Chapter 14

Nicki opened her eyes to a dark, cold floor she was unfamiliar with. Her eyes were quite blurry and she couldn't make out anything in her surroundings.

It was rather silent. She found herself laying on a floor of an apartment with nothing really in it. It was raining outside. Thundering and lightening, in fact.

There was no kitchen. No living room. No restroom. But one bedroom.

Nic slowly observed the room she was trembling and shivering in because of how cold it was.

She began to panic when she noticed the place didn't look familiar to her. Nic quickly got up but froze when she realized she was bare foot and only had on a thong and a big dirty white T-shirt. No wig. No make up.

Her long dark brown hair was messy and covering half of her face. Nicki slowly walked around the apartment looking for Safaree.

"Safaree? Hello...? Safaree are you here...?" you could hear the trembling in her voice.

As she neared a wide window that was as big as one entire side of a wall, she carefully approached it to see where she was.

The rain was pouring hard, therefore making it really hard to see anything outside. A roar of thunder crashed and it startled her. She was taken aback with the lightening as it made her stumble backwards.

She then walked away and continued to search for Safaree.

"FAREE ?!?! WHERE ARE YOU ?!" Nicki's eyes began to sting as they watered. She was cold, lonely and paranoid. She paced her way into the small bedroom.

It gave off a dull dark grey sight with a pure white-sheeted bed. One small window and cold hard floors also.

Nicki was utterly disgusted with the place and she wanted to go home. Tears began to streak as she backed away out of the room back into the living room to escape the apartment.

A door suddenly slammed behind her as she let out a scream and turned around. A man dressed in black was standing at the door of the bedroom and did not move a muscle.

He was silently breathing, not saying one word and stared at Nicki.

Nic struggled to distinguish the man's face because it was blacked out.

She was confused and really couldn't tell who he was.

"Who are you?" eyeing him carefully.

He was silent still.

Nicki tried to escape from the room, running passed him but he grabbed her with all his might and yanked her aside.

She screamed to the top of her lungs for help but of course no one could hear her.

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Safaree was speeding down the highway on his way to the Vaks.

Thoughts trailed across his mind. He had never been so worried before but now, it was pierced all across his face.

Something told him this whole "date" would be disasterous. For no one not knowing to protect and look after Nicki with him not around due to these strange events, she should've still known to come home before a certain time.

He tried calling her 2 more times.

[What if she's in danger right now?!] [I bet HIS scary ass ain't even protecting her. Stupid ass..] [Fuck. I hope she's alright.]

No answer.

SB hit the steering wheel, upset at Nic still not picking up. Gali's thoughts were getting the best of him as he sped down the streets of LA, anxious to find Drake and Nicki pronto.

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Nicki began beating the man in his face, which felt like punching a plush animal that wouldn't budge or react.

She cried out even more as the man fought her off and threw her to the floor. He still didn't move nor say a word. It was complicated for Nicki to read his emotions/expressions because of not seeing his face.

Nic got up and fought the man once again but she was defeated. This time he threw her onto the white bed and traipsed closer to her.

When she plummeted onto the bed, she couldn't move. Weird hands stretching through the sheets, arose out of the bed and seized her wrists and ankles.

Nicki shrieked, her heart raced and the man stood before her. The hands wouldn't release her free. He made sure she couldn't go anywhere.

"Pleaseee, Pleasee just let me go!!! I beg of you, please!!!!" she cried.

The man slowly crawled on top of her now hovering over face to face. Nic gazed right at his face still trying to discern it. Still, she saw nothing but a blank black face. Now, she could barely breathe as her heart kicked out of her chest.

The man placed his index over her lips and all she heard was "Shhhhhh....." to silence her cries.

A see of the strange people she once saw staring before were now standing behind and around the bed staring at her.

The very last thing she saw was a hand placed over her face as her last scream was muffled and everything went black.

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The Vaks and Safaree spent hours searching for them but failed.

"So what happens now?" said an exhausted CLS.

"Iono man. All we can do is either send out a missing report or just tell Wanye and Baby so they can help us." Rex, directing that last part to SB.

"What time is it?" CJ asked.

"4:18am. Yo man, I'ma head home. I'm sorry but I'm OD tired. Catch you later, nigg." Vincent told Safaree dapping him up before leaving.

"Yeah same. Yo man, sorry we couldn't find Nic tonight. But we'll deadass deal with that nigga as soon as we find her. Don't worry man, she knows better. She's a strong woman."

"Aye, call us tomorrow and tell us if you got any luck, nigga. Go home and get some rest for now." Rex told Fengali as he walked away with the Vaks.

"Aight yall. I will & thanks for helping." SB turned and got into his car and sat there for a bit.

He took a deep breath and silently prayed for her to be okay. Hoping she'd come back soon, Scaff drove back home and waited up for Nic for the remaining of the late night/early morning.

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Nicki woke up gasping for air and yelled out Safaree's name that could only be heard above a whisper due to her being breathless.

A single tear sat at the edge of her eye, ready to fall. She was trying to catch her breath and observed her surroundings.

