Meanwhile, back at the gas station...
Sheriff's Deputy James Carson stood in front of the recently robbed gas station, becoming more and more alarmed, as he listened to what the clerk who worked there had to say.
Earlier, his older sister Sarah had called, worried about Evan and Brianna...they'd went to the store for a few items, and hadn't come back. James had assured her that maybe Evan has just been out running errands or something, trying to calm her.
He'd hung up with her, and then shortly after, had gotten the call on a gas station robbery. He'd been standing with the clerk...Emmitt B. Surlet, by name...and had been interviewing him as to the events that had transpired.
"Goddamn kids," Surlet exclaimed angrliy, running his hand over his mostly balding scalp, wiping away the sweat that beaded there, "coming in here with gun, shooting up the place. Christ!This is the fourth time in the last five months we've been robbed. Don't you guys do yer job at ALL?"
"Calm down, sir," James politely reminded the distraught man, "I just need to know what happened. I can't do my job until you tell me."
"Well, was a man and a girl that come in," Surlet began, "and the man was all crazy-eyed...probably high on PCP or something. Pulled a gun on me and told me to empty out the register. Wanted the safe too, but told him I don't have the combination for it. Anyway, after the last robbery, been takin' to keepin' a shotgun under the counter. They turned to leave and I pulled it. Crazy bastid shot at me and ran out the door. I chased em down, and shot a big hole in their car. Another fella jumped out...leastwise I THINK it was a fella...couldn't really see. Anyway, they grabbed some poor soul by the pumps, and pulled a gun on him, and they drove off using his car. I feel sorry as hell for that guy...whoever he is, bettin' he'll be dead by mornin'."
"The person by the gas pumps," James asked, looking down at his notepad, "What were they driving?"
"Well, was one of them mini-vans ya see all over the place. Kind of a dark blue in color."
James now looked up, suddenly very concerned...Evan drove a dark blue mini-van...and this gas station was on the way to his place from the grocery store...and Sarah had said he and Brianna hadn't come home...
He didn't like the way all the pieces to the puzzle were starting to fit together.
"Sir, I'm going to need to take a look at the footage from your surveilance cameras....now..." James followed him inside.
A few minutes later, he hurriedly ran out to his cruiser, contacting the station.
"Base, this is Carson here," James said, his voice cracking a bit, "I was just responding to the armed robbery call at the Pump 'N' Go. We have a serious problem here. Robbers hijacked someone by the gas pumps. We may have a hostage situation here."
His radio crackled for a moment, and then he heard, "Jimmy...this is base. Charlie Williams here....you sound funny. Everything ok over there? No one hurt, was there?"
"No," James said, his voice sounding frantic, "Looked at the video surveilance...my brother-in-law and niece were the ones taken, Charlie."
The radio went silent for a moment, and then crackled again "Christ! Alright...I'll get ahold of the chief. We're gonna have to call Highway Patrol, and the Feds on this, Jimmy," Charlie replied, "We can't handle that much area on our own."
"Fine, Charlie...Just make the goddamn call! Now!"
"Will do. Base out."
James threw the radio down, his anxiety and worry plain on his face. He stood by the police car, nervously removing his hat, and running his hands through his hair, his heart racing...How was he going to tell his sister that her husband and daughter had been abducted by armed criminals? How were they going to find them?
Sheriff's Deputy James Carson stood in front of the recently robbed gas station, becoming more and more alarmed, as he listened to what the clerk who worked there had to say.
Earlier, his older sister Sarah had called, worried about Evan and Brianna...they'd went to the store for a few items, and hadn't come back. James had assured her that maybe Evan has just been out running errands or something, trying to calm her.
He'd hung up with her, and then shortly after, had gotten the call on a gas station robbery. He'd been standing with the clerk...Emmitt B. Surlet, by name...and had been interviewing him as to the events that had transpired.
"Goddamn kids," Surlet exclaimed angrliy, running his hand over his mostly balding scalp, wiping away the sweat that beaded there, "coming in here with gun, shooting up the place. Christ!This is the fourth time in the last five months we've been robbed. Don't you guys do yer job at ALL?"
"Calm down, sir," James politely reminded the distraught man, "I just need to know what happened. I can't do my job until you tell me."
"Well, was a man and a girl that come in," Surlet began, "and the man was all crazy-eyed...probably high on PCP or something. Pulled a gun on me and told me to empty out the register. Wanted the safe too, but told him I don't have the combination for it. Anyway, after the last robbery, been takin' to keepin' a shotgun under the counter. They turned to leave and I pulled it. Crazy bastid shot at me and ran out the door. I chased em down, and shot a big hole in their car. Another fella jumped out...leastwise I THINK it was a fella...couldn't really see. Anyway, they grabbed some poor soul by the pumps, and pulled a gun on him, and they drove off using his car. I feel sorry as hell for that guy...whoever he is, bettin' he'll be dead by mornin'."
"The person by the gas pumps," James asked, looking down at his notepad, "What were they driving?"
"Well, was one of them mini-vans ya see all over the place. Kind of a dark blue in color."
James now looked up, suddenly very concerned...Evan drove a dark blue mini-van...and this gas station was on the way to his place from the grocery store...and Sarah had said he and Brianna hadn't come home...
He didn't like the way all the pieces to the puzzle were starting to fit together.
"Sir, I'm going to need to take a look at the footage from your surveilance cameras....now..." James followed him inside.
A few minutes later, he hurriedly ran out to his cruiser, contacting the station.
"Base, this is Carson here," James said, his voice cracking a bit, "I was just responding to the armed robbery call at the Pump 'N' Go. We have a serious problem here. Robbers hijacked someone by the gas pumps. We may have a hostage situation here."
His radio crackled for a moment, and then he heard, "Jimmy...this is base. Charlie Williams here....you sound funny. Everything ok over there? No one hurt, was there?"
"No," James said, his voice sounding frantic, "Looked at the video surveilance...my brother-in-law and niece were the ones taken, Charlie."
The radio went silent for a moment, and then crackled again "Christ! Alright...I'll get ahold of the chief. We're gonna have to call Highway Patrol, and the Feds on this, Jimmy," Charlie replied, "We can't handle that much area on our own."
"Fine, Charlie...Just make the goddamn call! Now!"
"Will do. Base out."
James threw the radio down, his anxiety and worry plain on his face. He stood by the police car, nervously removing his hat, and running his hands through his hair, his heart racing...How was he going to tell his sister that her husband and daughter had been abducted by armed criminals? How were they going to find them?