Dead on arrival (FOB/Patrick Stump Fanfiction)

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Third person point of view

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Maddie had never been more disappointed in her life. She had to have known something like this would happen. She never should've forced Patrick to do something that could've been held off for later. Of course, being the demanding person she was, it all ended up coming back to bite her, and she knew it would all along. She tried convincing herself that being the one "in charge" would keep them all out of trouble. The unfortunate irony, was that they were in more trouble now, than when they had started... and now she had to try to get them out of the deep end.... She now sat in silence next to Andy and Joe. The three of them were sitting on the couch with their heads in their hands, in hopes of figuring out what to do. They needed as much help as they could get, but with Pete having not been seen for hours, they didn't have much hope. On top of that, Patrick had been kidnapped, and Annie also hadn't been heard or seen for hours. For all they knew, she could've been in as much danger as Patrick. Maybe even worse than that.

"Do you guys hear that?" Joe whispered, suddenly stepping up to the back door where the dumpster sat outside. He put his ear to the door, and listened for a moment. He could hear the engine of a car running then suddenly being turned off. There was a brief silence before he heard four voices having a conversation outside the building. One of the four voices seemed to be vaguely familiar to him, but he was sure that he knew that voice anywhere. It was Pete, and he brought three other people with him.

"Guys, it's Pete! He's fuckin' back!" Joe whispered, taking his ear away from the door. He smiled, and sat back down on the couch next to Maddie. She had the slightest little smile on her face, and not a second later, there was a knock on the door. Without missing a beat, Pete kicked the door in, just standing in the threshold. It seemed to be that no one was standing beside or behind him. Maddie's smile immediately faded as Pete stepped into the building, letting the door close behind him.

"Uh... Hey guys." Pete greeted in a low, and depressed tone.

"Hey Pete, where've you been for the last two hours?" Joe replied in return. He sounded just as depressed, but with a slight hint of sarcasm in his tone.

"Yeah... I went for a little ride, to clear my head, ya know? I'm, still kinda in shock, but... uh... I got a couple people to help us out with finding Patrick." He explained, taking a deep sigh.

"What do you mean, a "couple people?" Andy piped in.

"You'll see." Pete said with a smirk. He moved toward the door, opening it dramatically for effect. He looked at us again with a dumb smile on his face before opening it completely. Standing outside by the dumpster was Tyler Joseph, Brendon Urie and Josh Dun.

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Patrick sat helplessly in shock, utterly speechless as he watched Brad enter the room again. This time he was being followed in by a tall man with brown hair and deep, dark brown eyes. This man... was carrying Annie. She was unconscious in this mans arms. Her head was dangling backwards, and her wrists were restrained together by a dirty zip tie, her feet and ankles bound together with duct tape. In that moment, all he wanted to do was scream, and yell, and cry for help, but in his head, he knew it wouldn't be helping anyone.

"Put her down, now! I swear to god, if you hurt her in any way, I will make sure you rot in prison!" Patrick threatened, his voice becoming dark and low. Brad grinned slyly.

"Bold of you to assume I'm going to prison... but I'm not going anywhere... not as long as I have you and Annie in my custody..." he began to gradually get closer to me as he said those words. I gave him a dark glare in response. Then, when he got close enough to me, I kicked him right where it hurt the most. He groaned loudly, and doubled over, grabbing onto his groin. The tall man holding Annie, immediately dropped her to the floor without a second thought, as he rushed to Brad's side.

"Dude, are you alright?!" The man asked, putting a hand on Brad's shoulder.

"I'm fine Jordan..." Brad paused, clenching his jaw tightly. He lifted his head with ease to look me dead in the eyes. "This son of a bitch is about to pay the price of his actions." His nostrils flared with every word he said. At this point, he was smirking in an almost insane fashion, and his eye twitched as he stood up again. "Grab Annie. Do something with her." He demanded, no longer smirking, but now glaring with a low frown. He grasped tightly to the collar of my shirt, clenching his hand into a tight fist. He swung it hard across my face, and I let out a loud scream of pain. He immediately threw another punch in hopes of shutting me up. I hopelessly watched blood fly from my nose and mouth, completely unable of wiping it from my face. I began spitting blood from my mouth to clear my tongue of the bitter taste. My vision was blurry again, but I wasn't going to lose consciousness. I soon noticed the punching had subsided. I began looking around for Brad and Jordan, realizing that neither of them were in sight now.

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Meanwhile

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"Pete, do you think we can seriously pull this off?" Joe asked, pulling his hood over is head.

"Yeah, it has to! We don't have much more time. If we don't save Patrick now, he's bound to be killed... and I can't lose my best friend again." Pete replied softly, also pulling his hood up over his head. Not only was Joe wearing black, but everyone happened to be wearing black... Everyone all except for Brendon. They had a plan. It wasn't full proof by any means, but it was something they were willing to try if it meant saving their best friend. The idea was to send Brendon to the building disguised as a "search officer" to distract, or catch Brad off guard. In the process, Pete, Joe, Maddy, Tyler and Josh would try to find a way to sneak around the back of the building to find Patrick and get him out of there, hopefully unharmed. None of them were sure if this plan would work, but they were all willing to go to a high extent to save Patrick. This was their one chance. If they were caught, they would all be killed.