Hopeless - The sequel to Breathless. A Janoskians fanfic.

30. "Highcross apartments, flat 48, red door."

James' POV -

"Highcross apartments, flat 48, red door." I read out Roni's text to the other guys. I was scared for her safety, how could I have let her do this, I was supposed to protect her, not put her in danger. "I'll ring the door." Sierra said, walking up the steps of the flats. "Jai, keep Shay and Sierra down here." Beau instructed, "There's going to be a fight on our hands I don't want them involved. James, you grab Veronica and get out, leave the rest to me, Skip and Luke." Beau might seem stupid 90% of the time, but he'd thought this out well. No one argued with him, they just did as they were told. Sierra rang the buzzer and waited... "hello?" a female voice came through the intercom, it wasn't Isla and it wasn't Veronica, how many girls were up there, presumably being treated the same as Isla. If anyone laid there hands on Veronica, I'd kill them. "It's Holly." Sierra spoke clearly, "I'm here for Noah." she continued, putting on a flirty, dumb girl act. Luke tensed up, I knew he hated the fact Sierra was acting this way, but we all had to stay calm.

"Yeah, come up." the voice spoke and the door swung open. Jai stood back with Shay and Sierra, "Beau, be careful!" Shay cried, hugging her boyfriend, Luke kissed Sierra and wiped away her tears. "I promise everything will be okay." he whispered as the four of us walked into the apartments building. I looked back, Jai was trying to calm both the girls down as they sobbed into his shoulders, the sun was setting and the clouds were darkening. A storm was brewing, in more than one way. Skip was running up the stairs, desperate to find Isla and get her out safely, I followed, only focusing on Roni's safety. Beau and Luke were just behind and Skip stopped suddenly in front of a door, a bright red door, number 48. "Everyone knows what they have to do right?" Skip asked, sounding nervous, we all nodded and quickly refreshed our plan. I would get Veronica and get out as quickly as possible, Beau and Luke would hold back Benji, Noah and anyone else who needed taking care of and Skip would find Isla. It sounded simple enough, right?

Tabby opened up the door, she was the voice on the intercom, "Danny, what are you-" she began as Skip pushed past her. The rest of us followed and she ran into the front room. A dark haired male and twin girls sat around a bong, where was Roni? "Jasper, get Noah!" Tabby yelled at the guy, he stood up and walked towards a different room, I followed wanting to know where my girlfriend was. I walked into the kitchen and that's when I saw it, Roni pinned up to the cupboard, Noah touching her leg and forcing himself on her. Luke appeared behind me and grabbed Jasper, I lept forward and pulled Noah away from Roni. "get out!" I shouted at her, punching Noah in the left cheek and pinning him to the floor. "Roni, get out!" I yelled again as she stood in shock. Beau and Skip helped me pin Noah to the floor, "go with her James!" Skip urged me and I grabbed her hand, running towards the exit. "The metal door, Skip!" Roni shouted and we ran towards the apartment block steps. I heard a faint scream coming from the flat, I couldn't and didn't want to imagine what was happening, I was just glad to be out. Finally we reached the others and Veronica burst out crying into my shoulder, I hugged her tightly and whispered, "it's okay baby, I've got you."

Isla's POV -

The drowsiness has gone, I was wide awake but the house was silent. I tried furiously to get my phone from my pocket, but it was useless, the cable ties began digging into my wrists and I gave up. I wished I was back with Skip, laughing, enjoying life, but instead I was tied up, being tortured by Tabby and raped by Benji. I heard talking in the hallway, Tabby was back, I didn't know any of the other voices, besides Benji's. it must have been a few hours since he'd last 'checked' on me, it was usually around the time I regained consciousness he would return. Just as I'd suspected, the door opened, I saw a female figure in the back ground, I thought I recognised her, but I was unable to see her face properly. "Isla, you're awake, perfect." Benii grinned and walked towards me, I looked at the floor, not wanting to look at his face. Once Benji had been gorgeous, he'd been exactly the type of guy I'd fall head over heals for, but that was before the drugs and jail. Now he was gaunt, a thick, rough beard was growing, along with a wispy moustache and he had formed wrinkled on his forehead and around his eyes. He looked nothing like the guy who had prayed for my life, whilst I lay dying in hospital.

He walked over and unbuttoned his shirt, removing it from his body and crouching down in front of me. I looked at the tattoos on his left arm, the anchor, the mermaid, that was me. It was supposed to symbolise me anchoring myself on this earth after being so close to death, but now I realised, I was the mermaid and Benji was the anchor. I had no idea how long I'd been here, only that I'd been awake for the worst parts of it. "Don't look so scared Isla, I know you want this, just as much as I do." Benji breathed heavily onto my face, he'd been smoking marijuana again, and I could see he'd been drinking heavily by the way he stumbled. I heard the main flat bell ring from the other side of the door, I felt sorry for whoever was entering the flat. Benji stroked my face and tugged at the straps of my dress, slipping them down and pulling my hands free from the cable ties, I had more strength that I had the past few times he'd 'visited' me and I managed to knee him in the balls, he double over and groaned in pain. "you bitch!" he snarled, looking up at me.

I ran to the metal door, trying to pull it open but Benji had grabbed me by the ankles, pulling me back. My hands were still locked into the door handle and as Benji pulled, the door opened slightly and I saw James leaving with Veronica. My head slammed against the door, and I could feel the blood trickling, Veronica shouted out to Skip, he was here, he'd come to save me. I screamed as Benji dragged me across the floor, "Shut up whore!" Benji spat and peeled my hands off the door frame. The door closed once again, Benji pinned me to the floor and lifted my dress up above my waist, slipping my underwear down. I could feel myself slipping away from the world, my head throbbed and pain shot through my whole body. As I drifted in and out of consciousness I pictured Daniel's face as I always did, to give me some sign of hope, only this time it was much clearer. My eyes fixed on the image of him, the pain stopped and then it all went black.

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