Missing

Tinsley was freezing. She wished she would have remembered to put her shirt back on when she was on the bus. Of course, she never thought she would be in this situation. Tinsley kept Andy's daughter close to her chest, sharing her body heat. The baby girl had finally cried herself to sleep. Tinsley felt terribly guilty. She wasn't being a very good mommy right now. Arlo was staring up at her with teary eyes. His lower lip kept trembling like he was going to cry, but he would sniff a few times to maintain his composure. Tinsley was doing the best she could to keep all three of them safe. She knew Lincoln was hunting them down, ready to kill them.

There was no doubt in her mind he would have, if she hadn't run off the bus after Lincoln lunged for Arlo. Lincoln had his hand on Arlo's shoulder and was turning the toddler toward the knife in his other hand, when Tinsley reached out and yanked Arlo away from him. Then picking Arlo up in the hand she wasn't using to protect her new Heaven, Tinsley fled off the bus with the kids. She didn't stop running. Even when Lincoln and Calvin started chasing her and screaming for her to come back to the bus. She just kept running deeper and deeper into the dark woods. She didn't know how far away from the concert they were, but her plan was to run all the way back there with the kids so she could give them to Andy.

"I'm so sorry my pimps killed your bus driver and stole your tour bus, but I'm a really big fan and I kept your kids safe for you. Here you go, you can have them back now." She would tell him. She hoped the concert was right through the other side of the woods. The only problem was the woods wouldn't stop. They just kept going on and on forever. Arlo was heavy and Tinsley couldn't carry him and the baby at the same time any longer. She put Arlo down to walk. He was barefoot and stepped on a small rock just a few minutes into walking which made him start crying. Heaven hadn't stopped crying since they were on the bus. She clearly didn't like being jostled while Tinsley was running through the woods.

She didn't know if Calvin and Lincoln were still following after her in the woods, but she didn't want to stay in one spot for too long to find out the hard way. If they were still following her and they did catch her, Lincoln would probably kill both of the kids as well as her. Tinsley didn't have anything. No food. No water. No blanket. No extra clothes. The woods were freezing and Arlo began to shiver as he walked beside her in his soggy diaper and short sleeve tshirt. "Wet.." He said sadly into the night.

Tinsley sighed, "I know. I'm sorry. I don't have any diapers." she admitted. "Wet.." Arlo repeated, just as sad as the first time. Tinsley couldn't walk any further. It felt like she had been walking for days. Her legs ached with each step and she was getting short of breath from the burning in her lungs. She looked around the thick woods for a spot to rest. There was a ditch in the near distance. She walked up to it and looked down to find it just littered with old newspapers, glass bottles and leaves. She told Arlo to wait, while she climbed down into the ditch and cleared a small area, all the while holding Heaven in one arm.

Once she was content with her clearing, she helped Arlo down into the ditch and that's where they remained now, looking at each other. "Are you sleepy?" Tinsley finally whispered, trying not to wake Heaven. Arlo rubbed his teary eyes at that, and slowly nodded his head yes. Tinsley laid down in the ditch, carefully keeping her new daughter cradled in her arms, as she patted the grass beside her. Arlo didn't want to sleep on the hard dirty ground. He wanted to sleep in his Daddy's soft bed back on the bus. He missed the bus.

Arlo's lip started trembling harder and a tear escaped his blue eye that he brushed away with the back of his hand. "Mommy..." He cried softly, thinking about his real mom. "It's ok. Come here, lay down. it's called camping. You like camping right? Isn't it nice to lay out here under the stars and sleep?" Tinsley asked. She couldn't see any stars. The tree tops were all in the way. Her soothing wasn't working. Arlo rubbed at both of his eyes now, "Daddy.." He cried. Tinsley's heart felt heavy. "You miss your daddy?" She asked softly. Arlo shook his head yes and then began to cry louder.

Tinsley didn't want him to wake up the baby, so she quickly sat up and placed the sleeping Heaven softly on the grass beside her. Then she reached out for Arlo, bringing him into her arms so she could rock him back and forth gently until he fell asleep. After he had finally fallen asleep, Tinsley laid him down next to Heaven on the grass beside her. She stared at the two of them sleeping. Had she done the right thing by running away with them? They both looked so sad, even in slumber. She knew she had to return them to Andy. Hopefully Andy would see what a good job she did taking care of them.

