Sorry, I was away from my computer for a long time, to long. I think this
chapter will make up for the long wait. Enjoy!
Chapter 13
"Very funny Evan, but I have no time for stupid jokes right now. In case you haven't noticed, we have the finals tomorrow!" Kai said.
"I'm not joking man. I just walked into the room and it looked like elephants had trampled through it, it's a total wreck."
"So? How do you know Kassandra's been kidnapped? We all know how messy she is when she's looking for something"
Evan held up three fingers, "One, would she really need to smash paintings if she was looking for something?" He brought down one finger, "Two, I've been everywhere looking for her and I never found her!" Down went another finger, "And three, there is a note taped to the back of the door saying that they have her!" The last finger went down.
"Who has her?" Kai asked.
"It doesn't say," Evan yelled, "just come and see for yourself"
The two boys ran into the lobby and straight towards the elevators. The ride up to their floor seemed to take unusually longer then usual. They ignored the glances from the other people in the elevator as they pushed their way through the crowd and hopped onto the white-carpeted floor. Kai and Evan dashed down the hallway until they reached the white door that belonged to them. Evan quickly inserted the card into the slot and stepped aside as the door swung open.
"What the hell?" Kai gasped.
The room was completely trashed. Picture frames lay in pieces across the floor with the paintings not far from them. Cushions were scattered across the room and the couch had been tipped on it's back. The TV was several feet from where it should've been on the stand and was on its side with a huge dent on the back.
"I didn't touch anything incase you wanted to call the police" Evan said.
"Where's the note?"
"Right here," Evan closed the door and on the back was a hastily written letter. Kai moved forward and began to read the letter out loud.
"Dear Black Knights
We had to borrow your member Kassandra to ask her a few questions. If she co-operates peacefully then you will get her back, no harm done. If she makes it difficult, you will still get her back, but we can't promise alive.
Have a nice day ^_^"
Kai looked up at Evan after finishing reading the note. They stared at each other for a second before Evan spoke.
"They didn't tell us not to call the police did they?"
Kai read over the note once more, "No but it says if she doesn't co-operate then they might kill her." Kai looked back at Evan "Do you think she'll make it hard or not? Who am I kidding, Of course she'll make it difficult."
"I'll go call the police" Evan said.
"You do that while I'll see if they left anything else"
Kai stepped over some glass as he cautiously walked into Kassandra's messy room. Everything was exactly as it had been the night before. He looked around once again, yup; they didn't go into her room. He turned around to come face-to-face with Evan.
"The police are on their way," was all he said.
While they waited for the police, the two of them stood in the hallway. Kai stood in the middle of the hallway while Evan held open the door to get rid of an odd smell that had suddenly sprung up. They both turned their heads towards the end of the hallway as the sound of footsteps alerted them of someone's presence. Three police officers were sprinting down the hall.
"Are you the kids who called about a kidnapping?" The closest officer asked.
"Yes, we are" Kai answered.
The closest one spoke once again, "I'm detective Quigley, this is my assistant Wigley and Officer Nigley."
"I'm Kai and this is Evan"
"Alright" Wigley said, "Where's the scene of the crime?"
Kai and Evan stood in the doorway as the police wandered around their room examining things and taking notes. After several minutes, the three police officers came up to the two worried boys with a report.
"Even though the room is a huge mess and there looks to be a lot of evidence" Quigley said, "We still have no idea who kidnapped your friends"
"Friend" Evan corrected.
"The fingerprints don't match any in our books so we'll have to look through our larger files in the office" Wigley said, ignoring Evan.
"But we have all the cars on the lookout for your friend but we still don't know when she'll be found," announced Nigley.
The three officers packed up their things and left. After a minute, Kai decided to break the odd silence.
"Well, they were a lot of help weren't they?" Sarcasm was dripping from every word.
"Kai," Evan turned to look at him, "Are we just going to stand here and hope that those idiots find Kassey?"
"Now where did you get that idea? Some friends we'd be if we didn't go and look for her."
"So does that mean we're going out?"
"Well duh!" Kai rolled his eyes, "Grab a jacket, we need to find a good place to start."
A minute later the two boys were running straight through the lobby but stopped as a voice rang out through the empty room.
"Hey Kai"
They both turned around to spot Tyson, Kenny, Max and Ray heading towards them.
"Did you hear? Someone got kidnapped in this very hotel!" Tyson said.
