*Enjoy this song that has absolutely nothing to do with this chapter but sounded so aesthetic but I couldn't help but share it lol. Anyways, hope you enjoy it. I now know that I should never write a mystery/thriller(?) story. It makes my have writers block a lot-*
"Well, we were hanging out at the bar and Andy happened to have too many drinks," Naail explained while Tanyon looked down. "We didn't mind him at first, until he started making remarks about women. Saying that they should be serving men black, blah, blah." Continued Naail. I could sense Tanyon's anger so well...I'm sure he wanted to use his fist against Andy.
"Then he looked over at Tanyon and told him that he would do something with his girlfriend. He didn't know at the time that Tanyon was taken."
"Well how didn't he know?" I asked, looking at Tanyon. Naail sighed, "Well..he didn't get to know bc Tanyon confronted him and just left." I thought about this. Well maybe just because Tanyon confronted him, Andy could've had the sense that he did have a girlfriend. "Why Tanyon though?" I asked. Tanyon sighed and finally spoke up, "We hate each other since we were practically enemies on track." I turned to Hardin, who seemed to just keep a straight face the entire time, not being fazed by any of this. "Well do you have an idea as to where he could be Hardin?" I asked, my tone hard as stone. He finally turned serious and nodded, "Yup, I do. Just follow me." He started walking towards his car, but none of us followed him. He turned around once he realized that we weren't following him and groaned, "Are you serious? I'm not even going to do anything to you! I swear!" We all tensed a little but Tanyon was the first to start following him. I walked up next to him and asked, "Why are you following him? For all we know, he could be a part of Andy's plan." Tanyon stopped walking and turned to look at me. He looked so broken that it even hurt me.
"Nimrah look, no one has a clue where she was. We've tried searching for her everywhere and we've had no success. I'm only following him because he's the only hope we have. If he knows or even has a clue, we have to take it."
He continued to follow Hardin, leaving without any reaction or response from me. Naail caught up to me and held me reassuringly. "He's really hurt.." Naail said, looking concerned. "Yeah..I noticed." I said. Also filled with concern. He both held each other for a while, not wanting to let go. "Are you guys coming or not?" Hardin yelled from his car. We both pulled apart and looked at the car. "Yeah..we're coming", I called out. We both held each other's hands tightly while on our way to the car. We sat down, feeling nervous for what awaited us. Tanyon looked out the window, his hand covering his lips and his eyes gleamed with the city lights, looking painful and serious. Naail was jumpy. He kept glancing over at me and giving my hand an occasional squeeze. I was just scared and confident. It was about time we rescued our friend from that monster. I looked down and frowned. Naail noticed and asked, "Nimrah..we'll find her." I shook my head and sighed, "Yeah I know that, but..I just feel really stupid." Naail cocked his head to the side, clearly confused, "Why do you feel stupid?" He moved closer to me and held me in his arms. "I-it's just that..Andy was literally right in front of me at that Starbucks and I had never suspected that he was responsible for my friend's disappearance." Naail shook his head before speaking, "Its not your fault and that doesn't mean that you should feel stupid. This happens to people. We never suspect who the bad guys are in our life until they take effect." I sighed and slowly nodded. Harding turned to face us and asked, "Alright, everyone has their seat belts buckled?" No one answered and he turned back to the steering wheel, sighing, "Jeez what a crowd.."
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We arrived at a dark forest. The forest was filled with trash and other sticks from the trees. We stepped out of the car and looked around, scared but not shocked. Hardin stepped out of the car and made a loud whistle, making us more scared. "Damn, so creepy and cliche. I mean, this place looks like something out of a horror movie don't you think?" I facepalmed and walked towards the inside of the forest. Everyone else passed Hardin and he rolled his eyes, "Look guys I was making a joke, laugh a little-" Naail turned and yelled, "DO YOU THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY FUNNY YOU MOTHERFUCKER?!" Hardin backed off a little and shook his head. Naail turned and walked towards the forest. We continued to go deeper into the forest until we noticed a shed. We huddled together and Hardin spoke, "Do you think that Andy might be in that shed..?" I spoke, "Maybe, but we never know." Naail spoke, looking towards the shed, "It really just depends, some people prefer to do certain things at night or at day." Tanyon trembled a little, "So..do we all go together?" Hardin scoffed, "Yeah and after that, let's get a van and call it the mystery machine" (oof what did I just write lolz). We all frowned at him and he looked surprised, "Are you guys seriously considering going TOGETHER in that shed?!" Naail spoke up, "Wait..maybe for once Hardin has a point." Hardin smirked, feeling proud of himself, while I rolled my eyes at him. Naail continued,"If we go together, there are chances that we can all get killed." "Well lets just send two people." I spoke up. Naail turned to me and announced, "I'm going in." "Me too!" Tanyon spoke. "Wait! I should go too!" I