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Darkness Surrounding

He came

Emery’s POV

“You will answer me when I speak to you!” My father roared just before I was pushed roughly back onto the floor, landing on my butt with a squeak. He had been down in my cell asking for information about Avenged for the past hour. I didn’t know anything about where they were or their new compound, but I hoped it was far away from Huntington Beach.

I winced as I shifted my weight back on my hands, the rough concrete and rocks on the cell floor slicing my already sore hands and body. It had been a few days since Chris had hinted about seeing my sister again, but I was still waiting, taking the daily abuse from my father in his crazed rants. I was getting weaker by the day and I honestly didn’t know how much longer I could take his cruelty.

“Where is the Avenged compound? Where are they hiding?” He raged again, his eyes wide and crazed as he came closer and closer. I crawled back away from him, shaking my head. His once brown eyes had turned completely black, proving that he was no longer there. He had lost it all and now I feared for my life.

“I don’t know,” I cried when I finally hit the concrete wall behind me. I was backed into a corner as he came closer and closer. Soon he was towering over me, this body three times the size of mine. “And even if I did, I would never tell you!” I hissed, glaring at him with hate. “I hope they are gone far away from here so you can’t get your filthy—”

My sneer was abruptly ended by a hard smack to the face. I gasped and clutched my face, the flesh stinging painfully. Beneath my fingertips I could feel a warm substance pooling. I shakily pulled my hand away from my face, seeing crimson on my fingers. My father’s ring must have sliced my face open.

“You will not talk to my like that you little bitch,” he growled, grabbing me by my hair and wrenching me up to my feet. I sucked in a ragged breath, feeling my hair being nearly ripped from my scalp. “You will tell me where they are and you will make them pay for their crimes. You will be the one to slice your precious boyfriends throat!” He screamed, throwing me down on the makeshift bed.

My already bruised body bounced off the hard surface, hitting the wall. Though I didn’t have time to even register my newest injury because my father had grabbed my cheeks, his nails digging into my flesh. He pulled me up to eye-level as he squatted in front of me. Those heartless black orbs staring back at me were the most terrifying things I had ever seen.

“Now… tell me where they are,” he hissed in a deadly tone.

I swallowed thickly as he squeezed harder, his nails painfully cutting into my skin. “I-I… don’t know…”

My father let out a growl, his fingers scratching across my face, before he ripped his arm away. With a blink of an eye, he was pacing the front of my cell, talking to himself in what sounded like gibberish. He was using English words, but nothing he said seemed to make sense. I had no idea what he was about to do next so closed my eyes and will myself anywhere but in this cell.

As soon as my eyelids, I could see the beach in front of me. The teal colored waves crashed up onto the sand and a light warm breeze blew through my hair. This was my happy place – the one place I felt perfectly at ease and happy. The only thing missing was Brian’s warm embrace as we watched the waves crash on the sand. God, I could still remember what his strong arms around me and feel his breath tickle my skin…

“Simply beautiful,” Brian’s voice breathed in my ear as he pulled me even closer. He gently rocked me side to side in his lap, and I melted into him. We fit together so perfectly and there was nowhere else I would rather be.

“I know, it’s a gorgeous day,” I replied, snuggling into his warmth. The breeze was a bit chilly today and I was thankful for his embrace. I could honestly sit with him forever if we were allowed to.

Brian’s body shook with a deep chuckle right before his lips tickled my ear. “I wasn’t talking about the ocean, love. I was talking about you.”

I felt a blush pull over my cheeks as he slowly turned me around to face him. As if on cue, those hauntingly gorgeous brown eyes appeared in my line of vision and I felt a flutter in my stomach.

“Em! Emery! Are you okay? Talk to me please!”

I blinked a few times before I realized that the brown eyes I was looking at were not the ones I was longing for. My guard was holding me in his arms, looking at me with a frown and deep crease in his forehead. No, he had been there! Brian had been there and we were in our happy place, not this hellhole!

I took a shaky breath as I sat up, tears pooling in my eyes. God, it hurt so much to be away from him. I just hoped he was safe and knew how much I loved him. It was cruel for my mind to keep imagining a future with him, but I couldn’t help it. I loved him more than I could ever express. That’s why I gave my life for him.

“Easy now,” Chris said as I nearly fell off his lap trying to look around for Brian. I suddenly felt extremely dizzy and my head and face were throbbing painfully. Was it really just my imagination? It all felt so real! I could feel the lump rise in my throat with as a new wave of loss surged over me. Each dream was like losing him all over again. “Just relax. You are safe now.”

