“Go for captain.” The radio fuzzed.

“I have infiltrated the mall. Got my sights on a girl. Should I neutralize her?” Victor asked.

”nah, just take her hostage. It’s the redhead we’re after. Maybe we can coax him out with all his friends.” The captain suggested.

”so just take anyone I see hostage?” Victor said in a confused tone.

”yup.” The captain didn’t say much more.

”10-4.” Victor turned his radio off.

those two… why are they doing this to me..? What the hell did I do to them? Claire angrily thought.

”fucking jerks..” She kicked a soda can across an open area in the mall.

she looked up.

”almost night already?” She spoke to herself.

Why aren’t Charlie and James back yet? She wondered.

suddenly, a black figure grabbed her and covered her mouth.

”MMHHH!! MMMNNGHH!!!” She tried to scream, but it was muffled but the man.

Victor listened in on the radio.

”captain to headquarters.” It crackled.

”go for headquarters.”

”what’s the status on the reinforcements?”

”we’re right outside, captain.”

”ah, good! Alright, anyone you see, take them, but don’t kill ‘em.”

”10-4” the radio went silent.

“Alright, girl. You better keep quiet, or I’ll put a nail in your head.” Victor held a nail gun out in front of him for Claire to see.

jesus Christ…. And I thought he was bluffing. Claire thought.

”yo, cap. Do you got anyone? I got the girl.” Victor spoke into the radio.

”Yup. Me and Coop knocked a dude out, and we have a little girl. Now we just need that boy. Then the kid with the tail will come right to us.”

”reinforcements here. You said you needed that boy? Well, we got ‘em. So who’s this ‘kid with a tail’?”