Trapped in the Basement

0 - Prologue

BREAKING NEWS!

Little Mix star, Perrie Edwards, was found yesterday after being in captivity for almost 4 months.

Just yesterday, Perrie Edwards, 24, was found by police officers who had pieced together the clues to Miss Edwards' disappearance earlier in the week. Officials assume Edwards was taken hostage shortly after finishing her concert tour with fellow bandmates Jade Thirlwall, Jesy Nelson, and Leigh-Anne Pinnock, in the UK at the end of November. From then on she was held in captivity.

It was revealed that during Edwards' few public appearances she was allowed to make, her captors kept watchful eyes on her and made sure that none of the information of her kidnapping could reach the public. This changed, however, after the public disturbance that occurred in suburban London earlier this month.

The star was found in a basement cellar, semi-conscious, mostly due to food deprivation and physical trauma, as well as a severe concussion. Currently hospitalized, Edwards is hoped to make a full recovery with love from her family, friends and fans.

The two captors have yet to wait until Edwards has made a full recovery to go to court. For now, the two 20-something year old sisters named—

Perrie tossed the newspaper article to her side, not wanting to look at the names of those two back-stabbing fame-diggers.

"There's more if you want to read them," Jesy said from beside her. Perrie shook her head, still too emotionally shaken to try and use words.

Jesy leaned forwards and took Perrie's hand in hers. Perrie looked up and noticed Jesy's eyes shining with tears.

"Pez, I'm so sorry," Jesy said, her voice barely above a whisper. "I should have known sooner, I should have known something was wrong with them. Leigh and Jade were right about them, and I'm sorry I didn't listen to them at first. I could have prevented this from ever happening."

Perrie wanted to tell Jesy that she wasn't to blame at all, and it was in fact entirely her fault for having such toxic "friends" in the first place. However, no words wanted to come out of Perrie's mouth. Instead, she pulled Jesy closer to her and hugged her tightly. Both of them cried, both of them resting their heads on the other one's shoulder.

The door clicked and Perrie and Jesy pulled away from each other. Looking at the entrance, Perrie saw her boyfriend enter the hospital room. He carried several bags in his hands, and Perrie could see several bouquets of flowers peeking through.

Jesy stood up from her chair, grabbing her bag, wanting to leave Perrie and her boyfriend some time alone.

"Leigh-Anne and Jade are caught up in the studio, they'll come and see you when you're ready," Jesy informed her as she began walking towards the exit. Perrie also heard her whisper something to Alex about meeting him later, before she left.

He placed the bags on the coffee table by the window. Perrie observed how he took out the flower bouquets and added them into the empty vases, left there before.

"There were some more gifts from the fans," he explained. "Do you want to go through them now, or later?"

Perrie shook her head. She really wanted to see what cute gifts her fans had given her, and she loved receiving the artwork, photo albums, snacks, flowers, or clothing. Just that...now...she couldn't look at them without feeling empathy for everyone who had worried over when she was under captivity.

"I talked to the police, they have the sisters at the station, but they're not doing anything until they've talked to you," he told her. Perrie nodded.

"When do you think you'll be ready?" Alex asked. He knew she wasn't going to be able to reply, so he counted time for her.

"Three days or so?"

Perrie shook her head.

"One week?"

Perrie shook her head again.

"Two weeks?"

This time, Perrie pondered over the thought, before she agreed and nodded her head.

"That's good, your manager said that you're getting no more than ten more days to recover, by then you have to be back in the studio and working."

Perrie brought her knees up to her chest and hugged them. Ten days to recover fully?

"I'm sorry about their stupid requests, you deserve a whole month to recover after everything you've been put through, I really wish I could do something more about it, but three extra days is all you were offered."

Alex had tried his best, and that was more than enough for Perrie. She reached up and held his hand, looking at his eyes at the same time. Thank you for trying so hard, her eyes seemed to say. I know you did what you could, and it's all right.

She just needed someone to be next to her, and to support her. She couldn't tolerate being alone, she didn't want to get reminded of her time trapped in the basement with haunting nightmares and hallucinations.

While rubbing circles with his thumb onto Perrie's hand, Alex lightly pressed his lips on her forehead.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" a voice squeaked. Perrie and Alex both turned and saw her nurse carrying a tray with medicinal equipment.

"Oh, no, I'm sorry, I was just about to leave," Alex told the nurse.

Perrie's eyes widened and she tightened her grip on Alex. Please don't leave me alone, her eyes seemed to say.

"I'll be right back, I promise," Alex told her. Perrie reluctantly let go of him, allowing the nurse to come over and give her new bandages.