[News playing on TV in the background]

Reporter - "Police still on the search for the kidnappers of the two hundred students in the city of Kiev"

Natalyia says "Isn't this a little bit out of ordinary, two hundred students kidnapped for what purpose?"

Bohdan replies "I’m not sure but something fishy is going around here."

Before they could finish their conversation Andrew walks into the kitchen wearing brown leather boots covered in mud,

"It sure is rainy today" he says

Startling everyone in the room. Bohdan shouts in joy "Andrew! how long has it been, a month?"

"Yes something like that" Andrew replies

Natalyia glares at Andrew with a frightening look, Natalyia was an old woman in her 60's that was strict but fair, she had grey hair, green eyes, and her daily routine was to turn on the morning radio and cook breakfast for the family.

"Did you pick up the raspberries from Uncle Yegors dacha like I told you to?" she says "Oh, oh yes of course" He replied

Andrew then dragged out a bag full of raspberries and other fruits that were hiding behind the door. Andrew and Bohdan then continued to chat while Natalyia made them some compote, some conversations later it was time for Andrew to head back to his apartment. He thanked them for the compote and walked out the front door, Andrew was the type of person who couldn't stay in one place for a long time, he loved to run outside and explore. Andrew's hobbies included a lot of sports and he practiced martial arts, As you could already tell, he was a handful and would have a strict time schedule that he always followed.

It was already dark when he was returning home, he couldn't spot any cabs around that area so he decided to walk, it was a cold rainy night with no one in sight, the crime rate in the city recently increased so it was pretty risky to leave home late at night, but it never bothered Andrew, Andrew had confidence in himself and knew he was able to protect himself from multiple assailants. He is 6ft tall, very well built and was popular in the neighborhood. He knew nobody would try to do something funny but the small possibility itched him and made him feel a little insecure. Nevertheless he walked with total confidence and wore a sharp smile.

Following a straight but dark road on his way home, he would feel like someone was following him, every time he would look back there would be no one in his sights but once he turns back front,

he would hear multiple footstep, he thought to himself "I must be hallucinating, I need to go to bed earlier." The sound kept bothering him until he looked back for the one last final time. It appeared to be a cloaked man whose face was covered and couldn't be identified 10 steps behind him. "Who are you?" Andrew shouted but the man would not reply, "I said who are you" Andrew repeated as he walked towards him. The cloaked man puts his left hand in his pocket and before Andrew could say anything five other persons came out behind him. Andrew now felt in danger but would not give them an advantage over him, he ran towards the cloaked man, pushed him to the wall and started to sprint

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away. Once he felt safe enough he stopped to catch a breath, "Who were they, and what did they want" he thought, before he could puzzle anything he heard the sound of a car drive by. "Oh crap they found me!" he cried again running away from whoever was following him, Andrew tried to find a shop or something where it would be safe to camp out but everything around him was closed. He then ran into an alleyway hiding behind some of the trash cans, "They seem to be given up, It would be safer if I don’t leave and just camp out here for the rest of the night" he thought, bending down on his knees he looks for a place to lay.. Going through some of the trash he finds a cushion soft enough to lie on, he lays it on the ground and gets ready to rest, suddenly a rat jumps out of the cushion onto him, he lets out a loud shout forgetting that there were people looking for him. The noise attracted them

and before he could even flinch, the car drove by the alleyway with light so bright you could see the entire alleyway. "I guess I have no other choice" Andrew said, standing back on his feet he wipes the dust off his jacket and prepares himself, once the driver got out Andrei clenched his fists in a battle stance "It's a good thing I learn t some martial arts in my free time" he thought.

The driver walks over to him with the others and they begin to throw themselves at him, he successfully dodges and keeps distance waiting for a slip. The biggest guy in the group got a little cocky and decided to head-butt Andrew but he slipped in time following a knockout punch to the back of his head. "One down" he said with a small smirk on his face thinking that it would scare the others off, but it wasn't the case. Some of the men in the group began to laugh, that really threw Andrei off "Are they not afraid of me?" he thought losing a little focus he found himself surrounded by them. They began to attack together, he gets a couple of hits in but can't keep up locking his hands and legs forbidding him to move, until one of them gets behind and knocks him out with a baseball bat, Once he got knocked out they tied him up and put him in the trunk then drove off leaving no traces behind.