“What happened?” I asked, trying to push my painful thoughts away. It was then that I realized how much my body physically hurt. What happened to me? I carefully reached up to touch my head, only to wince when I came in contact with the big goose egg on my temple.

Chris let out a long sigh as he eased me down onto the bed. “You blacked out,” he admitted sadly, reaching for the wet cloth to clean my wounds.

“From what?” I honestly didn’t remember anything after my father pulled away from me in his fit of rage. Did he hit me when I closed my eyes?

I looked up at Chris only to see him look away from me with a deep frown.

“Pagano?”

Chris nodded and carefully began drabbing my right cheek with the cloth. Each touch burned and I tried not to wince, but it fucking hurt. What kind of father would do this to his own daughter? No, the man that was down here before wasn’t my father – he was a monster.

“How long was I out for?”

“I’m not sure. I found you like this when I started my shift. It looks like you endured quite the beating,” he admitted guiltily. “But I need you to stay strong. I promise we will make it out of this soon, Em,” he said, looking determined.

“Don’t you get it?” I asked, slowly sitting up and trying not to fall over with a wave of dizziness. “There is no getting out of this,” I cried, the tears now running down my cheeks. “This is my fate!”

“No it’s not. We—”

Suddenly, the basement door unlocked and Chris stood up in front of me, shielding me from whoever was entering the room. Shots sounded in the corridor outside as the door opened and my heart started to palpitate. What the hell was going on?

Though I didn’t have very long to think about it because an eerily familiar voice called my name.

“Emery?”

No, it couldn’t be. My mind had to be playing tricks on me. Jolie wouldn’t be back down in this hellhole, especially not with gunshots echoing in the background. Chris carefully pulled me up and I had to blink a few times to make sure I wasn’t seeing things.

“Emery, it’s okay we are here to rescue you.”

There right in the middle of the basement was my sister, looking back at me with a mix of happiness and fear.

“JOLIE!” I cried just as Chris opened the cell door with a wide smile. Jolie quickly darted across my cell and pulled me into her strong embrace. She was real! She was really here!

“Oh my god! I can’t believe you are here, are you okay?” I sobbed, squeezing her tightly. God, I thought I would never see her again. I was in complete shock right now.

“I’m fine. Are you okay? Are you hurt? We were so worried” Jolie rushed out, pulling me back at arms length and looking at me with a horrified expression. Her blue eyes looked me up and down and she shook her head. “Oh Emery… I am so sorry,” she said, slowly shaking her head as tears filled her eyes. “I cant believe he did this to you…”

“I’m okay now.” I promised, pulling her in for another hug. God, I never wanted to let her go. She was my best friend and I couldn’t lose her, not again. “I promise, I’ll be—”

“Is everything clear?” My heart jumped at the sound of the very familiar deep voice. No… it couldn’t be him, could it? My eyes snapped up in the direction of the deep voice and I suddenly felt weak in the knees.

“Brian?” I rasped, finding it difficult to pull air into my lungs. Panic was surging through my veins and I started to shake my head. It wasn’t safe for him here! My father would kill him in an instant, or worse, make me and I couldn’t live with that. I need to know he was safe and alive. He had to get out of here. NOW. “You shouldn’t have come, what if he finds you?” I panicked.

Before I could even blink, Brian crossed the room and pulled me into his arms. My body instantly melted into him as his intoxicating aroma flooded my senses. His embrace felt even better than I remembered. “God, princess. I fucking missed you. I love you.”

“You shouldn’t be here,” I cried, trying to push him away. As good as his embrace felt, I knew that it wasn’t safe for him here and I would never forgive myself if I was the reason he died. No. He had to go. “I don’t want to lose you,” I hit his chest with each word, the tears streaming down my scratched and bruised face. “I can’t lose you,” I desperately pleaded.

To my surprise, Brian just held me tighter, his hand slowly running over my head in a calming manner. He didn’t seem phased or panicked at all. “SShhh, it’s gonna be fine. We will get you out, and then I’ll sit with you on the beach, it’s gonna be me and you, just me and you. I promise. We will take care of everything.” He soothed and finally I gave in.

“I love you, god.. how I love you,” I cried into his shoulder, squeezing him tight. “I thought I would never see you again.” That was it, I needed to see those eyes. I needed to prove to myself that this was in fact real – that Brian was holding me in his arms.

As I pulled away to look up at him, I saw large red spots on his clothes and my heart stopped. “Oh my god, blood…Where are you hurt? What happened?!”