announced. Hardin snickered a little and I glared at him. "What's so funny Hardin?" I asked. He spoke through his snickering saying, "Okay okay don't take this personally, but it's funny how a pipsqueak is announcing that he's going head on at some creepy guy's shed." I stood up and walked towards him. "I'm not a pipsqueak!!" I yelled at him, while he just burst out laughing. Tanyon and Naail tried to shut us up. "Guys! What is he's still inside the shed! Shut up!" Naail said. Hardin stopped laughing and I sighed. "Why are we still discussing this? We got two prepared people for this and one pipsqueak." I facepalmed and tired to ignore his snickering. Tanyon thought about something and spoke up, "Wait..maybe I should go and Nimrah should too." Naail turned to look at Tanyon. "Are you stupid? Nimrah could get seriously hurt!" Tanyon nodded, "Well yeah, but I think the people that Eliza cared about most should go, that way, if she's unconscious and wakes up to find two people, she would find to people that she trust most and she wouldn't get scared or anything." Naail pauses and looked over to me with the most worried eyes. Hardin sighed, "Whatever Tanyon, it's your mistake, not mine." Tanyon walked towards the shed and I was about to follow him until I felt a hand grab my hand. I turned and saw Naail. He pulled me in for a warm embrace and lifted my face, forcing me to look at him. He pulled me in for a passionate kiss and I kissed him back. We pulled away once we heard Hardin fake gag. Naail looked deep into my eyes and spoke, "Be careful there Nimrah. Please be careful.." I pecked a kiss on his lips and nodded. "I will Naail, and same to you out here." Naail sadly smiled. "Well if anything does happen, I have this doofus out here to give up." "HEY!" We heard Hardin yell, "IM NOT A DOOFUS, YOU ARE!" We both chuckled and I walked away, not letting go of his hand until we were far apart from each other. I memorized every piece of his face and I felt my eyes well up with tears. I might never see him again, and that devastates me, but I needed to save my friend.
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Once we had reached the door of the shed, we made sure to stay cautious. Meaning that if the Andy was really inside, we would know the specific moves to knock him out and save Eliza. Tanyon slowly opened the door and out came specks of dusts and leaves that made both of us cough. We tried to both cough quietly, but it was quite difficult. Tanyon opened the door a little more and entered the shed. I followed him and I see were tools. Tools that can be used for both gardening and repair. I gulped and trembled as I walked towards the inside of the shed. Tanyon pulled out his phone and turned in the flashlight, looking around the area. We came towards the end of the shed and sighed. Tanyon spoke quietly, "There's no one here.." Tanyon dropped his arms, but before we had a chance to go outside, the door of the shed slammed shut behind us, making us jump and scream. We looked around and ran up to the shed. Tanyon tried opening the door, but quickly said, "It's locked!" We both banged our hands on the door until we heard a deep chuckle. The lights turned on in the shed and we turned around to see who was here. We both gasped, it was Naail.. (lmao jk jk 😂😂). It was Andy. He pulled his hand away from the light switch and walked towards us. "Why hello there Nimrah.." I walked away from him as did Tanyon. "Where is Eliza you piece of shit!" Yelled Tanyon. Andy tsked and shook his head, "Now we don't deal with profanity here Tanyon." I yelled at him, "Where is she!?" Andy looked at me with the most intense eyes I've seen from an actual creep. "Why..haven't you found her? She's right here," answered Andy, motioning his hand to a corner near the back. We slowly approached the corner and gasped, I felt tears and pain come though me. Eliza was there. Dead. Lying in the floor was blood smeared all over her face and stabs all over her torso. Tanyon stood there in shock, paralyzed as I saw his tears come out. Andy shook his hand, placing a hand on Tanyon's shoulder. "You know my friend, I would have never thought that she was your beloved girlfriend. She looks way too unattractive and plus, she's quite a bother." (Yes Andy..thanks for saying that..I am quite a bother..and a clown 😂). Tanyon grabbed his arm and slammed his fist into Andy's face, making Andy fall straight onto the floor. I jumped back, scared if both Eliza's dead body and the Tanyon's punch. Tanyon came on top of Andy and gave him several more severe punches to the face, leaving Andy's face to look beaten and bloody. (Well obviously Eliza-). We heard the shed door open and in emerged Naail and Hardin, both looking worried. Naail ran to me and hugged me tightly. Once he saw Eliza, he buried his face on my shoulder and hugged me tightly. I hugged him back, unable to get my friends body out of my mind. Hardin covered his face once he saw the body and called the police. The police came and ushered us out. My tears gleamed with the red and blue lights of the police cars and ambulances. Naail tugged at my arm and said my name over and over, his voice increasing every time he said my name.
I woke up in cold sweat and turned to see Eliza saying my name. She sighed and smiled at me, saying, "Well it's about time you woke up! I just wanted to give you your meds." I stared at her in shock and hugged her tightly. She was surprised and laughed a little. "Woah what's this for?" She asked, laughing. I shut my eyes and answered, "Nothing..I just really wanted to hug you."
*end*
