Chapter 9
Willow's POV
Tonight, KT and I were going to follow Victor. For the past week, since Nina and Eddie have gone missing, we had noticed that Victor leaves every night, about thirty minutes after a completely stupid pin drop speech. We were currently getting ready. We were both wearing dark skinny jeans tucked into black boots that went almost to our knees, tight, black belts so we didn't need to worry about our waistbands slipping, black tshirts, and black jackets with many pockets on the inside. We packed ourselves with snacks. a whistle in case we needed to call out for help, and our phones, for evidence. We decided not to use magic, in case they could track it, so we did our ritual before leaving.
Once we heard the front door open, we knew it was time to go. We slipped out our window, and walked quickly to keep up with Victor's car. We ended up at a warehouse in the middle of the woods, and hid behind a tree. There were four other people there. One, was a man I didn't recognize, the other three were Ms. Andrews, Ms. Denby, and Ms. Devenish. We were both shocked, but didn't make a noise. After they all talked about something, they made their way inside the warehouse. We followed them, and hid behind a mountain of cardboard boxes. Nina and Eddie were tied to plastic chairs in the center of the room, and looked miserable. I don't think either of them had been eating for the whole week! They looked unnaturally pale, and their cheekbones jutted harshly outwards. Nina was leaning to the side, her head was resting on Eddie's shoulder.
We waited for the adults to leave. It took what seemed like hours, but probably was only about thirty minutes, until they went into a different room. We darted out from behind the boxes, and untied the two. They collapsed to the ground, and Nina let out a pitiful moan that made me feel extremely sad for her. It took them a couple of seconds to realize what had happened, and once they did, their eyes widened in surprise.
"Before you say anything, I suggest you eat," Willow said, and we spent the next few minutes opening chips and candy for them. When those were finished, we gave them each a piece of gum to tide them over until we reached Anubis. We helped them up, and headed to the door. We kept a steady pace back, until we heard footsteps. We were being followed! We broke into a run, and tried to follow the trail back to Anubis.
"GET BACK HERE!" someone who was obviously Ms. Denby yelled. I decided we weren't going to make it otherwise, so I did the ritual (I've done it so many times, I could even do it while running for my life!). I grabbed Nina's hand, KT grabbed Eddie's hand (she had also done the ritual) and we flashed back to Anubis.
"Okay, we'll explain everything, just get the rest of the students here," KT instructed to Nina and Eddie, who were very confused.