Nick Felt himself being dropped in the van and the van moving but that was it. He was about to black out. Everything hurt. He wanted to die, he felt so bad. He didn't know how long they drove but he knew when they stopped. He was yanked from the van and brought in side a building. He was dragged down a few hallways since he was too weak to walk on his own. He was eventually thrown in to a cell and landed with a thud. He groaned in pain and he head the bars slam. Then he passed out from the pain.
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Kevin went back to the underground hide out and found Brian first. He told him what he saw and Brian started to cry. Kevin told Brian not to tell Angel what happened and Brian agreed. He told Brian he was going back out to get Nick back. Brian told him to be careful and Kevin left to save Nick yet again.
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Nick began to come to again. He noticed something was different. He was covered with something. He looked down and saw a shirt covering his arms. He looked around and saw a man sitting in the corner not to far from himself. The man had his head in his arms and Nick tried to focus to see who the man was. Nick closed his eyes then opened them again and this time he made out that the man had tattoos. Nick tried to get up but gasped in pain. The man looked up and made his way over to Nick. Nick looked at the man and a small smile formed.
"Nicky are you ok?" It was AJ. Worry was on his face. It too looked like AJ had been beaten.
"AJ?" Nick whispered. "Your alive." Nick smiled. AJ smiled too.
"So are you but barely. I have been worrying about you for the last day when they first dropped you in here." He said.
"A day? God." Nick whispered.
"Nick? Is anyone else alive?" AJ asked hopefully.
"Yes AJ there is. Brian, Kevin, and my sister Angel. Aaron is rumored to be on Long Island safe." Nick said and AJ had tears of joy in his eyes.
"Nick you have to pretend that you don't know me." AJ said as they head the main cell door open.
"Why?" Nick asked confused.
"They will separate us if they know that we are friends." AJ said having to take his shirt back.
"Hey tattoo freak!" The guard said. AJ looked up. "Time for your beating." The guard said and laughed. Nick pretended to be passed out and tried not to cry out. He heard the door open and two sets of footsteps enter and take AJ away. When he knew they were gone he opened his eyes again. He wondered how long AJ had been in here and why he was getting beaten cause from the sound of it, it happened often.
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Kevin made his way to the prison on the out skirts of town. This was going to be a tough one for him cause the prison is guarded. He would have to scope it out first and go from there. As he approached the prison he took note of 2 guards by the gate. As for the rest of the prison he would have to wait till nightfall to sneak around and look around.
As night fell Kevin started to scope out how is was going to get in and out of the prison. Over the past two years he had become very good at what he did. He was never caught and didn't plan on starting now. He notices little barred windows where the cells were. He kept track of how often the guards walked by the back and front of the building. He had to wait and plan before going in.
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Brian woke up to the sound of crying. He looked over and saw Angel sitting on the edge of the bed crying.
"Angel? Are you ok?" Brian whispered although he knew the answer. Angel looked at him and hugged him tightly.
"Brian, just when I got Nick back, a part of my family back I lost him again! What if he is dead?" She started crying harder on to Brian's shoulder. Brain tried to sooth her by rubbing her back and whispering to her.
"I'm sure he will be fine. Kevin will find him and bring him back." Brian said trying to convince himself as well as Angel. "Get some sleep. I'll be here and I'll look out for you till Nick comes back." He said and him and Angel laid on the bed and she soon fell to sleep tears still fresh on her face.
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AJ was thrown back in to the cell and he too hit the floor just like Nick did earlier. Nick heard the guards laugh and then leave. He opened his eyes and looked over at AJ. He forced himself to sit up.
"Ow." Nick groaned and slowly made his way painfully over to AJ. It was now Nick's turn to be worried. AJ was bruised and bleeding from almost everywhere. Nick fixed it so AJ wasn't laying in an awkward position. He then caressed AJ's head trying to get him to come to.
"AJ, come on wake up." He whispered and squeezed his hand. "Come on you gotta be awake for when Kevin comes." He said tears falling down his face. AJ stirred and opened his eyes.
"Nicky?" He whispered barely audible.
"Yea Aje it is me." Nick said trying to get his friend awake. "AJ, how often do they beat you and why?" Nick asked. AJ looked at him and then looked away.
"Nick, I have been here almost a year. The family that bought me got a better and stronger slave so I was sent here." Nick listened to the story AJ was telling him. "I tried to escape and I was caught and ever since then I have been beaten every other day and a few times it almost killed me. On top of that, they barely feed me so I am too weak to even fight back. The only thing that was keeping me alive was the hope of seeing you and my family, my brothers again. (touching I know right? Awwww....anyway...)"
"I'm sorry Alex." Nick said silently crying.
"It isn't your fault Nicky so don't be sorry." AJ said back. "How did you get here?" He asked Nick.
"Kevin and Brian freed me from my master. Then Kevin freed my sister Angel. And we were trying to get to the next hide out when a search party got close to us. We split up and Angel and me ran. They spotted us and I was able to get angel to hide but they caught up to me and beat me then brought me here." Nick said quietly. AJ and Nick sat there in silence for a moment.
"I know Kev will get us out of here Aje...I know it." Nick said and to AJ Nick sounded like a child full of hope. Nick grew up a lot in the last 2 years he knew that but for some reason in that last statement, he seemed 13 again. And AJ only hoped Nick was right.
