After Midnight

Chapter 24

Wattpad deleted the original version of this chapter, so I have to rewrite it :/...it wont be as good as the original, but its better than nothing, right?

I felt someone lightly smacking the side of my face. I flinched and opened my eyes, wincing at the pain in my head.

"Good morning, sleeping beauty." I looked up and saw Rosie standing in front of me.

"Rosie?"

"Don't act surprised, darling. Deep down, you've always suspected me."

"Why?" I whispered."Why are you doing this? You're not like them."

"I helped start this," She ran her fingers through my hair and grabbed it."it's really a shame I have to do this." She put a knife up to my throat.

"Rosie, that's enough." A voice behind her said. She groaned and stepped away from me. I looked around and saw Barry across from me, and Dalton and Dane sodding across from each other.

"Leave the poor girl alone. She's in for a treat."

I looked down at my tied hands and feet.

"You're right." Rosie rolled her eyes and walked out if the room with the man.

"Barry." I whispered. I looked around at Dane and Dalton and sighed. They were all knocked out."Barry!" I raised my voice. He groaned and looked up.

"What happened? Where are we?"

"Back here again." I laughed slightly.

"Goddamn it." I looked at Dane and Dalton."Dalton!" He said. Dalton and Dane both woke up and looked around.

"Oh no.." Dane mumbled."no, no, no. Not this again."

"Try to stay calm." Dalton said.

"I can't be back here." Dane said, looking around at us.

"Dane, shut up." Barry sighed.

"No, I-the last time I was here they cut me. Literally."

"We know the feeling." Dalton sighed.

"Wait, Dane. You never told me how you got out." I said. He looked at me, then at Barry and looked down.

I looked at Barry."What?"

"Goddamn it, Dane." Barry scoffed.

"I'm sorry." He hung his head low.

"What? What happened?"

Barry sighed."the day your brother was taken...that was when I was still a part of all this."

I looked between Dane and Barry."Wait...you were here? And you didn't help him?" I shouted."Are you kidding me? He almost died!"

"It wasn't my fault. I didn't know he was even here until the day after!"

"That's a lie. Why are you lying to me?"

"Stop!" Dalton yelled."why are you guys fighting? Is there literally any point in doing this? All we have is each other, do you not understand that this is what they want? They want us all to fight and hate each other. Because if that happens, they win. Fear will overcome us, because we will all have no one but ourselves to comfort is, and we all know that won't work very well. I for one am scared shitless right now, and the fact that you two are screaming at each other fixes nothing. If we're going to get through this, you can't fight over stupid shit. I just want to go home and have a normal night for once. I-I just want to go home." He his his head in shame as tears formed in his eyes. I wanted nothing more at that moment than to hug him.

The door opened and he rolled his eyes. Three men walked in and all stood bathing Dalton. They cut his wrists and instead of screaming, his whole bode tensed, and he made himself even quieter by my breathing. One of the men walked over and kneeled in front of me, tapping my thigh. He grabbed my face when I refused to look at him.

"Hey!" Barry shouted at him. I looked at him and shook my head.

"Don't." I said at another one of the men walked over to him."Barry, no." I said. The man kneeling in front of me grabbed my chin again, making me look at him. I looked I to his familiar eyes and couldn't look away. He tapped my thigh twice again. He traced letters into my thigh. R-a-z-o-r. He then lifted his mask and kissed me. I turned my head and he grabbed my chin. He tapped my thigh twice and kissed me again. I felt something sharp poke my lips, and I suddenly understood. I opened my mouth just enough for me to catch the razor between my teeth. He didn't pull away until it was fully in my mouth. Then he pulled his mask back down, winked at me and walked out of the room. When the rest if them walked out, I put the razor back between my teeth and started cutting my wrist free.

"Arin, what are you doing?" Barry asked. I looked up a thin with the razor and winked before I went back to cutting myself free. Once I was done, I started to cut the roped on Barry's wrists, and suddenly heard the door open. I panicked, so I grabbed the chair and smashed it over the man's head.

"Whoa.." Dane mumbled. I grabbed the knife from his pocket and closed the door, locking it.

I cut them all free with the knife and smiled."You're welcome."

A/N

Yes, I know this chapter is crap, and unedited. But it was kind of just something I knew I needed to do, and its late, so it's crap :/ I'm sorry. Thank you for reading anyways.

-Kati