Amanda walked up, "SWEET! STRIKE!!!!!" Then she looked over to see Kyle looking down at the ground, a shocked look on his face. "Kyle?"
"What?"
"Are you alright?"
"I need to get home."
"But we're in the middle of a game."
"I NEED TO GET HOME!" He stood up. Then saw the look on Amanda's face. "I'm... I'm sorry..."
"Kyle... what's wrong?"
"It's Lori. I just need to get home. Right now."
"Alright." And she took off her bowling shoes, and put on her regular ones. Kyle did the same.
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"I'll see you later." Kyle said, kissing Amanda on the cheek, and quickly running over to his house.
He slammed into the house, and looked in the living room, where the rest of the Tragers were sitting. "Any news?" He asked, sitting next to Josh.
"No." Nicole said, blankly looking at the black tv screen.
"Nothing." Stephen said.
"Not a." Josh finished.
All four of them sat there, looking at the tv screen.
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"Where am I?" A tied up Lori asked out in the darkness. She could feel a piece of fabric covering her eyes.
"Nowhere you would know." Came a strange voice. It didn't sound like anything Lori had ever heard.
"Who are you?"
"Someone you would know. But I don't bother to tell you."
Lori could feel someone walk right in front of her. She could feel his breath.
She moved her leg to try to kick this person in the groin. It barely moved an inch. The voice laughed. "Nice try. But there's no way you're moving out of here."
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With a start Kyle woke up. He didn't realize he had fallen asleep. He looked up, everyone else in the family was still blankly staring ahead. Expect for Josh. "Where's Josh?" Kyle asked. Nicole pointed towards the stairs, but didn't utter a word.
Kyle got up and started walking up the stairs, and walked into Josh's room. He saw him with his back turned to the door, blaring music, and lightly rocking back and forth. "Josh?"
Josh lightly jumped up, and turned around. "Yeah?"
"Are you alright?" Kyle asked, slowly inching into the room.
"Of course I'm not alright." He turned back around.
"We'll find her." Kyle sat in front of Josh, on his bed.
"How are you so sure?"
"Remember. I'm the alien in this household."
Josh cracked a smile. "I'm still worried."
"Yeah. I am too."
"You haven't lived with her your whole life though. I'm so scared. I've never felt this scared before."
"I know I don't feel anywhere near as scared as you do. But don't worry. I'm going to try my hardest to find her. We'll do it together. Listen to people talking around the school. Maybe we'll hear someone say something about it. Alright?"
"Alright." Josh said, slightly frowning.
"We'll find her." Kyle said, messing with Josh's hair.
