''Will she ever wake up?!'' I heard a stern voice ask, what seemed to be far away in the distance, in anxiety. The sound of the voice was bleary, like it came through a speaker of a phone.
''Michael you didn't actually shoot her right!? I mean she's not dead is she?'' another voice asked.
''Calum. I didn't kill her you idiot. I just broke the chains that kept her attatched to the wall. A thing like that can't kill anyone..I think.''
''If she's hurt, you two are fucked.'' the stern voice assured. ''I'll see you later.''
By that, my brain figured the phonecall was over. I flinched the slightest and fluttered my eyes open as someone nudged me in the side.
''Ey, wake up sleeping beauty.'' My eyes were met by Michael, who was hovering over me as he eyed me wide eyed. His messy, dirty blonde hair was sprawled in all possible directions and he made it even worse by rubbing his hand through it quickly. Even though it was dark I could see his shining green eyes travell all over my face as he realised I was awake and he turned around with a slug smile on his face. ''See Calum, I told you she's alive.''
I sat up at the sudden attack and winced backwards to get away from Michael who was standing over me, until my back hit a wall. As the cold concrete wall hit my back I realised I was still stuck in the same room as before. Panicked, I gazed all over the room to find something to defend myself with, if that would get necessary. To my luck, the thick chains that had kept me locked up previously, were left on the floor right beside me.
I reached my hand out as careful as I could and took a steady grip around one of the chains as I started to pull it towards me, trying my best to not make any suspicious noises. The room was still as dark as before so I could get a good grip with the chains without Michael and Calum even noticing. As the chains started to scrape against the cold stone floor I opened my mouth to drown out the sound of it.
''What do you want from me?'' It was a question that had been pounding in my head from the first moment this crazy madness started. Even though I didn't have a clue what the answer would be, something told me that it wasn't going to be good. Nothing seemed to be in place. I didn't know where Ashton was, or even where I was.
''We don't want anything particularly from you, we want you.'' Calum snapped as I could see his shadow approach slowly. I froze at the mention of you, and pulled the last bit of the chain in my knee as I felt my heart beat faster. The cold metal felt heavy in my hands, probably heavier than they should because of the soreness from when they were attatched to my wrists.
I tensed when I felt Calums feet graze against mine, not prepared that he was that close to me. I looked up to be met by the contours of his wide shoulders and as my gaze travelled down his body in the dark, I could see that he stood straddled right before me.
My grip around the chains tightened as I started to push myself away from him. Suddenly I stood up in a blink of a moment and snapped the chain against Calum two times.
''Don't you dare touch me!'' I bellowed as I snapped the chain against Calum one more time, this time making him get on his knees, whining in pain.
I let go of the chains, turned around and started to sprint as fast as I could, heading towards the door and the stairs. But got stopped by someone standing in my way, making me bump into something that felt like a brickwall.
Michael stood his ground with his arms folded, making it impossible for me to pass him by. The door behind him had opened the slightest and let in a faint ray of light that shone upon his back, showing the contures of his face and profile. He was slim and kinda skinny, but broad and muscular at the same time. Due to my short length both him and Calum seemed to be giants compared to me. With my bright eye measure I figured they both were over 6 feet tall.
I snapped myself out of my thoughts by taking a step back from Michael to gather power. I looked him scared and stern in the eyes as I took one last step back and started to run, pushing my way through the space between him and the gap in the door. I made myself as tiny as I could as I jumped in between the small space in the door and slipped through easily.
''Hey!'' Michael hissed as I passed him, smooth as I was, and started to sprint up the stairs. My bare feet stumbled up the steps of the staircase as I held the hem of my dress tight in my fist right above my knee, making it easier for me to run.
''GET HER!'' Calum roared from behind and I could hear both of them starting to come after me.
At the top of the long stairs I turned around just to see Michael and Calum right behind me. I turned away from them as I let out a small whimper and started to run down a long hallway. As a result of what I had heard before, there were furniture scattered all over the place. Sofas, chairs and tables were overturned, forcing me to run in a zigzag pattern along the hallway.
