My heart stops.

Alex pulls his face away from mine, and behind him I can see the dark silhouette of a man.

"Now!" the man says. "Or I'll shoot!"

Oh, God. He has a gun against Alex's back. My stomach tightens and panic wells up in my chest. What do we do? How do we get out of this?

I need to call for help. Need to let someone else know that we're down here and that we're being -

"Scream and I'll shoot," the man snarls, somehow ...