The Siren Boy A Borderlands Story

Chapter 4: Where's My Brother

Alice's Pov

My brother has been gone for about a day now. It was so quiet without him in the mornings. He would make everyone breakfast, help me get ready, and walk to school together. The cops were in the kitchen talking to mom and dad. "Sir, we will dispatch a search party soon, we advise others to help the authorities." A police man said. Mom and dad nod and tell me to pack my backpack for school. I walk alone, thinking about Odin. As I walk, my best friend came up next to me. Her name's Peggy. "I heard what happened to your brother. Everyone did. Are you ok?" She asks. "No, he could be dead for all I know." I reply. She gives me a hug and pats my back. We walk to our homeroom class. We have a half day today because of the search party that was being formed. We had an assembly after homeroom. The principle talked. "As you all may or may not know, Odin Langdon went missing yesterday. We want to take this time to tell all of you that the police are doing everything they can to find him.". We all stayed silent as he was doing a presentation on search parties and rules for missing people. The assembly ends and we go to our last class for the day. People were just talking about him. "I heard he went insane and ran away." A person said. "I heard he's in the woods with a captor." Another said. Those were rumors. I'm sure of it. All these things people say are not like my brother. I think something else happened to him. I go home and my parents and I go to the search party. We mentioned the forest nearby. Odin loved going there for camping. We go to the forest. People scream his name, flashlights scanning up and down. No sign of him at all. We come up to a stick shelter. We look inside, but nothing. "That was our hideout in middle school." Eliza said. The sun starts to set. "Alright everybody, we will continue first thing tomorrow morning!" an officer said. We head back home. I look out my window. I can see my reflection in the window, and I imagine my brother behind me with his hand on my shoulder. "I love you." imaginary Odin says. I place my hand where his hand would be, and I start to cry. I go to sleep. Where is my brother?