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Nigel watched Isaac run out of the room and was left all by himself. He tried his best to chase after him, calling his name while his tiny legs ran and ran, trying to chase his panic-induced lover. However, he forgot that the bed didn’t go on forever and fell off of the giant bed. He fell through the air straight down until he hit the ground with a soft thud, landing on his back.
“Oof…” Nigel softly uttered, rubbing his back.
Nigel looked at the long way ahead of him. Nigel sighed and began his way to find his panicking fiancé. He realized something new he never did before: you really don’t realize how long a distance is until you’re small. Nigel made his way out of the living room, stopping to take a breath. He then started his journey again, but then he looked up and saw a huge bottom of a shoe. Nigel ran as fast he could out of the way, hiding under a decorative table in the hallway. He was almost squished by a guest’s shoe. He needed to be more careful. He was a ghost, but he didn’t need to be a squashed one. Nigel grabbed onto the table leg as tight as he could, feeling the thunder of the footsteps pass by him. That was a bit too close. Nigel sat down, calming down before he continued his way. Before he was going to get up and walk, he felt something nudge him in his right side. When he turned, he saw a black ant. It looked exactly like the ants from the colony in the basement.
“Well hello there!” Nigel greeted the ant that was the size of him, patting its head.
The ant responded by nodding, and lifting Nigel up onto its back, carrying him away.
“Oi! Put me down!” Nigel tried to fight back, but the ant’s grip was too strong.
Nigel was panicking, as he was basically being taken away by an ant, but it was also sort of cool, as the ant was likely going to its home colony, so he may get to see the inside of it if something didn’t stop him or the ant. That would be pretty cool.
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“SAM!” Isaac cried loudly, his panic present in his voice, as he ran into the foyer “SAMANTHA!”
Samantha was there with Hetty, Flower and Thorfinn. They were watching her set up B n B reservations.
Samantha turned to Isaac, trying to stay as calm as she could.
“Isaac, what’s wrong? What happened?!" Samantha asked concerned.
“Well I was watching TV with Nigel,” Isaac began, trying to explain what happened as calmly as he could. His throat was becoming a bit tight, as he felt like he was about to cry, “Then I fell asleep, and when I woke up, he wasn’t there!”
That made Isaac burst into tears. Hetty took Isaac into a supportive side hug, and comforted him.
“There there, Isaac.” Hetty comforted Isaac, wiping some tears from his cheeks, “Maybe he just needed some space for a little bit!”
“Did I do something wrong?” Isaac sniffed, more tears were threatening to fall from his eyes.
“Hetty’s right, he probably just needs space. We’ll find him!” Sam reassured Isaac happily. He'll come back soon!”
“Small man will be hard to find.” Thorfinn tried to help, “But we can find him!”
“Yes, that!” Isaac dramatically agreed, “He could be gone forever!”
“We’ll find him!” Samantha began, stepping away from the desks, “Thor, if you want, try your best to let the others know we’re looking for Nigel!”
“On it!” Thor left to go and let the others know.
“Okay, so where was the last place you were with him?” Samantha asked Isaac calmly, trying to keep Isaac calm.
“Well,” Isaac began, not crying anymore, “We were upstairs in the room watching TV.”
“Well, what are we waiting for? Let’s start there!” Hetty smiled, leading the trio upstairs.
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“Okay, so where were you guys while watching TV?” Samantha asked genuinely.
“Well, I was laying down on the sofa, Nigel was on top of me because of his size at the moment.” Isaac explained, “We were watching an ant documentary, and then-“
“Let me guess.” Hetty smiled.
“I fell asleep.” Isaac and Hetty said in unison.
“Isaac! Seriously!” Samantha asked him, the concern in his voice.
“I’m sorry! I got bored and I was really tired!” Isaac apologized, looking like he was about to cry again.
“It’s okay! You just need to be more alert next time!” Samantha comforted Isaac.
“Okay, continue.” Hetty interrupted, cutting the moment short. She went to look for clues.
“I had a nightmare, and then I woke up in a panic, and then Nigel was gone!” Isaac explained, while Hetty was looking around for clues.
“Isaac! Sam! Come look!” Hetty pointed out a small little dent in the comforter on the end in the room, and a little path from it.
“It looks like something landed here,” Hetty explained, using the clues to figure out the mystery, “and it moved away!”
“Strange.” Isaac wondered, “What could have caused that?”
“Maybe,” Sam theorized, “Nigel might have been climbing or resting right there after getting up from where he was!”
“We know by the path he left, just not where he went.” Isaac began, catching on to the clues left behind. “Well, we obviously know he left the room, but where?”
“Well, let’s go looking for him!” Samantha began, “Come on, let’s go!”
The group split up to look for Nigel. With the whole house hearing the news and looking for Nigel, maybe he would be found quicker? Who knows what will happen?
(TO BE CONTINUED!)