The Hackers Anonymous Leader by Solome Hailemariam (classic novels for teens TXT) 📖

I noticed a bar, so I wanted to check it out. When I went inside, these 2 boys offered to buy me a drink. I said no but they convinced me to one then..." mom stopped me
"Honey! You are not in the legal age to drink yet!" She yelled and dad said "Let her finish hun,"
"They convinced me one shot. I took the shot hoping they would leave me alone. Then they convinced me more and more shots. Then I don't know what happened, but when I woke up I found myself in a dark room. Then they did something to me which made me unconscious again. Then when I woke up for the second time I found myself outside on top of the hill. I asked this guy for help and he carried me here," I continued eating my cereal.
"Honey, do not do anything unsafe. It was wrong for you to get in that bar in the first place anyway. Now if you remember what they looked like, we will go to the bar and find them. If not, we tell the police where this happened and they will do their investigation." Dad said, but I panicked because that wasn't exactly what happened or where I went.
"No! I can't go back there. I don't want to." I said,
"Well, we will all be with you and Detective Newtson and his police will be there with us too. You will be absolutely safe." I couldn't go there, first because there were no bars there and second because I was too scared to see Lucas again. 
"Okay now, go get changed and we will wait here for you." mom said,
"but..." I began, but dad stopped me
"No buts," 
                     I went downstairs with my jeans and t-shirt making sure the microphone or the camera is not covered. We got in the car and I started shaking. Thomas grabbed my hand and held it with both of his. 
"You'll be okay," he said, and I smiled.
When we got there, we got off the car and walked down the road. I gasped suddenly when I saw Lucas sitting on his porch right where I was sitting before he kidnapped me. I estimated he heard us talking about going there, through the microphone, so that was why he was out there. To scare me. 
"What's wrong?" mom said and everyone turned to me.
"Nothing, nothing is wrong," I told her looking down to the ground. When I looked up Thomas and Scott were staring at Lucas. That's when I saw mom and dad walking toward Lucas.
"Hey Lucas, How are you?" mom said and hugged him. Everyone hugged him and I was the last one to hug him.
"Good work," He whispered in my ear, which made me more intimidated. 
"Lucas, do you know if there are any bars around here?" dad asked
"Yes, you can find one bar that is usually open at night, when you go down that way, then that way" he pointed down the road and to the left. I realized then that he said that to cover his own mess. 
"Hey, what happened Lydia? Where were you?" Lucas said. I narrowed my eyes at him when he started acting too innocent. 
"Oh, I was kidnapped with these low-lives," I said to make him furious.
"We'll wait in the car honey," mom said and they walked back to the car.
"Better keep your mouth shut. Don't you dare give them any signs." He tried to threaten me,
"You won't last long!" I walked back to the car.
"We will go tomorrow, it's getting late now." mom said,
"Yeah," I looked out the window the whole ride home. I went straight to my bedroom and went to sleep right away when we got home. I couldn't fall asleep so I opened my computer. I thought of Lucas and his words but I decided to be brave and do it anyway. 
              'THAL' 
I scrolled through the results and opened the same website I opened days ago. 
         'THE HACKERS ANONYMOUS LEADER' 
"'THAL' is the leader of the gang. While the leader of the gang is anonymous, the members are identified with their tattoo on their forearm. The first thing when joining the gang is getting the tattoo 'THAL' on their forearms." I stopped reading it and shut my computer. I didn't want to be reminded of the whole scene so I jumped in my bed and went right to sleep. 7.

 

