Chapter Sixty Five
By the time Jake, the evil man who had captured Josh and Elenore arrived at the house that his boss is hiding in, Elenore was beginning to come around. He quickly parked the car and scooped the two children into his arms and he hurried into the house. If they're going to wake up and panic it would be a lot safer if done in the house - though there aren't any neighbors close enough to hear their screams, you can never be too careful. When he got into the house Sean, his wife, and Trevor all looked to see who it was. Sean raised his eyebrow.
"What the hell? Jake you were supposed to only get Elenore!"
"I'm sorry boss, but she and the boy were handcuffed. I didn't have a choice."
"Handcuffed?? They handcuffed my little girl? I'll kill them!"
"I don't think they did it on purpose, Sean. That's Josh…he and Elenore don't get a long…and knowing those Backstreet Boys, and Riley and Brooke they probably did it in hopes of them eventually getting a long…" Trevor spoke up.
"That sounds like it was on purpose to me!"
"Anyway," Jake spoke up again, interrupting the two best friends before they got themselves into an argument they couldn't get out of. Jake a long with everybody else who works for them hates when they do that. Jake swears they often fight like they're a married couple. It's quite annoying. "I can't stand here and hold these two forever. Elenore is about to wake up. So I suggest you do something with her." Sean turned and gave Jake a withering look.
"Lock them in a closet for now! Until I've decided what to do with both of them!" Jake nodded, then rolled his eyes as he turned. He quickly found the closet that had a lock on it - it was where Elenore was usually kept except for special occasions. He set the two children down on the floor inside, and quickly slammed it shut, locking it. Elenore awoke a few moments later, a massive headache pounding through her small head. She gave a small cry of pain and confusion, as everything was still a bit blurry. When her eyes finally focused, she began to cry, as she realized immediately just where she was. She'd ought to know it well too, since this was her 'room' before being sent off to the Orphanage. She glanced to see if Josh was still there and okay, and upon seeing that he was, she began to shake him.
"Joshy! Joshy, wakes up!" She whispered urgently. "Please wakes ups!" Josh grunted and stirred, but remained out of it for a few more agonizing minutes. "Joshy!" Elenore hissed, jabbing his side as hard as she could. Josh sat up straight quick, instantly regretting it, as his head exploded with pain.
"Ohhh....What happened?"
"Daddy gots us!" Elenore sobbed, starting to cry once more. "I's never gonna sees Kevy agains!" Josh looked confused.
"What? Yer dad? How? Why? Huh?"
"He's gonna hurteds me!" Elenore cried. "An' you's, maybe. I's dunno - he always wanteds a boy!"
"Why's he hurt you?" Josh wanted to know.
"Cause I's naughty an' 'cause I'ma girl," Elenore sniffled. "I's dunno hows to be goods. He gonna spanks me!"
"Shh!" Josh hissed finally. "Not so loud! They might come an' get us, if they know we're up!" Just as he spoke, the door re-opened and there stood Sean.
"Why, hello, Elenore." Elenore immediately cowered and buried her face into Josh's shoulder.
"Ah, isn't this cute," Sean laughed evilly. "She's clinging to her enemy."
"What'cha want with us?" Josh asked finally, as Elenore clung tighter to him. "Elenore! Get offa me!" Sean chuckled.
"It's not you, I want Josh." He reached down and yanked Elenore back from Josh forcefully, smacking her bottom as he did so. Elenore yelped and began to cry. She was scared and that spanking had hurt! Josh winced, his handcuffed arm now outstretched. Sean smirked.
"Now, that's more like it!" Josh frowned. As much as he didn't like Elenore, didn't mean he wanted to see her get hurt. Not unless it was just them wrestling in the mud. Sean thought of something better than, and yanked both Elenore and Josh out roughly - Elenore by the scruff of her neck, and josh only coming out because of the stupid handcuffs. Elenore yelped as she was tossed to the ground, tears streaming down her face and her eyes full of fear.
"Daddy....Noooo......."
"I'll teach you to run off with faggot Backstreet Boys!" Sean yelled, ripping her pants off her, and grabbing his nearby belt. Josh's eyes went wide, as the crazy man began to whip Elenore with his belt. His mouth went dry and his heart pumped wildly in his chest, as he flashbacked to when his father used to beat his mother. He stood in stunned silence, as he heard Elenore's cries and pleas for help, finally snapping.
