Trapped in Another Life - Chapter 2

Xylina’s SOS

I opened my eyes to a ray of sunlight shining directly in my face. I looked around, the room was huge, two queen sized beds, a walk in closet, its own bathroom, a window with a ledge filled with pillows, and it was the color of gold & red everywhere. It was beautiful… But it wasn’t my room.
"Xyna?" I said aloud. I got no answer.
Where the hell is my sister?
I ran to the door, and tried and pulled it open. It slammed into the wall with a huge crash, and I went ripping and running through the house.
It wasn’t until I got lost that I realized I was inside a mansion, I couldn’t believe how huge it was. I somehow wound up on the third floor of it.

"XYNA!" I yelled. I had no clue where she could be. I kept running, determined to see where my sister was, and if she was okay, that is until I bumped into something… or someone.
"Whoa, where the hell are you going?" The guy asked… Cameron. The tall blonde, with the gorgeous but mean face, he was so big compared to me.

"I- I-I-I was j-j-just looking f-for my s-sister."
"I didn’t say you were allowed to come out of that room, did I, you little bitch?"
"N-N-no."
"GET BACK TO IT THEN!"
"I-I need to find Xyna." I tried to stand up to him, but the more he starred the more scared I became.
"I SAID GO BACK TO THE ROOM!"
"N-NO!"
"YOU LITTLE-"
"AAAAHHH!" I screamed. I ran away from him, down the stairs, he followed right behind me.
It felt so familiar.

He was the one, he chased me last night, and threw me in the van. I wouldn’t let him catch me this time, I had to find Xyna.
‘Come on track skills’ I thought. I had run track my whole life, but Cameron Tate, the star football player of 2006, when he graduated, was 10 times faster.
I kept pushing, running so fast it felt like someone had lit flame to my calves & knee caps.

"XYNA!" I screamed for my sister. & as if on cue, I saw Cameron fall to the ground.
Xyna stood over him, with the remains of the lamp clenched in her hand, she had bashed it over his head, and he was out like a light.
"Oh thank God!" I cried, running over to my sister.
"Where were you?"
"Trying to find you, they put me on the complete other side of the house."
"We have to get out of here Lina."

"I know, but how, this place is so huge, I don’t even remember where the room I was in is."
"Just, come on, there has to be a way."
Xy grabbed my hand, and as we were about to walk away, we were stopped.
"There aren’t any ways out."
…Nick.

"This mansion was built exactly for this, hostages, there are bars on the windows, fingerprint codes for the doors, passwords for entering other rooms, numbers blocked on the telephone, and no windows in any of the bathrooms… basically you guys are stuck here."

"You sick bastard, and to think, we actually thought you were a nice guy." I said.
"Lina, look, we don’t want to hurt you, or your sister… at least me and Jake won't. My brother, doesn’t put up with bullshit, so behave, and when we get what we want, you guys are free to go."

"Yeah, we're not stupid, he’s going to kill us, he won’t risk it." Xy said.
"No, we’ll set you free, but believe me, if you tell, he’ll hunt you down, regardless of how long it takes, and THEN he’ll kill you."
We sighed, there wasn’t much we could do.
"What the hell do you guys want from us anyway?" Xy growled.
"Money."
"Well that’s nothing new."
"Look, we need half a million, your parents' are rich, so yeah."
"What could you possibly need that much money for?"

"Don’t worry about it. JAKE!" Nick shouted.
Jake came running into the room, asking what was wrong.

"You, grab Lina, I’ll take Xyna."
"What?" We both said astounded.

"You didn’t think we’d let you two be together did you?"
"B-b-but, you can't do this, NO!" I yelled.
"How long do you plan to keep us here?"
"3 months, if we don’t get the money by then, then its lights out."
"You plan on keeping me away from my sister, for 3 months, knowing that it may be the last time we see each other, you sick evil fuck!"
"Come on Xyna, pretty girls like you shouldn’t talk like that."
"Fuck off!" She yelled.

…How could they do this to us?

