***My Perspective***
I couldn’t believe my eyes. They were actually bringing me food, and it actually smelled good! I wasn’t sure exactly what was going through their minds, but either way I was getting some real food.
Abram was back in my cell untying my wrists from the thick ropes. He was being surprisingly careful with my mangled body, at least up until he threw me down at the rugged mattress beside him. I waited for him to leave.
At first I couldn’t’ move. I had no energy to move, and I had no feeling in most of my body. The blood had drained all the way to my legs and my feet that left me with no feeling left in my upper body.
I crawled slowly over to the food that they brought me, but I couldn’t get it. I noticed that my normal tray was waiting outside the cell. I was amazed to feel tears streaming down my face. I haven’t had anything to drink in a couple days; I was amazed there was any water left in my body. The tear rolled down my cheek and dripped onto the blood-stained floor. I heard a heavy laugh coming from outside.
Abram was still standing there. A few more tears started streaming down my face. I was so hungry! After a minute or so of my sobbing, Abram was back in my cell, laughing at me and mocking me, telling me to reach for the food that I obviously couldn’t reach.
I tried to pull myself to my feet, and I managed to stand. I managed to make it to my feet, but after that I was at a loss. I gripped tightly onto the iron bars next to me just to hold myself up. Not eating for a few days really cost me. I had no strength left in me to do anything.
I tightened my grip on the iron bars. I could feel the tears stopping, and the tears that had already left my eyes were starting to dry up on my face. I was clenching my teeth and I could feel the anger radiating through my cheeks.
It was something that I shouldn’t have been doing, but I was doing it anyway. I had been letting my anger control my actions, when I knew the consequences would be much, much greater. But even still, despite my knowledge, I flung myself at Abram, taking him by surprise and knocking him down. He hit his head against the stone wall behind him. Before anyone else could come down the stairs, I rushed over to the large iron gate and I slammed it shut, knowing that Abram had the keys to the door. I turned my attention back towards him. I ran over and took the keys off of his belt, and that’s when I saw him start to move. I moved back to where I was, hiding the keys in what was left of my bra. He quickly rushed his hand up to his head, and then he saw his own blood.
He gripped the bars beside him. I had him cornered for once.
But then I felt my hair yanked backwards and my head was flung back into the iron bars of the iron gate. I felt the pain pounding through my head. I kicked back between the bars, making contact with whoever was behind me. By the time the man let go of my hair, Abram was to his feet and was lunging himself at me. I ducked just in time for him to miss me and make contact with the iron bars.
There was a huge swarm of men outside the cell. Alexander was standing just outside the locked gate to the cell; he must’ve been the one to pull me hair. But either way, he was standing there with a scowl on his face.
Right now it was just me and Abram. I had to keep myself away from the outer bars of the cell to avoid being caught by any of the other men. I had to keep Abram at the side. Abram was searching his belt for the keys. When he realized they weren’t there, he looked at me intensely. “You’re going to give me back those keys.” He launched himself at me a second time and I dodged him again, but this time I attacked him from behind, forcing his head back into the stone wall. He hit it hard, and I knew it would give me some time to come up with something. The men still surrounded the cell, and I knew that no matter what I did, I was going to be trapped.
***John’s Perspective***
I just woke up from my nap. My phone was buzzing like crazy. I looked at it and I noticed a bunch of different notifications. I quickly dialed the number to my voicemail and I listened to a variety of messages. There was one message from Randy, just checking in and also that I needed to call him whenever. There was another message in my inbox from Teddy.
“Hey John, this is Teddy. Whenever you get this message, just give me a holler. I feel like I have some good news for you about Jessica. If you can bring your phone over to me sometime today that would be great. I will explain everything to you later.”
I quickly dialed his number in my phone and I waited to hear his familiar voice.
“Thanks for calling, this is Teddy.”
“Hey Teddy; it’s John.” I didn’t hesitate to get to the point. “What did you find out about Jess?”
“Well, when you told us about the phone call that she made to you a few days ago, I found out from some of the officers in the business that the call can be traced from the location that she called you. But they need your phone to be able to do so.”
“Alright, well where do you want me to meet you?”
“How about you come down to the arena. I’m here with the crew preparing for the live event tonight.”
“Alright, I’ll be down there soon.” Well thank God he was only down at the arena. At least it’s not somewhere far.
I got out of my bed and I put on my clothes. I grabbed what I needed and then I headed out to my car in the drive-way. I got in and I took off down the street towards the highway, and I sped off towards the arena.
I pulled into the parking lot and I headed towards the garages. I quickly pulled inside and parked, then practically sprinted inside the building towards Teddy’s office. I ran into his office, not even knocking and he was looking at me like I was crazy.
“Teddy, here’s my phone.” I tossed it on his desk and it skidded towards him. He smiled at me. “Thank you John, I’m going to give this to the authorities right away, and they’re going to be able to track down where the call was made from. That can give us a little bit of an understanding as to where they were headed too.” He snapped his fingers and two bodyguard looking-like men stepped through the door. They wore black sunglasses that completely covered their eyes. The man on the left walked over behind the desk and grabbed the phone. I followed them out the door and watched as they walked down the hallway.
They approached a familiar door, and they were greeted by Rhodes. What the hell? I saw them hand the phone over to him, and they walked inside, the door closing behind them. I turned around, going straight back into Teddy’s office. “Teddy what the hell is going on? They just gave my phone to Rhodes!”
Teddy didn’t answer. He sat there on his laptop, typing away.
“Teddy, what’s going on?” MY fists clenched. Just then I was grabbed from behind, and it was one of the men who were just in here. His arm grabbed my shoulder and pulled me back, but I punched at his arm, making him retreat a few feet. He grabbed a walkie-talkie from his pocket and he spoke into it, “Mac I’m gonna need you out here.”
The other guy came out from Cody’s room, followed by Cody himself. I was trapped between Teddy’s office and these three men. I wasn’t sure what to do, but everyone knows the saying: if you want some, come get some.