Delilah P.O.V.
Rough hands dragged me from the safety of Lewis' body, I tried to prise them off of me but to no avail. I screamed Lewis's name. He pulled himself up from the seat after being knocked down. Hot tears sprang from my eyes as I was yanked through the smashed window. I screamed his name again and again begging him to help me but it was soon too late. The doors slid shut with a deadening bang. They bound my wrists and my ankles, with what look like cable ties, before tossing me aside my back painfully connecting with the back doors of the van. I squeezed my eyes shut, wide rivers of burning tears flowing down my cheeks silently. I curled into the smallest ball I could, my hands painfully clasped together in front of my face.
'He'll come, Lewis will come, Eddie too. They'll find me... They'll find me...' I repeated that mantra in my head over and over again I blocked out the alien world of the van and the monkey masks. I enveloped myself in memories, the mantra blocking everything out even the shouts between men until I was roughly lifted to my feet.
"LOOK AT ME GIRL!" one yelled and I hesitantly opened my eyes to be greeted with a pair of black and tan monkey masks.
"Are you sure that's even her?"
"Jesus H. Christ how many times do I have to tell you? Yes of course it is!" The first snapped "Delilah we've been looking for you for a long time" his voice was sickening but as my tears dried I began to realise the extent of my situation. Yes I'd been kidnapped, yes I was no where near Lewis or Eddie where I felt safe but, these men wanted me for something everyone I knew had kept from me my whole life.
"Cool story bro" I replied nonchalantly feeling strength building in me as well as excitement for all the secrets would soon unravel I'm sure.
"Yes..." he trailed off, cocking his head, my stomach suddenly churned, I shouldn't have been so cheeky, I had no idea what these men will do to me let alone if I'm being teenagerish. "Do you know why we were looking for you?"
"If I knew that I don't think I'd be here, do you?" I asked
"Oh I don't know, you underestimate our..." he trailed off rolling his wrist as if it would bring the right word to his hidden lips "... Persistence"
"So are you going to tell me or not?" I asked adopting the most bored tone
"You are the key, you are the only one who can save this world from the rich getting richer, the poor getting poorer" can no one ever answer a question directly?
"What if I don't want too?"
"You don't have a choice" I could only imagine that the man behind the mask was grinning sardonically down at me. He dropped me and I fell back to the floor my legs folding up beneath me painfully. Shit. I don't have a choice? What were they going to do to me? Key to what exactly? Still more fucking questions than answers!
The van drove on for what felt like hours, I could feel bile rising in my throat as I felt it weave across the road. I closed my eyes breathing carefully, oh what I would give to have Lewis here.
Lewis P.O.V.
I paced up and down the police station, I was getting more and more agitated with every passing second. Eddie was arguing with some high ranking police officers about going out to search for her, I daren't open my mouth to any of them with the amount of anger building up inside I could possibly get myself arrested which wouldn't help anyone.
Eddie came over to me dragging his hand exasperatedly through his hair.
"Apparently another girl matching Delilah's description has been kidnapped too and they're in the process of searching for her, they believe that she was taken by the same group" He reiterated the information he found out
"We need to go out and look for her!" I snapped pointing out the window to exaggerate my point.
"I know but they're waiting on some information coming from an officer stationed inside the group near where they believe the base to be" Eddie sighed obviously getting as agitated as I was with them.
"We need to go out now!" I practically yelled causing all eyes to be pinned on me.
"Yes I know Lewis, I know" he closed his eyes; pained. "But it's their protocol, we will go out as soon as possible, just be patient it can't be long now" I refrained from arguing about it anymore it would just send me in the wrong direction, I'd be going nowhere fast, just prolonging my misery. I began to pace again but every step reminded me of how she paced, I missed her so much I felt like my heart had been ripped out and someone was stamping on it every second that passed not knowing where she is or what was happening to her.
Delilah P.O.V.
I don't know how long we had been driving, the binds cut deep into my wrists and the van smelt horrible and was sweltering. It rocked relentlessly from side to side violently I was physically exhausted from being sick and coping with the heat and trying to control myself from not being sick again, and I was emotionally exhausted from being wrenched apart from Lewis and Eddie and not having a clue where they are, if they were close, were they getting help? I pulled my knees awkwardly to my chest, my hands squashed painfully between them my head on top of my knees. I sighed dropping my shoulders; disheartened, tired. I noticed one guy was sat in the corner of the van, behind the passenger seat, watching me. He hadn't said anything just sat there, patiently, possibly waiting for orders. One knee was bent the other out in front of him, in the shadow cast by his leg slowly his hand curled into a thumbs up gesture. I frowned, narrowing my eyes at him careful not to attract the attention of the other two deep in hushed conversation. The van came to a sudden stop jolting me forward clumsily and painfully onto my bound wrist and my knees. I groaned inwardly trying to push myself up but the plastic cutting into the back and sides of my wrists causing blood to start trickling down my skin. Two hands hooked underneath my arms hoisting me onto my feet then dragging me out of the van not allowing me to walk by myself. As we exited the van entering yet another alien environment of cold grey concrete walls, floor and ceiling, a girl almost identical to me but with light brown hair passed by us. She had been crying heavily it was obvious her red puffy eyes and tear stained cheeks. She stared at me wide eyed scared and shocked as was I. I had heard that if you met your doppelgΓ€nger that it was an omen of death...
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