Chapter 40

Chapter 40: Austin woke up in the middle of a dark room. He soon found that he was tied to a pole and his mouth was taped. He wrestled againt the binds which only made them cut into his wrists more. "Hey, I think our prisoner's awake!" He felt hot breath against his neck. "How you doing Austin? Oh wait, that's right, you can't tell us can you?" He tore the tape of his mouth so hard that he was sure he had torn his lips off with it. Austin tried to speak, but couldn't. Then he realized, "Oh my god...they cut out my tongue!" He heard someone laugh beside him. "Looks like he finally figured it out." Austin suddenly felt cold steel against his neck. The murderer's claws. "We're going to have lots of fun with you."
Nick couldn't sleep for days. His brother was gone, kidnapped and being held somewhere. What would they do to him? Would they torture him? Would they just flat out kill him? No, he had to stay positive. They would find him. He knew they would.
Casey called the Cheif of Police for the 14th time that day. "Anything yet?" "Don't worry Casey, if we find any sign of Houston, then you'll be the first to know." "Thank you, oh and his name is Austin." "Right. Whatever." Then the line clicked. "How's the search going honey?" Amy asked from the bed. "Not good, and it's all my fault that Austin's gone...if I hadn't sent them out there..." "But they had to go out there to catch that killer!" Another wave of guilt washed over him. "The killer's still out there somewhere! That's it." He grabbed his jacket from the closet and started towards the door. "Casey, where are you going?" "I'm going to help them find Austin." And he left without another word.