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Chapter 3: Starting With The Leader
It was like a puzzle piece, except this one was extra hard.
Sabrina was sitting on the couch, which had been rid of bloody handprints. She was piecing the shreds of her grandmother's photo back together. Puck watched over her like she could blow up at any second, and her parents sat in opposite armchairs, looking worried.
Sabrina sat up and dropped the piece she was holding. It was hopeless.
She looked back up at her family. "If you guys were all here, why didn't any of you hear the intruder?"
Veronica looked guiltily at Jake and she signed.
"It's my fault, sweetheart. I made your Uncle Jake go to the shops and buy some more bubble bath because he used it up"
Sabrina's eyes widened. Her parents were so immature. "Seriously? Bubble bath? What about you and dad?"
Henry cleared his throat. "We were searching the Hall of Wonders to check if anything was missing"
Sabrina picked up her cup of water and took a sip. "Was anything missing?"
The adults looked at each other. Veronica swallowed and leaned forward. "The book's missing"
Sabrina choked on her water and Puck asked the question she was about to ask. "The book? Like the Book of Everafter?"
Henry nodded gravely. "We searched everywhere for it. It's not in this house"
Mr Canis cleared his throat and Sabrina jumped. She had forgotten he was in the room. "There's something else"
Veronica nodded and pulled out a blood red envelope. She slid it across the table to Sabrina. Puck sat down and looked over her shoulder. She slid the envelope open and pulled out the letter.
It read:
Dearest Grimm family,
WE HAVE THEM.
Scarlet Hand
Sabrina looked up. "Seriously? Their greeting is longer than their message. What do they have?"
Henry looked troubled. "We thought it was a 'who', not a 'what'"
Sabrina nodded. That could make sense.
Jake came over. "We thought it was you two" he said, motioning at Sabrina and Puck, "But you're both here, safe and sound"
Puck leaned forward. "It could be anyone"
Sabrina stood up, a fierce determination in her set jaw, and brighty eyes.
"We'll find them, and we'll save them. Then, we'll make the Scarlet Hand wish they never came out of the dark again"
~Sisters Grimm~
It had been a few hours since they had started ringing up town members and inquiring that they were safe.
Sabrina plonked down her phone and leaned down into her chair.
"At the rate we're going, I'm going to run out of credit"
Puck leaned over and smirked at her. "You weren't worrying about your credit when you were texting Arianna, were you?"
Sabrina fought the urge to punch him. "Shut up, fairy", she hissed at him. To the rest of the family, she said, "We're wasting our time. I don't think the Scarlet Hand are interested in kidnapping the Mickey Mouse family.
Puck snorted. "You never know, Grimm. They might have an obsession with mice"
Henry walked over. "I think you're right Sabrina. We've called everyone. Maybe they were talking about an object"
Sabrina shrugged, "Maybe"
He walked away.
Puck poked her. "With all the trouble, we forgot about Marshmallow and Psycho. Should we pick them up?"
Sabrina dialled the next number in the phone book and replied, "No, I'm sure they're-"
She stared at the clock. It was almost four. School ended at three. Her gut clenched and she stood up. How could she have missed something so obvious? Her voice cracking, she faced her family and choked,
"I know who they took"
~Sisters Grimm~
"Grimm! Grimm! Wait up!"
Sabrina ran into the kitchen, her hair flying and her eyes shiny.
Puck ran up to her.
"Grimm, say something!"
She whirled around and Puck saw that she was, indeed, crying. Twice in one day. That was unheard of for Sabrina Grimm.
"Say what, Puck? While I've been here, worrying about everyone else in this town, my little sister and Red have been kidnapped. I mean Daphne- she's only twelve!"
Puck didn't like to see her like this. Sabrina Grimm was strong. He needed to make her remember that.
"We'll find them"
She backed away and pointed a quivering finger at him.
"This-this is all your fault"
Puck felt his heart stop. What was she talking about?
"Sabrina, what do you mean?"
She backed away further. "If you hadn't made me come rushing here, I could have saved them!"
Puck found himself getting angrier. "It's my fault now, is it? We probably saved your entire family from danger!" he yelled.
Sabrina shook her head and wrapped an arm around herself. "Not my entire family"
Puck's voice softened.
"Look, I'm sorry for yelling. We'll find them. Your sister is strong and Red's old enough to take care of herself"
Sabrina let out a humourless laugh. "She's my little sister. I was supposed to protect her"
Puck sighed. "You have protected her"
Sabrina shook her head.
He tried to wrap an arm around her shaking form, but she batted it away.
"I don't need your sympathy"
Puck laughed. "I'm not offering any sympathy"
When he wrapped his arms around her the second time, she let him. "Now, what you say, we waste no more time and try to find your sister?"
Sabrina nodded and wiped away her tears. No more snivelly Sabrina.
She was going to show the Scarlet Hand exactly what she was capable of, and make every single one of them pay for what they had done to her family.
Starting with the leader.
So…they found out who was kidnapped. This was more of a lead-up reveal chapter. Puck and Sabrina will reconcile and put aside their differences…I hope.
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~CityofNo1Fans~
