Vanished

[xxxmeganxxx]

Decided to do another one!
This takes place just as Carl and Chas have begun to see each other, so nothing serious yet.
Hope you like it


The bitter wind bit his face, as he wrestled his way through the
buzzing holiday crowd. He’d always hated shopping– especially at this time of year. In fact, he really wanted to shout out loud, at the shoppers, at the weather and at Colleen for having to work later than normal because it’s the ‘holidays’.
“Daddy I have to go to the loo”, Anya pulled on Carl’s left arm yanking him from his thoughts. He looked down at his daughter who was clearly amazed by the whole experience, and smiled softly. This was why he couldn’t shout. He was fighting through the crowds with his children, and for children this was supposed to be a happy time of year! They didn’t care about the crowds, the cold or even the grouchy shoppers– all they knew was that this was great. “Okay, lets go find you a toilet, and then maybe the three of us can go and see Santa.– what do you say?” “yay!” Anya and Thomas cried simultaneously, as Carl took a tiny hand in each of his and led them towards the nearest department store.
Unfortunately, the nearest store was Harrods and as usual for this time of year, it was crawling with shoppers.
Carl sighed, and let go of Anya’s hand just long enough to open the door and usher his four and six year old inside, before grasping their hands once more and worked his way through the busy crowd.
He made his way to the first counter he saw, and waved down a tired looking sales assistant. “Excuse me, where are the toilets?”
The woman pale and drawn, was wearing a thick layer of makeup, making her seem much older than she most likely was. Wordlessly, she lifted a thin, red-clawed finger and pointed it towards the back of the shop. Carl nodded gratefully and proceeded to walk where she had shown him.
Carl eventually managed to find a small hallway, with a door either side, one door was marked Women’s the other Men's. As usual only one had a line snaking out of it and down past the lifts. He looked down at Anya who was now dancing back and forth, from one foot to the other. “ Well there are two of us and only one of you sweetie”, Carl smiled.
“Its okay daddy, I can go on my own”, Anya looked up at her father waiting for his permission. “Well alright, if you’re sure”, Carl queried. “Yes”, Anya smiled up at him and skipped towards the women’s toilets. Carl looked around, it seemed like the crowd had thickened. He knew Colleen would be annoyed if they were later than they was suppose to be, even when she had changed the time because of work, so as soon as Anya was finished they would head home. “Daddy, I dropped my glove”, Thomas yelled.
“Thomas!”, Carl scolded as he scoured the floor for the glove. Forget the time, Colleen would never forgive him if she knew one of their children was walking around a town, in December wearing only one glove. “Where did you drop it?”, Carl asked as he backed away from the toilets slightly. “Over there somewhere”, Thomas waved his gloveless hand a few yards away. “Ugh”, Carl groaned, “Well come on quickly before Anya comes out”, he grasped Thomas's hand and began searching for the garment. After a couple of minutes Carl was able to make out what appeared to be Thomas’s glove. Relieved he grabbed the glove and turned around to find Thomas smiling proudly, with his little gloveless hand extended. Carl quickly pulled the glove onto Thomas’s hand and began heading back towards the toilets.
“Right, Anya should be just about done now”, Carl smiled to his son. Five minutes later and Carl was still waiting. He was starting to feel slightly concerned, but ‘hey’ he thought, ‘a four year old girl may take longer’.
After another five minutes had passed, Carl had had enough, he ignored the strange looks he got as he stormed through the door marked Women’s, and began to hunt for his little girl.
With each cubicle door Carl knocked on, his body became more and more weak, his hand shook and his pulse began to race.
“Anya”, Carl whispered. As he scanned the room one last time, but there was no sign of his youngest child.
A rush of panic swept through Carl, and instinctively he wrapped his arms around his son, and picked him up holding him close as he rushed out of the door and down the bank of isles.
“Anya! Anya!” Carl cried, his voice raspy and desperate. A lift opened and several people walked out, all ignoring the father’s frantic calls. “Excuse me, have you seen a little girl? She’s four and has blonde hair and a purple jacket…” It seemed like no-one would listen, they were all too absorbed in their own little worlds, and didn’t care about him or his child.
A kind elderly woman finally turned around and looked at Carl.
“No, I’m sorry.. I haven't seen any little girl”
Feeling nauseous and unsteady Carl rushed through the store, his son in his arms and dark dread filling him with each passing moment.



what do you think?