Brian’s signature smirk spread over his face as he gently touched my cheek. “Not mine, don’t worry.” He replied and I sighed in relief. I would never forgive myself if he got hurt trying to rescue me.

“What happened to you? Who did this?” He demanded, his now fingers carefully tracing the wounds on my face.

“Pagano,” I breathed, only to hear my sister gasp.

“He's completely lost his mind!”

“He is going crazy, we need to get out of here, now,” I nodded my head in agreement with my sister, my sense of urgency growing larger by the second. My father would be back down here soon and I couldn’t risk him finding the ones I loved. We had to get out of here.

I took a step forward, only to stumble sideways into Brian as a wave of dizziness washed over me. “Oh no,” he said and scooped me up into his arms.

“You cant carry me, what if we run into—”

“Jolie, you got the gun?” Brian asked and I blinked in confusion. Jo? With a gun? As in my sister?

“Jo?” I gasped looking over at my sister in confusion. “How? Where?”

“We taught her, don’t worry.” Brian chuckled after kissing my nose.

Just as I opened my mouth to ask Brian what he meant, he pulled me forward and forcefully pressed his lips to mine. As soon as we touched a surge of electric hit and I gasped, completely opening myself up to him. Brian kissed me with a passion that I felt all the way to my toes. I closed my eyes, feeling a surge of excitement as his tongue slid into my mouth. His mouth was hot and he tasted like spearmint and smoke, it was an oddly seductive mix. I slid my hand up to the back of his neck and began kissing him back, wanting more. Needing more. The man was as bad as a drug. The addicting kind.

The kiss made my heart flutter, almost bringing me to tears. This experience was enough to remind me of what we had and how much I loved Brian. I knew right then that I didn’t want to be with anyone else for the rest of my life. He was my other half.

Brian slowly set me back down on my feet before he took my face in his hands, laying everything out on the line. “I love you, Em. I never stopped, not one second, when we were together or when you were away from me. I fought to get you back and now I’m never letting you go.” I felt my breath catch in my throat with his words but I knew everyone of them was true. “You are my princess.”

“I love you too… more than you will ever know,” I breathed, wrapping my arms around his neck, staring longingly into his eyes.

“Hey, are you two coming or what?” Jimmy asked, peaking around the corner. I didn’t realize that we were still standing alone in the basement cell. The whole world just seemed to stop when I was with Brian. “We need to go!”

Without a moment’s hesitation, Brian scooped me back up into his arms, matching Jimmy’s strides. “What did you find? Are we clear to head back to the vans?”

“The initial search was clear. Our guards are posted at lookouts at the top of the stairs. Chris will give the signal when it is clear to move,” Jimmy said and my heart started to race.

“What about Matt and the others?” Jolie asked, appearing to our left. “Any report.”

“Only that they entered the building. I haven’t heard anything else through my monitor yet,” Jimmy said, tapping on his earpiece. “Hold on…” he held up a finger and Brian and Jolie both stopped. “We are clear. Let’s get the fuck out of here!”

“Jimmy you take the front, Jo you take my back. Once we get out into the courtyard, we can take cover to make it to the vans. Got it?” Brian instructed and I held onto him for dear life. I wasn’t going to lose him again. Hell, I didn’t know if I could even let him go five feet away without craving him.

“Good, let’s go,” he said after receiving confirmation from both Jimmy and my sister.

Every turn we took, someone moved left and the other right, aiming their gun before giving the clear signal. It was like watching one of those action movies but this time it was real life. I honestly didn’t know if I should feel scared or excited right now. We were so close to freedom. “Clear!”

Just was we turned the last corner by the doors we came face to face with a group of people. “Easy, don’t shoot!” Zacky’s voice said, just as Brian tried to reach into his pocket for his gun. “It’s just us.”

“Fucking hell, V. You nearly gave us a heart attack,” Brian breathed as we ducked behind the corner.

“Yeah, well we are trying find another way out of this hellhole. Pagano guards are swarming. We need to get out of here before the SWAT team gets back from the fake raid,” Zacky said, his eyes darting around the room.

“We could try the garden door… no one is usually there,” I suggested, remembering the countless number of times that I had snuck out on my own. “We would just have to scale the back wall.”

“That might not be a bad idea,” Brian said, smiling at me and pulling me even closer to his body. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, just enjoying his embrace. God I missed this. “V, take the Rev and the guards to go check that exit. I will stay with the girls until the coast is clear.”

“Roger,” Zack said, standing again with his gun at the ready.

“Wait, where’s Matt?” Jo asked, grabbing the back of his leather jacket. “We can’t leave without him!”

