Emery’s POV

“Please… I’ll behave… just let my sister go!” I cried, my head throbbing painfully from both my beating yesterday and the way Billy was mercilessly pulling my hair. I had to stand on my tip-toes to keep from dangling under his grasp. “Please… I-I won’t act out again!”

“You’re right,” Billy chuckled, shoving me into Joey’s arms. “Because Joey here is going to teach you a lesson about respect and following directions here at the Viper household. I expect much better behavior the next time I see you, Emery,” he sneered before turning and walking down the hallway, whistling a happy tune.

“No!” I screamed. “Please no!” I tried with all might to squirm and fight out of Joey’s iron clad grip, but it was no use. He wasn’t letting go this time…

“Keep it up, the more you fight, the more I want you,” Joey moaned in my ear as he secured my arms behind my back and force me down the hall. “You are mine now, Princess…”

“No!” I couldn’t contain the scream that ripped from my throat when he suddenly stared dragging me down a hallway I had never seen before, holding me tight to his body. I tried to crane my neck back to see where the other man had taken Jolie, but it was not use. I was helpless against Joey’s grip and Jolie and Barry were long gone. How could have everything gone from bad to much much worse?!

“Take me back to my sister! Please! I-I promise I’ll do whatever you want! Just take me back to her!” I begged through my sobs. I couldn’t stand the thought of not knowing what happened to Jo. We promised to always protect each other and I was going to abide by that, no matter what happened to me!

I tried to dig my feet into the floor to halt his steps toward wherever he was taking me, but to no avail. My bare feet just slide across the rough concrete floor, getting cut and scrapped up in the process. I stumbled and tried to resist moving, causing a disturbing laugh to echo through the dark empty corridor.

“It’s too late for that now, Princess,” He sneered, taunting me as I struggled against him. I was so dizzy from the blows to my head and dehydration that I could barely see straight, but that didn’t stop me from fighting. “She’s already gone…”

“NO!” I screamed, putting all the fight I had into trying to escape his grasp. Joey grunted and stopped relying on me to walk on my own altogether. He dragged me barbarically down the hallway as I clawed at everything and anything I could reach. “JO! PLEASE! PLEASE TAKE ME TO JO!” I rasped, my throat feeling like a desert.

“Sorry, Princess, she’s gone… you’re Avenged lover is gone and it’s all your fault. All you have left is good ol’ Joey. Now come in here and be a good little girl…” he laughed, kicking open the door and shoving me as hard as he could toward the bed in the middle of the room. I stumbled, yelping when my legs hit the edge of the mattress and I fell forwards onto the musty old blanket.

“N-n-no! She can’t be gone! You’re-you’re lying!” I sobbed, trying to scramble across the bed way from him. Joey laughed and took a step towards me, only for me to fall off the bed, landing on my shoulder on the hard concrete. It popped and I let out a loud gasp as pain shot down my arm.

Joey threw his back with laugh as he watched me clumsily scramble to my feet. “Oh, I never lie. Your sister is dead or as a good as dead with Barry and it’s all because you couldn’t follow directions. Now come here, Princess!” No… this couldn’t be my fault, could it? I was trying to protect both of us, hell I still was. But maybe if I hadn’t run from Joey, Id still be with my sister…. fuck maybe this was my fault!

“I said don’t call me that!” I cried through gritted teeth as I gripped either side of the footboard of the bed, staring him down and ignoring the pain radiating through my arm. “You will take me to her now.” I said dangerously, ignoring the tears that were running down my cheeks.

He smirked, taking a step towards me. I held my ground, but only just so, wanting nothing more than to turn around and haul ass away from him. But I knew he liked the chase and I wouldn't give this son of a bitch the satisfaction.

“That may have worked with your Avenged boyfriend, but not me Princess,” he sneered again, getting satisfaction out of using Brian’s pet name. I squeezed my fist so tight that my knuckles were burning white. If this asshole thought he was going to get away with this, he had another thing coming. No one hurt my sister and got away with it, especially if the Avenged guys were on their way. They would teach these pricks a lesson!

“Though I like that you think you still have power here. I bet you Avenged guy liked it too… but I’ll break you of that real quick. So tell me, Princess, which one was he? Who can I taunt with how hard I fucked you?”

I narrowed my eyes and stood up, glaring at the dirty alcoholic. “Fuck you! I’m not telling you shit!” I raged, my heart pounding manically in my chest. I knew I was playing with fire, but I couldn’t just stand here ant let him do beat and rape me. Hell, no! I wasn’t going down without a fight!

