Ryan, Toby, Kyle, and Zach headed to the mall to investigate the kidnap of Nikki and Maddie. They decided to look at the security desk first.
The head of security was Lionel Fartalot. He was big and beefy and looked like he could kill someone with his bare hands.
"That guy scares me," said Kyle.
"Don't be scared," said Zach. "His name is Mr. Fartalot."
"You're joking, right?" said Toby.
"No, look," said Ryan, pointing at Mr. Fartalot's nameplate.
"What kind of name is Fartalot?" asked Toby. "Like no girl would wanna marry him because then she'd have to be Mrs. Fartalot. And their poor kid! Do you know how bad he'll get made fun of at school?"
They all started laughing. Twin girls about eighteen walked by. Kyle went after them.
"Hey, babes," he said. "Did it hurt?"
"What?" the twins asked simultaneously.
"When you fell from heaven," said Kyle.
The twins shared a look. Then they whacked Kyle with their expensive-looking purses and walked away.
"Kyle got rejected!" teased Ryan.
Kyle gave Ryan an evil look. They went up to Mr. Fartalot's desk.
"Hey man, what's up?" said Zach.
Mr. Fartalot rolled his eyes. "What do you want?"
"Have you seen Nikki Grayson and/or Maddie Fisher?" asked Ryan.
"What do they look like?" asked Mr. Fartalot.
"One is tall, redheaded, and skinny, the other is short, blonde, and curvy," described Kyle. "Both of them are smoking hot."
"And too young for Kyle," said Toby. "They're sixteen."
Mr. Fartalot paused for a moment. "You know, there's a girl looking for girls of similar descriptions. Kayley or something. Why don't you look in the back?"
Mr. Fartalot showed them to a door behind his desk. It was a huge room filled with videotape after videotape after videotape. Mr. Fartalot pushed them in and closed the door.
A girl was in the middle of the room watching a small TV. After a couple seconds, she got extremely frustrated and pulled the video out and threw it against the wall. She was short; maybe 5'1", had blonde hair in a ponytail, and wore a black tank top, black capris, and black flip flops.
"Look, Zach, it's your girlfriend!" said Kyle as loud as humanely possible.
Before Zach could tell Kyle to shut his fucking stupid mouth, Kayla turned around.
"Oh this is just wonderful," said Kayla sarcastically.
"I know, isn't it," said Toby. Kayla clenched her fists.
"Great!" exclaimed Kayla. "My sister gets kidnapped, my mom blames me for not looking after my little sister, and now the Idiot Squad is here!"
"The Idiot Squad?" asked Ryan. "Who are they?"
"I think we're the idiots," said Zach.
"Correction: you three are the idiots," said Toby. "I'm just an innocent bystander."
"I didn't know our group had a name," said Kyle.
"I wonder why," said Ryan sarcastically. "I bet she took one look at you and stereotyped all of us!"
"What the fuck are you all doing here?" asked Kayla.
"It's nice to see you too," said Zach.
"We're looking for Nikki and Maddie," explained Ryan. "What are you doing here?"
"Same thing as you," said Kayla, losing a bit of the attitude. "I'm watching these security videos to try to see if Nikki or Maddie are on them. I've had no luck so far."
"Should we ask Mr. Fartalot if he can help us?" asked Kyle.
"No," said Zach. "I think I found the right one, though. It has today's date on it and it's of the food court, which is where they would be if they got dinner."
Kayla put the video in the VCR.
At first they just watched people eat. Then they watched Nikki and Maddie take ice cream from a seventeen year old surfer-looking boy named Jason Wilson. After they ate it, they passed out. Then they watched Jason take out a small silver device and zap all three of them. A few seconds later, they vanished.
"Weird," said Toby.
"What was that silver thing?" asked Kayla.
"It looked like a teleporter," commented Ryan.
"Where would a teen get that kind of technology?" asked Kayla.
"Good question," said Ryan. He took the videotape. I'm going home to analyze this further, to make sure we didn't miss anything."
"Do you think Mr. Fartalot will mind?" asked Kyle.
"I don't think so," said Ryan. "Think about it. Three teenagers vanished in the middle of the food court. Judging by Mr. Fartalot's attitude, none of the security personnel noticed or cared. I'm pretty sure he won't notice or care if I take a videotape."
"True," said Zach.
"We should all work together," said Kayla. "Ryan is analyzing the video. I'll try to find more out about Jason Wilson."
"I'll see if I can find any of the people from the food court to find out more information," said Zach. "I recognized some of them from classes."
"I'll go to that ice cream store tomorrow to see what was in Nikki and Maddie's ice cream that made them pass out," said Toby.
"And I'll try to find out more about that silver thing," said Kyle.
Ryan, Toby, Zach, and Kyle spit on their hands and held each others.
"Kayla's not doing the teamwork routine," pointed out Kyle.
"Fine," said Kayla. She spit on her hands and took Zach's left hand and Toby's right hand so everyone formed a big circle. Then Ryan sung three verses of "I Know a Song That Gets on Everybody's Nerves", which seemed to get on Kayla's nerves. Then they let go of everyone's hands.
"Kayla, do you have our numbers?" asked Kyle.
"No," said Kayla, taking out a Motorola Pebl. "Put them in here."
After Kayla had everyone's number, Kayla got her phone back and everyone went home.
"Baby, are you comfortable?" asked Jason.
"No," said Nikki angrily. "Would you be comfortable if some boy you thought was cute but barely knew kidnapped you and your best friend, and your best friend found out your secret and refuses to speak to you!"
"You think I'm cute?" asked Jason.
"You didn't answer my question," said Nikki.
"You didn't answer mine," pointed out Jason.
"I asked you first," said Nikki.
"Yeah, but you're the victim," said Jason.
"Fuck off," said Nikki, turning her head so she was facing the window.
"Why do you hate me so much?" asked Jason.
"Because you kidnapped me," said Nikki. "Are you mentally challenged or something?"
"No," said Jason. "I'm just a teenage boy."
"Yeah," said Nikki. "Teenage boys are among the least intelligent of human subspecies."
"Hey!" exclaimed Jason.
Nikki giggled. "You're not that bad," she said.
"Why did you think I was?" asked Jason, raising an eyebrow.
"You kidnapped me," said Nikki.
"Well, yeah," said Jason. "But don't take it personally. My boss told me to."
Suddenly, Nikki's lips were on Jason's. At first Jason was shocked, but he recovered fast and took control. Things got hot and heavy fast, and let's just say Nikki went farther with Jason than she'd ever meant to go with a guy.
Hey guys, I am sooooooooooooo sorry it took so long. First my computer crashed and then I went on a two month vacation. So sorry.
Poll:
1) Should I pair either Kyle or Toby with Maddie? Anyone else? I need opinions!
2) Has anyone read Great Expectations? Can you give me any advice on writing the essay?
3) I was thinking of doing a scene where Zach finds Kayla's diary. What should he find in there?