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Chapter 15 - Voices

Charlie's P.O.V.

A piece of cloth was tied around my eyes, preventing me from seeing who was doing this to me. I struggled, trying to get out of their grasp, but it didn't work. "Let me go!" I snarled, in return I heard a familiar laugh, why was it so familiar? 

I screamed for help, but nobody was out this early, and I didn't leave a note telling the boys I had left. I was in trouble. 

"No need yelling, we've got you now." A voice whispered into my ear, and I froze. It was him. That voice was the person in my dreams. Oh no. 

My hands were tied behind my back, my eyes blindfolded, mouth tied shut with cloth, and stuck in the back of a car, heading to... Somewhere. 

The person untied me and threw me into a room. I stood up and ran towards the door, banging on it and screaming. "Let me out of here!" "Who are you!" I prayed someone at home would notice I was missing. 

"It's no use.." A weak voice behind me spoke. I spun around, shocked that someone else was here. 

"Mom?" I whispered. She sat in the corner of the room, leaning on the wall for support, bruises and cuts all over her body. "Omg! Are you okay? What happened?!" I gasped while running towards her and kneeled down.

Her hand reached out towards me, "I didn't mean those things on the phone, they, they made me say it Charlie." she said in between coughs. A tear ran down my cheek. 

"Mom, mom, it's okay." I still couldn't process it. She looked awful. "Mom... we have to get you out of here. Do you kn-"

"No." She interrupted me. I looked at her in shock. If she didn't get out of here, she would die. "They only wanted me so I wouldn't get in the way of getting you." 

"What?" I gasped. Why did they want me?

"He killed your father Charlie. And now he wants you." I slowly stood up and paced the room, why did they want us dead? 

"Wait! What about James? Will he be okay?!" I wouldn't be able to survive without him, Mom's almost dead.. If he died.. I'd have no one. 

"Don't worry.. they don't want him.." I looked at her confused. How could they want everyone in the family but him? "He's adopted." She finished. I stared at her. I'm officially beyond confused. "He didn't tell you?" Great, now we're both confused. 

The door flew open and slammed against the wall. I spun around to see who was entering the room. He had on an army uniform but I couldn't see his face. He took a step forward and I gasped. "Simon?"

"Sargent Kiefer" he growled. I couldn't believe it. 

Kiefer. Kiefer? Kiefer?! HIM? He killed my father? That made no sense. Kiefer and my father.. They.. they were partners. 

Flashback

"Daddy!" I screamed

"Hey there pumpkin!" He said while he picked me up and spun me around. "How yah doing?" He poked my nose and I giggled. 

"Good!" I answered with a huge grin on my face. It was Christmas Eve and Dad was home for a month. What could be better for a 7 year old?

"I have someone I want you to meet." He said, putting me down, but still holding my hand as he walked into the other room. "This is my partner Simon, Simon Kiefer. His flight got canceled so he's staying with us until he can get a flight to his home, okay?" I nodded my head, a little intimidated by the strange tall man standing in front of me. 

He kneeled down so he was closer to my height. He smiled and shook my hand. "It's nice to finally meet you, your father talks about you all the time." My face broke out into a grin, knowing that my father tells people he works with about me. 

Flashback over

He... was so nice when I met him. What happened? "Oh, Charlotte, it's so nice to see you again." He spoke with a smirk on his face, causing me to scowl at him. "Don't look at me like that, You should be happy, You'll finally get to see your dad." I sat there, shocked. What? "That's right darling, I'm going to kill you." 

"What do you want?!" 

"I want you, dead." He states simply. 

"Why?" I whisper. What did I do? He looks at me. 

"Your father ruined my life, so I ruined his. I still didn't get what I wanted, so now I have to ruin hers. Then She'll be mine." He gives me a nasty glare. 

"What?" I gasped. It made no sense.

"Let me tell you a story Charlie. Your father and I knew your father before we were put together as partners. Luckily, he didn't remember me. You see, your mother, father, and I all went to highschool together. Your mother and I, we were best friends. I loved her! But no, she loved your father. She just left me, she left me for him! Ever since that day I hated your father, he took the girl I loved.

One day, I joined the army. I figured that I had nothing left living for, so I could die while fighting for the country. But then, your father was there. He didn't recognize me so I took advantage of it. I told him my name was Simon Kiefer, and that we were in the army troop together. That fool actually believed me."

"Who are you?" I whispered. By now, I had been handcuffed to the wall in a corner, I was to shocked to even care though. 

"I'm really Raymond Pigner."

"Oh my god..." My mom gasped from the other side of the room.

"But... why did you have to kill him? Why do you have to kill me?" I questioned.

"You see, he made my life awful, so I wanted to make his awful too. When your father always talked about you, I knew he was your world. I decided I was going to take you away from him, that way we'd be even. Eventually I'd have to kill him though to get to your mother.

We were in a town evacuating people from their homes, when bombs started to drop. It knocked over a building, and all the rubble came towards us. I knew it was my chance for me to kill him, to make it look like an accident. So I pushed him out of my way and ran, just leaving him there. 

I was thrilled, I'd finally get to have your mother all to myself. But then I realized, with your father gone, and you being truly close to him, she wouldn't want to go against your will, she would want to help you. And obviously you would refuse to me being with her because it would be to soon, especially with a friend, so I had to get rid of you.

I didn't worry about James, as he was adopted and wasn't as close to your father. I figure he would just want what was best for your mother. 

But now, now your here, and now you'll be gone."

I felt a sharp pain in the side of my stomach, I fell to the ground, my head resting against the cold metal of the cuffs on my hands. Screams echoing around me. I couldn't tell if they were mine or my mothers, the world was going fuzzy. 

Words whispered in and out of my words but none of it made sense. 

Voices. There were voices. My mother, my dad, James, Niall, People from school, people on the streets, The rest of the boys, Voices. It felt like the whole world was in the room. I heard them all, but only my mother was here. 

"Say hello to your father for me." was whispered into my ear, sending chills down my whole body. The pain doubled and I tried to scream, but everything went blank. 

Authors Note: Another Cliff Hanger! Ahhh! I really like this chapter. :) Thanks so much for everybody reading this story or my other one! I plan on continuing "Dear Tanner..." soon! I might end up waiting till I finish this though. Vote, Comment, Fan, whatever!

Hannah xx