Joey cocked his head to the side with a smirk as he watched me. “You do like to put up a fight… mmm…that makes this so much more fun,” he practically moaned, running his dirty hand over the strained erection in his pants. I choked back a gag and looked away, not wanting to give him any more pleasure. “Let’s play a little guessing game, shall we?”

“I’m not doing anything with you!” I spat as he took a step towards me. As much as I wanted to stand still, I took a step backward. This seemed to make him happy.

“Oh, Blondie, you will do as I say, or you will pay,” he replied, his voice full of danger and yet still chillingly calm. “So who was you’re Avenged guy?”

I pinched my lips together into a straight line as my eyes darted toward the door, trying to think of a way out. I wasn’t going to tell him shit; not about Brain, Avenged, my sister, my father—NO ONE!

“Okay… so I’ll guess,” Joey continued, taking another step towards me, backing me more towards the corner. No, I had to find some way out of here! “Hmm… I’m gonna start with Vengeance… I bet he was sweet and loving…”

“GO TO HELL!” I screamed, and dived around the corner of the bed, only for Joey to catch my arm and push me roughly against the cold metal wall. I suddenly felt a sharp object stab into my back and I knew that he had pulled the knife I had seen in his belt. “Let me go!” I yelled, struggling against him.

“What I thought you wanted to play rough,” Joey panted into my ear, his foul breath making me gag. I felt the blade slowly glide up my back, undoubtedly cutting the thin fabric of the t-shirt that covered my bikini top. My breath hitched in my throat when I felt the cold edge of the metal against my neck. “Mmm… you smell so good…”

“P-please… just let me go!” I begged, choking back a sob as Joey’s other hand slowly moved up over my curves and pushed my hair to the side.

“What? I thought this is what you wanted, Princess,” he laughed, his chapped lips kissing across my exposed shoulder, making me want to throw up. My heart was racing so face that I thought I would surly pass out. “Oh… and what’s this? A little love bite on your shoulder. Who is that from?” he growled, digging the knife into my flesh. I could feel a light sting from the metal, but not enough to actually make me bleed.

“N-n-no one… it-it’s a bruise,” I lied, my voice shaking with panic. This couldn’t be happening. Someone was going to come through the door and rescue me any minute.

“Mmm… nice try… I wont leave anything that gentle. Did the Rev leave that?” he asked, his tongue now running over the shell of my ear. I let out a whimper as I tried to duck away from him, but he just pushed me harder against the wall, rubbing his strained erection into my ass. “No? How about Shadows? He always liked the little girls…”

“Please stop…” I begged, his hand moving down to cup my ass as he moaned in my ear. I tried to push back against he wall to get away but that only pushed me more into his crotch, making him moan louder.

“Oh… I know,” Joey panted, now rotating his hips against me. I let out a whimper as he grabbed a fistful of my hair, pulling up hard and craning my neck to the side so he could see my response. I closed my eyes tried to picture myself on the beach with Brian, or anywhere but here. This wasn’t happening… it couldn’t be! Brian promised to protect me and this was all just a nightmare that I needed to wake up from!

“I bet you are Gates’ little slut!” My body instantly froze and my heart stopped in my chest upon hearing Brain’s name, which made Joey laugh loudly. No… he wasn’t going to use Brian against me! I refused! “That’s it isn’t it? You’ve been fucking around with Gates? Tell me I’m right, Princess!” he hissed in my ear with delight, licking the shell of my ear. “Tell me I get to fuck the girl of the number one man on my hit list! Oh, how fun it will be to taunt the infamous Synyster Gates with fucking his girlfriend! Mmm… as if I didn’t want you enough before!” he moaned, licking my neck.

I tried to flinch away from him but Joey held me in place. “Tell me you’re Gate’s girl! TELL ME!” He bellowed in my ear, twisting and pulling my head painfully to the side with my hair. “Then I can tell you how he sold you and your sister out!”

“Fuck you!” I hissed through clenched teeth as he pulled my hair harder. “I hope he comes in here and beats your ass! You wont get away with this!”

“You’d like that wouldn’t you, Princess,” Joey moaned before he took my earlobe into his mouth and began sucking on it. I whimpered and pinched my eyes shut, trying to ignore the raging hard-on digging into my lower back and ass. “Too bad he’s the one that turned you and your sister into us…” he said again.

