Chapter 10
Engie yawned and stretched as he opened his eyes. He had slept decently, though his back was little sore. He looked at where he had slept the night before. Sleeping on a couch would do that to you. He began his day as he normally did, making coffee, looking at the thing he had to build or finish the blueprints for. He had finished his first cup of coffee when something began to bother him. He was forgetting something. Then he looked at the crumpled mess of sheets that was half hanging off the bed. Alarms went off in his head. Sam was gone. He hoped in the back of his mind that she had woken up before him and was wandering around the building. But that was the back of his mind; his first thought was that she had been kidnapped. He fumbled out of the room, and tripped out in the hall.
Sniper was slightly annoyed when he heard banging on his door at six o'clock in the morning. He hadn't even had any of his coffee that was currently brewing. He threw the door open, thinking it was Scout and Pyro doing something childish. Instead he saw Engie, who was out of breath, and leaned precariously against the door frame.
"What is it?" Sniper inquired, knowing well that he wouldn't be acting like that at that early in the morning.
"Sam…" He panted, "Wasn't in the room when I woke up, is she here?" Sniper's slightly upset faced turned worried.
"No, and I haven't left my room all morning." He shook his head. "I'll help you look though." He stepped out of room and stood next to Engie. He closed his door. "Let's go find her." They both started walking down the hall.
A sleepy Scout walked into the mess room. He scratched his bed head at Engie and Sniper who were sitting in the room. Engie had his head in his hands, and Sniper's arms dangled by their sides. Scout's sleep fogged brain tried to muddle its way through the question that had formed. What were they doing in the mess, and why did they look so tired? Both things were unusual for them.
"What's up guys?" Scout asked sleepily. They looked up at him in unison.
"Sam's missing." Engie declared quietly. Scout tried to shake out his head; did he really just hear what he thought he heard?
"Sam's gone?" He restated. Engie nodded. "Are you sure?"
"We checked everywhere, she's nowhere to be seen." Sniper responded, and stretched. "We can only assume that she has wandered off or that she's been kidnapped." Scout's face paled.
"Have you searched outside the complex?" He whispered. Sniper made a slight no.
"The complex was locked all night, and she probably couldn't climb over the fence." Sniper let the idea float around the air, not really wanting to have to say it. Scout's chest puffed up in anger. It was clear that his thought was to go and get Sam. He twisted around, and simultaneously Sniper jumped up to grab him so he didn't do anything rash, while Scout ran into Solider.
"What is going on here?" Solider asked loudly. Scout rubbed his head and glowered.
"Nothing." Scout grumbled as he tried to walk past Solider. Sniper was standing up by now.
"Grab him!" Sniper said quickly as he walked toward Scout and Solider. Solider grabbed Scout by the collar and dragged him back into the mess. Scout struggled, but Solider held on tight.
"We have got to go and get her. Who knows what those creeps are going to do to her!" Scout yelled. Engie stood up and walked over to them.
"Boy, I understand that you're worried. You can't go half-cocked into there without a plan and without anyone else. You know the danger in that." Engie grabbed him by the arm as Solider let go. Engie had him sit at the table. "First let us get our heads together and then we'll help her. It won't be any good if something bad happens to us because of a stupid mistake and we can't get to her. Right?" Scout nodded, and looked away. Engie patted him on the head.