Imagine #28: Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner (Part 9)

*Declan's P.O.V.*

"Wake up!" I suddenly heard while I felt that I'm being kicked.

I jolted up, sitting down immediately as I looked at Elaine who's waking me up. She's smiling at me mockingly.

"Come on, get up, dear Declan. Time to give you back to your dad." She continued with her mocking voice.

I slowly stood up, looking over to my mom who's just silently looking at Elaine. I helped her up too.

"Oh, no, no, Declan. I only said you, not her." Elaine said. "Besides, it looks like she wouldn't make it."

"No! If you want to bring me, you'll bring her too!" I shouted back at her but all she did is laugh.

"You don't make the rules here, honey." She answered, suddenly grabbing my arm and pulling me away from my mom. She pushed me one of her men and he holds me back tightly.

"How many times do I have to tell you that don't hurt him!" Mom suddenly said, almost slapping Elaine but since she was weak already, Elaine caught her hand.

Elaine grabbed a handful of my mom's hair and pulled it back. "You are really getting on my nerves. Why don't you just should up? Or better yet, I'll help you with that in a moment?" she said then pushed her away.

I kept on struggling from the grip of this man holding me, but still, it's no use. Elaine looked at me again with a smirk.

"Aren't you happy? You're going to meet your dad again?" she started. Suddenly, another man walked inside, handing Elaine something. "And of course, since you'll meet your dad again. You have to wear some new clothes." She said and now I realized what that thing was.

It was a jacket full of bombs strapped to it.

I struggled as they put it on me, screamed and shouted, but to no avail. Mom had tried to stop them too but was held back by the other man. Unfortunately, they were successful on putting it on my body.

"It looks great on you, dear," Elaine said sarcastically and I suddenly became so scared there that I can feel that I'll cry any second.

"You bitch, that wasn't part of your deal. You said you'll bring him back to him." Mom shouted at her while trying to get away from being held back.

"Oh come on, do you think I'll just go there without a plan? Surely, those pesky police will be with them. I should have a surprise too." Elaine answered her. "Besides...I only said that I'll bring him back to him...not indicating if alive or not. It's just sad you won't be there to know what happens." she continued.

"Once I get out of here, I'm going to kill you so hard!" Mom screamed and suddenly, she broke free from the man's grip and tackled Elaine. They immediately fell to the ground, mom was already punching, scratching and slapping Elaine. It only stopped when three men hold my mom back.

I was honestly shocked that she still had that strength in here.

"You fucking bitch. No worries, you'll be burnt to ashes in no time anyways!" Elaine hissed at her. Her hair looks like a mess and she had wounds on her face now too. "Come on, we're running late. Make sure the moment I get back her, she's nothing but ashes."

The man started to drag me away and all I was doing was shout. I tried to look back, hearing my mom screaming my name. The men pushed her to the ground inside the room and the moment we are all out, they started spilling gasoline all over the place.

"What are you doing?! Stop!!!! STOP!" I shouted hysterically.

"Aren't you listening? We'll burn this place down together with her. Now, chop chop. We don't want to be late for the meetup, right?!" she said then pushed me outside of the vicinity and towards the car.

I was already crying while saying things I don't even understand. I somehow know that we've already lost the war...I've already lost my mom And I had done nothing to prevent it.

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*Patrick's P.O.V.*

Honestly, I know this day won't end well. I'm getting ready for the worse case scenario, actually, it's like I've given up already. I'm not sure if she'll really give back Declan...but as they told me, it's worth to try.

"We'll keep an eye on you, Patrick. Keep the ear piece on and we'll keep in touch...if things go wrong, we'll be there to back you up." the officer told me as I get ready to go to the meeting place with the money. "We'll do everything to keep everyone safe." he continued and I nodded.

I took a deep breath, I'm really nervous right now. It feels like it's now or never, I promise I'll do everything to save my son and Y/N.

"We'll wait for you and Declan here, okay Patrick?" Pete told me the moment I walked to them.

"This will end well, you're all going to walk out there safe and sound," Joe stated.

