Nat looked up. There was a light on so he guessed someone was still up. He never intended to stay out late but when he got together with David, Thomas and Quassim time was no object.
He prepared himself for a shouting off his dad as he walked up the steps leading to his apartment. As he got to the door however he found it was already open.
But it was the familiar music coming from inside that Nat found most weird. It was 'I Feel Alone' but it wasn't Nat's voice singing it, it was Alex's. Nat pushed the door wide open where he was greeted with a trashed décor.
"Hello? Dad? Alex? You there?" He said as he waded through the wreck of furniture that had being upturned.
There was no answer.
He became very worried and feared for their safety. He then noticed the computer lying on the floor where the song was blaring out of. He crouched down to get a better look.
There he saw Alex singing the song, crying. Tears fell down his own cheeks as he watched his brother shakily perform his song. He stood up and went to get the phone, he needed help.
"Please!" Alex cried. Nat turned back to the screen immediately.
"Now be a good boy and tell your brother exactly what you were told!" An unfamiliar voice shouted at him. Nat clenched his fist and gritted his teeth.
"Nat, don't phone the police and we won't be harmed. They'll…I mean…I'll be in touch soon. Bye!" Alex wept and then he was gone and Nat found himself looking at a grey screen.
He ran upstairs and into his room. It too had been trashed. All of Alex's things were scattered around the room but it was Nat's stuff that had gone.
'Why take my stuff and not Alex's?' Nat thought.
As he headed towards the bathroom, he felt a crunch from under his foot. He looked down to see what he had broken. He suddenly felt creeped out. Staring up at him were two smiley faces. Alex and there dad but it was the fact that there was meant to be another person in the photo but they had been cut out.
That person was…Nat.