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Next day, back at the Freeman residence, while Gabby was talking with Cindy on the side couch and Hiro was chatting along with Jazmine on the middle couch, Fae was pacing back and forth, waiting patiently for the other groups that she invited to arrive.
That's when Caesar and JC came in the house and run towards her and the others. "Princess, what's up? Hiro told me that you wanted me and my bro to come down here for some type of emergency," Caesar said. Fae nodded. "That is correct. We've got a serious problem," she informed. "Does it have to do with the broken door at the front? Look like somebody was about to rob this place!" JC said. Fae shrugged. "More or less, yes it does. I kicked the door down," she responded. Caesar raised an eyebrow. "Look, Princess. I know you were mad at Huey that one time, but breaking his front door? Ain't you taking it a little too far?" he questioned.
"Believe me, I didn't do it to spite Huey. I will explain later. Just have a seat with the others," Fae ordered. JC sat in between Gabby and Cindy, as Caesar sat by Hiro. Suddenly, Cairo came in. "Hey, Fae. Your sister told me you needed help. Are you okay?" he asked, worried. "Oh hell naw! What's this punk ass nigga doing here?!" Caesar asked. "He's not welcome into this house or in this neighborhood even," Hiro said. Fae glared at them. "I invited him here, because I wanted to, and as I promised, I will explain later. Cairo, you may take a seat."
Cairo sat at the end next to Jazmine as Caesar and Hiro gave him a glare. After a while, two girls that were never spotted at Woodcrest before came to the other teenagers' presence. One of the girls was olive skinned, with shoulder length, brown, straight hair, brown almond eyes, and a scar on her right eyebrow. The other girl was olive skinned, with classic length, black, wavy hair, hazel eyes, and a red bindi on her forehead.
Layla Khaled and Shani Kota went and hugged Fae. "Hey, we came as soon as you called us," Layla said. "You sounded serious...well, more serious than usual," Shani stated, "What's going on?" "Like I said, I will explain later. These are my other friends. You can have a seat and introduce yourself, while I make a call," Fae said. She went to another room, as Layla sat by Caesar and Shani sat alone in Granddad's recliner chair.
Caesar stared at Layla before saying, "Sup?" Layla gave him a glance. "Sup with you?" she responded. Caesar shrugged his shoulders. "Nothin'. Just chilling." There was a moment of silence before Caesar said, "So am I gon' get your name or am I just wasting my time?" Layla chuckled. "If I have to be honest, you just wasting your time, dude."
Caesar looked at her confused before saying, "Oh...now I see. You're one of Fae's friends?" "You got that right. You must be one of Huey's friends?" Caesar smiled at her. "You got that right." Layla slightly smiled. "So...am I gon' get your name...or am I just wasting my time?" she asked. "You'll never waste your time with me, sweetheart," Caesar said, "The name's Michael Caesar. People call me Caesar...but you can call me-" "Anything I want? I think not. I've heard of that pick up line way too many times," Layla stated.
Caesar smiled at his efforts. "Then, can I call you anything I want?" he asked. "Only in your dreams," Layla said, "My name is Layla Khaled and you may only refer to me as Layla." "You're more of a Peaches."
Layla shot a glare at Caesar, as the New York boy put his hands up in surrender.
"A'ight, my bad. It's nice to meet you, Layla."
The Indian girl stared at the peculiar group of teenagers and started to feel anxious. Shani never stayed in one room with a lot of people before. She was so used to hanging out with Fae and Layla, she never thought herself as sociable. "Hi!"
Shani slightly jumped up, seeing Hiro, Jazmine, and Cairo giving her an odd look. "Are you okay? You seem a bit...nervous," Jazmine told her. Shani looked down at her feet. "I'm...I'm sorry. I'm just not used to meeting a lot of people like this," she admitted. "Ay, it's all good. You'll like us once you get to know us. We're cool people," Hiro said, giving a reassuring smile. He glanced at Cairo, then added, "Well, most of us."
Cairo scoffed. "Whatever. I didn't even want to come here." "Then why did you? No one wants you here," Hiro said. Cairo smirked. "Except for Fae. The girl has it in for me, so why would I refuse her offer?" he said. Hiro sucked his teeth. "Man, please. You better be lucky Huey ain't heard what you said or you'd be sorry." Jazmine looked interested. "Why would Huey care if he said Fae likes him?" she asked.
Hiro froze, knowing that Jazmine have a bit of a crush on Huey. "Uh...it ain't nothing. Just forget what I said, Jaz," he covered. Jazmine was confused, as Shani felt awkward throughout the conversation.
"So you haven't heard from him since, Grandmom?" Fae asked on the phone in the dining room. "Oh yeah. Usually, Robert calls me every single day. You know how that man is, but he hasn't called here in a past few days." She heard her grandmother on the other line. Fae nodded, taking all this information in. "I see." "You know where he is, Fae? I'm kind of worried." Fae contemplated on whether she should tell Grandmom her predictions or try to find some actual proof first. Just like the rest of her family, Grandmom would probably think she's crazy, so the second option was more reasonable.
