The Missing

22. Don't Go

Becca's POV *two weeks later*

I sit in here listening to the kids outside playing, they must be the neighbors. I go to the doors and look, there is a fence so I can't see anything, they can't see me either. So I go back over to the blankets and cover up, it has been getting colder here, I wonder if John will bring us in anytime soon. I really hope so because I had a snake come in here the other day and it was not pleasant. I have seen many bugs too.

All of a sudden I hear a banging sound on the door causing me to jump, I slowly go over to the door and see a soccer ball. It must be the neighbor kids' ball. They will come and get it and I can go home. It would probably scare the shit out of them to have an arm grab them from inside the shed when they were just walking over here to get their ball. I watch until I see a pair of feet coming over slowly. I look under and see that its not John. "Please don't go." I say crying, the boys attention comes to me. "Don't look at me. He will know, just try to open the doors. Please." He looks away then looks around, he gets down to grab his ball. This kid looks like he is 13.

"Who are you? It has a lock on it." He says to me talking about the door.

"I'm Becca, I've been missing for years now. Do you have a phone?" I say crying. He takes a phone from his pocket and puts it under the door. "Thank you, now hurry back to your house before he catches you. I'll return your phone." I say crying and he nods then runs back. I open his phone, there is a password to get into the phone, but I can still call the police.

I dial 9-1-1 with shaking fingers. "Hello this is 9-1-1 what is your emergency?" I hear a woman say and I start sobbing.

"I need police." I say to her.

"What is the issue there?"

"I've been kidnapped and missing for maybe 4 years. Please help me before he kill us." I say crying more and more.

"What is your name?"

"Becca Michelson." I say and she is silent for a moment.

"We have an officer 3 minutes away from your destination, will you be safe till they get there?"

"I'm not sure, please hurry." I say, "I have to hang up before he comes out here and notices." I tell her then hang up. I move to the corner of the room. I have on sweatpants that are very dirty because I have been wearing them for a very long time. Then a tank top that was white, but now it is a yellow/brown color because of the dirt. I'm finally getting to go home.

I hear the sirens and stand up and hold the phone tight in my hands. I will get to see my family again. I will get to catch up with my friends and the world again. They stop at the house and I hear John yelling at them to get off his property. My stomach sinks, 'please don't listen to him.'

I say over and over again in my head. He keeps yelling at them and then I hear a door shut and he stopped. They put him in the car I think. I sit in here in silence waiting to see if anyone will come into here.

Nick's POV (He is a police man)

I walk into the house with Kelly my co-worker. We walk around the house into the living room and find a little kid in the living room, she looks no older than 2 years. Kelly goes over and picks her up and she starts crying. "Sh, its okay." She tells the kid. I go around the house.

"Hello! Is anyone here! This is the police!" I yell and wait for a few seconds.

"Help!" I hear someone yell coming from downstairs. I go to the basement door and find out that it is locked.

"Are you near the door?" I yell to the girl I heard down there.

"No!" I hear her yell back. I kick the door knob at least 4 times before the door flies open. I run down stairs to see the room empty, but there are two more doors. I go to the first door I see there is a eye looking up at me from under the door.

"Move away from the door." I say once I find out that the door is locked. I kick it open and the brown haired girl comes out and hugs me and starts crying.

"You saved us." She says sobbing.

"Is there others here?" I ask her and she says yes and then I help her out to officer Kelly. Kelly is still holding the baby girl. "How many people are there?" I ask her.

"3 more girls." She tells me with a shaky voice. "I don't know where they are anymore."

We search the house over, then we look in the back yard. The neighbor boy comes out side and tells us that there is a girl in the barn named Becca. She is the girl who called. We go to the barn and there is a lock on the door. We need that mans keys. "Mike, go get that mans keys." I tell him and he runs to the police car where he is being held. After a few minutes Mike comes back, the boy has been talking to Becca, she gave him back the phone that she called us with which was the kids.

He hands me the keys and it takes me 4 times to find the right one. The girl comes out and hugs the boy. "Thank you." She says, she is also crying. She is very skinny and looks unhealthy. "You saved me." The boys mom comes over and they all go to the police cars and talk. There is more people. I can't believe this.

"We found another girl!" John yells from across the yard and I look to see another really thin girl who is very, very unhealthy looking. These girls must have gone through hell.

"There's one more!" I yell.

"Help me!" I hear someone yell. It must be the last girl. About 4 people, including me run over to the small shed in the corner of the yard. I try the keys until it works and the comes out thanking us. These poor kids.

A/N

Yes! They are going home soon, just wait for the next chapter. I wanted to leave it off there so that in the next chapter it will be the story of seeing their families again and getting better. I will be doing a part about life after freedom.