Author's P.O.V.

Meanwhile...

"Did you get any clu- what happened to you Mr. Marcus ?" Xander asked him as soon as he entered in Wilson household.

"Nothing I am ok, it just I got into a scuffle with a thief. Nothing serious though" Marcus said wincing a little.

"Oh. Did you get any clue about Pari or Raven, Officer ?" Xander asked concerned.

"Actually yes" Marcus replied.

"Where ?" Ruby immediately asked him.

"Well, we got a news that last time Raven was seen in Fifth Avenue of Park Slope. I already sent my men there to investigate further. Don't worry, they will come soon. It seems to me that this kidnapping happened only for money-"

"We will give as much money as they want. Please tell them to return our children to us." Ruby requested sobbing. Xander rubbed her back and turned towards Marcus.

"Yes, I will give them as much money as they want. Just bring my kids back safe" He gritted his teeth.

Marcus nodded.

"By the way Officer, how is it possible ?" Ivan asked coming down the stairs.

Marcus frowned.

"You said before that Raven's phone was found on X-34th Street and now you're saying that Raven was last seen in Fifth Avenue of Park Slope ? While both these places are in opposite parts of the city. How ?" Ivan questioned. Xander frowned too looking at Marcus for answers while, Marcus stiffened unnoticeably.

"Well, you are right but it is possible that the kidnappers threw the phone at a different place to mislead us." Marcus replied.

"Ohh then is it possible that the recording of that car has been done in the CCTV cameras after all that car has roamed the whole city. One or the other camera must have captured it, right ?" Ivan asked.

"You are right. I will check all the cameras that comes on the way to Park Slope from X-34 Street" Marcus nodded.

"Okay."

Marcus turned towards Xander.

"If possible keep money ready as soon as possible" Marcus said and left from there.

Money ? But the kidnappers didn't even call for money, then why ?

Ivan thought before turning towards Xander.

"Uncle I will late tonight"

Without waiting for a reply, he went towards outside.

Opening his door, he sat in car and started its engine.

He took out his phone and dialled someone.

"X-34 street. Now"

Saying this, he declined it.

Time Skip.

"Why did you call me here ?" Alex asked frustrated.

"We will get proofs from here Alex" Ivan replied looking everywhere near that alley way.

"What ?"

"Yes ~" And Ivan told him everything what Marcus said them earlier.

"ALEX" Alex's head snapped towards Ivan and he jogged towards him.

"Raven's phone ?" Alex frowned.

"Yes Raven's phone but why this is here ? Had the police not taken it ?" Ivan frowned again looking at his surroundings.

But Ivan's eyes caught something else.

He squinted his eyes.

"Ivan look" He pointed towards that object.

"It's Ryan's phone ?" Ivan narrowed his eyes.

"But what he is doing here ?" Alex frowned.

"Call Ryder, ask him where is Ryan, quick" Ivan instructed, opening Ryan's phone.

Alex nodded and dialled Ryder's number.

"Switched off" He muttered.

"What if-"

"No, we can't tell anything right now, Ivan"

"Then why the hell is his phone here ?"

"Did you find anything in phone ?"

"No- wait-"

Ivan pressed message icon and frowned when he saw a draft.

He opened it.

98462. Track locket.

"What is this ? An unsend message. And which locket ? Why Ryan-" Alex asked.

"Alex, we have to track the locket. I guess Ryan and Ryder are also in danger, let's go" Ivan's eyes widened as realisation hits him hard.

"But which locket ?"

💭 Flashback 💭

"What are you doing ?" Ivan asked frowning as it was just 4:30 in the morning and Ryan's room light was on.

When Ivan woke up in middle of the night as he was thirsty, he noticed Ryan's room's light was On.

Ryan flinched slightly.

"What ?"

"What are you doing at this hour ?"

"Oh nothing just some work"

Ivan came towards Ryan and sat there looking what he was actually doing.

"This is a locket"

"I know"

"Then what are you doing with it ?"

