Take Me Home!

Five Days

Where am I? Where am I? Oh god, where am I?

"LAWA!!" screams Johnny. I can't see him. Am I tied up? I struggle at the ropes that hold me. That's a yes.

"JOHNNY!!HONEY?! It's okay, calm down I'll get us out of here!" I scream into the darkness.

Johnny screams and I'm about to scream back to him but two hands hold something on my mouth. Is this a towel? Why does it smell funny? Colorful spots begin to dance in the dark and my head becomes as light as a feather.

"LAWAAAA!!!" Johnny screams but his voice fades into darker darkness.

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I wake up to Johnny's crying. My first instinct is to figure out the problem, but I already know the problem. We've been kidnapped.

The lights are on and I can see Johnny crouched down by a wall crying his head off. "Johnny, its okay,come here," I tell him.

He looks up at me and his eyes light up.He screams my name, then runs at me. The next thing I know, he's hugging all the air out of me. He cries my name into my shirt and I try to hug him back but I'm still tied up.

Why am I tied up but not Johnny? I mean I dont want him tied up...I'm just wondering what that hobo has in store for me.

"Johnny?" he looks up at me with red rimmed and watery eyes,"Can you untie me?" he shakes his head,no.

"Why not?" I ask.

"Bucuz dat guy say not to," he says motioning to a corner.

I look to see the hobo sitting on a chair, arms crossed, looking at us. I immediately glare at him.

"What do you want with us?" I growl.

"Um," he looks down at his feet,"I want a lot of things with you but there's something I want with the boy."

"Which is?" I panic. Please don't kill him, PLEASE DON'T KILL HIM.

He looks up into my eyes,"He's a Keelman, yes?" he doesn't wait for my answer,"I want money."

"How will you get money from him?He's only five!" I scream.

He smiles at me, which only makes me nervous,"If I hurt him on video maybe his parents could, buy him out of it because they love him more than anything," he makes a mocking face.

I swallow, "Don't touch him," I growl.

He throws back his head and laughs,"Or what?!"

"U-um," I don't have much time to think and I yell,"Take me instead of Johnny!" Wow Lara, that was smart, I thought you were 16.

It only makes him laughs even harder,"I already have both of you," he raises his eyebrows waiting for me to answer.

I think a bit longer,"Then hurt me, not Johnny."

He wipes his eyes as his laughs calm down. He gets a camera and starts to wipe the lenses with his shirt. He puts it to where its facing Johnny, then hits record. Oh no.

He grabs a knife and flips it in his hand showing off. I start to breathe fast and I become light headed. He kneels down in front of Johnny and turns to me saying,"No deal."

He presses the tip of the knife into Johnny's forehead and begins to make a shape or something.I gasp the same time that Johnny screams a high pitched scream. What did I just do?

My eyes begin to water as I watch Johnny scream bloody murder as he presses deeper and makes more lines. I loose all feeling in my body. How will I get at least him out of this?

The man stops and walks to me. It must be my turn. He walks behind me and I brace myself. Oh please let it be fast. I close my eyes and wait.

The ropes loosen around me and I fall to the ground. Once I do I crawl twoards Johnny who has stopped screaming and passed out. I cup his face in my hands and look at the cuts.

They say, "5 Days."