Bonnie; Jesse; Others

While Bonnie, Andrea and Shasta were all relaxing in the front yard, Jesse and his gang were lurking through the forest. It was pitch black. They were sure that nobody would notice them.

The three stopped and watched the girls. Suddenly, they pulled their guns and leapt out of the trees. "Put your hands where I can see them!" Jesse shouted. Samuel and Rachel were at his sides, aiming their weapons at the girls' heads.

Bonnie wasn't stupid. She had no way to get to the guns, which were inside the house. She reluctantly raised her hands up as the gang walked closer. "What do you want with us?" She asked impatiently. "I don't want anything with you. I want Shasta Wild. Actually, you're coming with as well." Jesse replied. Without warning, he struck out at Andrea with the end of his rifle, knocking her unconscious. "Andrea!" Bonnie cried out. "I'll kill you for that!" She rushed at Jesse, but Samuel grabbed her and held his pistol to her head. "I really think you should cooperate, or all three of you die." He whispered. Bonnie went limp. She had been defeated...again.

Jesse just had to apprehend Shasta and they could leave. He approached the woman and reached out to grab her, but Shasta punched him in the face. In a rage, Jesse pinned Shasta to the ground, after some struggle, and tied her hands behind her back before pulling her back to her feet. "Let's go. Leave the brunette." He said to his gang. Soon, they disappeared back into the forest with Shasta and Bonnie.

Aldo

A call to Ben's recieved no answer, which was a bit troubling to the young ATHA Member. He was one of those types that was on the loyal side, due in part to ignorance and youth.

After relaying this information to Tom, he was given the orders to check up on the Hatchett residence. A generally good natured guy, Tom knew that Ethan's 'girl' would be more of a target now that Ethan was laid up in the hospital. And given the fact that Ben was responding to his cell, the older man had a hunch that something was going down.

Arrive to the residence on a moped, Aldo parked in the drive and walked towards the door. He gave a quick look around before knocking.

Andrea; Amber

Andrea was just waking up in the backyard. Amber was barking frantically, trying to bring attention to her master's sister. She ran around to the front yard when she smelled the stranger. Not wanting to start a fight right now, she barked and howled, then led Aldo to Andrea.

Aldo

The young man drew back at first, but quickly realized Amber wasn't trying to attack him. Following after her, he came across Andrea, "Hey, is there anyone else home...?" He said at length, keeping a respectful distance from her. He knew who she was from pictures, but he wasn't sure if she knew about him yet.

Andrea; Amber

Andrea shook her head and looked up at Aldo. Her vision was still blurry and she was quite dizzy, but she figured that he must be one of Ethan's friends. "No they're--" It didn't take long for her to figure out what happened. "They took Bonnie and Shasta." She suddenly gasped.

Amber barked and ran toward the forest, as if to say, "Follow me!"

Aldo

He was leery about the whole situation, and it became much worse when Andrea told him what happened, "Who took them? How long ago?" Aldo demanded, taking out his cellphone. Great, this could get very bad, very fast...

The young man glanced to Amber, but wasn't so sure about trapsing off into the dark forest with just himself and Andrea. Maybe Mikhail could do something like that, but Aldo wasn't so fond of such things.

Andrea; Amber; Eclipse

Andrea slowly rose to her feet and glanced around. "Some of Shasta Wild's enemies. I think she said that it's her brother's gang." She replied breathlessly.

Eclipse, Andrea's Zebra-Horse Hybrid, nudged her owner, snorting.

Amber continued to howl and bark.

Aldo

Aldo had to fish around in his memory before he understood who she was talking about. The gang who's leader Ben had recently had executed; that made sense. "Do you know where they might have taken her?" He asked next, before furrowing his brow in thought, "I could call the cops for this one..." Aldo glanced at Amber, but was still hesitant to follow.

Andrea

Andrea shook her head. "No. But Amber can lead us. She's followed my master all the way across Atroe City." She said, almost collapsing on the ground again. "No! Don't call the cops! Bonnie hates the cops..." She shouted.

Aldo

When Andrea almost collapsed, Aldo took a few quick steps forward, ",B>Hey, you alright? I don't think your in any shape to go trekking into the forest..." He pointed out skeptically, but knew he had to do something. "If you really think the dog can help us, well... I guess we can follow." He reluctantly put the phone away, sure that he'd regret his decision later.

Andrea

Andrea climbed up onto her horse's back. "I'm fine. I just want to get my sister back." With that, she turned Eclipse around. "Let's follow the dog. Are you coming or not?" Eclipse began to trot, and Amber ran through the forest toward the Orca Bay.