Catching Dad

 

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Chapter 1

(Music playing over headphones) 
    My mom started yelling for me but I couldn't hear her. She busted open my door a second later and I jumped and took my headphones out before I turned around in my chair. My mom had that look on her face that all moms have when they're angry,

"What mom I'm working on." I was about to say blog but my mom doesn't know about my blog so instead I said,"My homework" She looks at me in the same way. 
"I've been yelling for you for five minutes. It's Saturday. You only have a few weeks left of school and you are in your room instead of outside doing something with your friends." She says annoyed. 
"As I said I have a lot of homework mom and plus I'm grounded remember." I explained. "You grounded me after I broke into that abandoned mall with Jackson." 
"Right, well can you at least take your dog out he's been laying by the door for an hour?"She asks looking at my room which was a mess."And clean your room." 
After she left I spun around in my chair and looked at the atrocious amount of papers around the room. My bed was covered with math homework that I finished. My clothes were spread out around the floor. I pushed them away from my sneakers and grabbed my favorite hoodie which was a two piece hoodie; leather jacket with a hoodie part connected to it. I walked down stairs and took the dog out. I put on the hoodie even though it wasn't that cold because I live in LA and it's the end of March, so I could come out in shorts and be fine, but my mom didn't grow up here so she'd freak if I didn't have something on. I tossed the ball around with Max for a minute. I know it's an average name but he's a German Shepherd and my favorite dog movie happens to be Max so it fits perfectly. We headed into the house. I got him some food and water then headed up into my room. We had like a half upstairs and my room was the first one right by the stairs my sisters room was after the bathroom we shared. I walked into the mess that was my room and took off my jacket then I hung it up and grabbed my headphones and put them up on my shelf. I grabbed all the papers and put them in a neat pile on my desk. Then, I picked up all the clothes and put them in my basket then, remade my bed. I'm lucky I picked the small room because it probably will take Sophie a week to clean her room. I headed back to my desk. I looked at the pile and realized I only had one and a half pages to go so I quickly finished them and then I heard a knock at the door. As I walked down the stairs I saw my mom at the door.

 

1 week earlier (on tape)

"Jackson and I are going to the abandoned mall to check it out we've seen it on other peoples videos and we wanted to check it out."I say as we get in the car,"But we have to go pick someone up first." We drove to our friend's house. He walked out and saw the camera,"What's that for?"  He asks and I smile then, say, "Get in and let's go."

"Okay so we are going to the abandoned mall and we're going to try and make it through the whole thing before making it to the roof and then just chill out for the rest of the day." I say to the guys.
"Guys last time we broke into some place." I coughed, "Explored." He grimaces, "Sorry 'Explored' an abandoned place we all got caught by police within five minutes what makes you think this will be any different?" He asks.

“Because we know how to get in here we've watched Sam and Colby's videos of staying there and we know how to get in.” I explain.

"Yeah and we also know that there's a police station right next to the mall." He says scared. I put the camera down. "Yes, but were kids what are they going to do. Let's just go in and we can have fun." I say as he leans back with a straight face and then we head to the abandoned place. We find the easy way in and take it. We didn't start recording until we were in the mall. We set it up to make a real intro.
"What's up guys were back and exploring the abandoned mall. If you are a fan of Sam and Colby you know where this is and were going to try and go through the whole thing then, chill out on the roof maybe even stay the night. Let's get started."
"I don't have a good feeling about this, guys. We saw their video and people were in here with them." Mark said.
"Mark we'll be fine.We do this all the time let's head over to the main part." Jackson says.

We explored a tiny bit more and two hours went by. We were about to go on the roof.

"Jackson when we get on the roof want to take pictures for Instagram?" I ask.

"Isn't that why we came just for the nice pictures." He said jokingly. We took some nice pictures when we heard something below us. Mark was freaking out.I picked up the camera. "We were just chilling up on the roof taking pictures when we heard a big bang below us." I explain catching the people up.

"Will, put the camera down this is serious." Mark said angry and scared.
"Sorry, if we die I would like to get it on camera." I say jokingly. We started heading down and turned on the flash lights. We heard something behind us. So we shined our lights. We didn't see anything and Mark was freaking out so we decided to leave. We opened the doors and were immediately blinded by lights. I stopped the video and put the camera in my pocket as we walked over to the cars. They took us to the station and called our parents ans they took my camera too so we didn't have a video. Mark and Jackson's parents came and picked them up. My mom was at work so I was stuck there. I was sitting there looking down when I heard a familiar voice. I looked up and saw my mom's boyfriend Marcus. I saw the badge on his waist. He opened the door and said,"Come on, I'm taking you home." I stood up and on the way out he grabbed my bag. When we got in the car I didn't say anything and neither did he. As we pulled up to the house my mom's car was in the driveway. Was she home the whole time or did she just get home I ask myself in my head as we walked up the steps. My mom opened the door, "Phone." she said holding her hand out.

