Joe Hardy walked into Anna's bedroom, it had gotten to the point where he was mostly staying at his girlfriend's townhouse. Anna had moved to Bayport following Nancy about two years ago. Anna's parents, Kendall and James Drew, were murdered when Anna was a senior. Nancy and her dad, Carson the famous lawyer from River Heights, were the only family she had. Joe didn't know a lot of the detail. He did know her last name use to be Grant, her father's last name, but when they moved to River Heights they changed it to her mother's maiden name. Joe and Frank had lived in Bayport their whole lives.

Joe smiled as he saw the sight before him. Anna was lying on the bed with a book in her hand, a book about Grace Kelly one of her favorite movie stars. Joe bent down and placed a kiss on her head. "I have to go stake out a warehouse tonight."

Anna glanced at the clock on the nightstand 7pm. She smiled up at Joe, "Isn't it early for a stake out?" Joe chuckled after two years of them dating. Anna still didn't really understand detective work. He had to admit it was a nice break for himself not to come home to a ton of questions. Anna was no Nancy Drew and he was thankful.

"It's getting dark outside and it doesn't always have to be dark for stake outs. Besides I will have trees as cover. If you need me text me, love you." He placed a kiss on her soft lips. She put her hand behind his head and pulled him closer to her, "Do you have to leave now?"

Joe laughed, "afraid so but I will take a rain check." He said with a wink. Joe walked down the steps and into the kitchen. He grabbed a coffee thermo big enough that would hopefully last throughout the night and a travel mug.

Anna always worried about Joe when he was on stake out, but she knew with all the experience that he had he was a pro. Joe and his older brother Frank had been solving cases since their teens and they were both now in their mid-twenties and occasionally Frank's fiancée Nancy Drew, who happened to be Anna's cousin would get caught up in the middle. Especially now, since all three of them worked at Frank and Joe's father, Fenton's detective agency. Anna sighed and went back to her book.

A ringing noise startled her and she glanced down at her cell phone, Nancy Drew, displayed on the screen. She pressed send, "Hi Nan."

"Hey, Frank and I were wondering if you wanted to tag along on a stake out."

"Really, same warehouse as Joe? Because I don't know how happy he would be about it."

Nancy laughed, "It's a pizza place so this involves eating."

"Sure count me in. When will you get here?"

"Give us about fifteen minutes."

"See you then." Anna hung up the phone and started to quickly freshen up before they got there.

Nancy was knocking on Anna's door. Anna opened it with a smile and hugged her cousin, "let's go." Anna grabbed her purse off the hall table. She quickly shut and locked the door behind them.

Once they were in Frank's SUV, Frank glanced back at Anna as he started pulling out of the parking spot, "How are you?"

Anna smiled at him, Frank and Joe looked nothing alike. Joe looked more like their mom, Laura, light dirty blonde hair and blue eyes and Frank looked more like their dad, Fenton, brown hair and eyes. Both boys had athletic built and both were handsome. "I'm doing good, excited that I actually get in on some of the action."

Frank laughed, "Well, it probably won't be too action packed." Nancy added, "I think it's a dead end but Joe and Frank never listen to me." Anna smiled, "hopefully the pizza is good."

Anna laughed as Frank and Nancy lightly made some jokes. Nancy smiled at Anna, "We have a fitting to go to on Wednesday." Anna nodded and smiled, "I am so excited and I love the dresses."

Frank yawned, "Can we stop with the wedding talk?" Nancy and Anna looked at each other while laughing. Nancy threw her hands up in the air, "Fine, honey. We will stop." Nancy placed a kiss on his cheek and while pulling away whispered softly so only Frank and Anna could hear her, "have you seen anything suspicious because I think we are barking up the wrong tree."

Frank nodded, "Agreed."

Anna sat up, "I'm going to run to the bathroom. Be right back."

Anna quickly slipped into the bathroom and she got a strange chill up her spine. Although she didn't know why she couldn't shake the feeling; she did know enough that She tried to be on alert and trust her gut. She locked the stall behind her and hurried. She glanced under the stall door before exiting and she quickly washed her hands and slowly walked out of the bathroom looking down the short little hallway where the bathroom was. She noticed that the employee only room was slightly open and it looked like a brown haired girl was bound and gagged. She looked at Anna with big brown pleading eyes.

Anna wondered if it was the same girl they had been looking for and she closed her eyes to try to picture the photo she had seen laying around while Joe was working on the case. She thought about going to get Frank and Nancy but her curiosity got the best of her. Something she might regret later. Anna started slowly walked towards the door and saw two guys walking out of the employee only room and the girl who was bound tried to get loose and yell. One of the big burly guys turned and hit her.

"I'm sorry. I was just heading back to the bathroom." Anna said nervously while trying to slowly walk backwards she just needed to be in view of the restaurant. A thousand things rushed threw her mind as she tried to study the men. One was big and burly he looked like a quarterback he had light colored skin and blonde hair that was trimmed short. The other man wasn't quite as big but still bigger than her, he had darker skin and dark hair.

The burly one spoke in a gruff voice, "you have seen too much, and the boss won't like that." Both of them lunged towards Anna grabbing her. She tried to break free but it was no use. She dropped her purse on the ground as she felt a cloth over her mouth and her head felt fuzzy and everything went black.

Frank looked at Nancy, "What's taking Anna so long?"

Nancy shrugged, "I will go to the bathroom and check. Be back."

