Chapter 18: * Kate Abduction *

Kate attention was focus on Janey ,her classmate who is bragging about her vacation with her family in Italy , because her mother is italian and her father is american, both of them were on the 5th grade and they were of the same age,and they are just walking on their way home everyday . Their school was six blocks away from their home though Janey was three blocks nearer from school.

They hadn't notice someone watching and following them from afar, and Janey bid goodbye to Kate when she enter their gate. Kate continue to walk home cheerfully thinking of the delicious snack her mom had prepared for her at home as she usually do for her,. five houses away from their house she was not aware of a gray van following her until someone grab her from behind. She was unprepared for that sudden attack, she tried to shout and call for help but her assailant put some kind of cloth over her head so her shout hadn't been heard.

"Hello Janey? are you working on something with Kate? ", Karen ask her daughter bestfriend when she called over on the phone at 5 p.m , though she suspect something happened to Kate base on the wild beating of her heart and nervousness she felt right now, Kate never came home as this late.

" No! Kate had gone home already earlier today! ", Janey said.

" At what time did you come home?", Karen ask .

" At about 4:30 in the afternoon!", Janey confirmed.

" Oh my God! she's not home yet! and I'm so worried about her now ! ', in a trembling voice Karen said.

" Why are you crying mama?", Prince ask his mother when he answer her call.

" Please come home soon son! Kate hadn't come home yet until now ", Karen said. As soon as Prince heard what his mom said he immediately inform his dad that he will come home to look for Kate. Even Joseph was so worried when he heard that her daughter hadn't been home yet.

" Okey! I'll go home too! ", Joseph said.

Joseph and Karen had reported to the police the sudden disappearance of their daughter and both of them were so worried about her.

" I should have fetch her from school if only I had known this will happened to my daughter hu, hu, hu, I'm so irresponsible as a mother ! Kate please come home honey! ", Karen felt so devastated and worried for the safety of her daughter. All they can do

right now is pray that Kate was safe, and in good condition.

" Mama, are we looking for Kate?",, three years old Maggy innocently ask.

" Yes honey!", Karen replied while wiping the tears in her eyes.

"Where she go? are you crying mama?", Maggy ask.

" I have no idea where she goes, that's why we're looking for her ", Karen answered.

" Stop crying mama, I will help you look for Kate ", Maggy told her mother with a hug and kiss on her watery cheeks.

" Thanks baby! ", Karen told her daughter, and hug her tightly, she's thankful for the fresh comfort her youngest daughter was giving her in this moment of longing and desperation.

The police immediately conducted a search investigation for the girl all around the area, they even search every cars or trucks that pass by in the vicinity and in the mainroad nearby but they didn't found her.

" Mama, I will ask for help in looking for Kate! ", Prince decided.

" Whom you will ask son? How we will going to find your sister? ", Karen asked, though at this time every help offered to their family is very much welcome.

" I will ask the help of my friends mama ",

Prince said.

" Who? you had never introduce to us your friends, I don't know you have one?", Karen ask wondering.

" I have many friends in school mama ", Prince replied.

" How can they help? did they have some connection with the police force?"; Karen ask.

" No mama, they are more than that, and I know they will be great help for us ", Prince assured his mom, he wanted to tell his mom that his friends are not humans but creatures from the other world, just pretending as humans but he is not sure if this is the right time to expose his circle of friends.

" Please take care son, and thank that friend of yours that will help us", Karen told her son who just nod his head in agreement and thankful that his mom don't insist that much by asking about his friends.

" Yes mom, I will tell them ", Prince said

" .Take care, may we found your sister soon, the longer she's not with us the more danger she will be in", Karen said, worry is in her voice and in her face, this is the time that they need their son's inborn power and may it will work in finding her daughter.

Kate is very scared at this time, she heard voices and she couldn't move her hands because she was tied up in a wooden chair. She never lost her consciousness during the trip , even though they cover her head with a kind of cloth til they reach this place and her head cover was removed. She feel very uncomfortable in her position, and her hands were painful already because of the knots use to tie her hands.

" Why are you doing this to me? ", Kate gather all the strength she had to ask that question to the man infront of her.

" Quiet! ", the man yell at her, she remember seeing this man in their neighborhood. She usually smile at him and been respectful to this man, who at this time show her the rudeness of his attitude.

