Reunion

Chapter one hundred and ninety-eight

The moment Kathryn saw what it was she screamed, clutching Davis' arm tightly. It was a snake- a cobra, she saw its head, it was staring at them. It looked as though it wanted to come for them. It lunged forward from the corner where it was.

"W- W- What are we gonna do, Davis?" Kathryn's quivering voice came as a whisper. She was too scared to talk audibly, for the fear of her life. She hated snakes, she dreaded them, and they were one of the many creatures she couldn't kill with her bare hands. Davis felt like she wanted to rip his shirt apart and pull his arms off his shoulders. He wasn't even sure of what to do, he could hear Kathryn's heartbeats, and he knew that she was scared to death. He was a little terrified too, especially because the green snake was long and somewhat thick. 

She couldn't even look, her eyes were shut very tightly, she was depending on Davis to do something. Before Davis could do anything, a deafening sound echoed in the room, and both Kathryn and Davis screamed in terror. It was a gunshot, and the snake was lying dead on the floor. They looked behind to see who it was and they were glad to see Xander. 

Kathryn rushed toward him and hugged him tightly, thanking him for saving them. 

"Are you okay?' Xander asked her, pulling her from him and checking her body to see if she was fine. He glanced at Davis too and mouthed an "Are you okay?" to him and he replied in a hushed tone.

"I was terrified, it was staring at us like it was coming for us. Thank you, Xander. Did you find Anna?" She asked, changing the topic, her eyes begging his.

"I think I did. I was about to locate her when I heard your screams." 

It finally dawned on Kathryn that they had gone through different doors. She knew that there was no way the doors led to the same place, if they did, they would have seen Xander before now. 

"Wait, how did you get here? I thought that the doors would lead to different places. How come we found ourselves again?" Kathryn asked, curiosity killing her. 

"I found an underground room which led me here.  It only means that the rooms are linked one way or the other." 

"Let's go," Kathryn and Davis went with Xander, and just like he said, they heard screams from a closed door. They were calling on Xander's name. Kathryn heard Anna's voice and her heart skipped for a moment. The door wasn't like the other doors they had passed. It was locked, it was heavily guarded with locks.

Without wasting time, Xander took his gun and fired again and the door opened. The moment Xander entered the room, he was surprised to see Vanessa in the room. How did she get here? He thought that it was only Anna and Jaden that was kidnapped. What happened? He spotted Jaden also who was seated on his chair. Kathryn walked past him quickly and she was the first that spotted Anna. Xander was still trying to untie Vanessa when Kathryn screamed. 

"Anna!!!" It was then that Xander saw her and he immediately left Vanessa, whose hands have been partly untied. Kathryn didn't pay so much attention to Jaden who had been looking at her since she came in. He was glad that they were able to discover where they were. He thanked his stars for sending that message to Kathryn, and he was grateful that she checked his message, despite what had happened between them. 

"Jesus! How did you get here?" Kathryn cried, moving her hands up and down the glass, her eyes filled with tears. 

"Anna! Anna! Fuck! How the hell did you get here?" He didn't bother calling her formally like he used to. He called her Anna! He ran his hands along the glass also, just like Kathryn. 

"It's Greg. He's the one responsible for all of these. He's Anna's stalker. He fooled me, he fooled us. He's coming back here for sure. Get us out of here, please, Mr Williams," Vanessa cried, her face red. 

Xander was very surprised to hear that it was Greg, how was that possible? He checked thoroughly but found nothing on him. Nothing made sense to him. 

Anna's eyes were also filled with tears. She could see the genuine concern in everyone's eyes. They cared for her. She was surprised that Kathryn and Davis were also around for her. She couldn't help being so emotional. 

"Hang in there, alright?" He said and stepped backwards. He took out his gun again and aimed for the glass, by the left, far from where she was and the glass immediately broke. Anna ran toward Xander instantly and hugged him very tightly. She didn't even care that there were about four other people in the room, she squeezed him tight. Xander welcomed her hug too, he found himself burying his face in her hair. 

"Thank you so much! Thank you so much for finding me."

Vanessa had already untied Jaden. 

"Thank you," Jaden said to Xander. "Let's get out of here before he finds us," there was a sense of urgency in his voice.

"Not so fast, Jaden Park," they all turned their heads to the person that spoke. It was Greg- Jonathan Tennyson. 

"You son of a bitch!" Xander said, walking briskly to meet him to hit him.