Now or Never

Chapter 10

The building was surrounded by people.  Policemen with guns, one with a megaphone, and several reporters.  I jumped out of the truck and ran over to a reporter who was about to start filming. 

"What do you know about the incident?"  I asked the woman.

"Who are you?"  The lady said in a snide voice.

"I'm one of the employee's friends."  I answered.

"Really?"   The woman said, clearly not believing me.

"Yes, really."  I said.  "I was the girl who made the 911 call."  I told her, wanting her to realize her mistake of being rude to me.

"Oh!  That's amazing!  You're a hero!"  She said, obviously about to attempt to persuade me to do an interview.

"Yeah.  Before you ask, I will NOT do an interview with you.  You should've been nicer to me."

"Fine then!"  She said, annoyed.

I walked over to a lady in about her mid-twenties. 

"Hi there!"  She said.

"Hello, ma'am.  I'm the girl who made the 911 call."  I said, pleased with her kindness.

"I'm willing to do an interview for you."  I thought.

"Oh!  Would you mind doing an interview for us?"  The woman asked.

"Of course.  Would you please tell me what news you have received?  My friend is a worker there and I need to now that he's okay."

"I can only tell you what I know, but the man inside has been identified as Francis Rivers, a man aged 36, he has a wife and 5 kids.   He has been arrested for domestic battery, theft, and he has multiple DUIs.  He has no apparent motive to do this, but people think this is for money.  He has threatened 3 people.  A little girl aged 8, an elderly woman, believed to be the girl's grandmother, and a 17 year old boy whose name is supposedly Jacob.  That boy is the one being held at knife-point.   We don't know much more, but that's basically everything."

"Jacob?  I have a friend in there named Jacob!  Oh god!"  I squealed.  Suddenly, a memory flashed in my mind, blocking all other noise and motions out of my mind.

---FLASHBACK---

"Bunny!  Hurry up!"  I exclaimed.

I was 12 years old that day, hanging out with Bunny, Jake, and Zac.

"Jake fell!"  Bunny yelled to me, across the creek.  

"HELP!"  I heard Jake scream.  He sounded terrified.

"I'm coming!"  I yelled, worried that he was hurt.

I ran across a fallen tree, through the stream, and ended up falling and hurting my leg.  It felt like I twisted my ankle, but I was worried about Jake at the moment.  I got up and felt pain rush through my leg and foot.  I ran anyway, hoping that Jake was okay.

"You shouldn't have done that!  She's probably so worried!"  I heard Zac scold Bunny.

"It's funny!  She's fine.  Trust me!"  Bunny said.  

I hobbled over to the three of them, seeing Bunny and Jake sitting on a log, laughing.  

"What's going on?"  I asked, a look of shock on my face.

"I just, you just, your face!"  Jake said in between laughs.

"You should've seen, you, just, you looked so!"  Bunny said.