The car came to a stop and Rick got out and opened the van door. Since I was closer he grabbed me first and pulled me out. When I finally got balanced, I looked to my left and saw a building with a guard at the door.
"Stay or you will be shot!" Rick said to me angrily which broke me out of my thoughts. I just nodded scared to death. Rick then went to Nick's side and pulled him out as well. Rick then walked us to the door and the guard opened it then closed it once we were inside. We walked through a few hallways until we can to a door. Rick opened it and pushed us in. The room was dark with no windows and only a single light bulb hanging from the ceiling. There was a pile of blankets in the corner but that was it. We turned around to face the door. We saw that there was jail like bars in the door as well as the metal door itself. Rick had closed the bars and locked it.
"Rachel come to the door." Rick said. I hesitated but went over. "Turn around." He ordered. I did so. Rick then took the handcuffs off me. I rubbed my wrists trying to get rid of the pain.
"Hummmm should I take Nicks' off?" He said thinking as I took the gag out of my mouth. "What do you think?" Rick asked me. "Should I take them off?" I looked at Nick who looked back at me with pleading eyes.
"Yes." I said in a whisper.
"Oh I don't know. You tried to escape twice last time. If it weren't for the cops catching us I wouldn't have to deal with this again." He said getting angry.
"He won't" I whispered. Rick sighed.
"Nick come." He said to him as if he were talking to a dog. Nick slowly went over to the door. "I am going to un-cuff you but if you try anything I won't hesitate to hurt you." Rick said dead serious and angrily. Nick turned around and Rick undid the cuffs then closed the metal door locking it. "I'm sending the tape now!" He yelled after he finished locking the door.
Nick snapped out of the daze he was in and came over and hugged he. I hugged back. When we pulled away I took the gag out of his mouth.
"Are you ok?" He asked looking at me in the eyes. I nodded slowly.
"Yea I...I think so. Are you?" I asked looking at the bruise on his face.
"Yea. I'm just sore." He replied.
"Are you hurt? Did he hurt you back at the house?" I asked real concerned.
"Well Rick hit me from behind then kicked me in the stomach when he tied me up. That way I couldnt yell. He hit me again so I couldn't fight him." He explained.
"Oh" was all I could say. I was still confused and afraid. Nick looked at my face. "How is your face?" He asked. "I wanted to kill him when he hit you."
"I'm ok. It didn't hurt much. I'm a hockey player remember?" I said softly with a small smile trying to lighten the situation a bit. He smiled a small smile back. That made me feel better. He then came over and hugged me again.
When we let go he went over to the blankets and made them into a bed, well kinda, but it was something we would be a little bit comfortable on. We sat down and pulled the last blanket over us. It was quite cold in that room even though it was the middle of the summer. After a few minutes I realized I was real tired so I laid down and put my head on Nick's lap.
"Are you ok?" He asked concerned as he stroked my hair.
"Yea. Im just tired." I said looking up at him. I felt the safeness come back so I soon drifted to sleep.
I was awakened sometime later by Rick yelling and kicking my leg. "OUCH!" I yelled in pain.
"QUIET!" He yelled back. I sat up quickly and held my right leg. It was then I noticed that Nick wasn't next to me. I looked around ad Rick saw me start to panic. "Oh calm down! He is right there." He said curtly and moved aside to reveal Nick chained to the wall with a gag in his mouth.
"Wha...what are you going to do?" I whispered.
"Well my dear, your friends got the tape an hour ago and I still don't have my money. You figure it out." Rick said the laugh. I didn't know what to do.
