Saving Magenta

"Lover boy comes to the rescue. Did you know, Magenta smells and tastes like lemon? Mmm yum," Reese taunted.

Blue had never been so infuriated. To think, this dickhead touched Magenta at all. Blue's fury grew as Reese ran forward towards him. Blue let out a loud growl and then the boys were fighting again.

Magenta looked to see if there was a phone anywhere so she could call for help. But there was no telephone either. She couldn't just stand and watch though. She moved forward, picking up the broken wine bottle. It cut into her skin but she didn't feel it.

"Stay back!" Blue shouted when Magenta tried to get closer.

As Blue got distracted by the sight of blood seeping down Magenta's wrist, Reese elbowed him in the gut. Blue flinched, doubling over. Reese took that opportunity to dash towards the door. Still smiling, Reese's face was busted but he was still triumphant.

"You might as well die together if you're so in love, Romeo and Juliet," Reese said.

He shut the door with a bang and clicked on the lock. Magenta and Blue heard his footsteps fade away.

Magenta let go of the wine bottle and hastened to Blue.

"Oh god, you're hurt," Magenta framed Blue's face and gingerly touched his shoulder as he rubbed his abdomen.

Blue held her wrist and he said, "No you're the one who's hurt. Let me see."

There was no first aid box in this room, so Blue made a strip from his shirt. He pulled his shirt off and tore strips, wrapping Magenta's hand in cloth while they figured out how to get out of the room.

There were no windows, and the only things in the room weren't very helpful but they had to inspect all around anyways so they could find a possible way out. A spare key, a paper clip, anything would do.

Blue told Magenta to sit down first so he could help but she refused.

"No, I want to help look," Magenta said.

He relented and he said, "Okay. Just be careful of your hand."

"Look, Blue! I found a key!" Magenta said, taking a silver key from a drawer near the TV.

"I don't think it's the key to the door. I think the door has an auto number lock." Blue said.

Sadly, Magenta was about to drop the key when she turned it around and saw a small squiggle of a number and word.

"Password: LR2084." Magenta said.

"There's a laptop!" Blue hollered from around the corner.

Blue came to Magenta with the laptop in his hands. Magenta's hand was hurting now, so she gave the key to Blue to unlock the laptop. Blue hurried to input the password and see if it would work. When he pressed enter, they got into the home screen right away.

Blue and Magenta exchanged solemn glances when they saw the wallpaper.

Magenta felt fear cascading onto her skin and into her body. Reese was making bets over different girls and how he would conquer them.

"I'm so sorry Mag, I didn't know he was doing this...I had a feeling he was up to something." Blue said.

"I'll make a copy of this and send it to myself for evidence to show to the police." Blue said more to himself, as Magenta stepped back, in a dizzied state.

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Shelby had never fought like this.

Being trained in self-defense since she was young, she knew a thing or two about fighting. But these twins? They were ruthless.

Shelby woke to two people guarding her in a supply room somewhere on campus. Cracking open one eye, she assessed the situation. They looked like a brother and sister, only very similar. She had never seen them before on campus, so they must be from off campus, which seemed impossible. The protection around campus should be good enough. Where were the guards? The twins had tied her up with ropes, but their technique was flimsy. Shelby was able to free herself from the ropes.

As soon as the 'twins' realized she was awake, Shelby kicked her foot at the girl, and the girl dodged while the boy moved in for the attack.

Shelby was glad it was just hand-to-hand combat. Otherwise, there was no way she could win. In a few minutes, Shelby had the upper hand.

She'd knocked the girl out K.O and the guy was still fighting hard, but Shelby was smarter and better at fighting than him. They didn't seem very skilled or trained, as if they had been hired or commissioned to help a close friend. With one more hit, he was down on the ground beside his sister losing consciousness.

"Tell me where my friend is," Shelby demanded.

"Tell me or so help me, I will smash your heads to the ground and beat you to a pulp."

When they didn't respond, Shelby took the rope and tied their hands together efficiently and quickly, squeezing them tightly and hitting their heads until they cried in pain.

"Stop! Stop, we'll tell you. They took her to his party room. 15 Bull Street." The girl said.

His party room?

His...was it Reese?

Shelby gasped and flung the supply room door open, leaving the twins writhing on the floor.

She ran to get Jasper. With each step, her heart felt heavier and heavier. What if something happened to Magenta? It would be Shelby's fault, having wanted to go on a girls night out. Knocking on Jasper's dorm door, she called his name in desperation.

"Jas, help! Reese took Magenta! We have to call for help!"

Jasper opened the door as soon as he heard her. He nodded, and they called an emergency for police to go to Blue and Magenta and rescue them. Speeding to the location, Shelby and Jasper held hands and held their breath. But when they arrived at the party room, they saw Blue and Magenta being escorted out by another set of police.

"Wait, what!" Shelby exclaimed.

"Who are they?" The police officer asked.

"Our friends."

"Reese reported us to the police, and he's at the station filing a report against us," Blue said.

"We found his laptop and tried to call the police first but as we were about to call, the police already came in and arrested us." Magenta said.

Then Shelby grew agitated when she saw Magenta's injured hand.

"Oh my god, Mag..." Shelby wanted to reach out to her best friend but the officers stood in their way.

"This is not right! Officer, it was that guy in the station who took my friends. You should arrest him, not my friends!" Shelby said.

"I'm sorry, but the evidence points that your friends were the ones trespassing into the young man's off-campus residence." The police officer said.

"No way, we can testify to the truth!" Jasper said.

They followed the police to the station to speak to Reese.