BG Hide and Go Seek

This town is a mess

Where everyone is

Is anyone's guess?

Bella came back

From her outing though

Looking refreshed.

Buck is missing

And Petra too,

Never came back

from the Orders lands

Wondering if they were

Attacked by Ewell's band.

Like Simon tried

With Myna's lot

Which ended up with

Uncle Bubba shot.

Bella said, Jacob 

hasn't come to work today.

"Not like him,"

Said Bella Fray.

I took a chance to see

What Brandy or Bruce knew

They weren't in Tent City

Both of them are gone too.

People are missing

At an alarming rate.

Has me in

an agitated state.

I get onboard the Liberty Belle

Just a skeleton crew

With nothing to tell.

Now I'm not sure what to do,

So I thought I'd 

talk with Rue.

In her office, she was found

Working on papers

With her head down.

"Rue?

May I talk to you?"

Rue said, "Sure."

And I passed on through her door.

I went through the litany

Of what I found.

Rue patiently listened

Her face frowned.

"I will tell you all I know

but from there

I'm not sure where to go."

"Josie was taken by some men

Jake, Jujube, and I got her back again.

There was talk about it involving

Brandy Vine

Someone looking for payback

Across, Crusted County Line."

"If  Buck was taken

I may be due to Bruce.

A case of mistaken identity

Would be what I'd deduce."

"If Petra went missing

You best believe

Denver's hot on her trail

and at great speed."

"Jake still has not returned

I have to admit I'm more than

A little concerned."

"But since this deal is

Beyond county lines.

I'm not sure there's anything

You or the other can do this time."

Well, I got my answers...

Guess now we just need to

Hope and pray.

They all come home safely

Without delay.