The Hamster aisle

Jessica walked over to the hamster area, which was a single aisle with cages on both sides. The size of the cages varied as she walked down the aisle. Jessica shone her flashlight inside each cage, looking for a clue or something to help her find Vanessa.

She'd nearly reached the end of the aisle, when she spotted movement in one of the cages. She assumed it was probably a hamster, seeing as there was a water bottle and pebble food in a tiny bowl. Jessica almost jumped as a creature scurried through the light for split second, before scampering away into the darkness.

At first glance, Jessica thought it was a hamster, but she saw something very strange about it. There was something about that hamster that made it seem as if it was very different. It almost displayed human features. "I wonder if I can try and spot it again." Jessica mumbled to herself, pointing the flashlight all around the cage as she tried to find the hamster again.

Before she could do anything else, the store lights all suddenly switched. Jessica instantly fell back, terrified. "It's a bit strange to break into a pet shop and start looking through hamster cages when there's nothing there! Which means you're not a thief, or a criminal. The snooping, obvious flashlight, flashy outfit, you're a reporter!" A young teenager suddenly started speaking to Jessica. She was walking towards Jessica, on the other side of the aisle.

The girl had brown hair cut into nice bob, and she had a nice figure for a girl her age. "Who are you?" Jessica asked out of panic. "That's my line, though wait a minute! I recognise you! You're that reporter mum's been on about! Yeah you wrote those articles about dear old Vanessa, hahaha!" The teenager continued stepping closer to Jessica, who was slowly backing away.

"Okay...I'm very confused right now, what does your mom want with me!?" Jessica asked, incredibly confused. "Alright, I'll clear that up for you. My name is Amelia Newman, daughter of Amanda Newman, the owner of this company." Amelia explained. Jessica's fears got worse, she was in big trouble here. "Shit, well erm...tell your mother I'm very sorry, in fact no don't tell her anything! Shit FUCK!" Jessica panicked, backing away from Amelia.

Amelia smiled, she knew Jessica would try and run, but what she had planned would soon stop that!