Vicious

The Rebellious

"Hazel you need to tell me exactly what happened" said Stephen in a stern voice. 

I took a deep breath and said "When you left, Nick and me talked for a while. After about half an hour somebody came by telling him to sign a....peace treaty I think. Nick was refusing, but-but I forced him to go. I wanted him to leave so that I could come to the party, I-I"

"I don't care what you did, I need to know what happened Hazel" said Stephen again more impatiently. 

I hung my neck and said "After about 15min I came down stairs without any difficulty, but I couldn't see Nick. He said he would be downstairs, but he wasn't. I tried looking for him and that's when I heard voices from the room behind me. When I looked Nick was on the floor bleeding, an-and he looked like he was in a lot of pain. Th-they were asking where you were and he wouldn't talk" 

I took a deep breath and gulped. "They hurt him. I-I could hear his screams Stephen, he looked like he was going to pass out. Oh my gosh I-I can't do this". 

I looked up into his eyes. Usually they were neutral not a sign of emotion, but right now they looked fiery. He looked so angry, the last I had seen him like this was when Martin was here. 

Stephen clenched his jaw and looked at Sam.

"You know what to d-"

"I am going to kill him" said Sam as she started to speed walk away. 

Stephen went after her while grabbing her hand.

"Stop" said Stephen.

"Let go of me! No body lives after hurting my best friend, no body" said Sam.

"Have you not learned anything over the years. You don't act in anger, it only worsens things. Think logically, Nick is with Russo and this is Russo's country" said Stephen.

"So let me kick his ass and kill him. If he doesn't live how the hell is his country going to?" yelled Sam.

"This is about Nick's life! I...I can't risk it Sam, he's my brother" said Stephen. 

Sam took a deep breath and calmed herself down. 

"Charlotte. What do we do?" asked Stephen. 

Charlotte came forward and said "There's a back door to the hub, we can take that. But it might take longer, but it's the fastest route avoiding the cops". 

We sat in a bigger taxi and Stephen explained the plan (that he made up on the spot!). Charlotte and my brother were to go through the back entrance. Ian was supposed to go through the front at the exact same time along with Sam to avoid suspicion, but they would meet up with Cher and Jake on the way. Stephen would come in later to help the others. Now the main part in this whole plan that I didn't get was what the heck was I supposed to do. 

"What about me?" I asked in the most innocent way.

"What do you mean?" asked Stephen turning himself around to look at me from the front of the car. 

"I mean what do I do? Shouldn't I be a part of this plan to" I asked again.

"Miss Prior, do you even realize the importance of this situation. Nick is kidnapped and all we have to get him back is us. We can't afford to lose another one of our team, especially you" said Stephen looking out the window again. 

I thought best not to say anything anymore, maybe it was safer to stay away from all this. I am the one Russo wants, and Stephen's right we can't afford to lose anyone else. Besides I am the very reason every one is here. 

I looked over to Ian who hadn't said a word to me this whole time, nor to anyone else. Nick was his twin brother shouldn't he be more, I don't know...furious? He looked really scared and lost, but not angry. Before I could say anything the car stopped again and we stood outside the hub again.  Fear trickled up my spine even though I wasn't going inside myself.