Halloween Night

Chapter 28

This new information made Austin smile. He saw Trish in the corner, tied up. When 'Joe' wasn't looking he set Ally down gently against the wall. She continued to pretend to fight him. She was pretty convincing but wasn't hitting very hard. "Lock her up." 'Joe' threw the keys at Austin, "then meet us in the-"

"Dez!" Ally yelled at Dez who was standing right behind a now passed out Joe. "He was just about to tell us where the other two bad guys are."

"Oops...my bad." Dez said. "But he's out cold, so let's go! Austin, hand me those keys!"

Austin threw him the keys and took his mask and costume off. Ally stood up and jumped into Austin's arms. Austin was shaking and sweaty. Ally kissed his neck, making her way up his jaw. "You. Are. So. Brave." She punctuated each word with a kiss.

Trish's eyes opened and shut, her head in her hands. Dez kneeled in front of her. "Trish, what did they do to you?" He questioned, helping her up.

Trish shakes her head, "I don'tt knnoww." She slurs. "Pill, it was a...pill." Square pilly, pill pill pill..."

Dez gasped. "I can't believe they drugged her!"

"Come on, Dez. We need to get out of here and get help for Trish." They made their way back towards the exit. Ally trailed behind, keeping her hand fisted in Austin's shirt. She looked side to side, making sure the coast was clear.

Once they left the room and were back outside, Austin and Dez started running. Ally stumbled a little at the new pace and Austin noticed she had lagged behind. "Alls?" He called back.

"Coming!" She called back, hustling to catch up. By the time they got to Dez's SUV, Ally had remembered that they were missing Austin's keys. She turned quickly and noticed that the place was basically abandoned at this point. It was really late. "Keys." Ally whispered to Austin, as he helped Dez get Trish in the back of the car.

"Just leave your truck!" Dez shot at Austin and Ally.

"So they can track us? No thanks." Ally said.

"She has a point." Austin whispered. Austin looked down at Trish. "Get her to the hospital, okay?"

Dez shook his head. "No! I can't leave my best buddy!"

Austin looked down at Ally who's eyes were searching in the dark. "There, right there." She whispered, when she spotted them. "Do you see them?"

Austin squinted his eyes in the direction Ally was pointing. He spotted the keys not to far from where they were.

Austin nodded. "Yeah I see them. Dez, get in your car and get ready to drive away. Alls.." He looked down at her. "Go wait by my truck and we'll leave as soon as I get my keys, you hear me?"

Ally nodded and reached to hug Dez. "Take care of Trish." She pleaded. Dez nodded his head and hugged her back. Austin walked her over to his truck and kissed her softly before she shimmied down on the ground.

"I'll be right back, baby. I love you." Austin promised her.

"I love you too. Hurry!" She whispered into the darkness, but she couldn't see him any longer.

Ally was shaking, how had this happened? How had she gotten here? She closed her eyes and hugged her knees to her chest and rocked back and forth. Believe it or not, it was her stupid idea to go with her friends to the haunted house. Factory of terror?what was she thinking?

Ally whimpered in the empty parking lot, leaned against Austin's truck. Waiting. Just waiting. She was too scared to call for him, or to look around. She knew he said he would be right back, but after the evening they had just had, she wasn't so sure.

Then she heard footsteps and her breathing caught. Was it Austin's? Or was it HIS?

A warm, moist hand touched her knee, making her jump as she looked up to see the owner of the hand. It was Austin. She breathed out a sigh of relief for a moment before looking down to see why his hand was so wet and sticky.

It was covered in blood.

"We have to leave. Now." Austin told her furiously.

"But- did you find your-"

"Ally!" Austin said, before pulling her up. "I said NOW!"

Ally reached up her hand to have him help her up. He ran to the back of his truck, and tore his license plate off, gasping in pain as he did so. He grabbed Ally's arm and ran towards Dez's car and Dez let them in.

"What just happened?!" Dez screamed as Austin and Ally climbed into the front seat.

"I found Bella." Austin said, shaking.

"What?!" Ally screamed, "where?!"

"You don't want to know, Ally. I promise you." His eyes were watering. Was he crying? "Drive Dez."