Losing Everything

Lian drove in his car trying endlessly to reach Riley and the others on phone but it proved futile. He tossed the phone on the seat and sped up. After about 20mins of driving, he got to the FBI office.

He parked his car, glided out of it and rushed into the office. He met with one of the officers on his way and he directed him to the detective in charge of criminal investigations.

"Thank you." he murmured and dashed over to the desk of the detective " Good evening detective, I'm Lian and I'm here to report a case." He spat as he took his seat in front of the detective who was busily working on some papers.

"Good evening Lian," he dropped the pen on his desk as he lifted his head to face the person sitting in front of him. "Detective Robert here, how may I help you?" he clasped his hands on the table.

"I'm here to file a case." said Lian as he reached out for his phone from his pocket. He searched for the video sent to him, clicked on it for it to play and slowly pushed it towards the detective.

Detective Robert glanced at him then to the phone and he picked it up. He watched keenly as everything unfolds before his eyes.

"Please help me save my family." said Lian hastily as the detective lifted his head from the phone.

"Do you know their location?"

"Not that I'm sure of but I think I heard my niece saying something like laczode street."

"Alright.." He picked his pen, jotting something down. "What about your niece? When last did you hear from her and have you tried calling her again?"

"I received a call from her about an hour and half ago to which she sent this video. But I have been trying her line for a while now but I can't get back to her.

" Alright, let's do this. I will try to track her location from the monitor and also check the CCTV footage on the highway and the roads leading to laczode street. Let's see if we will get anything from there."

"Okay." He nodded.

Detective Robert sat quietly for a while analysing the information before him.

"Can I get the video from you phone for evidence?"

"Sure.." nodded Lian.

Detective Robert nodded and glanced over Lian's shoulder. "Martin" he called out to the detective sitting over his desk some few distance away. "Come over."

Martin paused what he was doing and sauntered over to Detective Robert's desk.

Robert took Lian's phone from his desk and handed it over to Martin.

"Get this, there is a video on it. Transfer it into our system."

"Alright sir..."

"And get the team together."

Martin nodded and glided over to his desk. At that moment, Dickson also sauntered into the office, walking straight to Detective Robert's desk.

"I want Nichole arrested." he spat.

Both Lian and Detective stared up at him.

"Nichole? Do you know her?" queried Lian.

Detective Robert glanced at Lian then to Dickson.

"Have a sit sir." he said to Dickson.

Dickson hastily pulled the chair and sat down.

"How do you know Nichole?" asked Robert.

"She is my wife. I thought I knew her but I didn't. She killed my deceased wife some years back and now she have got my son."

Lian glanced at him, shocked by the news.

"Are you Lionel's Dad..?"

Dickson glanced skeptically at him and nodded.

"Do you know my son..?"

"Yes, I'm Riley's Uncle."

Robert stared at them and sighed, "I think we should start our search."

"Alright." they chorused.

Robert glanced over to Martin who was busy on his PC.

"Are we set?"

"Yes sir..." he replied without looking up.

Robert glanced back at Dickson and Lian.

"Let's go." he gestured.

He gathered all his men and asked Lian to call Riley so that they will be able to track her location. Lian did as he was told but they weren't getting anywhere with it since her phone was off. Lian sighed, frustrated at the situation.

"Let's try calling Lionel too?" Robert glanced at Dickson. He nodded and obliged.

After a while of trying without any success, he panicked.

"We're not getting anywhere with this. Why don't you send your men on the streets? said Lian, frustrated. He ruffled his hair, "Nichole is deadly you know.."

Just then it dawned on Dickson that Nichole had her phone with her.

"I will try Nichole's line. I remember she had her phone with her."

Robert and the rest glanced at him and nodded. It took him some few seconds to fish out Nichole's number. He dialled and viola, it went through.

"I found them." shouted Martin who was behind the PC. They all rushed to him.

Robert glanced at the screen for a while and nodded.

"Let's go." he shouted, gesturing to some of his men.

"We're coming along." said Lian and rushed out after Roberts men, followed by Dickson.

Robert spoke to Martin for some seconds before joining Lian and the rest outside.

When they were sure that everything was set, they sped off.

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Riley sat glancing anxiously through the window at the backseat, fidgeting with his phone as the driver took the curve leading to laczode street.

"Are we there yet?"

The driver glanced at her through the driving mirror, "Almost ma'am.."

"Alright..." she nodded. "Why is Lionel's line not going through? I hope he is okay."

After some few minutes, the car pulled up at the given location.

"We're here ma'am..."

Riley glanced around and glided out of the care.

