He was following a young woman in a long black coat, unable to see her face. He called out to her several times, pleading with her to stop. The street draped into the edge of a cliff, where the woman jumped off. Danny followed suit, still calling to her.

Danny Taylor awoke with a start. His dream had been an unpleasant one, but unsolved cases always followed him home. Jack had forced him to take a few days off after finding the body of a distraught teenager that had killed himself. His insides burned with guilt as he realized he had recognized the signs of a person calling out for help, but had done nothing to stop it. He lay awake in his bed for several minutes before his cell phone called out from his nightstand.

'Taylor.'

'We've got a girl in here claiming her friend has been missing for a few days now. We need you in.' Jack's voice sounded drained, Danny knew cases involving girls around Jack's daughter's age affected him the most, especially now during his custody battle with Maria.

Danny put down his phone and grabbed the cleanest pair of pants he could find off the floor. With a sigh he grabbed his keys and headed out his apartment.

Bullpen, 48 hours missing

Jack had directed him to Investigation Room 3, where he found Sam and Martin questioning a girl that appeared to be in her late teens. She wore a black band t-shirt, low rise jeans, and her hair up in a messy ponytail. She had her arms crossed defensively and he could tell the atmosphere in the room was tense. After observing for a few moments Sam and Martin came out of the room, both wearing confused and frustrated looks on her face.

'What's up?'

Martin rubbed his eyes, 'Gail Gibson, 17, claims her friend Amy Thompson has been missing for 2 days now. She won't tell us any reasons as to why, but she's pretty sure that she's missing, probably foul play involved.'

Sam nodded, 'She's got an attitude, but I believe her. Best friends know each other, and I have a feeling there's something she's not telling us that will help the case.'

'Should we visit the school?' Danny wanted to kick himself for his suggestion, he hated interviewing teenagers who didn't want anything to do with the law.

'See what you can dig up from other students, there's always a few that hold a grudge, especially girls around this age, they love to gossip.' Sam smiled mischievously.

St.Patrick's Catholic High School

A girl wearing the standard uniform dress shirt and short skirt walked by Danny and gave him a playful smile. Sam shook her head and mumbled something about the length of her kilt before grabbing his arm.

'We're looking for Room 203, Music. Amy's teacher said her only other close friend was Allison Manning.'

Danny waited outside while Sam knocked on the door and asked the teacher to borrow Allison. A short black haired girl appeared in the doorway with a frightened look on her face.

Danny smiled at her, 'Hi Allison, I'm Special Agent Danny and this is my partner Sam. Is there a place we can go and talk?'

Allison nodded and pointed to a stairwell. Sam grabbed Danny's arm again which told him to stay back, sometimes situations arose when a victim was more comfortable talking to Sam.

They both sat down on the steps and Sam pulled out her notepad.

'So Allison, do you have any idea where your friend Amy is?'

Allison shook her head, 'No I haven't talked to her since Monday at school, we don't hang out much outside of class.'

Sam nodded, 'Is there any reason she would have run away, problems at home, school?'

'No, she was acting perfectly fine in class on Monday, she's been really happy lately since she met this new guy.'

'Do you know this guy's name?'

Allison smiled, 'She said his name was Carter, he was a few years older, but she's 17 and said he was really sweet. She met her at Benny's Grocery, she's a cashier there.'

Bullpen, 50 hours missing

'So far no leads, she lives in a rundown apartment with her mother, who hasn't seen her since Friday because of her hours at work. We took her computer from her room but so far nothing.' Jack took a sip of his coffee, his third today.

'If she was having problems at home she sure didn't show it at school. Her friends thought she was fine on the day she was missing.' Sam glanced down at her notepad, 'Her friend mentioned something about a guy named Carter she was dating, they may have pulled a little Romeo and Juliet.'

Danny pulled up a chair next to Jack, 'I just printed out her chat conversations, there's a guy she's been talking to for the past two months almost every single night. Some topics are a little mature for a 17 year old I might add. Carter claims to be 20 and lives downtown, and has been trying to persuade Amy to come and visit. Sounds like a creep to me.'

Jack sighed, 'Run the name Carter through the computer, especially the sex offenders registry. I'm sure this Carter guy has already had a first offence.'

Sam approached the two with coffees in each hand. 'I think we've got a lead. It's a small one, but it might help. A woman walking her kids home from school saw a girl matching the description of Amy from the flyers the police handed out. She claims an older blonde haired man was talking with her before forcing her into the passenger seat of a silver pickup.'

Jack called over to Danny who had already begun researching on the computer, 'Run the name Carter along with the pickup. I'll call the dive team and map out a search perimeter along the river.'

Danny fought back a cringe as the image of a girl's lifeless body was being retrieved from the icy waters.

Interrogation Room, 51 hours missing

Jack entered the room and took a seat across from the frustrated teenager.

'Thanks for your patience Gail, I just have a few more questions and then you can go.'

Gail sighed and crossed her arms defensively, 'I don't understand why I can't leave, I've told you everything I know. Isn't the fact that Amy's missing enough?'

Jack nodded, 'We have all our agents out looking for her, but you're our main lead right now. Is there anything at all you can remember about Amy that could help us find her?'

Gail frowned and shook her head. Jack could tell the signs of secrets and loyalty to friendships, he had seen it many times before.

'Do you know who Carter is? My understanding is that Amy is very happy with him.'

'It's her boyfriend, is that against the law?' Gail shifted uncomfortably in her seat.

Jack stared deeply at her, his dark eyes examining every inch. Gail felt her heart begin to race and her stomach shift uneasily. Unable to bear his staring eyes, she dropped her own and stared at the floor. She took a deep breath and tried to keep herself together.

'I know best friends keep secrets.'

Gail was feeling vulnerable and wanted to be anywhere but with this man.

'Fuck you.' Gail swallowed hard, not sure what her comment would bring.

With this Gail's blue eyes met Jack's dark stare. Something broke deep inside and before she could stop herself she began, 'Carter is 40. She found out on Monday. She still thinks she's in love with him, but I tried to tell her he was a creep. She stormed out of class and didn't return since. When she never called me back I knew something was up.'

Flashback, Classroom, Monday Morning

A beaming Amy walks into the science room and takes a seat beside her best friend Gail.

'He called me last night.' Amy opened her books and looked over at Gail's work to see what page they were on.

'I'm glad.' Gail's eyes didn't divert from what the teacher was writing on the board.

'What the hell is that supposed to mean?'

Gail stared at Amy, 'It's a little obvious, Carter's a creep. You meet him online and he acts all sweet and everything, but how do you even know who this guy really is?'

'I know who he is, we talked on the phone for over two hours last night. He's 40, but I don't care I'm in love with him.'

Gail didn't respond and Amy shut her books violently and stood up, 'Whatever I don't even care what you think anyways. You're just jealous he loves me.'

She grabbed her books and walked out of the classroom.

End of flashback

Jack wrote something down on his notepad before continuing 'Is it possible she's run away with this guy?'

'I don't know, I've told you everything, can I get the fuck out of here now?'

Jack nodded and thanked her for her time. He opened the interrogation room door and led Gail out the door.