Surely by now the concert was over and the entire band had noticed the tour bus was gone. Had they found the driver's body yet? Or did they just think the driver drove away? Did Andy miss his babies? Was he angry at their mother for leaving them alone on the bus? What kind of mommy leaves their babies alone? A bad Mommy. Of course Tinsley did the right thing by running away with the babies. She was taking care of them. She would never just leave them alone like their old mommy. She would have to tell Andy that. Maybe he would be so happy that she did such a good job as their new Mommy that he would divorce their old Mommy and marry her instead. Then she and Andy could be together forever with their babies. Maybe they could even have more babies together.

A smile spread on Tinsley's face at the thought of her and Andy being a family. She laid down beside her babies and just watched them, anticipating either one to wake up at any moment. Arlo talked in his sleep. He kept asking for his Mommy. Tinsley rubbed his back gently, trying to comfort him but he didn't seem to notice. They were both still sleeping when Tinsley heard someone coughing. She froze in the ditch, putting a protective arm around her babies. It wasn't a close cough. Somewhere off in the distance, but it echoed.

She would have staid there in the ditch not moving if the noise died out, but she could hear someone coming closer. Then she heard a girl's voice. The girl was talking to someone but it was a one sided conversation as no one was responding to her. "Yeah...yeah I was there already. I didn't see anyone. It's so quiet out here...so dead. I bet they're dead....the kids, silly. Andy's kids. I bet they're dead." She said. Tinsley's heart began to pound. Andy's kids? This girl must be looking for the babies. Her babies.

Tinsley slowly stood up and looked over the top of the ditch. There was a shining light several feet away from her. She could see it through the trees. The light was coming from a cellphone. A flashlight coming out of the back, while a girl talked on it. The light glared into Tinsley's eyes. Panicking, she ducked back into the ditch. An awkward silence filled the air for a few moments, until suddenly the girl hung up her phone and called out to her, "...Hello? Are you with the search party? I didn't know anyone else was actually out this far." She said.

Tinsley slowly stood up and looked toward the girl again. "Search party?" Tinsley asked curiously. "Yeah, I'm with the search party too. To find the kids? My name's Brit. I actually live in a cabin out here with my uncle. I didn't really expect to find any volunteers out this far." She said. Brit started walking closer to Tinsley and Tinsley panicked, "-Don't come any closer!" Tinsley warned a little too loudly. Heaven began to stir in her sleep. Tinsley glanced down at her, just as Brit stopped in her tracks.

Brit shined her light on Tinsley, "Uh, are you ok? Where's your shirt?" She asked. Tinsley quickly covered her chest with her arms. Heaven started crying. Brit rushed forward toward the ditch, and looked down. "Oh my god - are those the kids? You found them?!" Brit asked.
"No! these are my babies!" Tinsley growled. Brit stared at Tinsley like she was crazy before she climbed down into the ditch. "Get away from us! You're not going to take my babies!" Tinsley said standing in front of the kids. She didn't trust this Brit girl.

Brit started whispering Arlo's name. "Stop calling him!" Tinsley snapped, even as Arlo woke up and stared up at them. "Let me just see them..." Brit tried. "Fuck you! Just get out of here, these are MY babies!" Tinsley replied getting angry. "No. Those are Andy and Juliet Biersack's babies and they really miss their kids. Arlo and Andra need their parents..." Brit said trying to calm the deranged Tinsley down. "ANDRA?! What a stupid name! Her name is Heaven now! HEAVEN!" Tinsley screamed. Heaven started to cry harder. "LISTEN! You're upsetting my daughter! Now get the fuck out of here!" Tinsley said.

Silently, Brit grabbed her phone and started to dial a number. Tinsley didn't want her to call anyone. She wanted to be the one to bring the kids to Andy, not Brit. Tinsley rushed forward and pushed Brit to the ground. She wasn't aware she was choking the girl until after Brit went limp beneath her. Tinsley stole Brit's shirt and hoody from her limp body. Brit had on a sports bra, that Tinsley stole as well. It fit her fine. She thought about taking the girl's pants too, but didn't want to leave her completely nude in the ditch. That would be rude. So she just took the girl's phone instead. It was time to leave.