"LEAVE HER ALONE!" Sean eyed him warily.
"I thought you of all people would love to watch her be punished. So, what's the problem boy? Not tough enough to watch it all. C'mon, you know you want to hurt her, yourself."
"So go ahead," Sean urged, shoving Josh a little closer to Elenore, who lie on the ground sobbing and her bottom extremely red and sore. Josh shook his head. He didn't want to beat her like this. His father had beaten his mother to death, and he didn't want to do the same to Elenore! Brian would never forgive him if he did! No matter how much he disliked Elenore, he did not want to beat her - not like this. Jake snickered as he watched.
"Stupid boy, I watched you slap her at Disney World. Why don't you go ahead and do so now?" Josh just shook his head. That'd been an accident! He hadn't meant to slap her like that! He wasn't a girl hater! He wasn't! Sean slapped Josh across the face then.
"Stupid boy! I'll teach you to do as told!" Josh yelped, as his head snapped sideways, his eyes filling with tears and his headache intensifying. Sean quickly bared Josh's lower half, then took his belt to him as well, making sure to make the boy suffer just as much as Elenore was - though, Elenore would always suffer more.
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Meanwhile at Disney World, the parade was nearing the end - the end, where Donald Duck always was. Kevin looked down to smile at Elenore, though she'd been awful quiet for a while now.
"Here comes Donald, Ellie!" He looked around confused, when he didn't see her standing in front of him like she'd been beforehand. "Ellie?" "Ellie?" Kevin repeated, trying to do a quick head count of all the kids in their groups, though they were hard to tell apart from all the other kids there watching the parade as well. "Josh?"
"What's wrong, Kev?" Brian asked, glancing over and noticing the look on his cousin's face.
"Bri, are Ellie and Josh over there with you?" Kevin asked urgently. Brian looked confused, but glanced around at the kids surrounding him.
"No. I thought she was with you."
"Oh, Hell," Kevin groaned, quickly turning to eye Nick's group.
"Nick!"
"What?" Nick called back.
"Are Ellie and Josh with you?" Kevin demanded. Nick also did a head count and shook his head.
"No, they're not. Why?"
"Shit," Kevin cursed. "Guys, we've an emergency!"
"What? An emergency? Why what's going on?" Brooke asked, immediately panicking.
"Ellie and Josh are missing!!" Brian answered, looking around the crowd in hopes of suddenly spotting one of them.
"WHAT?!?! Ellie is missing???" Dakota asked, suddenly panicking.
"Yes but don't worry sweetheart…we're going to find her - them, I promise." Kevin reassured her, as well as himself.
"Guys, look! I found their Donald Ducks!" AJ suddenly spoke up, and everyone looked where he was. As soon as the parade ended and the crowd all began to go off and continue their day of fun, AJ could see the ground better and saw the two stuffed Donald Ducks, that meant everything to Josh and Elenore lying nearby.
"Oh man…something is definitely wrong…they wouldn't ever leave their Donald Ducks behind!" Kevin replied, tears suddenly rolling down his cheeks as panic took over him. He rounded on his cousin then. "Goddamnit Brian! Why weren't you watching them?!"
"What do you mean why wasn't I watching them? It was your turn remember? They were with you!"
"Guys! Fighting isn't going to solve anything!" Howie cut in. "Where did you see them last and when?" Both cousins stopped to think a moment.
"They were arguing over Belle and Peter Pan," Kevin replied finally. "That's the last I remember hearing them, and it was near the beginning of the parade."
"That was well over an hour ago!" Brian exclaimed. "Way to go Kevin! You're supposed to be keeping Ellie safe! Some protector you are!" Kevin looked visibly hurt by his cousin's words. He was right. He was supposed to be protecting Elenore, and here he had failed her - and possibly in the worst way imaginable.
"Hey, calm down," Nick said, placing a comforting hand on Kevin's shoulder. "We're all at fault for not keeping a better eye on them. And they couldn't have gotten too far, they'd know better. Besides, they're handcuffed and fans know what they look like and know we're here, so I'm sure they'd help them find us if they did get further away than we think." Brian glared at his cousin, fully blaming the older man for what has happened. He turned and quickly ushered his group off in search of the area nearby. Riley shook her head.