Nancy walked away and then she noticed the Kate Spade navy clutch that Anna had been carrying it was laying on the ground next to the wall. She picked it up and looked around to see if she could find anything else. She walked into the bathroom it was empty. She went to the employee room and tried to open it, it didn't budge. Chances were Anna was long gone. A panic feeling rushed through Nancy. She couldn't help being overprotective of her cousin, her parents murderer was still out there. She quickly hurried back to the table.

Nancy quickly sat down beside Frank and put Anna's belongings on the table. "Anna is missing?"

Frank practically shouted and Nancy put her hand to her mouth, "Shhhh, Frank. You have to call Joe." Frank grimaced, his brother would be anything but happy considering she was on stake out with them and well she was missing.

After Joe's girlfriend Iola had been killed in a car bomb meant for him and Joe, he completely blocked himself emotionally but when he met Anna things changed. Joe was super over protective but he had reasons.

"Nan, you call him. I won't. He is going to be mad we let her come along in the first place." Nancy sighed and took Frank's phone, "Text him." Nancy and Frank were scared and worried but they knew a level calm head would help Anna more.

Joe scratched the back of his head. He was sitting in his suv on stake out, another case, another long night. He grabbed a swig of coffee and grabbed his cell phone. Frank had sent a text, he opened it, "Don't' worry but Anna is missing."

Don't worry. How the hell did he think he would react to that? His beautiful slender, auburn, green eyed girlfriend, why would someone take her? He kept picturing the car blowing up that had Iola in it. He couldn't let something happen to Anna too. Joe gasped for breath, his chest felt tight, it was happening again.

He phoned Frank right away. "Joe, I said not to worry. Nancy and I got this."

Joe sighed. He knew that his brother and Nancy Drew could handle it easily. Nancy grew up with them and all three were constantly getting into some sort of trouble. Anna however didn't start spending time with Nancy until her family decided to move closer to Nancy and Carson. Anna and Nancy spent their senior year in high school together.

Someone was using Anna to get to him and he didn't like it not one bit. "Frank, how the hell did this happen I want to know everything."

Frank sighed, "We were all at the pizza place and-"

Joe cut him off, "the pizza place you and Nancy agreed to stake out. You took Anna with you?"

Frank sighed then spoke with care, "Joe I honestly didn't think anything like this would happen. It's just a simple kidnapping of a 16 year old. Anna is 24 so why would they take her?"

Joe banged his head on the steering wheel, "there is no such thing as a simple kidnapping," he was yelling at his brother and started slowly backing up his car but then he saw a car pull up to the warehouse he was staking out. "Frank, a car just pulled up."

Joe grabbed the binoculars and glanced through and put his brother on speaker all the while Frank was talking. "Who is it?" Joe saw a slender dark haired girl being pulled out of the car. He recognized her instantly. It was Anna. Thank God. He thanked his lucky stars "Joe, is it Anna?" Then Joe saw a guy come out of the warehouse take someone out of the trunk and take her to a little building outback.

"Frank, its Anna I am going to get her. There is also a second girl being taken to a different building."

"Joe, don't even think about it. Nancy and I will be there with back up in like five minutes."

"No Frank. I will not lose her or let them do anything to her. Tell the police to get the other girl."

Frank started talking but Joe just hung up the phone and slowly started walking towards the warehouse.

Frank slammed his phone shut and jumped up, "Anna is at the warehouse where Joe is, Nan. We have got to go now."

Nancy nodded and they quickly got up while leaving some bills on the table to pay for the food. Nancy sighed she was worried about Anna but also worried about what Joe might do. She could tell by Frank's expressions he was worried.

Once they got into the car Nancy grabbed his hand, "Please Frank, calm down. It will be okay."

Frank squeezed her hand and zoomed out of the parking lot. "I hope you are right. I have seen Joe get mad and angry but the way he sounded about not losing her or letting anything happen to her. I don't know what he is capable of especially after Iola. If anything happens I don't know what he will do."

Nancy leaned over and kissed Frank's cheek, "Babe, it will be okay. Let me call your dad."

After a couple of rings a sleepy voice answered the phone, "Hello?" Nancy glanced at the clock 11:30 pm was glowing in bright red numbers. "Sorry Fenton, this is Nancy. We have a problem."

Nancy could hear Fenton rustling around and sighing, "Which boy? Joe?" Nancy wanted to chuckle if it was under different circumstances. She almost wished it was one of the guys, they both got into so much trouble that at least they knew how to handle the situation.

"It's Anna. Joe is at the warehouse she is at and he doesn't want to wait for backup. He did see another girl that was being taken to a different building. He said for the police to go for her. He was going for Anna."

Nancy could hear the alarm in Fenton's voice, "Anna? Nancy, where is the warehouse? I am on my way. Oh God if anything happens to her, Joe is going to lose it. I will call the chief and let him know we found the missing girl."

Nancy knew it to be true. Joe had already got an engagement ring for Anna and was waiting to surprise her during her and Frank's wedding weekend getaway. She quickly gave Fenton the directions and hung up. Nancy felt bad for not being more worried about the poor teen that had been gone for well over a month. She was probably constantly being shuffled to different locations, but right now Nancy priorities were on family.

Frank glanced over at Nancy while speeding down the road, "Dad on his way?" Nancy nodded and she felt a tear slip down her cheek she quickly wiped it away. "Anna has to be okay Frank. She has to be."

Frank rubbed Nancy's leg, "I know Nan." Frank sighed he knew that if he didn't get to Joe soon that it could be bad. He just hoped Anna was okay.