Hostage ~ L.H

Chapter 14 - Free

Luke’s P.O.V

Emelia holds Hazel tighter in her arms while I protectively push them both behind me to block the guys getting to them. The tough guys keep walking towards us and I grind my teeth and give them a death stare. They get to me and I try my best to fight them off and hold them back from my girls but they are stronger. One guy then puts a rag to my mouth.  I try to fight off the chloroform but it’s no use, I can feel my body becoming immobile.

 My eyes glance over to Emelia and Hazel and I can see Emelia is completely knocked out from the chloroform, her body probably has no energy to fight it.  I try to keep my eyes open but my vision becomes blurry. In the blurriness I can see the third figure, a small brunette woman, walk over to Emelia and take Hazel out of her arms. I feel a tear roll down my cheek as I watch, my eyelids forgoing me and closing, putting me in a world of darkness.

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I drift in and out of unconsciousness for a while. I can feel dirt around me but have no energy left to open my eyes.  I hear a faint noise of sirens gradually getting louder as my body gives up and I fall back into a deep slumber.

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Consciousness starts to take over me again and I notice I am in different surroundings from before.  I can feel softness underneath me, it feel like I am on a bed, I also her a constant beeping noise.  I feel something in my arm, I think it’s a drip. After a few more minutes I gain the strength to open my eyes. The light blinds me for a few seconds and it takes me a bit to adjust to the view.

 I notice a blonde woman sitting on a seat in the corner of the room and it takes me a second to realise it’s my mum.  She has lost a lot of weight since I last saw her and has very prominent bags under her eyes.  Honestly she looks horrible. It’s probably my fault, this is all because I was gone.

I use the energy I have to speak up and quietly I croak “Mum?”.

At the mention of her name her head shoots up and she looks at me with the hugest smile on her face. She then walks over to me and pulls me into a tight hug.

“Luke you’re ok, it’s been 10 months, I thought I’d never see you again” she cries into my chest.

I breathe in her scent and enjoy being in the embrace. I’ve missed my mum.  But I then realise who else I’m missing. Where’s Emelia and Hazel. I start crying and call out for them “What happened to Emelia and Hazel”.  Mum hugs me tighter and motions for someone else to come into the room.

A man about 5’10 with black hair sleeked over and in a FBI vest walks over to us.  “What happened to Emelia and Hazel” I repeat, this time directed to the man.  “Luke, a witness found you and Emelia’s unconscious bodies on a dirt track next to the main highway and you were both brought here immediately. Emelia is still unconscious and is resting in the next room as her condition is worse than yours” he says. 

I am glad Emelia is ok but what about Hazel. Where’s my daughter. Oh god. I start sobbing again and croak out “What about the baby?”. Mum pulls me into a tighter embrace.

The man looks at me with sorrow in his eyes and replies. “I am sorry sir but we found no baby”.

I sob hard at that and grip onto my mum. My little Hazel. There’s this worry burning in my stomach that won’t go away.

“The doctors informed me that Emelia has recently given birth so I am assuming this is the baby you are talking about, can you please enlighten me on what happened, did the guy who took you captive rape her?’ he continues.

I shake my head vigorously at that last statement. I wouldn’t have dared to let anyone touch Emelia like that.

“No no, the baby’s mine” I frantically say. Mum looks shocked and I can see a tear roll down her face but she still grips onto me as if she is afraid she will lose me again.

“Do you mind recapping what happened these past 10 months then?” the man ask looking a bit confused.  I then began telling our story from the start.