"I'll talk to him.....He's just upset because he's grown extremely attached to Josh. He's also mad at himself for not watching them as good as he knows he should have been." She hurried off after Brian to catch up with her group.
"Daddy? You don't thinks Ellie's mean ole Daddy gots her, do you?" Dakota asked worriedly. She was truly scared for her best friend.
"I hope not, Honey," Nick sighed, taking her from Ashley and snuggling her close. "But we'll find her - no matter what, okay?"
"Kay," Dakota replied softly, resting her head on his shoulder.
"C'mon," Nick said, urging his group along. "Keep in contact via cells, guys!" The others all nodded, as Nick, Ashley, and Laney started off. Kevin sighed heavily and turned to usher his group along after Nick's. He felt horrible - more horrible than he'd ever felt before in his life. If anything had happened to Ellie, he'd never forgive himself. Everybody searched the entire park for Josh and Elenore, Brooke calling up other caregivers on their cell phones and telling them to drop what they're doing and look too. They stopped people every now and then also, asking them if they may have seen two handcuffed children anywhere, describing what they looked like - though for some, they didn't have to, as they were fans. They also had to explain why they were handcuffed too…because naturally, most of the fans asked. After an hour of looking they all met back up at the entrance to Disney World and they got on their busses and headed back to the Orphanage. Brooke immediately got on her cell phone and dialed Detective Stabler's number. Kevin sat in the back of the bus where the bunks are, hugging Elenore's Donald Duck close to him and tears rolled down his face. Brian watched him for awhile, then he sighed and wiped his own tears away before going back and sitting next to him. Kevin looked at him.
"If you've come to make me feel any worse then I already do you might as well go away. Cause its not possible…and I'm not in the mood to hear it."
"I'm sorry…I didn't mean to blame you…I'm just really scared for them…I love Ellie almost as much as you do…and Josh…I've come more attached to him then I thought I was…hell I love that little boy…I even had thoughts of adopting him some day, you know?"
"Really? That's great," Kevin replied, and he couldn't help but smile a little bit, despite what's going on.
"Yeah…I was…but if we can't find him…" Brian trailed off, trying his very hardest to keep himself together.
"We WILL find them, Brian. Don't you dare talk like that. We're going to find my Ellie!"
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Meanwhile, back at Sean's place, Sean had finished having his fun with beating Josh and Elenore and when he grew bored of it he locked them back in the closet again before going into his office with Trevor to discuss business and Jake left. As soon as they were locked in the closet Elenore cowered into the far back corner and sobbed and Josh sat nearby hugging his legs to his chest as he wants to cry himself.
"I wants Kevy…" she sobbed.
"And you think I don't want Brian?" Josh snapped somewhat, as his headache is killing him and his bottom is sore from the belt. Elenore glared at him through tears.
"Why didn't's you hit me huh? Isn't that what's you always wanted? Me in pain? You finally gets the permission and you turn it down. You and I both know you really wanted to!"
"I did not…" Josh replied, his voice suddenly soft and he looked away from her.
"Yeah right! You hates me, you said so yourself! So why didn't you hurt me when you were given the chance? You slapped me at Disney World…I would've thought you would've been excited to have the permission." Elenore demanded, wanting to know very badly why Josh had defended her. He is definitely a confusing boy.
"I just didn't! Okay? Would you like me to hit you next time?"
"No…" Elenore replied softly. "I was just…"
"Then shut up and let me be!" He cut her off, and he scooted as far away from her as the cuffs would let him and he buried his face in his lap. Elenore stared at him for a few minutes utterly confused, as she can hear him sniffling. First he sticks up for her…and now he's crying? Tough ol' Josh is crying? That's news to her ears…sure her daddy is scary and he has a reason to cry. But the only time she's actually seen him do it is at the bowling ally when Dakota told him she hates him. And why was he so scared when daddy started beating me? She thought inwardly to herself. I thought he hated me…
Author's Chapter Notes:
Here's the next chapter.
It was co-written with Lenni.
Enjoy =)
It was co-written with Lenni.
Enjoy =)
