The smuggling
After Lily had called the police and told them where they were,the person behind Tee's abduction and what he has just done with her, the police told them to remain in the flat until they arrived.
"How long did they say they were going to be?" Johnny asked.
"They said about five minutes" Lily replied "we need to tell them everything that we know, we need to tell them that the guy has gone to the airport to smuggle Tee to china and that she needs to be in hospital."
After waiting for five minutes, the police finally arrived at Melvin's flat to find Johnny, Lily and Carmen waiting for them.
"You're the other three kids from Elmtree house arn't you?" the officer asked. The three of them nodded.
"I ran away to find Tee and these two came with me to help" Johnny explained.
"Ok, so how did you three end up in the kidnapper's flat then?" the officer asked them. This time, Lily spoke up.
"Well, we were looking for Tee but we couldn't find her anywhere so we starting knocking on people's door and asking them if they had seen her" she explained.
"And none of them did?" the officer asked.
"No" Lily continued "we came to this door and asked the man who lived here if he had seen Tee but he said no."
"Yes, go on" the officer urged.
"But then we heard someone coughing and then realized it was Tee because she starting calling Johnny so we ran into the flat and found her loocked in that room over there" she explained, pointing to the room where Tee had been held prisoner in.
"So, what happened next Lily?" the officer asked her.
"We were about to get Tee out when the man grabbed hold of Carmen, threatening her with a knife and saying that he was going to sell us three next so he locked the four of us back in that room and we realized that Tee was really hot and she said she didn't feel to good so she fell asleep but when Johnny went to wake her up to see how she was doing, he couldn't and she was burning up really badly" Lily explained.
"Did you know what was wrong with her?" the officer asked.
"She had Pnuemonia and it seemed to be getting worse while we were locked in that room" Johnny pointed out.
"And, where is Tee and the man now?" the officer asked the three kids.
"He's gone to the airport and he's taken Tee with him" Johnny replied "he told us that he was going to take her to China to sell her as a slave to a rich family and that we were next." The officer turned to the other policemen that it looked like that Tee had been snatched by child smugglers before turning his attention back to the three kids.
"How bad was Tee when he took her out of the room to take to the airport?" he asked them.
"Really bad" Johnny replied "she was unconcious."
"Right, we're going to take you three down to the police station, contact Mr Milligan and tell him where you are, then we'll head to the airport to see if we can track down Theresa" the officer explained "don't worry Johnny, we will get your sister back, we promise." The police then led the Johnny and the girls out of the flat.
Backa t the dumping ground, Mike was sorting through some papers when the phone rang so he went to answer it.
"Hello, what, are they ok, smuggled to china?, ok I'll be down there right away" he said before putting the reciever down just as Tracy walked into the office.
"Hi mike" she said "who was that?"
"That was the police, Johnny, Lily and Carmen have been found. They are now at the police station and they know who took Tee" Mike replied.
"What about Tee, is she with them?" Tracy asked. Mike shook his head.
"The person who snatched Tee has taken her to the airport and is ging to smuggle her to china so he can sell her into slavery" Mike explained.
"You mean, she's been taken by child smugglers?" a horrified Tracy asked. Mike nodded and said that he needed to get down to the police station because Johnny, Lily and Carmen where down there.
"I'm coming with you" Tracy said, grabbing her jacket.
Melvin had just arrived at the Airport. He had driven the black transit van into the area where they are supposed to take animal cages got out of the driver's seat and went into the bag to make sure that Tee was still unconcious as he didn't want anyone knowing that he had smuggled a little girl onto the plane. He climbed into the back of the van, opened the cage and pulled the blanket back to find that Tee was still unconcious, bound and gagged before exiting the van and telling the guy behind the reception desk that he had an animal cage to bring on the plane.
Mike and Tracy arrived at the police station to find Johnny, Lily and Carmen waiting for them.
"Are you three ok?" Mike asked them as he approached them.
"We found the kidnapper Mike but he's gone to the airport and he's taken Tee with him" Carmen blurted out.
"I know Carmen, the officer told me on the phone" Mike told officer then explained to Mike and Tracy that they needed to get to the airport to see if they can track down the person who took Tee.
"There might still be a chance they could be still in the airport if we hurry" the officer said.
"We want to come too" Johnny said.
"Ok, but stick with us ok, no running off" the officer told them before they went to head of to the airport, however, they were already too late because Melvin was now sat on a plane to China in the area where they kept the animal cages.
"So, what you going to china for?" a man who was also in the animal cage area on the plane asked Melvin.
"To erm, visit some relatives" he lied. The other guy nodded and looked at the animla cage that Melvin was sat next to.
"What you got in there then mate?" he asked.
"None of your buisness so keep your nose out" Melvin snapped. The other guy simply shrugged and went back to reading his newspaper. Melvin sighed with relief and quickly checked on Tee again. She was still unconcious.
The police, Mike, tracy and the three kids had just arrived at the airport to find that the plane to China had already left.
"We're too late" said Johnny "Tee's been taken to China and I'll never see her again."
"We're not going to give up Johnny, we will get Tee back, even if we have to catch the next plane to China" Mike told him.
"Let's go ask the woman at the gate if she's seen anyone board the plane with a little girl who looked really sick and was unconcious" the officer suggested before they walked towards the gate where the plane to China had just depareted from. The woman who was stood at the desk stopped what she was doing and noticed them.
"I'm sorry but the plane to China has already departed" the woman told them "if you want to go to China, the next flight is at eight thirty am tomorrow morning."
"Actually, I'm a police officer" the officer said, showing her his identification.
"Oh, I'm sorry. What do you want?" she asked in a friendly tone.
"A little girl was abducted a few days ago by child smugglers and we believe that one of them boared this plane so they can smuggle the girl to China. We also heard from this young man here" he indicated to Johnny "that the little girl was sick and uncocnious when he took her from his flat to this very airport so I'm asking if you've seen anyone get on the plane, carrying a really sick and unconcious looking girl and acting suspicious?"
"No I haven't" the woman replied "but if a young child has been kidnapped and smuggled onto the plane, then I will inform the manager right away."
"Thankyou very much madam" the officer replied "you have been really helpful."
Back on the plane, the man who shall be called Adam was still reading his newspaper when he heard a muffled coughing sound coming from the animal cage that Melvin was sat near to.
"Here mate, there's a coughing noise coming from your animal cage" said Adam.
"So what, it's got nothing to do with you" Melvin snapped. Adam then looked as a small lump under the tartan blanket began to move before a small hand popped out from underneath it.
"What is that?" Adam asked as he got up from his seat and walked over to the cage. Melvin tried to tell him to go away but Adam wasn't listening, he was busy pulling back the blanket until it revealed Tee who was starting to come round. Fuming, Adam turned round to face Melvin.
"What are you playing at, there's a little girl tied up and gagged in that cage" he barked. Melvin now realized that he had been caught out as Adam turned to another passengers in that same area.
"Go and alert the pilot that a little girl has been found bound and gagged in one of the animal cages" he told them as two other passengers restrained Melvin. Adam then pulled Tee out of the cage and proceeded to untie her.