A/N: This is for Love the RUSH, because they won't be able to read this for a week, and I feel bad cos it was a cliffhanger that I left you with (and even though this is still a cliffhanger, I can say that (WARNING: SPOILER!) they are gonna find her in the next couple of chapters (and no, I'm not killing anyone off! So Stella doesn't die! I couldn't do that!)!). Anyway, so yeah! You have Love the RUSH to thank for this super quick update!
And last thing, sorry this chapter is a little short! The next one is also short (something like 555 words), but the one after that is pretty long! So hopefully it'll make up for these two short ones!
"KERRY!" Leon shouted, remembering Kerry said to tell her first when she got any information. Kerry came rushing over, hoping for good news.
"Have you found her?" she asked quickly and hopefully.
Leon nodded, "yeah! Almost! I found out what road, but there's no camera to see into the street. It's a dead end and only a few buildings, so it shouldn't be that hard to find her."
Kerry smiled and nodded, "do we know who kidnapped her yet?"
"Yeah, it's one Matthew Brown – 28, no history of violence or anything, just one speeding ticket which was paid,"
Kerry briefly frowned at the thought of Matt being almost completely clean.
"But there's a catch – Matt wasn't the one that kidnapped her. This guy, Andy Wayne, kidnapped her. I don't know why. I followed Stella's car to Youell Street and that's when I found Matt; he was waiting at the street for him, and Andy gave Stella over and took off,"
Kerry frowned again before speaking into her coms.
Lawson, Shannon and Christian were out in TR2 searching the streets for Stella, and Josh and Michael were at Stella's apartment to see if she was there and to search for anything that could help find out where she was.
"Lawson, Leon found Stella. Youell Street in Footscray. Leon's not sure which building, so you're gonna have to search them all."
"Do we know who this guy is, why he's doing it, and if he's armed?" Lawson replied. Kerry looked at Leon.
"I don't know; I didn't see any weapons on the cameras, but who knows. And he's pretty much clean, so..." Kerry repeated and rephrased what Leon said.
"Alright. We're 20 off," Lawson said.
(...)
Michael and Josh were just about to leave Stella's apartment when Josh heard his phone ringing. They didn't have their coms on, since they were in deep conversation about what was going on between Michael and Stella. He saw the number and stepped aside; out of hearing range from Michael who was almost at the car.
"Hey, any news yet?" Josh greeted.
"Yeah, she's in a building in Footscray. We are 20 minutes away," the person on the other line let out a small sigh, "we don't know what to expect in there; we barely have anything on this guy... Do you think it's a good idea to tell Michael?"
"I think he'll be alright. Wait, you said Footscray, right?"
"Yeah, Youell Street. Why?"
"We're 15 minutes tops, probably 10," he said, starting to jog to the car. Michael saw him jogging and quickly got the message that something was up.
"Josh, are you sure Michael will be-"
"Shannon, he'll be fine. See you in 20." Josh disconnected the line and jumped into the driver's seat, starting the car.
"What's going on, Josh?" Michael asked, starting to get antsy.
"They found where Stella is. I'll explain on the way." Josh quickly glanced at Michael. Michael looked like he'd just seen a ghost, but with a hint of excitement. Did I just hear right? Michael thought to himself, we've actually found Stella?
(...)
Stella slowly opened her eyes. She winced at both the pain and the sight of Matt standing above her, looking down at her. She noticed she was lying down in the same spot she had been when she passed out. Her hands were still tied, and now her ankles were again.
Stella coughed slightly then groaned. Matt snickered then spoke, "You really aren't any fun to be around,"
"Wha-what?" Stella wheezed. Matt kicked her in her right ribs which made Stella yell out in pain. She tried to shout at him to stop, but she couldn't find the strength.
"Your brother is going to pay," he said, bending down and punching Stella in the stomach. Stella found herself yelling out again.
"Please. Please stop. Please," Stella pleaded quietly, starting to feel tears coming on.
"What was that, Dagostino?" Matt said, getting up and walking around Stella's weak body lying on the ground, "you want me to stop?"
Stella was starting to see dots and she didn't know how much longer she could stay awake. Besides, if it kept going on like this, she didn't want to be awake. Stella closed her eyes and let darkness take over yet again.
