Chapter 1
Fifteen year old friends Kelly and Kristy were chatting as they walked home from Crooksville high school, both girls wore their school uniform which consisted of a grey skirt, a grey v neck jumper with a white shirt and of course the school tie which was grey and blue striped, both girls also wore white knee length socks with black flat school shoes.
“I can’t wait to see the puppies Kris.†Kelly said as they turned into Kristy’s road.
“You’ll love them they’re so cute, I’m so glad your mum said you could have one, I bet you choose the one with the black spot over his eye he’s adorable. I’ve already named him patch.†Kristy replied.
“Hey why is that van in your drive way that is your house isn’t It?†Kelly asked spotting a black van parked on Kristy’s drive.
“I don’t know hurry let’s take a look.†Kristy replied breaking into a run.
Just as the girls were a few metres from the house the van drove off at great speed.
“Did you see who it was?†Kristy asked.
“No it was going too fast. Did you see anyone?â€
“No, but it turned down Warf Street that only takes you to the seafront and the old docks.†Kristy replied.
“Look Kris the back door it’s open.†Kelly cried pointing to the open door to the house.
“The puppies are in there.†Kristy cried.
The girls dashed to the back door and into the house. Where they found Purdy the mother of the ten Dalmatian pups asleep in her bed and the puppies were nowhere to be seen.
“THEY’VE STOLE THE PUPPIES.†Kristy screamed.
“Poor Purdy they must have drugged her.†Kelly said hugging the sleeping dog.
“I’ve got to call the police and then call mum.†Kristy said taking her cell phone from her school bag.
Kelly watched as Kristy made her calls.
“What did the police say?†She asked once Kristy had ended the calls.
“This is the fifth litter of Dalmatian pups to be stolen this week and the second litter today, they’re going to send someone over but it may take a while and mum is on her way home.â€
“We can’t just sit here it could be hours before the dumb cops turn up lets go down to the docks and see if we can see that van.†Kelly said.
“Alright but first let’s get changed out of these uniforms, you can lend one of my tracksuits or something.†Kristy replied.
The girls went upstairs to change luckily both girls were of similar height and build both tall and slim so wearing each other’s clothes wasn’t a problem. Kristy leant Kelly a white t-shirt and blue and white Nike tracksuit and a pair of white trainers, while she changed into blue jeans with a black hoodie and black trainers. Kristy took small touch and Swiss army knife from her draw and put them in her pocket. The girls were about to leave when Kristy’s mum arrived home.
“Where are you two off to?†She asked.
“We saw the van that took the puppies it headed to towards the docks we’re going to take a look around the docks to see if we can see it.†Kristy told her.
“Well if you do see anything call the police, don’t go doing anything silly I know you Kristy.â€
“Alright mum I’ve got my phone I’ll call you if we see anything.†Kristy replied.
The walk to the docks took about fifteen minutes; the girls looked around at all the empty warehouses.
“Where shall we start it’s going to be like looking for a needle in a haystack this place is massive.†Kelly said.
Kristy was about to suggest they split up and call one another if they found anything, when they heard the sound of an engine coming towards them.
“That’s our van.†Kelly said as black van sped past them and drove into the loading bay of one of the warehouses.
“Let’s take a look.†Kristy replied.
“Remember what your mum said about calling the police.â€
“Yes but we have to make sure it’s the right van first don’t we?â€
The two girls went up the entrance which the van had gone into, and crept inside once inside they hid behind a pile of crates and watched two women dressed in black one with long blonde hair tied in a ponytail and one with shorter black hair, unload a number of cardboard boxes from the van, they were close enough to hear the sound of puppies yapping coming from the boxes as the women carried them inside.
“Let’s follow them and see where they’re taking them.†Kristy whispered.
“I don’t know Kris we have our evidence let’s call the police and get out of here before we get caught.â€
“We need a closer look maybe take some photos with our phones.†Kristy replied heading off before Kelly could stop her.
