Sought and Snatched

Chapter 30

Carter's P.O.V

I took several breaths, nose, and throat still burning from yesterday's fire. Where was Josephine? I had searched all of the remains of the house but I couldn't find anything.

I woke up in her charred house covered in soot and shocked to be alive but Josephine was nowhere to be seen. My mind kept drawing to a blank as I tried to remember the last thing that had happened after we were trapped in the circle of fire.

Josephine couldn't be dead. I searched through everything.

What if she did die in the fire and I couldn't identify her remains because they were so badly burned?

Or she got kidnapped again and was dead?

My phone, walkie talkie, everything was burned.

Why hasn't anyone from the Indomitable tried to contact me yet?

Anxiety bubbles in my chest, making it hard to breathe. The footsteps creaked on the charred rumble and I hit the ground quickly making sure to cover my body in soot.

"I'm telling you, man, he was here. I swear I saw him."

"How could you pick up the girl and not the boss's nephew?"

"I didn't know that he wanted him too!"

"We'll keep looking. Couldn't have gone far. How can we be so sure he's not dead?"

"Are you for real man? He's Carter Williams."

I heard a shuffle and distant voices then counted to a hundred before deciding to move.

Then just before they were going to leave they spotted me. The two men in Black cocked their heads to the side and scanned over the spot of soot I was covered in.

"Well looks who's playing hide and seek."

They grinned and I shot up off my feet and took off running. I could hear them gaining behind me and I pushed my legs to move faster. Then something hits my back and all of sudden my body goes numb and I'm crashing on the floor. I don't even fill the pain as my cheek makes contact with the ground.

There's chuckling from behind me and my vision gets consumed by darkness as I see two pairs of combat boots in front of me.

"We got him."

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A guard crouches in front of me inspecting my face, his hand near his back pocket that holds a gun. I take a deep breath and hold it in an attempt to relieve some of the pressure that is boiling in my chest.

There's metal cutting into my skin and I know I have been handcuffed. My next move is getting out of here. Now I know that Josephine is here too. Wherever here is.

I seize for his arm and wrench it to the side as hard as I can. He screams at the top of his lungs and then I kick him hard in the knee, and he falls to the ground.

People rush into the room, wearing black and carrying big guns. Two of them surge towards me and punch me in the stomach. Despite being held by shackles and chains, I try to launch myself at them only to be yanked back.

"Let me go!" I yell.

Then they release me from my chains and grab my arms pulling me out of the room. I scowl and try to wrench my body out of their grasp. "Where are you taking me?!"

They ignore me and continue to escort me out of the hallway. One of the guards opens a door on the right. I can't make out the words that the label on the door says. The room is so dark I blink rapidly to try and see.

The opposite wall has a large clear screen that is filled with computers and people in white lab coats. The room feels small as my skin makes contact with the cold floor. They strap me tightly into a chair that is located in the middle of the room.

"What is the meaning of this?!"

"Shut up! You need to be taught a lesson."

"I voted we'd kill you but your family so I guess you get a second chance."

Dammit. We were back in the Dark Horses cage and we're deeper than we have ever been in before.

"I want to speak to my uncle! Where's Jack Julian?!"

"Don't worry, you'll speak to him soon enough but now we have to follow protocol. Your uncle thinks maybe this will help with your bad behavior."

All their voices are deep and rough and I shift in my restraints but all it does is cut deeper into my skin. My cheeks got hot and terror stabbed my heart. "What are you planning to do to me?!"

One of them leaves and comes back, holding a syringe filled with a bright purple liquid.

"Now wait-"

I feel a sharp pain in my neck and dark spots cover the guards in front of me concealing my view of them. I blink rapidly but the dark spots are still there and my skin feels tingly. I feel like I'm swaying but I was certain I'm not moving in my chair.

"What's going on with me?"

"Just rest. We're not done with you yet."

Here it is! This chapter is short.

What do you think is going to happen to Carter?!

Till Next Time,

-Miss Yanxiet :)