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Started September 24, 2019 by @StarkSpangledMayflower_Mad_Elder

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Magnus looked at Adie and shook his head. "Esmae was kidnapped just a couple minutes ago. They left a note and now we are planning on what to do." He explained

Adie snapped to attention, grabbing his notebook from his bag. "What'd they look like? Any logos on their outfits?"

"No," Caleb said as he walked through the door. "We couldn't even see their faces. They wore all black with hoods. Honestly it was even difficult to tell if male or female." Uriah walked over to Luna and Katya. He felt he was a bit hard on Caleb, but maybe that's what he needed. "There was nothing on them. They're really good at keeping their identities a secret." They moved so fast he couldn't see their faces.

"They did however have a very distinct hood. And oddly enough it seems as though they went breathing, their weren't any breathing sounds nor were their chests moving." Magnus offered. Nathan nodded. "There was also a very weird smell but I camt place it." He explained

Adie flipped the notebook open and copied everything down, nodding. "Alright. I can see if I can find anyone who knows anything about this. What's the note say?"

"Let's all go to my place. The kids can play or whatever while us adults talk. It's not safe to stay here right now." Uriah offered to take everyone to his place. He could fit pretty much everyone, and if the kids got bored they could go to the company and do something. Plus he just wanted to get Katya home. Someone I love got taken from me again. And I wasn't there. Uriah just prayed she wasn't dead. He can't lose someone he loves again. He took Luna's hand and led her to the car. Even if no one followed, he wasn't about to stay there and let something happen to the rest of his family.

Sparrow walked over and smiled sadly. "Let's go to Uriah's and discuss it further there. We may need to bring back the guild." She said. "I have space on my bike for one, does any one want to come? Nathan shook his head. "I have my hoverboard, I dint need a ride and Magnus brought his bike too." He said, grabbing his bag and unfolding the small blue disk.

Cyrus had only just pulled up with Vida in the car. They got out, and with Vida following Cyrus like a scared puppy, they moved in on the group of people, which seemed to be disbanding already.

Sparrow walked up to Cyrus and sighed. "Its worse than we thought." She said without greeting. Rubbing her eyes tiredly. Last night was a very sleepless night and today wasnt off to a good start. It was only 10 in the morning and yet, enough had happened making Sparrow yearn for a nap.

“How so?” Cyrus asked, “I’ve cancelled all my appointments for today so I can help out. What’s everyone doing now?”

"We are heading to Uriah's, they took Esmaw and left a note. Cyrus, history is repeating its self. First we were stolen from our parents now our kids are being stolen from us." She said, tears forming in her eyes as she looked around the room at the worried and slightly injured young fighters.

“We’re going to fix this. We always do,” Cyrus promised, “Is it clear who took her, or perhaps why?”

"Theres a boy, Adie, who is taking notes. He seems familiar, probably from the old guild. He says he can try tracking down whi took her." She said

"Let's all go to my place. The kids can play or whatever while us adults talk. It's not safe to stay here right now." Uriah offered to take everyone to his place. He could fit pretty much everyone, and if the kids got bored they could go to the company and do something. Plus he just wanted to get Katya home. Someone I love got taken from me again. And I wasn't there. Uriah just prayed she wasn't dead. He can't lose someone he loves again. He took Luna's hand and led her to the car. Even if no one followed, he wasn't about to stay there and let something happen to the rest of his family.

Luna took Uriah's hand and held Katya close. Katya stumbled along with them still miserable that Esmae had gotten taken. Just as she was getting used to the idea they were a family. Luna looked up at Uriah, "U-Uriah. D-do you think we'll be able to find her?"

Uriah got into the driver's seat and started the car. His house wasn't too far away, thank goodness. "Katya we'll find her okay." Even if she didn't talk about it much he knew Katya cared for Esmae, she just didn't show it as much as Esmae. Esmae loved being an older sister and cared for Katya deeply. "We'll find her." Her whispered this time, mostly for himself.

Tears fixed with sweat ran down Esmae's face. How long are they going to keep this up? Her breath was shakey. They were done with the needles, but the shocking had gone on without stopping. "Are you done?" She mumbled. It was hard for her to talk with the rag. A static noise rang from the speaker in the corner. "Take the rag out. I want to hear her scream." With those words Esmae's eyes widened as she tried to get out of the straps, but nothing happened. One took out the rag and tossed it on the floor. "I can't take anymore." The voice came again, it was the same disoriented voice as earlier. "Oh, I think you can." What they were shocking her with were cattle prods.

Nikona laughed with satisfaction, with her right hand by her side. "We are going to push her body to the braking point." Once they figured out her normal stats for everything and had it written down, that's when they will begin the real process.

Katya gave a little nod as she slipped into the back seat silently. She wanted to wake up from this nightmare, it had to be a nightmare right? Luna sat in the front quietly. She was still processing everything that had happened and was trying her hardest not to flashback. It was hard though.

