magser | Missing

Title: Missing 8/10
Author: Magser
Word Count:1,979
Rating: NC17
Disclaimer: I dont own either of them, shame really
Summary:Jensens world crashes down around him after his lover is reported missing in a foreign country....
Main Pairing : Jensen/Jared ; Chris kane/Camille Soroyan (extra points if you recognise the character) and a few others that will be introduced as i make up the story...
Authors note: This is my first venture into this scary scary world of writing, and i have to thank my wonderful friend </a></b></a></a></b></a></a></b></a></a></b></a>

garvaldmains for her help!I could not do this without this wonderful lady's help and input.
Also from here on in all mistakes are mine and mine alone, blame no one but me as it isnt betae'd
Warnings: I think maybe i should have done this before, but i do want to warn of Character death (minor) and in this chapter there are scenes of a violent nature,so if you are sensitive please be careful....

Jared didn’t see Maria again for two days... He prayed to god he hadn’t gotten her in trouble, or worse, seriously hurt or killed... just like he had gotten Tom killed...

Oh Jesus, Tom, the odd few hours of sleep that Jared did manage to snatch from time to time, were filled alternately with dreams of Jensen and nightmares of reliving what they had done to Tom...Jared was crumbling, and he didn’t know how much longer he could hang on...But he had to...

Jensen... Jensen needed him, he had to get home to Jensen

Jared’s throat constricted and his chest ached from coughing, and as he gave into another fit of coughing, he didn’t notice he had company until a metal bar clanged against the bars of the cage. Oh god not again, please god he couldn’t take anymore beating...

It had become a game of sorts over the last two days, ever since the men holding him had found him trying to talk to Maria... it was like a game of cat and mouse with them, and he was most definitely the mouse, who was slowly being beaten to death over time. But today he didn’t have the strength to try and fight them off, his chest hurt to even breathe and he was sure now that he had a few broken ribs, and from the battering his face had taken he was definitely going to have a few battle scars there.

The men were careful though, always stopping before he lost consciousness, they couldn’t be bothered with reviving him, and letting him sink into blackness would be like giving him respite, and they certainly didn’t want that! The last two days they had entered the cage, and had taken great delight in taunting and advancing on him, wielding either heavy sticks or metal bars, whatever took their fancy. The first day he had made the mistake of trying to fight them off, had even managed to grab a stick of one of them and wielded it at them but they had overpowered him and he had earned a royal beating for that one, the second day he had said nothing, just backed away as if he had any hope of finding a corner they wouldn’t see him hiding in, he was sure his wrist was broken after that one from holding it up in defence.

Today though, they could obviously see his much weakened state, and didn’t enter the cage, but stood outside, one on either side, jeering and stabbing at him with long metal bars, like he was an animal... Jared cowered in the middle of the floor of the cage, rolled into as tight a ball as he could manage, his arms over his head and rocking over and back, just praying and waiting for them to get tired of their little game and leave...

Jensen, Jensen, Jensen, Jensen, Jensen, Jensen ... he would be home soon with Jensen

It was a prayer he repeated to himself almost hourly now, and it was something he desperately clung to, needed to cling to if he was to survive.

Later that same day, as evening was drawing in, the door opened slowly again, and Maria entered carrying the usual drink and bowl of food, today though he didn’t even glance in her direction at first, they had decided that beating him wasn’t enough and had refused him all food and water for two days… So he grabbed the bowl and using his hands shoved the gruel into his mouth almost making himself ill, and chugged down the water on top.

It was then he looked up, to see Maria still standing there watching him with fear and sorrow in her eyes…

‘They hurt you ‘ Jared murmured seeing the dark bruises on her face for the first time…

‘They did that because of me, because I spoke to you, got you to talk to me…’ Jared was horrified that he had yet again, almost gotten someone killed, because he was too stupid to keep his mouth shut!

Maria regarded him with ever growing sadness and a hint of fascination ‘they have beaten you for two days and you worry about me?’ She asked like she couldn’t believe what she was hearing.

‘Of course I worry about you! Your just a kid, you shouldn’t be here Maria, you wouldn’t have gotten hurt if it weren’t for me the other day, I’m sorry’

A loud noise from the other room startled Maria and she grabbed the bowl and mug Jared held out and turned to leave…She stopped just before she got to the door and hurried back to the cage before whispering hurriedly…

‘I’ve heard them talking, they plan to kill you at first light, they say the people you work for wont pay what they are looking for…’

Jared grabbed the bars of the cage and held on, to stop the trembling that was threatening to completely overtake his body…

‘Please, please help me Maria… I have someone at home and he loves me, and he is way more than I’ve ever deserved, and I need to get home to him, please please…’ He was aware he how desperate he sounded but he was beyond caring, He needed to get out of here, lord knows what it would do to Jensen if they sent him home in pieces, if he didn’t already believe him dead.

