Captured - Ch. 5

Maybe in reality it'd be expected that someone in such a situation as these guys were would be panicking, but no. They weren't panicked. Not for themselves at least. Sure, they worried if they'd ever get out, if they'd ever see the light of day again and such but mostly they were just worrying about what their loved ones might be thinking. Did they know they were missing? Were the cops involved? The entire situation was just raising so many different questions, many that remained unvoiced.
“I still consider this to be some crazy shit! I mean, come on guys! Have you seen what they put on us?! We're wearing onesies! I don't get why but still. They're comfy,” CC exclaimed, lying in the middle of the holding room floor, pretty much in the shape of a star. He was in a holding room with Jake and Jinxx who were both sitting on the floor with their backs resting against the wall.
“CC, please,” Jinxx uttered, feeling terribly irritable. “We're trying to figure out a way to get out of this place.”
“Yeah, quit acting weird and at least turn down the volume of your voice down a little. They wanted us to keep quiet since it's night time,” Jake added.
“Why even listen to them? We shouldn't have to,” CC mumbled, pulling at the hood of his onesie to put it over his head.
“Well I'm just worried that they might kill us. That's something I'm not really ready for right now,” Jake whispered, shifting to a stand. He then walked towards the door and gazed out through the little window of a gap. He tried to look down the hallway but he just couldn't see from his position. He did however peer across towards another door with another window gap. He could see someone in there, but he really couldn't see for sure who it was. They had fairly long curly brown hair and that's all he could really tell. He sighed and looked back towards Jinxx and CC. “I really don't want to be here anymore.”
“Neither do I which is why we're supposed to be thinking of a way out,” Jinxx huffed, scowling a little as he moved to a stand. He began glancing around the room. “There has to be some kind of ceiling vent or floor vent, one maybe big enough for a man to fit through. You know, like in the movies. Crawl spaces.”
“Yeah, I know what you mean and I think I found something!” CC, still lying on the floor with his feet resting up against the wall, pointed under one of the beds. “Move the bed.”
“Aha, of course!” Jinxx said, reaching for the metal bars of the bed on one side. “Help me.”
With that, CC got up off of the floor and grabbed the middle while Jake moved to the other end. Together they pulled the bed away and what was revealed on the floor was a ventilation duct possibly big enough for someone to crawl through and it already looked like it had been opened before.
“I wonder if they know about these?” Jake looked at the other two. “The weird people I mean.”
“Possibly, but this has been opened before and it doesn't look like it's been properly fixed,” Jinxx smirked, kneeling down on the floor. There were bars blocking them but all was needed was a swift pull and the bars were off. He got right down on his front on the floor, trying to look down the ventilation duct. “It's big enough for us to crawl through.”
“Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!” CC said, dropping down onto his knees as he dropped his onesie's hood from his head.
“What if we get stuck?” Jake inquired, feeling a little iffy about the whole crawling through a small space thing.
“It looks big enough. CC, since you seem the most eager to get out, how about you go first?” Jinxx suggested, shifting to stand and move towards the door to look out through the gap. “You both can go first. One of us should stay here for a bit to check if anyone's patrolling around and I'm willing to go last.”
“Oh I am definitely up for going first.” With that, CC got down on his stomach on the floor, letting that brown eyed gaze of his look down through that ventilation duct. He began to belly crawl into there slowly. “I feel like I'm in a video game.”
“I wish we were,” Jake sighed. Kneeling down, he watched CC crawl, taking in his movements. “Don't talk too loudly in there. There'll be an echo.”
“Jake's right. Try to be quiet,” Jinxx said in a firm tone as he glanced back towards the duct. It was at that moment he could see CC's feet and only his feet. They were wiggling. “You're not stuck, are you?”
“No but it's really difficult by here,” replied CC, his feet soon disappearing from the duct entrance. “There's like a downhill part to this and it's really hurting my stomach with the jagged edge I'm crawling over.”
“I see. At least you're not stuck. Jake, you follow in after him and be careful of the jagged edge. I'll follow after I can't see you anymore.”
With that, Jake simply nodded and got down onto his belly. He remained hesitant for a moment, looking through the duct to his band mate who was still belly crawling at a moderate pace. Soon, the man sighed quietly and started to belly crawl.
Jinxx looked on for a little moment then glanced out the window gap in the door to a very unexpected sight. There were angry eyes looking through the gap, staring back at him. The rest of the face was covered by a black mask. There in that moment the door locks unlocking could be heard. He internally panicked and quickly shifted towards the ventilation duct. Jake was only in there with his torso so far.
“Oh damn it, Jake!” Jinxx yelled as he started to push him further in. Jake flinched at his touch, banging his head on the ceiling of the duct.
“OW!”
“Shut up and move!”
Even with the married man's attempts to quickly get through the duct with his band mates, it was too late. The one with those angry eyes had barged in. This person was not scrawny at all and obviously had bulging muscles. It was a man with a fairly strong body build and he ran over to the very alarmed Jinxx, looking rather mean and unforgiving. The blue eyed man saw him coming and as those large hands went to grab at his arm, he swiftly ducked and quickly scurried away, running through the door that was wide open. It was at this point that others that were on patrol around the holding room had spotted him, quickly alerting more masked workers and sounding the alarm that blared loud throughout the facility. Jinxx did not stop running.
The man that missed the chance to grab Jinxx was obviously riled up and highly annoyed. He growled aggressively then dropped to his knees, glaring into the ventilation duct. Jake now knew what was going on and was quickly trying to make his way through. However, that jagged edge proved to be some trouble which slowed him down and it was at this point that his efforts were all for nothing. His ankles had been grabbed.
“SHIT! GET OFF!” Yelling did nothing but fully make CC aware of what was happening. From that angry man's view, CC could not be seen and he himself was desperately remaining optimistic about that being the truth. He kept silent and began to slowly continue to belly crawl, nervous as to where the duct even led to.
Jake could not get away sadly. He was dragged roughly from the duct and then when his head was out in view, the angered brute of a guard gripped his hair and pulled him to a stand to which Jake let out a painful, growled yelp. He closed his eyes tight and struggled angrily. In that moment, his hands were pulled behind his back, cuffed as another female guard ran in to help while he continued to struggle, refusing to give in. Sadly, tiredness got the best of him and he just did what they wanted him to do. He was blindfolded and swiftly taken out of that holding room.
Those alarms were still sounding loudly and it sounded as though they weren't about to stop. CC was still in that ventilation duct, feeling lost. He decided to stop crawling for a little bit, letting out a quiet sigh as he rest his head on his forearms.
“I miss Lauren,” he murmured softly.