Kidnapped- A Tøp Fanfic

A Sound Like No Other

A/N- I'm on winter break right now so I'm likely going to be publishing parts at least once a day! Now that we've got the House of Gold part figured out, who do y'all think the Message Man is???  Leave your guesses in the comments!

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"It's called stalking," I say to Piper, smirking. She rolls her eyes.

"Of course. I should've known." Piper wanted to stay the night, but couldn't in risk of her parents discovering her disappearance. So my best friends was crawling out of my window at 2:30am. If you didn't think I have issues, now you know for sure. 

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School was hell as usual, but I my mind was on saving Tyker and Josh, therefore I blocked out the harsh comments from students and teachers. 

The final bell rang, and I was standing by my locker gathering my things to go home. Me and Piper had made plans to meet up at my place after school to do some more planning and research.

About twenty minutes later Piper and I were sitting in my bed, with our laptops out.

"Hey Sky, I know it's risky, but could we try to call Josh again?" I sucked in a huge breath, I didn't want to, in fear of hearing Josh's tormented screams again. I knew she was right though.

"Um.... I guess," I say quietly. "It's worth a shot, I guess."

I dialed Josh's number, put the call on speaker, and placed my phone between the two of us. 

The phone dialed for a few minutes, before picking up. No one from the other line said a word.

"Josh? Hello?" No response. "Hello? Anyone there?" Silence. But then-

"Why? Why do you do this? Go on with your life, don't worry about me. I'll- I'll be fine," Josh choked out, clearly crying.

"Josh- I- were here for you. We're going to find you." There was silence for several moments, which worried me."Josh? Are- are you alright?" I asked, starting to panic. Piper noticed and put her hand on my shoulder.

"Go. Please. You don't know what your getting yourself into." 

"Josh. I made a promise to myself after our last call. I promised to save you. I don't care if it costs me my life. I WILL save you. Even if I have to travel across the globe. Which I don't, because I know here you are. And you're only ten hours away from where I live." I heard Josh gasp.

"But- how?" Then he let out a laugh of relief. "Wow, I can't believe it." I smiled. But then I heard a slap. A grunt. Then came the screams. There's no way to accurately describe what it sounded like. But it was loud, and anyone could tell whoever made the godawful sounds had to be going through pain like no other.

And to hear these screams, well, it could do some bad things to a person. Especially the person cares deeply about the person being tormented.

Josh continued to scream bloody murder for several minutes. I couldn't bring myself to hang up. I was frozen in place, with tears streaming down my face. I looked at Piper, who also had tears streaming down her face. Her hand was no longer on my shoulder though.

After what seems like years, but was only a few minutes, the screaming stopped. I could hear heavy footsteps walking away. "Josh?" I ask, afraid of his response. Or rather, his lack of response. He whimpered in response. 

"Josh? Are you okay?" 

"The message man-" he croaked out. He wasn't able to finish, for he started to cough violently.

"What do you mean, Josh? Please tell me. I need to be able to find you and know what I'm up against when I come to save you."

"He- he wants to hurt you in the worst way possible. YOU, Skylar. And he's using me to draw you in."