"Be strong, Patrick. Your son needs you." Andy said and finally, I began to feel determined again.

"Thank you, guys. For everything. I promise I'll be back here with Declan and Y/N in no time." I said and smiled at them.

"Already looking forward to it," Pete answered.

"Mr. Stump? It's almost time, you should go." another officer told me and with that, I walked away from our area. 

I walked while holding this bag with the money inside, I looked around and realized that this place is full of different factories that are not operating now. It's really an eerie place and actually the perfect place for something like this to happen...

I just followed the guide that Elaine gave me last night and went inside one of this factories to wait for them. I can honestly hear my beating heart so loud right now. Finally, I walked inside the right facility and of course, it was empty inside. After waiting for a minute, my phone began to ring.

"Glad you can make it in time, Patrick," Elaine said the moment I picked it up.

"I have what you want, where's Declan?" I asked, trying so hard to not let my voice shake.

"Good, there are cameras around that place, go in front of one of them, open the bag and show me what's inside," she told me and I followed her. "Good job, Patrick, I'm amazed how you're just following my orders like that. I'm beginning to like it." she mocked me.

"Where is Declan and Y/N?!" I asked while gritting my teeth. Suddenly, I heard a loud explosion from outside the facility. I think it came from the next building. 

"Oh, don't mind that, Patrick, it's just a little intermission number." Elaine said I can already see the fire ranging from the other building. "Just tell your police friends to never go near or bad things will happen again." she continued.

"What the hell is that?! And where's my son?!" I shouted.

Suddenly, I heard footsteps inside the facility. I immediately looked at where the sound is coming from -- 

"D-Declan...Declan!" I shouted as I realized that it was my son.

He was walking slowly while crying so hard, god, my kid had been through this mess...of course, he'll be like this. I immediately ran to him, but stopped in the middle.

"Dad, don't! STOP!" he suddenly screamed which made me stop from running. He suddenly opened his jacket and I saw those bombs strapped around him.

"N-no...Elaine, this wasn't a part of the deal!" 

"Not part of the deal, yes, but I didn't say that I won't do it, right?" I heard her and she laughed. "Do you honestly think that I'll give him back? That kid ruined us, love...I shouldn't have said yes before, now I realized that it was the greatest mistake I did."  she continued.

"He didn't do anything wrong to you, Elaine! You did this to yourself! I'm not having this anymore...this wasn't supposed to be the deal!" I screamed in anger. This is what I meant about worst case scenario and I can't believe it really happened.

"Don't you dare try to call for backup, Patrick. Tell those nosy police not to interfere or your son and will be resting into pieces faster than you can beg." she told me and I stiffened again.

I have no idea what I'm going to do now...it's like this is it. I've been cornered and have no place to go to. I can't leave Declan again, if this is really what will end us, so be it...at least I'll be with him.

"Dad, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." Declan suddenly said while crying and while ignoring everything, I just walked towards him and hugged him.

"You have nothing to say sorry about, kid," I said, already shedding some tears too. "Elaine, if this is how you want it...so be it," I said.

I can already hear the shouts and scream for my name on the earpiece they gave to me, but I'm already ignoring that. I won't leave my son alone anymore.

"Wow, this is getting better than I expected...hitting two pesky birds with one stone..." she said, darkness has really eaten this girl. "Well then! Say goodbye, Patrick and Declan Stump." she said and with that, I just hugged my son and waited for things to happen.

I really hope this won't be too long.

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*Y/N's P.O.V.*

I think my throat will have a permanent damage now because I've done nothing but to call out Declan the moment they dragged him out. I can't help but think of that bomb strapped around him, Elaine's going to kill him anyway...and she's probably going to drag Patrick on this too.

I currently inside the room, banging on this door that is locked. I can already smell gasoline outside. They are going to burn me to ashes in here, but that's not why I'm trying to hard to get out, I want to save my son from all this mess.

Actually, I feel like I'm at the edge of dying here. I feel so weak, my head is killing me like crazy, and I'm going to be burned alive. All these strengths I'm using right now is the last one that I have if I fail...it's going to be a permanent fail.

