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Broken Hope

Taylor & Jason

    Taylor made her way to the hospital with Jason. She tried to keep him awake by talking to him. Deep down, she was worried that something serious might have happened to him while his body was flung towards a wall. She could see the blood stain on the headrest that he laid on.

-Taylor: How are you feeling?

He didn't respond.

-Taylor: Jason?

He carefully turned his head to the direction that Taylor was in.

-Jason: Hey...

He sounded like a sick child. He was sweating all over. His forehead was dripping.

-Taylor: Hang in there for me OK?

Taylor sounded worried as she swiftly shifted her focus from the road to Jason and back and forth.  Jason nodded his head then closed his eyes. He was breathing deeply. Taylor sped up the car to the point where she drove through the stoplight when it was on red. She almost collided with a red pickup truck which had to stop drastically in order to prevent an accident from happening. Taylor was at the point where she was not thinking about anything else but to get Jason to the hospital.

Cassie & Adam

Adam just completed the last knot on the rope that he used to tie up the man in the dark cloak. He was still unconscious. Cassie sat on the couch with her head in her hands. She was trying to figure out why someone would want to kidnap Erica. Did she have something that they wanted? What was it? Adam walked over to her and sat beside her. He let out a deep sigh then rested his hand on her shoulder.

-Adam: Hey. Everything will be OK.

Cassie quickly looked up at Adam with her eyes were red from crying.

-Cassie: Will it?!

Adam took his hand off her shoulder.

-Adam: We...we will find her.
-Cassie: What if she's dead?
-Adam: She's not dead. I can feel it. And we're gonna make this son of a bitch tell us where we can find her.

He pointed at the man who was tied to a chair. She continued to cry as she rested her head on Adam's chest. Adam wrapped his arms around her and comforted her.
-Adam: It will be OK.

Cassie nodded in his chest and he hugged her tighter. They sat there in silence. Adam looked back at the man and realised that he was regaining consciousness.

-Adam: Hey, he's waking up.

Cassie sat up and focussed her attention on the man. Adam got up and slowly walked towards him. The man slowly looked up at Adam, then looked around him. He tried to move but realised that he couldn't. His eyes widened when he realised that he was tied up to a chair. He tried getting his way out of it but Adam did a pretty good job making sure that he couldn't escape.

-Man: Hey, you gotta lemme go here.
-Adam: Oh really?

Adam raised his eyebrow.

-Adam: We decide whether or not to let you go. Or even to live.

The man still tried to break free but it was useless. Cassie got up and made her way beside Adam.

-Cassie: Why are you here?

Cassie asked as her voice cracked. She was still recovering from her cries. The man didn't respond.

-Adam: Who sent you here? Where's our friend?

The man stared at them.

-Adam: Answer me!

The man jumped as he was not expecting that.