Author’s SOS

The Tate brothers kept the Carter twins locked away in their room for two weeks. The only sunlight they got was from the little bit that squeezed itself through the dark curtains and metal bars in the windows. They both had gorgeous rooms, but with the mansion being hundreds of acres wide, they were on two complete opposite sides of the house.

The mansion was so huge, that it’d take 5 minutes by car to get the other side. Okay, I’m exaggerating, but it is huge.

Xylina missed her sister so much that she hardly ate. The only thing she could do was sleep & bathe.
"I wonder if she feels just like I do." She asked herself. Unbeknownst to her, Xyna was sick herself.
The only difference, was Xyna wasn’t the moping type. She had always been so strong, and decided not to cry. She missed her sister of course, but she used most of her time, trying to make a master plan to get them out of the hell hole.

Two long, full, excruciating weeks, trapped in a huge bedroom. They fed her through a small hole in the door, and her clothes, which they stole from her house were in her walk in closet.
They say twins have some type of unspoken connection. Well, I believe it’s true, because Xyna & Lina both never ate the food served to them. Although it made them weak, they knew, that Cameron would poison them… which would weaken them anyway.

Meanwhile, the two younger Tate brothers were talking.
"I hope they haven’t been eating the food Cam’s been giving them." Nick said.
"Of course they are, they haven’t been given anything else, besides, they have nothing else to eat." Jake said.
"Well, actually, a couple of times I sneaked them food."
"I did too… but if they were smart enough not to eat Cam’s, why would they touch ours?"
"I really don’t know man, I just feel like shit for doing this."

"I know, I mean, I wish we could put them in a room together, they’re sick without each other, it’s been two weeks."
"I can’t do this… we have to talk to Cam."

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"So what now Nick, because you have a crush on the little bitch, you’re taking up for her?"
"W-what, no, but I just don’t think you should poison the food they eat, you’ll kill them, then there will be no more ransom money, we won't have anyone for ransom, if they’re dead."
"Look, mind your business; I know what I’m doing."
"You know what; I wonder what Ace would think about this."
"…You wouldn’t."
"Wanna bet asshole?" Nick challenged.
"Try me." Cam responded.

Nick grabbed the phone, and Ace answered on the first ring.
"I know you don’t have my money already, so what is it Cameron."
"Ace, this is actually Nick, I want to talk to you about Cameron."

"What about him?"
"He’s been poisoning the girls, they’re sick, and if he continues, they’ll die before it is time to make the ransom call, and we won’t ever get the money."

"HE’S BEEN DOING WHAT!?" Ace yelled into the phone.
"I know sir, we’ve been telling him to stop, and he hasn’t been listening at all, the girls are so weak, we don’t know if they could die at any moment."

"Nicholas, put that idiot on the phone, NOW!"
Cam gave Nick a death glare... He couldn’t believe his brother rat him out.

"Yes Ace."
"I outta poison you, how could you be so stupid."
"I thought it’d keep them from running away."
"Where the hell could they possibly go?"
"Sir, they j- they just tried to run away the other day, the crazy one even bashed something over my head, I was out for hours."

Cam’s pitch was getting louder as he became more and more frustrated. Ace remained calm, but his blood pressure was through the roof.

"Again Moron, where could they possibly go? You decided it was okay, to poison the only thing that could get me my money?"
"I’m sorry Ace, it won't happen anymore."
"Damn right it won't, from now on, your brothers are in charge of the girls."
"WHAT!?"
"You heard me, tell them what I said."
"Okay, I will."
"NOW!"
"Nick, Jake, you guys are in charge of the Twins, okay, happy."
"Good, talk to you soon… tell Nick he’s free to call me whenever there's a problem."

A dial tone rang out.

Xyna’s SOS

I finally met my breaking point. I couldn’t take it any longer. The stronger I tried to remain, the weaker I felt. My heart was in two, I felt empty.
Nick, the guy of my dreams, has ruined my life.
He’s keeping my sister away from me.
I haven’t eaten in damn near a month.
I miss my parents, friends and school.
I want my life back… I should have said something when I had the chance.
I felt something warm & moist running down my cheeks… I was crying.
... I wish Lina was here.

