Lightning Strikes Twice

Chapter 11: Missing

"I'm going to go get him now!"

"Alright, the three of us will be waiting right here."

Lillian closes the door behind her as she goes to get Marsh for his birthday surprise. I still wish we could've held it at my place but we had no time for further argument.

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After a few minutes of talking, the door opens and Lillian enter looking worried with Marsh nowhere in sight.

"Hey, something wrong? Where is he?"

"He.. he wasn't there.. and his front door was wide open."

Without another word I get up and start walking outside.

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I get to Marsh's house and everyone else follows behind, I walk up the steps to his door. I immediately start looking around as I enter, I look everywhere and there isn't a single trace of him leaving.

I step backwards towards the entrance, I feel myself stepping on something soft. I move my foot to see cloth on the floor; I pick it up and examine it.

"No... oh no.."

I turn around to see the other three there.

"What's wrong? Find something?"

I toss the piece of cloth to Martix after he asks me that. I walk past all of them with a panicked look on my face.

"What's this rag got to do with anything? And why does it smell funny?"

I rush down the stairs, then I start to search through the bushes infront of Marsh's house as I recall something from a couple years ago.

"Its got chemicals on it. Used to knock someone out."

"Oh really? I didn't know you had knowledge of such things."

"I don't, I have experience."

"Hey... what's that supposed to mean? Experience? And this is used to..."

After rummaging around through some of the bushes I find something. A letter. I look up and only see Lillian and Martix, Xenith must be inside. Martix comes down closer eying the letter.

"How... how did you know that was going to be there?"

"I faintly remembered from around when I was kidnapped, my sight was coming on and off again before I woke up in wherever she's hiding out. I saw Luxia drop a note or letter in the same fashion."

Martix' face goes a little pale from shock when I say that. We both glance at Lillian who's watching us, Martix then looks back to me and then back to the letter.

"No.. you aren't saying.. what I think you're saying, are you..?"

"Only one way to find out."

I open up the letter and read it aloud.

"Catch me if you can. He's mine now."