"Ch. 3: A Stalking Bunny

Well, the dinner last night went "well". Luckily we were able to get Black drunk before he could try to murder anybody. I did not expect my step-brothers to get all worried about me living with four guys who are also a mafia. Normally they would've teased me about it, but for some reason that didn't happen. Since then, they've been checking up on me to make sure that I wasn't being raped or molested in any way. I was getting pretty annoyed by their constant worrying. Today was Monday, and I was in my science class at school. My lab partner was, as usual, Sydney Black. Sydney Black doesn't smile much, and he hates the color white. I met him during my freshman year, he was a sophomore at that time. I'm pretty sure he hates me, because it's very obvious that he does. I've known him for a while now and all he always tries to avoid me but my friend Crysta, who's a senior and also the president of the art club and Sydney's older sister, drags him along when we hang out sometimes. Today me and Sydney were lab partners so of course he was annoyed. After school today, me and Crysta decided to go to the park, but only because...

"There's a party at the park?"

"Of course Alice. Everyone's going, and there will be alcohol as well."

"But Crysta, I'm underage. Besides my roommates will be worried if I'm home late."

"Don't worry, they don't have to know. Besides, you're roommates are the Hatters so they won't really care. Now come on."

"But...!"

Of course, I couldn't say anything to make Crysta not take me. We arrived at a park that I was not familiar with. It was actually the old abandoned park that was off limits because a lot of wild parties are thrown here. Around me there were people who I didn't recognize. They actually looked like college students than high school students. Crysta went with some girls that she seemed to know, so I was left by myself in a dangerous place surrounded by total strangers. I saw some boys drinking beer and smoking with girls sitting on their laps, wearing clothes that looked more like undergarments than regular clothing. The music was extremely loud, I couldn't even here myself think. Some of the girls went skinny dipping, while some boys took pictures of them. The smell in the air was fowl and unpleasant. I wanted to leave right away but Crysta was my ride, and she was off somewhere else. I tried calling Elliot but the reception was blocked, so I decided to go somewhere else.

I saw an old shack near the party so I went inside to get away from the loud music and drugs. Inside it was a little warm and it smelled musty, but it was quiet and peaceful. I saw an old mattress and decided to go lay down on it. I closed my eyes and before I knew it, I had fallen asleep.

It had probably been hours since I had fallen asleep, but I couldn't find myself to wake up. I then realized that it had suddenly gotten colder in the warm shack, and the mattress felt uncomfortable all of a sudden. Just then, I felt something sharp on my stomach and back. For some reason I still couldn't open my eyes and as they laid shut, I could hear heavy breathing. I then felt something on my wrists and ankles. It was rough and itchy, and it enabled be to move my arms and legs. Suddenly, I felt something sharp against my throat. It wasn't cutting me, but it felt like it was going to. I began to hear a car coming and people getting out of the vehicle. I could hear shouting and gunfire. The sharp object that was against my throat was gone, and I felt someone undo what was holding my wrists and ankles together. My body was in great pain, and I heard myself moan when someone had touched my back and stomach, like they were turning me onto my side. I felt someone touch me gently, then they picked me up and held me gently like I was a sleeping baby. The rest of what happened became a blur.

After everything that had just happened, I finally woke up and found myself in a hospital bed. My whole body began to hurt when I tried to move, so I just stayed still laying down. I heard someone breathing to my left and when I turned, I saw Ace, Black, and White asleep in some chairs. They must've been waiting for me to wake up, but I didn't want to wake them up. I then realized that someone was holding my hand from the other side. I turned around and saw that it was Dee and Dum, sound asleep along with Blood and Elliot. Suddenly, a nurse walked into the room with a clipboard. She looked surprised when she saw me awake. She walked towards the guys to wake them up. When they woke up, they looked happy and relieved. Just then, three police officers came in the room and started talking to the nurse and my step-brothers and mafia friends. They were talking quietly so I was unable to hear what they were saying. While they were talking, two men in black suits came in holding what looked like FBI badges. They came up to me and looked at me with sympathy. The agent on the right started talking to me...

"Miss Liddell, I'm Agent Bownder, and this is Agent Fly. May we ask you some questions?"

"Yes"

I could barely talk. The nurse led everyone else out of the room so that the agents could talk to me privately.

"Miss Liddell, what time did you leave the party at the park?"

"I think it was a little past eight."

"And where did you go?"

"There was this old shed. I went inside to get away from the party...and I fell asleep on this mattress that was in there."

"Did you hear anyone come in?"

"No...why? What's this about?"

"Miss Liddell, you were found in the middle of the forest next to the park. There was another person there about to slit your throat with a knife. He was wearing a hood over his head. The doctors say that you had been drugged, beaten, and molested."

"What? But, I don't remember any of that. And...how was I found?"

Agent Fly began to speak...

"You were reported missing an hour after the police had arrived to end the party. Your friend Crysta told the police officers that she had not seen you for a long time and was very worried. They went to go look for you."

"How long did it take for them to find me?"

"Miss Liddell, you were missing for three months."

"What do you mean? How could I have been missing for three months?"

"You don't remember what happened?"

"No"

"Well, after a whole day we sent for a search party. Even the Hatters wanted to look for you. After three months we were about to give up, but then three of our officers found you and the unsub in the forest. You were tied up and unconscious."

"Do you know who the man was?"

"No, we couldn't see his face. I'm sorry."

"Miss Liddell, what is your connection with the Hatter Family?"

"They're my roommates."

"Did you know any of the other mafias?"

"No...just Blood, Elliot, Dee and Dum."

"Alright then."

The police guarded my hospital room for the next few weeks. My friends and family came to visit me, and the police started questioning people that werebat the party the night I disapeared. So far, there were no leads. Almost everyday, I received a stuffed bunny with a boquet of red roses. At first I thought it because I thought it was nice for someone to give me a gift. But after a while, I got a little more than just a toy a some flowers. I started getting poems and pictures. But the poems were a little creepy, and the pictures were of me doing my usual activities. I told the police aboit this, and they assumed that they were from my kidnapper. But for some reason, something didn't feel right. I felt as if the person sending me these gifts and pictures was being passionate. The kidanpperbwas viscious and the person sending me these gifts was not viscious. I was released from the hospital sonn after but I was put under the surveilance of agents Bownder and Fly. The Hatters made sure that my room was always guarded when ever I was in their.

Somewhere in town, a tall figure looks at pictures of Alice, and places a red rose in a vase next to a portrait of Alice.

"I'll make sure no one ever hurts you my angle. I'll be your prescious bunny my love."

TBC...