Something wasn't quite right.

There was something strange about this place.

It was 8:07am and a ray of sunlight spotted through a window in front of the bed she laid in. She squinted her eyes at the light hitting her face, blinding her.

When Nicki turned to her left and saw a figure moving under the covers, she pulled them back just a bit to see Drake sleeping like a mouse.

Her eyes shot wide as she gasped and hopped out of bed screaming.

"OH MY GOD!!!! WHAT THE FUCK AM I DOING HERE?!?! WHERE AM I?! WHERE'S SAFAREE?!?!?!?!"

Drake popped up from under the covers to see a red-faced, covered-up, shouting Nicki on the other side of the room. He stuck his hands out trying to explain everything to her but she kept yelling.

"WHY IN THE FUCK AM I NAKED?! OH MY GODDDDDDD!" Nicki took the covers and hugged them securely over her exposed body, feeling embarrassed and humiliated. She took a deep breath and eyed a puzzled face Drake carefully.

"Drake....Drake....PLEASE tell me where am I and Why am I here.... WHY AM I IN YOUR BED NAKED?!"

"Nicki LISTEN....I-I...I.."

"Oh my god this can't not be happening right now why am I here why am I here what am I doing here oh my god why am I here right now what is happening to me oh my god oh my god...." Nicki begin to panic pacing around the room trying to find her clothes and leave as fast as she could.

"Nic, Just l-l-lemme explain...I-I w-" Drake hopped out of bed slipping on his boxers, almost stumbling over things trying to explain.

"YOU WHAT?! WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?!" she began to tremble.

"LOOK! Y-You were so drunk last night, I couldn't let you DRIVE home. I-I mean cccome you kn-"

"Wait whoa whoa whoa. Hold awn. You let me get drunk last night?! How many drinks did I have?????"

"Only like.....3 drinks."

"ONLY?! No....NO...This NOT happening right now...." She refuse to believe what she figured they might've did last night, had actually happened. She couldn't even remember half her night because of being inebriate. "What kind of fucking person ARE YOU? YOU Fucking KNOW I can't handle alcohol like that! You let this happen to me!"

"I'm sooooo sorry, Nic. I mean it."

"SORRY, DRAKE?! Sorry for fuckin getting me drunk, taking me here and.....and...." Nicki felt as if she needed to regurgitate at any moment. She was disgusted with herself mostly because she let it happen even though she was intoxicated.

She ran into the bathroom and slammed the door. Unnoticed tears began to fall down her cheek and that's when her emotions really hit her. Nic felt sick to her stomach. A sudden anger came over her, Nika stormed out of the bathroom yelling to the top of her lungs at Drake.

"If you really fucking cared about me, I would NOT be here, I wouldn't have been drinking and NONE of this bullshit would've happened. You took ADVANTAGE of me. Stupid fuck."

Drake continued to apologize, regretting everything he did last night with her. He really had fucked up this time. "Please just forgive me, Nic. I know I fucked up bad bu-"

She quickly interrupted him.

"No. As a matter of fact, Our friendship is done. Don't contact me for any reason. I'm through with you. You stepped out of boundaries with me and it's all over. Wish you the best of luck with life and your career."

"Nic...." Drake walked up reaching for her as he saw her crying.

"NO! Just....Please."

Nic went to the door grabbing her purse and heels. "Shit. Where are my keys?" she asked herself, trying to recall where she last had them. She searched through her purse and around the area.

Drizzy came out the room and held out her keys. Nic froze and glanced behind her and saw him standing there with the most reprehensible look in his eyes.

She snatched her keys away from him and stormed out of the house not saying another word to him. Drake sadly watched her get in her car and swiftly drive away.

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A long way back home, Nicki drove with tears constantly streaming down her puffy red face. She kept letting out small screams or hitting the wheel out of anger everytime she thought of Drake and or attempted to remember last night.

[What will I tell Safaree....] Nic thought.

This was do or die. Nic knew she was already hiding enough things from Safaree but one more secret wouldn't hurt right?

[Right?] Nicki questioned to herself, in fact.

Pulling into the driveway of her house, a disgusted, hurt, exhausted, nervous Nic sat in her car a couple minutes longer brainstorming an explaination to Faree of her disappearance.

Before she prepared to go inside, a txt came to her barbieberry.

#25371:
Sorry about last night. He was a bit overwhelmed....

[He?] Nicki jolted at the word "He" and didn't know how to exactly process the whole text. The clue in the text wasn't clear to her. [But...the only...huh?] Nic was very much confused and needed to know what this meant.

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Nic tip-toed into the house hoping Safaree didn't hear her coming through the door. Just as she was about to quietly pass by the doorway of the Kitchen door....a tired, stressed, strained voice came from in the kitchen.

"Where you been?" Safaree calmly asked. He sat still, eyeing at Onika pausing slightly pass the doorway.

She froze in her footsteps. Her heart was beating fast now.

Nicki turned around and stood in the doorway, avoiding eye contact with him. She stood in silence as he waited for an explanation.