" pew..pew..pew..pew" is what I heard before running behind the chick-fil-a counter.

I was fuming because my order wasn't done yet and people decided to shoot up the place!

The shooting came to stop about 5 mins after that and now all that was heard throughout the quiet mall was shouting.

"Find her and when you do bring her to me" A man whose voice I think I heard once before yell.

Please lord don't let that "her" be me. Before I could finish the rest of my prayer I got grabbed and dragged out to the middle on the floor.

"Here she is boss" the man who grabbed me had a nasty scar above eye that made him appear very scary.

"Well we meet again Beautiful" the man who I suddenly remember now spoke to me.

I think his name was something with a D, maybe Dylan. No Devin... now thinking about it I think it starts with a B... ummmmm Blasé noooo, think Haiden think. Shoot it's Baylor!!

"It's asham that husband of yours couldn't be here today" he said with a smirk.

As soon as Baylor said that, his men started dropping left and right.

"Maybe I spoke too soon sweetheart" he said grabbing me. In a not so hard way, it was like he didn't want to hurt me at all.

" Going after a girl pretty weak of you, leave her alone and come get me" Kodí's powerful yet calm voice said

"Now where's the fun in that Kodí" he spoke just as powerful and calm.

"You don't want to do this Baylor, I promise you" Kodí said getting annoyed.

" Let's make this simply, I leave with the girl and nobody gets hurt because you see you've only killed half of my men Kodí, this could end bad for you" Baylor said.

I don't think he knows how my "Husband" rolls Kodí always stay with more than enough men with him at all times.

"How about I make you a deal, give me back my Wife and you won't die how about that" Kodí said with the rest of the guys behind him now.

Baylor took a minute then pushed me towards the middle.

"If I can't have her then nobody can" was all I heard him say before pain made its way throughout my while body.

I stood there for a minute looking at Kodí and the guys with blood rushing out of my mouth, trying to say bye.

Everything was silent it's like time was frozen. I think everyone came back, when they all heard me gasping for air.

That's when I heard gunshots going off and I felt someone pick up and that's all I remember before everything went black.

Where the hell am I ?

how the hell I get here?

and why am I in pain?

There was a lamp on and I tried to look around, but I stopped when I was struck with pain. I looked down at my body and notice my clothes were replaced and I was wrapped up.

What the hell.... I heard footsteps and I quickly pretended that I was sleeping.

"I know that your up, we have cameras in here" The voice I knew to well said.

That's when everything started coming back to me. The mall. The shooting. Me getting shot.

I looked at him in fear of what was to come next.

"Look I'm not here to hurt you, I'm here to help" Baylor said calmly.

I looked at him for a minute

"How do you not have a single scratch on your body to say that you were in the middle of a shoot out" I asked him

"I have my ways and don't worry your husband is still alive" he said

"What do you mean about your here to help me" I asked him getting to the point.

"I don't want to creep you out, but ever since you've bumped into me, I couldn't keep you off my mind. Something told me that I had to protect you as a little sister." He said looking into my soul

"You reminded me of someone I once knew. So I decide to have my men stalk you and my assumptions were right. I wanted...no correction felt like I needed to help you. So I acted on it and I'm really sorry for shooting you earlier" He said waiting for me to speak.

I wanted to believe him, but I knew I couldn't he killed a lot of innocent people today for no good reason.

"Thank you but how-" I was interrupted

"How do you know you can trust me? Is that what you were to say? Look kid I don't get upset over anything really, I mean I kill people for a living, but abusing women is not something I take too kindly" Baylor said

"Look you don't have to trust me, but I'm going to help you escape the hell your stuck in" Baylor opens the door,waiting for me to follow him.

I got up and winced.

"Shit I forgot about that" he walked over to me and picked me up.

We reached downstairs and it was like a party down here. Men and women everywhere, music, and a little food here and there.

Where the hell did I end up at?

He walked to the kitchen and sat me on the counter, I watched him get a bottle of water and some pills.

"Here take this it'll stop the pain" he said giving me the pills.

He must be crazy, I don't know this man like that. I mean hello I just got kidnapped.

