*MEANWHILE WITH THE LOEAEDS*

Jace was worried about Maria, he hasn't seen her in days and she won't answer him. Jacexx is actually worried about Cherry. Why the girls were not leaving their room, they had no idea. Both boys were in lunch, barely eating. Jace couldn't get Maria out of his mind. Her smile, her voice, her amazing eyes. Oh god he was love-struck. Jacexx was angered for the fact his best friend needed help, but he couldn't do anything. Suddenly, both boys had a weird feeling. They suddenly got a headache, that kept growing until suddenly it stopped. It left the boys confused. The boys tried not to think much of it. The school day went on, boring as ever. The Loead's were walking with their friends to the Diaz house for a quick snack. When they arrived they were shocked to find police cars and private investigators at the house. Crime scene tape blocked anyone from getting in. They could see the broken window to the living room. Ms. Diaz was being held back as she was fighting to get inside the house. "HOW DARE YOU SAY I CANNOT ENTER MY OWN HOUSE AFTER MY DAUGHTER AND HER FRIEND WERE KIDNAPPED?!" The police finally calmed her down, and she was sobbing on the ground. Mitch and Parker drove up to the house. Parker saw the group and went to them as Mitch went to comfort his mother. "Parker, what's going on?" Pepper asked her brother. Parker looked pained and took a breath before replying. "Around lunch time today, the police station received a phone call from Maria..." Pepper walked a few steps closer to her brother and took a peek to her sisters window before looking back at him, urging him to continue. Parker looked hesitate before continuing. "Some people had broken into the house...they took Maria and Cherry...Pepper they are missing." Pepper made a whimpering noise before falling to the ground, crying. Dauver bent down and hugged her. Jace felt like his world was falling apart. Someone had Maria...HIS Maria. Jacexx was filled with rage, how dare they take his friend? Finally, the police left and they were all able to enter the house. When they stepped foot in the living room, they saw blood stains in the carpet. They went upstairs. Both Cherry and Maria's doors were broken. In Cherry's room, you could see blood on the bed and desk. The lamp was on the floor, it was covered in blood. Pepper got on her knees and pulled something from underneath the bed. It was a case, Pepper put it on the bed and opened it. It was filled with all of Cherry's battle gear. They looked around more and saw that the curtains were pulled off, and there was a hole in the wall, the size of Cherry's head. Pepper and Dauver couldn't stand the sight, so they went to the kitchen. Jacexx didn't know what to think anymore. Fear flooded through his body. Seeing this, what did they do to Maria? Without thinking, he went straight to Maria's room. He walked through the door...literally, the person has made a giant hole through her door. He saw the smashed phone on the ground, the broken mirror, and everything trashed and mainly on the ground. He walked through everything and looked down at it all. He saw writing on the back of something and bent down to pick it up. He read it. It was to Maria from Dauver, he said he knew that she would enjoy his gift. Jace flipped the paper over and stared at what the gift was. He was the gift, it was a picture of him to Maria as a gift. How long did she have that? He then saw all the other pictures scattered on the floor. He picked up a few of them. There was a picture of Maria and Pepper, one with the two girls with their mom and Cherry. Then he picked up a bloody picture of a small child and her father. He could tell it was Maria and maybe what seemed to be her father. Jace sat on her bed and covered his face, thinking. Finally he got up and joined the others in the kitchen. "I'm going to find them" he simply stated. Everyone stared at him in shock. Was he insane? Jacexx stood up and nodded to his brother, "I'm coming too" Ms. Diaz didn't know what to think, why were these two boys going to risk their lives? Pepper stayed silent, she had not said a single word since they had found out what had happened. Dauver had not left her side since then. The two boys walked to the living room to investigate it a bit more. "Yo bro check this out" Jace turned to Jacexx, who was holding up a folded piece of paper. They unfolded it to find it to be a to do list. "First, get Starbucks..." Jacexx started, with a disgusted look on his face, so Jace continued. "Then get Cherry the wimp and Maria the loser..." Jace said, gritting his teeth. "Then go home" both boys said in unison. They then flipped the paper to see that the person had wrote their to do list on the back of their address. Whoever this person was, They were the most stupidest person alive, and they just messed with the wrong boys. The two grabbed their things and walked out the door, getting a taxi to the address. When they arrived, they hid behind a bush and examined the area. There were security cameras and guards. Jacexx made a plan that he would throw a dagger to break a camera and the two take out a nearby guard. Jacexx threw his dagger...only for the boys to see that he actually threw two daggers. One had broke the camera and the other well...there was not a guard anymore. Jace looked to his brother and glared. Jacexx just smiled and shrugged. The two slowly made their way into the building and down the halls. Finally they came across a big room and heard a cheesy evil laugh. 'This must be the guy' they both thought, face palming after hearing the voice get in a coughing fit. They made their way down the hall and to the room, angry.