Nikki groaned quietly as she began to regain conciousness. She moved slightly and winced as pain erupted at the back of her head. She reached up and placed her hand where it felt most painful. She then looked at the same hand. No blood. That was a good sign at least. She glanced around, trying to recall how she had ended up on the floor.
Harry was pacing up and down the science room. 50 minutes had passed since he had informed Leo that Nikki hadn't arrived. "Can I go yet?" he asked Leo, impatience evident in his voice. Leo looked at his watch before replying "Ok, go. Call me when you find out anything." With that Harry grabbed his car keys and dashed out to his car. He got in and headed straight to Nikki's. When he got there he saw her car still parked on the street. He went to the door and rang the bell. He waited....no reply. He rang it again, multiple times. Still no reply. He went over to Nikki's car and looked around. Nothing there either. He sighed and was just about to give up when he spotted something glinting in the daylight, just underneath the car. He knelt down to have a closer look, reaching underneath the car to grab the object. "Shit!" he exclaimed as he inspected the object....Nikki's car keys...Harry ran back to his car pulling his mobile out of his pocket and dialling Nikki's mobile number as he ran.
Nikki was starting to remember. She had...gone to her car, something had hit her on the head and then...it all went dark. When she woke up she was here, wherever "here" was. Just then she heard her mobile phone ringing in her pocket. The sudden noise made her gasp in shock. She reached into her pocket quickly and pulled her phone out. 'Harry calling' the display read. Nikki answered it and whispered "Harry!" Harry breathed a sigh of relief. "Nikki, where are you?" Nikki looked around again. "I...I don't know Harry" she let out a small sob "I just don't know. I was going to my car and then...." she heard footsteps approaching, "I've got to go." She hung up and quickly shoved the phone back into her pocket. A second later the door opened and a figure approached.
"Nikki. Nikki don't hang up!" but it was too late. Harry put his head into his hands and sighed, trying to gather his thoughts for a moment. Then he dialled another number. It rang for a little while then a voice answered. "Professor Leo Dalton." the voice announced. "Leo! Nikki's gone." Leo frowned "What do you mean 'gone'?" Harry got into his car "I'm coming to the lab. I'll be 10 minutes max. I'll explain everything when I get there..." With that he hung up and set off, leaving Leo to wonder what on Earth was going on.
When Harry arrived at the Lyell Centre he found Leo pacing around the science centre impatiently. "What the hell is going on?" Leo exclaimed as Harry entered. Harry took a deep breath and began to try his best to explain. "I went to Nikki's apartment and there was no answer. Her car keys had been dropped by her car and just left there and she was nowhere! I rang her and she answered...she's ok...for now, but...god Leo...she sounded so scared. We've gotta contact the police." Leo let out a worried sigh, "I'll call the police. They'll find her Harry."
Half an hour later and the police had arrived at the centre. They were asking the team whether they had seen anyone or anything suspicious in the past few days. They both said they hadn't, but then it struck Harry. "The girl!" he cried. "It's got to be the girl. You said it yourself Leo, there's was something strange about her. She came to see Nikki, and when Nikki sent her away she was angry. I saw it in her eyes before she stormed out of here. Then she was hanging around the building for days afterwards" When he finished he looked from Leo to the police officer. The officer was the first to reply, "do you have an address for this girl?" Harry and Leo both shook their head, "we don't even know her full name...just 'Maddy'...Madeleine?" Harry queried. The officer sighed, this wasn't much to go on.
I'm on a roll today! A longer chapter this time. I'm trying not to give much away too soon though hence the short chapters aha.