Ch. 4: Getting Closer
"What does it mean, Kyle," Declan asked his friend who was looking at the ground with his hands holding the piece of paper.
"I'm not sure," Kyle continued to think about the note. "I have an idea though."
Kyle pulled the ring out of his pocket and began to look at it. It seemed very similar to the ring that he had received from Adam Baylin. There was one thing that made that ring different though, it had a tiny hole behind the stone, which when Jessi and him had shone a light through it, they discovered a map to get to where Baylin was located. Kyle decided to check this ring to see if there were any holes in it. Sure enough, there was one. Kyle smiled and looked at Declan.
"Can you help me out for a second?" Kyle asked.
"Sure, but why?" Declan asked. Kyle had grabbed a piece of paper from the table and rolled it into a cone shape, like he had done before.
"Hit the lights, Declan," Kyle said. As Declan hit the button for the lights, the light shone through the paper, and into the ring. When the light hit the stone, a map suddenly showed up on the wall of the warehouse.
"Wow, how'd you know that would happen?" Declan asked.
"I've done it before with Jessi to help us find Baylin," Kyle said. He began to scan over the map, it looked different from the map on Baylin's ring. "The map looks like it is near Mount Rainier."
The map showed two roads, Mather Memorial Parkway and Chinook Scenic Byway, near Ghost Lake. There right around the area of Ghost Lake lay a Latnok symbol. Kyle made sure to get a good image of it in his head to make sure that he would remember it when they headed in that direction, as soon as Foss return.
Foss was still tailing the car that had just drove by the warehouse. His mind was racing as he tried to keep up with the V8 Mustang as the driver was speeding through town. And with Foss in his old van, it was difficult to keep up, but with the years of experience that Foss had had, he knew how to stay with a faster vehicle.
The Mustang was about 2000 feet in front of him, when another car cut in front of Foss, causing Foss to spin out of control, again his experience came in handy as he corrected the vehicle and he tried to find the Mustang. Unfortunately, he was unable to locate it, he continued to drive down the road when he miraculously saw the car in the parking lot of a motel located in Enumclaw.
Foss quickly parked across from the car and got out silently. He got a GPS unit from his vehicle and put it under the trunk of the Mustang. He flipped the switch to turn it on, then got back into his van and drove back to the warehouse.
Foss pulled out his cell phone and dialed Kyle's cell number to get in contact with him. It rang only once before Kyle answered it.
"Foss, where are you?" Kyle asked hurriedly.
"I'm heading back to the warehouse, I put a GPS on the back of the car," Foss stated. "They are at some cheap motel in Enumclaw."
"That would make some sense."
"Why's that?" Foss asked, confused by what Kyle meant.
"There was a note attached to the brick, it said that the ring would show me the way," Kyle described. "And I found a hole in the ring, like Baylin's, and a map showed up after shining the light through the ring."
"And what does this have to do with their current location?"
"Well, the map showed a Latnok symbol near Mount Rainier," Kyle explained. "Which is near the motel that you described."
"Alright, well, hang on, I'll be there shortly," Foss said as he hung up the phone and continued to drive to the warehouse.
Kyle hung up the phone and looked at Declan, "He caught up to the car and put a GPS unit on it," Kyle explained. "And he's on his way back as we speak."
"Cool, we're getting closer to finding her," Declan said, lightly patting Kyle on the shoulder.
"I sure hope so," Kyle said. "I just want to make sure she is safe, I still feel like I am to blame though."
"There was nothing you could have done," Declan said, worrying that Kyle might break down again. "How were you supposed to know that some stupid security guard would be working with Taylor to kidnap Amanda."
"Well, this never would have happened if I would have never gotten involved with her."
Declan's jaw nearly dropped to the floor hearing Kyle say that out loud. "Dude, are you serious? There was nothing you could have done to help her out." Declan was nearly furious but calmed himself before continuing. "You do love her, right?"
"Yes, more than anyone could ever know," Kyle said. "I don't know what I'd do without her."
"That's what I expected," Declan said, a smile coming to his face. "The thought of you two not being together would be hard to imagine."
Their conversation was cut short as they heard the sounds of Foss's van making its way back inside the warehouse. Foss put the van in park and jumped out, heading straight for his laptop that sat on the table. He opened it and then immediately started a program that he had on it to locate GPS units. He typed in the number of the GPS system that he had put on the Mustang just a few minutes ago and a little red dot showed up on a map.
"Is that where they are?" Declan asked, looking over Foss's shoulder.
"Yeah, I figured it would be better to track them from here, then make our move whenever they head to the headquarters," Foss stated.
"That sounds like a plan," Kyle said, happy that Foss was safe, and that he had caught up with the people in the car.
Just then, all three of them inwardly jumped as Kyle's phone vibrated violently against the table. Kyle picked it up and a look of fear etched his face as he looked at the caller ID. He looked from Declan to Foss as he read the ID that read:
Home.
