Riley's POV 

I immediately ran back to Lucas and the girls. I pound on the door until Lucas opens it, and I almost pound on his chest. 

"Woah, Riles!" he holds my shoulders as I breathe heavily, trying to catch my breath. "What happened?" he asks. 

"Farkle...gone...Maya...Bethany...ink...books..." I try to manage to speak in between breaths, but it really doesn't work out. 

"Okay, Riles. How about you lay down for a bit, and then we can talk?" he says, picking me up bridal style and carrying me to my bed where he plops down. 

"No..." I breathe. 

"Okay, then. Are you ready to talk?" he asks. I nod. 

"I went to go visit Farkle and see how things were going with his training, but no one was in his soon-to-be office. The place was trashed, and there was this document on the desk that looked like someone had started signing, but wasn't able to finish. It was Farkle's signature, but there was ink from a broken pen all over the place. Maya and Bethany took him, Lucas." I explain. 

His eyebrows furrow and he looks at me, clearly confused. "How'd you know that it was Maya and Bethany that took him? Maybe he's just on a break or something. " he shrugs

I shake my head. "No, there were holes in the wall surrounded by smoke. Plus, Farkle is such a clean freak. He would never let that happen to his soon-to-be office." I explain. 

"Oh." Lucas looks up. "Well, we need to find him!" I roll my eyes. "Nah duh!" 

We both sprint out of the room after grabbing the girls. 

"Where are we going?" Iris asks as I drag her into the subway. 

"The only place that they could be." I answer. 

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That felt like the longest subway ride ever. It just went on and on, and all I could think about was what Maya and Bethany were doing to poor Farkle. 

Once we were back on the streets of New York, I start to sprint. The others follow. I run until I reach a small, cozy shop. 

"Topanga's? What type of name is Topanga?" Lindsey says. Lucas laughs. "What?" she asks. 

"My mom owns this place." I say. Lindsey motions for me to continue, but I don't. "Okay? That's nice. Now what's so funny?" she asks. Lucas laughs even more. 

"Well, since my mom owns this place, and the name of it is Topanga's..." I look at Lindsey with a 'wow' face. She shrugs. Then her face lights up. 

"Wait! Is your mom's name Topanga?!" she asks excitedly. 

"And we have a winner ladies and gentlemen!" Lucas says like a game show host. I laugh. 

"Okay, now shh." I say as I slowly crack open the door to the old cafe. We all creep in, trying our best to not make a sound. 

From what I see, there's no one here. It is dead silent. 

I really gotta start thinking about what I say before I say it. Because BOY was I wrong AGAIN. 

I hear a sudden scream from behind me, but it consisted of more than on voice. I whip around, only to find no one behind me. Are they still outside? No, I watched them as they walked through those doors not even a minute ago. 

Were they the scream? No, it couldn't be. 

"Why hello, Miss Matthews." I hear a familiar voice cackle. 

I spin around to find Maya and Bethany. 

"We've been expecting you." Bethany says. Maya gives her a look. "What? I've always wanted to do that." she shrugs while Maya rolls her eyes and focuses her attention back on me. 

"What do you want?" I demand. 

"You know what I want." Maya crosses her arms. 

"Yeah." Bethany tries to join in, but it only gets her a second death glare from Maya. Bethany looks down and backs up. 

"I want you dead, Riley." Maya said with a pout. 

"Well, that's something that you're going to have to do later. Now, give me my friends back!" I demand. 

Maya laughs. "Nah, I'd rather not. It's fun to watch you suffer." My eyes narrow. 

✕Powered By Albireo"Where are they?!" I hiss, daring to take steps closer to her. She doesn't move an inch. She just laughs. "You wanna see them?" she smiles. "Well, here ya go!" she says as she reveals my friends tied up to a pole. I run over to them. 

"Are you guys okay? What did they do to you? Did they hurt you? What did they tell you? What happened?" No answer. Just Maya's small giggles. 

"Guys? Hello?" I wave my hand in front of Lucas' face but he doesn't move or even blink. 

"What the hell is wrong with you guys?" I ask randomly. 

Maya's laughs get louder. 

Then Lucas turns towards me. He looks me dead in the eye, and repeats, over and over again; 

"Kill Riley Matthews."