What to do?

"You know that food was for you." he said.

"So. I cant let him go hungry he needs the nutrition more then I do!" I said shooting an angry look at him.

"Dont give me that look!" Vince yelled waking Nick up once again.

"Whats going on?" Nick asked groggily.

"Oh nothing, your girlfriend here just shot me a look." Vince said

"What? A look? I'm lost." Nick said

"Ok Mr. Slow, the food you ate was for her not for you. You werent supposed to eat." Vince said angrily.

"Vince! Come here!" Rick yelled from the other room.

"Coming!" he yelled back then ran out of the room.

After he left Nick looked at me and said, "You gave me your food?"

"Yes I did." I said looking at him

"So you didnt know if there was another plate coming for you."

"No I didnt." I said looking down.

"You lied." He said.

"Yes. It was the only way I could get you to eat. I knew that you wouldnt eat unless I ate first because you are that type of person."

"Youre right. I would have made you eat first and I should have done that this time till I was sure you were getting food."

"No. Im glad you didnt know. You ate and I ate. I ate what you didnt." I said back to him.

"But that wasnt a lot of food." Nick said with concern in his eyes.

"It was enough." I said trying to reassure him. Nick tried to sit up but I stopped him.

"You need your rest. Lay back down." I said to him making him lay back down.

"I guess you're right."

"I know I am. I'm a woman!" I said laughing a little. Nick moved his body over to the wall and even though it caused him pain, he did it.

"Lay down next to me. Theres enough room for both of us." He said smiling. I sat on the bed carefully so not to hurt him. I put my head next to his and looked in to his eyes and I wished that I could take all of his pain away.

"You should get some sleep." He said to me as I was yawning.

"Yea but so should you." I said

"Okay then lets rest together then." He said (AN: I know what youre thinking. NOTHING sexual happened!). We fell asleep soon after.
AAAWWWWW! What a cute couple! Wake up! Rick yelled.

Nick and I jumped up. "Whats going on?" I asked

"There was such an out pouring of fans wanting to do anything to help save Nicky Boy here that they raised way more then we asked for!" he said.

"So youre going to let us go?" I said hopefully

"Now hold on. We havent gotten the money yet so hold tight." Rick continued.

"Hey Rick bad news man! Listen to this!" Chris called to Rick as he turned on the TV. As soon as the TV went on we saw the other guys Brian was at the mic. Nick and I just sat and watched what Brian had to say.

------The fans have been great and raised all this money so Nick and Rachel could be released. But the police have found out who took them.----- The station then showed pictures of the men.

"Is that you?" I asked the 4 men.

"Damn! How did they find out it was us?" Rick said as he took off his ski mask. The rest of the men did the same since we already know who they are.

"When we got the money, we were going to let you go cause you didnt know who we were and couldnt point us out." Rick said "But it seems that things change."

Nick looked at me and said, "I know who Vince is now. He was the biggest bully in school but at the same time voted most likely to succeed from what it said in my friends yearbook." We then turned back to the TV Brian continued to talk.

---------We have reason to believe that if we give these men the money they will kill Nick and Rachel then run. So instead we will give this money as a reward to the person or people who have information leading to the arrest of these men. If you have any information please call 555-cops (Not a real number). Nick and Rachel if you can hear this we love you Brian said as tears started to roll down his face. The rest of the guys were trying to hold back the tears to no avail. and we will not give up looking for you he finished.
Then the newscaster came on Well there you have it. What was once the ransom money is now a reward-------

Vince turned off the TV. "DAMN IT he yelled which made us jump. WHAT THE HELL ARE WE GOING TO DO?"

Nick was now sitting up and he turned to me.

"I wish that Bri didnt say that. Now that they're not getting the money who knows."

Rick looked over at us. We must have had fear written all over our face (Hell wouldnt you?) "You better be scared! Your friend just put you in great danger!" he then turned to the other men "We need to go to our back up plan. Lets do it!" the other men open the cell door and handcuffed our hands behind our back and gagged our mouths. Nick yelped in pain because they twisted his arm to get the handcuffs on. They then lead us back to that same black van. Since the van didnt have windows we were stuck!

I looked over at Nick, who of course was sitting next to me, was in real pain. He looked up at me and I saw the pain in his eyes.

Vince looked over at us and said "If I take the gags off will you scream?"

Nick and I shook our heads no. He took our gags off and as we promised we didnt scream.

"Thank you." I said softly. Vince just nodded.

"Are you okay?" I whispered to Nick.

