A Wave Of Desire

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Ocean

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Why was this happening to me? What had I done to deserve this? What was going to happen to me? Was I going to live through this? Were these people going to kill me? Were they somehow sent to attack me because of Brittney? Did this have something to do with me being a Siren?

There were so many questions running through my head right now. So many things that I wanted answers to, but I most likely would never get. I don't know for certain since I have never been kidnapped before, but I didn't really think that people who were kidnapped ever really found out the reasons why they had been taken. Hell, I don't even know how many people that are kidnapped ever make it home.

Well, there was one thing that I had in my favor. If these people wanted money, a ransom of any amount, I was more than sure that Makai and his parents would pay it. Hmm. Maybe this all had to do with Makai and his parents. Maybe someone knew that I was with Makai and that I was loved by the entire Rivers family.

That didn't make too much sense though. Who would there be that had something against Reef and Analise? Not only would that person have to have something against Makai's parents. They would need to be willing to go against them. And I had a feeling that any of their enemies would know better than to do something like that.

No, whoever these people are, they couldn't possibly know who we all were. If they did, if they knew at all what type of connections that we had, they wouldn't be doing this to me. Still, they had done this and one of us, either me or them, would now have to pay the consequences for it.

"Okay Ocean, enough trying to figure out why you're here. It's time to start trying to figure out how you're going to get out of here." I tried to mentally prepare myself for what I needed to do.

I started to look around the trunk again now that my eyes had gotten used to darkness around me. I could see that I had been right about it being empty. There was nothing in here that I could use to help myself get out of the trunk. And there was nothing that I could use as a weapon either.

"Well, this place isn't very helpful. And I can't tell where I am being taken so that doesn't help me either. Hmm. Okay, well, I guess that the only thing for me to do was to get ready to attack someone as soon as they open the trunk. I will take whatever weapon they have and then fight my way out of here."

I was basically giving myself a movie plot here or something. I was going to be pretending to be a damned movie star once this trunk was opened. Here's hoping that movie scenes are semi accurate. And also, here is me thanking Makai for wanting to watch more action movies than chick flicks. If it wasn't for him, I probably wouldn't know what to do here.

I need to steel my nerves now. The car was slowing down and turning into a driveway of some sort. I could feel the car moving up and the texture of the road change. It also sounded different. Though, I think that the sound had more to do with the fact that we were going slower. It was no longer as deafening as it had been. In fact, it was nearly silent.

The car felt like it was creeping forward now. They sure were taking their time parking. Wherever we were, it must be somewhere off the beaten path. They were probably going so slow because they were navigating between trees or something like that. They were hiding us from sight completely.

After what felt like forever, the car came to a stop. I heard the engine cut off and the noise in the trunk lessened even more.

"Come on, let's go get him." There was a muffled voice that sounded like it was coming from the backseat just like it had before.

"Yeah, let's go. The boss wants to see him. We need to make sure that the goods aren't damaged too much either." Another voice, this one quieter as if it were further away from the seat that I was listening through.

The goods? Was I the goods? What did they mean when they said they needed to make sure that I was intact? And who was their boss? This was all way too much for me. I didn't know what to think anymore. All I knew was that I needed to get out of here.

I tensed my body, ready to attack the moment that the trunk opened up. I was going to hit whoever it was that opened it and tried to take me out of here. I was going to fight. I was going to get myself out of here and then I would find a phone and call Makai. I had to let him know what had happened to me. I knew that he had to be going crazy because of this.

Three doors of the car opened and shut almost simultaneously. That was when I heard the sound of their footsteps coming closer to the trunk of the car. My fist was ready. I was ready.

The trunk clicked open. Just a little bit. The latch undone so that it was just sitting there, ready to be lifted. That was it though. No one was opening it anymore than that. There seemed to be no movement on the other side at all.

Did they leave? Did someone or something else distract them? What was going on? Should I get out of here? Should I risk it? I wanted to, oh did I want to. But then I still didn't know what was going on out there.

After a minute or two passed and nothing happened on the outside of the car, I decided to give it a shot. If they weren't going to come after me in here, then I was going to get the hell out of here.

At that precise moment, I pushed the trunk lid open, determination on my face and courage in my heart. That was the only way to put it. I didn't know how else to put it. I was going to fight and run away from this place no matter where we were.

Or at least I thought that I was. But that whole plan went out of the window the moment that I was out of the trunk.

"SURPRISE!" Several familiar voices yelled at me all at the same time. I was completely shocked by what I had heard. So shocked in fact, that I fell backwards and landed on my ass back in the trunk of the car.

"WHAT IN THE FUCKING HELL!?" I screamed at them all as I started to look around.

Standing around the trunk, having been waiting for me, were Julie, Deliah and Grantham.

"What the hell are you all doing?" I asked them as I looked around the area that I was in. We were in an alley behind Serafina's. I was confused and scared but the three of them were looking at me with glee in their eyes. What the hell was going on here?

"We wanted to surprise you." Grantham spoke first.

"We needed to have you come to see us." Deliah was next.

"Yeah, but we knew that with the competition coming up, you wouldn't have left with us willingly." Julie, the crazy little psychopath that she was, smiled so big that it looked like all her teeth were showing and her eyes were about to pop out of her head.

"You're fucking right that I wouldn't have come with you. But that didn't mean that you needed to kidnap me." I snapped at them angrily.

"You know this wasn't a real kidnapping, Ocean." Grantham laughed at me as if I was overreacting.

"It fucking felt like one. Goddammit, why did you fucking do this? Do you have any idea how worried Makai is going to be? And Coach? He sent me on an errand and then I never came back." For some reason all three of them started to laugh. I didn't know what was so funny, but a moment later, someone else started to speak and that made me whip around to see if my ears were deceiving me.

"I am sorry, Ocean. I didn't mean to let you get so scared." Makai was standing there and looking at me. "But you have been wound up so tight that I thought you needed a break. And when your siblings came to me and asked for my help, I decided to do it. Oh, and Coach isn't going to worry. He was in on it too. That was why you had an errand to run in the first place. It got you in the proper position for the abduction."

"Yeah, Ocean, don't be mad at us." Julie pouted. "We just wanted to spend some time with our brother."

"That's right. We miss you, Ocean. You are always so busy that we never have time to spend with you anymore. And this is important. We need to have this family meeting right now. It can't wait." Deliah sounded desperate.

"Right. Of course. I am so sure that whatever it is it can't wait for even another day. Nope, it needs to be right here and right now." The sarcasm in my voice was so thick that I nearly choked on it.

"Oh, just shut up and come inside. We have a lot to talk about. And your man is here anyway. Are you going to let him come inside with us while you walk home or something?" I never once imagined these words coming out of my brother's mouth.

"Hahh." I sighed in exasperation as Makai came over and held a hand out to me.

"Come on, Ocean. Let's go inside. I am hungry and I am betting that you are too."

Well, I guess I didn't have much of a choice. I took his hand and let him pull me from the trunk. It was time to find out why I had been kidnapped. For their sakes, I really, really, really hope that my siblings had a damn good excuse. Because if they didn't, if this was all for something stupid and not at all worth me giving up a training day, they would all be sorry. I would find some way, somehow, to get back at them. Something truly diabolical and evil to pay them back for all the anguish they caused me.. Just you wait.