Photograph of You (Frerard/Rikey)

Good news (9)

-Mikeys POV-

I lay on a couch, a blanket was over me and a tissue box sat on the floor next to me, as well as a cup of water. The room was dark, very little light coming in from the single covered window. It was surprisingly comfortable, almost reminds me of Gerard's room.
I'm still not entirely sure of what happened that I got here, but I do know I was kidnapped and I don't have my phone. That was in my room, but would be very useful right now.
My kidnapper is smart, when ever they come in here, I can't see them. They don't say anything to me, instead leaving me notes. They're nice, all things considered. I'm being fed properly, I have stuff to do in my down time, and my cold was getting a bit better.
They brought me medicine with my meals, and gave me several bottles of water hourly. I'm well taken care of, but I'd prefer to be home right now. I'm the meantime, they brought me a meal and another note with it, time to read what they had written this time.

They haven't found you yet, best for me that way. You've been taking the cold medicine I've been leaving for you, thank you for that. It makes things easier, I plan on bringing you back and revealing myself when your doing better. You've also been reading the books I left, one in particular seemed to catch your attention. I'll be back in an hour, when I come back please tell me how your doing?

The not had a hint of a carrying intention behind it, I've grown to liking whoever this person is. They have good handwriting, really know what they're doing, take care of me, overall they re pretty nice.
They are right out that book though, they left me a copy of Romeo and Juliet, it was on my bucket list of books to read, no surprise that it's actually really interesting.
I flipped open to the page I left off from, reading until I fell asleep again.

-Gerard's POV-

Thoughts of Mikey and worry plagued my mind, I couldn't concentrate at the task at hand. Frank challenges me to a game of build battles on MineCraft, which I was currently winning somehow. He wasn't letting me win, it's clear that he's trying.
I dominated the round, despite my distraction. "Hey Frank? How long do you think we're going to have to wait?" A whole week had gone by without any new leads, the officers are still trying though.
"They gave me a time span of two weeks a week ago, let's take this whole thing one day at a time though, ok? Don't stress yourself out to much." Frank wrapped his arms protectively around me, holding me there.
Then there's the issue of school, Franks dad had been calling us out over the past week. He had a meeting with the school, keeping them in the loop of what was going on. They're excusing us for the time being until there's word on Mikey, we wouldn't be able to process school well anyway.
It was better like this.
Ray was still trying to contact us, but I was keeping him from coming over. If someone was watching us, I didn't want someone else to be involved. Ray doesn't deserve to get caught up in all this too, it was bad enough Frank and his dad are involved.
Franks phone ringing pulled me from my thoughts, it was still a strange sound to me despite hearing it daily (sorta) for the past week.
"Update time," Frank picked up the phone. "Harper, this is early. Good news I hope?" He listened for a second, a grin spread over his face. "That's great to hear, do we have a time span right now?" He listened again, then nodded subconsciously.
"Right, thank you so much Harper, truly I appreciate it. I'll make sure to let Gerard know, he'll be happy about this." Frank hung up, then put his phone on the table, a grin still present on his face.
"Good news, someone stepped forward. Might shock you though with who has custody of him right now."
"Frank, don't tease me like this tell me what's going on??"
"Alright, alright, long story short, someone did kidnap Mikey, but he's not with his kidnapper right now. Turns out your uncle was out at the time and saw someone with Mikey, took the guy down and brought Mikey to a safe location. I don't know where that is, but they police have a very detailed description of the guy who took him."
A smile spread across my face, tears rolling down my face from the intense amount of relief that gave me. "He's safe, oh thank god. I'm glad he's with out uncle, he's a pretty cool guy and fairly caring. He'd know how to take care of Mikey right now, and protect him." Frank pulled me into a tight hug, we were both crying at this point from happiness and relief.
"That's good to hear, I'm so relieved that he's safe. I understand why he took his time though, it was safer that way." I nodded, sitting in his lap.
"You two look... different. What happened?" Franks dad came in, a clearly confused look on his face.
"Someone stepped forward, Mikey is with his uncle and safe."
"Wait his uncle kidnapped-"
"No, his uncle is the one who found him before he was brought to a second location. The police have a very detailed description and are searching for the guy. We can't see Mikey until the find him, but we're still getting updates. It's a relief knowing that he's ok and safe."
A smile presented itself for the first time in a while on Franks dads face, the same look of relief flooding his eyes. He joined us on the floor, hugging us both tightly. It was almost as if we're a family, that would be amazing.
The three of us sat in comfortable silence for a few minutes after that, then Frank broke the silence. "Wanna join us in a MineCraft dad? Build battles going on right now."
He smiled. "Sure, we can order pizza if you two want to." Frank nodded, I did the same. The next few hours was a blur of competitive building and eating, jokes, laughing, and smiles. It was a nice change to the gloomy atmosphere that sat present before.
Hopefully the next few days will be like this too, hopefully I'll see Mikey again soon. Right now though, I had means to celebrate and had the intentions to do just that.

-Mikeys POV-

A few days passed, it was always he same as the last. Well, almost. It turned out the I had been with my Uncle for the past week, he stopped my kidnapper from taking me and the police had this information.
It's nice to see him again, it's been a while. We had a lot of catching up to do, and spent hours on end talking and catching up. He didn't change a bit, still the caring, high energy man I knew as a kid.
We spent time watching movies and playing games when we weren't talking or eating, since he revealed himself to me things where a bit more open. I understood why he did what he did though, I'd do the same in his shoes.
"I'm glad you found me, and thanks for taking care of me. I'm beginning to get over this cold, ugh I hate being sick." He chuckled a bit before responding, the two of us where sitting in front of the TV and watching another movie.
"Yes, so do I Mikey, I've missed seeing you and your brother. I agree with the whole bing sick thing, I'm glad your beginning to feel better though."
"I shall pin that in that awesome soul you make, well that and the cold medicine but mostly the soup." We both got a good laugh from this, the past few days where spent like this also.
It reminds me of good times in my past, when a smile never seemed to leave my face. I know my uncle sees it in the same way, except it's a bit different for him. He still has me to worry about, so I'm taking the time to make sure he knows it appreciated.
A few days passed after that when we got the call, I was safe to see my brother again. I'm safe, they caught the kidnapper, the suspense of being home was killing me.

Song of the chapter: King of the clouds (P!ATD)