Dark (The Past Never Changes)

Chapter 29

Bree's P.O.V.

I wake up slowly and wince in pain as soon as I try to move. I examine the parts of my body I can see and all I see are bruises and cuts. The last thing I remember from yesterday is Jason throwing me against the wall. I look over and see Kaylee laying down as well. She's bruised just like me and she's passed out. The blanket is laying next to her on the floor.

"Kaylee." My voice cracks and barely audible. "Kaylee!" I say a little louder. Her eyes flutter open and she sits up. She's always been the type to fight through the pain. She grabs the blanket and crawls over to me. She wraps us both in it and cradles me like a baby. "What happened?" I ask.

"Well after he raped you, he beat you." She says. Of course she says it bluntly and puts it out there, though there's not really another way to put it.

"I'm sorry." I say, though I'm not sure what for.

"You have nothing to be sorry for." She sighs.

"What if they don't find us? Shouldn't they be here by now? I saw Calum track down his records in no time. I'm trying to be positive but the longer we're here, the more faith I lose." I cry into my hands and she rocks me back and forth. It hurts, but it's comforting. I'm pretty sure it hurts for her too.

"I know. It's gonna be okay. All I know, is that if they don't find us soon, we're not gonna make it." She cries now.

We stay like this for a couple minutes and the door flies open. Alex looks at me then at Kaylee, then chuckles. He hands me a phone.

"Lover boy wants to talk to you, tell him anything and I kill you right now." He says and I nod. He points a gun at us and I put the phone to my ear.

"H-Harry." I cry.

"I said no talking!" Alex yells at me.

"Listen baby, we're gonna find you and Kaylee and we're gonna save you both. Okay?" He says soothingly. "Bree." He says. "Bree, why aren't you answering?" He waits a little and I cry some more. "Fuck!" He yells and I hear the line go dead.

"Good." Alex smirks and snatches the phone from my ear, leaving us. I can't help but have no faith. They're still trying to look for Kaylee while we're in the same place and I couldn't say anything.

I feel my body ache and the pain makes my insides go numb. I remember when it was simple and easy. I remember when Harry and I didn't have to worry about anything. Then we just fell apart and now I'm here. Trying to get out of a hellhole. I don't know about Kaylee, but I honestly don't care if I die, right here, right now. It'd take the pain away and that's all I want.

Ashton's P.O.V.

It's been four days since they took Kaylee. Three since they took Bree. Harry and I have been going insane. A lot can happen in four days and I swear if I find out that Alex touched Kaylee, I will kill him. The only thing we know is that Kaylee and Bree were taken by Alex and his gang. We can only hope that they're in the same place.

When we talked to Bree earlier, she didn't sound anything like herself. You can only tell it was her by the pitch of her voice. I can only imagine what cruel things they're doing to those girls. The girl that I care most about and it makes my skin crawl.

We've been trying to stay calm, but ever since Harry's phone died, we haven't gotten anywhere. We know they're in the woods somewhere, but walking around the woods trying to find they're location could take days, and we don't have days. The phone call with Alex's phone was too short so we couldn't track it.

Alex wouldn't let me talk to Kaylee, because he knows that she will tell me information and he won't kill her because he's not done with her. Which is sick and makes me want to pounce his face in. I have to be patient, I'll have my chance. My phone ringing breaks me from my thoughts. It's an unknown number.