Murder at a Masquerade

Alone in the Dark

I woke up to someone smacking me multiple times across the face. When I opened my eyes, I saw nothing but darkness and a very faint silhouette of a many right in my face.

"Lady you better wake the fuck up or my boss is not going to be happy." The voice appeared hoarse and deep: a man's. I started screaming but it was cut off quickly by the man covering my mouth.

So I licked it.

"AH!" He quickly removed his hand from my mouth. I could hear home running his hand up and down his pant leg. "THE HELL LA-" I heard a door from behind me slam shut and I jumped, thinking I was on a chair but instead a wooden floor. I could sense small taps on my butt as another person walked closer and leaned close to me, too close.

Then, the lights turned on to reveal Daniel (we all knew it was him don't act surprised.)

"DANIEL!?" I started shaking and bursting into tears. "W-WHY ARE Y-YOU DOING T-THIS TO ME?!" I pushed away as he tried to cup my face in his hand.

"So we could be together, silly." He snapped his fingers, and the man behind him walked out. "Don't try screaming for help. You are hundreds of miles away from any community." He tilted his head, smirking. "No one will find us..." He stood up and walked out. My vision was blurry from tears but I could still see that I was in a very large bedroom with a pretty massive bed.

"So you kidnap me but can't manage to throw me on a damn bed?" I growled and stood up, trudging over to the bed and slamming my face into a pillow. Damn, this thing is soft.. I guess I should get comfortable since no one will find me...

I burst into a screaming and crying fit, standing up and chucking things at the walls. Lamps, pencil pouches, pencils, pillows, anything breakable. I was about to throw a picture before I looked at it and saw myself. And Daniel. And-

Oh god... Jackie and Gabbie. They can't be dead. Daniel wouldn't do that to me.

I fell to the ground and started crying again, removing the picture and ripping Daniel out of it so only me, Jackie and Gabbie were on it and hugged the picture so close to me I felt as if it was a part of my body.

Please, tell me they aren't dead...

Time Skip: Two Months Later

Jackie's P.O.V
It's been almost a month since I went to Alex's funeral... with no body in that damn casket. I wasn't able to sleep for weeks thinking that she was dead, here body decaying somewhere in the mountains, or that she was being held as a prisoner by some idiot.

"I promise you, Alex... I'll find whoever did this to you and I'll make sure they pay the price..." A knock came from my apartment door. It's probably Gabbie.. she's been visiting everyday since Alex went missing and has sometimes slept over for weeks at a time. I got off the couch and slowly walked over to open the door.

It looked kind of like the guy who was running to Alex like I was.. What was his name? Ryland?

Shit he's stunning. But what could HE possibly want? He only knew Alex for 5 minutes... seems they may have hit it off since I saw him at the funeral as well..

"I'm sorry for the inconvenience... I'm Ryland Moniker. I was wondering if you happened to know Alexandria?" I wasn't paying attention to half the things he was saying, I was too busy staring at his eyes and boy, ARE THEY BLUE.

"Hm? O-oh yeah she lived here with me... my best friend in the whole world... Is there something she gave to you or she dropped that you may have been wanting to return?" I didn't know if I wanted an answer or not.

"No actually..." he looked at his feet and chuckled, rubbing his neck before he cleared his throat and stared right at me. "There is something you'll need to know about me before I tell you anything else.."

Well? What is he going to say anything "YEAH GUESS WHAT IM A PRINCE YOU OWE ALEX 20 BUCKS IF THEY EVER FIND HER" or will I have to slam the do-

"Im not gonna try and make this sound stupid or weird but.... I'm a superhero. That mask I was wearing at the masquerade ball was my hero mask.."

"WHAT?!" I was so shocked the only thing I could say was that. "Is there anything else I need to know?!"

"Actually.. yeah..." It looked like he was starting to sweat and I started getting really nervous.

"Then tell me."

"I-I know where Alex may be.." His faces turned stone cold and I gasped, then exploded into Niagara Falls and hugged him tightly, which he in turn hugged my back, but so gently he seemed afraid as if I would break if he hugged me tighter.

I have been praying for the moment to hear those words... now I know they've been answered..

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SO HOW'D YOU LIKE THAT FOR A CHAPTER THREE ENDING?! AND WHAT ABOUT THAT .... fricken heck I forgot the word... ANYWAYYYY I thought it was good.. bye?

Date Published: 3/21/2019
Word Count: 911 words .... damn....