Brooklyn Revival (completed)

Chapter 27- A Yellow Rose

Magnus walked around for a long time, his legs aching for him to stop by this point. His mind going over the fact that Alec had been involved in the car accident that left his friend dead. He knew Alec wasn't to blame, he knew it wasn't his fault but Magnus couldn't ignore the sadness the knowledge caused him. Not only that his Dot lost her life, but the pain and heartache that Alec must of gone through and is still going through now.

Sighing, he decided he would go back but he wanted to make a stop first. Finding a florist that was just about to close, he was able to buy a bunch of yellow roses, the colour reminding him of happiness. Hoping that Alec would accept his apology for walking out on him when he most needed his love and support at that moment.

He was just about to head home when he felt someone's hand on his shoulder, turning to find two men looking at him with a frown. Magnus didn't know the men and was growing increasingly concerned.

"Magnus Bane?" One of the men, the taller of the two with a balding head but a well filled moustache, asked.

"Who wants to know?" Magnus questioned back, his fear levels rising when he saw the two men look at one another and step forward, each taking an arm. "Hey! Let go of me!" Magnus shouted, the taller one slapping a hand over Magnus jaw to stop him yelling as Magnus wiggled and saw the car he was being led towards.

"Stop moving and you will be ok" The shorter man grimaced as they pushed Magnus closer until the door opened and they shoved him inside before slamming the door.

Magnus looked around for a second before coming face to face with another unknown man, the older man looking at him with a frown, his eyes scanning Magnus as if to access him. The fact that he was sitting in a car with some people that had just abducted him making his mind fill up with a million questions and scenarios as to what was about to happen.

"So, Magnus Bane. I'm Michael, that's Terry and Steve in the front. Here's what is going to happen. Your father, Asmodeus, owes us a lot of money. Over half a million. I'm using you as a bargaining chip to get my money so that waste of space will pay up to save his son" Michael frowned.

"Good luck" Magnus snorted, receiving a questioning look from the man in front of him, Magnus far from surprised by the news that his father owed that sort of money. "My dad hates me, with a passion, because I'm bisexual. Trust me when I say, if you use me as a bargaining chip, you definitely won't get your money, you will have to kill me and you will actually be doing him a favour by doing so"

"I don't believe you. There's no way Asmodeus will trade his own son's life for the money he owes" The man said, but Magnus could hear the doubt in his voice caused by his own words.

"Whatever you think, but I know my father. His last words to me were that I lost him to an admonition, my boyfriend, and that I have no place with him" Magnus shrugged with a sigh.

"Oh... wait, hang on... You're trying to tell me that Asmodeus has disowned you and walked out of your life because you're into men?" The man asked with a scowl.

"Yeah? Why?" Magnus frowned back, confused by the man's reaction.

"My brother is gay. I don't see anything wrong with it" He shrugged. "I don't like homophobic fuckers that think its alright to put people down just because of their sexual preference"

"Well he was fucking my girlfriend at the time so good riddance" Magnus shrugged as if bored by the subject now. "Listen, as much as I'd love to sit and chat... you aren't going to get what you need from me. You won't get paid, he will tell you to kill me. So can you either let me go or kill me now and stop wasting both our time"

"...Tell you what I am going to do... I'm going to call him and tell him that I have you, if your story matches up with his and he tells me to kill you because he doesn't care then I'll let you go" Michael offered, Magnus looking at him and raised a quizzical eyebrow.

"Fine but can you call him now? Me and my boyfriend had a row and I don't want him to think that I'm not coming home" Magnus sighed, slouching into the back seat as he looked out the window.

"No. I'm not doing it when you tell me too. I get we both hate your dad but that doesn't mean we are friends. I'm holding you for ransom at the moment. Now we are going to pull over, you'll be blindfolded and taken to a secret location. Then we will beat you up a little, you know, to help send the message. Then I will call your dad, maybe give him a quick video call to show him" Michael grinned wickedly, Magnus could see the idea of harm and pain was some sort of thrill to him. "Do you understand?"

"I don't actually, if he owes you money then why are you not abducting him?" Magnus asked.

"Ah, you see, we are a money lending business and part of the deal is that if the people don't pay well, stuff happens to their family. It's in the contract. How would it look if word got out that we didn't follow through with our promise? We would be a laughing stock and no one would take us seriously" Michael shrugged, looking at Magnus like he had asked a stupid question and it was obvious.

"So why do you have to beat me up?" Magnus probed. He wasn't actually calm, he was just acting. The whole time trying to text with his phone in his pocket, unsure as to who though. All he hoped was that he had done it properly and had texted the last person he texted which was Alec, and that he had managed to text 'help'. Knowing that it probably wasn't that but some garbled text that Alec would ignore, assuming he was drunk.

"We have to beat you up because again, it's about appearances. We look serious enough that your father goes through with the agreements set out in the contract when he borrowed the money, and if he doesn't and we let you go, we can't have you walking away fine and leaving us to look soft. Why are you asking so many questions?" Micheal asked curiously, now becoming suspicious.

"Just wondered. Seems like an awful lot to do for the sake of appearances but then again who am I to judge?" Magnus sighed.

It was then that Michael tapped on the glass that separated the men driving in the front and Magnus and Michael in the back, the men pulling over into a lay-by and getting out. Magnus watched as they each came to a back door and opened it before getting in next to Magnus. Squashing him between the two men.

"Time to say goodnight" Michael grinned, Magnus didn't have time to react before a piece of balled up cloth was stuffed into his mouth and secured with duct tape, a black blindfold covered his eyes and ear plugs put it. His world descending into quiet darkness. Only being able to just hear the sound of the engine before feeling his hands being taped together too. His fingers crushed together so he couldn't pull the tape off his mouth.

Taking deep breaths through his nose, he tried to calm himself. When he was just sitting there talking it didn't seem too bad, now being bound, gagged and blindfolded, he was terrified. Worried about what horror would await him when they finally reached their destination.