[eppsy]

Wow, that is great. I love it. It is amazing. I am gripped already. ;D

More soon please. x

[missking]

thats great start

i love it

post more really really soon please

i wonder whats happened to anya

[rtzen01]

great start, wonder where anya is ?

Please post more soon

[xxxmeganxxx]

Hey guys, sorry havnt updated in a while but only just got back off holiday, will post more asap!

[missking]

hope you had a good holiday then and cant wait to read more

[tomsgirl]

Another fab story more soon please as I can't wait to read more.

[xxxmeganxxx]

'Mr King, Im Detective Inspector O'Reily', a short, bald headed man, stood infront of Carl, who was sitting in the department store office cradling his son. 'Mr King, can you tell me what happened', the Inspector asked, taking a seat next to the distraught father. 'We were just shopping' Carl answered quickly, 'just some last minute shopping, then Anya needed the toilet, and i thought she would be okay going in herself, i was waiting outside, and then Thomas lost his glove, and i was only gone a minute i swear', tears started rolling down Carl's face, 'If i would have thought anything like this would have happened i would never have left her, never' Carl started to sob into Thomas's shoulder, 'It's ok Mr King, we are going to do everything we can to find your little girl, I promise'.
'Come on boys drink up' Tom said to Matt and Jimmy as they finished off their pints, 'Come on dad its Christmas, lighten up a bit' Jimmy exclaimed, 'look I will even get the next round in' Matt joked, 'alright one more' Tom said, 'but then back to Home Farm, I want to go over that contract one more time before tomorrow', Matt and Jimmy looked at each other, they knew their dad always had a business head on, he could never relax, 'right same again then' Matt said and went up to the bar. 'Carl still with the kids' Chas asked Matt as she served him, 'yep' Matt answered clearly not wanting to engage in a conversation with the roudy barmaid, 'god was only asking' Chas answered back, 'have your drinks'. 'Matt your phones going off' Jimmy shouted over and handed him his phone, 'Hello' Matt answered it, 'Yeah this is he.....Carl?.......Oh my god......How long?........Tell him we will be right there'. 'What was that all about' Tom asked, 'Is it about Carl?', 'That was the police' Matt answered with a look of disbelief on his face, 'Anya's gone missing, they think she's being kidnapped', 'Oh my god' Jimmy said and sat back down, 'How....when...where was Carl?' Tom asked, not able to understand how this was happening to his family, ' Look i dont know, they wouldnt tell me, we've just got to go down the police station now', and with that all three of them left quickly.
'Carl!' Colleen shouted as she ran through the room in floods of tears, 'Whats happened, where's Anya?', 'Im so sorry' Carl turned to look at his ex wife, tears still flowing from his eyes, 'I went away for a minute, i thought she was safe', 'how could you let this happen!' Colleen slapped Carl hard around the face, and began to hit his chest and stomach, 'I'm sorry' Carl kept repeating, 'I will never forgive you if something has happened her' Colleen screamed at him as two officers pulled her from the room. Carl fell to his knees sobbing, he could not control his emotion, he had lost one of the only good things ever to happen to him, why had he left her alone. 'Carl' a worried voice asked, Carl looked up from his place on the floor, 'dad' he said, 'Oh Carl' Tom said and dropped to his knees too, and put his arms around his son, 'its okay boy, it will be okay', 'where is she dad? where is she?' Carl cried into his shoulder, 'we have to find her, please dad please'.

[eppsy]

Aww great update Megan.

Please post some more soon. x

[tomsgirl]

Fab update more please Megan soon.

[missking]

awww poor carl thats great i love it post more soon pleaase x

[xxxmeganxxx]