"Oh, uh, ya we heard" Kai said.
"It was suppose to be a teenaged girl from the tournament" Max practically yelled.
"Speaking of teenaged girls, where's Kassandra?" Ray asked.
"Ah, who cares about that witch" Tyson said.
"Kassandra? Ummm, she went out to get some bread a while ago" Evan stuttered.
"Well you shouldn't be leaving her by herself, who knows what could happen" Kenny said.
Kai slapped a hand over Evan's mouth before he could make some smart-ass comment.
"You know, we should be going now so we'll see you guys later" Kai said. He quickly pulled Evan out the door and dragged him to the other side of the street.
"Now, if you were a mad murderer, where would you hide?" Kai asked Evan.
"Hmm, well I'd probably hideout in a old creepy shack, down a dark alley, in the poor part of town" Evan replied.
Kai stared at him for a second before he grabbed his arm, swung him around, and pushed him down the street towards the nearest subway station.
The ride to the edge of Ottawa was long, boring, and sent shivers down the two boys spines. As their subway train came closer and closer to the shabby part of town, more and more freaky people got on. A teen had spiked green hair, a pierced lip, black jeans and shirt, and tattoos all down his arm was sitting close to Evan, to close for comfort. What really disgusted Kai was that the boy was no older then him, and he already looked like he lived on the street. People like this boy would continuously look at the two teens in ways that made them feel out of place. They apparently did not like having people like Kai and Evan on the same train as them. Slowly, the subway train came to a stop at the station before the station with really nasty looking houses. Something in the back of Kai's mind told him that this was where they should get off.
"Get off here"
He pushed Evan through the sliding doors after the departing people ahead of them. He began climbing concrete stairs to the main level slowly so a dazed Evan could catch up.
"Why here man? I thought we were gett'n of at the next stop," Evan said.
Kai continued walking as he tried to explain why he wanted to get off at this particular station. Half of him said that it was just a guess; the other half didn't seem to agree. Yes, deep down inside he knew that it wasn't just simply guessing. 'Follow your heart' his mother used to always say, 'it will guide you down the right path'. He had never done this before and he felt rather uncomfortable following his instincts, but it was all he could do right now. Kai ignored the odd feeling in his stomach as he came up with an excuse.
"Just thought we should try here"
The setting sunlight made shadows dance across the near empty street as Kai and Evan stepped outside the subway station. Two young children, a boy and a girl, were busy finishing off a snowman outside the nearest house. Kai felt the pull on his mind and the odd feeling in his stomach once again as he decided to listen to his heart.
"Hey kids can we ask you a question?" Kai yelled.
The two startled kids turned around to look at them. Their eyes showed traces of fear as Kai slowly advanced towards them. Who could blame the kids though? There are a lot of children kidnapped in the cities these days.
"Evan got a picture of Kassandra?" He whispered to the teen.
"Yah, hold on," Evan said. He dug his hand into his pants pocket and pulled out a wrinkled picture of Kassandra and himself in front of the chalet back home.
"Hey, we're looking for this girl," Kai jabbed his finger at the girl in the picture, "have you seen her?"
"Her? Yah, I saw a girl that looked just like her go down that alley with two other guys a few minutes ago," the boy said. The girl pointed at the alley across from them on the other side of the street.
"Thanks kids, let's go Evan"
The two teenaged boys dashed across the street and straight to the entrance of the ghost like alley. Kai managed to make out a small wooden shack at the other end. Light shone through a single window facing them.
"You sure we should do this?" Evan asked. His voice was unusually high and shaky and he was trembling from head to toe.
"Suck it up Evan. We got to save Kassandra" Kai said, "On the count of three, we run behind that wooden crate over there ok?"
"Ok" Evan said
"One, two, THREE"
They ran as silently as they could through the dark, smelly alley towards the log shack. Kai dove behind the wooden crate, which was placed at the side of the alley. Evan jumped next to him several seconds later. They both poked their heads up over the crate to make sure nobody in the shack heard them. Slowly the two boys exited their hiding place then quickly ran over to the broken down shack and crouched beneath the window. Moving like molasses, they slowly looked over the window ledge and into the shack.
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It's not to long but I felt I should end the chapter there. I won't be able to update next week because I'm going to camp *grumbles* not fair, exactly when I was really getting into writing the story. Oh well, some things can't be helped, like my addiction to cookies! ^_^
Now why don't you send a nice little review ok! Or else I'll hunt you down ^_~
Chapter 13
"Very funny Evan, but I have no time for stupid jokes right now. In case you haven't noticed, we have the finals tomorrow!" Kai said.