"Thank you." she said to the driver and he drove off.

The environment was quiet with less or no sound at all. She panicked but had to save her friends and mother.

"You can do this Riley.." she sighed and sauntered towards the building. She stepped into the corridor but saw no one around. she glanced around and slowly continued on her walk. After some few walks, she got to one of the rooms and was stunned at the sight before her eyes.

"Mum..." she exclaimed and rushed into the room.

She knelt in front of her unconscious mother, curbing her face with tears running down her cheeks. "What did she do to you mum..." she scanned all over her mother. "I will get you out of here, okay..."

Just then, a voice interrupted.

"See who we have here."

Riley jolted up, turning around to the direction of the voice only to see Nichole at the entrance with a smirk on her face.

She glared furiously at her, wiping away the tears with her palm. "What did you do to my mother?"

Nichole chuckled, "What kept you Riley?"

Riley felt very irritated by this question, "What the hell did you do to my mother Nichole? And where are my friends? and Lionel?"

Nichole smiled at her, "Well...," she clasped her hands and glided into the room. "Should I be answering that question?" She stared thoughtfully at her for some seconds and smiled, "I guess not."

"Why are you doing this Nichole? Why are you doing this to my family?"

Nichole rolled her eyes, "Is that even a question to be asked? Do you know something Riley? You're just as stupid as your mother. You should have seen her face when she was pleading for her life some years back. I nearly got what I wanted but you became my stumbling block." she chuckled, "Zed....!" she shouted.

Zed immediately rushed in.

"Get her!" she gestured him.

Riley tried to escape but then, Zed got hold of her. "Not so fast." He shoved her and she fell to the floor.

"Ah..." she cried.

Lionel drowsily opened his eyes to find himself tied to a chair with two men standing in front of him. Just then, he heard Riley's voice.

"Riley....." He tried to free himself but it was completely useless.

He glared at the men in front of him.

"Let me go." he shoved in his seat.

They giggled at him and sauntered out of the room.

After they had left, Lionel glanced around for something to free himself but found none. Just then, he remembered that his keys had a small knife attached to it. He struggled for some minutes reaching out for it from his pocket and finally got hold of it. He pulled it out and tried to free himself.

Riley looked up at Zed and Nichole who stood looking down at her. "You're evil Nichole, and I promise you're not going scout free with this. I'm going to make you pay."

Nichole sauntered towards her and knelt over, grabbing a fistful of her hair, "And how are you going to do that..?You brat.." she slaps her hard on the face.

Riley held her cheeks, shaking in anger as she glared at her, clenching her teeth. All along, Rosita was still unconscious. Nichole clenched Riley's jaw with her hand. " You're just as miserable as your mother." she shoved Riley and stood up. "Give me the gun."

Zed obliged and handed over the gun to her. She smiled, glancing back at Riley. Then pointed the gun at Rosita.

Riley stared with a wide eye, "No, no, no." she crawled up to her mother and stood in front of her. Nichole stared at her and smirked "Killing two birds with one stone, huh? You're so pathetic Riley, see how I deal with brats like you."

Riley closed her eyes waiting to be hit by the bullet as Nichole pulled the trigger. The sound of the gun echoed in her ears but she couldn't feel anything. She opened her eyes and was stunned to see Lionel laying before her with a bullet in his right shoulder.

"Lionel..." she exclaimed and knelt over him.

Just then, the siren of the police car was heard. Zed glanced around then back to Nichole.

"We need to escape now, the police are here."

Nichole glanced down at Riley who was kneeling over struggling Lionel with tears in her. "No Zed, I have to finish this."

Zed glanced around nervously and sighed. "Not now ma'am.., we don't have enough time for this. We have to go now.." He grabbed her by the hand and pulled her out of the room.

Riley glanced at Lionel and shouted amidst cry, "Somebody help me..., Help me.." she shook Lionel. "Why did you do that?"

Lionel gave a weak smile and slowly lifted his hand to curb her face. "I'm...glad.., you're okay..." he faintly murmured with a smile and fell unconscious.

Riley's heart sunk and cried for help.

The police cars pulled up in front of the building, followed by Lian's car. The officers rushed out of the car and surrounded the building. Lian also glided out of his and rushed into the building followed by Dickson, Detective Robert and one officer. Just when they got in, they saw two men laying unconscious on the floor. Robert looked over at the officer following them and gestured for some of the officers to come for them. At that moment, they saw Zed and Nichole rushed out of one of the rooms.

"Get them.." shouted Robert.

Two of Robert's men went after them whiles the others searched for Riley's friends, Rosita, Lionel and Riley.