Taken
Taken
Chapter 1:
"You lurve him, you want to hug him, you want to kiss him, behind the bike sheds!" Harriet teased her not-so-younger sister; the two year age gap didn't make that much of a difference.
"Shut up! You can be so childish, you know!" Katie replied, giving Harriet a playful shove of the kerb.
"Well if your gonna say that, there's only one reply…" Harriet said, pausing for effect. "Bet you can't catch me!!" she squealed, and legged it round the corner, using the alley as a shortcut home. Katie just laughed. Harriet was always crazy; the trick was to not give in, as she had learnt in her 14 years.
Suddenly, a bright glow shone out of the mouth of the alley, and Katie stumbled back, her vision was filled by the white light. She blinked as the glow vanished, and ran forwards into the alleyway.
"Harriet?" she shouted tensely, but the path was deserted, and Harriet was gone.
"Gwen!" Toshiko called as the former entered the Hub. "There's been another negative spike." She said ruefully.
"Someone's been taken?" Gwen inquired.
"Most likely" was the reply. "Down by Gordon's Row"
"So… we wait to see if they come back?"
"No, we go tell her family that she is gone, forever" Jack answered as he emerged from his office. "To the SUV" he muttered sarcastically as he passed is colleagues. Gwen followed him down the walkway, but paused and grabbed his arm.
"Wait, Jack," she said, with a questioning look. "How did you know it's a girl?"
Jack opened and closed his mouth a few times, looking uncomfortable.
"err… the...um...the police call" he spluttered, flashing her an overly bright smile that didn't reach his aged eyes. "Come on, let's go."