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Chapter 20: Missing
When Leo regained consciousness, Andy, Darryl, Phoebe, and Prue were standing over him.
"Where is she?" a hysterical Phoebe asked.
It took Leo a minute to remember who she was talking about. But it all came rushing back. The gunman, the bullets, Piper, kidnapped.
"Piper!" he said, trying to sit up.
Andy and Darryl forced him to lie back down. "Easy there. You may have a neck injury. Just wait until one of the paramedics checks you out."
"I'm fine," he insisted, sitting up with a wave of dizziness. "I don't need to be checked out! We have to find Piper. They took her."
"Who took her?"
"The men with guns."
"What!" Prue exclaimed. "Oh my God!" Andy went to Prue to calm her and Phoebe down as Leo recounted the incident to Darryl.
"Thanks, Leo. Just take it easy."
For the first time since regaining consciousness, Leo looked around the manor. Bullets had shattered all the windows. It was raining out and the rain blew in through the non-existent windows. The flashing lights of police vehicles and ambulances could be easily seen in the growing darkness. A crowd had gathered in the front on the manor, behind the yellow police tape.
Leo was angry with them. They were standing there, doing nothing while Piper was out there somewhere, kidnapped and mostly likely hurt.
But if Leo was truthful with himself, he would realize he was mad at himself for not protecting Piper. He should have done more. It didn't matter the guy threw him over the railing and onto a table. He should have been able to protect her. He blamed himself for that.
But if he was being truthful with himself, he might as well admit what bothered him the most. Piper was probably dead already. Nobody with that much firepower and aggression was looking to kidnap a club owner for money. Nope. Piper was dead.
Good thing Leo wasn't being honest with himself.
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Her captors knocked her out in the car. When she regained consciousness, she found herself bound to a chair in a warehouse. She could hear people talking, but she couldn't make out what they were saying.
Piper's head drooped to her chest and she forced herself to keep it up. Everything around her was spinning, making her sick to her stomach.
A figure approached her, but with her double vision it made it hard to see any details.
"Where…where am I?"
The man slapped her. "Shut up!" he growled. She gave a gasp of pain and she felt a trickle of blood run from the corner of her mouth.
Piper vaguely recognized the voice. It sounded familiar to her. "Who are you?"
The man growled again. But instead of slapping her, he grabbed her by the hair and pulled backwards. She let out another gasp of pain. He tilted her head father backwards and she opened her eyes. She thought her heart would stop when she recognized who it was.
"You!" she said to him, and he punched her so hard, she blacked out.
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Author's Note: (Evil music plays) The end! No, I'm just kidding! So who is it? Is it Toby, rapist? Is it Tony, murderer? Is it Mark, dead guy? Is it some new threat? Read on to find out. Please review and let me know what you thought about her kidnapping!