"Honey, they took it at the station." He said handing her the phone. We walked in and I started walking up to my room when my mom said, "Excuse me, I haven't given you your punishment sir."

"Grounded for two weeks like always." I say in a smart ass tone. "But, if I am grounded can I keep my laptop I need it for a project?"

"Well, if you keep your laptop you have to give something else up." She says negotiating.

"I won't leave the house, just for school." I say. She nods and I head to bed.

Back to now

    I stood on the stairs staring at the door when my mom grabbed something and then shut the door. I walked down the rest of the way  into the kitchen, "Who was that?" I ask.

"Apparently there's been a few murders down the road the police are putting a mandatory curfew for 8 and encouraging you to make sure the doors are locked. I know I said I wouldn't leave the house but could I take Max for a walk?" I ask knowing she will say no. I didn't want to really take Max for a walk. I really wanted to get some stuff for my blog.

"Just be careful okay." She says,

"Wait, I can go?" I say confusingly. She nods. I run up stairs to grab some stuff. I grabbed my camera and then, Max's leash. I ran down  the stairs and then we headed out. I walked down to the crime scene. I  had heard about the murders earlier. As I walked down the our street the one house was crowded with police. After I took some pictures outside I knew I had to get some for the inside so I walked over to the side of the house where people had begun to gather. Max wouldn't bark because he was well trained dog. So I grabbed my notebook and pencil and asked an officer, "Is there anything you can tell me about the murders?"

"No comment." He answered. I took a few more pictures and then things got a little complicated. "Will? What are you doing here?" Marcus asked walking over to me and Max. I lowered my camera and stuffed it in my pocket,"Just seeing what happened." I say. He was about to say something when there was a gunshot in the house and everyone started panicking. Marcus ran back into the house.


 

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Chapter 2

After Marcus ran back into the house there was another gunshot and the officers were trying to keep the crowd calm. Max used to be a police dog until he got too old so when he heard the shot he bolted towards the house and I ate cement. An officer helped me up and I saw that Marcus stopped Max from going in. Marcus told me to take Max home and stay inside.As I began walking home I saw a guy coming from behind a bunch of houses so I hid in some bushes and watched where he was going but he disappeared. I went home and locked the door my mom came to me. "Oh, Will your alright." My mom hugged me. "What happened to your face?" She asks touching the fresh scrape on my head from the curb.
"Oh Max freaked out when he heard the shot and tried to help and I fell forward." I answer. "I'm tired, can I go up to my room?" She nodded so I unhooked Max's leash then headed upstairs. I changed into some comfier clothes and got into bed. Max hopped up in bed with me and tried to lick the scrape. I shut off my lights and passed out in a few minutes.

Around Midnight

I was fast asleep until someone put their hand over my mouth. As I opened my eyes I couldn't see because it was too dark to see his face. I  looked at the end of the bed to see Max but he must have left. They pulled me up and shoved my shoes at my feet before whisper yelling,"Put them on." I just stood there staring at him. He pulled something from his back and aimed it at me,"Put them on or I kill everyone in this house!" he said louder then he meant to. The light downstairs in my mom's room turned on. "Will? What's going on up there?" She asked. He motioned the gun in front of my face,"Nothing mom, just knocked something over." I say. She heads back to bed. He walks me downstairs and outside. With the gun he points to a van parked in our driveway, "Get in." I had realized he was trying to kidnap me but, I didn't want him to hurt my mom or my sister. I remembered something Marcus taught me. He said, "If I'm ever in a situation where someone has a weapon just to grab anything you think is good and just throw it at them."

I stopped and saw the gnome I bent down, grabbed it and threw it at him in a matter of seconds. But it missed and it broke on the cement. It was loud and woke my mom up, I looked towards the window,"Mom, Mom Help!" I screamed but he covered my mouth. She yelled my name as the guy was dragging me to the van. I tried to get out of his grasp but he was too strong. He threw me into the van and slammed the door. I watched Marcus come out the door. 
"Hey! Stop!" Marcus yelled running down the steps.The guy shot Marcus's shoulder. I tried opening the door as he got in the driver's seat but, I couldn't open it from the inside.

"What do you want?" I ask, yelling.

"I want you Will." he says as we drive away.


 

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Chapter 3

My mom runs out to Marcus. Marcus asks for his phone so he can call it in. Sophie walked out of the house with Max, "Mommy what's going on?" She asked scared.

"Sophie baby, go back inside mommy will be in, in a minute." She said calmly. Max walked down and sniffed Marcus's shoulder and laid next to him. They heard the sirens, Marcus pet Max and looked at Carrie,"Honey, go in with her they're almost here. I got Max I'll be fine." He says as his partner pulls up.

"Mark, hey I heard the call. I was getting home you good?" He asks walking over to him. Max growls. 
"Max, it's okay." Marcus said standing up. "Conner, I'm good but someone took Will we need to get him back." Marcus walked towards Conner and then fell to the ground.

