Chapter 4
Two months later, Melody was going out with Scott almost every other night and her nightmares were getting a lot worst. Trowa told her that he thought it was her mind telling her she wasn't ready for a man in her life yet. Heero said it sounded like post-traumatic stress. Quatre kept saying things like our little sister is all grown up and found her a man. Duo kept taking her shopping for cloths. Wufei would get up and left if the guy's name was spoken or was giving her a big fake smile and tell her how happy he was for her.
Most nights, Scott would come home with her from work she would change and then they would leave again. This gave the guys' time to give him "the talk" more than once. Tonight Trowa and Duo were in the living room when she came down after changing, as she came in the room Duo had stopped talking and stared at her causing both of the other men in the room to look up. Melody was wearing a navy blue low cut top and a black leather mini skirt. To top the outfit she had on a pair of knee high black leather boots and she had let her long hair out of its normal phony tail so that it hung down her back. She smiled a little as she looked at the floor. She wasn't sure why she had picked this outfit but from the look on the guy's face she guessed that it had been a good idea. That was about two hours ago, she and Scott had gone to a new bar across town tonight and she had started drinking about an hour ago.
"Hey Mel, lets dance." Scott said grabbing her hand and pulling her brain back to the real world. Jerking her head up, she felt her self sway. Scott was smiling at her and she smiled back noting that something wasn't right but not really caring. As they headed to the dance floor she felt like she was floating. The song that was playing was a slow one and she felt Scott pull her close to him. Holding her close to him he slowly moved one of his hands around to the small of her back. Melody looked up at him as she felt the room start to spin. Why couldn't she think clearly? She hadn't had more than three shot and she was sure she could drink more than that. Why wouldn't the room stop spinning.
"Scott…."
Wufei awoke at 7:30 when his alarm went off, flipping it off he rolled over to make sure that it hadn't woke Melody up, only to find to she had never come to bed. A quick look at the room, lead him to believe that she had never come home. This worried him, she always came home. Even if it was late she was still home before now.
Hurriedly he got dresses and headed down stairs to see if she had been home and had just left a note and then gone back out. When he got down stairs Heero was working on his laptop and talking on the phone. A quick look around confirmed that she had not been in the house at all that night. Duo walked out of the bathroom and looked at Wufei with a startled look.
"Wufei, what are you doing up so early?" he asked stepping between Wufei and Heero affectively blocking Wufei's view of what ever Heero was working on.
"Maxwell, have you heard of seen Melody this morning?" Wufei watched as due's face paled some and he exchanged looks with Heero over his shoulder. "Maxwell?"
"Umm, the coffee is done," Quatre's voice came from the kitchen door. One look at him told Wufei that he was upset about something.
"Good I think we are all going to need some," Heero said as he hung up the phone and standing, all the while giving Wufei a pointed look letting Wufei know that they would speak after getting a cup of coffee and away from the clearly upset blonde. When they entered the kitchen Wufei stopped dead in his tracks, Trowa was sitting at the table tear streaming down his face. Wufei's started to get uneasy as he looked around at all of his friends. Quatre looked extremely trouble and like he was fighting tears, Duo looked as if he had just thrown up and may again. Out of all of them Heero was the only one that looked even a little composed but he still looked upset.
"What is going on? Where is Melody?" Wufei asked his voice higher than normal. Those two questions got more of a reaction then he could have ever guessed. Heero sunk down in a chair as Trowa started sobbing. Quatre slumped to the floor tear streaming down his face, as Duo's bolting for the door was shortly followed by the sound of him throwing up.
"Wufei you need to sit down," Heero said his voice shaking a little. Obediently he sat down and looked at Heero expectantly. "Melody, Hilde, and Catherine have all disappeared in the last 41 hours. About 15 minutes ago Quatre and I both got an e-mail with pictures of the girls in extremely bad condition. To put it simply, who ever took them is well versed in many forms of torture."
Wufei sucked in his breath and stared Heero. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. He couldn't even understand it. Why would anyone want to kidnap and torture Melody, much less Hilde and Catherine? He scarcely heard Duo come back from the bathroom.
"I want to see," he stated after a couple minutes. He saw the other exchange looks and knew it had to be bad but still he had to see for himself. "Show me, Now Heero."
Heero got up and motioned for Wufei to follow him. Slowly they walked over to his computers, after they sat down Duo pull a trash can over and set it next Wufei before returning to the kitchen, where Quatre and Trowa were still sitting. Wufei glanced at the can and then looked back at Heero. He thought he knew what to expect but he was no where ready for what he saw and he was grateful of the trash can.
The pictures showed that all three of the women where stripped down and from what Wufei could see it looked like they had all been beaten with a number of things including a cat of nine tails. There was a single place on their bodies that wasn't ripped, cut, or bleeding. It looked like they all had varies broken bones, but they all did appear to have been alive when the picture had been taken but as for now it was anyone's guess.
"Was there a note?" Wufei asked as soon as he found his voice.
"No"
Two hours later, Wufei was in the weapons room, grabbing stuff and throwing it in to a bag.
"Going some where?" Heero asked stepping in to the room.
"I'm going after her."
"We don't know where she is yet."
"I'll find her."
"You running off in this state to find her isn't going to do a damn bit off good." Heero stated calmly.
"I don't give a damn what you think. I'm not going to sit here while you play on your damn computer." Wufei yelled grabbing his bag and pushing passed Heero.
"My playing, as you put it, is what is going to find her." Heero stated following Wufei down the hall.
"You playing on your fucking computer is what is going to get the woman I love killed." Wufei growled. The next thing Wufei knew, Trowa had him pinned to the wall.
"Calm down, Wufei." Trowa snarled "you going off on your own isn't going to do anything more for the girls than Heero trying to find them with his computer."
"Me calm down, damn it Trowa, you should be more upset then I am. Hell this asshole has both of your sisters. But then again you always have been a heartless bastard." Wufei growled only to get slugged in the nose for it.
"You sorry ass son of a …." Trowa began only to be stopped by the sound of Heero's computer going off. Trowa released Wufei and moved to stand behind Heero who was typing away.
"It's found them." Heero said "that's odd it says here that they are only 25 miles from here."
"I don't care how odd it is, as long as we get the girls back alive." Trowa said turning down the hall to grab the gear that they where going to need with Wufei and Heero on his heals.
To Be Continued
