TEMPERANCE | jack wilder

xi. the kidnapper

She was falling through the chute, she fell out of one and coincidentally on Jack. She could hear him groan, from her weight. "Sorry," she managed to grunt out as she got up and out of the basket with Jack following her lead.

She tried to walk but she was very wobbly for some reason she couldn't understand why. Jack must've seen here not being able to hold her balance because he put his arms around her waist. "Hey guys, I think something's wrong with Ev," he called out ignoring the fact that he wasn't where he was supposed to be.

"Wasn't there suppose to be a truck?" Lula asked incredulous, looking around. They were in a kitchen instead of the back side of a building.

"Where the hell are we?" Jack asked finally seeing the environment.

There was a man yelling at them in Chinese. They were pushed around and forced out of the kitchen. Throughout the whole encounter, Jack held Evelynn because she does not seem to be okay at all.

"Did you mis-run the tube?" Daniel questioned Jack.

"No, I put it in the truck. I know I did," Jack told him.

"Are you sure? Because we are really are not in the truck."

"Somebody must have moved the tube, otherwise, why would we be in a Chinese restaurant?"

"I didn't move it, relax."

They were then pushed out of the kitchen into the dining area. Evelynn's mind was foggy and she was trying to process everything but it just came out with a blank mind. "Why are we here?" Daniel asked looking around.

"I'm freaking starving," announced Lula.

"Yea, I'm starving too," Jack said while checking on Evelynn and saw that she was acting in weird way. "Guys, seriously, Ev doesn't look too good."

Daniel and Lula both turned to look at Evelynn who was clinging on to Jack. Her eyes were open and always blinking, like she was trying to look at the thing in front of her and couldn't. "Evelynn?" Lula called for her attention softly.

"Yeah?" she croaked out. "Hungry, yeah, I'm hungry, too."

"No, not that. Are you okay?" Lula asked cautiously.

She looked around wildly, trying to focus on her. "Umm, no, no. I don't think I am."

"That's a problem, that's a serious issue."

"She was just fine a second ago..."

"I guess since we're all hungry. At least and I know this isn't much consolation, apparently we're now surrounded by Chinese food. Right?"

Merritt came back to them from outside, "I think where we are right now, they don't refer to it was Chinese food, it's just called, food."

"Wait what are you saying? How is this possible?"

Just then, a giggle could be heard from a person at the table. "I believe in your particular parlance the word you're looking for is magic." The person turned around and faced them.

"That guy looks exactly like you," Lula whispered aggressively to Merritt and quite loudly. "He looks exactly like you. Are you seeing this right now?"

"Chase," Merritt said, greeting the stranger.

"Must confess, it's like what I always heard about meeting the Rolling Stones. They're a lot shorter in person."

"Remember when I told you about the guy who screwed me out of everything?" he asked the four confused Horsemen. "This is my twin brother, Chase."