Chapter 21: Kidnap

Once again we woke up at sunset; I was the third one up following, David and Marko. Followed by Brooke-Ashley, Paul then Dwayne. Laddie was already there, he slept in the bed that was once mine and Brooke-Ashley's. Paul was still in a bad mood about all of this Laddie stuff, so I just left him and went and talked to Brooke-Ashley.

''Hey,'' I said.

''Hey,'' she said back.

''What do you think we are doing tonight?'' I asked her.

''Well we'll probably go to the boardwalk but I want to stay in tonight,'' she told me.

''Why?'' I asked confused.

''Well I want to stay in with Laddie tonight so I can spend some time with him if that's ok,'' she asked me.

''It's not me you have to ask,'' I said looking at David.

He noticed both of us looking at him.

''What?'' he asked.

''Brooke-Ashley wants to know if she can stay in tonight with Laddie, she wants to spend time with him,'' I asked David.

''If you want nobody's forcing you not to,'' he said to her.

''Thanks David,'' she said smiling.

The rest of us headed out to the boardwalk while Brooke-Ashley and Laddie stayed in.

BROOKE-ASHLEY'S POV

Laddie ran up to me and asked did I want to colour in. I agreed and we coloured in. I coloured in a little rabbit with a bow on. Laddie coloured in a teddy bear, and I've got to say for an eight year old he could colour in very neatly.

''Ok Laddie I'm finished, how about you?'' I asked him.

''Nearly,'' he said finishing who he was giving it to.

It was so cute the picture and he was giving it to Leigh.

''Can we play hide and seek?'' he asked doing a puppy dog face.

I couldn't say no so I said yes and being the menace he is he told me to count first.

''1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10!'' I shouted until I heard a faint come.

I looked everywhere for him but couldn't find him. I looked under the bed, nope, I looked behind the couch, nope, I looked in the fountain, nope, I looked everywhere. I gave up I couldn't find him, he was a pretty good hider.

''Ok Laddie I give up, I can't find you, come out!'' I shouted.

''BOO!'' he shouted popping up from inside the oil drum.

''Laddie don't do that I nearly had a heart attack there, and what you doing in there, you'll get all dirty,'' I said to him while lifting him out.

''Well well well he played you didn't he?'' an unfamiliar voice came from the entrance.

I looked round to see a boy with black spiky hair, a black leather jacket, black trousers and black shoes. I didn't know him. I didn't recognise him. He was with 2 other boys. Both wearing all black like the first one.

''Who are you?'' I asked.

''Well that's not nice me not introducing myself well that's just wrong isn't it, my name is Arran so what's your name pretty,'' he asked smiling.

''None of your business what do you want?'' I asked again.

''Well you may know a certain vampire called Kayleigh I presume.'' he said seriously.

As he said that my face stared at him.

''Yeah why?'' I said to him.

''She was mine, my mate and you killed her so now I'm here to take what's rightfully right. That little boy I see that was the little one Kayleigh was going to eat, but you killed her and kept the boy, well it's only fair to get my revenge on the person who killed my mates mate. I believe he's not here, he's out with your other pact friends. Well we'll just take the boy instead who was going to be a snack to my beloved mate.'' he explained.

'' You touch him and I'll kill you?'' I shouted at him.

He just laughed. Faster than you could think his little dweeb of his friends came and held me back while Arran went towards Laddie. I struggled to get loose but couldn't. Laddie was screaming for me but I couldn't get to him. Arran slapped him telling him to shut up, now I was furious. Arran was walking away when I hurt one of his friends where it hurts and he let me go and got loose of the other one while I ran towards Arran but was pulled to the ground by the one who I hurt. They punched me and kicked me in the ribs and left me lying their in pain while they took Laddie away from me. I was crying at this point, I had to contact Dwayne fast.

''DWAYNE, DWAYNE, COME QUICK, COME QUICK!'' I shouted.

''WHAT WHAT WHAT IS IT?'' he shouted back.

''Remember I told you about the girl I killed before she nearly killed Laddie,'' I asked him.

''Yeah,'' he replied.

''Well her mate came and took Laddie, his friends hurt me, they punched me and kicked me in the ribs and left, HURRY!'' I shouted the last word.

''Don't worry we're on our way.'' he said.

LEIGH'S POV

We were standing near the railings as usual. Me and Marko telling each other jokes while Paul bobbed to the beat of the music and David and Dwayne observing the crowd as usual when suddenly Dwayne tensed up and stared into space.

We all looked at him and knew something was wrong. When he came back he told us that Laddie was kidnapped by the girl's mate that Brooke-Ashley killed and Brooke-Ashley was hurt. After hearing what happened we hurried to the cave. When we got there Brooke-Ashley was lying on the floor in pain.

Dwayne carefully lifted her to the couch while lifting up her top to see her ribs. David told her she a broken rib but would be okay by tomorrow.

She told us the whole story of what happened and that they wanted to kill Dwayne because that was Brooke-Ashley's mate because she killed his mate. We soon realised that he took Laddie to get to Dwayne. But Dwayne wouldn't be there himself we were going to help get Laddie back no matter what. He meant to much to us to now, we had bonded with him and treated him as part of the family, he was family and nobody messes with our family without paying for it.