I just finished my first text for whumptober. (Which got way longer than I first expected xD)
First of all. I want to say thanks to @justanothermaltesegirl and @simplygrimly!
You helped me find the courage and inspiration to finally write this!
So. Here is my piece for Whumptober 2021 Day 1
Prompts were: "You have to let go" | barbed wire | bound (And my mind chose to use all 😂❤)
It took them 2 days to locate the man that took their youngest teammember, just as they were about to visit their sister. He was fairly new to the team but he was very much appreciated. His smile and caring words always lit up the room even though it was a tough case they were handeling. But now that person was missing.
They all waited for the sign of their teamleader to enter the building, where their friend was held. As the sign came they went in and slowly cleared room by room. 'It's way to silent...' was teamleaders thought after a few minutes. Then they heard a scream.
Immediatly the team rushed towards the sound. As they neared, they could hear whumpers voice.
"Now, now, my dear! You know as well as I do that you team will be here any second. I wish you would make it a little easier for them to find you."
Carefully the team approached the room. Through a small hole in a wall the teamleader could see what was going on.
Whumpee was in a kneeling position kept upright by chains which are connected to the ceiling. Their arms where covered in blood but he could not make out a source. Their legs also seemed to be bound together because they were not moving even though whumpee tried to shift in this position. His face and chest were badly bruised but they still looked at whumper with a fierce look in their eyes. The room was empty except for those two. That means the team had to be careful because there could be hidden traps.
The teamleader signaled to move to the door but to be careful once they entered the room. They quickly surrounded the two people. This was way to easy. The look in whumpees eyes wad terrified. He knew where the trap was. He knew how it would be activated. He knew that his entire team could die trying to save him.
"Give up, Whumper. We got you surrounded and won't let you leave.", teamleader said with a stern face. But whumper only smirked. "That may be. But the risk of loosing whumpee in the attempt to capture me is probably to high for you."
Teamleaders eyes scanned the room for a few seconds. He could not see any sign of a- Wait a minute. There was a small red light beneath whumpees legs on the floor.
"Ah. You found it. Then let me tell you something about it. Try to move your beloved whumpee and a bomb will go off and this whole building is going to collapse onto you. There is no way of stopping it except inserting a code. But you will only get it once I'm out of here."
The team looked at each other. They did not know what to do. But the eyes of their leader only looked at whumpee. He returned the gaze. "Get him. Leave me behind. Catching him is more important." He tried to act brave but his eyes where filled with tears. He did not want to die. But he would do it for the team.
"Alright.", teamleader said and everyone was shocked. The team was about to protest when he spoke again. "We will let you leave whumper. But you have to give us the code to save our teammate."
Whumper smirked. He knew it would end this way. "Very well. Whumpee has a phone in his pocket. I will call that number right when I left the building." Whumper calmly started to walk out of the room.
The team looked at each other. They wanted to catch him so badly. But not at the risk of losing even one of their members.
Once whumper exited the room teamleader walked closer to whumpee. "Are you alright?", he asked concerned and eyed his friend.
"Why would you do this?" Whumpee whispered. "You should have saved yourselves and catch that bastard."
But teamleader only smiled. "Maybe. But my job is to make sure no member of my team dies. We can locate whumper again. But we cannot replace you."
Right when whumpee was about to answer a phone rang. Teamleader slowly reached for the phone in whumpees pocket. Careful not to move him to much.
"Took you long enough", whumpers said once teamleader answered the call. "What is the code do defuse the bomb?", teamleader spoke sternly.
"Ah. That one. I tattooed it on whumpees wrists right before I chained him with barbed wire. It has four digits and you only have one try. But you have to enter it at the main location of the bomb. Whumpee only sits on the trigger. It is two stories up. If I were you I would hurry. The bomb will go off in 10 minutes." With that he hung up.
Teamleader let the phone drop to the floor before standing up and facing his teammates. "Alright guys. We have 10 minutes to do this. A, B and C, you have to hold whumpees arms. His body has to stay steady as I unwrap the chains or else it will go off." They nodded. "D you are our quickest member. Once we have the code you have to get two stories up to the main bomb." D nodded in response.
Everyone took their place. Whumpee hissed as teamleader slowly unwrapped the wire from his wrists. It took all his willpower not to collapse. Even though his team was still holding him up. Teamleader tried to wipe the blood away from the cuts. A small whimper escaped whumpees lips.
"I know, I'm sorry. But we are almost done." Teamleader said. A second later he paused. "Crap. I can only read 3 of the 4 digits. 352... The last number could be a 4 or a 6.. I can't see it. The skin is too damaged. But we only have one try." Sweat slowly from his forehead. Whumpee tried his best not to cry.
The time was running. Or they all would be dead. Just because of him. "Let me handle this leader." D daid and walked to the door.
"We will make it out of here." With that he took of with enormous speed and ran up the stairs at the end of the hallway. The rest of the team remained. They had to trust D. He would choose the right number.
Teamleader watched his clock as the time was slowly running out. Then suddenly they heard a small klick beneath whumpee and the light went out.
They sighed relieved. They let go of whumpees arms and he collapsed into teamleaders chest. "You made it." Whumpee said with a small smile. As he felt strong arms pick him up and carry him away he finally let his conciousness slip away.
I hope you liked this. I would be very happy to hear your opinions!
The anxiety part of my brain wants to apologize if my writing ist not good and so on. I can't leave this thought just in my brain because then my brain will only swirl more. So please bear with me! <3
I hope all of you have a lovely day / evening or whatever is left of the day at your place ;D