"I'll be ok. The handcuffs are just on to tight." He said. I knew he was lying. It was the beating that he got earlier that was really hurting him but I just nodded and didnt say a word. He put his head back on the wall of the van. His head slowly slipped down the wall of the van and ended up on my shoulder.

I put my head on his head and whispered to him "Get some rest."

"Ok" he sleepily whispered and fell asleep soon after.

We drove for a while. Everyone was asleep except for Rick, who was driving. Nick and I were laying on our stomachs in the van sleeping when I was awakened by someone taking off my handcuffs. I opened my eyes slightly to see which way I was facing. To my relief I was facing Nick. I looked down to see that they had taken Nicks handcuffs off too. Faking that I was still asleep I put my arm around him.

I woke up to someone shaking me. "Wake Up! Lets Go!" I looked up. It was Rick.

"Wha? Where are we?" I sleepily spoke out.

He didnt answer. "Wake up kid! Cmon!" he yelled at Nick. Nick slowly woke up and slowly tried to prop himself in to a sitting position. I helped him and let him lean on me for support.

"Are you ok?" I asked

"I'll be fine" Nick said slowly and in pain.

"Lets Go! NOW!" Rick screamed. We got out of the van. We saw that the sun was beginning to rise.

"Do you know where we are?" I asked Nick

"No. I dont." He said shakily. All we saw were woods and a road leading out in both directions to nowhere.

"Shut up and move!" Rick yelled and pushed us along.

As we walked, Nick was feeling a little better. The movement helped him to keep his mind off some of the pain. I looked back at Rick and the guys. They were talking among themselves. I then turned back to Nick.

"How are you feeling?" I asked him

"I'll be ok." He said

"You're still hurting, arent you?" I said looking at the expressions on his face

"Yea. I am. I need to rest." He said looking at me. I turned around and looked back at Rick.

"Rick?" I said trying to remain calm.

"What?!" he said hastily

"Hummm..Can we stop for a while?" I asked starting to shake. Rick thought about it.

"Okay, we will stop for a while." He stated, calmer then before. Nick and I looked at each other relieved. We sat down on a log as the other four men came closer to us.

"It feels good to sit down." Nick said to me

"I know. Rest while you can." I said grabbing hold of his hand. Rick stared talking to the other men but we couldnt hear what he was saying to them. Then we heard Lance yell.

"What? You never said we were going to kill them!" Nick and I stood up then we looked at each other. I just held on to Nick as we listen to what Rick said next.

"We may not have a choice! We either think of some way to get the money or we have to kill them!" he stopped turned to us then turned back to face his men. Besides they already now who we are. He stated more calmly.

"Yea but so do the rest of the world!" Lance yelled back.

"Good point." Rick said.

"Even if we get out of the country, we may not be arrested but we will be tracked down and killed by Backstreet fans anywhere in the world! At least if we have them alive they cant touch us." Lance continued.

"Another good point." Rick said

"We could drop them off some where and leave the country!" Chris chimed in.

"They'll tell the cops." Vince said.

"The cops already know who we are jackass. We established that by saying the whole world knows its us!" Rick said. "That means we have nothing left." Rick then raised his gun and pointed it at us. Nick pushed me behind him.

"We wont tell anyone. Well say it was a joke that my friends pulled on me!" Nick said

"Oh yea that will work!" Rick said sarcastically "Yea and I suppose your friends beat the shit out of you too! Get real!"

"Rick dont be stupid Come on dont do this!" the other three yelled behind them.
"SHUT UP!" Rick yelled. Then the gun went off.

Nick turned around and covered me as we both fell to the ground. We laid there for a second stunned.

"Are you hit?" I asked him

"No. You?" he asked back

"No." we looked up. The four men were still standing. We looked back at each other confused.

"That was a warning shot." Rick said laughing. Nick and I both got up. The other three men sighed some relief. "I did it to scare you. To show you I was serious."

"Well it worked." Nick said

"Good!" Rick snapped back as he tuned back to his men and they began talking again.

They talked for about ten minutes when we saw Lance and Chris heading back towards the van.

"This is our chance to get away. There is only two them now." Nick said.

"Remember what happened last time we tried this? If they catch us they will kill us." I said back in the whisper.

Nick looked at them then back to me. He looked in to my eyes and held my hands then said, "They may kill us with out us running. Its our only chance. We have to get out of here now Rachel." I knew he was right. I could tell by the look in his eyes.
Rick and Vince were talking and Rick pointed at something. Nick then went over and picked up a good size branch and went up behind Rick and hit him over the head and knocked them out cold. Before Vince could react Nick hit him also knocking him out.

