The next morning, Nick's head pounded. He couldn't move his arms or legs. He opened his eyes, when they finally adjusted to the light in the room. He noticed he was tied up, in a basement with a couple other guys. Maybe three tops. He couldn't see their faces. Thick gray tape kept him from talking.
He noticed a few other people. He counted 7. Just standing in front of them... talking.
Nick began to panic. He struggled trying to wriggle free of the ropes. He tried to mumble as much as he could. But stopped everything when a short blonde girl stood in front of him. She had tattoos' all up her arms, he hair was buzzed and she had a ring in her nose. She gave him a cruel slap across the face. "Jessica! Isn't it enough that he was just kidnapped and hit by a car!" a girl said.
"Oh God Lel , he was struggling so I slapped him," Jessica replied crossing her arms.
"Well here," Lela punched her and a trickle of blood showed from her mouth.
"How do you like it! Now Jessica, Journey, Kate and Brandy, upstairs now, before you all get to experience pain," Lela said.
Three guys were left in the basement "Kyle, Kevin. Go make up the rooms. One with three beds, the other with one,". The two guys nodded and left.
"Danny get me the first aid kit and a bowl of warm water with a cloth,". When the last person was gone, Lela kneeled down.
"Are you okay?" she asked gently.
Nick looked away.
"Okay do you guys want to leave this tape on," she asked standing up.
The two other guys mumbled and shook their heads.
"Okay,". She walked over to the first one, whom appeared to be Lance Butte. She ripped the tape off.
"Thanks," he mumbled. Next she moved to the other guy, Shawn Collins.
Nick still didn't return his gaze to her. She stood in front of Nick. "Look at me," she whispered kindly.
Suddenly Danny came back with the materials she asked for. "Thanks now go back upstairs,". She gave him a cruel stare as he stomped his way up. She squatted next to Nick. She knew the tape would hurt him, he already had a cut underneath it. She took her slender hand and in it held his chin. She pulled his face so their gazes met. "This is really going to hurt you," she whispered.
Nick showed no emotion just slowly nodded. She picked off a little piece of the tape, and slowly began to tear. Lela could see he already needed stitches. She could see the tears welling in his eyes from the pain. She closed her eyes and ripped it off as fast as she could. Nick whimpered loudly.
"I'm sorry," she repeated over and over, stroking his face.
"Why do you do that?" Lance asked.
"Do what?" she examined his face. She looked closely. Maybe he wouldn't need stitches, it might not even leave a scar.
"Talk to him like he is a baby," Lance continued.
"I'm not sure," she whispered. She lied. She knew exactly why she did it. She loved him. She had even cried when the maniac of a boss hit him. Lance stayed quiet. Lela took the warm cloth and rubbed it over the open wound. He winced at the pain of it. "Sh-h" she said, still stroking the side of his cheek. She began to untie the others.
"Help me get him up," she asked. Shawn untied Nick, Lance hoisted him up and both Shawn and Lance carried him up the stairs to his room. Carefully thy let him go, thinking he could walk.
Nick felt a wave of dizziness. A sharp pain shot through him. And he passed out. When he woke up, he was surprised to see Robin at the edge of his bed. He almost thought he was home, until he sat up and pain surged through his body..
"Robin?" he asked.
"Yeah Nick it's me," she smiled.
"What?" he looked at her face.
"That's right I kidnapped you, and I killed Cleo. I was going to kill your Mom, but I felt bad since I had already killed Julie and your little brother,".
"What?". Nick was now trying to stand up, but failed.
"Yep! I injected the disease in your baby brother while he slept, and I hit Julie with a stolen car,". She laughed.
"You psychotic bitch!" Nick screamed jumping up, ignoring all his pain but the one right in his heart.
Robin smiled as he began to storm towards her, she began to laugh when she stabbed him in the stomach with her hidden knife.
Nick's eyes filled with tears.
"Robin!" Lela cried catching Nick the best she could as he fell back.
Robin sighed and left the room. Shawn bent down in shock. He lifted Nick and struggled to get him to the bed.
"I can't do it" Lela said hiding her face in Lance's arms. Shawn took a deep breath.
"I'll do it" he whispered. He walked towards the side of the bed and placed his hands onto the bloody knife in Nick's stomach. "I'm sorry man" he squeaked. He closed his eyes and pulled.
Nick screamed in pain and began to sob. He held the hole in his stomach tightly.
"If we don't do something... he might bleed to death," Shawn said. Quickly the three of them searched for something. They found a sheet and wrapped it around his abdomen. Finally Nick was quiet.
"Is he dead?" Lela asked, shaking from fear of the answer.
"No, he finally fell asleep," Shawn smiled. The toy boys went through the linking door and went to their room. Lela pulled the key from around her neck and was about to leave, suddenly she heard Nick softly call her name.
"Lela, please don't leave me," he whispered.
She seen two tears fall out of his eyes. "Okay,". She snuggled onto the bed next to him, and held him close, stroking his blonde hair.
"Sleep now," she whispered.
And soon they were at a peaceful rest.