Shock and horror were etched onto Craig's face. Ruby was taken from under his nose and he wasn't there to do anything about it.

An hour ago...

Craig chuckled as his sister played with her dolls in the front yard. Craig's parents were at work and Craig was stuck babysitting, not that he minded anyway. As stoic as the boy may seem, he harbored a large amount of affection for his little sister. The thrill of the house phone reverberated off the walls. With a sigh, and a reluctant last glance towards his sister, Craig went in the direction of the ringing.

Ruby noticed her brother's absence but paid no mind to it as she continued to play. But what she did notice was a rusty old van had pulled up in front of her home. A man poked his head out of the window and beckoned her towards his car by curling his finger repetitively. Naively she walked to the car and once she was close enough, the mysterious stranger had flung his door open and snatched ruby then drove off. Ruby let out a shrill scream that made Craig's blood run cold. Craig bolted out the front door as the van began to drive away. He shouted and tried to chase the car. He knew. It was too late and he felt so helpless. He sprinted back home and with shaky hands he dialed 911.

Across the town a certain noirette received a notification from an Amber Alert app he had downloaded long ago. The app gave him the description of the vehicle and the description of the abductee. He had already been driving home but quickly decided to drive around in an attempt to help with the drove around with alert eyes, and just as he was about to give up he saw a car that fit the description in the notification perfectly. He called the police and continued to drive behind the vehicle. Stan followed the car for twenty minutes and there was still no sign of the police arriving. Stan was sure that they had driven out of the town of south park, he could tell by the amount of trees he was beginning to pass. He was becoming nervous. Following a van deep into the woods while his head was telling him to turn around made him feel sick with anxiety, but his gut told him that something would happen to the kid if he didn't keep pursuing the vehicle. Suddenly the van turned sharply into the woods. The rusty vehicle stopped before entering the woods. Stan continued to drive but he slowed his speed. Through the rear view mirror he watched the abductor pull a small girl with blonde hair out of the van. Stan slammed down on his brakes wincing at the piercing screech that followed then made a sharp u- turn. He sped towards where the van was parked almost clipping the vans side mirrors and stopped when he saw them. Stan bravely jumped out of his car grabbing his phone with the dial pad already ready. He quickly dialed 911.

"911 what's your emergency?"

"I'm standing in front of the guy who stole a kid from south park." Stan said speedily.

"Where are you?"

"Somewhere outside of town in a wooded area his van is on the side of the road. He's holding the girl right in front of me hurry!" his palms were becoming clammy.

Stan stared down the abductor who was smirking to himself. He was holding Ruby by the shoulders. Ruby was attempting to free herself, Stan noticed the tears streaming down her face and that seemed to make her captor smile even wider.

"Let her go!" Stan yelled clenching his fists at his side.

Sirens blaring in the distance stiffened the abductors body, he picked up ruby and began to run into the woods. Stan yelled out of anger, tossing his phone to the side unaware that the call between him and the 911 operator was still ongoing. Stan charged towards the man quickly finding himself behind him. He reached out and yanked on the abductors shoulders. The Man dropped ruby onto the ground then swung his arm back and punched Stan in the eye. Stan reeled backwards clutching his throbbing eye. The abductor turned to pick up ruby but Stan tackled him to the ground before he could even reach out to her. He turned the abductor over and began striking the abductor until he fell unconscious. Stan stood then walked towards ruby who was bawling her eyes out. He lowered his body until he was the at the same eye level as her.

"Hey it's okay now. I got the bad guy he can't hurt you now." Stan soothed.

The more Stan spoke the more Ruby visibly relaxed and soon enough her tears stopped all together. She looked Stan and the eyes and jumped to hug him wrapping her thin arms around his neck.

"Thank you mister." ruby mumbled.

"What's your name?" Stan asked trying to keep the girl calm.

"Ruby."

Stan's ears picked up the sound of the police sirens again.

"Can you walk Ruby?" Stan asked softly.

Ruby nodded. Stan pulled away from the hug to walk back to the abductor. Stan grabbed him by the foot then proceeded to drag the perp by the ankle through the forest. The police were already there to greet them .

Craig had called his parents to alert them of the emergency, they sped home to find the cops were questioning their son. Craig was visibly distraught. This drove his mother to run up behind him and embrace with all her might. She was in such a distressed state that her knees had gone weak, but Craig and his father were there to support her. They all held each other in attempt to comfort each other. They were silent as if the embrace were able to communicate all the sorrow they felt.

The moment was interrupted by a cop who jogged to them quickly.

"Some kid found Ruby outside of South Park." the cop stated.

Stan was currently having his black eye treated even though he insisted it was fine. Out of the corner of his eye he saw a car pull up to the scene. The look on his face softened as he saw who he could only assume was the girl's mother and father run to their child with arms wide open. What he didn't expect was for Craig Tucker to run out of the same car towards ruby and hug her. Stan suddenly felt the need to leave before Craig saw him. As stupid as it sounded, Stan felt that Craig would hate the fact that it was him who saved his sister.

Craig was kneeling and giving his sister a glare that was softened with guilt and frustration.

"Ruby, I'm sorry I wasn't watching you carefully enough." Craig muttered looking down guiltily.

"It's okay because that mister over there beat up the bad guy." ruby pointed to Stan.

"He did?"

"Yeah but the bad guy hurt the mister's eye badly." Ruby explained.

Stan noticed Ruby pointing in his direction and he turned quickly before Craig could see his face. Craig stood and walked toward his sister's savior. He was grateful. It may not have shown on his face but he was so damn grateful that someone stopped that sick fuck. He was so fucking grateful.

Stan knew Craig was coming and he tried to act as normal as possible, his gaze shifted to look at the autumn leaves that covered the ground. He looked up nervously when two converse cladded feet stepped into his view. Craig's eyebrows rose in surprise.

"Marsh?"