At the end of the long corridor I found a small door that led me into a room that seemed to be a bedroom. I was met by a big bed, dresser and closet as I closed the door shut behind me and turned around to face the room. Unlike all the other furniture in the house, the ones in this room where all in place, like someone had been locked up in here. As I stepped further into the room the scent of cologne struck me, and my eyes discovered marks that someone had just been sitting at the edge of the bed. I sneaked up to the bed and sat down beside the mark of someone elses imprint. I exhaled as my soar rear hit the soft mattress and buried my face in my hands.
I took a few deep breaths as the thought hit me. Someone, a guy obviously, had been in this room not so long ago. Waiting. For something or someone. All these questions without answers and thoughts pounded so hard in my head that I couldn't even think straight anymore. I was utterly confused.
Suddenly, my thoughts were interrupted by a loud banging on the door. At once I remembered that I was trapped inside a house, chased buy some dangerous mafia members.
''GIRL WE KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE, OPEN THE DOOR SWEETIE!'' Michael hissed as several tugs on the door handle were heard.
I stood up quickly and looked all around the room for a hiding place. My first instinct was to jump out the window, but since there wasn't any, I threw myself down on the ground and crawled in under the bed. I thanked god for making me short since the space under the bed wasn't that big and tried my best to make myself as small as possible. It wasn't the easiest thing since the length of the bed wasn't that long, and so I could only lay flatt on the stomach, hoping for the best.
''WATCH OUT, WE'RE COMING IN!'' someone roared just outside the room as the door slammed open, letting Calum and Michael inside.
I held my breath as I could hear their steps coming inside the doorframe. They didn't say anything to eachother or me, they just simply walked around the room. One of them pulled the closet open, Michael I think, since a pair of black Vans that I rememered Calum wore, were just to my right. I could hear them breath unsynchronized, both panting from all the running. I could see Calums feet turn around and walk away from my side to behind me. I shut my eyes and squeezed them tight, preventing myself from crying out of fear. Everything in the room went quiet for a moment, when suddenly someone took a strong grip around my ankles and pulled me out from under the bed.
I gasped for air at the sudden snatch and shut my eyes open to find Calum was the one holding me by my feet. Michael shot me a grin as he flipped the bed over, making it seem easier then turning a feather around. I tried to withdraw my feet by snatching them from Calums hands, but his grip were too strong for me to break free.
I tried my hardest to get out of his grip but gave up pretty soon because my forces were running low. I blinked away some of my tears as I just turned around to face Calum.
''Are you done fighting me girl?'' he smirked at me, making Michael snicker the slightest.
''Just test me.'' I said stern, spitting him in the face.
A behavior like this was something I was very unfamiliar with, but under these circumstances I couldn't think of much else to do.
Calum stood up straight as he tensed up and hissed ''That's enough.'' Quickly he hovered himself over me and took a grip around my waist as he threw me over his shoulder, holding me by my legs, leaving me dangling down his back. I tried to flinch back, but he held me in a way that made it impossible for me to move the slightest inch.
As the floor beneath me was the only thing I could see from hanging over Calums shoulder I noticed that he had started to walk out through the room and down the hallway.
Although he had picked me up in a careless way, he held me firmly over his wide arm so I didn't toss around so much. As I heard something rattle, I noticed him taking out a bunch of keys from his jackets pocket and he started to wiggle them in the air. ''To the car and then we're off!''
I let my head drop down and swing in the rhytm of Calums walking as I saw Michael upside down walking behind Calum. He threw me a dirty look as he threw one of his hands through his messy hair and pulled the other one up under the back of his shirt. I took a rapid grip holding onto Calums black tight jeans as I felt myself falling, seeing Michael swing the gun he had just taken out on the tip of his index finger.
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so this chapter was a little bit longer, please let me know if you liked it! :D