Dead But Alive

Chapter 5: can things get any worse

POV: Erin

I walked back to my room trying to hold in tears. It was my fault he was crying. He thinks it was his. I opened my door to my room and almost screamed at the sight. I would have but a hand had covered my mouth. Sitting on my bed was the girl. The girl I had seen all around the house. It was real. All of it. Only seconds later did I have a bandanna covering my eyes. I could feel myself being dragged out of the bedroom window.
"Lex, stay here and make sure the brothers don't suspect anything." A man said. Lex must be the girl.
I tried to put up a fight but I was soon hanging off of someone's holder. This can't be happening. I tried to scream but they had put a rag around my mouth.
"Ace!" I managed to yell. But it was muffled there is no way he would have heard me. I continued to struggle but whoever was holding me was stronger. I remembered the pocket knife in my back pocket. I tried to grab it but it was just out of my reach. I felt myself being thrown into a trunk. It smelled awful. Like rotting meat. Wait, please don't tell me there is actually meat in here. I tried to scream again but it was once again muffled. I felt something hard and cold against my head. A gun.
"Talk again and I'll shoot you." A man threatened. The voice sounded familiar but I couldn't quite pin where I heard it. I just nodded to show I understood. Can this day get any worse?

POV: Ace

It was about 10:00 pm now so I thought I would make sure that Erin was getting ready to go to sleep. Her door was open which I thought was kind of weird because she always closes her door. But when I went into her room I couldn't find her. I thought maybe she had gone downstairs to get some water or something. I walked downstairs and saw Jett, Xavier, and Erin all sitting at the island.
"Hey, are you good? Look stressed." Jett asked.
"Ya, um, just couldn't find Erin that's all." I replied.
"Sorry I didn't mean to worry you. Just got thirsty." Erin replied. Something was off with her voice but I just assumed she was crying and her voice cracked.
"Alright, um, I'm going to go to bed so I'll see you guys in the morning." I said.
"Alright, good night." Erin said.

POV: Lex
Matt and Alex had taken Erin so I was left to portray the role of her. I had been around her long enough to know how she acts and ahit like that. Personally she has good taste in clothing. And the hair isn't too bad as well. I walked down stairs leaving her bedroom door open. I saw two of her brothers chatting with each other about something. They immediately stopped when I came down the stairs.
"What were you guys talking about?" I asked in what my closest replica of Erin's voice.
"Nothing you should be concerned about." Xavier replied.
"Xavier, she should know." Jett suggest.
"I should know what?" I asked.
"Remember the plan that our rival gang had?" Xavier started. Oh shit. This isn't good.
"Well we found out that it is going in action. But don't freak out! You're safe as long as you stay in our sight you will be fine." Xavier finished. It took everything in me not to laugh. What kind of protection do these shit heads offer? All of the sudden, the third brother came down. That must be Ace.
"Hey, you alright? You look stressed." Jett asked.
"What ya, I'm fine. I just couldn't find Erin, that's all." Ace replied. Either I'm really good at acting or these three shit heads just are really dumb.
"Sorry, didn't mean to worry you. Just came down for a glass of water." I apologized. Ace looked at me in a weird way when he heard me talk which got me nervous. Did I say something wrong?
"Alright, I think I'm going to go to bed." Ace said.
"Alright, good night. I think I'll also go to bed." I say turning around and leaving upstairs.
"Oh, uh okay. Good night." Xavier sounded a little confused but I just ignored it and went into Erin's room. I started to snoop around in her room and tried to find it. I can't lose my fucking job now.

A/n: I will be on vacation for about a week so I will still try my best to post but if it might just take a bit more time to write it out. I hope you are enjoying the book so far.