"Amanda! Amanda!" Kyle shouts, growing more and more frantic by the second. He quickly brainstorms ways to track her down. Could he try and sense the kidnapper's direction by analyzing the body heat distribution on the concrete? He wondered. Maybe he could estimate their path according to the placement at which the ring was dropped. He found all of these ideas inadequate and doing the only thing he knew to do, he ran home.
He could hear his heartbeat increase rapidly, growing louder and louder until it was pounding throughout his head. His feet began to pick up the rhythm of his heart and suddenly he was running faster than he ever thought possible. He noticed the running did not cause his heart to quicken. It was his heart that alerted his feet of the urgency. Reaching the Trager's front door, he threw it open without worry of waking others. He banged on Nicole and Stephen's door. "Nicole, Stephen, wake up, Amanda has been kidnapped. Josh and Andie came running out of the kitchen, Triple Chocolate Ice Cream covering their faces.
"Family Meeting!" Stephen yelled, causing a very confused Lori to come downstairs.
Josh caught a glimpse at Kyle's panic-stricken face and turned to Andie. He squeezed her hand lovingly and said, "I think you better go." She nodded and gave him a kiss goodbye. He held onto her hand, "At least let me walk you out," he insisted. She smiled. "I'm sorry about all this," he said once she'd called her mom for a ride.
"We're not what's important now," she said understandingly. "We wouldn't have had a prom night if it weren't for Kyle and Amanda's creative plan. So the way I look at it we owe them anyway."
"You're the best," Josh replied. She kissed him once more. "Really the best," he said slower this time. Then he quickly ran inside. "Now what is this about Amanda being kidnapped?" he asked, switching modes completely.
"Latnock, the ring," Kyle said unable to form complete sentences. "I went back in to get her purse and…and she was gone. This ring on, on the ground." The Trager's sat on the couch shocked. "I have to, I have to text Foss," he said, yanking his phone from his pocket. "HELP," he typed, "Latnock has Amanda."
"What about Balin?" Nicole asked, "Can we get him on it, too?"
"You know Adam, there's no way to real way to contact him. He said my mind was all I will ever need to find him, but on my way here, I thought of that, I thought of him, and well… nothing."
Lori looked up breaking from her Declan daze. "Jessi," she said, "and Sarah, we've got to get them hear."
Kyle looked uncertain. "Dude, it's gonna take all of us," Josh persuaded him. Kyle nodded while appearing distant.
A moment silently passed as they all contemplated what to do. Then Tom Foss burst through the door. Kyle gave him the ring, and recapped the circumstances. "We've got to check the headquarters, where Latnock keeps its captives."
"Won't they know you'd think of that?" Stephen asked.
"Yes, but we have to cover all of our bases. Plus, there could be clues." Foss began to walk towards the door.
"Wait," Kyle exclaimed, "I'm coming with you." Foss nodded, knowing there was know use in arguing.
"What should we do?" Nicole asked. "Should we call the police?"
"You know the answer to that."
"But her parents, if we don't they will."
"It's prom night, after-parties and sleepovers, should by us time until morning. Just wait for now," he instructed.
Nicole wasn't sure how long she could do that.
