Quinn had looked down and Eric had looked up. Eric had cuts and bruises all over his face, and Quinn was broken down.
"Quinn, you need to get out of here." Eric whispered.
"Why?" Quinn spluttered.
"Listen, they know that you're here." Eric muttered.
"So? I do not care. I am getting you home safely because I... I need you to be safe." Quinn whispered back.
"Get out of here Quinn." Eric warned her.
"I'm going down there." Quinn turned to Phoenix.
"No, you heard what he said. They know that we're here. We better leave." Mimi interrupted.
"I don't care if they know that we are here. My boyfriend is stuck in that record store, and as far as I'm concerned no one is going to stop me from getting in there!" Quinn shouted.
"We might." Alice laughed. Quinn whipped her head around and saw Alice and Billy standing by the wall they had climbed up.
Quinn took this moment to jump down the trapdoor. She landed on her ankle and yelled in pain.
"Quinn! Are you okay?" Eric shouted at her.
"Fine. Is there a knife in here somewhere?" Quinn stood and looked around. She limped around the room and found a pair of scissors on the table.
She cut the ropes binding her boyfriend, and Eric jumped free and kissed her. Quinn pulled away.
"What? Bad breath?" Eric asked.
"No. We have to get out of here before they find us." Quinn looked up at the trapdoor and heard Alice and Mimi arguing.
Quinn and Eric pushed on the front door and the doors surprisingly swung open.
"I checked these doors before. They were locked." Quinn pointed out.
"Does it matter? Let's get out of here!" Eric grabbed Quinn by the hand and tried to pull her but she collapsed. "What's wrong?"
"My ankle. I can't walk. Just go. I know that you'll get me out of here." Quinn smiled.
"No. We're going together." Eric picked Quinn up and they ran to his car.
"Wait wait. Everyone else is here. Kris, Mimi, Daniel, and Phoenix." Quinn stopped Eric.
"Where are they?" Eric asked.
"The roof. The roof." Quinn pointed up.
"Wait in the car. I'm locking it and stay in the backseat." Eric placed Quinn in the backseat and locked the car door.
Eric scaled the wall with no problems and before he reached the top he peaked and saw Alice and Billy tied to a metal pole on the roof.
"Nice." Eric muttered. He walked around them and looked around for everyone else.
"We're over here." Phoenix waved.
"Why are you over there?" Eric walked towards them.
"To look for you two!" Mimi roared.
"We're okay. I'm here, and Quinn is in my car." Eric explained.
"Well then let's go." Kris nodded.
Everyone agreed and they climbed down the wall and piled into Eric's car. Daniel drove, and Eric sat in the passenger seat. "I'm too flustered to drive right now." Eric claimed. Mimi, Phoenix, and Kris were stuffed in the backseat, and Quinn sat on Eric's lap.
Daniel dropped everyone off until he came to his house. "You think you can drive now?"
"Yeah. Thanks. Listen, thank you for helping Quinn." Eric gestured to a fast asleep Quinn on his lap.
Eric carefully slid over to the driver's seat and felt around his pockets for his phone. He texted his mom, "Sorry I haven't been updating you. I'm at Quinn's house. We needed to work on a project. I'm sleeping over. I'll be home early in the morning."
He drove to a parking lot and parked the car. He turned off the headlights and put the driver's seat back. Quinn woke up when she heard the squealing of the car seat.
"Who's there?" Quinn jumped.
"Hey, it's just me. I'm putting the seats back. You wanna put yours down?" Eric leaned over.
"Yeah. Are we sleeping in here?" Quinn asked.
"I thought it would be nice." Eric shrugged.
"Yeah. It would be. Let me text my mom." Quinn took her phone out of her jeans pocket.
She texted her mom, and curled up as close to Eric as she could. They both quickly fell asleep but they woke the next morning with just about the worst news someone could get.
Wonderlust Theater, the place where everyone hung out and felt safe, was closing.
And I bet you could guess who was closing it.
Wonderlust Newspaper
The infamous Mr. Rembarc has decided that it would be best if all creative aspects of the town were shut down until further notice. He has decided to start with Wonderlust Theater.
"I think it is best for the town if we benefit off of our pleasures. Wonderlust Theater isn't doing us any good." Mr. Rembarc explained.
Wonderlust Theater was closing down. All because of Quinn's father.