“No… he wouldn’t,” I instantly responded with a whimper, pinching my eyes shut and clenching my fists. Brian wouldn’t have done that, not after the whole beach set up for my birthday. No… this guy was lying! He was just trying to get a rise out of me.

“What? You thought it was a coincidence we found you on the beach and he just walked away?” Joey laughed, now digging the knife into my neck as I started to fight against him again, undoubtedly leaving a red line of blood. I sucked in a ragged breath and held it in, praying for this pain to stop. “It was all planned… those Avenged guys didn’t want you anymore…”

“No! That cant be true!” I cried, the tears running full force down my cheeks again. None of that could have been true, not with the way that Brian looked at me… touched me… or hell spoke to me. Unless… that was what he was going to tell me. Was Brian really trying to tell me that the guys were going to give Jolie and I away?! I started to panic at the thought, my blood running cold. No… it couldn’t be true.

“Aww… did you think Gates actually loved you?” Joey laughed in my ear, his kisses becoming harder and wetter against my skin. “You were just a pawn to Avenged… a pawn with a famous last name that didn’t get them anything. You were useless… a useless little slut… and that’s all you’ll ever be!” Joey moaned in my ear as I sobbed against the wall. He was grinding his crotch into my ass, stabbing through my denim shorts.

No! None of this could have been true! Brian and the guys said they wouldn’t give us up! It couldn’t have been a trick… I refused to believe it. There was something between us, I was sure of it! Brian would never do this to me… would he?

“You did, didn’t you?” Joey tisked, shaking his head and moving the blade of his knife over my cheek. The coldness of the blade stung as it moved over my swollen and tender flesh. “Well don’t worry, I’ll make you forget about all that because you belong to me now…”

“No! I don’t belong to anyone!” I spat through the tears, feeling the blade move back to my throat. Joey’s free hand ran up the front of my body until it reached my breast. He quickly moved underneath the thin fabric of my t-shirt and squeezed my breast thought my bikini top. “Please! Stop… “ I begged, my head swimming with thoughts about Brian and how everything I had come to know was a lie.

“Mmm… say it again… tell me to stop… tell me you’ll do anything if I stop,” Joey groaned, now dry humping my ass. I whimpered and pinched my lips together, refusing to give him any satisfaction. I wasn’t going to play his game, no fucking way!

When I didn’t respond, Joey let out a growl and roughly turned me around to face him. “So now you’re not going to say anything? You just want to take it like a good little slut?” he taunted. “I bet that’s what Gates taught you to do… am I right?”

“Fuck you!” I said, spitting in his face, which only seemed to enrage him.

“You fucking little bitch!” He hissed, pulling the knife away and hitting me hard in the temple with the handle. I gasped as my head smashed against the metal wall. Little stars burst in front of my eyes and I groaned. “I will teach you to obey what I say! You will learn who is boss!” He spat, his hand now replacing the knife of my throat, squeezing the life out of me. I gasped for breath, trying to pull the sweet oxygen into my lungs. “You’re mine and you will do what I tell you to!” I heard through the ringing in my ears as the darkness started coming towards me. Unfortunately he let go just before I could find the peaceful darkness, air drawing back into my lungs.

I coughed and gasped for air as Joey dragged me back over toward the bed, throwing me down onto the musky mattress. I was so dizzy and disoriented from everything that it took me a moment to realize what was going on. I quickly tried to scramble away from him but he grabbed my calves and dragged me back towards him on the bed, almost painfully slow.

“Please,” I begged, putting up as much fight as I could. “Please don’t do this!” I cried, punching and kicking everything I could.

“What’s the matter, Princess? Don’t like not being in charge? Too bad your boyfriend, Synyster Gates gave you to me as a new toy!” he bragged and forcefully rolled me over, standing over me.

“No! He wouldn’t—he didn’t!” I argued, the tears pouring freely from my eyes.

“Oh, but he did! He didn’t want you anymore!” I cringed against the feeling of the mattress moving under his weight as he climbed over me, straddling my legs and leaning back to stare down at me. “And what fun I am going to have with Synyster’s little toy. I can’t wait to fuck that tight little hole. He said it was the best… I will just have to see for myself!” Joey licked his lips, earning a shriek form me as he reached forward and sliced off my t-shirt with the knife, revealing my breasts in the flimsy bikini top.

