Location: Warehouse
Stepping away from the door, Elise tried to catch her
breath. How had this man come into contact with Natalie? Who was he? Was he the
reason she was unconscious? And if so, what had he done to her? So many
questions were running through her mind, but Elise did not have time to ponder
them all. Pounding down the stairs behind her, she turned to find Veronica, Amélia
and Eddie standing in the corridor. Veronica was the first to move, aiming her
weapon at the newcomer. Right away he knew she meant business.
“I don’t want any trouble, alright? My friend is hurt. We…”
“Your friend?” Veronica interrupted him. “What did you do to
her?”
“Nothing. She was attacked out there. She said her knee was
hurt,” he answered, but the look on Veronica’s face had not changed and she
continued pointing her gun at his head. “Look, I’m telling the truth. I killed the
guy that hurt her. It wasn’t me,” David insisted.
“We’ll see,” Veronica replied. “When Natalie wakes up, you’d
better hope your stories match.” Amélia lead them up the stairs. David rested
Natalie on one of the empty cots near the window and took a seat on the floor
beside her.
Veronica continued her vigilance while Elise checked on
their prone friend, tending to her wounds. “She’s coming to,” Elise announced
as Natalie began to stir. Her mind sought consciousness, struggling against the
clinging tentacles of darkness that tried to pull her deeper. Her eyelids
fluttered and opened one at a time. She gasped as Elise’s smiling face came
into view. “Hey there, stranger,” Elise said, leaning back. “Long time no see.”
Natalie touched her forehead and felt the small bandage
that had been placed over her cut. “I…it was all we had,” Elise explained.
“Thank you, Elise,” Natalie groaned as she sat up, sliding her
back against the wall. “It’s good to see familiar faces again.” Looking over to
her left, she grinned as she noticed David sitting beside her. But the smile
faded when she saw Veronica standing across from them with her weapon aimed at him. “That’s
not necessary,” she said. “David saved my life out there. He can be trusted.”
“Yeah?” Eddie asked, backing away from the window, “Then why
is there suddenly a group of armed men headed this way?”
“What!?” Veronica asked, moving towards the window.
Carefully, she peeked outside, confirming for the others what Eddie said. “Who
are they?” she asked, glaring at David, her eyes burning with fury.
Hopping up, he took a look out the window. Instantly, his
face turned ashen as he recognized the men. “It’s them. The people that were holding
me and Natalie hostage!”
Natalie swung her legs over the side of the bed to stand and
instantly regretted it. Momentarily forgetting about the pain in her knee, she
fell back, nearly landing on the floor. “Those people are psychos. They won’t stop until we’re all dead!” she said,
rubbing the ache as the throb in her leg crescendoed. “What are we going to do?”
Her question was met by a round of gunfire and everyone
quickly hit the ground. The gun play went on for moments but to them, it felt
like an eternity. Glass scattered as dozens of the factory windows were shattered
into millions of tiny pieces. Wood splintered and drifted through a whirlwind of
dust and debris, falling around them as they all tried their best to protect
themselves from the deadly projectiles. When the shots finally ceased, a deep,
masculine voice shouted through the once peaceful afternoon air. “You have
something in there that belongs to us. Hand over the con and we’ll gladly be on
our way!”
“Con?” Natalie asked, scratching her head. All eyes turned
to David who’d sank deeper into the floor as if he could disappear completely.
“What are they talking about? Con? Who are you?”
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Yeah Roni is seriously losing it. She is so different this time around than last time. I do find it somewhat interesting that she's not thought about or showed any concern over Dom. Where they a thing at the end of last year? Matt is worried about Natalie, Josh about his cousin, but Roni, she's like fuck everybody. Not sure how much I like her. LOL
ReplyDeleteSo those guys, I don't get why they are after him. Can't be for a bounty, I mean who the hell cares about crime at this point. Hell they are committing plenty themselves so what really is the deal?
I knew those guys would have followed them! But somehow I feel they're either lying about David just so they can get him, or are just calling out to see if everyone will come out showing them the numbers of how many more they can take hostage!!!
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