Chapter 26


    "Load up" Craig said and I heard shoes scrapped against the stones on the ground, in the parking area


    outside the warehouse.


    I turned to see Chloe, and she said softly "Hey".


    "Where have you been"?! Craig yelled and Chloe began to cry "I''m sorry-I....I-I just...with my parents


    and all-...and my boyfriend being kidnapped-..."


    "Boyfriend my ass" I muttered and Vince, Will, and Peter all chuckled and smirked.


    Vince slung an arm over my shoulders "That da'' girl".


    It was morning, and we spent allst night getting ready and having a n to find Ryker. I wanted to


    just go find him already!


    Chloe looked at me and said "He''s my boyfriend Rain"!


    I scoffed augh "Boyfriend? Haha! More like fuck buddy, he doesn''t like you Chloe! And you know


    why? Because you''re a clingy ass bitch who needs to go back from where she came from".


    She pped my across my face and I turned my cheek and it stung for a second then clutching my fist


    and I was quickly restrained by the guys and they all said "Rain! Rain! Calm down!"


    Chloe gave a smirk and said "And you know what we''re going to do when he gets back? Well it


    involves no clothes and a bed".


    I struggled in the guys grip, and wanted to punch the living daylights out of her.


    "Rain"! Reece warned and threw me over his shoulder and started to walk away.


    "You mother-fucker bitch"! I yelled after Chloe as Reece walked away from everyone and set me down


    and I huffed then pushed my hair out of my face.


    "I thought I told you, you are the Mrs. Future-Rain-Anderson" He winked and I kicked him in the shin


    and red "Not the time Reece".


    "Well it''s not the time to kill Chloe, you can do thatter. And I volunteer as tribute to help" He nodded.


    I raised an eyebrow and crossed my hands over my chest "Did you just quote the Hunger Games"?


    "Maybe..." He smirked and I let a smallugh escape my mouth. "Now, you done trying tomit


    murder"? He asked.


    "When am I ever"? I remarked sarcastically.


    "Point taking" He said and I chuckled.


    * * * * * * *


    I ran into the hotel room, and up to the front desk where thedy was.


    I put my hands down on the desk and said "I need to get into room 8-A on the 7th floor"!


    Everyone came up behind me and thedy raised an eyebrow "Sorry miss...but I can''t let you in there".


    I can''t believe I''m saying this...


    "Do you know who I am"? I asked in a snobby tone and she blinked and looked taken back by my tone


    and attitude.


    "I''m Rain Thompson...the sheriffs daughter" I stated and twirled a piece of hair around my finger and


    her eyes widened "Oh sorry Miss Thompson, here...." then giving me the keys.


    I smiled "Thank you" and walked away.


    Everyone stared at me dumbstruck and Leah asked "How did you do that"?!


    "Being the sheriffs daughter...has some advantage" I shrugged and walked to the elevator, and


    everyone got in and I hit the 7th floor button.


    "I still don''t think anything is here" Craig stated and I rolled my eyes.


    "We should go back! Craig''s right there is nothing here. Plus why do you care he''s MY boyfriend" Chloe


    stated. Chloe has been trying us not toe and to let the problem solve itself...


    I rolled my eyes "He''s not your boyfriend Chloe".


    "Yes he is" She stated and crossed her arms over her chest, and I gave an amused look "And what


    signals that he''s your boyfriend, Chloe. Please...do tell me".


    "We make out" She stated proudly, and I rolled my eyes "Newssh Chloe, Ryker and I have made out


    too".


    "So you do admit you two have made out!" Will and Peter eximed happily and smirked cockily, and


    the elevator doors opened.


    Ryker Anderson


    "Fuck"! I muttered as I identally cut my wrist with the knife I was holding in my hands as I tried to cut


    the rope apart.


    "So......" Rhett came out with a gun in his hand "We''re going to wait to kill you, till Rain gets here


    because it''ll be more interesting to see her reaction".


    I red at him and gritted "Don''t fucking do that to her"!


    "Oh really"? He asked an raised an eyebrow "Because we can do much worse to her....would you like


    that instead"?


    I tried to get out of the grip and struggled under the force of the mixture of rope and duck tape, and I


    knew exactly what he was thinking.


    They were going to rape her, or force her to sleep with one of them, and that''s not going to ever fucking


    happen!


    "Don''t fucking touch her"! I yelled and the smirk grew wider "That''s what I thought. So tell me


    Anderson....I mean just between us for old time sake....do you really like this girl"?


    I clenched my jaw and muttered "It''s none of your fucking business"!


    "Oh...but it is" He smirked and my eyes went dark and I red at with him.


    If res could kill, he would have died 350 times by now.


    Of course I like Rain!


    What fucking asshole couldn''t see that....well apparently Rain....


    She''s so oblivious, to see I was only using Chloe to try to distract myself from Rain, but it obviously


    didn''t work....


    "ke"! Rhett yelled and ke came out and Rhett said "Call Rain, let''s have a little chat".


    ke took his phone out and called Rain.


    Rhett wormed "If you fucking say anything, she''ll be killed too".


