Hum Hallelujah for the Wicked! {A Young Blood Chronicles AU}

Chapter #5 (Young Volcanoes):

There are four girls, Patrick notices they're stringing up drugs and attaching them to Pete, Brendon, and the other guy. Then one of the girls attaches it to Patrick. Patrick feels his worries vanish. The girls help the everyone to eat. Patrick wipes his mouth with his hand, with a napkin that was beside him. One of the girls offers Patrick some red wine, (or at least it appears to be), which he drank. What was I worried about again? This feels nice.

The girl who offered him wine walks back over to him, with a dish of colored powder in her hands. She has a straw, and holds it towards his nose. He inhales, and it made his head feel lighter than it had been before.

The girls then repeated this procedure with everyone else, and Patrick realized that they released his bonds, and everyone else's. Wasn't there something I needed to do?, he wonders, but can't remember what he needed to do. So he stay still.

He watches as Pete and Brendon seem to be passing red liquid between the two of them, Pete spitting out the liquid. Patrick glances back over to the other guy, and he seems very disoriented. Curious as to why, Patrick stands up, and starts to walk towards him.

It takes Patrick a second to figure out how to speak again, as his lungs felt like they were on fire. "Hello?", Patrick says, uncertain that the person will hear him. The other guy groans. "Who-who's there?", he says, sounding terrified. "I'm uh, I'm Patrick, uh, what's your name?", Patrick asks, hoping to strike up a conversation. "I, I'm Ryan." Where have I heard this before? Patrick thinks. "Where are you at?", Ryan asks. It took Patrick a second to realize that he was still blindfolded. Patrick tries to move close enough to undo the blindfold, but one of the girls, wearing a weird mask, that kind of looks like a pig, and did not have a shirt on.

This took Patrick aback. He wasn't expecting that. He tries again to move around her, but she seems to be following his movements. "You can't go just yet.", says the girl, in a very sweet voice. "I'm not leaving, though," Patrick says. "I'm trying to get to the guy behind you." She takes the mask off, frowning. "No. Don't speak to him! You've got friends here! Wouldn't you rather talk to them?" Patrick, even in his state, can sense that she's scared that something will happen should Patrick talk to Ryan.

This, of course, made him more curious. He carefully squeezes past her, and walks over to him. He removes the blindfold. "Um, there. Now you can see.", Patrick says. The other guy, Ryan, looks at him like he can't quite focus. "Whatever brought you here, you need to run, as fast as you can, and do not look back.", Ryan says, groaning. He passes out again.

"Hi, Patrick!", says one of the girls, with an overly cheerful voice. Patrick looks at the girl, and then the at Ryan, and backs up. "Aw, there's no need to recoil. You're safe, and you're friends too." "But what about him?", Patrick asks, pointing to Ryan. "Him? Oh, he's fine. He's had a little bit too much to drink. Don't worry about it, go, talk to your friends.", she says, stepping between Ryan and Patrick. "Have fun, don't ruin your night, honey." Patrick nods, wandering over to Brendon and Pete. "Hey, Patrick!", Pete says, still holding the red liquid. "Um, hi.", Patrick says. "Do, do either of you know that man over there?", Patrick asks, pointing to him.

Brendon and Pete turn to look at him. Pete shakes his head, but Brendon's eyes widen. "Ry?", he whispers. He starts to move closer. Patrick grabs his arm. "They said to stay away from him." Brendon looks down. "What did he say to do? I know you, you're very curious, and would've asked him should you get the chance." Patrick swallows. "He said 'run, as fast as you can, and don't look back.'", Patrick answers. Brendon sighs.

"We should listen to him, then.", Brendon says. "What? Listen to the crazy dude?", Pete says. "He's probably had one too many to drink!" That's what they said, maybe they're right? Maybe this guy is a drunk who doesn't know what's real. Patrick thinks. "Why should we listen to him?", Patrick asks, trying to see Brendon's point of view. "He's Ryan, the one I told you about? My friend? Why else would I suggest trusting him?", Brendon says.

Patrick's brain caught up to what he had wondered before. "Your band friend?", Pete asks, looking at him. "Is he known for passing out often?" Brendon facepalms. "No, you dummy, they did something to him! He's passed out because they hurt him in some capacity." One of the girls walks up behind Brendon, and injects him with a needle. He groans, and hits the dirt. Pete also got injected from the back, falling unconscious on floor. Patrick, panicking, made a break for any exit. He frowns. Why hadn't thought to I look for an exit? He wonders as he searches the room. Where had he come in from?

Before he remembered, he feels someone grab him from behind, and drags him back to the table. He struggles against his captor, but they were way stronger than him. They reattach the bonds, and he sits there, only thing he could do is snap his fingers. He looks down at his hand, it was covered in blood. He sighs.

Annoyed as he was that there is so much blood on him, he notices one of the girls leaving with that briefcase. He groans. He decides to leave that problem alone for now, choosing to check on his friends. Pete is sat across from him, blindfolded again, but not conscious. Brendon was also sat down next to him, to his right, blindfolded and unconscious. Ryan, on his left, didn't seem to need any help staying unconscious, he just passes out by himself.

Patrick then looks for a door, and used where he saw that girl with the briefcase went as a guide. He glances over there to see that there isn't a door there, perhaps a secret door? Patrick can feel the effects of the drugs wearing off, and was starting to think clearer. How long had they been here? 2 hours? 3? Patrick isn't sure. It was then that something hits Patrick on the back of his head, and he falls unconscious.