Chapter 4
Rob walked over towards Kevin. He reached into his pocket,
pulling out a gun. Kevin stood still. Rob laughed evilly. His rotten teeth
revealed.
Instead of shooting Kevin, Rob flung the gun back pistol-whipping
Kevin in the head. Kevin fell immediately to the floor, unconscious.
“Jack, Craig get in here,” Rob yelled impatiently. Within a matter
of seconds Jack and Craig appeared at the door. “Get ‘im outta here.
Jack and Craig obeyed,
lifting Kevin’s limp body in their arms.
When they returned to the basement, Howie, Nick, and A.J. were
anxiously waiting for Kevin. Talking quietly, reassuring one another that Kevin
would be okay. Brian still lay sound asleep next to Nick. When Jack and Craig
walked in the three of them gasped, in unison. They laid Kevin on the floor
next to Howie.
“Oh my God,” A.J. whispered taking sight of Kevin. A.J. watched as
Howie inspected Kevin. “Do you think he’ll be okay D.?
“I…I don’t know,” Howie spoke silently. “He was hit in the head
pretty hard guys.”
Howie, Nick, and A.J. tried for over an hour to wake Kevin, or get
a reaction out of him some how. Nothing worked.
Brian woke up minutes after they gave up. He sat up slowly,
rubbing his eyes.
“Hey Brian.”
“Hey AJ,” Brian replied wearily
“What’s wrong with Kevin,” Brian demanded looking at his cousin.
The three of them exchanged
glances.
Howie decided to tell Brian. “Rok, Kevin got smart with Craig and
Jack, they took him to Rob. We think Rob hit him with somethin’ pretty hard in
the head. He won’t wake up,” Howie informed solemnly.
Brian gasped. He looked at
Kevin then turned away lying back down on his pillow, silently crying.
“Bri,” Nick rushed over next to Brian. Brian sat up bringing his
hands to his eyes. Nick wrapped his arm around him in an attempt to comfort
him.
“He can’t die!”
“Brian,” A.J. yelled startling them all. “We will NOT let Kevin
die!” “I promise,” A.J. finished his voice softening.
A full day had passed and
Kevin still hadn’t waked. In fact they hadn’t seen Jack or Craig the whole day.
They were all starving and very thirsty.
Brian sat up with Kevin as
the other three slept. Watching him for any slight sign that he would wake up. Brian gasped when Kevin stirred. “Oh my God,
Howie AJ, Nick wake up!
Kevin slowly opened his eyes.
“Kev,” Brian spoke his voice wavering in fear. Fear that Kevin
wouldn’t be the same.
They watched intently as Kevin sat up.
“What,” he asked.
Nick flung his arms around him.
“Oh God guys I’m fine,” Kevin stated as he realized they thought
he was going to die.
Kevin talked to them for a while reassuring them that he was ok.
Their conversation was cut short when Jack, Rob, Craig, and
Charlie walked in.
Brian, Nick, Kevin, Howie and A.J. stood up quickly following the
four men.
“Hello boys,” Rob greeted them in a cheery voice, which made all
five of them cringe. “Let’s go.”
They walked outside. It was hot out, once again. None of them had
the energy to work. They didn’t have a choice. All day long they worked in the
sweltering heat, doing numerous jobs.
At around six while they were chopping wood, Nick noticed that
Craig wasn’t looking, in fact he was walking into the house.
“Guys, lets run for it!”
“No way Nick,” Howie whispered.
“C’mon we could run fast and get out of here its our only chance!”
“Nick,” Kevin said silently. “Craig just went in for a minute,
that isn’t nearly enough time to bust outta here!”
Nick looked at Kevin and then
the sun burnt faces of his friends as they worked. Nick dropped his ax and ran.
Craig and Jack immediately saw him and ran out of the house
chasing him.
“Nick,” Brian yelled dropping
his ax, chasing after, only to be jerked back roughly. Brian turned around. Rob
looked at Brian.
“You ain’t goin’ anywhere boy!”
“LET ME GO,” Brian screamed. “You freaking jerk!”
“NO,” A.J. yelled grabbing Brian away from Rob. “It’s alright
Brian, it’s alright Nick will be okay.”
Jack and Craig came back
their hands grasping Nick’s arm’s tightly.
Rob grabbed Nick taking him inside. He then ordered Jack and Craig
to take Brian.
The two immediately grabbed Brian, following Rob and Nick inside.
Charlie came out with another large man they had never seen before
both holding a gun in their hands.
“Let’s go,” Charlie ordered.
Howie Kevin and A.J. went with the two following them back to the
basement.
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