Rescued

Chapter 12

Alex

Ever since I'd been brought to this place, horrible nightmares haunted my sleep. Nightmares of Louis dying. Nightmares of them all dying. I wake up to Jasen shaking me awake and a look of fear on his face every time he does. He tries to get me to tell him what happens, but how could I?

This man helped to take me from my home, and now he just wants me to tell him what scares me the most? What scares me the most is that I'll give up, that I won't believe I'll be saved anymore and I'll settle for this life that's been forced down on me.

He couldn't handle my fear, and he definitely won't be able to handle my will. My willingness to do whatever it takes to save my family, this is something I sit and think about a lot. What am I willing to do to make sure they're safe?

I believe I've found my answer, after everything they've done for me. The countless times they've saved me and kept me safe, this time they won't have to save me. This time I'll save them and then we'll never have to save each other again. My life for theirs.
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When I woke up this morning I noticed Jasen was already gone, so I was alone in the house. I thought over my plan again and again going over every tiny detail in my head as I walked aimlessly around the house. After a few hours of doing this Jasen finally came home, "I hope you weren't too bored around here today, I have to admit it can get pretty lonely" he says smiling at me and closing the front door behind him.

I nod and stay quiet. Talking to him isn't part of the plan, I just have to wait it out a little longer. "Darling? Why are you so quiet? Is everything alright?" He asks sitting down next to me on the couch, I look at him and my emotions start to get the best of me. "Why do you keep me here?" That's not the start I was going for but that's what came out.

He sighs and sits back "Alex, when I was around your age, there was a girl who lived down the street. She was the prettiest girl I'd ever seen. Everyday at the same time she would go outside, sit on her front porch, and she would draw" I didn't know where this was going but now I couldn't focus on anything else but hearing this story.

"After a few weeks I finally got the courage to talk to her, I walked up to her porch and sat right next to her as she was drawing. It was the most amazing thing I'd ever seen. It was like she was drawing emotions. FEELINGS even. She let me look through her drawing and I physically felt every one." I'm a little confused....

"We hung out everyday after that, she even taught me how to somewhat draw and paint as well, then the day came when she left." His face went from bright to complete and utter sadness in less than a seconds. "Her mother was sending her away to a boarding school for girls, I would most likely never see her again" at this point he turned towards me "she told me something before she left; 'no matter what, no matter what pain will come from it, always protect your family' "

He grabs my hand cautiously and smiles sadly "this may sound weird at first but let me explain and it will all make sense okay?" He asks slowly. I give him a weird look but nod in agreement, "your father doesn't know but, Alex I'm your cousin" my whole body tensed at this and I slip out of his grasp " Alex listen, I was never going to marry you or any of that stuff he put into your head. Your mother told me to always protect you. And that's what I'm doing" he says trying to explain things before I start freaking out.

I continue to just stare at him and he can clearly see I'm way past confused by what he's saying. "Alex I NEVER planned on marrying you, it's just the only thing I could say that I knew John would give you to me" what is he saying? My mother told him to do this?

"Wait, wait. So your telling me that you told my father you wanted to marry me, ruined the first good point in my life in a long time, just because mother asked you to protect me?!" I shouted getting up off the couch. He looked a little guilty for a second and I continued "I was okay! I was SAFE! Why did you ruined that for us?!" If he was supposed to keep me safe then why'd he ruin the one point I was?.

Jasen gets up and sighs "Alex I didn't know then, I didn't know what these boys were or who they were. I'm sorry" my anger slightly deflated and I sighed "that was the first point in my life I was actually happy, I had a life, I even got a job!" I landed back in the couch and put my head in my hands. This has all gone so very wrong.

Why can't I just go home? Why can't we all just go home? Jasen puts a hand on my shoulder "Alex, don't worry. We're going to get your friends back, John will leave you all alone if I tell him too. Please, you've gotta trust me" he pleaded. I turned to him with a sad face "how are we supposed to get them back? We don't even know what he's done with them or where he's sent them!" Jasens face lightens at this "Actually I do! John sent me everything, it was kinda like a reasurance that they were nowhere near you" he gets up and goes over to a small desk.

Jasen pulls out a small stack of papers and makes his way back over to me, "see? They all seem to be at the house still, well except for Jake and Niall. They're at a military academy??" Wait. A what?! "There's no way he sent them to a military academy! Why would he do that?" I ask looking at the papers over and over again. He shrugs "well I mean your friend and brother were on the scrawny side compared to the others."

I just give him a look and he shuts up "How are we supposed to get them all back?" I ask setting the papers down, Jasen smiles and looks at me "don't worry, I have a plan.