Snatched and Broken

theme: kidnapped

theme from darkangelsnapelover's one-shot challenge. this will be a longer piece.

Chapter 1-Where's DW?

DW and Kate were walking through their local superstore. DW needed an outfit for her date later that night, and Kate was forced along by their mom. Kate was trying to go to the toy aisle without her sister. DW kept asking what Kate thought of every outfit.

"Does this make me looked cute?" DW asked. Kate shrugged. She wasn't interested in fashion. She was too smart to care about boys either. She thought DW was stupid for having so many boyfriends, a different guy every week. She was only sixteen. Couldn't she wait?

When DW went into the dressing room for the millionth time, Kate went to the toy aisle. She was looking at the latest educational toys for little kids. Kids were learning things a lot quicker now. She found an algebra work book for 5-year-olds. She flipped through it with a dirty look on her face. She went to the computer games instead.

After a while, Kate decided to go back to the girls' clothes area. She looked through the clothing displays before going to the dressing room. All the doors were cracked open because no one was there. The attendent looked bored as she chewed her gum but Kate approached anyway.

"Have you seen this girl?" Kate asked, holding out her cellphone. She'd pulled up DW's picture. The attendent shrugged, "She was here earlier. Why don't you call her?"

Kate nodded and walked away. She tried to call DW. After 2 rings, the ringing stopped. DW's voicemail clicked on instead. Kate wondered why DW was ignoring her. She called again. This time the phone was off.

"DW you're such a stinker!" Kate hissed, moving to another department. She found a person stocking cards in the gift area. She asked if the lady would mind helping find her sister. They moved up front and a cashier called for DW over the loud speaker.

Kate thought her sister would come stomping to the front because she was embarrased. She kept looking around, the lights of the store getting brighter to her. Kate's heart was thumping hard in her chest. DW didn't come, not even after a second call.

"You sure she didn't leave you here, sweetie?" the cashier asked. She was bored and chomping gum too. Kate ignored her, "DW wouldn't do that. Mom would ground her and she wouldn't be able to go on her date." "Did she already leave for her date?" the cashier asked, scanning items for a customer.

Everyone looked at Kate like they were annoyed, but Kate knew something was wrong. She asked to see the manager. Another cashier that wasn't busy showed her into a fat guy's office. It smelled like greasy pizza and stale soda.

"Can I help you?" he asked before burping and muttering a poor excuse for an apology. "I can't find my sister. We called for her over the loudspeaker but she didn't come. Her phone is off too. I think something's wrong," Kate said quickly. The man laughed, "Happens all the time, kid. Call us if she doesn't come home tonight. Then you'll have a real problem."

Kate sighed and called her mother. Jane answered and immediately got mad at the store. She called her husband and they stormed into the superstore and barged into the manager's disgusting office.

"We want to see security tapes. Let us see them!" David demanded. The man said, "I can't do that without a warrant from the police. Come back tomorrow. She probably left with some boy."

"Fine then!" Jane yelled, pulling out her phone. "Hello? 911? My daughter is missing from [superstore's name] and they won't help us. She just now-You can't- FINE!" Jane screamed. "We'll be back," she said to the manager, throwing her phone into her purse.

The Read family left the superstore, their eyes open for DW. They didn't find her, and she never showed for her date. DW was gone.