Rose Tinted (boyxboy)

Chapter 27: The storm

"He's talking about me you dick!"

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It's quite dark and cold when Max's motorbike pulls up outside his apartment, just after 10:30 at night. Both males are tired and are ready to get into the warm and just spend some time together, getting to know each other in this new found relationship they had found themselves in. "You go in first." Max says to Tayce, who removes his helmet and gets off the bike. "I just need to lock the bike up."

Tayce nods and leans in for a kiss before heading inside the apartment block. Max watches him head inside. A feeling of warmth flowing inside of him as a smile spreads across his face. 

Max begins to pull his metal clamp from his bag and hurriedly sets too, making the bike secure. His mind drifts into thoughts of Tayce. About cosying up on the couch, watching some soppy drama that Tayce would probably like, but being distracted by stolen kisses and touches...

...It's then it happens. Too quick to comprehend. Max's mind so far away, he doesn't have the time to respond. The sudden sound of footsteps approaching. The feel of something striking the back of his head. 

Max falls forward, a sudden feeling of dizziness and disorientation surrounding him. He's aware that he's been struck but what with and by who?

Max tries to turn to see who has struck him so savagely and just catches a glimpse. "It's you." He says, wide eyed before being struck again around the head. He falls to the ground. Out cold. 

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It's dark. All he sees is the darkness as Max opens his eyes. He is laying on his side, his brain feels like it is pounding. A stinging at the back of his head feels sharp, is he bleeding? He tries to move his hands but they seem to be bound by some kind of tether. 

He then tries to fathom where he is. It's definitely a vehicle of some kind, his body is being jolted around as the vehicle's motions commence down what Max assumes is a road. He feels a vibrating on his upper leg. He tries to reach for his phone in his pocket, but the way his hands are tied, Max cannot reach in to get it. 

He decides to make himself known. "HEY! HEY!" Max begins to shout, his bound feet pushing against the back of the vehicle. He continues to make a raucous, finally getting a response ...

"Shut the fuck up!" 

The car is eventually pulled to a halt. Max hears the slam of a door and the sound of footsteps. Then he hears the clunk of metal and the trunk of the car door is opened.

Max squints his eyes at the little brightness he sees, silhouetting a man. "Say cheese." He says, flashing a camera phone at him, making Max's eyes see spots. 

"What are you doing?" Max asks groggily aa he regains his vision. 

"Too many questions. Should I gag you too?" 

Max doesn't have a moment to respond when he hears the person's phone ring. "And let the fun begin." He says as he picks up the call, putting it on the loudspeaker. 

"Frank, let him go!" 

Max's eyes widen at the sound of Tayce on the other end of the line. "Tayce I'm fine!" He shouts, earning a slap across the face from his captor. 

"I said shut the fuck up!"

"Frank, where are you?" 

"So now you wanna see me?" Frank laughs sarcastically at a very fractious Tayce on the other end of the line. He looks around the quiet riverside spot where he had stopped the car. "Such a beautiful view...I remember we had our first kiss here." 

"Frank don't you dare do anything stupid." 

Tayce is panicked, scared and knows he needs to get to where they are.

"Ahh bless. I didn't know you cared." Frank mocks.

"He's talking about me you dick...ow!" 

"I told you to shut the fuck up!" Frank kicks the sole of his boot in Max's stomach.

"Max!' 

Tayce shouts down the phone. 

"I'm on my way!"

The line goes dead. Frank looks at the phone, a small smirk spreading across his lips. 

"You're a fucking basket case. I swear if you touch him..." Max can feel the frustration within him from being restricted. 

Frank looks up at Max with rage in his eye. "I don't wanna hear your voice!" He shouts, shoving the phone in his back pocket and undoing the material binding Max's feet, now shoving part of it in Max's mouth before securing it with the rest.

Frank pulls at Max's upper arm to get him out. "You need to shut up and walk with me and if you try to run, the man you stole from me will pay...understand?" 

Max's silence signals a green light for Frank, as Max gets dragged along the road in Frank's grip, with Frank ranting on the way. "You thought you were smart. Protecting the weak boy. No one would think to protect you... the hero." Frank laughs at his own genius. "You'll soon see how weak he can be and learn that you don't take from me, what is mine." 

Frank now stops at a wall. The sound of a fast flowing river can be heard and Max can foresee what is going to happen...

A/N I'm interested to know what you think will happen next...