Alvin POV

I ran as fast as I could away from the man. I knew I had to do it for my baby brother if I wanted to see him alive again. The thought of being an only child frightened me greatly and was what gave me the adrenaline to continue. I followed Simon's map to the T and I soon was in the familiar neighborhood. But by now I was panting slightly. I might be in great shape, but even athletes get tired too.

I sprinted up the front steps and burst through the door, where Dave was standing, his arm through one coat sleeve, as if he were getting ready to head out. He looked, startled, at me for a minute before asking the obvious question: "Alvin? Where have you been? And where's Theodore?" Okay, so it was a couple questions.

I fought to catch my breath. "We were at the park… and Theodore was abducted.. by a man dressed in black! Simon got… in the car with him so he can find out… where the man is taking Theo so he can come back and tell me… so I can tell you so we can go save him," I said through quick pants. Dave just stared wide-eyed.

"What?" He cried eventually. "Theodore is kidnapped? We have to save him!" Dave finished putting on his coat but I blocked the door.

"NO! What if Simon comes back right now and since you can't see him, you don't know where Theodore is, and it's all in vain? Don't worry; Simon has everything under control." Sure, I spoke the words, but I was still hesitant. Something inside me said we should be looking too. I smiled crookedly. "But I don't think it'll hurt to have the police on the lookout too,"

Dave's eyes brightened. "Great idea, Alvin. I'll call them right now," Dave quickly left the room and began dialing the phone. I went outside to wait for Simon.

"Any second now," I thought hopefully. "Any second Simon will be running here, telling me exactly where my baby brother is." I rested my chin on my hand and my elbow on my knee and waited.

I jumped at a hand resting on my shoulder. I opened my eyes and saw it was night. I had fallen asleep? When? I looked at the owner of the hand and saw Dave looking down at me. He held a large blanket around his shoulders as he sat next to me and wrapped half the blanket on me. I shivered and snuggled closer to Dave. Where was Simon? It's night. Surely something didn't happen to him, right? I mean, he's an angel. What could go wrong?