"Just take them I'm not trying to kill you" he said forcing them in my mouth and opening the bottle of water to give to me.

"Now that you've forced pills down my throat, how will you help me escape" I asked him

"I'll give you everything you need, but it's up to you on how bad you really want to escape. I'll only do this once understand" he said very powerful

"While our nurse was changing you to clean you wounds she brought to my attention that you had things taped to your body like a passport and you had money in your bag. You're a very smart girl, you just need to react a little faster" He walked out the kitchen then turn back waiting for me to follow.

So many thoughts were going through my brain at this moment. What if Kodí finds me. What if he kills Baylor, I know that I don't absolutely know this guy but he seems nice.

We went into a room that was very guarded, I saw the man who grabbed me and many others from the mall. Now thinking back to it some of these people were chilling in the food court acting like normal people.

When we got to a table the was placed in the middle of the room the door slammed shut causing me to jump.

Lights started coming on and the whole room was lit up in a matter of seconds.

"Here, this is going to keep the pain away throughout your travels" he gave me a full pill bottle

"This is going to help get to wherever it is that you are going, although you don't need it" he said giving me a stack of money And finally he handed me an IPhone

"This phone is for you to text me that you made it to your location safely. If you feel like you don't need it or you feel comfortable with having it you can either keep or break it." He said calmly

"How will I know it's you texting me" I said

"Smart girl, we need a code word pick anything that you will remember and that's how I'll know you made it safely" he said

I thought about it for a minute and finally yelled it out

"BARBIE"

"I'm so fucking happy that this room is soundproof" Baylor said laughing

" Now that we have that figured out, you'll be leaving at 3:15am which gives you six hours to rest if you would like or you can join me in my library"

I was well rested so I went with the library option.

My mouth dropped to the floor when I walked inside of his library it was beyond amazing. I would never leave this room ever if I lived here.

Baylor was at a desk in the middle of the floor so I decide to sit on the couch in-front of him.

"What will happen to you and your men. I know I just met you but I don't want you to get hurt" I said starting to feel bad for everyone involved in this.

"That's something for me to worry, you shouldn't be thinking about that" he stated sharply

"You said I reminded you of someone earlier, who is the person I reminded you of?" I asked

" you reminded me of my sister" he said in a tone that I could tell meant he didn't want to talk about it.

"I'm sorry for asking about it" I quickly said

He looked at me and his facial features became less tense.

"You don't have anything to be sorry for, I would just rather not speak on it" he said

I decided to dead the conversation before I make him angry and he changes his mind on helping me.

His couch was very soft and even though I was well rested, a cat nap wouldn't hurt right?

I was awoken by someone shaking me. My fist were the first thing to move on my body and I felt bad about it.

"Damn Haiden it's just me" Baylor said dogging my punches

"I'm sorry" I said, turning red from embarrassment

"It's time to go, head downstairs and wait there" he ordered me

I was sitting down on a chair in the living room waiting for Baylor. When all I heard was multiple heavy footsteps.

Aw shit he change his mind now I have to fight these big people. I stood up and jumped on the first man I saw.

"Haiden what the fuck are you doing to Tony" Baylor said pulling me off of who I guess was Tony.

"Wait you didn't change your mind?" I said out of breathe

He looked at me and started laughing

"No, Haiden I didn't change my mind"

I instantly felt horrible

"I'm so sorry Tony" I said giving him a hug, he didn't hug me back but i felt the love.

After the incident Baylor told his men to start loading up. The only people left in the house was him and I.

" Listen carefully, Here's the keys to the Black Adui outside, once you pass the gate do not come back to the house for any reason okay?" He said, I shook my head

" You're a smart girl, I believe in you, remember everything I told you, don't give up and don't forget to text the number in the phone once you are safe." He said, leaving out the front door.

"Wait where are y'all going" I said hoping to get an answer

" I can't tell you all that sweetheart" he said closing the door.

I started to hear the cars take off so I took that as my time to act. I followed his directions and made it out of the gates.

Looking in the rearview mirror I saw the house explode and go up in flames. I took that as the new start to my life.

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