Will
I woke up when I felt someone touching my hands. I opened my eyes and saw a man untying me. He looked really familiar. I didn't make any move nor sound till he untied my hands l. He proceeded to untie my legs then he looked up at me. He gasped a little as his eyes met with mine.
“you look... awfully familiar” I muttered under my breath
“don't talk” he whispered. He took my hand and placed it over his shoulder then placed his other hand behind me
“let's get you up” he said and pulled me up gently
“where are you taking me?” I asked
“I said don't talk” he replied and began to walk with me. We kept walking quietly through the darkness of a hallway outside the room.
We finally got outside in the cold and dark night. There was a car standing close-by with two men carrying guns by it. He took me to the car and made me sit in. While I was sitting, I saw three men sitting on the floor with their backs against the wall. They were sleeping and their guns were carelessly lying around them on the ground.
“start the car” the man ordered the driver and he started the car and drove off.
“here, take some water. You must be thirsty” the familiar man said and brought a bottle of cold water to me. I looked at him with my dull eyes. I then gently collected the bottle that became too heavy for me to carry because I had no strength. However, I managed to hold it up to my lips and gulped down a great part of it.
I gave him back the bottle and I felt refreshed and a bit strengthened. I relaxed my back and closed my eyes and I fell asleep.
*
I turned and felt something prick into my skin. I jerked my eyelids open and looked at my hand where I felt that pain.
“huh?” I muttered when I saw myself in a brighter room on a big bed like mine from home. I was fixed to a drip and it was the syringe that pricked me when I turned wrongly.
“Eish” I said as I rubbed my thumb on the spot. Now that place is going to get swollen.
I sighed and moved my body a little only to be greeted by pain all over.
Mari
I was trying to call Fred back but his number was no longer reachable.
“this is bad. This is so bad” I said as I paced round the hotel room
“oh my God!” Eliza exclaimed and looked at me from on top of the bed where she was sitting
“what is it?” I asked but she didn't answer
“Eliza why did you shout?” I asked again
“it's... Will's been...” she stopped
My heart raced “Will's been what?”
“he's been ki—”
“ahhhhhhhhh! No no no! That's a lie. You're just joking with me Eliza. He can't be killed! No! No! Nooo” I said and fell to the floor. I heard Eliza scream as consciousness slipped out of me
Fred
I cleared my throat and walked into the room where he was staying. Even Derulo and the rest were already there. He shouldn't be calling for me and because of what I've done, I have to be really careful.
“he's here” Maxwell announced
“finally” Caleb said and offered me a seat. The looks on their faces were not good and I had to try to blend in to avoid being suspected
“why are you all looking angry?” I asked as I collected the bottle of beer from Coloy and poured it out
“men raided our hideout and took Will” he answered
“Will? Mari's ex? You guys already abducted him?” I asked
“yes. We abducted him yesterday” Maxwell answered
“and you guys didn't tell me? I would have stayed here and guarded him” I said and tapped my fingers on the table
“how about Mari? She's here already I suppose” I said
“after you gave us info yesterday, we sent men there but the house was empty” Derulo said
“what do you mean the house was empty?” I asked
“she and her friend had left. However, their things were still intact.” Caleb said and poured himself another glass
“but I called her around 10pm and she said she was home already” I said
“are you guys thinking what I'm thinking?” Caleb asked
“someone's giving them information” I stated
“there's an inside man. But who could it be?” Maxwell asked
“someone who knows about the plan to abduct both of them” I suggested and we all kept quiet.
I wasn't told that they'd be taking Wilbur. I had overhead them planning it so there was no way they'd suspect me for taking him away.
Mari
I woke up and looked down at Eliza who was rubbing my body with a wet towel. I groaned and moved. She looked at my face and sighed
“if I don't die a natural death, then it is the fear Mari puts into me that killed me” she stated
I sat up on the bed and cuddled up my legs
“is Will really—”
“—no. He's not dead” she cut in
“but you said he was killed”
“no... I was going to say he was kidnapped but you broke out even before I could pronounce the –d. Ugh!”
“which means he's not dead right?” I asked rhetorically
“ohh thank God! I'm so relieved right now” I cooed while placing my hands on my chest
“hmm” Eliza sighed and continued staring at me in a weird way
“what is it? Why are you staring at me that way?” I asked. She didn't answer me. Instead she shook her head, picked up the small bucket and the towel then left.
“is she pitying me?” I asked myself and scoffed
I picked up my phone and decided to take a picture. Immediately I raised my phone up, I remembered what she said and what it meant. Her voice echoed in my head “no... I was going to say he was kidnapped but you broke out before I could even pronounce the -D.”
My phone slipped off my hand and I screamed again. I covered my mouth and stared at the bed.
Eliza came running in from the bathroom “what is it again?” she asked
“Wilbur's been kidnapped” I stated and she arched a brow at me. I think she was saying “so now you know?” in a sarcastic way in that mind of hers