Steve had called Harper at least 5 times but she wasn't picking up her phone, Steve finally quit calling and put his phone down on the dinner table.
"Something's not right, she always picks up." Steve muttered as he turned to Pete.
Pete nodded "Yeah, I'm getting a vibe." He said, slowly standing up from his chair.
There was silence in the kitchen before Steve huffed "I'm gonna go check on her." He said, grabbing his cell phone and grabbing his car keys as he walked to the front door.
"I'm coming with you." Claudia announced as she walked with him to the front door; Steve opened the door, ready to walk out with Claudia when they saw a police officer standing in front of them.
"Is this the residence of Harper Jinks?" the officer asked.
Claudia held onto Steve tightly as they both nodded "Yes, this is the Jinks residence."
"Are you her parents?" the office asked.
They both nodded again "Could you tell us what's going on?" Steve asked.
"Mr. and Mrs. Jinks, I'm afraid I have some bad news, may I come in?" The office asked.
Claudia huffed "No, you tell us right here."
The office looked at Claudia "Ma'am, I'm sorry to tell you this, but your daughter was kidnapped about two hours ago." He told her.
Claudia covered her mouth while Steve held her close "Do you have any leads?" he asked.
"May I come in?" the office asked.
Steve opened the door wide enough to let the office in, he escorted the officer and the now distraught Claudia to the living room where they were met by Myka and Pete.
"What's going on?" Pete asked.
"Call Artie, tell him we have an emergency." Steve instructed as the three of them sat down in the living room.
The officer cleared her throat "The report goes as follows; your daughter and her friends were at the coffee shop, The Dud, and the two friends had said that a man had approached them and began talking to Harper; the man was tall with blonde hair and blue eyes. The girls left and Harper got her friend Lily to give her a ride home; but on the way home the man from earlier had followed them and cut them off. Her friend said that two henchmen came out of a black van with the blonde gentleman, and that one retrieved Harper while the other slashed the cars tires." The office explained.
Claudia remained in shock, trying to force back tears "Do you have any suspects?" she asked.
"No, not at this time. Though, both friends remember the gentleman saying that he was a friend of yours." The office remarked.
Claudia and Steve looked at each other before shaking their head "No. Nobody by that description." Steve remarked.
The officer nodded "Do you have a recent picture of Harper?" he asked.
Claudia thought for a moment "I think I can find one of her photo booth pictures." She said, getting up from her seat and rushing upstairs to try and find the picture.
Steve sat silently in his seat, trying to absorb everything when Myka cleared her throat "Uh, Steve?" she asked, stepping out gently from the dining room.
Steve turned to Myka, who motioned her head to come closer, he excused himself for the moment and walked into the kitchen with Myka.
Myka handed Steve her cell phone and took a few steps back, standing next to Pete near the stove as they waited silently.
"Hello?"
"Steve, what happened with Harper?" Artie asked on the other end of the phone.
Steve cleared his throat "She's—she's been kidnapped." He said.
Myka covered her mouth while Pete stood in pure shock, they knew something was wrong but they weren't sure what it was until that moment.
"Oh, well that explains a lot." Artie remarked.
"What, Artie?"
Artie huffed "The Warehouse, artifacts have been flying off the shelves, and lightening hitting in random places. If Harper is putting up a fight or is extremely angry, which is probably correct to assume, her emotions and energy are being shared with the warehouse."
Steve sighed "…so she's still alive at least." He muttered.
"Yes—" Artie said before abruptly stopping.
Steve listened closely for a moment "Artie?"
"…it stopped."
Steves' stomach dropped, gently sitting down in the closest chair as tears began to spill from his eyes; it was then at that moment Steve began to feel his cell phone vibrating in his pocket.
"Artie, I've got to go." He said, hanging up Mykas' phone and pulled his out and looked to see who was calling; it was Harper.
He didn't waste any time answering the call "Harper, are you okay?" he nearly yelled, jumping up from his seat.
Steve only heard muffle cries on the other end of the phone "Harper?" he whispered.
"Dad." Harper simply.
Steve tried to hold back tears just as the office and Claudia walked into the kitchen "…Harper, sweetie, are you alright?" he asked.
Harper began to breathe shallowly for a moment "Yeah."
"What does he want?" Steve asked.
Harper hummed for a moment "He won't tell me." She muttered.
Steve nodded as he swallowed hard "I'm gonna find you. We're going to find you, okay?"
Harper was silent, Steve could hear another voice mutter something to her; Harper swallowed hard "He said you'll see me real soon."
"Who is he?" Steve muttered.
Harper began to cry again for a moment before she tried to contain herself "Walter Sykes."
Steve sighed "Honey, Walter Sykes is dead." He told his daughter calmly.
"That's what I told him" Harper said, trying to hold back tears.
Steve heard a struggle forming, he heard Harper crying out as the phone was taken away from her.
"…who is this?" Steve asked sternly.
The other voice chuckled for a moment "Oh, Steve…it has been awhile." He said in a calm and collect voice.
Steve couldn't deny that the voice sounded familiar, but he knew that Walter Sykes was dead; whoever had kidnapped Harper must've had an artifact to mask their true identity.
"Give me back my daughter." Steve hissed.
The man chuckled "…I'll give her back, eventually. But I need to borrow her. Don't try and find her, I won't hesitate to kill her—or you again, for that matter." He said before handing up the phone.
Steve took the phone away from his ear gently and turned to Claudia, he shrugged before shaking his head at her.
Claudia covered her mouth as she began to sob; to the office present, Claudia was just a scared and grieving mother, but to the agents and Steve, they were witnessing the caretaker call apart at the seams.