A/n: Hey readers

Okay, so I'm back with another KotLC story, this time with actual chapters. The chapters will probably end up being different lengths. This one's pretty short. Every chapter will switch off from Fitz-Dex-Tam-Keefe's POV, in that exact order. I hope you enjoy,

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Chapter 1: Gone

FITZ

If you would've told me that Sophie Foster got kidnapped, I probably would've believed you and went after her. Sophie's good at getting herself into trouble. If you would've told me that my sister got kidnapped, that's a whole other story. Biana might be Sophie's best friend but she couldn't handle being kidnapped.

That's what worried me. Biana was hanging out with Sophie and Linh in her room. When I knocked on her door, no one answered. I turned the doorknob and walked in.

Her room was a wreck, which was weird because Biana always kept her room neat. I walked across her carpet. "Biana?" I called.

No response.

"Sophie?" I tried.

Nothing.

"Linh?"

Silence.

The girls were gone.

DEX

"Hey, Grady," I told my uncle when he answered the door. "Is Sophie here?"

"Not right now. She's at the Vackers."

I frowned. Of course she's hanging out with Wonderboy. "Tell her I stopped by."

"Sure. Bye, Dex."

"Bye."

He closed the door and I was about to leap away before Fitz appeared next to me. "Oh, hey," he said. "Are the girls here?"

"Grady said that they were by you."

"I thought so too but when I went into Biana's room, no one was there."

"Weird. You think they're at Alluveterre?"

"Maybe."

"Unless they went shopping or something?"

"They would've told my dad first."

"Okay then. I'll go to Alluveterre and you'll ask your dad if they said they were going anywhere."

"Fine."

As I walked away from Fitz and pulled out a leaping crystal, a single thought came to my mind. I just agreed with Fitz Vacker.

TAM

I looked up when Dex walked into my room. I smiled. "Hey."

"Hey, Tam. Do you know where the girls are?"

"Nope."

"They were supposedly at the Vackers, but they left. They weren't at the Ruewens', so I thought I'd check here."

"I don't think they're here, Dex. I would've heard them. If you want we could check anyways."

"Yeah."

So I took him to Linh's room. But it was empty. "That's weird. They aren't at any of the houses or here? Where could they be?"

"I have no idea. We have to find them."

"No kidding. My sister and Biana are missing!"

"And Sophie," Dex added.

I blinked. "Yeah. And Sophie. Do you think that they might've gone shopping or something?"

"I thought that too, but Fitz said that they would've told Alden."

"Okayyy—"

"Wait!" Dex interrupted. "What's that?" He pointed at Linh's desk.

"Wow, Dex. I thought even you would be smart enough to know that that's a desk."

He rolled his eyes. "Not the desk. The paper." He walked over to Linh's desk and picked up the folded up paper.

He slowly unfolded it and gasped. "It's a note!"

KEEFE

I was busy brushing my teeth when Fitz hailed me. "Whuh uh, Fihs?" I asked, my mouth full of toothpaste.

"Are you brushing your teeth?"

"Yeh."

"Well could you hurry up?"

I spit the paste out of my mouth. "What's the rush, Fitzy?" I sipped a cup of water to rinse my mouth out.

"Sophie, Biana, and Linh are missing."

I spit the soapy water out onto the imparter. "What?!"

"First of all, gross. Second, yeah, they're gone."

"What do you mean gone?!"

"They aren't at my house, or Sophie's. Dex is at Alluveterre right now, but I don't think he's having much luck."

"What tells you that?"

"I just asked my dad and he said that Biana never told him anything about leaving."

I wiped the imparter screen and left the bathroom. "They're teenagers, Fitz. There's a time in every girl's life where they have something called living a little."

"So you don't want to help us find her?"

"Relax, Fitz. I was messing with you. Of course I want to help you find Foster."

"And Biana and Linh?"

"Right, right, them too. I'll be at your place in a sec."

"Wait, I think I just found something!"

"Cool, so did I!"

"Really? What?"

"The hang up button." I turned off my imparter and smirked. Looks like Foster needs a hero.

A/n: Okay, so I know it was short, but I'll be back with another chapter soon.