4. What do you mean kidnapped?

"What do you mean kidnapped?" She asked the person who spoke on the other side of the phone.

"Hello, hello!" She called as it seemed the call has been disconnected.

"What is it mam?" Asked her chef with a concerned look.

"Stacy has been kidnapped!" she replied before dashing out of the room.

" Mam, mam! " the officer called while following her as fast as he could since she was moving at a fast pace.

He finally caught up to her just before she could get into the car.

"Where are you going mam?" he asked her

She turned to him and replied,

"My assistant has been kidnapped, I just received a phone call from someone, I have to go now. "

" There isn't much you can do when you get there mam, I believe they have alerted the police at the unit, a group of detectives will be there as well, it's best you stay clear of the crime scene at least for now, " The officer suggested

" So you mean to say that I should stay here, while my assistant has been taken away by who knows who? " Kloe nagged, she wasn't ready to listen to the officer especially not in this scenario.

"I advise you to wait, mam, you still have to write a statement giving an account of...

"What do you mean a statement?" She interjected

"The culprit has been arrested, what do you need my statement for exactly, honestly Mr, I have to go, you could get all the statements you need from my other servants," She closed the door and started the engine and soon she hit the road.

She drove the only car on the road as it was one o'clock a. m, she sped through the highway and ignored every traffic sign she saw. Though she was scared at first being the only driver on the road she gained some confidence after seeing people on the road, at least one or two cars, and some clubs which were open all night.

Soon, she drove past these lively places and had to pass through a part surrounded by trees both on the left and the right sides, the streetlights were bright enough to lighten up the road but couldn't let you see what lurked behind those trees.

Having heard stories of security threats, she was skeptical about driving through it but there was no other way, she drove through it at a speed limit she never thought she would ever drive at.

She became more confident after driving halfway through it and from afar she saw a car driving toward her and she heaved a sigh of relief knowing she wasn't the only one on the road.

But her celebration was short-lived as the car came near to hers.

She knew that she drove at a high speed but they drove twice as fast as her making her wonder what was going on. Amidst her curiosity, she heard sirens, and in no time over four police cars drove past her.

"Could it be?" She thought before a cop stopped her.

"Turn around mam, this road is closed ."

"My friend has been kidnapped I have to go through please," She begged

" Oh it was your friend who got kidnapped, do not worry we are on the case but we can't let anyone go past here at the moment," He replied.

" But why?, it's not like I'm the one who kidnapped her...

"Mam please can you let us do our job, our team spotted the car and followed it immediately," Just before he could complete his statement, she dashed into the car and tried to turn around.

"What are you doing?" The officer asked in a loud voice

But Kloe paid no attention as she was focused on what she wanted to do next, after turning her car around successfully, she sped off hoping to catch up with the cars that had driven past her.

As she sped through, all her fears of the forest surrounding her on both sides were gone in an instant, all she could think of at the moment was catching up to the cars she had seen earlier.

"Why tonight, just why?" She questioned

Halfway out of the trail, she heard a gunshot from the trees by her left and her heart skipped a beat.

"Are they after me?" She thought as she increased her speed to a despicable kilometer per hour.

She drove without a care in the world or fear of a ghastly accident that may occur until she heard creaking sounds like a rough metal rubbing against another metal.

She tried to ignore it but notice that her car was moving slowly, she tried speeding up but the sound become louder and the car didn't go any faster. She stopped the engine and came out of the car hurriedly, she first looked around her to be sure no one was there before beginning her check.

As she moved around the car checking her tires, she discovered that the tire at the left side of the car which was fully pumped earlier was busted.

She concluded that the bullet was shot at her tire seeing how badly it was damaged.

She took a few steps back and increased her pace as she moved, soon she fully turned around running as fast as her leg could carry her not waiting to see if she was being chased or not.

She shivered from the cold wind from the trees blowing past her, no doubt there was a little stream nearby to emit such a cold breeze.

She was already stressed for the night so running was difficult to maintain at the speed she was going, she slowed down as her legs became weak and her heart began to beat rapidly like it would burst out of her chest soon.

As she slowly turned her running to jogging, her eyes missed a fallen branch in front of her, she tripped over it and fell to the ground sustaining bruises on her knees, elbow, and arms. With the pain she felt, she took time standing up and catching her breath but couldn't move her legs.

"Ouch!" She cried silently as her ankles joint were dislocated, what a bad time to have a dislocation and what a bad location.