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Chapter 8 - Desperate Measures
Nick's phone rang and he quickly picked it up.
"Yeah?"
"Mr. Carter, this is officer Parker."
"Oh hi."
"Can we be at your hotel in 2 hours?"
"Come anytime you like."
"Well we need 2 more hours to get it set up but I will hurry."
Okay, bye."
"Bye."
Nick sat on the bed furious at the men.
1 HOUR LATER
A knock at the door surprised nick. He got up and opened it, seeing a bell boy with a box.
"A package for you Mr. Carter."
"Thank you."
"No problem." nick opened it to find a videotape. He popped it in, and instantly a man with a mask on popped up.
"Hey pretty boy. Just so you know, your slut is still alive." The camera panned over to a bed where a bruised up Crystal lay, half naked, and totally beaten. Nick began to get very angry. But his anger turned to horror as he watched them rape her, beating her with every cry for him she made. "Stop! Nick help!" she cried. Nick started to cry, clenching his fists till his knuckles turned white, all the while, Crystal was screaming for Nick to come save her. He watched as the masked figure came back on again. "See pretty boy? You're too late, I already had my fun with her." the man smiled, then continued. " pretty boy? Can ya hear me? Your slut is really getting on my nerves with all this crying. I might just do away with her right now." he said putting a gun up to Crystal's head. "NO!!" nick yelled.
"Maybe not. We'll stay in touch pretty boy. And don't make any false moves. Or slut here gets it right in the head." the screen went blank and nick stared at it unable to move.
A half hour later, He was pacing the room patiently awaiting for the Officer to arrive. He was really hungry. Luckily he picked up his cell and called Brian.
"Brian?"
"Yeah nick what's up?"
"Could you bring me some Mc Donalds please."
"Are you okay?"
"I got a videotape of them hurting her. God Brian, why are they doing this?"
"You did? Oh my God! Okay I'll pick something up for you and I'll be right there. You stay calm."
"Okay." Nick sat and waited for the officer.
A HALF HOUR LATER
The hotel phone rang while nick was sitting down staring at a picture of her.
"Hello?"
"Mr. Carter, Officer Parker is here."
"Send him up please."
"Will do, you have a good day sir."
"You too."
"Bye."
"Bye." a few minutes later, the Officer and 2 detectives knocked on the door. Nick walked over to the door and let them in to set up the equipment. They hooked it up to his cell phone, so when he picked it up, it would take about 2 minutes to trace where the call was being made from.
Brian, Bernie, and the guys arrived a few minutes later. Brian face went pale when he saw the Officer and 2 detectives. "It's okay Bri, we're just setting up a tap an my cell phone so when they call, we can trace it."
"Okay, I just thought maybe you might have found them and killed them or what not."
"I really want to." Nick's cell phone rung which made everyone in the room jump. Nick picked it up when the Officer gave him the okay. "Hello?"
"Nick, hi, this is Amanda. Is Crystal there? I really need to talk to her about something. Is she there?"
"No Mandy, she, she got kidnapped."
"What?!" Amanda asked angrily.
"Yeah, and I am really worried."
"Where are you guys at?"
"D.C."
"Hmmmm, I want to come up. What hotel are you guys at?"
"The Hilton. You sure you want to come?"
"Yeah, I'm sure. She's my best friend. Was she.........?"
"Yeah. I saw it on tape, it was really bad."
"Dammit! Well, I am on my way tell A.J I love him."
"Okay be safe."
"You take care."
"Bye."
"Bye." He turned off the cell and turned to see Brian's face go pale.
"Who was that?"
"Amanda. She says she loves you A.J"
"Oh." his face turned it's normal color again and he sat down on his bed. It was 9:30 p.m. and he was wide-awake hoping this would be solved as soon as possible. He really missed Crystal, and couldn't bear to see Nick so upset about everything. Time passed and tears were shed. A.J was the one to always hug nick when he started to cry.
"A.J I miss her, and I can't bear to be without her."
"I know man. We'll find her."
"I really hope so."
10:00 P.M.
Nick looked at the clock. The Officer and the 2 detectives were fidgeting with the device when the cell rung. Nick jumped up and ran to the phone. The Officers nodded their okay's and nick picked up the phone. "Hello."
"Hey pretty boy. I think I am tired of holding your girl."
"What does that mean?"
"Hmmm, who knows."
-click-
"dammit! Sorry nick, we didn't get an address."
THE NEXT DAY
Nick looked up from the bed. A knock came from the door. A.J got up and opened the door to see an awaiting Amanda with luggage in tow. "Wazzup baybee?" she asked giving him a kiss. She saw Nick sitting on his bed with his head in his hand. She walked over to him and hugged him tightly.
"How ya doin buddy?"
"Fine, I guess."
"Well, are you gonna try and get some sleep?"
"No. How can I sleep? I haven't been able to sleep since she has been gone." Amanda sighed." I'm so mad this happened. I can't believe there are peeps out there who would do this!'
"Yeah." he laid down on the bed and grabbed the picture of him and Crystal that had kept him sane through all of this. A tear ran down his cheek. He looked around the room. Brian was with Bernie, sitting on the floor. Kevin and Howie were talking about some financial stuff and A.J was holding Amanda as she laid on his chest. He got up and walked out of the room. Brian got up and ran after him.
"Where are you going Frack?"
"Um, I am hungry. And I need something to eat."
"I'll go get ya somethin. You stay here."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah I'll take B with me."
"Okay." they walked into the room and all heads looked up.
"Alright. I am heading to Mikkie Deez, who wants some?"
"we do!" they all said.
"You guys?" Brian asked pointing to the Officer and the detectives. They handed him a $20 and said 3 number 6's.
"Hey that's my favorite one!" A.J said to the Officers. They smiled and continued their work. Nick went into the bathroom and took a shower hoping to clear his mind. When he got out, Brian had returned from Mikkie Deez and everyone was munching.
"Fine, eat without me." they all laughed. He sat down, and for the first time, he actually didn't cry. It was like that for two more days until nick got what he never would have suspected.
All of the guys were driving down a street when they saw a teenage girl on the side of the road with another person lying face down. "Let's go see if she needs help."
"I don't know Nickay, maybe we shouldn't. You never know."
"Well, I don't care, I have to help."
Kevin stopped the rental and nick got out.
"Excuse me ma'am, do you need some help?" "Oh thank you sir for stopping, I found this girl here. I think she's unconscious, she doesn't barely have any clothes on. Nick took a hard long look at the remainder of clothes that she had on. It was what looked to be a blue dress. Nick leaned over and rolled her on her back only to see the face of his girlfriend. Nick got up and ran to the guys in the awaiting car. "It's her! It's her!" nick grabbed his sweater and ran back to Crystal. He carefully slipped it on her and picked her up. He put her in the car and ran back to the girl.
"Thank you very much ma'am, I can't tell you how much this means to me."
"Do you know her?"
"Yeah, I'm on tour here with my group. And my girlfriend got kidnapped. And I finally found her. Thank you so very much!."
"What's your name?"
"Nick."
"Hi, I'm Mickie Parker. My dad is a police officer, so maybe I should tell him about this."
"You're officer Parker's daughter?"
"Yeah."
"Well call him on his cell and tell him I found Crystal. He is at my hotel doing surveillance."
"Okay, talk to you later nick. I'm glad to have helped."
"Thank you." nick ran to the car and the drove off to a nearby hospital.
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