Author’s SOS

Back at the Carter home, Mason & Evelyn were ripping their hair out. Three weeks, they’ve been on the trail for their daughters. The police closed the case, reporters wouldn’t broadcast, and all hope was lost.

They shed tears day & night. Police didn’t find a thing, and they called every damn newspaper & Broadcasting station in Ohio. They refused to broadcast, saying the girls were nothing but another case of good for nothing run away selfish brats...

"Mason, I can't do this anymore, my babies, I need my babies back." Evelyn cried that night as she lay in bed. Crying is the only thing she has been doing.
"Sssh baby, it's going to be fine, we’ll get them, if it’s the last thing I do, I’ll get our baby’s back." He assured her.

But the thought of getting them back lifeless scared him intensely.

Nick’s SOS

The news of Jake & I being in charge was absolutely amazing. Now, we could get them decent food, and put them in the same room.
Jake & I had cooked a huge feast, this way the girls could eat. The rat poisoning must have made them splurge, so they’ll be extremely hungry.

When I finally got to the door, I heard muffled sounds, heavy breathing, and sniffles coming from the room.
I opened the door, and there she sat. Her head buried in her knees as she cried her eyes out. I felt like shit. I was ruining the life of the girl I’ve liked since kindergarten. The sad part is, no matter how much I want to get them both out of here, and back home safely, my life depends on that money, and it's too much to risk.

"Xyna."
Her head shot up. She gave me a glare full of so much hate, that if looks could kill I’d be dead.
"Here to give me more rat poisoning?"
"Y- you know about that?" I asked astonished.
"Of course, I knew you guys would poison our food, I’m just hoping my sister was smart enough not to eat it either."
"That was Cameron, the food I gave you was clean, trust me."
"Trust who? You? Ha! Don’t make me laugh Nick."
"Guess I had that coming."
"You damn sure did."

"Look, Jake & I are in charge of you now so-"
"Oh so Lina & I are dogs?"
"You know what I mean, I’m saying that there’ll be no more poisoned food, no more imprisonment, we’ll try to make your stay comfortable."
She just rolled her eyes, and turned her head.
"You know what would make me comfortable." She said.
"What, whatever it is."
"If you would get the hell away from me, you backstabbing son of a bitch, I hate you."
"I’m sorry."

"Yeah, you are, a sorry excuse for a human, I hope you know, that your brother, Cam, is going to kill us all when he gets that money."
"My brother wouldn’t-"
"What? He wouldn’t kill you? Why not, he had no trouble killing-"
"Come on Nick, we're waiting." Jake said appearing at the door.
"Coming now… Come on Xyna."
"No, leave me here."
"Okay then… starve, I don’t give a shit."
As much as Xyna’s strong head refused, her stomach growled as loud as the roar of a bear. She was so hungry, and it surprised me that she wasn’t under 2 lbs right now from not eating for nearly a month. She had lost the muscle in her stomach, arms, and thighs.

"WAIT!" She yelled for me.
"Hmmm?"
"I’m coming."
She didn’t care what was in the food, she was too hungry to resist.
She went to stand, but instantly fell back down, not realizing how weak she actually was. I caught her, just before she hit the ground.
"God, my head is killing me."
"You need to eat, come on."

I carried her through the house, and when we reached the kitchen, I gave her a tall glass of water. It gave her enough strength to stand, and when she did, she dropped the glass.
"SHIT XYNA!"
I looked up to see what was wrong, and her eyes were flooded with tears, and glued to something.
… Xylina.
"Lina." She said in her raspy voice.
"Oh my God, LINA!"

I don’t know where it came from, but she found strength somewhere, because she sprinted across the room like a champ, and the two girls hugged each other like they never wanted to let go.
"I’m so sorry Lina." She whispered.
"I missed you."

"Would you guys like to eat."
"Xy, no, the food is-"
"I know it was being poisoned, I was worried sick hoping you didn’t eat it, any of it."
"I’m so hungry."
"I know, let's just eat, we need to."

"I’m not eating this, its tainted." Lina said.
"How about we find out?"