A few minutes later the yard was covered with police cars. They loaded Marcus into the ambulance. Carrie and Sophie went with him. Conner walked up to Will's room and looked around. An officer came up as well. "You know the family?" The officer asked as he took a picture of the room.

"My son's best friends with him." He answered, walking over to the desk and seeing a picture of Jackson, Mark and me on my cork board. "We need to find him."

In the van we stopped, I got ready to jump out but he just came into the back. I backed away from him but I was stopped by the back of the van. I looked at him,"What did you mean by you want me? Was I your target all along?" I ask as he sits down.
"Target, I wouldn't call you that." He says

"Then what would you call me? You kidnapped me!" I yell.

"I took you back your mother wouldn't let me see you and I wanted to see you. I've seen you take an interest in police work like your mother's boyfriend." He says mockingly.

"What are you talking about? Who are you?" I ask.

"I'm your father Will." He answers. My eyes go wide and I look closer at him before, I start to remember something as I look at his face.

10 years ago, I was in my room trying to sleep but the screaming was so loud. I tried covering my ears but, I could still hear them. So I walked out of my room and looked down the hallway. It was really dark and when I heard another scream I ran back into my room and hid under my bed. The footsteps coming up the hallway were loud so covered my ears. My mom pulled me out and hugged me. I looked at her and then felt her stomach,"Is she okay?" I whisper. She nodded and pulled out her phone. 
"Hey baby you remember what mommy taught you right?" She asked. I nodded and grabbed the phone. She clicked the buttons and hit call as she heard him coming down the hall. She grabbed me and hid me in the closet, then she went out. I put the phone up to my ear and waited to hear the person.

"911, what's your emergency?"

"My daddy's angry."

"Your dad's angry is he hurting you?"

"No."

"Is he hurting anyone?"

"Yeah."

"Who's he hurting?"

"My mommy."

"Okay, what's your name"

"Will."

"How old are you Will?"

"Six."

"An officer is on his way. Where's your dad now?"

"I think he's downstairs. I'll go check."

"No, you don't have to do that."

I walk down stairs with the phone in my hand and see my dad in the living room and my mom on the floor about to stand back up.

"Will what's going on?"

"Mommy's on the floor."

"The officer is en route."

My dad stood over top of my mom staring at her for a long time as I stood behind the living room wall until I heard the officer knock on the door and say, "Police open up." My dad looks over and sees me on the phone. He walks over to me and takes it from me. He ends the call then smashes the phone on the ground before looking towards my mom who's walking towards the door, "Oh no you don't." he walks over and pushes her away from the door. I walk over and open the door. The officer walks in, "Step away from her."

"I didn't invite you in get out." My dad said walking towards him. He goes to punch the officer but the officer grabs his fist and turns him around. He grabs the cuffs and cuffs him. My mom comes over to me. "Oh baby, you did a great job." The officer walks back in.

"Ma'am are you alright?" He asks.

 She looks at me and says"I am now,"

"You've got a smart son." he said helping her up. My mom looked at me, then at Marcus. "Thank you." She said hugging me and touching her stomach looking back up at him. "Thank you Officer Kingston."

 

I came back to earth and looked at my dad with a dirty look,

"You almost killed mom of course she wouldn't let you see me." I say looking away from him. He went back into the front seat and drove to a house. When we stopped he opened the side door and pulled me out. I recognized the house it was my crush's house. I shook my head at him but, he pulled me along. We went into Katie's room first. My dad handed me rope,"Tie her hands." He said pointing the gun at me. I shook my head but, he walked to me and had the barrel of the gun to my head. I walked over to her bed and tied her hands. She woke up,

"Will What are you doing?" She asked, looking at her hands. I looked at my dad.

"Get her up come on we don't have all night." I pulled her up and made her walk,"I'm sorry." I whispered with tears in my eyes. We walked into the living room. 

"You sit there." My dad said to Katie. "Will, go get the boy." I walked towards the decorated door and opened it as I shut the door it woke up her brother.

"Hey, you don't know me, but I'm here to help. I need you to go out the window and keep running. Run to the neighbors and ask for help." I say motioning  him not to speak. He nods. I open the window and help him out of it. After he left I wrote a note and placed it on the desk before I walked back out to the living room where my dad has the parents tied up on the couch as well as Katie. Katie's mom was crying and at first I don't know why but then, I saw Katie's dad. My dad looked at me, "Where's the boy?" He asks.

"He wasn't in there. He must have stayed at a friend's house." I say nervously.

"No, I know their schedule. You let him go didn't you? My dad asked, pointing the gun at me. He took his anger out on Katie and her Mother. We walked out to the van and when we got into it he tied my hands then slammed the door shut. We drove to an abandoned house and pulled me out of the van before shoving me towards the house. As we walked in he shoves me on the couch,

"Get some sleep we've got a big drive ahead of us in the morning." He said as he walked into another room.


 

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