Tanner's POV

I woke up with a throbbing pain in my head. All the memories of what happened started to rush back into my mind.

The kiss

Paul

The games

The Kidnapper

The dark

I don't know what to do, so I screamed. I scream as loud as I can hoping someone would hear me. I just scream and cry until I hear footsteps speedily running towards me. The lights turn on and Conner, Matt, and Woods were standing In the doorway. They rushed to my side in an attempt to comfort me.

"Tanner what happened?!"

"Are you ok?!"

WHERE'S PAUL?!"

The last question hit me really hard. The tears fell harder and faster than before, and the sobs got louder. The guys stop questioning and continued comforting. We sat there for a few minutes until I was able to stop the tears and sobs so I could tell them what happened.

"Paul, h-he g-g-got ta-ken" I stuttered out.

"What?" Matt said. I took a deep breath to try to explain without breaking down.

"We went to use the bathroom and he...he came o-out of the stall and I heard him scream my name. I-I-I... I ran out of the stall and I saw him getting dragged away. I g-got hit in the head and then I black out." I said.

"We need to find Paul, Woods, take Tanner upstairs and stay with him, Conner and I will see if we can find anything that can help us." Matt said in a serious tone. Woods gets up and takes a blanket and wraps it around me. I stand up and we walk to the theater room so I can sleep or at least try. We walked up stairs and walked into the theater. I went to lay down on the couch, it felt so cold without Paul with me. I felt the energy slowly leave me as I drifted to sleep.

Woods' POV

I watched Tanner as he drifted to sleep. He looked so peaceful, he needs some peace right now. I walk out of the room and down the stairs. I see Connor and Matthias teaching the entire area.

"Uh, do you guys need any help?" I asked.

"No no, go sleep. Conner and I got this." Matt said. I sigh and walk back to the theater. I grab my bag and pull out my inhaler that helps me calm down when I'm stressed. I take breath and use it .I lay down on the floor and slowly drift to sleep even with all of the troubles in my mind.

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I woke up to the feeling of someone shaking me awake.

"What, who is it." I say.

"Come on woods, we found something."Matt said. My eyes shoot open and I quickly sit up on the floor, leaning my back against the couch.

"What is it?" I ask. Matt nods at Connor, who was leaning against the wall. Connor walks over and hands me a phone. I hear a gasp behind me and I turn around to see tanner looking hopeful that we have some piece of evidence.

"Guys if we have this phone we need to hurry and get into it." I say franticly standing up.

"Why?" They ask in unison.

"Because if they find out they left it behind, they can remotely erase it and we'll have nothing." I said. They all looked at me with wide eyes. They look at each other and Matt quickly takes out his phone before making a phone call. Matt steps out and comes bake a few minutes later.

"I just called Mitch and he said he should be able to get into it. I called the cops too and they should be here any minute." He said. We nod and head downstairs. Tanner walked slowly and with apparent grief. When we get downstairs I pull Tanner to the side.

"Tanner, what happened between you and Paul, I know he was your best friend, but by the way you're reacting...it seems like he was more than that." I say waiting for him to respond. He starts to tear up and takes a deep breath.

"Paul and I we..w-we just s-started dating." He with a look of misery.

"Oh my god Tanner come here." I say bringing him into a hug. He hugs me back and begins to weep on my shoulder. I hug him tightly and we stay there until we hear a knock at the door. He pulls away and wipes his face, attempting to compose himself. We walk to the door and see Mitch and the officers walking in. Matt calls tanner over and they speak to the officers. Meanwhile Connor is talking too Mitch about the phone. I felt useless in the moment so I went to get coffee for everyone, figured it would help. I got in my car and took a deep breath

Keep it together woods

You got this

Just calm down

Breathe...Breathe...Breathe

I put the key in the ignition and took off. I drove until I reached Starbucks. I parked and sat in the car trying to collect myself until I heard a knock on the window, it was Gunner. I unlock my door and he walks around and gets in.

"Hey Woods, how are you feeling? Matt send out a text to everyone telling what happened." He said. I nodded.

"I'm...I'm ok. I'm surviving." I tell him.

"Okay, well remember, I'm always here for you if you need me." He said with a reassuring smile. He rubber my arm and started to exit the car.

"Come on." He said. He got out and walked inside. I silently do a little dance in my car.

Maybe he does like me

Oh yeah

Go woods

Wait...I have to get out

I quickly exit the car and enter the Starbucks. I walk over and stand beside Gunner in line. We make some small talk and eventually get to the front of the line. We order coffee for us, Tanner, Matt, Connor, Mitch, and the police officers. We grab our coffees and both take 4. We walk to our cars and get inside. We both make our ways back to work. When we arrive we grab the coffee and walk inside. Tanner is asleep, Connor and Mitch are trying to unlock the phone, the officers are calling for back up, and Matt is speaking to some of the employees that have arrived. We hand everyone their coffee and they thank us. We go to sit on the part of the couch that Tanner isn't on. I was giving him the rundown of what happened when we heard Mitch shout.

"GUYS WE'RE IN!" We all ran over and see the iPhone unlocked.

"I'm gonna download all the info on the phone before they try to delete it." Mitch said while speedily typing away on his computer.

"And...I...Got it." He said. "The phone has been to this location a lot of times. That must be where they're holding him." I see Tanners eyes light up with joy.

"Who does the phone belong too?" One of the officers asked.

"Lets see...the phone belongs to a Grant Gustin (A/N): I didn't know what name to put ok." Mitch said. The other officer speaks into their walkie talkie,

"Officer dingle requesting back up at the warehouse on oak and 8th. Gustin and his crew are there. We got him."