A Little Bit Of Everything (EARLIER CALLED YOUNG, WILD AND FREE)

18. // Survival //

GAB'S POV

I heard a door creak open behind me...How did I not see it before? Turning around, I saw the door hidden in the shadows of the frail curtain that hid the barred window.

I freaked out,and shut my eyes, fearing it was one of the goons.

Suddenly, I saw a shadow walk towards me, and when I opened my mouth to scream, a hand clamped itself over my mouth and a face came in front of me. My eyes wide, and my hands clammy, I saw him. Noah.

He came. Came to save me. I had no idea whether to be happy or sad. I mean I know he had come here oy for me, but his life was as much in danger as mine was, more even.

He put a finger over his mouth ,signalling me to be quiet as we heard footsteps outside the door, but luckily, no one entered.

He quickly untied me, and I got up, flexing my arms, and rubbing the spots where the rope had been.

My arms were sore. 'What time is it,' I asked him, in a voice so low, you could barely hear it. 'It's one AM, you've been here quite a long time. We need to get out,' he said, and started moving, when I stopped him.

'Wait,' I said , and walked up to him. I wrapped my arms around his torso and gave him a big hug. He returned it, and ruffled my hair.

'You don't know how happy I am to see you Noah, I thought .. ' I started, but he shushed me. 'Gab ,if you don't mind, can you tell me how much you love me later, we've got to get out of here. Alive,' it was now that it struck me how dangerous this place could be.
What these people could do to us, and how much I actually valued my life..

Noah started walking towards the door, the one that had the goons behind it. 'Why don't we go through the way you came in? Won't it be easier that way?' I asked him in a duh tone.

'I dont think so..that door is a maze. It took me two hours to find my way around. There are hundreds of doors, that open to god knows where, and I was just about to give up , when this was the last door I spotted. This was my last try. I don't remember the way back ,' he said.

'Okay, so... what's the plan?' I asked him.

'Listen carefully, you are gonna sit back in that chair, and I will tie you up loosely, so that you can escape the binds whenever you need to.

You'll shout and yell at the top of your voice, and maybe jump and bang the floor with your chair.
When Rick comes in, you asked him for food, and just keep talking to him. I'll hide behind that door, and when he enters, I'll sneak out and lock him inside. I'll do this loudly, so that he notices, and when he turns, you hit him on the head, and knocked him out,' there was a thick wooden stick in a corner, which Noah picked, and handed to me.

I nodded in approval. I was scared of being locked in with that psychopath of a man, but it had to be done.

Noah went and hid behind the door. He signalled to me to make noise.

I started shouting and yelling at the top of my voice, but the only things running on my mind were, What if he gets hurt, what if there was more than one man out there? What if I lost him?

I was interrupted when the door opened, and Rick came in. He was positively angry. 'What?' he snapped. 'I'm hungry. Give me food,' I said simply.

'I don't think so. The only thing you're getting is to see your boyfriend die.'

'Umm..I beg to differ, but I think my boyfriend is gonna kick your ass,' from the corner of my eyes, I saw Noah slink out.

OK...this was it. It was a complete do or die situation. I felt a hand hut my cheek hard. I looked up at Rick, my eyes ablaze with fury.

Hurry up Noah, because I can't wait to bonk this complete arse on his ugly head. The door shut with a bang, and just as expected, Rick turned towards the door, confused.

I took this as my opportunity and unfastened my arms, I walked behind him. Before I hit him, I tapped his shoulder and said,' Rick, I have your parcel,' he turned towards me, and before he could react, I swung the wooden thingy and conked him right on the head.

He was out in seconds.

I quietly crept out the door, and searched for Noah. I heard banging in the next room, and saw Noah fighting with two men alone. He looked completely exhausted.

I had no idea what to do, and I wasn't like those gals in the movies who suddenly turn into a ninja, and then say that they had been practicing judo for the last ten years.

All I could do was shout out so I did. 'Look here you buffoons, your boss has been conked out, so if you let us go now, I'm sure he won't be pleased'.

Noah took this as a distraction, and started hitting them. I couldn't help but watch these people fight. I saw Noah get hit so many times, and I felt helpless. I couldn't do anything, Noah had told me not to, and I didn't know how to fight.

Finally, Noah beat them up,and started running towards me. He took my hand and shouted,'Run. There'll be more men soon. We won't be able to fight them all'. We ran out of the door, hoping to see daylight , but all we saw were corridors everywhere.

I got it now. This was all a maze, and a maze always had a specific path to follow. We crossed a corridor, and came to a junction which separated into two more corridors.

We went right, and suddenly came to a dead end. We retraced our path and then turned left. We came to another junction. We turned right again, and this led us to another dead end.

So now, if my theory was right, at every junction, taking a right would cause us to reach a blank, and taking a left would take us closer to the exit. We Suddenly heard shouting, and the sound of hurried footsteps.

I realized that they would reach us fast because they knew their way around the place, and sure enough, less that two seconds later, we saw them.

The two of us began running again. We ran as fast as our legs would carry us.

We careful chose the path we had to take, and finally, when we thought we couldn't run any longer, a gust of fresh air greeted us. This was it.

We were just one breath away from escape. Just one more push, one last stride, and we were out! We emerged from a tunnel, and continued running.

We reached Noah's car and jumped in. He started the car, his hands trembling. The engine roared to life, and we were off!

We drove through the mountain roads, and I let out a sigh if relief. We were safe. At least for now.
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AN
Survival...nice name right?
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