Chapter 8
It had been almost twelve hours since Luke and Laura had left the cabin to search for Lulu. Lucky was beginning to worry. He had been pacing back and forth in the cabin for the last two hours. He stopped pacing every few minutes to look out the window.
Bobbie came into the room. She stood in the doorway watching him for a few minutes. "You know you're going to wear a grove in the floor with all that pacing," she finally said.
Lucky stopped pacing and turned to face her. He took a deep breath before he spoke. "I'm worried about Mom and Dad."
Bobbie smiled at him as she walked the rest of the way into the room. "I'm sure they're all right. Your father is smart and tough. He's always been able to take care of himself and your mother."
Lucky nodded. "I know that Dad knows how to take care of himself and that he always takes care of Mom, but that's against people like Frank Smith and the Cassadines. This is different. There are wild animals out there. Anything could happen to them," he said looking out the window again. "At least it's not raining anymore."
Bobbie walked over to the window and looked out. "I think you may be right. Maybe we should go look for them. I'll get the others."
She walked out of the room. A few minutes later she returned with Scott and Nikolas.
"Lesley's going to watch the kids," Bobbie said.
"Let's split up into groups of two. We can cover more ground that way. Bobbie, you and Scott team up. Nikolas you're with me," Lucky said.
"Wait!" Nikolas said. He ran out of the room and came back with a pair of walkie- talkies. "If you find them, call us," he said handing one of them to Scott.
They headed out into the woods. About an hour later Lucky saw something in a clearing. "Nikolas, look!"
Nikolas turned and saw Lucky bending over looking at something on the ground. "That's mom's compact," he said. "Should we call the others?"
"Yeah, I think so," Lucky said looking worried. "Look at this. It's blood." He was pointing at a red puddle on the ground.
Nikolas picked up the walkie-talkie and called Scott. A few minutes later Scott and Bobbie showed up.
Nikolas showed Bobbie the compact. Lucky noticed that Scott was looking at something else. He walked over to him.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Tracks," Scott said with a look of fear on his face. "You said you found Laura's compact? Are you… are you sure its hers?"
"Yes, it's the one we gave her for her birthday. It's got an inscription on it. Why? What's wrong?" Lucky asked.
"These tracks were made by a mountain lion," Scott said looking at Lucky. They both looked at the compact and the puddle of blood.