WALKING ALONE

HOME ALONE (chapter #2)

The next morning little Kayla awoke by the sound of the house phone ringing. Kayla jumped out of bed to run to pick up the phone. "Hello" Kayla said as she answered the phone, "Good morning Kayla, this is Mrs.Kemp" was the sound of the voice on the phone, Kayla smiled and said "How are you Mrs.Kemp?, I am just about to get ready for school". "I am terriblely sorry Kayla, there has been an accident and school will be close for a while" her teacher said, nervously frightened Kayla asked "Is everything okay why is school being shut down?", "Well there has been a dangerous fire in the school's kitchen yesterday" her teacher answered. Horrified by the disaster Kayla said "So that's where all the smoked came from, but when will we be able to return to school?", "I will contact you on a later date with the information". "Okay ma'am thank you for the call" Kayla said right before hanging up. She had the family's big 2-story house all to herself and she was finally happy. A car motor was later heard by Kayla. She quickly ran to the window to take a look and she made a shocking discovery. Sitting in the front yard of the Smith's family home was the same darkly blue coloured car that was following Kayla yesterday. Terrified of what she saw, Kayla ran upstairs to hide in a hallway closet. After what seemed like a long time to Kayla, the car left the residence, it had been only two minutes and Kayla still was hiding in fair. The phone began to ring, and Kayla had to make a huge decision, risk being spotted and possibly taken by the unknown Men or continue to hide and ignore what might be an important call. Kayla finally made a division to exit her hiding spot. She quickly got to the phone. "Hello" she said, holding the phone. "Kayla, it's your Mother" she heard, "Mom, when are you coming home?" Said Kayla. "I'll be home tomorrow midday, I gat to go! I love you" her Mother said, but as soon as Kayla could say a word, her Mother was gone. After Kalyla washed her skin and fed her soul, she went for a walk to a nearby park. She then went out the door, secured the house and began her rather long walk to her destination. Walking alone down the quiet road of her neighbourhood, she soon spotted what looked like her Principal walking in her direction. A closer look confirmed her uncertain thoughts. "Good morning sir, what brings you to my beautiful neighborhood?" Kayla asked. With a smile Mr.Morris answered "Hi Kayla, I'm just having a little walk", "Do you live around here?" Kayla asked. "Yes I live two houses down from the neighbourhood Park". "I never knew that, I'll see you later sir" Kayla said, with a wave goodbye, Mr.Morris continued on his way. Kayla did the same until she saw that strange mystery vehicle that has been stalking her for the last passed day. She quickly jumped behind a tree to keep out of sight. Suddenly the car stopped right in front of the tree the horrified 10 year old was hiding behind. Frighten to death, little Kayla began to whisper "Please God, let this car pull off without any incident Father". Immediately after the short prayer the vehicle drove off.
Once she arrived at the park, she played on the swing set. A few minutes of swinging, Kayla looked at her watch and saw that it was a few minutes to 12:00 P.M and Kayla remembered her Mother was coming back home at 12:00 P.M. She began to walk home as fast as possible. Then the sound of an engine at full speed raced pass her, a note was flung out of the window landing about a feet from her position. She picked up the letter and it red "We are going to get you!". The note gave her a fright. She bald up the paper, threw it away and ran home as quick as her feet could carry her. She waited for time to speed up to have her Mother home. Hours passed and her Mother didn't call or came home, Kayla began to wonder what had happen.
Kayla sat down to eat a snack and to watch a little television. When she turned on the T.V, she began to switch through the channels to find an interesting show. One channel stood out from all the rest, so she switched down only to see 'Breaking News written at the bottom of the screen. A news reporter came on and started to say "Flight 7121 from New York was forced to ditch in the ocean earlier this afternoon, there were no survivors". Kayla eyes popped open as the bag of chips she was snacking on fell to the ground. Heart broken by the news, she nervously ran to the phone and tried to call her Mother's phone, but she gat no answer. Crying in fear of her Mother's life she ran into her parents room and jumped into their bed. Soon later the phone rang, when she picked it up she was told that "This is your Father". "DAD IS IT TRU IS MOM DEAD?" Kayla yelled, "Yes baby it was her flight" her Father said. It was Kayla's worst nightmare, her biggest fear had been confirmed. Crying and screaming Kayla asked her Father "When will you be home?", he answered "I'm to the airport now purchasing a ticket baby", she sadly replied "PLEASE BE SAFE DADDY!, I cannot loose you too", right before hanging up he said "I'll be fine baby, I'll be home shortly".
Kayla sat in her parents room crying that sad afternoon. Suddenly she heard glass being broken. She quickly crawled under the bed. While under the bed, footsteps began to fill Kaylas ears, the footsteps started to come closer and closer towards Kayla's eardrum. Then the steps had then paused as she noticed feet at the front of the bed. She covered her mouth and nose with her hand to quiet the sound of her breathing. Without any warning Kayla was pulled from under the bed and taken outside. She was then placed into the trunk of a car, as the unknown man taped her mouth shut. Trying to see a face, Kayla soon realized the man had a mask on, covering his face. The trunk was shut close and Kayla began to cry.