The sun was slowly making it's way to the other side of the earth, making things work in favor of Emily. She had done a few small things to change her appearance in the event that she got caught following Katherine, like wear shoes that made her seem taller, wear her hair down and put some make-up on. Murdoc wanted to come along, but there was absolutely no way to disguise him, as much as they would both liked to have ignored it.
Emily took a short-cut through town so that she could catch up to Katherine faster without it looking too odd. But then, Emily's suspicions were nearly confirmed. She had felt like Katherine was up to something to begin with. She had that kind of natural ability, much like an Indigo Child, of just being able to see if a person had secret plans or weren't who they claimed to be.
Emily ducked behind a shack that was on the edge of town. She watched as a man, quite handsome, clean-cut, pale, around his middle 20's, perhaps late, walk out of the woods where she had found Murdoc. He listened to Katherine intently as she spoke, though Emily couldn't hear much of the conversation. She slowly moved closer, trying her hardest to keep out of sight.
Katherine and the man walked farther back into the woods and Emily grunted lightly in frustration. She got ready to just forget about it. Maybe she was just being paranoid. Untrusting. But something in her mind just told her that something was very wrong.
Emily waited a few more seconds, long enough for them to get mostly out of sight, then she began walking after them. She started walking down the trail, then realized that they were no longer there. Like they vanished into thin air.
Emily rolled her eyes, crossed her arms over her chest and turned around to go back home. To her shock, she saw the man and Katherine staring at her. Emily opened her mouth to explain herself, but without warning the man roughly seized her arms. Now, Emily might have looked fragile, but she was pretty tough. The man actually had to get Katherine to help him hold her still. Even then Emily struggled as hopeless as it was.
"Let me go!" Emily raged as the man did a sort of bear-hug on her upper body, keeping her arms pinned to her own chest. She began yelling profanities at him and Katherine.
The man chuckled a little in her ear. A very annoying sound. "Such language for a young lady."
Emily's face turned red in a fit of anger and general aggravation. "Let me go..." She repeated angrily. There was one thing that Emily hated and that was feeling powerless, helpless, caged in.
"Why would we let the bait go?" Katherine asked.
"Bait..." Emily was confused.
Katherine pointed behind the man holding Emily still. "I think I see him..." She whispered.
The man turned around with Emily and she saw Murdoc farther off in the distance. It was somewhat hard to make out, but he seemed to be scouting the area. Looking for something.
"MURDOC!" Emily screamed as loud as she could with the man's tight grip.
Murdoc's gaze turned towards the woods and with his amazing swiftness, he began running towards her. Once Murdoc laid eyes on the one holding Emily, his eyes lit up with anger and surprise. He stopped a few feet away, almost seeming to tremble. "You son of a-" Murdoc got ready to charge for him, but in one swift move, the man pulled out a butterfly knife and pressed it against Emily's delicate neck.
"If you don't do as I say, I'll kill her. And I've noticed that you've grown very fond of her."
Murdoc didn't think he'd see the day when he had something this big to lose. If Emily was gone, so was all of his hope. Hope for love and companionship. As much as he hated to admit it, Murdoc was at Victor Frankenstein's command.