"I'm not joking man. I just walked into the room and it looked like elephants had trampled through it, it's a total wreck."
"So? How do you know Kassandra's been kidnapped? We all know how messy she is when she's looking for something"
Evan held up three fingers, "One, would she really need to smash paintings if she was looking for something?" He brought down one finger, "Two, I've been everywhere looking for her and I never found her!" Down went another finger, "And three, there is a note taped to the back of the door saying that they have her!" The last finger went down.
"Who has her?" Kai asked.
"It doesn't say," Evan yelled, "just come and see for yourself"
The two boys ran into the lobby and straight towards the elevators. The ride up to their floor seemed to take unusually longer then usual. They ignored the glances from the other people in the elevator as they pushed their way through the crowd and hopped onto the white-carpeted floor. Kai and Evan dashed down the hallway until they reached the white door that belonged to them. Evan quickly inserted the card into the slot and stepped aside as the door swung open.
"What the hell?" Kai gasped.
The room was completely trashed. Picture frames lay in pieces across the floor with the paintings not far from them. Cushions were scattered across the room and the couch had been tipped on it's back. The TV was several feet from where it should've been on the stand and was on its side with a huge dent on the back.
"I didn't touch anything incase you wanted to call the police" Evan said.
"Where's the note?"
"Right here," Evan closed the door and on the back was a hastily written letter. Kai moved forward and began to read the letter out loud.
"Dear Black Knights
We had to borrow your member Kassandra to ask her a few questions. If she co-operates peacefully then you will get her back, no harm done. If she makes it difficult, you will still get her back, but we can't promise alive.
Have a nice day ^_^"
Kai looked up at Evan after finishing reading the note. They stared at each other for a second before Evan spoke.
"They didn't tell us not to call the police did they?"
Kai read over the note once more, "No but it says if she doesn't co-operate then they might kill her." Kai looked back at Evan "Do you think she'll make it hard or not? Who am I kidding, Of course she'll make it difficult."
"I'll go call the police" Evan said.
"You do that while I'll see if they left anything else"
Kai stepped over some glass as he cautiously walked into Kassandra's messy room. Everything was exactly as it had been the night before. He looked around once again, yup; they didn't go into her room. He turned around to come face-to-face with Evan.
"The police are on their way," was all he said.
While they waited for the police, the two of them stood in the hallway. Kai stood in the middle of the hallway while Evan held open the door to get rid of an odd smell that had suddenly sprung up. They both turned their heads towards the end of the hallway as the sound of footsteps alerted them of someone's presence. Three police officers were sprinting down the hall.
"Are you the kids who called about a kidnapping?" The closest officer asked.
"Yes, we are" Kai answered.
The closest one spoke once again, "I'm detective Quigley, this is my assistant Wigley and Officer Nigley."
"I'm Kai and this is Evan"
"Alright" Wigley said, "Where's the scene of the crime?"
Kai and Evan stood in the doorway as the police wandered around their room examining things and taking notes. After several minutes, the three police officers came up to the two worried boys with a report.
"Even though the room is a huge mess and there looks to be a lot of evidence" Quigley said, "We still have no idea who kidnapped your friends"
"Friend" Evan corrected.
"The fingerprints don't match any in our books so we'll have to look through our larger files in the office" Wigley said, ignoring Evan.
"But we have all the cars on the lookout for your friend but we still don't know when she'll be found," announced Nigley.
The three officers packed up their things and left. After a minute, Kai decided to break the odd silence.
"Well, they were a lot of help weren't they?" Sarcasm was dripping from every word.
"Kai," Evan turned to look at him, "Are we just going to stand here and hope that those idiots find Kassey?"
"Now where did you get that idea? Some friends we'd be if we didn't go and look for her."
"So does that mean we're going out?"
"Well duh!" Kai rolled his eyes, "Grab a jacket, we need to find a good place to start."
A minute later the two boys were running straight through the lobby but stopped as a voice rang out through the empty room.
"Hey Kai"
They both turned around to spot Tyson, Kenny, Max and Ray heading towards them.
"Did you hear? Someone got kidnapped in this very hotel!" Tyson said.
"Oh, uh, ya we heard" Kai said.