5 hours missing

Carl had been sitting with Tom, Matt and Jimmy in a waiting room for the past hour. Colleen had insisted that Thomas should be with her, and they were both in another room.
'Mr King', O'Reilly came into the room, disturbing Carl's thoughts, we have located the stores cctv and from the picture you gave us we think we have spotted your daughter leaving with a man, however we will need your confirmation. 'A man?' Carl answered, he had secretly been hoping that a woman had taken Anya, maybe someone who had lost their daughter and wanted to look after her, but knowing a man took her made it worse, the things he could do..'show me the video' Carl spoke, needing the thoughts to stop and proof it was Anya.
As Carl entered the room with the inspector, he saw Colleen sitting patiently at the desk infront of the television. Neither spoke a word to each other, both too frightened of what they were about to witness. As O'Reilly turned on the screen, they waited...there i am, Carl pointed at the screen as he and Thomas were searching the floor for the glove, 'Look i told you i was only a few metres away from the door, i wasnt far.....'but Carl's words trailed off as he saw Anya come out of the toilets and the tall dark haired man take her by the hand and lead her away from him. 'She was right next to me' Carl whispered, 'how did i not see that', a single tear rolled down his cheek, 'how did i not see that' he whispered again. 'So you can confirm that this is your daughter', the two parents nodded, 'and do either of you recognise the man?', 'no' Carl and Colleen both answered, 'well i must inform you' O'Reilly began, ' that we believe this was not a random attack, we think this man had been stalking you, and we think Anya knew him', 'What!?' Carl shouted, 'how would we not know we were being followed? And how the hell would Anya know him?' 'If we rewind the tape and you look closely Mr King, Anya seems to recognise the man, look', Carl looked carefully at the screen, he watched Anya come out of the toilets and look for him, 'look there' O'Reilly said, as they all watched Anya give the man a little wave as he bent down to take her hand. 'She's a friendly girl, she would do that to anyone' Carl said, 'No Carl, you know our daughter, she wouldn't leave you and go off with a complete stranger, she's smarter than that' Colleen said, ' I agree with Mr O'Reilly, Anya knows him'.

[rtzen01]

ooo its really good cant wait for more to see what hapens next

[missking]

post more soon o wonder who it is and how she knows him it was great

[xxxmeganxxx]

8 hours missing

'I think its a good idea for you to all go home, i promise we will call you if anything develops' O'Reilly said to the family, 'yeah i agree' Tom said, 'We cant do anything for Anya here'. After being reluctant to leave, Carl finally agreed to go back with his dad and his brothers, 'Thomas get in the car' Colleen told her son as they all stood in the carpark, 'I want to see him tomorrow' Carl said to her, 'you really think im going to trust you with my son, after what you have done' Colleen spat at him, 'hey dont you go blaming all this on him, he feels bad enough' Jimmy said pushing Carl back and standing infront of Colleen, 'come on mate, we're going home', and with that they both got in their cars and drove away.

10 hours missing

'Well thanks for letting me know you were not coming Carl, you made me look a right div sitting in the restaurant alone, don't bother calling to explain yourself', Carl sat and listened to his voicemail, he was suppose to be meeting Chas for a meal once he had dropped the kids off, he thought about ringing her, but he couldn't, how was he suppose to explain to someone what he did, he had let his daughter be taken, anything could be happening to her, he didnt even know if she was still alive. No his love life could wait, he now had more important things to worry about.
'God im knackered' Donna said, as she and Ross sat down at the bar, 'What can i get you two' Dianne asked, 'Just two orange juices please' Ross replied, 'we are just having a break, before we get back on with the case', 'oooo a case, that sounds exciting' Chas joked coming out from the back, 'well im surprised your finding it funny, when its on your fella' Donna said, Chas looked at her, obviously not understanding the remark made, 'what's he done now?' she asked, 'HE hasn't done anything' Ross said, 'its his daughter', 'Anya?' Chas questioned, 'What could she have possibly done wrong, she's four, giving ASBO's out a bit young now arnt you' she laughed, 'its not funny Chas' Donna said seriously, 'she's been kidnapped, she's been missing for over 15hours, Carl's in turmoil'. 'Oh my god' Dianne said, 'the poor little girl', 'I've gotta go see him' Chas said, 'can i go?', 'ofcourse love, let him know we are thinking about him'. Chas left the pub and hurried up to homefarm, thats why he didnt come to dinner last night she thought, and she cringed and the voicemail she left him.

