I might warn you, this is gonna be extrememly short.
"I think something happened." Alex said. Her dad's face immediately crumpled with concern.
"What's wrong? Did you hurt yourself?"
"No, no. It's Mutt." Alex continued, "I can't find him anywhere, Dad."
Gerald raised an eyebrow. "What were you guys doing?"
"Nothing! I was in the shower, and when I came back he wasn't there, so I thought maybe..he's playing a joke on me, or is hiding or something, but I looked everywhere, at least twice and he's not there...and, "she said quickly, holding up the cloth, "I found this...It wasn't there when I left. I think those guys came and kidnapped him.."
Gerald again frowned. "What guys?"
"The guys you and Mr. Jones were talking to at the ceremony, " Alex explained, "We saw you. They said you were gonna regret not going with them. This is how they're trying to get you all to go. When Mutt was in the treehouse alone, they came and used this, " waving the cloth around, "to probably make him go unconscious..that way they could take him before anybody else noticed."
Gerland was surprised his daughter could be so smart and detectivelike to come up with a story like that, but he knew this was no laughing matter. He could tell Alex was being completely serious, and when it sunk in, it all made sense. What were they going to do?
:) I tooolldd you.