Warren hesitated for a moment, as if maybe just lingering at the door a moment more would mean that someone would call through it to go, 'Hah, just kidding, false alarm,' and then he could take off in the opposite direction at a run or something.

Yeah. That would be nice.

When nothing happened after that moment, Warren frowned, and then stepped into the office.

"Hey." He really didn't know what else to say. He pulled the door shut behind himself, and then fidgeted a little until he managed to work up words. "They took her?"