121 Degrees

Oh, Sh*t

Joshua's POV:

It had been an hour now, and I'd searched half the bloody forest. I'd come up with nothing. The pressure was starting to get to me. I had to remind myself of the feeling of Melissa's kiss to keep myself calm. The taste of vanilla on her lips lingered on mine, even after an hour of searching for answers that weren't there.

I was adamant I was going to get them out though. I kept searching, despite my utter desperation. I then saw something in the distance that caught my eye: a small cabin. I didn't think before I started towards it. I looked through the window and saw two men. One of them was the son of a bitch who locked Melissa and the others in the sauna. They all had a tattoo on their right arms: a dragon with the initials "D.F." inside it.

They said words I could not hear, but I surmised that they were a gang. All I cared about was that the key to the sauna was lying on the table. I waited for the right moment to go inside and steal it, but I felt somebody grab me from behind and cover my mouth with something to stop me shouting. "Well well, what have we here?" he asked.

He opened the door to the cabin and shoved me inside. "A curious holiday goer who's stumbled onto the Dragon's Fang?" he asked me, pinning my arms behind my back

"Dragon's Fang?" I asked "Never heard of you."

"That's the idea." the trio's captor informed me. "Wait a second-you're Joshua."

"Who?" asked the person who was holding my arms behind my back.

"2 years ago, he was caught stalking Melissa and arrested by the police." the first one replied.

"I don't suppose you could tell me your names, do you?" I asked angrily.

The three spoke in turn: "Claw." said the one holding me. "Breath." said the one who locked the trio in the sauna. "Wing." said the third, adding "I'm the one who founded our little group."

"And what problem do you have with Ryan?" I enquired.

"He used to be one of us, but he fell for those two bitches locked in the sauna with him. He took an oath never to leave us no matter what-we all do." Wing replied "We decided to use his favourite pastime against him, and the two demons who tempted him away from us."

"I don't there's any possibility of convincing you to let Melissa out?" I asked, trying to use my reputation to my advantage. If they knew I was her stalker, they probably knew how determined I was to get her out.

"None whatsoever. She is a witch, and all witches must burn." Claw replied.

"Okay then. Your choice." I replied, before twisting myself through my arms and headbutting Claw.

Breath started towards me, but I floored him with a swift kick to the temple. I started towards the key, but Wing had drawn a pistol and pointed it straight at me. Claw grabbed me again and, using some rope, tied me to a pipe on the wall.

"We'd better get going." Breath told the others "When Ryan and his whores are found dead, they're going to swarm through the whole site looking for the killer."

They left, and I noticed they'd made a big mistake-they hadn't taken the key with them! There was a problem though-they'd tied me to a steam pipe, so I couldn't simply break it unless I wanted my skin to burn off.

I, like Ryan, Sam and the love of my life Melissa, was trapped.