Freedom - Lashton ✔

Chapitre Cinq

  Polly says her back hurts

She's just as bored as me

She caught me off my guard

It amazes me, the will of instinct  

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They drove from stop to stop, about ten of them. Each and every time Ashton's rapist kept the doors locked. No one saw Ashton, and that crushed his dreams. He wasn't going to get out.

The man hopped back in the car, and drove to the gas station. "Talk." He said when going up to the pump. "M-my back hurts." Ashton whimpered out. The man sighed, and turned towards him.

"I think you're just as bored as me." He said with a smirk.

Ashton kept his gaze down, but heard the laughing of two teenagers of the pump parallel to himself and his guard. Ashton was only seventeen, but they seemed to be slightly older than him. He was jealous of them. Free to roam around and go where ever they please to. They weren't assaulted in every way possible. No, they had all the freedom in the world. And that's all Ashton wanted. 

The man got up, and went to the front counter, to pay for the gas he was about to get. The only problem was he forgot to lock the doors. 

Ashton pulled on the handle, and was greatly surprised when it opened. He noticed a dyed red head, and a blonde sitting in the car. He got out of the car, pulled the bracelets off, and softly closed the door. 

The man didn't notice Ashton had gotten away yet.

Ashton snuck over to the black SUV that had the two teenagers in it, and ran around to the other side. All this so he couldn't be seen by that gosh awful man. He was about to knock on the door, but heard their conversation.

"Alright mate. I'm gonna get the gas now. Long trip ahead of us." and also heard the click of the seat belt being unbuckled. Ashton glanced towards the place where the man was, and thanked every god in the entire lifetime for the long line. The man hadn't glanced back once. 

The door soon opened, and Michael almost let out a scream when seeing the small boy right near him. Ashton had tears falling down his face, and held a finger up to his lips. Michael nodded, and looked at his wrists. He tilted his head. 

Ashton almost let out a sob, this was his freedom. "P-please help me." Ashton said brokenly. Michael nodded, and pulled the boy into a hug. Ashton hugged back, and heard the bell on the store shop jingle. Ashton popped his head up, and saw the man walking over to his car. 

"Please, get in your car, take me with you and drive away quickly." Ashton rushed out, in a whisper. He heard a loud swear come from his kidnapper's lips, and opened the black SUV's back door. Michael hopped back in the driver's side, and started the car. They quickly drove off, and Ashton took a mental note of the license plate number.

The blonde boy who was in the passenger side said, "Michael slow down. We can't have the cops pull us over. And who's this?" A blonde exclaimed loudly.

"I'm uh, I'm Ashton." Ashton spoke softly. Luke's eyes widened, "You mean the Ashton who's been missing for about a week?!" Ashton nodded and let more tears fall from his eyes, while still remember the license plate number.

Luke pulled out his phone, and quickly called up triple zero. 

"Triple Zero, what's your emergency?" He heard the person say.

"Yes, hello. I have Ashton Irwin with me right now." Luke said quickly.

"Sir, did you say Ashton Irwin?" The lady said with a questioning tone.

"Yes! I'm here with my friend Michael Clifford and he's in my back seat!"

"Alright sir. Can you please put Mr. Irwin on the phone?" Luke nodded, and passed the phone to Ashton.

"H-Hello?" Ashton shyly said.

"Mr. Irwin?" The lady said.

"This is him, y-yes." Ashton said, not able to stop his stutter.

"Alright. Where are you currently?" 

"With M-michael and his friend." 

"Alright, we are tracking your device, and have sent police. Please stay on the line."

After about two minutes, sirens were heard, and Michael pulled over. The cops surrounded them, and a small crowd formed. Ashton opened the door, and stepped out with Luke and Michael.

One of the female cops pulled Ashton away and into a hug. He quickly hugged back, wanting nice human attention for once. After about three minutes later, another cop car arrived with lots of people in it. The sirens shut off, and out stepped his mother, sister, and brother.

He mum pulled him into a hug, and he quickly returned. He also hugged Lauren and Harry. Then, Ashton walked over to Luke and Michael and gave them a long hug together. 

Luke pulled out a piece of paper that had some numbers on it. 

"Call me if you need anything Ash." 

Ashton nodded and hugged Luke again.