Hey everyone! This is my second story on here, and its called Gone. Obviously... Anyway, I got this idea after seeing the trailer for the movie Gone (which looks super good by the way), so here we are! I hope you all like it! :) Xxx, Maddie

Gone; Chapter 1

-OoO-

Nina and Fabian were walking home from school, and Nina had the strange feeling that someone was just... Lingering. Or maybe the appropriate word would be watching.

"Fabian, I have this... weird feeling." she mumbled.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"Like someone is following us." she whispered, picking up the pace.

"It's ok!" he said, jogging to catch up with her.

-OoO-

"Wanna go for a walk?" Nina asked Patricia, who looked like something was bugging her.

"Sure." she replied. She really wanted to clear her mind.

(Outside)

"So what's up?" Nina asked as soon as the door had slammed shut.

"Oh, nothing." she lied. In fact, she couldn't stop thinking about a certain blonde-haired American, and it was really annoying her.

"Whatever Patricia. You know you can trust me, right?" Nina raised an eyebrow.

"Ugh, fine. I just... I can't stop thinking about Eddie." she sighed.

"You two are going out right?"

"Yeah."

"Well then what's the problem?" Nina asked, genuinely confused.

"It's just annoying! I've never liked anyone this much, and it makes me feel... Weird." she shook her head.

Then she felt a pair of hands stuff a gag in her mouth.

The last thing she heard was Nina's shrill screech before she was hit in the head by something very hard.

-OoO-

The house was sitting in the common room doing homework when they heard an extremely loud and panicked scream.

Everyone shared a quick glance before jumping up and running out the door.

They found Patricia's silver bracelet and Nina's school bag thrown on the ground, papers all over the place. They searched the campus before deciding just to call the police.

Eddie attempted to make the call, only to discover that his voice was shaky and thick with unshed tears. "Two girls have... G-g-gone m-missing and... And..."

Jerome grabbed the phone from him and gave the rest of the information.

Fabian was seated on his knees, clutching Nina's bag to his chest. Amber was sobbing into her hands, and Piper was crying on Alfie's shoulder. Eddie fell to his knees next to Fabian, hyperventilating.

Just when he got Patricia, he lost her. He was determined to get her back.

"Guys, we need to find them." he announced.

"Eddie, we should let the police handle it." Joy muttered, wiping her eyes.

"Patricia would look for you!" he got up angrily, holding her bracelet. He pointed his index finger in her face and scowled. "And from what I've heard, that's exactly what she did for you last year."

With that, he stormed into the house to clear his mind. Joy immediately knew he was right: they needed to find the two girls.

"He's right. We need to do something." Joy said. She grabbed Piper and Mara and dragged them to the house by their wrists.

"Guys." Jerome's frantic whisper sent chills through the air. "Look."

He grabbed a tiny sticky note from the side of Nina's bag.

"Want these two beautiful ladies back? You know what I want. An exchange for the mask. -R" was scrawled across it.

"R..." Alfie gasped. "Rufus?"

"Guys, we need to do something, like now. Who knows what Rufus'll do to Patricia a second time after she escaped?" Jerome looked around the group.

They all nodded in agreement. Fabian could finally breathe right, and Amber had stopped crying.

"Should we let everyone else in?" Fabian asked.

"Well if not Joy and Mara, we at least have to let Eddie and Piper in." Alfie replied.

"Yeah, they really wanna find Patricia. And if we let them come, we need to tell them about everything." Amber commented quietly.

"Amber's right." Fabian nodded.

"That's a first." Jerome scoffed quietly.

"Hey!" Amber crossed her arms.

"Not the time, Jerome." Fabian scolded, holding back a laugh.

Jerome rolled his eyes. "So are we going to let them in or not?"

"We at least need to tell Eddie and Piper. We can ask Joy and Mara if they want to help too, I guess." Alfie shrugged.

"Sibuna?" Fabian covered his right eye.

Everyone did the same. "Sibuna."

It was pretty short, but I want to see what y'all think! So review away! :) The next chapter will be about Nina and Patricia. Thanks everyone! Xxx, Maddie