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Michael

I listened as Arzaylea kept talking to Luke.

"Don't worry. You'll be mine." She says. She has been talking to him for about 10 minutes. I can't take it anymore. I slid out of the other side of the bed and crouch down. I look under the bed and get an estimate on where she is. I look back up and jump. I tackle her to the ground and pin her down.

"What the hell are you doing here?" I yell. She smirks and brings her knee up. I groan in pain as she hits my balls. She flips me off and I hit the ground.

"I'm here for Luke and you're not gonna save him this time." She tells me and turns around to stare at Luke. I bring out my phone and dial 999. Arzaylea turns around and her eyes widened. She jumps on top of me and grabs my hair. She slams my head against the ground six times before I finally pass out.

Ashton

I sit in the waiting room waiting for Michael to return. As Calum and I are waiting, I heard someone yell my name. I see Alice run over to me and she grabs mine and Cal's wrist. She drags us to a room and opens the door. We walk in and I gasp. Michael is laying unconscious on the bed. I run over and grab his hand.

"What happened?" I asked Alice. She shrugs and looks at us sadly.

"I took him to see Luke and then when I was walking down the hall, I found him passed out on the ground." Alice explained and I nodded.

"Do you think we could go see Luke?" Calum asks.

"We have to wait for Michael to wake up first." She told us and I nodded. I heard a groan. I looked down to see Michael grab the back of his head.

"Michael, are you okay?" Calum asked him. He looks at us and then Alice. His eyes widened and jumped out of the bed. He ran out of the room and down the hall. We all chased him down and I saw him stop at a room. He opened the door and then started crying. I ran over and looked at what he saw. Nothing. It was just an empty room.

"Michael. What's wrong? Nothing is in there." I tell him, putting my hand on his shoulder.

"That's the problem!," He yelled. "Luke was in here before!" I pull him into a hug. I pull away and stare at him confused.

"Wait. What do you mean, he was in here before?" I ask him. He wipes his eyes and sniffles.

"Alice let me come in here to see Luke. She told me that if the door handle opens hide under the bed. The door opened and I ducked under the bed. I heard someone walk over and then begin talking." Michael said as he walked over to the bed and sat down on it.

"So?" I asked not thinking anything of it. They must of just moved Luke into a different room.

"Ashton. You don't get it. Arzaylea took him." He said and tears began pouring down him face again. I sat down next to him and Calum walked over to us. He fell to the floor but I caught him before he hit it. He started crying and I put his head on my chest. I started to rub his back and gestured for Michael to come over. He walked over to us and sat down. I brought him into the hug and he broke down even more. Alice walks over to us and sits down next to us.

"I'm so sorry guys. If you want, I could help you find him?" She asked me. I shook my head.

"We can't put anyone else in danger." I told her.

"Ashton. My father was a part of the FBI and my mother was a part of the CIA. I think I'll be fine." She tells me. My eyes widened and I nod.

"Okay. Do you know anyway we can find him. Fast?" I ask her.

"I need to know more about what happened." She tells me.

"I can give you the full story at our house. When do you get off shift?" I ask her. As soon as I finished asking her, her watch dinged.

"That'd be now." She says standing up. She helps Calum up and I help Michael. We all walk outside and get into the car.

Alice rode passenger as I drove to the house. Calum and Michael stopped crying in the back seat. They looked wore out and tired. I finally got to the house and parked in the garage. We got out and opened the back doors. I helped Michael out and Alice helped Calum. We walked into the house and I brought the boys to the couches. They fell asleep as soon as their heads hit the pillows.

Alice and I went into the kitchen to talk. Alice sat down as I opened the fridge to get us some pop. I brought out two bottles and walked over to Alice. I gave her one and she thanked me. I sat down across from her.

"Okay. Can you please tell me everything that happened?" She asked me gently. I nodded and took a sip of my pop. I sighed and started the story.

After I was done telling Alice everything that had happened, I was crying and Alice was tearing up. She put her hand over mine and stared at me.

"I'm so sorry Ashton. No one should go through that." She tells me and I sniffle. As I was about to say something, I heard something smash loudly in the living room. We ran in to see glass shattered all over the floor by the window. Michael and Calum are huddled together, faces pale. I hear something from outside the window.

"Alice go over to the boys." I tell her and walk over to the window. I look back to see Alice sitting next to the boys. I look back to the window and step closer. I look out of the broken window and around it. I see nothing. I pull my head back inside and look at the boys and Alice.

"Nothing." I said. As I'm about to go over to the boys, someone tackles me to the ground. I hear the boys and Alice scream and I flip myself to look at the person. They have a black mask on and black clothes. I bring my knee up and hit him in the stomach. I flip him off and get up. The man runs into the hallway and I run after him.

"No!" Calum yells but I follow him anyways. I lose him in the halls and run back to the boys.

When I get back to the boys and Alice, I find Michael and Calum only.

"Where's Alice?" I ask them.

"She went after you." Michael responds.

"ASHTON!" I hear Alice yell.

"Come with me." I tell the boys and we run to where I heard Alice's voice. I run into Luke's room and there is Alice and the man. Alice is sat down on the bed with a gun pointed to her head. She looks at me and closes her eyes.

"Who are you and what do you want?" I yell at the man. The man walks over to us and I push Michael and Calum behind me. The man points the gun at me, but before he could do anything, Alice grabs the back of his shirt and pulls. I grab the gun out of his hands and hit him in the head. He falls to the ground and I rip off his mask. We all gasp at who it is.

Daryl Clifford
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There you go you wonderful human beings, Chapter 21 of Hostages. I hope you enjoys and remember that I love you guys

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