The Other World

Chapter Twenty-Three: Kidnapped

Catching up with Daisy was amazing, I wish I could hangout with her more. I always kinda considered her a sister in a way. Damon asked to hangout in my room with me, so now Damon is swinging on my chair.
"So my mum just texted me," Damon says.
"What did she say?" I ask.
"That I should invite you over for dinner tomorrow," he says. "Gorgeous would you and your mum like to come over my house for dinner tomorrow?" he says in a grand voice.
"I would be honoured to," I say trying to sound like a princess. He smiles and then looks like he has a question on his mind.
"Why did you try to make me sound better downstairs," he asks. "they were praising your boyfriend. Why try to make me outshine him?" he finishes off with.
"Well I felt you tense up next to me and I know how it feels to be outshined, it sucks" I explain.
"Sometimes it feels like I'm not good enough for them, you know?" he says. He puts his face in his hands and sighs. I walk over and fall to my knees in front of him I lift his face up.
"I get it trust me when my dad died I felt I wasn't good enough for my mum. I couldn't ever make her happy again. But I did. Trust me, you are enough" I say. I stand up and open my arms for a hug, he gets up and hugs me back. I let go of the hug and fall back on the bed. Out of nowhere something flies through my window and smashes it. We look to the ground and it's a smoke bomb. It starts to spray gas so we cover our mouths.
"Damon, I can't stay awake," I say sleepily with my eyes closed.
"No, you have to," He says but I'm already out.

Damon's POV
I wake up still on the floor of her room. I jump up and search for Joyce, I can't seem to find her anywhere. They must have taken her and left me here. I bolt down the stairs but someone quickly blocks the door.
"Why are you running?" Ask Joyce's mum.
"I forgot my phone," I say for quick recovery.
"Ok," she says but gives me a look of disbelief. She steps aside for me to leave. I walk out the house and close the door, as soon as the door closes I bolt to my car. I probably can drive around and pick up her scent but I'm going to need an extra nose. I dial in Ryan's number and he picks up straight away.
"Hey, Ryan, I need your help," I say.
"What happened?" He asks in a worried tone.
"Someone took Joyce! I need to track her down" I explain.
"Ok, where do you wanna meet?" He asks, he sounds almost as angry as I am.
"I will drive by and pick you up," I tell him. I hang up and speed off down the street.

Joyce's POV
I wake up on the cold stone ground. I've been chained up and locked in by a metal door. The chains are connected to my wrist and ankles then bolted in the wall. I try pulling it out the wall but I feel so weak. Wait, the air smells funny. I think he put something in the air because I feel really weak and tired.
"Let me out!" I shout while on all fours. I'm having trouble breathing in this air.
"Nope, when I'm done with you, you won't want to leave," He says from the speakers. Right next to the speakers are cameras. I try to stand but my legs give out, as I fall I knock my head on the wall and I'm out cold.

Damon's POV
We have been driving around for hours and haven't gotten anything. We've driven everywhere we could think of and still nothing.
"What if he hurts her," I say as my grip tightens on the stirring wheel.
"They won't and if they do, they are going to regret it!" He says.
"This isn't working. I think we need help" I say while pulling over. He looks at me confused.
"The pack?" He asked.
"No, I was thinking more like the vampires," I say, regretting the words as they come out my mouth.
"Would they even work with us?" He asks.
"They care for her as much as I do, they will help," I say while starting the car up again. I start to make my way to Ashlee's house.

When we pull up to her house I notice she is out the front and talking with Jordon. They seem worried or stressed about something. As Ashlee says something he punches the wall. We hop out the car and walk up to them. When they see our faces they roll their eyes in annoyance.
"What are you doing here?" Says Jordon or should I say Mr grumpy pants.
"I assume you found out Joyce is missing," I say trying to stay calm.
"Yeah, her mum said that after you left she had vanished," she says. Jordon rolls his eyes and gets angry.
"You did something to her didn't you!" He says accusing me.
"No, I was there when it happened. We were talking in her room when a smoke bomb flew through the window and we tried to not pass out but we did. I woke up and she was gone and all morning Ryan and I have been trying to find her." I explain to them. Ashlee looks at me as if surprised I tried to find her and Jordon looks like he doesn't believe a word.
"Let's work together, maybe we will have better luck" suggests Ryan to the vampires.
"No, I don't trust you or you," he says pointing to Ryan and me.
"Jordon, this is Joyce. We need to save her!" Says Ashlee who is more than happy to help.
"We can save her on our own, we don't need them fleabags!" He says furiously.
"Jordon, are you willing to risk her life because you don't trust them?" Ashlee asks Jordon, she's playing the guilt card.
"Fine! I will work with you two but I don't like you two still" he says. We walk to my car but stop when Jordon goes to sit in the front seat.
"No, my boy Ryan and I are in the front, you vamps can sit in the back" I explain.
"No, I want to see where I'm going," he tells us.
"Fine but don't be annoying," I say just wanting to get this show on the road. I hope Joyce is safe!