I shook my head as a sob escaped my lips. No, Brian wouldn’t have sold me out, or talked to these men about us! Hell, he didn’t even tell his best friends! Why would he do this to me? Was all of it true? “Please-please! No!” I cried, which only made Joey laugh.

“Good girl,” he purred, repaying my cries by cutting off the straps to my bikini. “Mmm… so full, so perky… Gates was right…” He commented as he tormentingly pulled down each piece of fabric. He bit his lips as he reached down to caress my nipples.

I growled and slapped his hand away, trying to get away from him. He smelled like a dog that hadn’t been bathed in a year, and the dirt on his hands and underneath his fingernails was enough to make anyone vomit. I tried to move my knee up kick him away, but he was too heavy and prepared.

Suddenly I felt a hard blow to the face, causing me to cry out in pain. My head snapped to the side and I could taste the blood in my mouth. It slowly dribbled to the corner of my mouth, making Joey laugh. “As if you couldn’t look any more beautiful, Princess,” he laughed as I looked away. Apparently he didn’t like that because suddenly he grabbed my cheeks and squeezed my jaw, forcing me to look into the disturbing grey eyes. “You will look at me as I fuck you senseless and you will like it…” he breathed, pushing my head back. “No one will come to save a worthless used slut like you!”

“No! That’s not true! You wont get away with this!” I cried. I shoved and pushed at his chest, raking my sharp fingernails into his chest and arms, feeling the warm, wet trails of blood well up in the tracks I left behind in my assault. Unfortunately, this only seemed to excite him more, as proven by the way he ground his hips against mine, allowing me to feel his excitement through our jeans. “He will come… he said he would!”

“Keep telling yourself that, sweetheart…” he laughed, looking at me with a manic eyes. That look alone made my blood run cold. “There is no way out of this! You are Viper property now!”

I felt paralyzed as I continued to struggle against him as he moved to suck and bite my nipples. I was starting to realize there was no escape and this man was going to destroy me piece by piece. First he broke my heart with is words and now he was going to break my body with his. He was right, there was no way out.

I cried for help and moved against him, his free hand moved to unbutton my shorts. He slowly dragged them down in the most agonizing way possibly before ripping my bikini bottoms off. I let out a cry of pain as the fabric cut into my skin, leaving me beaten and naked in front of this disgusting creature.

“Stop! Please stop!” I begged, trying to cover my body with my hands. Joey smirked as he looked over me, his eyes glinting with lust and danger. I felt a shyness and discomfort under his piercing gaze, making me want to curl into a ball for protection.

“Ahh… I love it when you beg, Princess,” he moaned, freeing his throbbing member from his jeans. I knew in that moment as I struggled, screamed, and tried to get away that there was no way out. He was going to ruin every part of my body and there was no stopping him. I was his toy now… no one wanted me and no one would want me after this… I was nothing. “Do it again…”

“Fuck you!” I screamed as loud as I could, only to receive two more hard blows to the face as his erection ran through my folds. I screamed and clawed, begging for the bastard to drop dead, anything to get him off my. “Let me GO!” I bellowed, pounding against his chest.

“Oh, I wont you let go but I will give you something else…” He groaning, positioning himself at my entrance. “Just say those words for me one more time so I can see you officially break!”

“DROP DEAD!” I raged, trying to fight my way away from him. Suddenly the sound of laughter and a loud bang echoed through the air. The next thing I knew, I was screaming as blood was flew at my face and Joey full mass lay on top of me, the knife he was holding stabbing my arm as pain ripped through my body.

Matt’s POV

“Anything on them?” I asked Gates when we met upstairs by the balcony.

I had been following those Viper bastards around ever since they entered the party, only for them to stay just out of hearing distance. It took every ounce of my being not to grab Billy by the throat and demand information on the girls. But I knew if I made one wrong move with the Vipers, the girls were as good as gone. I had to wait and play it safe, the girls lives depended on it.

“They weren’t allowed into the auction room. The other guy is named Grant, seems to be a new member by his side, as Johnny found out,” Gates explained as I paced back and forth. We were so close to get exactly what we needed to get the girls back that I was about to jump out of my own skin. I could feel the anxiety building inside of me but I quickly pushed it away, knowing that we had a job to do. Gates and I just needed to wait until the right moment.

And as if right on cue, I saw the Billy and his new sidekick head up the stairs. Fuck! This could be the moment we had been waiting for! I quickly grabbed Gates and pulled him behind the floor length curtains, securing our location as the Vipers moved out onto the balcony, shutting the doors. Luckily the window was still open, allowing us to listen into their conversation.