"I don't know, Grandmom, but I have a feeling on where he went. I'll be sure to let him know to call you back," Fae said. "A'ight, then. Take care of yourself. Don't be doing no crazy shit!"
Too late.
"Goodbye, Grandmom." Fae hung up and went back to the group. Everyone's conversation died down once they saw her.
"I appreciate you all for coming here. I understand that none of you don't know each other that well, but the only thing you all have in common is that you're either friends with me, Huey, or Riley. This is a serious matter and I feel that I should discuss this with all of you." "What's going on, Fae?" Jazmine asked, concerned. "Before I begin, answer me this. How many of you had any type of communication with any of the Freemans for the past few days?" Fae questioned.
The teenagers looked at each other without saying a word. "Just as I thought," Fae continued, "I don't have evidence, but I believe that the Freeman family has been kidnapped." That's when everyone started talking at once. Fae stood there for a moment before she gave a nod towards Gabby.
The younger Walker stood on the couch, then yelled, "SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
Everyone quickly became silent. "Now that I have your attention," Fae commenced as Gabby sat back down, "I strongly believe that something happened to the Freeman family and if it's as serious as I assumed it would be, then I had no choice but to gather all of you together to know what danger you'll be facing." Cindy sucked her teeth. "Man, you just as depressing as Huey is," she said, "How you even know they 'kidnapped'? They probably on some type of vacation that we don't even know about."
Fae glanced at Cindy. "Cindy...I'm not blind...and I'm certainly not stupid. The chances of the Freemans ever having a vacation is slim to none. Why, you may ask? I know a lot about Mr. Freeman or, as I like to call him, Granddad. For one thing, he's broke. He has no type of money to be spending on a vacation trip. Even if he does, he will not be spending it with Huey and Riley. Knowing him, he just leave them at home while he goes on a trip to try to get with some women and be called Mr. Bitches." Fae looked at everyone in this room, as she continued. "The reason why I made my theory is accurate. Before we had our disagreements, Huey and I were feeling some type of dangerous aura."
"Meaning?" Layla asked. "Meaning that we had a hunch that something bad would happen and it would reflect on my family since the senses occurred when Gabby and I came back to Woodcrest," Fae explained, "However, it didn't strike me that this type of situation would happen to Huey and his family. After we assumed this would involve Gabby and I because of our past, it backfired on us that the Freemans were going to be involved instead."
Fae took a deep breath, as everyone let the information sink in. "Also, we said we haven't heard from them for a while, so wouldn't that come across as suspicious to you?" Fae asked. It was silent for a moment until Hiro spoke up. "Well, I figured that they, mostly Huey, wanted some time alone since like you said, you were having some disagreements..." Fae looked down. "That's what I was surmising over some time...but he wouldn't ignore everyone else just because of me for that long. It's just not like him. Plus..." Fae pulled out the small, silver ball from her pocket. "I found this on the floor once Gabby and I broke in here."
"That's why you kicked down that door?" JC asked. "That is correct. Are you surprised?" Fae asked. "Naw, that's actually kinda cool, for real," JC said, impressed.
Fae threw the sphere at Shani, as she said, "Check it out for me, Ni-Ni." The Indian girl caught the sphere as she inspected it. "It seems like some sort of smoke bomb..." she said. "I had a feeling you would say that," Fae responded, "There were a lot of those on the ground. It gave me a clue that someone we've been sensing had already took them, which caused us to not hear from them since then."
"Who do you think took them?!" Jazmine exclaimed, starting to panic. "It could be anyone they came across...including the one named Wuncler..." Caesar scrunched his nose once he heard that name. "Ed Wuncler II...that guy is no good," he commented. "Hell, you never know, it could be Ed Wuncler I coming back to ruin their lives again," Hiro guessed. "Whether it's Mr. Wuncler or Eddie, we have to find them before they do who knows what to the Freemans," Fae said.
"Can't we just call the police?" Jazmine suggested. That's when everyone started laughing.
"Girl, what the fuck you talking about?! The po-po ain't gon' do shit!" Gabby said. "I actually agree with Jazmine," Shani spoke up, "Why do we have to save them? Can't we just tell an adult?" "Jazmine, Shani; I understand your agitation, but Gabby is right. The police ain't gonna do nothing for none of us. Unlike the 'authorities', we're not owned by the Wunclers, and unlike these adults, we actually care about the Freemans. Besides, we're sixteen and fourteen years old. I expect us to rescue the Freeman family within a day than any adult figure could do in a week. We're intelligent, we're skillful, and if we work together as a team, we could be capable of saving the Freemans, stop with what they planned on doing, and finally shut the Wunclers down."
"PREACH IT, SISTA!" Caesar exclaimed as everyone cheered for Fae's speech. "And so I ask...who's with me?"
The group of teenagers cheered once more, as Fae nodded, approved.
"Then, we have a lot of work to do. Hear me and hear me good...the war has just begun."
AAAHHHHH, YEEEAAAAHHHH! Stay tuned for another chapter when more shit is about to get more real! :)