"Lets go!" he said to me. He grabbed my hand and we ran threw the woods. By this time it was around noon so the sun was overhead. It was getting hot. I looked up at Nicks face was we ran. It showed it all. He was in pain, scared and tired. We ran for a while. Im not sure for how long but I was real tired.

"I.....need.........to.....stop." I said between breaths.

"O..k." he said also out of breath. I looked up and there was a road a few yards ahead.

"Look!" I said, "A road. Maybe we can get a ride." I said still trying to catch my breath.

"Well lets follow it and see if any cars come along." he said back.

We walked down the road hoping that a car would come by soon. I reached out for Nicks hand. He took it. We heard a car approach from behind us so we turned to look, only to find it wasnt a car at all. It was the van!

"OH SHIT! RUN!" Nick yelled as we ran back into the woods looking for cover. We ducked behind a big log. We heard the men get out and run around us.

"We have to get them!" Chris yelled Or Rick will kill us.
A few seconds went by and we didnt hear anything.

"I think theyre gone." Nick whispered softly to me. Just after he said that we heard a click. We looked up and saw Lance standing above us with his gun pointed down at us.

"Chris! I found them!" he yelled and Chris came running.

"Get up!" he yelled and pointed the gun at Nicks head. Nick slowly got up raising his hands slightly so not to make any sudden movements.

"You too!" Lance said to me. I got up and they walked us back to the van the whole time Chris had his hand on the back of Nicks neck and kept the gun to the back of his head. When we got back to the van Rick and Vince were there rubbing their heads.

"Almost got away, huh!" Rick said angrily as he stood up and walked over to Nick. Im a little tired of you giving me trouble boy! Turn around and face the van! Nick hesitated

"Do it!" Rick yelled. Nick turned around and I saw Lance hand Rick the same piece of wood that Nick used. Rick took the wood and held it like a batter in baseball. He took a swing as hard as he could and hit Nick right in the back. Nick screamed in pain.

"Cover his mouth we dont want anyone hearing him!" Rick said as Chris went over and gagged his mouth and Vince held my mouth shut. I was crying. Rick then took another swing hitting Nick again then again then hit him on the legs. Nick stopped moving. Rick hit him one more time then told the others to put us in the van.

Nick was lying on his stomach and I went over to him and took the rag out of his mouth. He was still breathing. 'Good' I thought. The back of his shirt was all bloody. I lifted up his shirt to see how bad it was. Let me just say this, it looked like a piece of meat that was just tenderized. I looked down at his face to find he was conscious.

"Hey. Can you hear me?" I asked still crying.

"Yes." he said barely above a whisper. He had tears rolling down his face. I put my hand on his leg.

"Can you feel that?" I asked him

"Yes." He said in pain.

"Good."

"NOW LISTEN YOU TWO!" Nick and I jumped. "PULL A STUNT LIKE THAT AGAIN YOURE DEAD!!! UNDERSTAND!" Rick yelled. I nodded. (We found out later that they brought us to the woods because they werent quite sure if the were going to kill us or let us go) The van then took off down the road. We were going really fast. A few minutes later we heard sirens behind us.

"Pull over but act natural." Rick said to Lance who was driving. "You two dont say a word or Vince will kill you. If you think the police will hear, your wrong there is a silencer on the gun." The officer came up to the car.

"License and registration." He said.

"Sure. Whats the problem officer?" Lance asked

"You were going 60 in a 30mph zone!" he said. When he got the license he went back to the car to put it through. He must have called for back up because in five minutes there were 20 cop cars there but since they didnt use their sirens no one heard them. The one cop came back.

"I need to search the van." He said

"Why?" Lance asked.

"Procedure." He replied simply. While I was watching the officer and Lance talking Chris hit Nick on the back of the head knocking him unconscious. Revenge for something I guess. I really dont know why. After the officer said the word procedure, other officers opened the back doors to the van.

"You're all under arrest!" they yelled.

"Yes! Nick we are saved!" I yelled. I looked over at him to find that he was unconscious with blood coming from the lower part of his head.

"Nick? Wake up. Cmon this isnt funny." I cried trying to get him up.

"Get a medic!" I heard one of the officers yell.

After what seemed like forever the ambulance came. I was in shock I was crying but not hysterical. When they loaded Nick in to the ambulance I spoke up.