𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐭

twenty one |

[i recommend listening to
'bury a friend' by 'billie eilish']
—play on repeat—

twenty one - 24 hours

friday

m o m e n t s l a t e r

h u n t e r

we hurry inside to where jasmine is sat, the most worried i've ever seen her and jayden is lost for anymore words.

"what do you mean marcus has kai?" river speaks quickly, concern laced through every word.

"he said something about revenge?" jasmine says confused.

aware of what is meant by that, i don't want to comment. it's not my place to explain, it's best if river does himself.

a look is shared between the both of us, knowing someone should explain.

"i killed alex." his voice comes out weak, almost ashamed.

"excuse me?" jayden speaks up, her eyebrows furrowing sharply.

"it was stupid i know." he says shaking his head.

"yeah, yeah it was. look what you've made happen," jayden begins to go off at him.

"hey, it wasn't like any of us liked her anyway." i stand up for river without hesitation.

"we just need to get kai back," jasmine interrupts and for once i agree.

"what else did marcus say?" river asks, walking closer to the table jasmine is sat at.

"nothing other than he's got kai and it's his revenge," jasmine explains "we tried to ask what was going on, but he hung up."

"get him back on the phone," river demands "now."

jayden picks up her phone from the table, this presumably the one he rang on.

after she enters her code and we see her tap on the screen a few times, it starts ringing.

put on loud speaker, the ring tone just repeats over and over.

we wait for a few moments.

no answer,
nothing.

"fuck!" river shouts loudly as his hand collides with the table, letting a loud thud echo.

"hey, hey" i turn to face him, looking at only him, "we'll get him back, i promise you."

his eyes soften at my words but the worry is still laced in both of his hazel orbs.

"try again." river's voice becomes demanding as he looks away from me and stares down to the phone.

hopeless, jayden picks up the phone to ring again, knowing nothing was going to come from this.

the same haunting tone rings through the silence.

no answer,
nothing.

"again." river speaks bluntly, but his jaw clenches; hard.

jayden does the same action as before, now i think it's more out of fear.

just when the ringing seems it's going to stop, there's a muffled voice indicating it has been answered.

"marcus what the fuck?" river begins to shout down to the phone, when a loud noise is heard.

a gun shot.

"marcus, if you dare touch him i swear to god–"

river is cut off from the voice on the other line, "you'll what? shoot me like you did alex" the voice sounds infuriated and irrational.

"that bullet just skimmed over the top of his ear, the next one might be more careless."

"let me speak to kai." jayden's voice is heard as she takes the phone off the table.

"i'm afraid i can't do that." marcus' voice has a tone of pure evil.

"you have 24 hours to find us or the next time you see kai, he'll be 6 feet under."

and the line goes dead.

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