MISSING - Short Story

I told her not to tell...

Don't tell them where I've gone, I told her

"Don't cry, don't cry"

But the tears continues to fall

"Just please don't tell them..."

She told them...

One flash... Another

Footsteps in the mud, they're getting closer...

Run, run, run...

"Please, please help!"

"What's happened?"

"It's my sister..."

"What about your sister?"

"She-she's gone!"

The words caught in her throat as she remembered her promise...

"Okay, do you know where she's gone?"

"..."

"Hello? Hello, are you still there?"

"I don't know! I don't know okay!"

"Alright love, they're sending out a team, I just need some more information, is that okay?"

"Okay... Just please, please! Please find my sister!"

Sit down again, catch your breath.

They can't find me out here...

Back against a tree, bark in my hair. That doesn't matter now... They're coming!

Get up, get up... run again...

"Oh, okay-"

"What!? What happened?"

"They've found something in the woods..."

"Is it my sister?"

"We don't know yet... It might just be some dog walkers-"

"At one in the morning!"

"All I'm saying is don't get your hopes up..."

Under here...

Cold rock above, freezing rock below...

Keep on crawling...

What was that...

It's okay...

It's all-

CRACK

No! Help!

"I'll tell her..."

"What... Tell me now, just say..."

"Sweetie, I'm so sorry..."

"Spit it out!"

"They've found a body..."

"What..."

"Matching the description of your sister... They need you to go and identify her..."

She dropped the phone...