Unpredictable

Kidnapped

Jessica, Keirsten, Harlee, and Alyssa were just ordinary teenagers of about 16 years of age. They went to high school, they all had various jobs they tried to keep, and they all shared an apartment in New York. They would've had their parents help them, but their school had low budget cuts and they still wanted to go but they're parents wouldn't let them. They said "screw it!" And packed their bags as soon as they were 16. Other factors went with the sudden escape, but that particular one was the last straw.

They've been living in New York for almost a year now. Harlee and Alyssa's parents moved with them in the state, but let them mostly be independent in their own apartment since they seemed to be doing just fine on their own, plus it was a nice life lesson.

Once in awhile, the group would go on long walks around the city at midnight, and go home in the very early hours of the morning.

Tonight was one of those nights.

They had just gotten off of a 9 hour shift and weren't feeling very tired just yet. Keirsten and Harlee were reading a book titled "Harry Potter" together and Jessica and Alyssa were playing Minecraft pvp on the Xbox Keirsten took with them.

"I'm gonna beat you! Your gonna lose, loser!" Yelled Alyssa.

Jessica yelled back. "Not if I beat you first! Also loser!"

"Shut up! I can't concentrate with all the yelling!" Keirsten was yelling now, and so was Harlee. "I swear to god if y'all don't shut up I'm gonna hurt you!"

As you can see they all have a very good friendship with each other.

They continued yelling until the people next door pounded on the wall.

"Keep it down in there or I'm calling in a noise complaint!"

And then there was embarrassed silence.

Keirsten sighed. "I'm taking a walk." They got up and slipped on their shoes, putting a hat on to cover up the rats nest they had accumulating on their head and started flapping their hands in an up and down motion to calm down the accumulated anxiety and sensory issues they were experiencing at the moment.

Jessica and Alyssa got up too. "Playing with Alyssa was getting boring anyway." That earned a shoulder punch.  "You shouldn't walk around the streets of New York by yourself, there could be a drug dealer wanting to fight you."

Harlee sighed loudly. "I'm coming too."

They all got up and slipped on their shoes also. They would've worn sandals, and Jessica did, but it was in the later months of the year and it was getting chilly outside, so most of them chose sneakers and close toe options. Keirsten waited patiently for them whilst still flapping their hands. As they were walking out the door, Harlee realized they had all forgotten their phones and quickly grabbed hers in case of emergency.

***

Walking down the streets of New York at night was calming and scary at the same time. There were some people there, but only the occasional thug looking for some trouble. It wasn't very busy because the part of the city they lived in was closer to the outskirts, and most people in the city that never sleeps were either closer to the center or asleep.

There was this one group in particular though. They were...quadruplets? Each of them appeared to be men in rather formal suits and they all had long noses, dark brown eyes, and neat, slicked back, black hair.