Chapter 8 *Sid's P.O.V.*

It's been two weeks since Sue's disappearance, and no one has seen her. Right now, I'm not afraid to admit I'm scared and worried for my little sister. I wanted to have her home safe and sound, but I knew that may not happen.

As I walked downstairs, I remembered that new girl, Sam Li. Something wasn't right about her, and I was planning on figuring it out. During lunch period, I was going to go over to her and talk to her. I really didn't know much about her, but I knew she was hiding something. Something big.

Just before I sat down at a booth, I heard Mr. Wu yelling at Barney. Poor Barney. Then his yelling was directed at me!

"Sid! Deliveries! NOW!" he yelled, and dropped a bag of food on the counter. "946 Wayward Way, GO!" since Sue had went missing, even Mr. Wu seemed to be acting different. Either he was yelling more, or he was saying, well, sorry . . . It just wasn't Mr. Wu!

I nodded, and I stood up and grabbed the bag of food. As I walked to my bike, I noticed that we almost never delivered to Wayward Way. That street had many old and broken houses that would likely never be fixed. No one ever went down that way. The only other delivery we had was a day before Sue disappeared, over two weeks ago. I wasn't sure if it was coincidence or not, but at the moment, I wasn't thinking straight.

~Three Delivery~

"Here's your order, Mr. . . . uh . . .?" I asked as I handed the food to the man. It was the same person who drops off Sam Li every morning!

"Um . . . Wang. Thank you." he took the order, and looked at me. I looked past him, and heard scratching on a door in the back off the house.

"Hey, what's that noise?" I asked him, but he started to close the door and said,

"Um . . . Rats. I have a rat problem. Goodbye, thank you, here's your tip." he said as he slammed the door shut and dropped two dollars on the front porch. Slowly, I picked up the dollars and decided to investigate. Something wasn't right. I decided to ride my back around so he would think I left and wouldn't see me.

As I got on my bike, I saw the man staring at me from his window. It made my skin crawl, but I rode around the block. When I was sure he wasn't spying on me, I parked my bike and ran to the back of the house. I walked over to the windows, and I saw I was looking into the basement.

I cleaned the windows a bit with my sleeves, and saw someone lying in the middle of the basement. They were wearing a sweatshirt, it looked like, and they seemed skinny. Very skinny. I knew that someone was living in his basement, and it wasn't good. I looked around, and when I thought no one was watching me, I silently opened the window, and jumped inside the basement. The walls, ceiling, and floor was made of concrete, so my boots echoed when I landed.

I cursed when the person moved and lifted their head. After a couple of seconds, they put their head back down. They didn't seem too alert, somewhat weak. Slowly, I walked towards the person, and asked,

"Hello, are you okay?" they didn't respond. I knelt down next to the person, and saw they had the same sweatshirt Sam Li was wearing everyday! But it was filthy and ripped. It wasn't like that last time I saw her, which was three days ago. "Sam, is that you? What's wrong?"

Sam still didn't respond. Bravely, I moved back her hood, and gasped when I saw whose face it was. Sue's face, my sister! My little sister whose been missing for over two weeks! Then I softly said, "Sue, it's me, Sid. Your going to be okay now, just please respond to me."

Sue lifted her head, and whimpered and covered her head. "Sp-pencer . . . . P-please . . . Ge-get aw-way . . ."

"No Sue, it's me, Sid, please remember." I begged her. Sue moved her hands and looked at me nervously.

"Crap, I must be losing it . . . Spencer told me he killed Sid and Tobey after I tried to get food . . ." she whispered quietly.

"Sue, he tricked you, it's really me, Sid! Please Sue . . .? Please remember . . . ?" I begged her, and I started to choke back tears. Then Sue looked right into my eyes, and recognition showed on her face and she started crying.

"Sid! It's really you! Thank you, thank you! Thank you god, thank you for answering my prayers!" Sue cried, and tried to get up to hug me, but she winced and clutched her side and fell back against the floor.

"Sue, what's wrong? Where are you hurt?!" I cried with worry. Sue winced and tried to lift her sweatshirt, but it caused her too much pain. So I lifted her shirt, and gasped for two reasons. The first reason was the wound on her side, just below her ribs. It was old, and it looked infected. Pus was oozing out of the wound, and around the slash it was as swollen as a softball. There was red streaks around it, and some were leading to her heart.

The second reason was how thin she looked. Even though the infected wound was swollen, I could still see some of her ribs. Her stomach was curved inward, like she hasn't had food in a while. I felt like I was going to cry, I just wanted to help her, but I didn't know what to do. If I picked her up, it would hurt her, and how would I get her through the window without being seen or heard? I needed help.

"Sue, hang on, I'm going to go-"

"NO!" Sue cried, and she started sobbing loudly. "Please, don't leave me! I need you!"

"Sue, I'll be right back, I need Tobey and Nana's help! We'll save you, and we'll stop this man! Don't worry, I'll be back. With Tobey and Nana. I promise." I gently hugged her, trying not to hurt her. Sue wrapped her arms around me, and hugged me tightly.

"Please don't leave me . . . Please come back to me, and rescue me from this monster . . ." Sue whispered in my ear.

"I promise to come back. Just hang on a little longer. Help is gonna come Sue, just hang on." I said as I gently lowered her back down on the floor. Sue stared right in my eyes and watched me walk to the window, jump up, grab the window, and crawl out. Before I closed the window, I stared into Sue's frightened eyes, and I started crying. "I promise I'll come back to bring you home, I promise."

~Three Delivery~

I pedaled faster than I ever had in my life, nearly laying my bike down as I cut corners and sped down the streets. Sue was depending on me, and I wasn't going to let her down. Not today.

As I reached the back gate, I jumped off my bike and ran though the gate. Nana was sitting on the bench, and Tobey was sitting on the ground next to her. Both have been very sad since Sue went missing. But I knew this was going to cheer them up. Well, at least that we found her and know where she was.

"Tobey! Nana!" I yelled to them. They both looked up, and I said, "I found Sue!"

"What?!" both yelled and they shot up. "You found Sue?! Where?!"

I sighed, then continued, "a man is keeping her hostage, and she's hurt. There's an infected wound on her side, and it hurts her every time she moves. She looks so thin too! Nana, what can we do?!"

Nana stared down at the ground, then said, "we need to get him out of the house so we can get Sue out of there! If worst comes to worst, we will call the police and let them rescue Sue. Boys, don't get yourself in danger, understand?"

"Yeah Nana."

To Be Continued . . .

Yes, Sid found Sue, but will they be able to rescue her in time?

By the way, Happy Halloween everyone!