<div align="center"><span class="bbc_u"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Chapter 1: Abduction</span></strong></span></div><br/>It had been just another normal day for the Schultz family. The children had gone about their business, as had their parents. With the school year having been over for two weeks now most days were much more relaxed than they would normally have been. This was the time of year that most families in their quaint little suburban area took vacations on. Or simply made efforts to bond and get together it was, to use a somewhat common phrase, 'family time.'<br/><br/>The area in which the Schultz family lived was in fact one of the safest neighborhoods in or near the city. There was a remarkably low crime level with even minor break-ins being almost completely unheard of. Many families in the are didn't even 'waste' money on fancy home security systems because of this fact. And even the local neighborhood watch was very lax.<br/><br/>This was the primary reason why the presence of two new cars, one a black minivan (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h5YLH2-P3r4/S-wmEEhouNI/AAAAAAAAARQ/ht0Pb88ZjaY/s400/minivan.jpg) and the other a grey PT Cruiser (http://images.motoring.co.uk/images/car-pictures/mucf-images/500x375/spid1/31/0e/25/chrysler-pt-cruiser-2000-silver-metallic-with-grey-leather-saloon-2-0-auto-limited-310e25b81ca49b4e2dae6a167b0b9a6d-m2.jpg), went ignored if not totally unnoticed even as they appeared in the alley behind the  Schultz's house in the middle of the night. From within both vehicles emerged their passengers.<br/><br/>Five men, each one wearing black pants and black long sleeved shirts. Gloves on their hands and masks over their heads. "Alright' one of them said to the others "just another smash and grab." his voice betraying no hint of nervousness or even slight worry that things might go wrong. The others nodded, each one of them extremely skilled at the job they were about to undertake and as such just as confident as their leader.<br/><br/>It was 1:47 A.M. and even though the Schultz family didn't know it, the lives they knew had just ended and their new ones had only begun....