Insanes

Chapter 9

Thorn shook me awake and I opened my eyes sleepily and yawned.

"Are we there yet?" I stretched as much as I could in the little space and looked over at Dustin and Scarlet. They were still asleep with Scarlet's head on Dustin's shoulder. 

"Yeah, we're descending now. About 5 minutes till we land." I nodded and leaned my head on his shoulder again. He put his arm around me and I smiled. I heard him humming a song quietly. I listened closer to hear that it was Always by Panic! At The Disco. I started humming along and he looked at me, smiling. We hummed in harmony until the end, then he whispered in my ear. "It was always you." He looked in my eyes and kissed my lips softly. As always, I felt light and breathless because his kisses were intoxicating. We broke apart and I looked out the window. I saw that we were really close to the ground and then the plane landed. It was a shaky landing and I held onto Thorn.

"Hey, it's okay, we made it." He kissed my head and I took a deep breath. I'm okay. We're all okay. As of now, at least. Once the plane slowed to a stop, everyone started unbuckling and standing up to get their luggage. Since we didn't have any, we got up and hurried past a few people. The flight attendant at the door said goodbye to us and we walked onto the ramp leading into the airport. We went around turns and up stairs before we got to baggage claim. We didn't wait long before the conveyor started moving and bags started coming out. Thorn got his first, then Scarlet, then me, and lastly Dustin. I pulled the handle of my suitcase up and we started walking. It wasn't too long before we heard screaming. We looked over at a desk near us and saw three men in suits. One had a gun to the lady's head, another was standing with his arms crossed, and the last one appeared to be holding up a picture of someone. A picture of me. 

"I know this girl's been through here! Where is she?" The one holding the picture said loudly. The lady shook her head frantically.

"I don't know, I've never seen them before! Please don't shoot." By this time she was sobbing and I looked at Thorn.

"We need to leave, now. Hurry, go!" We all took off down the corridor and heard footsteps running behind us. 

"Catch them! Do not let them get away!!" 

"Ana, do not look back at them! Just keep running, Mr. Oliver said there's a car waiting for us outside. Not too far now." Dustin called to me, and I kept running. This was not easy, considering I am not at all fit, so I was quickly out of breath. We just kept going, passing many people who would yell when we passed them. Just when I was about to give up, we turned a corner and saw the doors leading outside. We were just about to reach them when Thorn tripped and fell. I quickly skidded to a stop and turned around to see the men had caught up and had a good grip on Thorn. 

"Thorn, no!" I yelled and before I could start running toward him, Dustin grabbed me around my waist. I was yelling and kicking as I watched the dudes hit him. "No! Stop hurting him!!" Why wasn't anyone else in this whole damn airport helping?? I bit Dustin's arm and he let go. I ran and jumped on the nearest guy, knocking him over. I hit him a few times in the face, making his nose bleed. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Thorn break free and start beating another guy. Then, Dustin joins and all three of us beat the living shit out of these guys. I get up and observe the scene before me. Then I touch my nose and look at my fingers. There was blood on them, meaning I had a nose bleed. My guy did manage to get a few hits, but I hit him harder. 

"Ana, are you okay?" I looked at Thorn and he had a busted lip and a bruise forming under his right eye. I nodded and he hugged me tight.

"I wasn't gonna let them take you away from me."

"I know. I wouldn't let them, either." We both turned to look at Dustin and saw that he didn't have a scratch on him. 

"What? I took karate. I know how to kick some ass when I need to." We all laughed and Scarlet hugged Thorn and me. 

"C'mon guys, let's go. Hell awaits us." We grabbed our bags and started out the doors. We stopped and looked around, and Dustin spoke up.

"He said it was a black van... There it is." He pointed in the direction of the car and we walked toward it. Sure enough, it was for us, because the driver was Mr. Oliver's personal assistants. Well, one of many. He wasn't wearing a suit, but a white t-shirt and light blue jeans. Maybe he was trying to "blend in." 

"Hey guys, you got all your stuff? Not like you'll need most of it. Maybe this time, you'll rot in that place." He's always been an asshole to us, but we usually give him reasons to be. We didn't care, though. Nothing new. We threw our stuff in the back and climbed in. Our chauffeur got in and started the van. He backed out of the parking spot and drove out of the airport's parking lot. I rested my head on Thorn, listening to his breathing. It was the most comfortable thing to listen to, and made me feel safe, knowing he was okay. Right now, I just hope the asshole driving us to hell doesn't crash on the way there, which is actually very likely to happen. What luck for us.