Luke's POV -Edited-
When I get the call that yet another, peasant had disrespected my men I instantly groan. The only thing about this one is, this one is a girl. Most women know not to disrespect my men, they know what happens or at least they don't want to find out. Groaning, I roll out of bed, walking to the bathroom to take a shower for this miserable day ahead of me. After washing my hair, and body I get out and get dressed in skinny jeans, a white tank top, and a leather jacket. Walking out of my bathroom after fixing my hair, I get a call immediately from Ashton saying Calum was here with the girl. Hurrying down the long dark hallway, taking a right turn and making my way to the chamber.
I open the door and walk inside, the smell of death tickles my nostrils. I cringe, still not being used to the smell. I walk to the other side of the room, by the big black door leading to the women's room. Waiting for Calum to bring in the girl, I impatiently tap my foot. I look up to see the door open, a beautiful girl stepping through, with her brown hair and dark pink streaks to her perfectly fit body, she was gorgeous. No Luke this girl disrespected you. My mind tells me, I cough trying to cover up my uncomfortable situation. She walks in looking down, her hands tied behind her back; Calum holding her arms stiffly, I want to tell him to loosen his grip but I keep quiet.
She approaches me with her head down. Good. As Calum brings her closer he looks up at me giving me a reassuring glance. As he brings her farther and farther into the warehouse for some reason I find myself becoming nervous. No Luke, she has to go. Not going through with this would be going against everything you have ever known and you know it. It has to be this way. Don't get too attached. I continue to remind myself.
As the girl approaches with Calum's grip still tight on her wrists. "Here you are Hemmings." Calum says to me, the girl only about a foot away. Her big brown eye look up to meet mine, dirt smeared across her face, and her hair up in a tangled ponytail. Contain yourself Luke. "What's your name?" I ask her, my voice staying stern but I am truly curious. "Ellie" she whispers, looking back down. "Well Ellie, you know why you're here, don't you?" I ask, again. "No." No?! She should know why she was here! She disrespected one of my men! Didn't she? I mean, my men do sometimes lie to me thinking that I don't catch it but it's never really mattered. So why does it now? "And why do you say that?" I don't know why it matters, but I'm curious.
"What?" She asks, clearly shocked about how I seem to care at all. "I said" I say becoming a little frustrated. "And why do you say you don't know why you're here." Her eyebrows furrow, her expression clearly confused as she speaks; "The man that I ran into that night; one of your men, he caught me while I was trying to get food. He -um he uh" She takes a deep breath truly startled from her experience. Did it effect her that much? Are my men really that bad? It hasn't mattered before but really? Just as I was about to say something she continues. "He told me that he wouldn't turn me in if I- if I did something for him. He told me to um str-" "That's enough" I say quickly, not wanting to hear anymore. "Calum, take her back to her holding cell" I instruct. "But Mr. Hemmings-" "No Cal take her back to her cell." I look right at him trying to stay stern but slowly failing. He nods turning around and waking away. "And Calum!" I shout, him looking back at me; "loosen your grip man" I tell him, he smirks in return but obeys my orders.
Calums' POV
Taking the girl back to her cell was weird for me considering this never happens. They are always gone by now. It seems that Luke has just started facing the hard truth that 99% of his men are disgusting pigs. As we get back to the room she speaks up " why did he-" I cut her off, "I have no idea but don't get used to it, he will be back to the same man by the ending hour." I tell her. "But this isn't my room" she says. "well your room is being used so this is your new one." I tell her. "Oh" I open the door push her inside quickly closing it again.
Ellies' POV
This new room is dark and dirty- nothing that I didn't expect but- there is a quote on the wall though. "Speak no lie, tell no truth, time will tell who is who" I read out loud, just then I hear the jingling of keys and a lock click as the door opens and Ashton hurries in. "What are you doing Ashton oh my god!" I exclaim as he hurries over and shushes me. " You must be quiet love, I'm going to help get you out of here." He tells me and my breath hitches in my throat. "How?" I whisper wanting to start already. "I need you to tell me, do you have anyone you could call or I could find to help you get out?" I begin to think, Mom? No. She's gone, and so is the rest of my family.
I haven't seen Michael in two years I just assumed he was gone but maybe- " I don't know, the only one that has even got a chance to be alive is my friend Michael" I tell him tears in my eyes. "Michael? Like Michael as in Michael Clifford?" I gasp " You know him? You know my Michael?" I am so happy right now I can't even begin to explain. "He's alive? I thought he was gone." I tell Ashton, my heart beating at a rapid pace. "I helped him escape last month, and I gave him a job so he could live a better life. But he always told me he was looking for a girl, a girl he loved very much and her name was -El- Wait you're his Ellie oh my god we have to go now lets go and keep quiet" Ashtons' words are buzzing around in my head making it hard for me to focus, he was looking for a girl, a girl he loved very much. He still loves me, and I've got to find him.
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Ashton leads me down a very long and dark corridor with a door at the very end. "This is the back door and Michaels' dorm is just down the stone path, it's the only one down there so it's not hard to find but you need to watch out for guards." He tells me. " You're not coming? But I thought you wer-" "No. I can't if I leave then Luke will get suspicious." He tells me. "But you have to be careful if you get caught Luke will kill you on the spot." As he tells me this tingles run down my spine. "How will you cover for me though? Won't Luke get suspicious then? If one of his prisoners just goes 'missing'?" I ask, nervous about how I'm going to have to go through with this. "I'll tell him that one of his other men killed you, I'll just have to find a female body in the room and set it on fire so he will believe it." The gruesome image appears in my head as I gag. "I'm sorry you have to do this Ashton. It's horrible. But I can't even begin to tell you how grateful I am for you to be helping me like this" I tell him giving him a tight hug. "Just go Ellie, and be safe" He smiles, hugging me one last time before opening the door.
Ashton hurries me out the door and tells me to run. I obey his orders and run down the stone path that I was told would lead me to Michaels dorm. Maybe I shouldn't trust Ashton but I don't really have a choice. As I approach a curve in the pavement I hear voices. Crouching in a nearby bush I look over to see two guards who seem to be drinking and walking up the path. I step back a bit but then pause when hearing a twig snap underneath my foot. Shit. I curse to myself, as both guards stop and look around. "Did you hear that?" one of them asks. "Dude" the other laughs. "You're drunk, you're probably just hearing things, lets go before Mr. Asshole Hemmings sees that we're gone." He says, as the other takes a glance in my direction before reluctantly walking away with his 'friend'. I then release a breath that I didn't even know I was holding before continuing on the path.
I approach the end of the path to see a small house at the end of a small driveway looking thing. My heart races at the thought that my Michael could be in there. I walk up the steps that lead to the front door and knock. And then the door opens.
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Hey guys! Sorry it took me absolutely forever to update I didn't have my laptop on vacation and i just really didn't have the inspiration to update but here it is! I hope you liked it because i have so many different ideas for this story! if you have any Comment them because new ideas are always welcome.
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