All of the inmates were outside.

Waiting. Watching.

The storm clouds were rolling in and they were supposed to be in their bunks.

But someone was missing.

They all were in their bunks, reported there immediately when the alarm went off and count time was demanded. But when some of the CO's started murmuring that someone was missing, that's when the chaos erupted.

Caputo demanded the CO's put on any gear they had to spend a long night searching for the missing inmate. The entire CO staff rushed out in swat team like uniforms and stormed out of the doors towards the woods.

It all happened so fast that no one thought to stay in the prison to watch all of the other inmates. So despite the severe weather rolling in, they went outside also.

There was so much confusion going on. Everyone was scattered everywhere. Red thought it best to round out the family, do a head count and make sure all of her girls were counted for.

"Girls!" Red yelled as loudly as she could above the crowd of women all around the grounds. She knew they would hear her; no doubt they were listening for her voice.

Red looked in front of her, to her left, to her right, and behind her. One by one she saw a member of the family step forward towards her and gather in a circle.

"Chapman, Lorna, Norma..." Red would nod and greet them as they walked up. "Anita, Gina, Frieda…"

Red looked around.

"Where is Vause and Nicky?"

"Here! Red!" Alex came running and pushing through crowds of people. "Red!" she yelled again.

"What? What is it?" Red questioned.

"It's Nicky!" Alex panted from her maneuvering.

"What?"

"She is the one that is missing. It's Nicky." Alex walked over to Piper who offered her shoulder for Alex to lean on until she caught her breath so she didn't fall to the ground.

Meanwhile Red was doing just that: she sank to her knees.

Everyone sat on the ground, following suit, as Red began to speak.

"Ok, so what do we do?" The family looked at each other, a little dumbfounded. Red was always the one to map out the plan and see to it that it got carried out efficiently. They knew this was going to be one of the tougher operations.

"Well if she is missing then we need to look for her." Lorna stated blunted.

"We can't just go looking for her. Any minute now they are going to make everyone go inside." pointed out Gina.

"Are you sure it is her, Alex?" Piper asked looking across her shoulder.

"I mean she's not here."

Piper glared at her.

"No, she would've came. She would've heard me calling and she would've came." Red said softly thinking about all of the terrible possibilities that her daughter could be in or will be in.

"Well why don't I just go ask Caputo what he knows." Piper suggested and she got up to walk away.

"Chapman!" Red called after her.

Piper turned around.

"Take Vause with you." Red needed the peace of mind that the no one else in the family would be alone.

"How you doing, Red?" Lorna asked, scooting closer to Red and putting a hand on her back.

"Why?" Red turned her head to look into Lorna's eyes. "Why is she missing? Did she try to run away? Is she on some type of new drug that makes her wander? I can't… I can't keep up with her." Red put her head in her hands and broke down.

"Shhh, Red she will be ok. She always turns out ok." Lorna comforted and Norma moved to the other side of Red and put her arm around her best friend's shoulder.

"Yeah, but she's never been missing has she?" Red shuddered at the possible scenarios that were haunting her mind.

"She'll be alright." Lorna hugged Red tight.

"All inmates report back to your bunks, now!" Caputo yelled out of nowhere.

Looking in that direction, Red was relieved to see Vause and Chapman walking back towards their circle.

Everyone was up and together, the most important thing right now to Red, and they walked back to their bunks in silence.

Once back to her cube, Red sat on her bed and thought about how she was feeling. Her mind was so wrapped around Nicky that she didn't even realize the level of hurt her heart felt until this moment.

"Count time, ladies!" CO Piscatella yelled and it felt as though the entire prison could hear him.

Just as loudly, lightning and thunder clashed outside. The storm had arrived. All Red could think about was her daughter out there in who knows what state of mind. What if she was bleeding and it wasn't stopping? What if she was violently sick? What if she was hungry or thirsty? What if she got cold because of the rain? Red needed to get to her daughter to make sure everything from her head to her toes was ok.

Red walked to the outside of her cube, she looked to her left and across the way where Nicky should be. The pit in Red's stomach got 2 feet deeper.

Piscatella was walking towards the end of the hall and as he passed Red she got the courage to ask "Is there any news about the whereabouts of Nichols?"

Piscatella stopped in front of Red.

"You two are close aren't you? What are you like her prison mom? Pathetic." He gave Red such a stare she thought he was going to spit in her face.

"To answer your question, they don't know where Nichols is."

Another bolt of lightning and thunder booming.

He then bent down to Red's ear and whispered, "But I do."