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Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty - Live On Camera

Sunday, 27th September 2020

KRYSTALLIA

I sighed, taking the black scrunchie out of my hair and letting it fall down my back. I put the hair tie on the side before tapping my fingers on the holopad, thinking of any other ways to find his location.

I heard a knock on the door before it opened and someone walked in.

"Diamond."

I hummed in response and heard the door close before he wrapped his arms around my waist, hugging me from behind.

"We'll find him," he tried to reassure me and I nodded, "I hope so."

He kissed the base of my neck before taking my scrunchie, "Give me this?"

I raised an eyebrow, "Why?"

"So everyone knows I'm yours."

I chuckled before nodding, "Sure."

He slipped it around his wrist and rubbed my sides, "You've been here for a few hours."

I pinched the bridge of my nose, "I can't rest knowing an employee is out there getting tortured."

He moved to stand beside me before taking my arms and wrapping them around his waist. He put an arm around my shoulder and used his other hand to cup my cheek.

"Diamond, I'm not gonna stop you from finding him, but you have to rest every once in a while. What if you found him but you're completely drained? You can't save him like that, can you?" he said, staring into my eyes, seemingly searching for an answer.

I sighed and buried my face in his chest, "It's just stressful. We've never had an employee get taken before and it's to somewhere we don't know."

He rubbed my back and kissed my hair, "I know it's stressful, gem. We'll get him back, I promise."

I looked up at him, "You promise?"

He nodded, his eyes filled with determination, "I promise."

"Okay."

***

Back at the amusement park, we went to where we saw Tatiana take Cain. It was a forest behind it so we had a car come in from the side and we walked to the spot. I crouched down to inspect the tracks.

"It's a cargo van for sure," I said, touching the tire track. Kris came and crouched next to me, "If we follow the track, it may lead us to them."

"I have a feeling we'll be needing more than these tracks to find them. There's no way they'll lead us straight to them, it's too easy," KT mentioned and we nodded in agreement, standing up from the spot.

"Get the forensic department to check this area. We'll follow the tracks and see where it leads to," Kris said to Mark and he nodded, walking away.

Whenever I see Mark, the threat resurfaces in my mind. Tatiana is the one who sent it, I'm sure. We've asked him if he knew how he got all those, and he said he was blindfolded, cuffed, and drugged.

The car came and we got in before Dylan started following the tracks. Zach received another message and his face held shock. He handed his phone to Kris and I. I leaned in to take a look.

It was a picture of Cain all bloody, his hands were tied up behind his back and his ankles were chained. This time, there wasn't a chair though. He was laying on the ground.

Another message came and this time, it was a video. Kris and I shared a glance before clicking play.