The Runaway Girl (ON HOLD)

Chapter 9

Hey. I have to use my epic imagination. Here it goes...

-Aquaocean2001

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~Paul~

I have been shoveling out here for an hour.
This was tiring.
I decided I would take a break.
I walked in the house-now smelling of putrid-and grabbed some lemonade. I slapped some ham onto slices of bread, and rolled it up. Just the way I like it.
As I ate, I became less and less happy and hungry.
I started to loose my appetite after hearing James get sick to his stomach all over again.
My expression went from a smile, to a frown.
I walked outside to the back porch and sat down.
It was snowing on top of my sandwich and now it was soggy.
Yuck.
I went back inside to throw it out.
Then I realized, where is Zach?
He's been gone for a while.
I mean, we know how much he loves the woods but...

He wouldn't run away right?
He wouldn't die out there right?
He wouldn't kill someone right?
He wouldn't do what I thought he was going to do...right?

I froze.
I dropped my sandwich on the floor.
I pivoted and ran out the door with my sweatshirt in my arms.

~Zach~

I was completely shocked.

Where was Becca?

I panicked.
My heart was beating so hard and fast, I could hear it in my ears.
I ran to her bed.
I checked under the covers.
I opened every cabinet.
I scavenged every spot on the floor.
There was no trace of her.

I was freaking out now.

Did the nurses know she was gone?

No.

This had to be the wrong room.
I went to the door and it read "227".

This was awful.

Wait.
Maybe she had left to come see us.

No. That wouldn't happen.

Something wasn't right.

Something was wrong with Becca.

I needed to find Becca.

I need to find her now.




A crack from somewhere snapped me out of my trance.

I looked around.

Oh no.

I saw an open window.
I forgot to check the windows.
She escaped.

No.

Someone kidnapped her.

~Jack~

So I got a call from Zach saying that Becca was gone.
Well, let me tell you, that dude is delusional.
Paul made me go to the hospital anyway.
So as we were driving, we got another call from Tyler. He was at home with Jordan, taking care of James.
"So uhh...when are you coming back?" We could hear something in the background.
"In an hour. What is that noise?"

"Uhhh it's just-"

The line was cut off. We were all left speechless. Wow. What a jerk.




~Connor~

We were driving to where Becca was supposed to be. Zach called and said we needed to come immediately, which got me worried. Maybe he was just lying to get our attention.
So anyway, fib or not, we were going. It made me feel better that we decided to go.

Meanwhile, Tyler and Jordan were at the house, taking care of poor James.

James was going to eventually die if they didn't take care of him.
He was basically being stalked every move. Just like Becca.

...

Becca.
Her name rang through my head. Echoing deep in my heart.
Oh how I missed her.

The more I thought about her, the harder it was to concentrate on her.
It was raining again and Paul was trying to get the windshield wipers to work.
The reason they didn't work anymore was another Becca memory.




So we finally arrived at the hospital. We ran to Becca's room and that's where we found Zach.
"Hey. I found something while I was waiting for you guys."
He opens up his hand to show us a surprise. We all gasp in unison.