First Rundown

In no time we arrive at my mum's work, I'm still unsure what this place is even called so we'll just go with mum's work. The door to the underground garage was already open, we must have raced in at about 100mph, honestly, I don't know what the big rush was for. Once inside he slams on the breaks, the loud screeching sound of the cars tyres echos through the garage, lucky I was wearing a seatbelt! Jackson wastes no time getting out the car dragging me with him, I turn back to the car which was literally in the middle of the parking garage, that can't be legal! Last time, we went through the door, which was closest to the garage but this time, he pulls me around a corner and up a flight of stairs. "Jackson, what the heck is going on?" I ask as we reach the very top, I was nearly out of breath from running up the stairs that quickly, I don't do sports! "Your mother will explain everything to you." He tells me as we reach a door, he swipes a card from out of his pocket causing the door to make noises. The door soon opens where I'm rushed inside, what's with all the rushing?! Through this door was much less hectic than the last, through the other door there were people running around everywhere! This place just looked like a bunch of offices, people were sat at their desk typing stuff and filling out papers, what I imagine people working in an office would do. I'm led through the corridor passed all the offices, people looked up as we went by and continued to follow us with their eyes down the corridor, this isn't intimidating at all! At the end of a corridor was another office, but this one you couldn't see in. The others were glass which meant you could see anything that was happening, as well glass is see through duh. But this one looked like a room, as we get closer, I see a little plaque on the wall with the name, Joanna Carter, my mum. Jackson doesn't even knock and walks straight in, my mum was talking with the dude that carried me to the car that night, both had the same expression as Jackson did. Once I'm in Jackson closes the door behind us pulling me further into the room, closer to my mum and whoever this other dude is. "We came as quickly as we could." Jackson says still holding onto my arm, it's as though he was keeping me in place, do they think I'm going to run off or something? "Ally hunny, I know you told Jackson what you remembered, are you sure that's definitely what happened?" My mum asks walking over taking my hands in hers, okay I for one am more confused and why the heck is she holding my hands?! "Yeah, I couldn't remember at first, but it just came to me-" I start to explain but I'm cut off by the door slamming open, a dude walks in looking kind of panicked his eyes landing me on. "You saw her car! Did you see her? Was she okay?" He runs over asking me a bunch of questions, my mum moves to stand in front of me blocking this dude from coming anywhere near me. "You need to calm down, you asking my daughter a bunch of questions isn't going to jog her memory." My mum says pushing him back slightly as she spoke, Jackson walks over taking my arm pulling me away slightly. "But she has remembered something, her car! Please did you see her?" He asks looking passed my mum at at me, I was still clueless on who he was talking about. "Ally, could you see who was in the car?" The other dude, who's name I still don't know asks me, yeah, I saw a bunch of people. "Yeah, there were two men in the front, two in the back and my dad in the middle with duck tap around his mouth." I say having to think about seeing my dad like that again, this causes a few tears to build up in my eyes thinking about it. "Was there a woman in the car with them?" He asks calmly looking over at me, I shake my head no which ticks him off. "She has to be there! That's her car, you're lying to me aren't you!" He screams over at me his demeanour changing instantly, he went from sad to rather angry. "You can get out of my office, how dare you come in and shout at my daughter! She wasn't there, you can't blame Ally for that!" My mum shouts actually sticking up for me, well that's a first. "Jackson, Reece, get him out." She says to the guys behind me, at least I know the other dudes name now. Jackson and Reece walk over taking the dudes arms, they drag him out, but he fought against them all the way. He even held onto the door frame to stop them, which worked for a few seconds but ultimately, he was taken from the room with force. My mum stands facing the door for a few seconds, I just remain still not daring to move. She finally turns to look at me after a while, I just stare back at her dumbfounded. "What's happening?" I ask my voice cracking a little, I was getting upset for many reasons one I just remembered seeing my dad with duct tape over his mouth and being held back by two men but also, a random guy just shouted blue murder in my face while I just stood there at a loss for words. My mum then did something she hadn't for longer than I can remember, she walks over wrapping me in a hug. I immediately hold her tightly just starting to cry, I didn't know where all these tears were coming from, but I just let them out. "I want my dad." I cry holding onto her so tightly as I spoke, she just holds me even tighter. "Dad should be at home making his weird food creations, turning his horrible music up and dancing around the living room, not being held captive." I cry even more thinking about all the memories, I didn't want them to never happen again. "I'm going to bring dad home, I promise." She tells me as I look up at her, she also had tears in her eyes as she looked down at me. "I'm sorry mum, I shouldn't be blaming you." I say feeling bad for the way I spoke to her this morning; I was taking it out on the wrong person. "You don't have to apologise." She tells me with a smile, I just smile back feeling the closest I ever have to my mum before. "There has to be something I can do to help." I say looking up at her as I spoke, I hated the feeling that I was just sitting around while my dad is out there. "You being here is helping, you've just remembered such an important piece of evidence." She smiles as I hear two people enter the room, she sends me another smile before moving away and back over to her desk. "We took him to one of the offices to cool off." Reece says crossing his arms over his chest, while Jackson came and stood beside me, like my personal bodyguard. "We need to find out what happened to Allison, Derek isn't going to back down until he gets answers." He continues as I still stand there a little confused, who the heck is Allison?! "Well, that man just needs to calm it, what does he think shouting is going to achieve, all it will is me hitting him in the throat." I say under my breath looking down at the floor, little laughs erupt from the room telling me they all heard it. "She really is your daughter." Reece laughs which finally makes me look up, why does everyone keep saying that?! "I want to help, I know this weird organisation that you're running won't let me get too involved, but my dad is out there being subjected to who knows what and I'm just sat here doing nothing, having weird men picking fights with me!" I exclaim pointing at the door he just left, well the door he just got dragged out of would be better. "It's too dangerous Ally, I can't have you being a part of this." My mum says which just makes me roll my eyes, she does know I'm not made of glass right?! "So, you just want me to keep this weird disguise on, pretending I'm a different person while you lot decide you wanna look for him?" I say with my arms crossed annoyed; I can't believe she won't let me help them in anyway. "You're my daughter Ally, they already have your father I'm not allowing them to get you too." She says with a sigh, I just roll my eyes still annoyed about the whole situation. "I don't mean me running out in the firing line because honestly, I don't feel the need to be dodging bullets or any more cars for that matter." I say pointing around causing them to laugh again. "I just wanna be kept in the loop, tell me what's happening, and I'll give my opinion, I'm a smart person remember I have you as a mother." I smile placing my hands together with a smile, I was really trying to butter her up on this. Her and Reece both exchange a look while smiling, is it working? I'm really pulling all the stops out here to be told all this! "Okay, but whatever happens you do not start going off and doing your own investigation where you could get hurt." My mum tells me with a pointed look, I just smile walking over and sitting on the chair opposite hers. "Time to give me a rundown." I smile getting comfortable in the seat as I went, Reece just smiles leaning up against a filing cabinet while Jackson pulls a chair up and sits beside me. Time to get my first rundown of the case.