Steve was getting ready the next morning when he received the phone call. He was staying in a hotel in Atlanta before heading to Los Angeles for the next event. The only reason he was there was Shane wanted to have a meeting with Steve and Chris before he left to join WCW on their next stop in Paris. Chris had made his home in Atlanta while he and Debra lived in San Antonio.
"Debra can you get that?" He called.
Debra picked up the phone. "Hello?"
"Debra it's me." Chris answered the phone. "Can I talk to Steve?"
"Sure." She went into the bathroom and handed Steve the phone saying, "it's Chris."
"Hello?"
"Have you spoken to Cassidy recently?"
"No. She's supposed to be here in a half hour to drive all of us to the airport."
There was a pause.
"Chris what's going on?" Austin asked starting to lose his temper. He didn't like to wait for answers.
"Danny was kidnapped last night."
"What?!" Steve yelled so loud that Debra came back to the bathroom. "What about Cassidy?"
"We don't know. Megan thought she was with you at the hotel. This morning she found her suitcase still on her bed open."
"Shit! You are just calling me now to tell me my daughter was kidnapped?"
"Steve we didn't want to worry you. It was after midnight when we found out and..."
"You didn't think I'd want to know that your kid was kidnapped?" Steve continued to yell.
There was a knock at his door. Debra went to answer it and let Stephanie Williams into the room.
"Look Steve I'm sorry I didn't call you but..."
"But nothing Chris. My daughter is missing and I want answers." He said and hung up the phone.
Stephanie stared at her father in shock. "What happened to Cassie?"
***
A few hours later, Athena had just stepped into the hotel lobby in London when Dustin Runnels stopped her. They were going to catch a bus to Liverpool for the next show.
"Athena I need to talk to you for a moment." Dustin said leading her away from his daughter whom she had been rooming with in London.
"Shane called me and said I need to get you on the next flight back to the states."
Athena felt fear grip her. "Is it my parents? Mandy and the baby?" A lot of different scenarios were running through her head that would have Shane say she needed to catch the next flight home.
"Shane didn't really say. He just said an emergency has arisen and you need to catch the next flight home. He has also asked that Cameron go with you."
That worried Athena a lot more. Something must have been really wrong for both her and Cameron to be called back.
Dustin handed her a ticket. "Maybe you two will be able to rejoin the tour." Dustin said.
"Maybe." Athena said still thinking about what may be wrong. She looked down at her plane ticket. Her plane left at 2:00 and she had a nonstop flight and would arrive at 6:15 PM.
She looked at her watch. She needed to get going if she was going to reach the airport in time.
Dakota came up to her and wished her luck, obviously having overheard what her father had said.
She took her cellphone out as she got into the cab. She looked up briefly as Cam slid in next to her. She had been thinking about what Dustin had said and hadn't seen Cam.
"Did Dustin say anything to you?" Athena said putting her phone away for a moment.
"No. Just said that I needed to go with you back to Atlanta."
She took her phone out and tried calling her Uncle Bret but only got his voice mail. She left a message asking him to call her back as soon as he got the message.
"I hate this." She said to Cam. "I want to know what's going on."
"I know." Cam said and looked out the window.
What if there was something wrong with her family and it was so bad they didn't want to tell her over the phone? Now she was really worried.
She decided to call Oje.
"Hello?" A tired voice asked. Athena looked at her watch and realized it was very early in the morning in Calgary.
"Is there a family emergency?" She asked in way of greeting.
"Athena?" Oje asked sounding a little more awake.
"Is there a family emergency?" She asked again.
"Not that I know of."
"Is Mandy okay?"
"Mandy's asleep next to me and she's fine. So's Tim." He said quick to reassure her.
"I was told I needed to get home right away but they wouldn't say why. Uncle Bret's okay?"
"I spoke to him last night, he's fine."
"Okay." She said still sounding unsure. "Let me know if you hear anything." She said and hung up the phone.
She hated not knowing what was going on.
