Brainwashed (O/O) Closed

"Why wait on her when you can drag her around.", he said, also failing to stay serious. This is why he loves Kate.

"Heyyyy," she said, squinting her eyes playfully. "You're proving my point, you know. You are a meanie!"

"I'm waiting on you now,… meanie!" He wouldn't let her win this playful argument.

"You're the meanie - you could've just waited for me! But no!" She dramatically turned away from him, whipping her ponytail.

August copied her, but couldn't really whip his hair. "You called me a meanie first! Name calling is mean!"

She turned around again and hugged him tightly from behind, giggling.

"What do you have to say for yourself?" He couldn't help but to giggle too.

"Mmm… I don't know!"

The elevator doors opened and August went inside. And of course he pressed the button. Then some more.

She followed him and giggled at his silliness.

"Somebody tried to take their desk and chair out of the classroom today!", August said randomly.

"Why?" she asked. "Who was it?"

"Keven! He rudely said to the teacher that he didn't want to be here anymore and literally went out the door taking his whole desk with him!", August exclaimed.

Kate shook her head. "That's ridiculous."

"He is ridiculous!", August exclaimed. The elevator doors opened and he stepped out. "What happed at school for you today?"

"Not much. Same old, same old…" Kate sighed.

"That's too bad.", August sighed. "At least we have one class together."

"Yeah," she said with a smile.

He happily skipped out the doors. "What do you think of the new rules in the cafeteria?"

Before Kate could answer, someone behind her jumped out of the shadows and covered her mouth with a cloth. A second person blocked August from getting to her.

August was alarmed and afraid. He instinctively tried to protect Jess. "Don't touch her!", he yelled as he barreled into one of the people.

The strong figure held him back. Meanwhile, Kate went limp in her attacker's arms. He carried her to a van.

"Kate!", he screamed. He heard the blood rushing in his ears. Use what you learned in martial arts. He put his foot behind the strong figure and pushed them to the ground. August started sprinting to the van.

Kate disappeared from his sight inside the van. It began to drive away quickly. The kidnapper who'd been shoved to the ground by August got up and jumped in before it turned a sharp corner. Kate's phone was laying on the pavement. It had slipped out of her pocket during the struggle.

(Could you be the operator?)
August scooped up her phone and took off running after the van. "Kate!", he yelled again before it went out of sight. He dialed 911.

(Yeah, okay!)

"Nine-one-one, what's your emergency?" a kind voice asked.

"I'm at Stillwater apartments! Some people kidnapped my girlfriend! They threw her into a silver van!", August yelled into the phone, out of breath.

The woman typed quickly. "Slow down, hun. Which way did the van go?"

"On Eastwood Drive!" August tapped frantically with his foot.

"Alright, I'll alert the units in that area. What's your name?"