Thalia grinned and looked at the markings on her clipboard before pressing g a few buttons on the control panel and seeing the vital signs shift. "With these readings, we'll have a perfectly suitable way to…hmmm…get a reading, so to speak, on the others." She grinned, looking up at her boss with a dark look on her face.

"Perfect. I want to see how far we can push her. She has already surprised me, the others have passed out by now." Nikona, was getting a good feeling about her, she was young but strong. "In about an hour we'll let her rest. Send someone to make sure her room is ready." Nikona smiled at Thalia. She was the best under her, and she was glad she had someone like her working under her. "I'll be back to visit her in a bit." With that she walked away. Nikona made it a point to not stay here to long. The longer she was out, the more time for people to find out who she is.

Uriah pulled into the drive way. "I have to go to my office for a minute. You take Katya inside." He hoped out and headed for the company building. The two guards opened the door for him and Uriah went straight to his office.

Luna gave him a nod and made her way into the house. She kept Katya close and Katya didn't mind, even if the two were about the same height, Katya knew Luna had more experience and would be able to do more if anything happened.

Uriah rode the elevator up to his office. The doors opened with a ding, and he walked down the hall. Entering her office he leand against his desk. "Damn." Why her? Uriah didn't think anyone would come after them, be thought all of this was over? "Damn it!" He swiped his arms across the desk knocking everything off. He didn't need anyone to see him like this. He was supposed to be calm and collected. That's what he had to be for everyone. So braking down was something he had to do in secret. Uriah just started to take his anger out on anything he could right now. There was now a hole in his wall, and his desk was broken. As he went for another punch he was too weal and fell to the ground crying. This was too much.

Thalia grinned and left the room as well, gesturing for her assistants to follow her. "Make sure her rooms has all the medicines and things I asked you to get. If anything goes wrong, your fired." She smiled and walked away. Heading to her office space, she changed the camera view to Esmaes room and smiled. "Well little dove, looks like you will be given a break sooner than later, but oh how I wanted to push you further, see what you really are made of." She grinned maliciously. Opening her computer, she typed in a few commands and watched as the vitals changed drastically.

Esmae's body had went numb and she begged them to stop. One of them pulled out their communicator. "Thalia, it seems she reached her limit." He put his hand up to stop them till he got word from Thalia. Esmae laid there limp, she couldn't feel her body or even move it for that matter. What are they trying to do? She had never seen any of these people. So who were they and how did they know her? She had stopped crying a while ago, crying wasn't going to help. Watching them and figuring out what was going on would. Esmae decided to push through the pain and not give up. She was stronger than that.

Luna led Katya to her room. She wanted to go check on Uriah, but knew Katya shouldn't be left alone. Katya sat down on the bed and Luna kneeled down so she was looking up at Kat, "C-Can you stay here while I go ch-check on Uriah?"

Kat gave her a little nod as she wiped at her eyes once again. Luna stood up and gave Katya a warm hug and a kiss on the forehead. She went through and made sure all the windows were locked and the blinds were shut so no one knew anyone was home. She shut the door behind her before going over to the corporate building. Luna had her chin up as she walked through the guards letting her through knowing if they tried to stop her she would get through anyway. She wanted to, no needed to, check on her husband. Losing a child hurt, but she knew Katya would be fine. There was only one entrance and no one would know Katya was there. Katya knew that too and would plan around it in case something happened. Uriah on the other hand, Luna knew had destructive tendencies when stressed or angered. She didn't want him to hurt himself or end up doing something idiotic and get himself caught.

Thalia smirked and stood up, picking up her clipboard and walking towards the room. The only sound in the empty hallway was the sound on her footsteps and the distant shouting from other test subjects. Upon reaching the room, she waved her hand and all but one guard left. She glared at him and like a mouse, he quickly scurried out. Plastering a fake smile on her face, Thalia came closer to Esmae and looked down at her. "Hello little dove, how are you feeling?" She laughed, checking the devices surrounding her and noting down little details that could come in handy later.

(Aw, she's so good to him.)
Uriah just sat on the floor, his head against the wall. He had stopped crying by this point, he felt numb and wasn't able to. Looking around his office, he knew he was going to have to buy a few new things and fix some stuff up, but that didn't matter. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He only woke up about two hours ago and yet he was tired already. "I should be home." If something happened to Luna or Katya while he was away, he wasn't sure if he could even continue. When he opened his eyes he saw a shadow from under the door. "I'm busy." Was all he said thinking It was one of the workers.

"Fucking wonderful," she spat copying the women's fake smile. Esmae wasn't going to show weakest, but it was a bit late for that. Earlier she was crying and screaming like nothing else. "What do you want from me?" Why me? This girl didn't scare her as much as that other person, but who knows, she might have some messed up hidden side. "Heh," She just laughed a little as she looked this person up and down. If only I weren't in restraints.