Don't Believe What You See

Chapter Twenty Nine

After the four kids arrived at Drake's house, Peter knocked loudly on his door. Drake opened in and didn't even get half a sentence out before Peter tackled him to the ground and had him pinned.
"Where's Pilar?"
"And Delilah," Hunter added.
"I have no clue what you guys are talking about! But I will call the police!"
"Don't mess with us Drake!" Hunter called.
"Who's Drake? I'm Drew!" York, Lola, and Peter turned their heads to Hunter.
"He's lying! His name is Drake!"
"No it's not!" Peter stepped off of Drake and he ran for the phone. Before they could process what was happening, all of them were being dragged down to the police station.
***
York, Lola, Peter, and Hunter sat in a crowded holding cell downtown. Hunter had his head in his hands, Lola was sitting on the ground playing with her hair, York was holding the bar cells, and Drake was pacing back and forth.
"I swear! I went to school with him! He was lying about his name! His name is Drake!"
"It doesn't matter anymore Hunter! We can't do anything about it! He won." Peter stated.
"Okay kids, Drake Dimklin decided not to press charges, so you can go," a police officer said as he unlocked the bars.
"Can you repeat his name?" York asked.
"Drake Dimklin," the cop said as if they asked a stupid question, which they probably did from the cops perspective. Their heads turned to Hunter, and he just stood with an 'I told you so' look on his face.
***
"Do you think we'll ever get out of here?" Pilar asked Delilah. Delilah was busy trying to break the lock on her cage.
"We can't say no, otherwise it will happen," she said taking other try at the lock. The door opened and Drake appeared with a camera, two chairs, and rope in his hands.
"Alright ladies," he said standing in between the two girls, "here's how this is going to work, I'm going to send a video to your boyfriends. You girls are going to say exactly what I tell you to say, otherwise, you get hurt. Go it?" Both the girls shook their heads 'yes.'
"Good. Delilah, you're first." Drake unlocked the cage and the second it opened, Delilah tried tackling him, but he was too big. He easily threw her on the ground and stepped on her stomach to keep her down.
"Looks like we have to drive the message into Hunter," Drake stepped two feet to grab a baseball bat and drove the end into Delilah's head until she went limp. Drake turned to Pilar and said, "Don't be brave like her." He unlocked her lock and she sat in the chair in front of the camera.
"Sorry sweetheart, but we have to make it look like we're beating you. You know, drive the message," Drake said before repeating what he did to Delilah to Pilar.
***
The two girls woke up to water splashing in their face. The blood was still clear on their faces, but they finally regained consciousness.
"Alright, Delilah, you're going to say, 'Hunter, Peter, send one hundred dollars to the school in an envelope labeled Drew.' Then Pilar, you're going to say, 'After he receives the money, he'll let us go. And if you call the police, we die.' Alright? And action!" He pointed to Delilah and she refused to say her line.
"Cut!" Drake stopped the camera and grabbed the bat.
"Hey batter, batter. Hey batter, batter," he chanted as he swung the bat across her already bloodied face, "Swing!" He did the same to Pilar, without chanting.
"Let's try this again! Action!" Again, Delilah refused to say the line. And again, Drake grabbed the bat and beat it into their skulls. Pilar turned towards Delilah with tears in her eyes and said, "Please," with her voice shaking.
"And again, action!" Delilah took a deep breath and said with attitude, "Hunter, Peter, send one hundred dollars to the school in an envelope labeled Drew." Quickly, before Delilah could say anything else, Pilar said, "After he receives the money, he'll let us go. And if you guys call the police, we die."
"Cut! Print! Beautiful!" Drake grabbed the two girls and dragged them back to their cages and locked them up again.