Before I post this next chapter, I'd like to thank you all for reviewing for chapter one. I really appreciate the reviews and I'm glad you all like it, even though it was fairly short. And I must apologize once again because chapter two is about the same lenght as chapter one. So I'm very sorry about that.
Disclaimer: I believe this is the only chapter throughout the entire story where I actually do own the characters.
"Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Helen and Lenny Pierson were asleep in bed on the night of September 7, 2012 when they were suddenly awoken at 11:30 pm by the ringing of the telephone on the bedside table.
"Who the hell would be called at this time of night?" Lenny angrily asked as he answered the phone.
"What do you want?!"
"If I were you Mr. Pierson, I'd change my tone of voice, unless you want all four of your children to die." A mysterious voice belonging to a male, said on the other end of the phone.
Lenny's face suddenly went pale as he turned to his wife and whispered, "Go check the kids' rooms."
Helen quickly got out of bed and went to check on the children. Lenny soon heard a horrible scream from his wife.
"They're gone! The kids are gone!"
"That must be your wife. Now please put me on speaker phone and bring your wife. She needs to hear what I have to say." The man said.
Lenny quickly got his wife and brought her into the bedroom. They were both too nervous to sit down. Helen was clearly shaken by the discovery of her missing children.
"What have you done to our children?" asked Lenny.
"Calm down Mr. Pierson. Your children are safe, well for now, they are."
The sound of screaming children could be heard in the background.
"Let us go!" scream a child.
"Kyra, is that you? Are you and your brothers alright?" asked Helen.
"I just told you they were fine, but if your daughter doesn't stop shouting, I'll have no choice but to kill her!"
"Just tell us what you want and give us our children back, please." Lenny pleaded.
"Who's it going to be? You have four options? Do you choose Kyra, Ricky, Jamie, or how about Timothy?"
"What are you talking about? Why do we have to choose?" asked Helen.
"Because you just have to or you'll never see any of your children again. Now who will it be?" asked the man, impatiently.
Helen and Lenny stared at each other.
"Quickly, you're wasting precious time here." The man said.
"Okay we've made our decision. We choose Jamie." Lenny said.
"Very well then" The man said in a tired tone of voice. The next sound Lenny and Helen heard was the sound of a gunshot.
Helen fell to the floor in tears and began screaming." NO NOT MY BABY!"
"Your children will be found in an abandoned housing project on 37th West Street. They will be unharmed. Unfortunately the same cannot be said about poor little Jamie. May he rest in peace."
Lenny and Helen were both in tears after the call had ended. They couldn't believe what had just happened.
"Jamie's not dead! He can't be! This is just a dream! It has to be!" sobbed Helen.
"We have to call the police and get the other kids."
That was all Lenny could say as he sat there on the floor next to his wife and cried.
End of chapter two. Once again, I'm really sorry about the chapter being short. Chapter three will be longer than both chapters one and two. Please tell me what you thought of this chapter. The next chapter will be up soon.