as soon as the glass door swung shut, Flo's café erupted into chaos. They didn't dare go after them, to afraid of being shot or getting lightning shot. Flo ha th phone in her hand in record time, calling the Sheriff to alert him of the kidnapping and Sally was furiously scribbling own the licence plate of the Prius they were stepping into. They were all confident Sheriff could catch them, that is until they took off faster than they had seen a Prius move. Not even Doc could catch them with their head start.
Fear settled in like lead in everyone's stomach, what was going to happen to their friend? Was he going to be killed, or held for ransom?
Sheriff burst through the doors, looking angry and put-out, "I couldn't catch 'em." he sighed softly, "Did any of you get a good look at the guy?"
"It was a girl." Mater muttered, looking deep in thought. "I'm gonna call Finn and Holley in, they're spies. They can help!" Whipping out his phone, he stepped out into the fresh air and made the call.
Sally had been silent the entire time, still reeling from the fact her boyfriend had been kidnapped in broad daylight and gun-point. Traumatized or not, she had to help in some way, but first she had something to ask, "Where's Doc?"
Sheriff rubbed at his face tiredly, his age taking a toll on his stamina, "Still chasing after their dust, far as I can tell... He's gonna blow a tire, and then were gonna have to go get him."
the door chime signaled Doc's late arrival, "You don't have to get me, I lost 'em."
"You never had them in the first place." he muttered, Doc glared but he paid him no mind.
"I got a good look at her, I could provide a description...?" Sally offered tentatively, hoping someone else would step up to the plate so she wouldn't have to.
before they could reply, mater poked his head in the door, "They're here."
"What? Really?" Doc rose to his feet and followed Mater outside, where Siddeley was parking his jet, Finn and Holley inside.
Sally and Flo followed suit, "How'd they get here so fast?"
"They were heading here anyway, something about a mission gone bad" Mater replied distractedly, focusing on his friends' plane.
As soon as they could, Finn and Holley stepped off the plane and strode purposefully towards the rag-tag group of friends, determined to help them find the missing celebrity. Finn was wearing black pants and a black long-sleeve shirt, Holley was dressed similarly. It made sense, they had just come from a stake out mission and looked like a mess. Finn made it to the group first, his brown hair frizzled out and a hard look in his eyes.
"Description?" Their was no time for hello, and Sally nodded to him once. He led her back into the Cafe, and grilled her on the details.
"Okay, uh, she was blonde! Had long hair that reached her lower back... her eyes were green and she didn't really have any freckles of defining facial features..."
"Clothes?"
"Oh! Um, blue skinny jeans, a pink sweater, and boots. wait, she also had a tattoo! on the back of her head. It was a... god, what was it?"
"An animal?" Finn prompted, worry laced in his voice.
"Yeah! It was a lion with eight legs. Does that mean anything?"
Finns face was grim, the tension in his shoulders was clear and the anger sparking in his eyes told Sally everything she needed to know.
"How bad is it?"
they locked eyes d a moment he hesitated, "They call themselves The Jumalat."