"Sometimes, it doesn't matter how hard you try to run away from your past as for it will eventually find you..."
(Ok, 4th piece of work. Beforehand, I'll warn you, this story will contain references to: domestic abuse, death, violence, rape, sex, an...
We took turns for driving. Tom was, by far, the more careful one at it. Both Alaska and I were reckless. Ray was somewhere in between.
I had my hands on the wheel when Alaska yelled.
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"THE POND!!!!".
I stepped on the brake and we all looked at her, waiting for her to explain what the hell that even meant.
"The pond! He took her to the pond!. There's... an old house near this pond, not too far from where Hayley used to live as a child. That's the same place where he...", needless to say, we knew exactly what Parker had done to Hayley in there.
"Go! Go! GO!!", Tom yelled.
"Guys... If this son of a bitch is the person you're saying, he'll most likely be armed. We can't go empty handed", Ray said as I started driving even faster than before.
"Does anyone here have a gun? Or at least is allowed to carry one?", Alaska asked.
Tom and I shook our heads; we had only used fake knives and guns on set.
"Actually...", Ray said and pulled something out of a box. It was a crossbow.
"That's good, Ray. But we need more than that...", Alaska sighed.
"If you would only let me finish...", he rolled his eyes. "There are two 9 mm in the trunk. I didn't say anything before because, well... they are not exactly legal and I could get into deep shit because of it, but I don't care. If that's what it takes to save Hayley, then I'll do it".
"Okay, so we have 3 weapons. There are four of us. That means...", I said but Tom cut me off.
"Someone has to be the bait. I'll do it", he said.
I was about to step on the brake again but we would be losing time.
"Tom, you can't be the bait!", Alaska claimed.
"Why not?", he asked.
"Because of this..." Ray handed over a piece of paper. I couldn't see as my eyes were on the road.
"Can someone tell me what the fuck is going on!?", I said in anger.
"It's a copy of the last messages Hayley got. One of them says: "If you press 911 now, each one of them will die. Pretty boy will go down first. Then, that little bitch friend of yours. And I'll save the best for british boy". That's the order he was planning on killing us", Alaska said.
"And that is exactly why I should be the bait. Do you not get it?. If Sebastian does it, he will die first. If you do it, you will get tortured before he kills you. But if I do it... It will take him some time. He will most likely put me through hell before killing me. Ray has experience with the crossbow, which none of us do. He cannot be the bait. Sebastian, you can use a gun. It's like in the movies, only that these weapons are real. I have seen you, you have a strong, steady arm and good aiming. Alaska, you will be the one to call 911 in case anything goes wrong. We cannot lose you too", Tom stated.
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We all wanted to protest, but none of us did. His plan made sense. Parker wanted him to die last because he knew it would hurt Hayley the most. This wasn't any longer about who she preferred. It was about who was willing to die for her, and even though we all were, Tom decided he was the one who would endure whatever Parker had planned for him. Even if that included being killed.
"We're getting close", Alaska said.
I felt my heart about to explode, and a cold shiver ran down my spine.