“Isn’t it fun to see how Pagano is still holding this auction, when his girls are safely tugged away in our basement?” Billy’s voice sounded with laughter in his words “Well, safely isn’t the right word, is it?” He laughed as the rage built up inside me.

So that fucking son of a bitch had my girlfriend locked in a basement?! I would kill him! Hell I would kill all of them for laying so much as a hand on my girl! Those bastards would pay! They wouldn’t be getting away with this! Just fucking say the word of where they were and both men would be found dead on the balcony, not witnesses, no questions asked—just sweet revenge.

“I’m just hoping Joey and Barry aren’t doing too much damage,” Billy said, causing me to clench my fists. I had heard about his two cronies and their ruthless ways. They were knowing for raping and killing women without so much as blinking an eye and that thought alone made me see red. I squeezed my fist so hard that I thought they would pop through the skin from the pressure.

“You gave them free reign on the girls, what do you think they do?” Grant chuckled and Billy laughed loudly. “You are right, maybe I ought to have put a limit on them, but they were so happy to do some revenge… and I mean… Avenged will take back their playthings even a little damaged, right? They can still use them… maybe.”

Damaged?! What the fuck did that bastard mean damaged?! I pinched my eyes shut, forcing myself to stay in place. I knew if we were going to rescue the girls and get them out of the Viper compound we had to wait. I would make sure we killed every one of those bastards but first they had to lead us to their hide out… then they would pay.

I opened my eyes just as Gates reached out for the curtain. With one swift motion, I reached up and grabbed his shoulder, my fingers digging into the skin. I wouldn’t let him ruin this because of his temper. I was just as pissed as he was but killing them now wouldn’t help us! “Stay here,” I hissed dangerously.

“But we can fucking get them, you heard what they said! I’m gonna beat him to a bloody pulp, I’ll rip his-” Gates raged before I silenced him with my palm. If he kept that up he would surly give away our hiding spot and ruin the whole operation. We were too damn close to start being reckless now!

“Shut the fuck up, Gates!” I mouthed, earning a glare. “They will soon leave, they have nothing to do here. Pagano shut them out of the main event. We will follow them to their compound. Believe me, Gates. I want to do the same damage you want to do to them, even worse, trust me. But we need to have a plan. We cannot risk anything now, we are too close. Now, calm the fuck down and be with me on this one!” I explained in a hushed whisper.

“When we are at their compound, we call in Zack, the Berry’s, Dan… the whole crew. And we go in, no mercy. You will get your revenge and I promise you, it will be by the end of the day,” I explained and Gates took a deep breath, nodding in agreement. He had to know I would let these bastard walk away alive, not after what they had done.

“Alright, Pagano will be a no show… Let’s get the hell out of here, maybe the guys got some information out of the girls or at least some good footage for us to watch” Billy said and opened the balcony doors to get back in, we waited a moment and then headed after them.

“Vipers headed toward the west entrance,” Gates said quietly into his microphone as we secretly followed them out the back door. With each step we took I could feel my heart thundering in my chest. This had to work! We had to get the girls back!

“Stop!” I said, grabbing Gates and pulling him to the side once more as Billy and Grant stopped at the bar. We both stopped behind one of the large pillars, carefully watching them through the reflection in a painting above our heads. Once they moved we would be right behind them.

“What the hell are they doing now?” I hissed, watching them take a seat and have another drink. “We don’t have fucking time for this!”

Oh, how I wanted to rip out both of their throats, seeing them laugh so freely about how the other men were treating them. I swear if Jolie had so much as a bruise on her beautiful skin, I would tear each and everyone of those fuckers limb from limb! The Viper’s weren’t going to get away with this, that was for damn sure!

“I don’t know but while we have a minute, I heard the girls’ guards talking before I met up with you,” Gates said, looking around to make sure no one was listening and that the Vipers hadn’t left the bar.

I raised a brow and loosened my tie, not able to stand it any longer. “What did they say?”

“Some shit about trying to buy the girls at the auction… making secret bets on them and not wanting to let them go,” he growled, clenching his fists.

“But they wont be in any fucking auction if I have anything to say about it,” I interrupted, narrowing my eyes as I scanned the room. “We are getting the girls back tonight and then they are ours forever. I’m not taking any more chances, even if we have to go into fucking hiding and give up our territory!” I vowed, earning a nod from Gates. I still wasn’t sure what was going on between him and Emery but it was definitely something knew for him. Had he fallen for the little blonde?

