Be My Escape (Phan)

I Will Follow You

"This just in, the breeding camps are in havoc. They've failed to the greatest extent, leaving the bred omegas infertile. As a last ditch attempt, the leaders are taking omegas off the streets, mated or not. Keep your mates indoors, alphas, until the authorities sort this predicament out. This is The Daily, signing out."

Dan turned off the radio with a slam, tears falling out of his eyes. Phil had no doubt heard the broadcast, he was on  his was home from work and always had the radio on.

A moment later, his phone began to ring, Phil's name popping up on the small screen.

Dan pressed accept.

"Dan, where are you?" Phil's frantic voice said.

The omega bit his lip. "We're home, don't worry." He paused. "You heard the broadcast?"

Phil scoffed. "Of course I did. I'm just glad you're not out. Keep the doors locked until I get home, okay?"

After agreeing, Dan hung up, moving quickly to the kids' room.

"Evelyn?" he called. "Drew?"

Evelyn pranced out of their room, dressed completely in a princess Ariel dress. "Hi daddy!"

"You look beautiful, sweetheart," Dan whispered, smiling. "Where is your brother?"

"Hiding under my bed."

The omega brushed past his daughter, moving to the girl's bed and pulling back the covers.

There was Drew, huddled in a ball and crying. Upon seeing Dan, he crawled out from under the furniture and into his arms. He buried his face in his daddy's neck, barely able to breathe with how hard he was crying.

"Hey, hey, whats wrong?"

The child pointed to the closet. "Monstwer!"

Dan ran his fingers soothingly through his child's soft hair, chuckling. "Baby, there's not a monster in your closet."

He shook his head vigorously.

Evelyn popped her head in Dan's line of sight. "Daddy, I'll check it!"

"Thank you, Evelyn."

She threw open the closet doors, nothing happening at first, but then a man sprung out. He landed on top of the girl, trying to grab her hands to hold her still. She screamed as he tried to grab her, scrambling out from underneath the man.

Dan pushed Drew into Evelyn's arms. "EVELYN, TAKE YOUR BROTHER AND LOCK YOURSELVES IN THE BATHROOM, NOW!"

She did as she was told, both the children rounding the corner out of sight.

The intruder then went after Dan, slapping him directly across the face so he slammed into the baseboard of the bed.

He jumped up, trying to grab the lamp as a defense, but was tackled down before he could.

Struggling, Dan tried to kick his assailant, but the intruder simply sat on his hips, rendering his legs useless.

"Get off of me!" The omega yelped.
Memories of the night he was captured when he was 18 came flooding back in a giant tsunami, leaving him shaking and weak.

Since all of his energy had already been spent in his futile attempts at escape, he stopped, staring the man in the face.
He wore a mask, but the scarily green eyes that looked through the slits eyed Dan with a sort of hunger.

"Tell me something," his gravelly voice said, leaning closer to the omega's face. "Does this rag smell like chloroform?"

Dan's eyes barely had time to widen before a dingy looking dishrag was shoved in front of his nose. He let out a muffled wail, whatever strength he had left leaving his body with each noise.
The intruder shushed him, leaving the omega with the final conscious image of his wicked masked smile.