"It was suppose to be a teenaged girl from the tournament" Max practically yelled.
"Speaking of teenaged girls, where's Kassandra?" Ray asked.
"Ah, who cares about that witch" Tyson said.
"Kassandra? Ummm, she went out to get some bread a while ago" Evan stuttered.
"Well you shouldn't be leaving her by herself, who knows what could happen" Kenny said.
Kai slapped a hand over Evan's mouth before he could make some smart-ass comment.
"You know, we should be going now so we'll see you guys later" Kai said. He quickly pulled Evan out the door and dragged him to the other side of the street.
"Now, if you were a mad murderer, where would you hide?" Kai asked Evan.
"Hmm, well I'd probably hideout in a old creepy shack, down a dark alley, in the poor part of town" Evan replied.
Kai stared at him for a second before he grabbed his arm, swung him around, and pushed him down the street towards the nearest subway station.
The ride to the edge of Ottawa was long, boring, and sent shivers down the two boys spines. As their subway train came closer and closer to the shabby part of town, more and more freaky people got on. A teen had spiked green hair, a pierced lip, black jeans and shirt, and tattoos all down his arm was sitting close to Evan, to close for comfort. What really disgusted Kai was that the boy was no older then him, and he already looked like he lived on the street. People like this boy would continuously look at the two teens in ways that made them feel out of place. They apparently did not like having people like Kai and Evan on the same train as them. Slowly, the subway train came to a stop at the station before the station with really nasty looking houses. Something in the back of Kai's mind told him that this was where they should get off.
"Get off here"
He pushed Evan through the sliding doors after the departing people ahead of them. He began climbing concrete stairs to the main level slowly so a dazed Evan could catch up.
"Why here man? I thought we were gett'n of at the next stop," Evan said.
Kai continued walking as he tried to explain why he wanted to get off at this particular station. Half of him said that it was just a guess; the other half didn't seem to agree. Yes, deep down inside he knew that it wasn't just simply guessing. 'Follow your heart' his mother used to always say, 'it will guide you down the right path'. He had never done this before and he felt rather uncomfortable following his instincts, but it was all he could do right now. Kai ignored the odd feeling in his stomach as he came up with an excuse.
"Just thought we should try here"
The setting sunlight made shadows dance across the near empty street as Kai and Evan stepped outside the subway station. Two young children, a boy and a girl, were busy finishing off a snowman outside the nearest house. Kai felt the pull on his mind and the odd feeling in his stomach once again as he decided to listen to his heart.
"Hey kids can we ask you a question?" Kai yelled.
The two startled kids turned around to look at them. Their eyes showed traces of fear as Kai slowly advanced towards them. Who could blame the kids though? There are a lot of children kidnapped in the cities these days.
"Evan got a picture of Kassandra?" He whispered to the teen.
"Yah, hold on," Evan said. He dug his hand into his pants pocket and pulled out a wrinkled picture of Kassandra and himself in front of the chalet back home.
"Hey, we're looking for this girl," Kai jabbed his finger at the girl in the picture, "have you seen her?"
"Her? Yah, I saw a girl that looked just like her go down that alley with two other guys a few minutes ago," the boy said. The girl pointed at the alley across from them on the other side of the street.
"Thanks kids, let's go Evan"
The two teenaged boys dashed across the street and straight to the entrance of the ghost like alley. Kai managed to make out a small wooden shack at the other end. Light shone through a single window facing them.
"You sure we should do this?" Evan asked. His voice was unusually high and shaky and he was trembling from head to toe.
"Suck it up Evan. We got to save Kassandra" Kai said, "On the count of three, we run behind that wooden crate over there ok?"
"Ok" Evan said
"One, two, THREE"
They ran as silently as they could through the dark, smelly alley towards the log shack. Kai dove behind the wooden crate, which was placed at the side of the alley. Evan jumped next to him several seconds later. They both poked their heads up over the crate to make sure nobody in the shack heard them. Slowly the two boys exited their hiding place then quickly ran over to the broken down shack and crouched beneath the window. Moving like molasses, they slowly looked over the window ledge and into the shack.
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It's not to long but I felt I should end the chapter there. I won't be able to update next week because I'm going to camp *grumbles* not fair, exactly when I was really getting into writing the story. Oh well, some things can't be helped, like my addiction to cookies! ^_^
Now why don't you send a nice little review ok! Or else I'll hunt you down ^_~