Dark night of the soul

Chapter 100

*Nobody's POV*
He stood there, miles away from where he had been kept for what seemed like a lifetime. He stared at the large, plain building in the distance.
"Farewell, good riddance, I'm out" he mumbled to himself as he walked and stripped out of the clothes that covered his ample body which he had built up over the past few months in order to deal with his... Business.

He heard a loud noise coming from the speakers that were outside the building and he took this as his cue to get away with the others.

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"Well, well, well, lookie what we have here. Some fresh meat" he said giving his toothy smile to the infants who gave the stranger a wide eyed look as if they knew that they should be afraid...very afraid.
He picked up one of the two, almost squashing their fragile body with his large, ape like hands making the child cry.

Well, wouldn't you cry too if a monster picked you up?

*Jessica's POV*
It's been two days since my whole life crumbled. Sarah, the children, gone.

The morning after Lily's wedding I found the babysitter passed out with no  idea of the children's whereabouts.

I yawn from the lack of sleep I've had due to the fact that I've been worried sick about the three so much that I toss and turn at night and I check my phone every two minutes hoping for a call or a text to say that they're all okay.

I hear a knock at the door. It's Lily and Hamish. "Well?" I ask. "We've got some bad news" Lily says looking down. "What is it Lily, please tell me that she's not de-" "no!" She stops me in my tracks and I let out a sigh of relief.
"But I need you to see this" she says walking over to the TV and turning it to the news channel.

"It has been two days now since eleven prisoners have escaped from Lincoln Correctional Facility. We will insert photographs of each inmate now."
As the photos come up on screen my hand shoots up and covers my mouth blocking the cry that escaped my lips.

"If you have any information on the inmates whereabouts please call the police."
After watching the news I run to my car and make my way to the station.

My eyes are so heavy from lack of sleep. I can't seem to focus on anything other than the fact that my wife might be in the hands of one sick, sick man and maybe the rest of the inmates that escaped. I begin to cry which makes my vision worse.
I check the wind mirror and notice that the same car has been behind me for the past 20 minutes. I begin to get suspicious so I quickly turn down an alleyway type road that's very quiet and dark. I don't feel good here.
I look again in the mirror and I notice that the car isn't there. Wow I need to slee-

BANG

My car gets pushed back with such great impact and begins to spin out of control. It topples over leaving me bloody and shaking.
Then, suddenly, I feel another unexpected force which puts me out of my misery.

*Nobody's POV*
He opens the door and drags the limp body to the boot of his car. Looking around every moment to check that nobody is watching. He quickly drives off leaving the wreckage of a car lying in the street with no driver.
"Done" he says turning to another man in orange. "Nino, I don't feel too good about this" the other man begins. "Look, the boss told us that if he helped us get out, we would have to help him with this, don't back out on me now Shorty, he'll skin you alive, you know what he's like."

They drive to the large building and take Jessica's bloody body out of the trunk and carry her to the basement.

Her fragile, corpse like body is disposed on the cold, damp concrete floor and left there.

"Shorty, Nino, is it done?" The main man asks them and they nod in unison.

The boss walks down the stairs into the dark room where Jessica is. He rattles her body with his foot but she doesn't respond. "Good" he says smiling to himself.

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*Sarah's POV*
I blink my eyes several times before I finally adjust to the darkness. I try to move but my arms are tied behind me as are my legs. Damnit.

I glance around the room, squinting my eyes trying to make my vision better.

Two men walk in and approach a dark corner of the room. I gasp when they pull out a frail body. A body that I recognise.

Jess.

They sit her up and tie her to the chair like me and they sit her next to me.

I try to hold back the tears but it's too hard.

"Urm, Nino, she's crying.." The shorter one says. "So? Shut her up" the one called Nino says.

"Please don't cry" he says, awkwardly patting my head try to what? Comfort me?
"Bloody hell shorty you can't even do one thing" Nino says.
He pulls out what looks like a pocket knife and puts it to my neck. "Look here, you're making our job ten times harder so just sit there and be quiet otherwise I'll make you stay quiet, got it?" He spits. I nod quickly not wanting him to do anything.

I need to get us out of here.

They leave the room and lock the door behind them. I look at Jess and begin to cry again. Her clothes and face is bloody. What the hell did they do to her!?

***
*2 hours later*
I hear Jess stir next to me. She has been sat there unconscious for god knows how long. Hopefully she'll wake up so I can carry out my plan.

Please work.

She opens her heavy eyes and looks almost confused. "Jess? Jessie? Are you okay?" I ask.
She looks towards me and gives me a confused look.

"Who are you?"