“Vipers on the move,” Gates voice sounded, pulling me from my thoughts. “Let’s follow these bastard and get our girls back!”

The next thing I knew Gates and I were driving behind a silver town car down a back road. We had the headlights off and were keeping a safe distance so we didn’t spook the Vipers. I could feel my heart thundering in my chest as I squeezed the arm rest of the car, the anticipation of revenge and holding Jolie in my arms again nearly killing me.

“Cant this piece of shit go any faster?!” I raged, watching the car turn to the left up ahead.

“We can’t follow too close behind or they will know we are onto them,” Gates snapped, his knuckles white on the steering wheel. His eyes were fixated dead ahead on the road and there was look in his eye that told me he was ready to kill, and I felt the same way. “Don’t worry I wont let them get away. We will get those Vipers… all of them.”

“Shads where are you guys? We are trying to catch up but we lost you at the last intersection,” Zack’s voice sounded through my headpiece. Shit, I forgot I still had this thing.

“We are on Old Lake Road headed south. The Vipers just pulled up at a compound at the end of the road. We are going in,” I said, pulling out my knife and my gun before we even put it in park.

“Let’s do this!” Gates said, reading his weapons. All we had to do was wait for Billy to open the door and I would put a bullet through his head so fast, he wouldn’t even know what hit him.

“No! Hold your position until we get there. You two can’t go into the house full of Viper’s alone! It’s a suicide mission. Gates, Shads… do you copy—” Zacky continued as I ripped out my headpiece and threw it to the floor. We didn’t have time to wait. Jolie and Emery could be being beaten or worse while we sat around, plus we had waited long enough already!

“On three…” I said to Gates, watching a drunken Billy and Grant saunter to the door from out location on the brush line. “One…two….thr—”

Before I even got out the number three, Gates had expertly shot both Billy and Grant to the ground. There was a reason he was my head marksman—he was the best sniper in California. “Let’s go get our girls,” he growled, both of us rushing towards the house. “I got your back, go!”

As we entered the house, Gates and I took out Viper after Viper, slashing throats, breaking necks, bullets straight to the head and heart, we didn’t care as long as they were dead and gone. The whole time I moved through the house, I was in a fog, almost like I was watching everything from above. I could hear the shots ringing in my ears but I couldn’t feel anything but the rage and worry that engulfed my body. The only things on my mind were those blue eyes and having that warm little body back in my arms. I had to find her… no matter what the cost.

As Gates and moved through the main part of the house, I could feel my heart pounding wildly in my chest, releasing adrenaline into my system as my ears rang from the shots that were just fired. There were bodies lying in heaps as shot after shot ran from my gun. This bloody massacre would teach them to mess with Avenged Sevenfold!

“Where would they keep them?” Gates hissed as we made our way toward the back of the house. “They’ve got to be close.” His eyes were crazed as he looked around for another target. “Next guy I see, I’m killing with my bare hands. These fucks need to suffer for what they’ve done!”

I nodded my head in agreement as I pointed to the stairs toward the back of the kitchen. “I heard Billy say something about the basement. Quick down the stairs!” I ordered, leading the way.

As soon as we reached the bottom of the stairs, a young man stood up off of a stool and struggled to find his gun. Lucky for my I was faster and pinned him to the wall, my hand mercilessly squeezing his throat. “Where are the girls?!” I ordered, narrowing my eyes as I tightened my grip. The man coughed and spluttered which only made me madder. “I said, where the fuck are the girls?!”

The man lifted as shaky hand and pointed to the left before I smashed his skull against the wall. The loud crunching sound of his skull denting in against the metal wall cracked through the air, leaving him twitching and gasping for air. The fucker may not be dead yet, but he would surly suffer, which is exactly what he deserved.

Suddenly the sound of gunfire echoed through the air and Gates and I dived to the ground behind the tall metal door. “Fuck, they’re onto us!” I spat, pulling the door over to shield us from the bullets.

“Don’t worry, I’ll fucking take care of them. Cover me!,” Gates hissed back, though I could barely hear him over the sound of the bullets bouncing of the metal in front of us. “Fine but we need to keep moving. The girls have to be down here somewhere,” I replied as we both shot back around the door.