‘Sssshhh…’ Maria desperately looked around again… ‘There is one of the men, he is not like the others, he will help me if I ask, we will come tonight when its dark and the others sleep, and we will get you home, rest now, for you will need all your strength later’

And she was gone out the door in a flash…

Jared slumped against the bars of the cage and heaved in great big sobs or relief and hope…

Tonight, he was gonna get out tonight.

And get home to Jensen…

He was dreaming, he was in Jensens arms and he was warm and safe and happy, and someone was shaking him and he didn’t want to wake up, he wanted to stay where he was safe…

‘Wake up! Mr Jared! You’ve got to wake up!’

The urgent shaking and whispering finally got through to his brain and Jared jolted awake, Maria Knelt by his side in the cage, watching him anxiously…

‘We’ve got to go, please hurry, before they catch us!’

Without another word spoken she led the way out of the cage and Jared swayed dangerously on his feet, when he was able to stand up straight for the first time in five days, the fact that he was severely weakened by illness, lack of food and several beatings was not helping him at all…

An urgent tugging on his hand drew Jared once again out of his foggy mind and he became aware for the first time of a young man standing look out at the door to the room in which he had been held, he eyed the young man cautiously, he didn’t remember seeing him before now, but he was wary..

Maria tugged on his hand again ‘It’s ok, he won’t hurt you, we’ve got to go!’

In a complete haze, Jared allowed himself to be led out the door and up a flight of stairs to the first floor level, the door at the top of the stairs opened onto a corridor in which a couple doors led off of… Maria held tightly to his hand and put her fingers to her lips as a sign for silence and silently led him toward what he prayed was the door to the outside world …

The first breath of air he took threatened to bring him to his knees, he was so relieved to be out of there, but Maria was having none of it, and with the young man on his other side, together they ran and urged Jared forward as much as they could and out of range of the house, which stood alone and looked derelict in an unlight road…

‘Come, come on, Carlos has a motor bike he can take you to the town, and you can find your way to help from there, hurry!’ Maria urgently tugged on his hand again, and at this stage it was adrenaline alone that drove Jared onwards.

Suddenly there was shouting and panic ensued as obviously one of the remaining men had discovered Jared missing and alerted the others, two men came running from the house Guns raised, and screaming for them to stop. Maria started sobbing quietly as Carlos and herself urgently tried to move Jared faster, but he was weak and he was oh so tired and his legs just wouldn’t co-operate with him and he staggered and fell, Carlos ran ahead to grab the bike and Maria bent down and frantically pulled on Jareds arm to get him to rise, he staggered to his feet with Maria’s arm around his waist and they both ran on towards the now running motorbike.

Suddenly a shot ran out and Maria jerked at his side and with a horrified look she crumpled on the spot, Blood pouring from a wound to her shoulder. Jared froze, the shock pulling his body to a complete halt as he watched Maria fall, her hand still holding onto his very tightly…

‘No no no no… oh god no… please no… just a kid, she is just a kid’ He fell to his knees and he frantically pulled at her to access the damage, but Carlos , screeched to a halt on the bike beside him…

‘We have got to go now!’ He shouted..

‘Go Jared’ Maria whispered urgently ‘Go now please!’

‘Maria, I can’t leave you here, you’re hurt!’Jared was frantic, he couldn’t leave this kid here to the mercy of these men. Not after all she had done!

‘I will be ok; you’ve got to go now, please! ‘ Maria struggled to her feet, Jared still holding her hand tight.

‘No, we both go or we don’t go at all, I’m not leaving you here!’

Maria shot a quick look behind her to the fast approaching men and nodded quickly and Jared tugged her toward the bike. Three more shots rang out into the night as they both piled on behind Carlos, Marias small frame nestled at the back clinging to Jared tightly with both hands, even with the bullet wound.

Jared was tired, he clung on for dear life, the men were far behind them, he clung on but he was so so tired…He was finding it hard to keep his eyes open, he knew he should, he would fall off the bike… he had to keep his eyes open, and despite being on the back of a bike with no gear, he felt strangely hot…actually his side felt strangely hot… he held tightly to Carlos with one hand and moved the other down to place over the burning sensation in his side, and though it was dark and he couldn’t see, he knew when his hand came away wet and sticky, he was in trouble, he had been shot.

It was as if his brain had finally caught up with his body and he suddenly felt this intense burning pain work its way up from his side and he groaned… his body started to feel disconnected from his mind and his eyes just refused to stay open, His brain screamed ‘No! Stay awake, you’re so close, so close to Jensen…’

But his brain lost the battle and his eyes slid shut and he slumped forward to collapse on Carlos back, and the last thing he heard, as his brain shut down was a girls frantic shout,

Jensen… I’m so sorry Jensen… I love you…

And Jared fell…