing how I felt.
Miles and Chase hung out alot in school when Riley and him got into a fight. They mainly hung out in the principals office.
"You remember when Riley and I used to date right?"
Chase nodded tensing even further so I just continued.

"Well I found out that he cheated on me with Lilac..we got into a huge argument and than Miles found out I was there and started yelling at Riley. Lilac and I got into a fight and she landed some pretty good hits on me," I gestured to the cut under my swelling eye,my red cheek, and the bruises on my stomach.
"Miles had to hold me back after a while when it got to serious...he promised to be like my body guard."

I groaned and hid my face in my hands. "I can't believe he's gone after all the times he protected me and the one time I couldn't do anything back."
Chase rubbed my shoulder trying to comfort me.
I sighed and shook my head. Then I remembered something

"Hey did you see Riley or an old lady ever leave the warehouse when you guys came in?"

"No actually I didn't see Riley, or an old lady."

"Well they were there a moment ago, well at least Riley was, and then they weren't there."

He shrugged trying to think of when they could have left.
I looked back at the night sky.
All I could think about was how much Miles had done for me and I never got to thank him for being my friend.
Not to mention, I was still covered in his blood.