“He vanished up the stairs when we went entered the back. I tried to stop him, but you know how he is,” Zack explained as Brian let out a groan.

“Fuck. You go check the exit so we can get them out of here,” Brian ordered Zack before turning back to Jo and I. “You two are going to stay here until one of us comes back. As soon as the its, clear you are getting in the van and getting out of here.” He set me down on the ground and I frantically shook my head.

“No! You’re not leaving me again!” I argued, grabbing his arm. “I can’t lose you!”

“Besides you don’t know where all the secret passage are,” Jolie added. “We can get you to our father’s office without being seen. It’s the safest way for everyone. If Matt was going to go after my father, he would find him in that office.”

Brian groaned and ran his hands over his face in frustration. “Please… let us help. We will stay out of the way,” Jo added and I nodded in agreement. Brian couldn’t find him without us. Not if he wanted to get out alive.

“Fine… but stay alert. We are getting Shads and getting the fuck out of here!” Brian said before he pulled me onto his back and headed up the back staircase.


Matt’s POV

I was so close to Pagano I could almost fucking taste it. With each step I took up the stairs, I could feel my heart pound in my chest. If we were ever going live peacefully and give the girls the life that they deserved, then Pagano needed to be dead. Hell, that fucker deserved to die a slow and painful death for everything he put his daughters through, and I would give him just that. I couldn’t wait to squeeze the life out of him, watching him gasp for air as I strangled his ass. Yes, that would be a gratifying kill. Now I just had to find the bastard.

If I remembered correctly, the last time we met with Pagano, his guards brought us to an office off the backside of the house. I recalled it being a longer walk than I anticipated, past the gaudy purple and gold curtains and to the right of a large lion statue. Was that where he was hiding, the fucking coward.

I was sure he knew we were in his home by now, with all the security measures the man had in place. Not to mention the gunfire that sounded downstairs to the left. Fuck, I just hoped Gates and the girls didn’t run into trouble. I couldn’t live with myself if something happened to Jo, but deep down I knew that both she and her sister were in good hands. Gates would take a bullet rather than put them in danger, and for that I would have thank him later. If Jo were with anyone else right now, I wouldn’t feel this at ease.

When I reached the top of the stair, I hid behind the large plant, checking and listening for any upcoming guards, my gun drawn at the ready. One sign of movement and I would fire, no questions asked. I was out for blood and taking no prisoners.

“Clear…” I breathed, moving to the next object to check around the corner. Was it just me, or was a little eerie that I hadn’t run into any guards on this route? I was starting to think that this wasn’t buy accident. The bastard must know I was coming for him.

As I rounded the corner, I pressed back into the wall, seeing movement of a green jacket. Fuck, I guess I spoke too soon, though that was good news to me.

“Johnson,” the guard said, putting his finger on his earpiece, obviously receiving an order. “Roger, I will check the southern corridor.” He repeated just before I put a bullet through his head.

“Not anymore you wont,” I said, stepping over his body and continuing down this seemingly familiar path. I just hoped I was right in where I was going and walking blindly through the house.

Thankfully when I reached the end of the hallway, passed the gaudy curtains, I saw the giant lion statue. What an arrogant piece of shit, metaphorically referring to himself at the fucking king of the jungle. Oh, I would make sure he feel off that high horse pretty damn quick.

With each step I took toward the large wooden door, I felt my heart rate increase. This was it. It was show time.

I kicked the door open, my gun drawn at the ready, only to find Pagano standing behind his desk with a glass of scotch in his hand. “About fucking time you showed up,” he chuckled, swirling the amber liquid and then taking sip. “I’ve been expecting you, Shadows.”

Notes

Here is another chapter after a very long wait! Sorry guys! I am currently working on a new chapter too. Life just got ahead of me for a bit but I hope to be able to get some more writing time in again!

Comments

Oh thank his he’s okay! But now Em is not okay. When will this group get a chance to breathe?? Loving it as always ladies!

These cliffhangers are killing me here! Love this story!

Hnybdgr Hnybdgr
7/14/19

Oh god, what’s Matt trying to do now? I support him though, Pagano needs to be punished for treating his daughters like shit.

Holly Holly
4/23/19

Yay!!! They are FINALLY reunited! I’m so happy! But wonder what trouble Matt just got himself into with Pagano. I hope we get to see Jo kick ass and rescue him! As always, I loved the update and i can’t wait for more!

Gah! They still have to get out! Ya killin' me, smalls!!! ;) thx for the update! If Jimmy is hurt I will find you.

violetvictoria violetvictoria
3/16/19