The Mass Shooting

Chapter 3

Enzo storms up to me and punches me in the face. I slipped and fell on the ground. My cheek started throbbing.

"Where are the hostages?"

"Gone."

He kicked me in the stomach. I yelled in pain.

"Grab her and take her to the security office."

Two men grabbed me and lifted me off the ground. They shoved me without letting me go and walked to the office. When we got to the office, there was no one in here except two other men.

I frowned. "Where's my dad?" I looked at Enzo.

"He escaped when the S.W.A.T team showed up. Now we only have you."

They threw me into the computer chair I was in earlier. One of the men stood behind me with his hands on my shoulders. He squeezed tightly. Then the leader punched me in the face, making my nose bleed. Enzo looked at his other men.

"Go look for a way to get out of this damn place. We are taking Harper with us until her father does what I ask."

"What did you ask my dad?" I asked, breathing heavily.

Enzo spun around and looked at me. "You don't have to worry about it. All you have to worry about is you're survival." He bends down so we're at eye level and grabs my face. "Maybe play with you a little bit." He smiles under his mask.

I rip my face away from his hand and glared at him. "Keep you're filthy hands off of me."

Enzo laughs and stands. His men laughed with him. He then punches me in the stomach. I yelled in pain. I doubled over when the man behind me let go of my shoulders. Enzo grabbed a fistful of my hair and yanked my head back. I yelled in pain again. He grabbed my face while not letting go of my hair. I started breathing heavily.

"You don't f*****g talk to me like that or your going to be seriously hurt." He squeezes my hair tighter. I winced.

We heard the door open to the office. 

"We found an exit." One of his men said.

Enzo smiled under his mask. He let go of me and pushed me back into the chair. "Tie her hands and tape her mouth and let's go."

Two men walked towards me and zip tied my hands in front of me. Then someone put tape on my mouth. Hands grabbed both my arms and pulled me towards the door, following Enzo. We stopped at the door that leads to the food court. Once they checked to see if anyone was coming, we walked out. We stopped when we heard people coming from Barnes and Noble, which was farther down the hallway. We all spread out to different stores. 

Two of the men that had me ran into Macy's. We ran and hid behind the counter where the cosmetics were. They sat me down on the floor against the counter while one of the men put a blade against my throat. A tear ran down my face. We heard footsteps and voices that sounded familiar. 

"Where did they take Harper?" It was Eli.

I started breathing heavily and looked at the men in front of me. They shook their heads.

"I think the office. That's where they took her the first time." Jace said.

"I thought I heard footsteps just a few seconds ago." It was Luna.

The men were watching me, waiting for me to do something. My nose flared as I was breathing heavily.

"I think the footsteps ran into Macy's." Eli said.

"No, we need to get you four to safety." It was one of the S.W.A.T members.

"We can't just leave her in here with those bastards!" Carson whisper-yelled.

When the men looked away for a second, I lifted both my feet and kicked them on their throats. The man dropped the knife and they both grabbed their throats and started coughing. I got up and started running towards the entrance of Macy's. I saw Jace, Eli, Carson, Luna and a couple of S.W.A.T members. Once they saw me, they ran to me. I ripped the tape off my mouth.

"Run!" I yelled.

We ran the opposite direction and ran away from Enzo and his men. When we ran around the corner into Rue21, we heard yelling from Macy's.

"Go get her!" Enzo yelled.

We ran toward the back of the store and hid where it says Employees Only. We hid behind some racks.

"What the hell happened?" Luna whispered.

"We were leaving the mall. My dad actually escaped when the S.W.A.T came in. They were taking me somewhere. How come you guys haven't left?"

"We tried to find Luna at Sportsman's Warehouse, but we couldn't find her. Some of those men had her and they were walking out of the store when we found her."

I looked toward the door we came through. "Is there a back door?" I looked at one of the S.W.A.T members.

"No, but there is a hatch under some boxes. It'll lead us to you're father."

"If they catch me, escape down the hatch." I looked at the S.W.A.T. "Whatever you do, take them with you." They nodded.

I slowly walked toward the door that has a small window and looked out. What surprised me was a face in the window. I jumped. It was Enzo. He was pissed off.

He pushed the door open and I fell on my back. Enzo pointed a gun at me. I froze. He looked behind me and no one was there. I slowly got up off the floor.

"Where are they?" He asked.

I shook my head. "I don't know."

Enzo stormed towards me and backhands me and I fell on my right side. I yelled in pain. I winced when I touched my face. One of the men walks toward me and grabbed both of my arms and lifted me up to my feet. Enzo walks to me and grabs my face.

"If they get out of this damn building, you're going to pay for it." He squeezed tighter before he let go. The man pushed me out of the back room after Enzo without letting me go.

"Find them." He said to two of his men.

They walked to the back room and I struggled. Enzo pointed his gun at my face again and I froze.

"When I find them, I'm going to kill them."

His men walked out from the back room. "There's a hatch in the ground that was underneath some boxes. They got away."

Enzo puts his gun away and takes out a blade. The man that has a hold of me pushed me to a table with clothes folded. My hip hit the corner and I hissed in pain. The man that pushed me pushes the clothes off the table and throws me on my back on the table. He holds my hands above my head and another man holds my feet. Two men took out thin rope and tied me to the table. Rope went around my waist and arms, that are still tied, so my arms are on my stomach and tied it around the table. The other rope went around my feet and around the table. 

I struggled. Enzo walked toward me, smiling. I started struggling. Enzo put a hand on my throat and squeezed. I stopped struggling.

"You knew they would escape." He puts the tip of the blade on my face and lightly pushes. "So what I'm going to do is hurt you a little," he pushes harder on my face with the tip of the blade, "and then a little surprise." 

He lifts up the blade quickly and stabs me in the leg. I scream in pain. I struggled. Tears were pouring down my face. He ripped the blade out and I screamed again. He walked away. I started shaking and breathing heavily. All of a sudden, I started seeing black spots.

"Sir." One of his men said.

Then the last thing I saw was Enzo's face, smiling.