The two girls followed the women at distance down a long corridor as they walked the sound of puppies yapping got louder
“There must be loads of them.†Kelly whispered.
“One hundred and one to be precise.†A woman’s voice behind them said.
The shocked girls looked around to see a ginger haired woman dressed in black standing behind them pointing a pistol in their direction.
“Damn she must have been the driver.†Kristy thought to herself.
“Well well what have we here a couple of little snoops?†The woman said with an evil grin on her face.
“We weren’t doing anything honest miss.†Kelly replied.
“I take it you girls came to see some puppies.â€
“You have my puppies I want them back.†Kristy screamed.
The woman laughed
“I’ll take you to the puppies, both of you put your hands on your heads and carrying on walking in silence.†The woman said menacing waving the gun.
The two frightened girls did as they were told, and the woman marched them into a large warehouse which contained lots of cages each containing Dalmatian puppies.
“We’ve got company ladies, I found these two little snoops in the corridor.†The redhead said to the other two women who putting the latest litter of puppies into a cage.
“What are we going to do with them?†The blonde asked.
“We only need two or three more litters of puppies and then our work here will done Cruella Deville have enough puppy fur for her coat we’ll be out of here in a day or two so we’ll keep them tied up until we leave.†The redhead replied.
“Noooo you can’t kill all those puppies.†Kristy cried in horror.
“Tie us up? You can’t do that.†Kelly cried.
“You'd rather we threw you and your litle friend off the end of the pier with lead weights around your necks?†The black haired woman laughed.
“Nooo.†Kelly replied.
“Well be quiet then.â€
“You two tie them up while I call Cruella and tell her about our guests.†The redhead who was obviously in charge told the other two women.
The two women made the girls empty out their pockets they took their cell phones and removed the batteries from them; Kristy reluctantly handed over her knife and torch. The two girls were then made to sit on the cold stone floor back to back, and the blonde pulled Kelly’s arms so they were in front of Kristy and bound her wrists tightly together, while the black haired woman did the same to Kristy tying her arms in front of Kelly. Both girls then had their knees and ankles tightly bound together. The women then took a number of long lengths of rope and wrapped them tightly around the girl’s upper bodies binding them together.
“Nice work ladies, don’t forget their gags.†The redhead said as she returned to the room.
“Gags? Please don’t gag us we’ll be quiet won’t we Kris?†Kelly begged.
“Of course you will honey.†The blonde laughed as she took a balled up rag and stuffed it in Kelly’s mouth, another longer length of white cloth was then tied in her mouth to hold her gag in place. Again the black haired woman did exactly the same to Kristy.
“Cruella is on her way over she wants to check our guests out for herself.†The redhead told the others.
Kelly and Kristy tested the tightness of the bonds but they soon realized they’d been expertly tied up and they weren’t going anywhere for while. Tears began to roll down Kristy’s cheeks as she spotted Patch staring sadly at her in cage close by.
After a while the doors burst open and the strangest looking woman the girls had ever seen walked in. She must have been well in her sixties tall and thin her face was heavily made up, her hair was messy it looked like it hadn’t been brushed for ages and the strangest thing about her was one half of her hair was black and the other half black. She was wearing a long white fur coat which touched the floor as she walked her long stiletto heels clicking on the stone floor. She carried a white fur hand bag over one arm and long cigarette holder in the other hand
“Good afternoon ladies let me see the latest puppies you’ve brought me.†She said as she walked around inspecting the cages.
“Good afternoon Miss Deville.†The three women replied together.
“The ones in those cages over there are the latest Miss Deville.†The redhead said pointing to Kristy’s puppies and another cage.
“Very nice, I love the one with the patch I may keep him for myself.†Cruella replied.
“And you two little darlings must be the snoops.†She said bending down and blowing smoke from her cigarette into the faces of the bound frighened girls.
“Now what are we going to do with you?â€