CHAPTER 3

Max and O.C's apartment

Logan bolted through the door of the apartment, with Alec in toe.

"We're finally here!" Logan bellowed from the front door. Cindy popped in the room to see Logan, with Alec behind him, half out of the door.

"Logan, do you mind moving your ass so I can get in the door?" Alec snickered at his own comment.

"Oh sorry Alec." He apologized moving out of the way of the doorway.

"All right, getting back to finding Max. I think we should split up, Alec and I will go together and Logan, you can go by yourself." Cindy grabbed her bag and headed out the door. Logan closed the door and followed them to the stairs.

They all took Logan's car to the local school where they saw the industrial looking vans. Alec and Cindy got out deciding that they would start here. They all agreed to call in about an hour.

The School

The van stopped at last. White looked at his men and nodded towards Max. Both men got out of the van and went around to open the side door. One of the men grabbed the blindfold from his pocket and grabbed Max's arm. Max struggled as one of White's men put the blindfold on her face; she was also struggling to loosen the ropes on her hands. White was silent as he pulled Max by the arm and dragged her outside.

Inside, Max was thrown on the floor. There was a lot of talking, whispering. Meanwhile, Max smelt the air to see if she could figure out where she was. She recognized the oil from the machines, but there was another smell; one that she couldn't quite place. It was almost like airplane fuel. The smell flooded in her nose, making it difficult for her to smell anything else.

"You'll never get away with this White!" Max screamed in all directions.

"Oh...I think I will." White said amused.

Meanwhile in the search for Max…

"You did check on her this morning to see if she really was still sleeping right?" Alec asked as he glanced down the hall.

"Of course I did!" Cindy shot back in defense. They continued down the rest of the hall, looking in classrooms and checking the open lockers.

"See anything?" Alec asked as he started down the hall for the stairs.

"No, nothing." She replied. I hope she's ok. O.C thought.

"I'm going to look down on the next floor, are you coming?" Alec bellowed from down the hall. She said yes and went running down the hall to catch up.

"Hello?" Alec replied after his phone rang.

"Logan here, have you found anything?"

"No nothing, you?"

"No."

"Keep looking, call you later." Alec muttered hanging up the phone. They kept looking around the school but found nothing and there was now thunder and lightening outside.

Back at the warehouse

"Max, I think there's someone here to save you!" White taunted. Max was silent, trying to deduce who it really was. Logan, Alec, Original Cindy? Max listened intently to what White was talking to his men about. "Get them out of here now." White ordered.