“When I say go, you head to the hallway on the left and I’ll go to the right,” Gates instructed, firing my gun as a bullets flew over our heads. “Find the girls and them out!”

“What about—” I growled but the rest of my sentence was cut off by the rapid gunfire from Gate’s gun.

“GO!” Gates yelled, pushing me toward the hallway to the left. I quickly dived down the hall as the gunfire temporarily stopped. It wasn’t until I stood up that three more doors opened and more men entered the hallway.

“You fucking assholes!” I bellowed, shooting until my clip was empty. “Damn it!” I hissed, stepping over the bodies in my path. Luckily the clip had taken care of all the men who stepped out, leaving me in a quiet corridor.

Without another thought, I pulled out my knife and started opening doors. Each one I opened was empty room or some kind of prison cell. God, I couldn’t even bare the thought of Jolie staying in one of these dirty little rooms. She deserved so much more than this and I was going to get her out of here, that was for damn sure.

I felt my heart speed up in my chest when I reached the last two doors in the hallway. One of these had to be it! It had to lead to Jolie or Emery! It just had to! I slowly crept up to the door and placed my ear against the cold metal, revealing the sound of a muffled voice. That bastard was next on my chopping block.

I quickly grabbed the door hand and threw the door open, hearing the man yell as he slashed away at something huddled on the floor with a knife. “I. Said. Answer. Me. When. I. Talk. To. You!” he bellowed.

If I wasn’t already seeing red before, now it was like burning fire behind my eyes. I wanted to kill and I wanted this fucker to suffer. Never in my life had I ever experienced a rage like this. I grabbed the bastard by his black leather jacket and dropped him to the ground, my knife, instantly stabbing in his chest. He looked up with surprised bewilderment.

“What weren’t expecting me?” I growled as I twisted the knife into his heart, causing the man to howl in pain. “Oh… did I hit a nerve? How does it feel? How does it feel!?” I raged, stabbing the man again and again before moving to strangle him with my bare hands. “Where are the girls?!”

I grabbed his throat as he coughed up blood on my already blood-covered arms.

“I-I-I…” he wheezed weakly, blood dripping from his mouth and face as I squeezed harder. The Viper bastard was barely conscious but I wasn’t done with him yet.

“Where are the girls?!” I hissed in his face, reaching down and bending his arm back in the most uncomfortable position. The man let out a scream that was like music to my ears as I dislocated his shoulder. “WHERE ARE THE GIRLS?!” I bellowed before moving back to strangle the guy. I watched as the man opened and closed his mouth, weakly trying to fight back. His eyes were bulging slightly and all I could hear was the manic ringing in my ears.

“M-M-Matt?” I heard a weak voice call behind me as the man dropped from my grasp. No... that couldn’t have been her he was stabbing…

I slowly turned around and my whole world crumbled in front of my eyes.

“Jo? Jo— NO! Fuck! Someone help!” I gasped, rushing over to Jolie. She was in bloody heap on the floor, her blood-covered hands pressing against her stomach, her chest heaving up and down with each audible breath slowing down. What the hell did that bastard do to her?

“No… no… no!” I hissed, shaking my head as pulled her into my arms. Her face was so pale, almost a shade of blue, and the amount of blood that surround her made my heart stop. There was too much blood and just the sight of her covered in blood knocked the wind out of me, my chest tight with fear. No… I couldn’t lose her!

“Fuck…babe…talk to me…” I breathed, moving closer to her and pulling her body into mine. I was in a state of complete shock as I tried to stop the bleeding. How could I have let this happen? Why didn’t we get here sooner?! This was all my fault.

Jolie opened and closed her mouth, her eyes drifting shut as she hand weakly touched my face. The breath hitched in my throat as I looked down at the love of my life. No, I couldn’t lose her… not like this.

“M-M-Matt…” Jo rasped, sucking in a loud shaky breath. “I-I-I knew you-you would come for me...” She whispered in a barely audible tone. My heart was breaking with each and every small breath she took, each one less then the one before. “I didn’t tell them anything... I-I…. Love….you…” was the last thing she said before her eyes closed and her head rolled to the side.

“Jo? Jo?” I cried, carefully shaking her body. “Jo! Jolie… fuck babe please… please wake up!” I said my heart thundering painfully in my chest just as Zack and Jimmy rushed into the room. “Jo! Please wake up!”

Notes

So that was a rather dark chapter... but the good news is the guys are there, right? But what happened to Jo? Will she pull through?