I kept punching and kicking this door as much as I can and after a while, I realized that it's beginning to get hot in here. They have started the fire. Smoke began to enter the room quickly and I estimated that in five minutes if I'm still not out of here...I'll surely suffocate to death. I didn't stop budging the door, now I'm doing it full force with my body.

I honestly couldn't see a thing now, everything is happening too fast. My head is throbbing like it has a heart in it, I'm coughing my lungs out, and giving all my strength to get this door open. My body is actually shutting down now and I can feel it giving in to the smoke.

"D-Declan..." I murmured as I slid down to the floor, unable to open the door. "I-I'm sorry." I murmured and right after that, there was a huge explosion from inside the vicinity that even threw me against the wall.

Whatever exploded was not near me, but it was still near enough for me to feel the energy. "N-not fucking yet." I murmured and once more, stood up and ran to the door. The explosion has moved it a little and with a one last strong tackle, it finally opened!

I can feel that I already have burned all over my body because everything out here is already engulfed with fire. I think I've screamed the pain enough for it to leave me, or maybe I'm just really determined to save Declan from all this.

Wounds, bruises, incision, and burns are all over my body and I've actually never felt this kind of pain before and I'm amazed that I'm still conscious. This may be the motherly instinct and power kicking in and I hope it still has strength because I really need it. I continued on, finally getting to an area where there is no fire. This place is like a huge abandoned hall.

I suddenly fell down on my knees and coughed like I never coughed before. I inhaled too much smoke and I'm having difficulties in breathing now. 

"How did you manage to get out of there?!" Suddenly, I heard one of Elaine's men from behind me. 

I quickly saw his shadow and it's like he's going to finally shoot me with his gun, but I was quick enough to roll then kick him so hard in the crotch and that made him fall back. I immediately went in, continuing to kick him there, giving it my all. I reached in for his gun and hit the back of it on his head before he was even able to get a hold of me, and fortunately, that made him fall unconscious.

I can feel my whole body shaking right now. I have no idea where all this courage and strength are coming from, but I didn't want it to stop. I took a deep shaky breath and stood against the wall and then I suddenly heard Elaine's laugh. It came from a room upstairs.

I ran quickly but as quiet as possible to get to the room and fortunately, there are no guards anymore. I saw Elaine inside the room while looking at her laptop, it's a surveillance camera from where Declan and Patrick is, seems like they saw each other now, but the bomb is still strapped around Declan.

Fortunately, Elaine doesn't seem to notice me because she's busy mocking Patrick over the phone. I can't believe how evil this girl had turned into, she can really be a spawn of Satan now. She's now showing how selfish she is by saying that Declan shouldn't have existed.

"Elaine, if this is how you want it...so be it,"  I suddenly heard Patrick's voice and that actually broke my heart. Of course, a father will choose to be with his son even if it's death.

Elaine laughed in her pleasure that made me want to kill her so hard. I slowly pulled the safety of the gun, luckily I had a friend who taught me how to do this and carefully walked near her.

  "Well then! Say goodbye, Patrick and Declan Stump,"  she said while almost pressing the detonate button.

"Not my son, you bitch!" I shouted and dragged her with all my might, pinning her against the wall and shooting the gun on her stomach 1...2...3...times. "I told you I'm going to kill you so hard!" I said while looking at her in the eyes directly.

"T-then I'll bring you with me." she said even with her blood coming out of her mouth and suddenly, I felt a stinging pain near my chest and I can't believe she was still able to stab me. "See you in hell, bitch." she murmured faintly and when I moved back, she fall lifelessly on the floor.

I can also feel the air leaving my body too. I kept on walking backwards, stumbling to get back to the phone she left lying on the floor. I fell to the ground too but still managed to crawl and get the phone.

"Y-you're b-both safe now." I manage to say..."T-take care of Declan." I continued before I finally gave in to all the pain I'm feeling.

{THANKS SO MUCH FOR READING!

GHAD, THAT WAS INTENSE!

I DECIDED TO ADD 1 MORE CHAPTER! THANKS!}