Mr. Lee Carter had been working in social services for over 30 years now, but he had never seen anything like this before. He had received a call to come aid some cops in handling a situation with potentially missing children. He was expecting the reported Post Office to be old and abandoned, a perfect spot to hide kidnapped children, but when he and his team arrived, it was still in operation. Or at least, it looked that way on the surface, but it only took a moment to notice that despite the lights being on, and the place looking like a typical Post Office, there were no workers at all. Instead, there were only undressed boys running around and playing. Some of them looked like they had broken into a supply closet and found some spare Postal Worker uniforms to dress up in, but Mr. Carter still couldn't figure out where the two police uniforms came from. When he asked the boys in the office where they found the police uniforms, they just insisted that the uniforms belonged to them. Mr. Carter just chalked it up to be typical childish possessiveness, then sent the boys back into the main room, and away from the computer playing a pornographic video. He clicked off the video, then briefly checked to see if there was anything else on there to indicate some sort of child abuse syndicate. He didn't find anything, but he would ask one of his team members to make sure the police took the hard drive in for a more thorough search for evidence. He shook his head, and walked back into the main room of the Post Office to check on his team's progress.
Danny Wu, the youngest member of his team, was busily helping Oscar Lopez, the team's "sophomore" member, distribute clothing to, and dressing all the boys. The Police had given them advance warning that there were a lot of unclothed boys in the building, and they came prepared. Meanwhile, Jack Harding and Lenny Brown, his team's senior members, were busy interviewing the clothed boys, trying to get any information they could about what happened and where they all came from. And from the looks on their faces, Jack and Lenny weren't getting anywhere. Mr. Carter pulled Jack aside to get an update from his right hand man.
"Are we getting anywhere with them?"
"Well, from what we can tell, there's no signs of abuse. None of them appeared drugged, malnourished, or anything. They're all happy, healthy young boys...except..."
"Except that they all claim to work here when asked what they were doing here," Mr. Carter interjected.
"Exactly. It's the weirdest thing. There's no signs of struggle, or coercion. It's like they all just appeared here, and the Post Office workers simply vanished."
"And the police?"
"No signs of the officers who reported the incident. I've already called the station, and they haven't heard from them either. They're sending more officers to secure the facility, and for now, they've given us permission to go ahead and take the kids to a secure location until they're ready to take a statement."
"Good, I can't believe they've slipped up on so much of this footwork."
"No kidding, Lee. Oh, and one more thing...the officers at the station wanted me to relay a message to you."
"What's that?"
"They're holding Sam on vandalism charges."
Mr. Charter let out a sigh and rubbed his temples. "I swear, that kid is gonna put me into early retirement. I'm heading over there, I'm leaving you in charge to handle the rest of this."
"Alright Lee, we'll keep you informed if anything pops up," Jack Harding told his boss as he watched the man heading out the door.