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I woke up sometime later. I don't know how long it was but I looked to my left and Nick was still sleeping with his arm still around me. Then something cought my eye. I looked up to see someone sitting at the far side of the room. I tried to sit up but the pain stopped me.
"It's ok." The person said quietly and soothingly. I reconized the voice. "It is just me, Adam." Even though his voice was soothing, I was still scared of him. Nick didn't even stir but I didn't wake him, I'm not even sure why I didn't.
"It's about time you woke up. You two have been out for 4 hours." Adam spoke softly. I was confused, didn't Rick say for every hour that went by he would hurt us? Adam then got up and walked over to us. I started to shake. 'He waited until I woke up to really hurt us.' I thought. Adam saw me shaking.
"Calm down I'm not going to hurt you. Rick sent me in here to hurt you because your friends didn't get the money yet. That was about 3 and 1/2 hours ago." he said.
"What time is it?" I whispered still very scared.
"8pm." He stated.
"How long have we been here?" I asked a tiny bit louder.
"About a day. Your friends have 24 hours to get the money or Rick said he will kill you." Adam said in a low voice. It looked to me like he didn't want to do this but he had to. "I have kept an eye on your friends and they have been pulling all kinds of strings to try and get the money but it just isn't fast enough and Rick is getting pissed." Adam paused. I was shaking even worse now and I held on to Nicks' hand. I was fearing the worst and silent tears rolled down my face. "If your friends don't get the money by 6pm tomarrow I will try and get you out of here." he said still looking down at me. I couldn't speak. "I will be back later. I'll try to make sure Rick sends me next time as well." he said. I nodded, confused. Adam then left the room.
"Nick, sweetie, wake up." I whispered. He stirred then opened his eyes quickly.
"What is it? Are you ok? What happened?" Nick asked panicing.
"Honey, I'm ok, well no worse off then I was before." I said half joking. I then went on to tell him what Adam told me.
"Whay would he do that for us?" Nick asked just as confused as me.
"I dont know. I simply stated. I looked at him as he sat fully up. I saw the pain on his face as he did so. "How is your back?" I asked concerned.
"It is ok. I think the bleeding stopped." he said to me. I tried to sit up but my arms and body hurt so much I couldnt lift myself up.
"Nick would you help me sit up?" I asked. He tried to persuade me to stay down but I was getting stiff. "I need to sit up Nicky. I am getting stiff. If we are going to try and get out of here I need my legs and arms to work. Right?" I said to him.
"Yea. I guess your right but if you feel sick or dizzy I want you to lay back down." He said seriously.
"Yes dad." I said rolling my eyes. He smiled a little then helped me up. Boy did it hurt but once I got up the pain subsided. I touched my legs just to make sure i had full feeling in them. I did. Then I moved them a bit and they both still worked. I sighed with releif. I used the wall to help me stand.
"What are you doing? You are going to hurt yourself more." Nick said as he saw me trying to get to my feet and he came over and stood beside me.
"Nick I gotta get walking or like I said we will never get out of here. If I just sit here it will be very hard later." I said painfully bringing myself the rest of the way up.
"Ok but at least let me help you." he said with a face that wouldn't take no for an answer.
"Ok." I said and he put his arm around my waist to help me keep my balance. My legs were real stiff so we walked around the room for a while. When I got tired I would sit down for a few minutes but I knew that I had to get my legs some what back to normal if we would have any chance on getting out. Nick eventually let go and I walked or should I say limped on my own. They I slowly sat down next to Nick on the blanket. All that was left to do now was wait.
A while later, I really couldn't tell you how long, but the door opened. I instinctivly grabbed on to nick and pulled closer to him. I was hoping it was Adam but in walked John instead and he wasn't alone. It wasn't Rick or Adam either. Who ever it was had a sack over his head and his hands behind his back. Even though we were on the other side of the room and the room was dimly lit I could tell it was a man and that he had to be a few inches taller them me. John turned to face the man and hit him in the stomach then hit him in the face. I heard the man groan then fall to his knees trying to catch his breath. John then un-cuffed his hands. The man put his hands on the ground to steady himself. John then walked out and locked the doors. We heard him walk away. Nick got up and walked over to the fallen man who still had the sack over his head. Nick knelt down and took the sack off. We both gasped.
"Brian???"
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