    Well there went my n...


    "What"?! She snapped as she answered the phone.


    "Aww Babe, what''s wrong"? ke asked.


    I clutched my fist and tensed up. Nobody calls her ''Babe'' but me.


    "Drop it! Where is he"?! She yelled into the phone.


    "Where is who"? ke asked pretending to be clueless.


    I clenched my jaw and listened carefully.


    "Cut the bullshit ke! I will find you, and I will castrate you with your own fucking hands, and you''ll be


    wishing you were sleeping in Israel with a flock of sheep"! She threatened.


    I smirked proudly.


    That''s my girl!


    "Oooo, you know you''re cute when your mad...with all your ''threats'' and everything" ke said.


    "That threat will be your reality if you don''t fucking tell me where you are"! She gritted and I heard


    Craig''s voice yell in the background "Ryker will find you! And Rain likes you"!


    Rain quickly hung up and I fought back the smile appearing on my face.


    * * * * * *


    "AHAH" I hissed in pain and groaned as ke cut a slit with his de against my cheek and neck.


    "Don''t" ke warned "You''re already going to die".


    "Exactly" I snapped back "I''m going to die so what does it fucking matter what I do"!?


    ke looked about fed up with me and grabbed a gun then pointing it at my chest.


    "ke"! Rhett''s voice yelled and ke dropped the gun and whirled around to Rhett.


    * * * * * *


    Rain Thompson


    I walked into the room and knelt down on the ground by the king bed.


    I pulled out a box and Will asked "A box? We drove an hour to get a box? Rain you owe me gas


    money".


    I went to open it but there was a lock "What? No-this doesn''t make any sense. In the dream Ryker said


    I could get it".


    "It''s a DREAM Rain, they aren''t real"! Craig said.


    "No, I think Rain is right. I mean she dreamed about the 7th floor and the 8th room and something


    under the bed. We came to the room and there was something under the bed" Leah exined.


    Liz quickly walked over to the nightstand and pulled out a drawer and grabbed a key "Try this" and


    handed in to me.


    I put it into the lock and turned it, as the clock clicked and opened. I opened the box and and saw it was


    some sort of gun.


    Craig grabbed it and took it from me then scanning over it "It was Ryker''s dads. It has Anderson


    engraved into the side of it."


    "Why would Mr. Anderson leave a gun in this hotel room"? Neil asked and cocked an eyebrow.


    "That''s something only Ryker would know...unless Leah or Reece do you know"?


    They shook their heads and put their hands up in surrender, as they had no idea what it was for.


    "Great...." I muttered and stood up.


    "Let''s go find Ryker" Neil sighed, and we all nodded and walked out of the room.


    * * * * * * * * *


    We drove to the cathedral, and I was anxious and I bit my lip.


    "Ready"? Craig asked and everyone nodded and I took a deep breath. I fixed my leather jacket and


    tied my converses again and fixed my jeans before we got out.


    The guys held guns out, and I kept a de in my pocket, and I kept it tucked into my hand close by.


    "Head out"! Craig ordered and Vince and I ran up and everyone ran separate ways, and I heard noise


    I opened the back door and walked in and heard noise and I quickly hid behind a wall and heard a guys


    voice say "I got it boss"! then footstepsing towards me.


    I inhaled and held my breath by pressing my lips in a thin line and stopping the rise and fall of my


    chest, as the guy came closer and closer.


    I closed my eyes shut and hoped for him not toe closer.


    Please don''te closer...please don''t see me....please...


    Uh-Oh.


    Damn I have to sneeze! Rain this is why you''re not in horror movies!


    I tried to hold it back by then end up sneezing "AH-CHO"!


    Vince was outside the door waiting for the coast to be clear.


    The guy came and his eyes went dark when he saw me, I quickly clutched my fist and punch him in the


    jaw which sent him flying back.


    I kicked him in the gut and smashed him up against a wall and kneed him in the balls and the guy


    groaned in pain and fell to the ground.


    Vince came in with wide eyes, his jaw dropped, and a overall shocked expression "We could have just


    shot him..."


    "I don''t like killing people..." I said as I took onest look at the guy "Besides he never did anything to


    me" I smirked.


    Vince looked at me shocked "Well aren''t you Bad-ass, Thompson".


    I rolled my eyes and we jogged down the halls of the cathedral.


    "Go! Go! Go!" Vince yelled and we ran out into a room and Vince pulled the trigger numerous time and


    aimed at random guys in the room.


    I ran to one of the guys who was shot down dead and grabbed the keys that were hanging off the side


    of his belt.


    I don''t know how many guys Rhett got here, but we''ve killed about 15 guys by now....and thats just


    Vince and I..who knows about the rest of the gang.


    "We have to find Ryker, now" Vince said and I nodded in agreement.


    I quickly texted Craig and exined everything.


    I grabbed one of the dead guy''s guns and it was a revolver, and I took a magazine and loaded it with


    bullets then pping it into the gun and looked at Vince "Let''s go".


    We ran out of the room and down the halls as we held the gun out, and I saw a guy approaching us


    with a gun, I quickly pulled the trigger and fell back and copsed to the ground.