"Nothing just putting tracker in it"

"Tracker ? Why tho ?"

"I was free that's why" Ryan shrugged.

Ivan laughed.

"But look at the time, bro"

Ryan frowned and looked at the clock.

"It's 4:30"

"Yeah it is 4:30" Ryan shrugged.

"Go to sleep bro"

"Just a minute. It's almost done"

Ivan squinted his eyes.

"Heyy this is a tracker with code, isn't it ?"

Ryan's head snapped towards Ivan.

"Oh well not surprised at all, Raven told me you are very good with these stuffs" Ryan shook his head amused.

Ivan chuckled, leaving his room.

💭 Flashback Ends 💭

"Uh what is a code ?"

Ivan squinted his eyes, focusing on the monitor screen.

"98462" Alex muttered looking at the phone.

Ivan nodded immediately typing it.

"What happened ?" Alex asked.

"Processing. We have to wait" Ivan sighed.

"We can't wait Ivan. They all are in danger. We have to do something fast-"

Alex got interrupted by his phone ring.

"Hello"

....

"What ?"

.....

"Ohkay. Send it to me fast"

He hanged up, looking at Ivan, who raised his eyebrow questioningly.

"There is a hidden CCTV camera in X-34 street"

Ivan's eyes widened.

"That's fucking great"

They again got interrupted by the ting in Alex's phone.

"Let's watch it" Ivan nodded as they set their laptop.

Soon, video started playing.

Raven came out from the taxi giving money to the taxi driver, she headed in.

She looked here and there but found nothing.

They saw how she called something by looking everywhere. By lip-sync it seems like, she is calling 'Pari'.

Suddenly, Nancy came from behind her.

Due to perplex, Raven immediately looked behind her widening her eyes when she saw Nancy there with 3 to 4 men.

And before she could do anything, they just man-handled her. Nancy took her phone from her hand as she was trying to reach her phone and threw it somewhere.

Ivan and Alex's fist clenched as well as jaw tightened. Their eyes burnt with anger. They gritted their teeth seeing Nancy involved in all this.

That means, yesterday she was there for all this shit not for apologizings !

Just for once she comes in their hands, these people will not gonna leave her.

Soon enough, the screen showed Ryan.

They saw how he also looks everywhere searching for something.

His search came to a halt when his eyes land on something. That something is Raven's phone.

They saw how he frowned and immediately called someone.

Not too later, another car reached. Ryder came out, jogging towards Ryan. They exchanged some talkings and Ryan showed him Raven's phone. They were talking something when suddenly, another man or should I say David, entered in the scene making boys' eyes widened.

"WHAT THE FUCK ? HOW THE HELL HE CAME OUT FROM THE JAIL ?" Ivan slammed the desk.

"Fuck it. He is behind all this" Alex massaged his temple, furiously.

"WHY THE HELL MARCUS DIDN'T INFORM US THAT HE ESCAPED ?" Ivan shouted in anger.

He is angry. Nope, scratch that, he is livid.

"Ivan look" Alex pointed at the screen with wide-eyed.

Ivan's head snapped towards the screen and his breath hitched when he saw Marcus is holding Ryder in his hold, saying something while David is coughing holding his neck.

"Why he didn't tell about these things to us ?" Alex frowned already knowing answer.

They saw frowning when Marcus held David's collar.

But, their heart dropped when they saw how Marcus and David laughed together, hand shaking each other.

Alex's eyes grew black. He punched the wall living dent in it. His teeth gritted. Jaw tightened. Fist clenched.

"Betrayer" Ivan spat the word like it was a poison.

To Be Continued...

Next chapter will be of last fighting 😂 which decides who is going to leave the world.

Tell me what do you think who should die in next chapter ? Raven ? Ryder ? Ryan ? Alex ? Ivan ? David ? Marcus ? Or is it Pari ?

Lol sorry for above question 😂.

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Published : 28 June 2k23.

Total Words : 1396 words 😁.