  I jumped out of my bed the next morning when my bedroom window crashed. I noticed a brick on my floor with a note that says,
           "Stay out of this, or YOU WILL REGRET IT!" 
I realized it was from the 'THAL's I decided to tell everyone the truth. When I went downstairs with the brick, the house was empty. I looked around, I called out names, but no one seemed to hear me. They were out somewhere without me, so I ran to the kitchen to get my breakfast. That's when I saw Lucas and his 5 men walking towards the front door. The door was locked, so I ran upstairs and to my room. I shut the door and locked it. I thought they could never get in because the door was locked but they broke through it and sprinted upstairs. I ran to my bed and slid under it. I covered myself with boxes. One of the men pushed the door with one of his legs and the door broke and collapsed on the ground. I closed my eyes hoping they wouldn't find me. 
"WHERE ARE YOU!" Lucas yelled, and the 5 men begun throwing everything around. They dashed my computer to the ground, which absolutely shattered. They looked for me everywhere in the closet, under my desk. They tossed everything in my closet out everywhere the floor. They broke my closet door and threw it to the wall. 2 of the men grabbed my desk and broke into two, which was very unnecessary. At last, all 5 of the men picked my bed up and dashed it to the corner of the room. I squeezed my eyes shut and put my head down. 
"There you are. Finally, I found you. What a relief right? Why didn't you go out with your family? Oh, don't you worry. We are going somewhere no one knows. Somewhere different. We will go to the dark valley, only 30 minutes away," tears rolled down my cheeks when he started making fun of me. Mostly because I was scared. One of the men picked me up and carried me. I started screaming until someone heard me, but apparently no one did. The man held my mouth very tightly so I won't scream. They took me outside and in their horrifying black car. The windows were full black which made them opaque. They blindfolded me and threw me in the back of the car. They drove for longer than 30 minutes. They pulled me out of the car and dragged me somewhere I couldn't imagine. Tossed me to the ground and took my blindfold off. I was in a dark room just like last time but somewhere different. They grabbed the big chains and chained my hands to the wall. They chained my feet together as well and locked the door. They walked out and bang the door behind them, locked it, and walked away. The room was a little dark but it was yet better than the first one. It was brighter, cooler, and wider. I looked around the room but there was nothing to see. The room was totally and completely empty. I put my head down for a second, and fall asleep swiftly. 
                        
                   I woke up quickly when Lucas slammed the door shut. He walked toward me and sat right in front of my face.
"You're on my face! Move!" I frowned,
"Oh, how many times I've told you to keep quiet. It's so nice to see you here again. I am so glad to be spending some more quality time with my mom's best friend's beloved daughter." he wiped the sweat off my forehead with a napkin. 
"So tell me something about yourself, something I don't know," he grinned at me, but I said nothing and kept looking on the ground. He pushed my chin up with two fingers. 
"Okay, I'll start. My name is Lucas. I am your mom's best friend's only son," I knew he was trying to torture me so I ignored him. 
"Okay, no talking, I guess we're done here," he got up and called his men in. Then he walked out and pointed one finger to them. The men came in with a hammer and hit my knees once.
"OW!" I yelled, and he gave them a sign to get out of there. They walked out, shut the door, and locked it. I was chained in that room for almost a week, the same action over and over again. Talk, call in his men, torture me, and leave. Several days later, it was too painful to get up or lookup. My eyes were completely shut. My eyelids were swollen from crying excessively. The door banged open, but I kept my head down. I believed they were coming back to torture me. They started taking the chains off my wrists, then my feet. I was covered with blood from my knees, feet, and wrists. They helped me up, but my whole body was sore. I could not move at all like I was paralyzed. They carried me out and I heard an ambulance siren. I tried to look at who was carrying me but I couldn't. My eyes were utterly swollen. They laid me on a stretcher and the ambulance rushed me to the hospital. I heard the nurses hurry me to an emergency room. They injected Neuromuscular Blocking Agents to paralyze me temporarily.
                  I woke up feeling a little better. I could open my eyes, move my body, and/or talk. I saw my whole family including Thomas and Detective Newtson in front of me. 
"Oh honey, are you feeling better?" my mom held my hand tightly 
"I feel a little better. How did you find me? Who found me and carried me out?" I asked,
"It was Detective Newtson, honey," I looked at Detective Newtson,
" How did you find me? How did you know where they took me or where I was?" I asked Detective Newtson,
"We installed security cameras all around the house, including your room. That's when we heard him say Dark Valley," he said,
"But what took you days to find me?" I looked at mom and dad.
"The security cameras were shattered to the ground, and so were the computers that kept track of the security cameras," mom said,
               I put my head back on my pillow and fall asleep. Hours later I woke up and saw that everybody was gone except for Thomas and Scott. 
"Where did they all go?" I asked them
"Lilly and Mike went to get sleep accessories from home. Since the house is being renewed, we can't stay there.