    "Damn....remind me never to mess with you" Vince said still shocked.


    "Guess those summers with my grandfather in Maine at the shooting range, paid off" I stated.


    My grandfather always said to other people ''She does not miss'' which means you''re a really good


    shooter and hit in the middle of the target 95% of the time.


    "They probably have him captivated in the main room" Vince stated and I nodded as we ran down the


    halls.


    It was gray cement walls and floors as it was cold and I smelt mildew and a shiver went up my spine, I


    had a bad feeling...


    I heard gun-shots go off, and I froze and looked at Vince. "Your call" Vince said "We can go towards the


    shots" as he nodded down the hall "Or we can run out and go back to the main entrance and start all


    over again".


    By ''Start all over again'' it means that this ce is so big and is like a Labyrinth that you can get lost in


    for hours.


    Just call me fucking Maze Runner Thompson!


    I bit my lip and thought for a second and looked down the hall and another gun-shot went off "Well...it''s


    your lucky day Baker, we''re going towards the gun-shots" then I ran off.


    "Why was I paired with you again"? Vince muttered then running to catch up with me.


    I looked all around me and we heard repeated gun-shots go off, and it sounded like a Glock; and


    depending on the bullet you have for a Glock and can kill someone with one bullet.


    My heart was racing as adrenaline ran through me, my life feels like a action movie.....


    I ran as fast as I could as I sprinted threw the corridors and Vince was right beside me. I ran to a room


    and saw Liz and Peter.


    "Hold your fire"! Vince yelled before they shot us and Peter put his gun down and Liz ran up and


    hugged me "Oh thank God, I thought one of those gun-shots killed you".


    I pulled back and shook my head "No".


    "You 4"! A guys voice yelled and he came up and grabbed me by the arm and mmed me into a wall


    and punched me.


    I kicked him in the gut which sent him flying back. He hunched over in pain and I punched him and


    grabbed him by the cor of his shirt and punched him in the gut then finding his pressure point and


    pushing him down to the ground and he was out cold.


    Peter and Liz stared at me dumbstruck and Vince smirked cockily.


    "H-how did you learn how to fight like that?!" Liz eximed and I shrugged "I don''t know" then bending


    down and grabbing the guys gun and taking the magazine out of it and saw it was a full case of bullets.


    I put it into the revolver I had and held it pointed down.


    "We think they have him hostage in the main room" Vince said as he referred to him and I, and Peter


    said "Craig thinks they have him in the tunnels of the church".


    I pressed my lips in a thin line and shook my head "No...they wouldn''t put him there...ke would have


    known that we would look there, plus the tunnel has a bunch of trap doors to get through...ke


    wouldn''t be able to figure them out, you have to memorize a bunch of codes to figure it out..."


    They all looked at me shocked "How do you know this"?


    I bit my lip "I may have traveled off...when we stayed here...I was curious and knew something was up


    with this ce.."


    "Rain!" They all scowled.


    "What?!" I defended "I''m an adventurous person...". It''s true I am a very adventurous person...my mom


    always use to call me an ''explorer who''s up to trouble'' because I would always go explore in the woods


    and get myself into trouble.


    But my mom never seemed to care..she was a very free-spirited person..but my dad got angry about


    every-time I left from when I was 4-13 years old, then once my mom left I couldn''t just leave and


    explore anymore.


    Belonging ? N?velDram/a.Org.


    I heard a gun-shot go off and I heard Ryker''s voice groan in pain.


    My eyes widened and I quickly ran off and they all yelled after me "Rain! Rain! Rain wait!"


    I ignored it and continued to run and ran as fast as I could as I heard them run behind me, I followed


    the yelling and gun-shots.


    I ran up and saw a window wall. A window wall is a clear wall that is made out of rubber ss and you


    can see right threw it and the other people can see you.


    I ced my hands on the ss and my heart sunk as I saw Ryker, and he was all beaten up with a


    stubble beard growing on his face, he had bags-under-his eyes. A ck eyes and had marks and cuts


    everywhere.


    Peter, Liz, and Vince all came up behind me.


    I was frozen, I couldn''t stand seeing him like this...everything went deaf in my world and I zoned out


    and focused only on Ryker as Vince, Liz, and Peter were all shouting my name and trying to get my


    attention.


    Ryker''s head snapped towards mine and his eyes were dark and full of different mixed emotion.


    Rhett punched Ryker in the jaw while he wasn''t looking then shoving him back and grabbing a gun and


    pointing it at Ryker.


    "NOOOO"! I screamed as tears streamed down my face and I pounded on the ss and my heart


    shattered.


    They''re going to shoot him! They''re going to kill him!


    Vince grabbed me by the waist and pulled me back and I was screaming at the top of my lungs for


    Rhett and all the guys in there to stop, but they couldn''t here me.


    "RYKER! RYKER! RYKER!" I screamed as I tried to get out of Vince''s grip as he was holding me back


    and my face was flooded with tears.


    Rhett pulled the trigger.


    BOOM!