Chapter 3: Seems like everyone's disappearing

The next morning, Haley got up around normal time; 9:00. Her anger was cooled down a bit from last night, but not by much. She still had some fury build up in her system. But unlike yesterday, she wasn't going to let that ruin a perfectly good day.

She gently skipped down the stairs and into the kitchen. There she prepared herself her very own breakfast which consisted of a bowl of healthy cereal, two pieces of toast, and the daily amount of milk. But as she took a sip of her milk, she realized how quiet it was in the house. Haley then noticed that her brother was not down here, enjoying his breakfast as she was.

"He's probably sleeping in again." She thought, as that was the case most of the time. But the quietness was soothing to her, she felt as if she was alone in the world, for the first time in her life.

After she slowly chewed down her food, she skipped right back up to her own room. She got dressed and fixed her hair into her usual pigtails. Once her ensemble was complete, she trotted to her parent's room, to tell them she was going out.

Ever since summer break started, everyday Haley would go with Sun and practice her dragon powers (except yesterday when she was suppose to do her daily practice with her big brother). It was a time for Haley to improve on her skills, so that when she is a bit older she can become Jake's back-up on missions.

Haley put on a thicker jacket as she walked out of her doorway. The sky was still as dark as it was yesterday, but at least it wasn't raining. It was just windy and gloomy outside. The storms here in New York were never as bad as this; something was telling her in her head that when there's bad weather, there's trouble. Instead of dragoning up and flying over to the warehouse where they practiced, Haley figured it would be safer to walk there, just in case of lightning. The warehouse wasn't that far from her house anyways.

About ten minutes later, she looked at the front of the practice gym. She opened the door, to find it totally empty. The only thing she could see is old equipment that Sun and her grandfather left to use later on in other training practices. Haley walked over to a mat that laid over most of the warehouse, and sat on top of it. Where could Sun be? "Maybe she's running late…?" Haley told herself. It was out of the ordinary for Sun to be late; usually she prepared for dragon training early. So when she was late, it meant something. Haley left the warehouse, and flew out into the streets.

She dragoned down in front of an apartment community. On the second floor, first room was Sun's apartment. Haley had been to Sun's small apartment a couple of times, but this was the first time she went alone. She walked down the hallway until she reached in front of her door. Haley knocked twice; no answer. After a minute, she knocked again; still no answer. Haley then dragoned up, and looked through the eye-hole of her door to see if she could see anyone. But went she looked through, all she could spot is some furniture and an empty house. Haley was puzzled, where could she be? But she didn't want to waste time looking for her. If Sun was running late, she would probably come to her house and tell her. Haley turned around, and ran out the building. She figured it was better to go home, and wait for her to come.

At that exact moment in time, Trixie and Spud barged right into Lao Shi's electronic shop. The looked like they were in a rush, or something.

"Ah Fu! Have you seen Jakey? Trixie yelled out.

"Yeah, we went to his house and everything but he wasn't there." Spud added.

Fu's head was stuck inside a blue sheet that was usually hanging over the back room doorway. He shook his head, until he was free. "Ah..." Suddenly he realized that he was just knocked out. "Wait, where I am?!" He yelled out turning around in circles.

"Uhh…" Both kids were puzzled.

His memory started to return from earlier this morning. "Wait, the old man's gone too!!? He yelled out, scared to death. "This morning when we first opened up the shop, we were attacked by some creature. They tackled me and I blacked out, so I don't remember who it was." He paws were tangled in the blue sheet. He twisted around his feet and jumped away to get free.

"You mean they're both gone!? What are we suppose to do?!!" Trixie was starting to panic. There had never been a situation where both Lao Shi and Jake disappeared, at the same time.

Fu trotted over to Trixie and Spud. "This means we need to get some help. And go find them." He pointed out the obvious.

"Help? Who are we going to get help from!?"

Spud rose up his hand, as if he it was preschool. "How about we get Sun. She'll probably know where they are!"

Actually, potato boy had a good suggestion. Fu nodded his head, and the three walked over to Sun's apartment. Once in front of her door, Trixie started banging on her door. "Ay Sun! Open up!!" She yelled. But as much as she banged, the door didn't open.

"I don't think she's home." Spud pointed out.

Trixie turned over to Fu, worried. "You don't think she was kidnapped to do you!?"

Fu pictured the reality of that suggestion. "Well, it's possible…" Fu wondered of a few enemies that could have committed this crime.

Suddenly the three stood there, thinking about the conundrum on their hands. Suddenly, their eyes widened up. "Haley!!" They all screamed, and rushed out of the apartment to make sure Haley wasn't taken away too.

Seems Jake, Sun, and Lao Shi are all gone. Let's hope Haley didn't disappear too!!! FIND OUT NEXT CHAPTER!!