Joyce's POV
I wake up and feel the blood on my face. I sit up and lean my back against the wall.
"Why are you doing this? Who are you?" I shout at the camera.
"That's for me to know and for you to find out," he says with an evil laugh afterwards. The door opens and the chains undo "let's see if you can survive my tests," the guy says through the speaker. I get up but I'm still weak. He must have laced the air with something. I make my way through the door and lean against the wall so I don't fall over. Everything is so blurry but I see someone walking up to me.
"Omg! Joyce, I'm so glad I found you!" Says Jordon. My eyes begin to focus and I can see Jordon more clearly. Tears roll down my eyes, I hug him and he hugs me back.
"Jordon you found me!" I say with joy. We step back from the hug, then he grabs my hand and leads me down. "Where are we going?" I ask after passing a door. He doesn't answer and I start to get concerned. We then pass another door, "Jordon, why aren't you answering?" I ask. He looks at me with no emotion at all on his face.
"This door," he says. He looks at me and stands to the side to let me open the door. I slowly walk to the door freaked out and open the door slowly. I walk in but see nothing but a cell phone on a table. The door behind me slams shut and Jordon is still on the other side. I hear screaming which I think is coming from Jordon.
"Jordon, are you okay?" I shout from the other side. Blood starts to come from under the door. I step back and tears roll down my eyes. A TV turns on so I turn around, I didn't notice the TV before. On the scream is a man bleeding.
"This is "Jordon" or should I say the actor who played Jordon. He was just a normal kid who I hipnotised. Know you have a choice to make, either call someone to save you or say the boy's life. Note that as soon as you walk out to save him, the phone will explode. But, if you choose the phone, my dogs will eat the innocent boy" the creep says through the speaker. I watch as the doors slowly open showing me the boy bleeding out and a first aid kit next to him.
"why are you doing this!" I shout at the speaker.
"you have ten seconds to decide, chose wisely," he says and after that, he starts to count down. I think through carefully. I think maybe I can grab the phone and save the boy, but what if I'm not quick enough or strong enough. As he starts to count down from three, I run through the doors and drop down to the boy's side.
"hmm...interesting" says the creep after those words the phone explodes and the doors close.

Damon's POV
"I can't catch her sent!" I say while punching the tree. We are in the forest since I caught her scent while driving past, but I just lost it. Jordon gets angry and speeds off probably looking for her somewhere else.
"You should look somewhere else to, split up and cover more ground" I order Ryan and Ashlee. Ryan nods yes and heads off in another direction.
"it's alright we can do this," says Ashlee. I sigh and walk deeper into the forest. She follows close behind me and is whistling an annoying tune that sounds terrible.
"Don't you hate me or something?" I ask, remembering I dumped her. She looks at me and thinks.
"I mean I should, but the way you are acting is so nice. I forgive you, you're actually super sweet" she says while biting her bottom lip. I don't get how searching for her best friend all day makes her have a crush on me again but okay. I have bigger fish to fry right now.
"guys, I have her scent!" shouts Ryan. We all super run to him and look at him in the hope he still has it. I sniff around and pick it up too.
"I can smell it too," I say. We sniff and follow the trail.
After hours of walking, we end up at an old looking tunnel made from stones. It looks as if it goes underground. We all look at each other with unease as the place gives a bad aura.
"I don't like it one bit," says Jordon to all of us. We head in but get stopped by some sort of invisible force field. We try again but fail as if there is a wall that we can't see. We all look at each other for answers but none of  us have one.
"what the hell is going on!" says Ashlee frustrated. "my best friend is in there and we get stop by some dumb invisible shield!" she says. She walks away then super runs into it only to bounce back and fly through the air. She lands hard but gets back up and goes to go again.
"that's clearly not working" says Jordon, making her stop.
"maybe it's magic" I suggest while tapping it.
"well duh" says Ryan who's not helping. I give him a look then he smiles in an apologetic way.
"well then, shouldn't we get a warlock or a witch to help?" I say making my plan more obvious. They all nod their heads in agreement and we make our way back to the car.
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Will Joyce be ok? Who is holding her captive?
What plan does this creep have in hold?
Find out in the next chapter! XX