chapter 3
Tygra was at work and he got a call from the school. "Hello?" he said. He dropped the phone in shocked. "Lion-o's been kidnapped!" he said. He rushed off. Cheetara was called too. They met Bengali and his father at the police station.
Bengali was sobbing. "It's okay Bengali it's not your fault." his father said.
Tygra was really worried.
A police man went up to Bengali and asked him some questions. "It was a man and woman," Bengali said.
"What did they look like?" the officer asked.
"They're Lions," Bengali said.
"Okay," the officer said.
"They have black hair and dark tan fur and really dark brown eyes, the man was wearing a green shirt with a mustard stain on the chest he had black pants and blue coat he also had a scar on left side of his chin. The woman was wearing a black min skirt with a red shirt and red tights she had three piercings in her left ear." Bengali said.
"Very good, now we can start a drawing of the suspects." the officer said.
Bengali was still making a fuss and startle to hyperventilate. Tygra gave him bag. Bengali started to calm down.
"Okay you the big brother and legal guardian of the kidnapped child?" the officer asked.
"Yes and this is my wife Cheetara," Tygra said.
"Okay describe the child," the officer said.
"Name Lion-o Roarson," Tygra said.
"Alright, how old?" the officer asked.
"He'll be seven in May," Tygra said.
"Okay got that what does he look like?" the officer asked.
"He's got short red hair and blue eyes light tan fur with cream details on face, hands and feet." Tygra said.
"What was he wearing?" the officer asked.
"He was wearing his favorite shirt a blue shirt that said doctor in training, a pair of blue jeans with a rip in the knee area of the left pant leg, blue tennis shoes with red details and shoe laces." Cheetara said.
"How tall is he and how much does he weigh?" the officer asked.
"He's a bit small for his age, he's 42 1/2'' inches tall and weighs 38 lbs." Tygra said.
"Okay, do you have recent picture of the child?" the officer asked.
"Yes," Tygra said. He showed him the picture of Lion-o that was taken last week when he was playing with his pet Snarf. Snarf was in Lion-o's arms and he was smiling.
"Okay, then we will do everything we can to find him," the officer said.
"Thank you," Tygra said.
They went home after that. Tygra went into Lion-o's room and saw the empty bed. Tygra didn't know what to do.
"Don't worry Tygra they will try to find Lion-o," Cheetara said.
Snarf was looking worried and meowing. "Don't worry Snarf, the police are trying to find Lion-o as we speak." Tygra said.
Meanwhile at the other side of the state Lion-o was being held captive. "I want to go home!" Lion-o said.
"You are home Leon our son," the lady said.
"My name is Lion-o," Lion-o said.
"No, you are Leon and you are home now," the man said.
Lion-o wanted to go home. Then came the beatings. For the next two weeks Lion-o was beaten by his kidnappers. They were threatening him with a gun and knife. They said he had to stay there and live with them. That he was theirs and belonged with them and they were going to keep him no matter what.
They sometimes took him out. Lion-o would try to get help but he was to scared to wander off to find it.
At his home Tygra and Cheetara were really worried. There had been sightings of the couple and the car and some thought they saw Lion-o but were not to sure.
One day in April Lion-o decided to escape after brutal beating and he was stabbed that time so he decided to run off and find help. Lion-o saw they were not paying attention and he ran through the wooded area and with the kidnappers in hot pursuit shooting at him. Lion-o got hit in the leg with a bullet but kept running.
He made it a bike trail and saw two bike riders. "Help!" Lion-o said feeling weak from blood loss.
The two dogs stopped and saw the beat up Lion-o. "Are you okay?" one asked.
"No, they're after me they were holding me captive after taking me from my school yard. They're beating me and they stabbed me and shot at me, I wanna go home!" Lion-o said starting to collapse.
The other dog called 911. He told them what was going on. The kidnappers came up.
"That's our son,' the man said.
"Get away from me!" Lion-o shouted.
The other dog said he thinks they were kidnappers.
The police and paramedics came quickly. The kidnappers ran off with the police in hot pursuit.
Lion-o was loaded on to the ambulance. The paramedics started to take care of Lion-o. "It's okay kid what's what's your name?" the paramedic asked.
"Lion-o, Lion-o Roarson." Lion-o said.
The paramedics knew of a missing child named Lion-o Roarson. He looked like the child in the missing picture. Meanwhile the kidnappers were arrested.
Lion-o was in the hospital treated. The bullet in his leg was surgically removed and his stab wounds were stitched closed. The doctors were relieved that Lion-o's only internal injures were a couple of hairline fractures and couple of ribs that could be fixed with surgery.
Tygra got a call that Lion-o was found and in the hospital. "Cheetara!" Tygra shouted.
"What is it Tygra?" she said.
"They found Lion-o he's alive!" Tygra said.
"Where is he?" Cheetara asked.
"He's in the hospital!" Tygra said.
They headed for the hospital. Once there the nurse led them to Lion-o's room.
Lion-o saw Tygra and Cheetara and he was so happy. "Tygra! Cheetara!" He said.
Tygra kissed his forehead as did Cheetara.
The doctor came in. "Okay Lion-o is going to be alright he needs surgery to fix a couple of badly cracked ribs, but other than that he will be fine," he said. "Lion-o's surgery is tomorrow morning," he said.
"Good," Tygra said.
"Okay Lion-o get some rest." The doctor said.
Lion-o nodded and laid down and went to sleep.