'Who was that' Carl asked, 'the police' Matt replied putting the phone down, 'still no news'. Carl nodded and went back to his thoughts, he couldnt bare not knowing where she was and knowing it was his fault. The doorbell rang, 'I'll get it' Jimmy said and headed towards the door, Carl heard muffled voices and got up to see who was there. 'Its not a good time at the moment' he heard Jimmy say, 'but i need to see him', he knew that voice, 'its ok Jim' Carl said, and motioned for Chas to follow him into the lounge. 'I just heard' Chas said, sitting next to Carl on the sofa, 'You must be in hell' she said, Carl looked at her, his eyes full of tears, 'its horrible Chas' he whispered, 'shes my baby girl and i have no idea where she is or who shes with.....and its my fault, i wasnt looking....' 'hey' Chas interupted him, 'you cannot blame yourself', and she pulled him into a hug, 'your gonna get through this, and get her back ok, and im going to help you', 'thanks' he smiled, and he lay in her arms and she rocked him till he fell asleep.

18hours missing

'Carl!..Carl!' Matthew ran into the room, awaking Carl, 'whats going on' he said jumping up, 'The D.Is here with news' Matt said, just as O'Reilly stepped in the room. 'What is it' Carl said nervously, 'have you found her?', 'No Mr King we havnt, however we have identified the man who has taken her....we managed to find him by looking through our data as he already has a record', 'why, whats he done?' Carl asked, the feeling of nausea setting in, the mans a criminal he thought. 'Well he was never actually charged as there was not enough proof that it was him, but everything pointed that way', 'Just tell me what he has done!' Carl shouted, 'Ok, but I must make you aware that this may not be linked with this case...' O'Reilly took a breath, 'he was linked to a case involving the rape and murder of a young girl 2 years ago', Carl felt his legs give way as he fell to the floor, 'no no no no no' he kept saying, 'how can i have let this happen', 'whats the name of this scumbag' Tom said, the anger building up inside him, 'Nicholas Tucker' O'Reilly spoke, 'known to his friends as..' 'Tuck' Chas said.

[rtzen01]

ooo this is so good, please post more soon so we can see what happens

[missking]

does chas know him its great i am loving it post more soon cant wait to see what happens next

[flower]

update

[tomsgirl]

WoW more great updates here Megan more soon please.

[tomsgirl]

More soon please x

[missking]

post more soon please

[tomsgirl]

Please post more soon x

[xxxmeganxxx]

The whole room turned to face Chas, 'You know him?' Carl stood up from his place on the floor and stared at Chas. 'He was one of Cain's mates, we've known him for years' she whispered, still not quite believing the Inspectors announcement. 'Trust your family to be involved with the likes of him' Matthew spat at her, 'do you have no limits of who you socialise with?', 'Hey do you really think I would have had anything to do with him if i knew he was capable of doing something like this' Chas shouted back, the room then fell silent. 'Miss Dingle, i would like to have a few words with you about the suspect, maybe it will give us an insight of the type of character he is, and places he may go', 'well yeah if it will help' Chas answered and with that she left the room with the police officers and O'Reilly.

25 hours missing

Chas had just returned back to Home Farm after spending hours going over all the places 'Tuck' use to go and who he hung around with. 'Hey hun' she said entering the room and seeing Carl sitting alone on the sofa. 'Hi' he replied, not even looking at her. 'I've told the police everything i could think of, i promise' she said, 'thanks' Carl said, and continued to stare into space. 'Look Carl you need to think positive, we will find her we have to', Carl turned his head to face Chas 'positive?' he said, 'positive? I have just found out that my four year old daughter has been taken by a man who is suspected of raping and murdering another little girl, do you really think i can be positive about that?' Carl stood up, 'you have no idea what the hell i am going through' he shouted at her, 'unlike some people i actually care about my kids!' and he stormed out of the room. Chas sat there, her eyes filling up with tears, she knew Carl just said it in the heat of the moment and that he was upset, but it still hurt, she decided the best thing to do was leave the family alone, she would be there if Carl needed her, but at the moment this was for the best.

27 hours missing

Carl lay in bed, staring at the ceiling. As soon as he had said the words he regretted them, he didnt mean them, he knew she loved Aaron, but the words just came out before he could stop them. He had heard her leave about an hour ago, he wanted to get up and stop her, but he couldnt. Something inside him was stopping him from doing anything, from moving, from sleeping, from crying...he was now nothing, no-one...without his children that was it for Carl, there was no point left for him to be here, it was all over, this was his end.

[tomsgirl]

Awww poor Carl good story Megan more soon please.

[LovinDaMiller]

awww poor carl and poor chas to that its brill post more soon please