Chapter 14: You were Tricked

Troy finally got to leave to go home after tryouts for everyone. When he got to his house there were cop cars in the driveway. Scared, Troy quickly pulled into the driveway and ran inside the house.

"Freeze!" The cop yelled. He quickly grabbed his gun and pointed it at Troy.

"Why are you in my house!" Troy yelled back.

"That's not him." Someone said.

Troy looked over to see a brunette young male with a little girl.

"Who are you? What's going on?" Troy asked confused.

"My name is Derek. Is this your house?" Derek asked.

"Yes." Troy replied.

"Son let me. What's your name?" The officer took over.

"Troy Bolton." Troy replied.

"Do you live alone?" The officer asked.

"No, I live with my fiancé." Troy replied.

"What's your fiancé's name?"

"Ryan Evans."

"Is that the name of the person who stole your car?" The officer asked shifting his focus from Troy to Derek.

"His name was Ryan." Derek replied.

"Well Troy we need to find Ryan. He stole this man's vehicle." The officer said.

Troy looked at the two bewildered. "Ryan wouldn't hurt a fly. Someone please tell me what happened?"

Derek looked at Troy. "Well I met him at the Grocery Store because of Zephie," Derek pointed at the little girl, "And then we talked for a little bit and then I heard his phone conversation with I'm assuming it to be you. He needed a ride home so I offered. When we got here I found a note and after he read the note he stole my car and took off."

Troy stared at Derek, "Show me the note!"

"It's in the Kitchen." Derek replied.

Troy ran into the kitchen and quickly read the note. Troy's heart quickly began to race as he read the note. The officer walked inside the kitchen.

Troy turned to the officer, "You have to find him! If you don't he will be killed!"

"Killed?" the officer asked incredulous.

"His father wrote this note, and his father is a wanted fugitive who wants to kill Ryan. We have to find them!" Troy started yelling. He had never been so scared of something in his life. He could feel the sweat beginning to form and his heart was beating so fast it was beginning to hurt him.

"Do you have any idea where we could find him?" The officer asked.

"His first house, where his mother was killed. It's 517 SW Bucklener Street." Troy replied.

The officer ran out to his car and put his siren's on and called out the address over the radio. The officer drove off leaving Troy and Derek alone. Troy quickly pulled out his phone and dialed a number.

"Who are you calling?" Derek asked worried.

"Hello Sharpay, look we don't have time. He tricked Ryan and now he has him. Where is your old house?" Troy asked hurriedly.

There was distressed reply over the phone and Troy then hung up. He grabbed his keys.

"Wait where are you going?" Derek asked grabbing Troy's arm to stop him.

"I'm saving Ryan. In thirty minutes call the cops and tell them there was a murder at 412 SW Dorty Street." Troy shrugged off Derek and quickly ran out to his car and drove off.

It was raining harshly and Troy could barely see through his window. He started to hydroplane and hit a curb and started spinning. Troy let go of the wheel and the car quickly recovered. Troy grabbed the wheel again and continued to go down the road.

When he arrived on Dorty Street he slowed down and turned his lights off. He parked and couple houses down and got out of the car. He quickly ran to the house and saw the door was cracked open. Troy slowly pushed the door open and tried to use the darkness in the house to cover himself. Troy began to look over the rooms trying to find Ryan's room. There was one room left and Troy slowly pushed open the door. Troy noticed a broken baseball bat on the ground. Troy picked up a piece and slowly looked over the room. He then opened the closet door to find Ryan tied up and gagged. Troy dropped the piece of the bat and tried to wake Ryan. Ryan groggily responded with a wince. Troy gave a sigh of relief to know that Ryan was alive. Troy turned to look behind him and saw nothing. He unbounded Ryan and pulled him up. He began to make his way to the front door. He was almost there when there was a muffled bang and a hot searing pain spread up Troy's leg. Troy fell to the floor in agony.

"Did you seriously think I let you two get away?" A voice growled.

Troy looked over and a flash of lightning revealed that the voice belonged to Ryan's father. Troy looked at death in the eyes and only thought about how he was going to save Ryan. Troy winced from the pain in his leg beginning to ache. Ryan's father began to laugh at Troy struggling.

"Don't worry I'll make your pain stop soon." He pointed the gun at Troy and suddenly Ryan tackled his father from the side. The two began to struggle when and the gun was flung to the side. Ryan's father kicked him off and began to punch Ryan. Troy lunged at Ryan's father and clung to his back. Ryan's father shifted his attention to Troy and left Ryan alone. Ryan's father began to attack Troy. There was a cracking noise and Troy felt blood begin to trickle down his face. There was a searing pain in his nose and Troy was blinded by several bright dots. There was a loud bang and the attacks stopped. There was something very heavy on top of Troy, but it was quickly removed.

"Troy!" Ryan exclaimed.

"Ryan?" Troy replied.

Ryan began to cry and dropped the gun from his hands. Troy wobbled his way over to Ryan and pulled him into an embrace. Troy made shushing noises to help calm down Ryan who began sobbing into Troy's shoulder. Troy looked at the limp body on the ground and wondered what was going to happen. Troy was also shocked that Ryan was able to kill another person. Ryan was so life loving and caring to hurt someone else, even if they deserved it.

There were sirens in the distance and Troy sighed with relief. Help was finally here. Troy gasped from the pain in his leg. Troy had never been shot before, and now wished he never had. A couple of people barged in through the door and had their guns pointed at Troy and Ryan. They police noticed the body on the ground and quickly called for the medical team to help Troy and Ryan. Troy took one last look at Ryan's father and realized that the man was really dead.

Troy and Ryan looked each other. They were finally free of the only danger in their life, and now they could finally be together in peace. Troy smiled goofily at Ryan, and Ryan laughed. Everything was going to be all right now for the two. The officer walked up to Troy and asked him to recount the story. Then he asked Ryan the same thing. Troy was eventually rushed to the hospital to have his leg stitched from the braze wound of the bullet, and surgery to align his nose.

Several weeks later Troy finally got to go home. When he got home he was so happy to see Ryan (even though Ryan visited Troy every day). Ryan sat Troy down with a stern look on his face.

"Honey there's something they found out about Gabrielle's death." Ryan said.

Troy looked at Ryan and waited for him to continue. "They matched a suspect with the fingerprint they found in the abandoned car that hit Gabrielle. The fingerprint matched with my father's fingerprint."

Troy's eyes widen in shock. Ryan's father had been the one to hit Gabrielle and kill her. And now that person was dead.

"You ok?" Ryan asked.

"Yeah. I've accepted it and I ok with it now." Troy replied. He pulled into Ryan and kissed him softly. "I love you."

I love you too."

Cloto: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND CUT! Woooooooooooo! I finally finished it! I'm so happy now!!!!! Yay!!!!!! This is my first completed story and I want to thank you all who read/reviewed. Now … I'm going to go work on my other stories!!! I'm ecstatic now!