Welcome back! Okay so I am going to admit this chapter is a little too… "slice of life" yeah that will work. Not my favorite chapter I have ever written, but to get this plot train rolling we all have to read through the less exciting parts, forgive me. Regardless I hope you guys enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 2:

"Now, Kimmy," A.J said playfully, "If I am going to share my special holiday Oreos with you, you are going to have to eat them right.

First you twist off the top." A.J then demonstrated the delicate art of deconstructing an Oreo to her baby sister, "Then you eat the part of the cookie with little to no cream filling," A.J then popped the less creamy part of the cookie into her mouth and in between chews concluded, "Then you save the creamy part last to savor the artificial flavor."

"Or," Little Kimmy said while dramatically picking up a single Oreo from the packaging. "You can eat them like this." Kimmy then shoved the whole cookie into her mouth and giggled, bits of cookie falling from her mouth as she did so.

"Disrespect my cookies, then you can buy your own." A.J quickly scooped up the package up from the kitchen table and held the cookies aloft over her head to keep them out of reach of the younger girl, who at this point was thrown into a giggle fit as she dashed from her seat and began to jump up in vain to retrieve the cookies.

Her baby sister's plight brought a smile to A.J's lips.

"Will you two keep it down!" Their older brother Matt yelled from the living room, "I'm trying to watch my Christmas movie!"

"Die Hard is not a Christmas movie!" A.J retorted while putting the cookies back down on the table for Kimmy to enjoy.

"It takes place around Christmas," said Matt, "so it counts!"

"How come I don't get to watch Die Hard?" Kimmy asked opening the refrigerator to find some milk to drink along with her cookies.

"Because," A.J explained, "You're seven. Matt is nineteen and I am seventeen, therefore we get to watch the cool movies."

"I thought you had to be eighteen to watch R movies." Said Kimmy with a quirky smirk.

"Smart mouth." A.J growled tickling her, wich sent Kimmy into a frenzy of high pitched giggles.

"Can you at least stop making Kimmy laugh?" Matt called.

"Ever hear of subtitles?" A.J rebutted

"I don't want that garbage taking up the screen!" Matt said disgusted by the idea of using DVD subtitles.

"A.J, I think we're out of milk."

"What? Already?" A.J said not believing her. She hastily walked over to the refrigerator to check and see if Kimmy was just not seeing it. "We literally had two galleons of milk. How can we be- Matt!" A.J called sharply.

"What?"

"Did you drink all the milk?"

There was a brief pause in the air before Matt answered, "Not today."

"Milk hog!" A.J grumbled, pulling Kimmy out of the way in order to shut the fridge door.

"What are we going to do?" Kimmy asked, worry laced in her tiny voice as she follwed her sister out of the kitchen and down the hall. "Santa will be here in two days! And there's no milk!"

"Calm down, Kimmy," A.J spoke calmly as she pulled her winter coat from the hall closet. "I'll just go down to the Corner Market and get some more."

A.J put on her coat before running upstairs to her room to retrieve her wallet, cellphone, and boots. She pulled her phone from the charger and checked the time; 7:00PM. She had plenty of time to get to the store before it closed at nine, and the entire trip down to the store would only take twenty to thirty minutes depending on if she got stuck behind a slow as fuck customer in check out with too many items.

She sent her parents a quick text informing them on where she was going and that she would text them as soon as she got back, before placing the phone in one of the hidden pockets inside her coat.

A.J retrieved her wallet from her bed side dresser and also placed it in a concealed pocket. She also took out her pocket knife and placed it in the front pocket of her coat to give her comfort and security on her walk to the store, and lastly slipped on her Ugg boots before heading back downstairs.

"Alright," A.J announced jumping off the last step. She swung Kimmy up in her arms and carried her to the living room with her.

"I am going to the store," she said as she gently tossed her sister onto the couch next to Matt. "I should be back in a half hour-at most. But until then," A.J grabbed the PS4 controller and shut the movie off.

"Hey!" Matt protested.

"No Die Hard while watching Kimmy."

Matt rolled his eyes, "Sometimes you are worse than mom." He muttered.

A.J ignored him, "Does anybody need anything while I'm at the store?"

"More cookies!" Kimmy demanded then added sweetly, "Please."

Matt took a second to think if there was anything he wanted, "Can you pick me up a can of Pepsi? I'll pay you back when you get home."

"Right. Okay guys, I'll be back as fast as I can. Kimmy you better behave yourself while I'm gone." A.J called back as she headed out the front door.

"I promise I will be!" She heard her sister's response before shutting the door and heading down the street to the Corner Grocer, leaving the two people she called brother and sister behind.

A.J exited the Corner Grocer with a gallon of milk in one hand and a plastic bag containing a package of Oreos and a can of Pepsi in the other.

A.J opted to buy the limited edition mystery flavor Oreos for both Kimmy and herself. She had read an article online that stated that the mystery flavor had been solved, but she still thought it would be fun for Kimmy to try and guess the flavor.

A.J had gotten lucky; the store had been empty, save for one person who had been flipping through a National Geographic in the back area of the store where the magazines were displayed. It had only taken her a total of five minutes to collect her items and check out. She was confident that she was going to make it home in less than thirty minutes. It only took ten minutes to walk to the store, maybe even less if she picked up her pace.

"A.J Lindemann?" An older male voice asked.

The sound of her name being spoken by an unfamiliar voice immediately set A.J on alert. She turned on her heel and scanned her surrounding area, searching for the person who had called out to her, but the sidewalk and streets where devoid of any lifeforms.

"Who the fuck wants to know?" A.J boldly demanded slipping her hand in her coat pocket to get a grip on her pocket knife. "And what the fuck do you want?"

She was ready to abandon her groceries and fight her way out if necessary.

From behind a pair of giant arms grabbed her around the middle, pinning her arms to her sides.

"Mother fuc-hmpf!"

A second appointment had seemed to evaporate from the shadows and covered A.J's mouth and nose with a cloth that smelled faintly like ether.

Her attackers didn't even give her a chance to fight.

In an instant A.J felt drained of all her energy; she could feel her body going limp and her vision began to darken. It wasn't long before she closed her eyes and slipped into blackness.

Well that chapter is done! And yes, I was hungry when I wrote out the chapter in its first drafting, and yes it was still Christmas time too. Hope the chapter wasn't too lame for you, and see you in chapter 3 and put this slice of life crap behind us.