The next morning, Ellen knocks on Laura's apartment door. She grabs the doorknob and it smoothly turns and she opens the door. The door is unlocked. That can't be good. "Laura, are you here? I have been trying to get a hold of you for two and a half hours". She looks out the window and notices that Laura's car is still in the parking lot. She walks into her room and realizes that her phone and purse are sitting on her dresser. "Laura? Laura, where are you?". She frantically runs around the apartment looking for her youngest daughter, but she's nowhere to be found. She's now incredibly worried. "Laura!?". She pulls out her cell phone and dials a number and places the phone to her ear.
"Hello?" Vanessa asks in a groggy voice.
"Have you seen Laura?" Ellen asks in a panic.
"What?" Vanessa is barely awake.
"Your sister! Have you seen her? Is she with you guys?".
"No, Mom. Is everything okay?".
"Laura's gone!" she says loudly.
"Where is she?".
"I don't know, Vanessa! Her car and things are still here, and I have no clue where she could possibly be!" she is freaking out.
"Alright, Mom. Calm down. I'm going to head over there now. Just let me get dressed", Vanessa says calmly. "Don't worry, Mom. We'll find her. See you soon", she hangs up.
Ellen immediately dials another number.
"Hello?".
"Stormie?" Ellen asks in panic.
"Hey Ellen, is everything okay?" she asks with concern.
"Laura's gone!" she tries to catch her breath as she begins to panic.
"Alright, Ellen, calm down. What is going on?".
"Laura! She's gone! I've been calling her for hours and she didn't pick up, so I came over to her apartment and she's not here and her door was unlocked. Her car, phone, and purse are all here but she isn't!".
"It's alright, Ellen. Maybe she went on a walk. Perhaps she just needed a break. Moving can be very overwhelming".
Ellen is now trying to calm herself down, "Well, could you guys let me know if you see her?".
"We most certainly will, dear".
"Alright, thank you so much", Ellen hangs up and decides to go outside and sit on a bench near the apartment, waiting for Vanessa to show up and hoping that her young daughter will show up soon.
"Ross, your job is to clean the instruments, not play them", his boss, Brenda, tells him as she walks by and to the front register.
He sets down the wooden drum sticks next to the black drum set he was beating on, "Sorry, you caught me again".
"You didn't think I would catch you?" she asks, amused, "How long has it been since you started working for me? Since you were 16, so five years? I'm pretty sure by now I know that you would rather play than work".
He smiles while dusting down the drum set, "Guilty as charged". Just then, the telephone rings and Brenda picks up. She listens intently. Whatever is being said over the phone must be serious by the expression on her face. She hangs up and turns to Ross.
"Ross, you are needed down at Town Hall, so you get the rest of the day off".
He is surprised, "Do you know why they need me?".
"No, but they say it is very urgent, so get going. I'll see you tomorrow".
With that, Ross packs up his stuff and leaves the building. He quickly drives over to Town Hall, where he sees Riker's and Rocky's cars parked as well. He quickly jumps out of the car and goes into the building. He walks up to the receptionist. She is a slender, blonde lady, dressed in a nice tan suit.
Without asking any questions she says, "Ross Lynch, someone in that room would like to see you". She points across the hall to a tall wooden door.
"May I ask who?".
She looks at him with a business like expression, "That is to remain private". He nods to her in thanks and walks to the door and opens it. He sees his older brothers already sitting at the table in the middle of the room. There is a door in the corner of the room which has an exit sign over it.
"Guys, what are you doing here?".
Rocky looks at him with the same confusion, "We don't know. It must be urgent, because they pulled us out of work to come here".
"This isn't weird at all", Ross looks around the room suspiciously. They all jump as the door opens and three men walk in dressed in black suits. The man who appears to be the one in charge stood at the front. He has medium length light brown hair and green eyes. He is very tall.
"Who are you?" Riker asks.
The first man that walked in looks at Riker, "I can't give you that information".
"Well then, we don't feel comfortable with talking to you", Rocky says, a bit irritated.
The man pulls some sort of recording device out of his suit pocket and pushes a button. A voice bursts out of it and says, "What's going on? Where am I? Let me go! What do you want from me?".
Ross recognizes the voice and stands up, "What have you done to Laura?".
The man places the device back into his pocket and calmly says, "Now, if you cooperate with us, you will be able to see Laura very soon".
Ross then stands up and places his hands on the table, "Wait, we demand to know what is going on right now".
Still calm, the man looks at Ross, "Ross, cooperate and you will soon find out".
Ross is feeling very irritated at this point, "I am not cooperating with you in any way until I know that Laura is okay and where she is".
"Ross, don't make us do this the hard way".
"Fuck this", Ross pushes past the man and tries to open the door but it is locked. "What the hell is going on here?" he's beginning to raise his voice.
"Ross, please just listen". Ross begins pounding on the door. "Ross, I'm sorry it has to be like this".
"What the hell are you talking about?". One of the men behind the leader walks over to Ross, so he is standing behind him. Suddenly, Ross feels a hard pinch on the side of his neck as the man behind him injects him with some kind of drug. He falls limply to the floor. Rocky and Riker call his name in unison once he hits the floor.
Rocky runs to the door and makes his own attempt to open the locked door. "You locked us in!?" he turns to the man in anger, "This is against the law! You can't do this!".
"Actually, we can".
Rocky is livid now, "What!?".
Riker goes over to Rocky and gently puts a hand on Rocky's shoulder, "Rocky, you need to calm down".
Rocky nudges his older brother's hand off, "Riker, they just drugged our younger brother! He is lying unconscious on the floor!" One of the men walks up to Rocky and whacks him over the head, knocking him out, his shoulder length brown hair falling over his face. Riker catches him before he hits the ground.
"Well that's one way to do it", the man says nonchalantly.
Riker looks up from attending to his brother and looks at the man helplessly. "Why are you doing this?".
"Mr. Lynch, this can be so much easier for you if you come with us willingly".
Riker looks over at Ross and notices that one of the men are pulling a black sack over his head and tying him up at the wrists. "What are you doing to Ross?". He then sees the other man tying up Rocky at the wrists, as well. Rocky begins to come back to consciousness.
"Ow, my head". He tries to reach up to gently touch his head but notices that there is rope tied around his wrists. He is fully conscious now, "What are you doing?" he looks over and sees Ross, "What are you doing with Ross?". He then has a black sack pulled over his head, "Hey!".
The man informs them, "Ross is going to be perfectly fine. The drug should wear off in about a couple hours".
Rocky continues to fight the men restraining him. Riker calmly says, "Rocky, don't fight".
"Riker, what's going on?" he sounds almost scared now.
"I don't know, Rocky. Just do what they say". They finally pull a black sack over his head and tie him at his wrists.
"Now, we are going to lead you out. If you just do what we say this will be much easier". They are then led out the back door and are seated into a black SUV and are taken away, with no idea of what's going on, what's going to happen to them, or where they are going.