CHAPTER 4

As Alesha took the first step the boys laughed harder and Judy now understood and screamed Alesha's name but it was too late. She was already on all fours, having fallen hard on the stairs. The boys had obviously made the stairs slippery with something so the girls would fall.

"Damn, the new bitch was supposed to go down first!" Chris complained. "Oh well, there's always tomorrow" he said with a smile, proud of himself. "Wait" John said, "I had a lil something planned myself… watch…".

The girls thought it was over but that wasn't it. As Alesha was on the floor, hurt, two of the youths came around and pushed Judy against the wall. While the first one punched her in the stomach the other one's hands were all over her body. He started unbuttoning her shirt. "Stop it" she screamed. This time it was enough, Harry quickly ran towards his colleague and flashed his badge. "Police, freeze" he yelled. "Jude, you ok?" he asked. "Yea, I'm fine".

Judy managed to flash her badge as well. Harassment and assault of a police officer was something big enough for an arrest. That, plus the other girl who was really hurt. It was all planned and more was about to come if they hadn't stopped them now.

Everyone was wondering what was going on. It was all happening so fast. Back up was already on its way as Harry was wearing a mike and they could all hear the sirens.

"It's over for you guys" they said as they took out their cuffs and started cuffing everyone. "Hey, Jude, look over here, this one even has some dope on him" Harry said as he was checking John's pockets and found a little bag full of white powder. "Keeps getting better" Judy said.

As Ioki was looking away Chris started running but Harry was right after him and was cuffing him within seconds.

"You're a cop, dude" Chris said, "How could you betray us like that?" "Keep your mouth shut it's best for you" Harry said, "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to speak to an attorney, and to have an attorney present during any questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be provided for you at government expense."

"You're a cop, Judy?" the girls asked. "Yes" she answered simply, "Alesha, you ok?" "No" she answered, "it hurts like hell". "Don't worry, paramedics are on their way" Judy told her. "Well" Lexi, another girl started, "I'm glad you're a cop, things could have been a lot worse, what's gonna happen to them now?" she asked. "They won't hurt anyone anymore, trust me" Judy said.

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Alex invited Tom and Doug to make themselves comfortable as she said she was going to the bathroom and then would come back with food from the kitchen. They sat down and waited. Then, Tom had a look at his watch "Penhall, it's been over ten minutes, don't you think we should go check on her?" "And what will we say when she asks us what we're doing?" Doug said. "Alright, maybe you're right; it's a big house, if she's getting food in the kitchen…" Tom said not too sure of himself, he could feel that something was wrong. They waited a bit more before going to find her.

They soon realized that she was nowhere to be found. Now they started to panic a little. Doug found a note on the bathroom floor. 'We have the girl' was all that was written on it. Oh boy are we in trouble now, Doug thought.

They rushed to have a look at the entire house to find some clue but there was nothing.

"Oh man, Fuller's gonna kill us" Doug said. "We totally blew it this time" Tom said. "So, what we gonna do now?" Penhall asked his friend. "Go back to the Chapel, tell Fuller about it and hope for the best" Hanson answered.

"You know" Doug started, "Fuller is a human being, he can understand, just keep it low and smooth and it'll be fine". "Now, I'm getting behavioral lessons from you!" Tom sarcastically said.

In their car they tried to think of the best way to explain things to Captain Fuller without seeming like total idiots.

Once in there, Fuller could see that something was wrong, he knew his cops.

"How the hell did that happen?" he asked angrily, "Didn't you remember there were serious threats?". "Well, Captain" Doug started, "You know how it goes, the girl wanted to use the bathroom now we couldn't follow her in there, right?" "Oh you better stop joking now, Penhall" Fuller said, "this is anything but funny, this is serious, Alex might be in great danger now because of two cops who couldn't even keep an eye on her for one minute!".

Tom didn't really know what to do or say.

"Didn't I tell you not to blow this?" Fuller said, "Hoffs and Ioki are done with their assignment already they busted the guys" he said as Judy and Harry smiled proud of themselves. "But it wasn't our fault" Tom said. "So, what now?" Doug asked.

Fuller stopped to think of their next move. They didn't know who took the girl, they didn't have any clue, it wasn't good.

What was supposed to be for one day turned out to be a longer mission. Now, they had to find the girl, in one piece, unharmed if possible.

In the evening the father got a call. They asked for a ransom. At least that was a start.

"Alright, guys listen up; you go back tomorrow to sort things out" Fuller said, "the two of you". Tom and Doug sighed. "Ugh, I knew this mission would suck" Penhall said.

"Chop, chop, you guys, let's move it!" Harry said with a smile. Tom and Doug glared at him.

- THE END -

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