Shattered But Not Broken

Chapter 16

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This chapter is going to be written in Richie's perspective. I just wanted to let you know so you wouldn't get confused.

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My eyes opened suddenly as I saw nothing but blurryness around me. I put my hands up to my face and realized that I couldn't see anything because my glasses weren't on. I felt around me, realizing that wherever I was, it was moving.

When my hands felt my large glasses, I brought them up to my face and put them on. I looked around and saw that I was in a van of some sort. There was no light except for a lightly dimmed one on the ceiling of the vehicle. I looked around more and saw Jessica's limp body on the opposite side of the van. I quickly crawled over to her wondering what happened.

She wasn't moving and I started getting worried. I checked her pulse and there was a beat. She was breathing so I assumed she was just knocked out.

There was a wall next to her which I assumed that on the other side was the drivers and passengers seat.

I banged on the wall and yelled, "Let us out! Where are you taking us!"

"Shut up!" I heard on the other side in a low, stern voice. "We're almost there!"

Oh God, I thought. We're getting kidnapped. This isn't good. Oh God, help us.

I glanced back over at Jessica who was peacefully asleep. I hated to do this but I had to make her wake up so she knew what was going on. I put my hand gently on her shoulder and started shaking her.

She wasn't waking up and my emotions started getting to me. I started to cry and felt hopeless.

I picked up her fragile hand and brought it to my lips and kissed it. "Come on Jessica... wake up... please."

It took a moment, but she finally started to move. When she was awake, she looked around for a second probably wondering where the heck we were and then she looked at me.

"W... what happened?" she said, lifting herself up and putting her back on one of the van walls. "Where are we?"

I sighed. "I don't know what happened but I know that we are in a van of some sort, probably getting kidnapped.

She put her head in her hands and started weeping. "Why?"

"Why what?" I could tell she was scared. I wanted to do something to make her feel better but I didn't know what.

She looked up at me, her eyes showed fear. "Why, why are there people like this in the world? People that want to harm other people for no reason, just for satisfaction."

I wrapped my arms around her and hugged her tightly. "I don't know," I whispered.

That's when I felt the truck stop and heard the back door unlocking.

When the door opened, I saw a man, probably in his early forties. I glanced behind him and saw that we were parked in a parking lot. The building in front of us looked old and abandoned. Great, what are we doing in an abandoned parking lot? He's probably going to give us drugs or alcohol or something that's gonna make us sick and then kill us.