She Will be VicTORIous

Chapter 10: Please Save Me

Finn was jostled awake with a hand on her shoulder.

"Finn... Finn, wake up." A voice whispered. 

Finn let out a low groan. She raised a hand to her pounding head. When she pulled her hand back, she found her fingers covered in blood. 

"Finn!" The voice harshly whispered.

Finn snapped her head towards the sound. She saw her sister, Lauren. She looked mostly unharmed, except for the wound on her forehead. It was then that Finn noticed that they were no longer in the apartment, they were in the back of a car. 

"Lauren? Where are we?" Finn whispered, scared. 

"I don't know." She replied.

It was then that a pair of eyes, full of madness, noticed the awake sisters in the back. A cackled sounded throughout the vehicle, causing the sisters to startle.

"Oh, I see you two are awake." Josh said with a sick smile.

Lauren clutched Finn's arm out of fear.

"Where are you taking us, Josh?" Finn questioned.

"Don't you worry your pretty little head about it." Josh replied.

Finn looked outside the window, not recognizing the outside. All Finn could hope is that someone would come and save her. 

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Beck had been blowing up Finn's phone all day. He was worried about her. 

10:31 <hey Finn!>

12:00 <Finn, are you okay?>

12:34 <please reply>

2:15 <If you don't reply by the end of the day, I'm coming to check on you.>

3:00 <ok, I'm coming over.>

3:02 <please be okay>

After the last bell rang, Beck rushed out to his car. He rushed by his friends who attempted to get his attention. He was only focused on one thing, finding Finn. Beck sped over to her apartment building. He barely got the car in park before he was flinging open the door and running out. He sprinted up the stairs and down the hall. As he approached her apartment door, he noticed it was slightly ajar. 

He cautiously crept towards the door, his heart clenching in cold fear. He gently pushed the door open and walked in. 

"Finn?" He called out gently.

There was no response. At first, nothing looked askew in the apartment. The furniture was still intact and the decor was in its place. It seemed that there was no struggle here. In fact, it seemed clean, very clean. Beck walked further into the apartment, stopping at the living room. He looked around, looking for something, anything that could tell him where Finn had gone.

Beck carefully surveyed the room. His eyes passed over the walls, coffee table, carpet, couch-- and then he stopped. He shuffled closer eyes peering down on the little dark red drops on the couch. Could it be blood? Beck then noticed another spot, not far away from the couch. Then another, and another. There was a small trail of tiny droplets leading through out the apartment and into the hall. 

He followed the trail down the hallway, into the stair well, out through the back door, and then the trail ended. The only thing back there was a large dumpster. Beck stared at the dumpster with big eyes, begging with any deity for Finn to not be in there. Anything but that, just don't let her be in there. With a heavy heart, he threw open the lid to the dumpster. He let out a loud sigh of relief, no body. A surprisingly pristine suitcase stood out amongst the garbage. Curious, Beck pulled the suitcase out. Pulling the zipper open, he found a baseball bat, covered in blood. He reeled back in shock. He stood for a moment wondering who's blood that was, praying it wasn't Finn's. He decided to call 911.

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"Josh, please! I need to go to the bathroom!" Finn cried, hands clenched over her bladder. 

Josh let out a low groan, annoyed at Finn's incessant nagging.

"Fine! If it will get you to shut the hell up!" He growled out.

He pulled over at the nearest rest stop. It was the middle of the night, so there was no one around to see the bloody, bruised, and scared state of the two girls. Once the car stopped, Finn and Lauren hopped out. Josh escorted them to the bathroom and told them they had five minutes or he was coming to get them. Josh shut the door and stood outside to prevent ay attempt at escape.

Finn and Lauren both quickly relieved themselves. Truthfully, the real reason Finn wanted to go to the bathroom is because she knew that Josh would leave her alone. She also did really have to pee. Finn pulled out the tube of lipgloss she had in her pocket, left over from the night before. She quickly scrawled on the bathroom mirror. In big large letters was the word HELP, followed by both of their names and assurances that this was not a joke. 

Josh loudly pounded on the bathroom door, signaling that it was time to leave. Finn and Lauren scurried out of the bathroom and got back into the car with Josh. Finn tightly grasped Lauren's hand giving it a squeeze. Lauren returned the gesture, as they locked eyes. They both knew what each other was thinking. They both were hoping someone, anyone, would hear believe their desperate plea for help. With lingering glances and a heavy hopeful heart, the rest stop vanished into the night as the got further away.