Welcome to Minecraft! You'll Never Leave...

Chapter 3

"They've been missing for a while." I said, and hung up my phone. I had checked the Facebook, twitter, and all other accounts Ty and Adam owned. They weren't on. I sighed, grabbing a backpack while I pocketing my keys. I needed to see what was up.

I went to Ty's house first. He was the closest. I knocked on the door. "Ty! It's me Seto!" I called out. No response. I tried the door knob. It opened. "Strange..." I closed the door behind me. Locking it, I turned around. Ty's house looked like it had been robbed. "TY!" I yelled, stepping quietly just in case someone was still in here.

There was a scuffling noise. I dove into the closest door, and closed it quietly. A meow echoed through the empty house. I slowly opened the door. Ty's cat was rubbing against the door. "Hey." I rubbed its head.

I entered the kitchen. There was a note on the counter. I picked it up.

Bread

Eggs

Milk

It was Ty's handwriting. "Is this old?" I asked, opening the refrigerator. There was an open carton of milk. It was almost empty. I checked the expiration date. It had a day or two before it went bad. "Huh, so this is new." I said. I took out a notebook. It's time to play detective.

Clue 1: Shopping list. relatively new.

I looked around the kitchen. There was an almost empty bag of bread sitting on the counter. I circled the clue. Twice, and added something:

Kidnapped? On a trip?

I marked out the latter. "Not a chance." I said. The cat rubbed against my leg. "Hey." I said. I walked through Ty's lower floor, but didn't find anything. "Well, I guess it's time to go upstairs." I shuddered, but walked up the stairs, my legs shaking. Slowly I opened the door to Ty's room. Minecraft was still up. I approached the computer, and nervously sat down.

Clue 2: Minecraft still up.

I drew an arrow pointing at what I had written before with a big question mark. "Wait." I closed Minecraft, and checked the open tabs. Skype was up. "Adam." I said. "Why didn't it show him as active?"

Clue 3: Ty was in a Skype call with Adam.

I checked the rest of the house, but didn't find anything else. I looked down at the cat. "You probably need to be fed." I bounded down the stairs to feed Ty's cat. It looked at me with a look of gratitude, so I decided to leave a large bowl of food for the cat since I don't think Ty'll be coming back anytime soon.

I walked back to my car, putting my head in my hands once I got in. "What has happened?" I sighed. "I need to go to Adam's house." I cranked up me car, and started driving. "Washington here I come."

I pulled up in the driveway, but only saw one car. "Didn't Adam say Alesa was going somewhere?" I tried to recall any such conversation. "Yeah, he did." I heard barking. Puffing air into my cheeks, I approached the front porch. "And Adam has dogs." They sounded hungry. I don't think they greet me kindly if I were to come in.

"But I have to." I swallowed, and tried the door. It gave way, and two dogs started jumping on me. I smiled, trying to keep them from scratching me. "Hey, yes, yes I know you're hungry. I'll get you some dog food." I made my way to the kitchen, finding two dog bowls.

"Don't worry, I won't take long." The dogs were now getting restless. I pulled out a bag of dog food, and filled the bowls. I cocked my head to the side, deciding that wouldn't be enough to last the dogs until Alesa gets back. I grabbed a couple big bowls, and filled them to the brim with food. Setting them beside the other bowls, I decided to leave her a note.

I explained what I knew about the situation, and added my contact information just in case she need to call me. After I finished, I pulled the sticky note from the pad, and attached it to a cabinet door. I looked around the kitchen, but didn't find anything too noticeable.

When I started making my way to the dining room there was a groan. "Adam?" I called. There wasn't a response, which worried me. I grabbed the closest heavy object I could find, and took slow steps to the dining room. I jumped out, then gasped. There was someone on the floor.

I walked closer, and held out my hand. They took it, and I could finally see the person's face. "Mitch?" I helped him up. "What happened."

"I don't know." He said. "I was visiting Adam. When I got here his house was a wreck." He stopped. I nodded, encouraging him to go on. "I ran to the living room, and didn't see Adam."

"Did you see anyone?" I asked.

"Yeah...well I couldn't see their face."

"But you saw someone."

"Yes, and when they saw me." He winced. "They pounced." I wrote that down. Mitch tilted his head to the side.

"I'm trying to find Adam and Ty." I explained.

"Oh...can I help?" I was kind of shocked. On the other hand Mitch probably wanted to find them as much as I do.

"Sure." I said, and dug around in my backpack to see if I had an extra notebook, and pen. "Here. Write down clues you find." I said, and Mitch nodded.

"You get upstairs, I get down?"

"Sure." I said, and bounded up the stairs. The first place I went was Adam's room. I sat down at the desk, and wiggled the mouse. Minecraft was still up. "Let's see if that Skype call was disconnected." It was.

Clue 4: Skype, and Minecraft still up at Adam's

I marked a suspect page, and started writing.

Mysterous stranger: Mitch?

"Sorry buddy. I just find it odd."

Mitch: Found on the floor at Adam's. Claimed he was visiting and was knocked out. Saw someone. Could he be the stranger?

I thought about it, and crossed it out. Mitch isn't that kind of guy.

I checked the rest of Adam's room. Nothing was out of the ordinary. Well anything that could be considered a clue. Too bad I don't have a fingerprint kit. I could really use some extra suspects right about now. That would make life so much easier.

"Seto!" Mitch called. I ran downstairs. Mitch was in the dining room. There was broken glass everywhere followed by a trial of blood.

If there was broken glass, then there must have been a sound, so that would mean...

"The video feed! Adam might have something recorded." Mitch and I ran to Adam's room.

I pulled up the most recent footage. I skipped through most of it until something caught my eye.

There was the sound of a crash.

"Did you hear that?" Adam asked.

"Yeah." Ty said.

"I'm going to check it out." Adam said, and I could hear him get up out of his chair. Ty didn't say a word, but I could tell he was scared stiff.

Adam screamed, and there was the sound of glass breaking. I heard Ty jump up, and scream, then everything was silent.

Mitch and I looked at each other.

"This isn't good." I said. Mitch didn't respond. Tears were streaking his face. I sat him down, and wrapped him in a hug. That didn't calm him down much. Mitch shook his head.

"I'm fine." I stood up.

"Come on. We need to find out what's happening." I said. Mitch nodded.

"I'd better get some things together." He said, and pulled out his keys.

"I'll be here." I said.

I watched from the window as Mitch pulled away. How hadn't I noticed his car before?

I put the footage on my flash drive. It might be important later.

"Might as well see if I overlooked something." I went through the house with a fine toothed comb. I didn't find anymore evidence

"Man whoever did this sure is good at covering their tracks." I said. Mitch's car rolled up the road. I shouldered my bag. As I was walking out the door a note caught my eye. I picked it up, and stuffed it in my pocket.

"My car or yours?" Mitch asked when I walked outside. I looked between the cars.

"Mine." We opened the two front car doors, and I started it up.

So, new characters! Yay! Kinda weird though. Oh well! Wonder what the duo of... something will find. Well, as always, later Legends!