"What's a pretty thing like you doing in a place like this?"

The voice came from behind me. The smell of smoke lingered in the air.

I just carried on towards the van when he placed his hand on my shoulder. Immediately grabbing it and twisting it the wrong way, I kneed him in the stomach and ran the way I had came. Running through the motel, I bounded up the stairs and burst through the door of the room.

"Zan, Josh!" I could barely string a sentence together, I was panting so much.

They both just lay there in the same positions I had left them, fast asleep. Before i could wake them up, someone began pounding the door.

My heart was thumping to the sound of the knocks. Then it flew open.

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ZANDER

I could hear birds chirping outside. I couldn't remember the last time I'd been calm enough to hear them in the morning. I couldn't remember the last time I'd slept that well.

Laying there, on the tiny bed, I could feel all my worries slipping away. Sleep was really good for me, and I hadn't had much of it in the last few months.

A smile was on my face when I looked up. The door was wide open and Allison wasn't there. Jumping out of the covers, I grabbed my coat and ran outside. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, and the van was parked outside. I didn't remember much of the night before, but i didn't remember Allison leaving.

Panic set in.

"Josh!"

"Umhhh..."

"Josh, get up!"

"It's too early." His voice was slurred and full of annoyance.

"Al is gone! Get up!"

Josh heard me and immediately woke up.

"Did you see what happened last night?"

"No Zan, I thought she was here."

"She's gone, but the vans in the parking lot."

"Do you think someone took her?"

"I don't know."