Chapter 14

"Sawyer's Rescue From Disney Studios"

While Danny was loaded and taken to a nearby hospital, the search resumed for Sawyer, who was still missing somewhere inside Disney studio. Many feared that being a female, she was not only subjected to beatings, but also some behavior of a disgusting nature. But, that was kept in the back of everyone's minds at the moment as they went back inside to search for Sawyer. In fact, some strikers from the night before had returned, but they too were shocked and appalled to the torture that Danny and Sawyer had endured and decided to abandon the strike and assist in the search for Sawyer. Unfortunately, being the head of Disney Studios, Walt was not too thrilled that strikers would be joining the rescue mission.

"What are you doing here?" he said harshly to a small group of strikers. "If you were here last night, then get out now before I call the police over here."

"Mr. Disney," said a striker. "We had nothing to do with what happened to those cats. In fact, we left only the day before as we couldn't take the strike anymore."

"Are you sure that you are telling the truth?" asked Walt sternly. "Because if you are not, I will make sure that you feel sorry."

"We swear on our lives," said the ex-strikers. "Honest to God."

"Good," said Walt. "Now, join the search."

So, the strikers left to join in the search and even though they had all switched sides for the most part. Walt was still not convinced of their allegiance. He was partly convinced that they were only back to assault Sawyer even further, so he kept an eye on them as he searched for Sawyer.

By now, the search for Sawyer was already going into the midmorning. By now, many felt that Sawyer was either dead or near death and that the Disney Studios was still new to many as it had just been built barely over a year earlier. However, L.B. and Pudge were still determined to not give up as they went from room to room searching for any signs of Sawyer. The only sign of her that was found was her green hand purse and contents that Mickey had found earlier that day. However, there was about to be another break in the case.

"Mr. Disney," called an animator. "A cop found this right at the sign to Dopey Drive." He handed Walt a small blue hat that for a moment seemed familiar to him.

"She's alive somewhere," Walt said to himself and still keeping the hat tightly turned his attention back to the animator.

"Ollie, show me the studio near Dopey drive," he said and the animator led his boss to the Dopey drive sign and then raced as fast as they could towards a group of building where Sawyer was believed to be hiding. As Walt raced towards the room where Sawyer was hiding, he couldn't help but think of her safety and whether she was alive or not.

Meanwhile, in an empty soundstage, Sawyer had woken up and was severely bruised and beaten from her ordeal. The last thing that she remembered was being dragged away from Danny and into the crowd of strikers who continuously beat her up sensessly. She could see that the room she was in was dark and tried to stand on her feet, but to no avail. Her sparkling green dress that she had been wearing was ruined as a strap had been torn off of her shoulder, her blue cover skirt had been violently ripped away and she could feel a draft underneath her green skirt. She then realized that she was not wearing her white lace panties and feared the worst as she came to the realization that she may have been violated.

"Hello," she called weakly. "Is anyone there?" Yet, there was nothing but silence surrounding the empty soundstage.

Trying to crawl away, Sawyer tried to get back on her feet, but could feel that one of her legs may have been broken in the attack. With her favorite dress ruined and one of her legs broken, Sawyer couldn't help but wanting to die right then and there, but she just couldn't. All she could think about was Danny, her brother and all her animal costars and colleagues. Her life began to flash right before her eyes from the day she first arrived in Hollywood to the moment she met Danny while employed at Farley Wink's animal agency right to the moment that they had their breakthrough performance at the Lil Ark Angel premiere.

She just wanted to die, but just then a door opened and the sound of footfalls approached Sawyer. Fearing that the protesters would be coming back to finish her off once and for all, Sawyer closed her eyes and prepared for death. Instead, a soft voice came out to her.

"Sawyer?" he said. Opening her eyes, Sawyer could see her brother Sam right in front of her kneeling down and picking her up gently.

"It's okay, it's okay," he whispered gently. "I'm here for you now. We are going to take care of you and Danny."

Sam carried his injured sister out of the soundstage and to a waiting ambulance where Walt, L.B., Pudge and Mickey were waiting. Several people shed some tears as they saw the gorgeous Sawyer Cat being carried out by her brother.

"Thanks for helping me find my sister," Sam said to Walt. "I can see that you care deeply about the people that not just work for you."

"I would really like that to hear that," replied Walt as he handed him Sawyer's blue cover skirt. "Sawyer might need this," he said. "It'll keep her warm at the hospital."

So, Sam took his sister's cover skirt and laid it over Sawyer like a blanket as the ambulance drove over to the hospital where Danny was also at. Walt looked on with L.B. and knowing that someone very close to them had been attacked in this horrific manner just because they didn't want to be part of this movement that was sweeping through Hollywood made them even more determined to make this people pay.

It was now time to end this strike and return life to normal, but it wasn't going to be easy with Sorrell and his cohorts running the show…