When We Met... (ImmortalHD)

Chapter 11

*Sylvia's POV*

I woke up with a gasp.

I had just dreamt--no, had a nightmare--about being kidnapped.

Wait, was it a dream? It had to have been, because I'm sitting downstairs on my makeshift bed in the Creature house.

But I wasn't.

Stone walls surrounded me, and there was a harsh light above my head. Splinters poked me from my small wooden chair, and my arms were being chafed by tight rope.

Where am I? What happened to Miranda? Where's James?

My breaths became short and shallow. Where's Aleks and Sly? Dan and Koots? I felt my face heat up. Oh great. I'm starting a panic attack.

Sometimes I may come out as the strong one, but inside, I had been tortured by Taylor. I was beat down, broken inside. He finally got me to the breaking point. That's when Miranda became strong. For me. After we left him was when I tried to become strong. But I couldn't. I couldn't forget what he had done to me. Every night I touched my scars, and every night I cried myself to sleep. So I then decided I would act strong. My heart became incased in armour, so no one would be able to figure out how to break it.

Except James.

He saved me. He figured out how to take down my armour. And I love him for it.

I shook my head, forcing the thoughts of James out of my head. Yes, I love him, but I don't need to be reminded about how I'm not next to him.

Looking around, I tried to find a way out. The door ahead of me was iron, and it seemed to be locked from the outside. I couldn't break the hinges... There was nothing to break it with. If I hit it with the chair, it would instantly break, leaving the door barely dented.

There was nothing else around me to hit it with. I was going to die in my tiny room of nothingness. They could have at least left a magazine or something!

A single tear drifted down my cheek. I might never get to see James again. Or Miranda. Or the other Creatures! More tears started to fall down my face, off my chin, and onto my pj shorts.

I sat there for what felt like half an hour, and finally gave in.

I erupted in tears, slouched over in my small chair. My sobbing became horrific sounding, and I felt cold to the bone.

I threw back my head, and let out a wail of despair. I could hear it--feel it--echoing down the halls, piercing the ears of anyone nearby.

If only James heard me...

*Aleks' POV*

I sat there for a minute, thinking about what I had said. The reason for why my Miranda--and poor Sylvia--were kidnapped.

"What the fuck did you say?" James said after a while, through clenched teeth.

"I killed their girlfriends," I spat back at him.

James balled up his fists, and one connected with my jaw. I reeled back a bit in the computer chair, and wiped my mouth. There was a line of metallic red of the side of my hand. I looked up to see Dan and Koots holding back James, who was struggling against their grip.

"It's your fault that my girlfriend got kidnapped! It's all your fucking fault!" James finally pulled away from their grip, and pointed a shaky finger at me. "Now you're gonna have to go risk your life to save them!"

I slowly rose out of the chair, and looked at him, my eyes dark yet calm. "I know. But don't you want to be the first person Sylvia sees when we rescue her?"

James calmed down for a second, and slouched his back. "I guess so..."

I rested my hand on his shoulder. "Then gets go find them."

"But where would they be?" Dan asked.

Shit. I hadn't thought of that.

Or have I?

"I might know..." I ran back to the computer. "Let's hope they still live at the same place..." Pulling up Google Maps, I put in their address, and got directions to their house. "Shall we try it?" I asked, turning towards our little group.

Kootra shrugged. "Sure, man. Anything to get them back. They're practically a part of the Creature family now."

I smiled at him. "Thanks, dude."

He grinned. "Any time. Now we gots to go!"

We all ran for the car, with a new found energy and hope inside us. Let's hope we're not too late... I thought to myself.

But we were.