Heaven was inconsolable, so Tinsley wrapped the stolen shirt around the infant for warmth, and gave the hoody to Arlo. It dragged along the ground as they walked, but he didn't complain about being cold anymore. He seemed afraid of her after witnessing the way she handled Brit. At first he didn't even want to follow her, so Tinsley had to bend down to look into his frightened blue eyes as she held on to his little sister. "Do you want to go see daddy?" She asked him. Arlo nodded slowly. "Then follow me." She instructed.

She didn't know how to get back to the concert hall and she surely didn't want to run into any other members of the "volunteer search party" These were her kids now. Her responsibility. She would return them.The stolen phone rang in her pocket but she didn't answer it. Instead she used the phone to find the number to the venue. She called it but no one answered. According to the internet, there was an amber alert issued for the kids. After some snooping she realized the bus had already been found and it was empty. Shit. That meant Lincoln and Calvin were still after her. If that was the case, then surely the boys would run into this apparent search party going on in the woods.

Tinsley continued walking with the kids determined to make it out of the woods. The phone started to ring again and it annoyed Tinsley so she put it on silent. She wished she knew Andy's number. Then she could just call him and have him meet her. After a bit more walking, Arlo began to complain that he was tired again. "It's just a bit further until we see daddy again." Tinsley told him. He wanted to be carried. Tinsley sighed, but she picked him up as well and held on to each of the kids as she continued to walk.

Tinsley was so used to seeing nothing but trees that the sight of a tall barbed wire fence startled her. She stopped moving and just stared at the fence peeking beyond the trees. She walked up to it and could see cars beyond it. Broken down cars. It was some type of junk yard. Tinsley followed along the fence but couldn't seem to find an entrance. The woods surrounding the fence eventually gave way to a paved street leading up to the gate. There were a few cars lined up on the street but there weren't any lights on anywhere.

She could hear a car coming down the road. Tinsley thought about hiding, but then realized she was going to need a ride to the venue. So she stood in the middle of the road and stared at the oncoming headlights until the car slammed on its breaks. Unfortunately, the car just swerved to avid hitting her, rolled its window down to call her a crazy bitch and then drove off before she could even say anything. What a dick. What kind of guy sees a poor girl and her babies in the middle of the road and just drives away? Frustrated, Tinsley walked over to one of the cars parked on the side of the street. She put Arlo down on his feet and tried opening the door. They were all locked.

Handing the bundled Heaven to Arlo, Tinsley started pick locking one of the door handles with a bobby pin from her hair, when it finally opened Arlo stared up at her with a weird look on his face. Almost as if he knew what she was doing was wrong. Tinsley took Heaven back and got Arlo strapped into the passenger seat, putting the baby on his lap. She had no idea how to hotwire a car. She had seen Calvin do it plenty of times. In fact he was the one who taught her how to pick locks. She was determined to figure out how to start the car though. However, before she could figure it out, the sounds of police sirens filled the air. Then Tinsley saw the red and blue lights flashing as the police cruiser pulled up next to the car.

Tinsley panicked and quickly locked all of the car doors. The cop who got out of the car seemed to immediately recognize the kids in the passenger seat. He tried to open the passenger door, but Tinsley just growled at him, as she snatched both the babies back and held them in her lap. The cop asked her to unlock the doors but she just flipped him off. "Go AWAY! These are MY BABIES! You're not going to take them from me!" She spit. Arlo didn't like that she was screaming and he started to cry. Then Heaven started to cry a few seconds later. It was hard to hear the police officer over the kids crying but Tinsley watched the cop get on his radio. She didn't care who he was calling. She still wasn't going to open the door. He must have called for back up because a few minutes later she could hear several cop cars sirens traveling toward them.

She didn't realize it was a "hostage situation" until the police officer asked her what her demands were, just as the other cop cars started pulling up beside them. Tinsley had never been given such power before. "Where's Andy?!" Tinsley demanded. "What?" The cop responded, barely able to hear her over the babies continued cries. "I don't want to talk to anybody other than Andy!" Tinsley said, "I'll only talk to Andy Black!"

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