Chapter 15

“AJ…wh—what is it?”

“Another phone call,” This one was real bad. They called Nick and…and-um said that they were gonna kill him…and us. He freaked out.”

“Oh my God this has got to stop!”

“Yeah I know…”

Kevin was wheeled in, he appeared weak, otherwise he wouldn’t have been wheeled in. his face was paler then usual. Nick came in followed by Brian and several different policemen and a detective.

“Boys…we cannot find any clue as to where they are…I mean maybe, just maybe it’s some prank call…I mean you never know.”

“What?” Kevin replied harshly. Not daring to believe their inept explanation.

“Well…it’s more logical,” the detective began. “Your captors are probably long gone. They can’t risk coming back this soon. I mean, I could see a year or so…but not even—

“Wait…no. We know Rob’s voice! You don’t understand. We lived there for so long…we obeyed his orders; he beat us. Believe me, I could never forget his voice, and I know that they couldn’t either.”

The three of them took deep breaths. “Well…we’ll keep trying to find these guys. We won’t give up…but the only clue has been some phone calls. Anyone could have made them.”

“Fine,” Kevin replied, the bitterness etched in his low voice.

When the police and detective left, Kevin glanced back up to his band mates. “Welp…what do you think we should do now?”

“I don’t know Kev…but I do know that that was Rob’s voice. I—I…”

“Nick, just calm down. I know you were scared but don’t freak out on us…okay,” Brian said. Trying his best to make Nick feel somewhat better.

Nick stared down at the ground, his eyes filling with tears. “I…I just don’t want to go through that again…I don’t think that I can take it again. It was hard enough the first time…but look at us now! Look what he did to us! We’re all in terrible shape! And Brian…God…he almost didn’t make it. We could’ve lost him because of Rob!” Nick stopped, the tears now blurring his vision and streaming down his flushed cheeks.

Brian directed his attention immediately from the floor to his friend. “Nick…it’s okay now. We won’t have to go through that again…I promise.” Brian said, pulling Nick into a hug.

“Thanks Bri…I’m just so scared.”

“I know, I know you are we all are Nick. We’re in this together. Okay?”

Nick nodded.

“So…what’re we gonna do? The police aren’t believing they’re still after us. And if they are, we have to act fast. We know what those guys are capable of!” AJ said, his face contorted in concern.

“Brian!”

Brian glanced over to see Leighanne. “You know what your doctor told you. Hun, you have to stay in bed!”

“Brian, you never told us that…” Kevin stated.

“Fine…I’ll go back. Nick if you wanna talk…you know where to find me.”

Nick nodded and sighed heavily.

“So…Nick you going to be okay?” Howie asked.

“Yeah, D, don’t worry about me. I’ll be fine.”

“We’ve got guards in front of our doors. There’s no way anybody is gonna get into our rooms guys,” Kevin said, his tone stern.

“Yeah, Kev, but what about when we get out of here? What happens then?”

Kevin bit his lip in thought, his brow furrowed as he contemplated. “Well…Nick I don’t know we’re just gonna have to pray that they get Rob before that.”

“I’m going back to my room.”

“Okay Nick…don’t worry…okay?”

“Yeah…”

Nick entered his room and flopped down on his bed. He shut his eyes in deep thought. They couldn’t die…not now…not after they had worked so hard to get to the point they were at. Nick curled up in his bed; suddenly he didn’t feel too well.