The Rest of Chapter 14, and the beginning of Chapter 15

Almost 12,000 words! i'm going to finish today!

“So now what?” Bub asked, scratching his shaved head.
“Well, pretend like you still hate me, and get me to my parents, and my friends will meet me there, because I have a tracker.”
“Great, so I have to be mean to you again?”
“Yes.”
“Fine, I’ll try my best. I just hate to call you some mean stuff and tie you up again...”
“Bub!” Nikki said reproachfully.
“Sorry. Twerp!”
“What!”
“I’m taking you over to Ms. Arachne, and then we’ll be taking a little trip!”
“And I care because?”
“Because you have to!”
“What ever.” Nikki said with a careless wave of her hand, then she winked at Bub and smirked.
“Bub!” Ms. Arachne screamed.
“Yes ma'am?” Bub said.
“Get over here now!”
“Yes ma'am.”
“And when you bring Nikki here, bring me some coffee!”
Bub sighed. “Yes ma'am. Decaf, or regular?”
“Regular! And with lots of sugar and cream!”
“Yes ma'am.” Bub tied Nikki up again, and then flipped her over his shoulder and brought her to Ms. Arachne.
“Not over here, oh smart one!” Ms. Arachne yelled sarcastically.
“Then where?” asked Bub, who wasn’t picking up on the sarcasm yet.
“Blindfold her, then put her into the truck!”
“Yes ma'am.” Bub walked over to the truck, and threw Nikki in.
“Ouch!”
“Sorry Nikki,” he whispered. “But I have to make it believable, you know.”
“Yeah, I know. But that still hurt!” Nikki whispered.
“Bub!” Ms. Arachne yelled for him again.
“Yes?”
“Gag her too! I don’t want anybody getting suspicious at our little loud package. And where’s my coffee?”
“I’m getting it ma'am, just after I put this tape on Nikki’s mouth. Sorry, Nikki. I know this will hurt taking it off, but I have to put it on.” He whispered.
Nikki nodded. She knew that this was essential to the plan.
“My coffee, Bub?”
“Coming right up ma'am!” he yelled. “Bye Nikki. I’ll see you when we get there.”
The truck sped across the freeway. Ms. Arachne sipped daintily at her coffee, in spite of the bumps and bounces. Nikki bounced around uncomfortably in the back, because she could not steady herself with her hands. She bounced along the road, hoping that Jacques and Mrs. Pinebaum were following in a different car than that old metallic purple taxi. Nikki wondered why Jacques had a purple taxi. Oh well, it didn’t matter. He was probably just assigned that one because there were no more yellow ones, or because he wanted something abnormal.
“Bub do you know why I like my job?” Ms. Arachne said, taking the last sip of her hot coffee.
“No ma'am.” Bub said, never taking his eyes off the road.
“I like it because I get to frighten little children and boss you around!!” she cackled, throwing her head back and laughing a real evil genius laugh. Bub shivered. Ms. Arachne creeped him out! He would be glad once this was over and he could start a normal life of no crime. It just wasn’t worth it.

Chapter 15
Suddenly, the truck stopped. That hurt a lot! Why don’t they warn me? Oh yeah, Ms. Arachne doesn’t care diddlysquat about me. What is her problem? Nikki wondered.
“Oof!! Up you go then!” Bub said as he lifted Nikki up and set her on the ground. Nikki tried to look around but couldn’t because of the blindfold.
“Keep her tied, because if you untie her, then she might try to run off again, blindfold or no blindfold. You’re a creative little girl, aren’t’ you?” Ms. Arachne
Nikki smirked. Ms. Arachne could tell only because the gag moved up when she did. “I hate creative!” she yelled in Nikki’s face. “Bub, you have to carry her over your shoulder like a sack of potatoes. Start moving!” Ms. Arachne commanded, and pushed him, even though he was twice her size.
Bub sighed. Ms. Arachne was so cruel! “Where do I put her?” he asked, pointing inside yet another abandoned warehouse.
“On the bench over there.” Ms. Arachne pointed.
“You mean the one by the armed bodyguards?” asked Bub.
Nikki heard that last bit. Man, this guy must be paranoid! she thought scornfully.
“Mr. Tramble, sir! I didn’t expect you here so soon!”
“Whatever you’re going to do, make it snappy. I’ve been waiting for a minute now for you to arrive, and you know I don’t like waiting!”
“Yes, yes sir! Bub!” she yelled, her voice changing from trembling and scared to steely and fierce.
“Yes ma'am?” Bub asked.
“Bring our delivery over here!”
“Yes ma'am.” Bub brought Nikki over, and set her down in front of Mr. Tramble.
“Aah, quick service. I like it!” Mr. Tramble grinned. “You, what’s your name?” he asked, pointing to Bub.
“B-Bub sir,” he stammered.
“I see. You’re working directly for me now. And your first assignment is to see that this thing,” here he poked Nikki with his boot not too lightly. “Is taken care of. Don’t let her get away!” he warned, “or you better get away, and fast.”
Bub shivered, and nodded. This man is a maniac! Bub thought worriedly. Oh well, getting inside the building and being assigned to Nikki would really help to set her parents free. I hope we can do it soon and get out of here. I’ll change my name and start a completely new life, yeah.
“Take the tape of this girl’s mouth, now! Blindfold comes off too!” commanded Mr. Tramble.
“Yes sir,” said Bub as he ripped the tape off of Nikki, and then pulled the blindfold over her head roughly.
“Oww! That hurt! Can’t you be more careful?”
“Ah, we have ourselves a spunky little prize, don’t we?” Mr. Tramble smirked. “Don’t worry, soon we’ll break you of that, little girl.”
“Oh yeah?” Nikki challenged as she struggled to stand. “Why don’t you untie me and fight me girl to man, huh? I bet I could lick you too! I licked Bub back at my house! And I took karate for three years! Also, my parents kicked your butt, and I'm just as strong as they are!”
Simban Tramble looked surprised for a moment, but only for a moment. Then something like fear passed briefly over his features. Then he looked purely evil again. Nobody had ever stood up to him like that except for her parents. “As much as I would like too, no. Besides, your parents challenged me like that, and look where they ended up!” he grinned evilly, more evil now than Ms. Arachne could ever hope to be.
“What have you done with them, you, you, evil thug!”
“Why, thank you for the wonderful compliment! I love it when people call me evil.”
“Fine. Then let me revise that sentence. What have you done with them, you nice and harmless old man?”
“You! Ugh! I’m not old! And I’m not nice! I’m an evil genius!” he wailed. He looked like Ms. Arachne back when she was having her tantrum, but with just a little less jumping and screaming.
Nikki smirked. She loved seeing evil people acting like spoiled little brats and having tantrums. It fit tem really well, throwing fits. If the situation hadn’t been so scary, she would have laughed, it was so funny!
When Mr. Tramble stopped his wanking, he yelled “Bub! Take her to her cell now!”
“Yess, sir, I will, but where is it?”
“Down the hall, 3 doors to the right. It’s the tiny one with out any thing in it. Well, maybe it has a bed or some thing. I really don’t remember, because the last time it was used it was for her parents. But then they were moved to the more, dungeonish part of the dungeon. Compared to where they are, where you’re staying is a mansion!”