" Are we neightbors? I thought you're a good man , I was wrong to think of you as such! ", she yell back at the man. The hatred for this man who was threatening her with his voice and words had arouse courage within her.

" I told you to be quiet! ", the man harsh voice warned her.

" My brother will surely punish you for doing this to me! ", she tried to threaten the man.

" I am not afraid of your brother, your father or your mother and they'll never find where you are right now and they'll never see you again ! ",, the man said.

" You don't know my brother! he will find me ! and you better hide yourself when that happened for he will surely beat you til you die! ", she threaten the man again.

" Ha,ha,ha, that will never happened and you better keep quiet , cause you're irritating", the man slap her face , she did feel the pain but the fright that began to engulf her because of such cruelty is not a joke. But the reality that she might not be able to see her family again is more painful than the slap she just experience. She usually heard of girls being raped and killed and that is rampant now a days, but she never thought it will happened to herself. She had no idea why this man had kidnap her, will he ask for ransom? or he will just **** and leave her behind in some abandoned places , or bury her dead body in some kind of isolated area in the woods? she's scared to ask again, she don't want to be slap again in the face besides that it's painful she don't want to die with a deform face that even her family will not going to recognize her.

" Pete! ",, somebody was calling outside, the man immediately put a gagged in her mouth before her attempt to scream for help. The man whom now she know as Pete automatically leave her in the room and she heard the door was locked outside.

" Yes mom? ", she heard the man reply. So his name is Pete and she think his mom is not aware of the crime her son is doing right now. Her voice seems so kind and loving, it took a long time before the man came back, and her stomach is already rumbling in hunger now, she is hungry, thirsty , cannot move because of the knot in her hands and cannot talk because of the cover in her mouth, and the man did not even give her a water to drink.

She assume it was the next day when the man again enter the door and was in a hurry to change his clothes in her presence and leave again. In her young mind she estimated the age of the man as though he was in his thirties or a bet younger.

" Oh my! I'm so hungry and thirsty! mom dad! help me please!", she called out for help in her mind. She remember that her mom and dad taught them to pray and that's what she did the whole time, there's no one she can turn to at this time but to the heavenly being up there . She had little strength left when the man return and take off her mouth cover and feed her.

" You're so dirty! just urinated in the floor? ", after feeding her the man reprimand her angrily.

" You tied me up in this wooden chair and put a gag in my mouth then you're angry because I urinated on your floor? then why did you take me? just to make my life miserable ?how pathetic of you!",she said insolently and the man punch her in her stomach, as though he was in a boxing match punching her.

" You talk a lot ", he said very irritated. She decided to be quiet so she will not get any more additional punishment, her body was in a lot of pain now, she had never experience such cruelty from her family, but this man is so cruel, who the hell has given him the right to beat her?

" I'm so sorry ma'am, but there are no witnesses that will give us hints of who did this to your daughter, did you receive any calls asking for ransom?" the police ask the couple.

" No one had contact us, even if we don't have the money, we will surely look for ways to pay the ransom in exchange of her safety," Joseph said.

" But there are cctvs around that has taken the actual abduction, is it the first time that there is a case of abduction in our area?", Karen ask the police officer.

" Actually , the cctv was already in our custody and we are verifying the car's plate number, yes ma'am ! this is the first time it happened in this area ", the police replied.

"Please my daughter was already abducted for more than twenty hours now! and every hour is crucial for her safety, my daughter is only eleven years old and I can't take it if something happened to her", Karen litany with tears in her eyes. Her eyes never dried up since yesterday, and she's glad that Joseph had decided to file for days off in the office while they are looking for Kate and there's someone to take over the caring of Maggy, inspite of the fact that she can not sleep properly, she can not work properly, her worry over Kate was so obvious. While Prince had been looking for her sister since yesterday, he had also called the University to inform that he will be absent because they are looking for his sister.

Joseph also called Kate school to inform them of Kate sudden disappearance. Joseph was so disappointed because there's nothing he can do to help find her daughter. Both of them are so worried for Kate, their loving and so full of energy daughter was kidnapped by some devil, and he hoped that Prince can help find her younger sister before she was in serious danger in the hand of that unknown animal who is pretending to be human.

" Don't worry ma'am we're doing everything we can to help find your daughter", the police said.

" Thanks for your help, I hope you can help us find our daughter soon", Karen said.