Jamie picked Nicki up from her friends party at 10:30pm, his sister Erin had asked him to do it as she was stuck in the office longer than she had anticipated. As they rounded the corner to join the road to Erin's apartment block jamie noticed in his rear view mirror a van coming up behind them fast, just at that instant Nicki yelled and turning his attention back to the road jamie saw a car parked across the street. Slamming on the breaks as hard as he could his car skidded several feet before slamming into the car.

"Are you ok" he groaned turning to Nicki but she didn't have time to respond before his door was yanked open and a large man reached through, unlocking the seatbelt and dragging Jamie from the car

"UNCLE JAMIE" Nicki screamed as she saw her uncle being wrestled to the ground and his hands bound behind his back. Just then her own door was opened and she was also dragged from the car. She saw jamie doing his best to fight off his assilants, kicking out at them before a punch to his stomach and side of his head killed the fight in him. As he was grabbed by his arms he joined Nicki on being bundled into the back of the van that had been behind them and with their captors were driven away.

"Who are you" jamie asked from his position on the floor, Nicki was sat on a bench between two of the men tears staining her cheeks. "What do you want" he asked when none of them seemed eager to give up an answer. "Please just let her go" he said trying to push himself up.

One of the men turned to his friend and nodded. Jamie breathed a sigh of relief thinking they were going to release his niece, instead the second man stood up and punched jamie hard to the side of his head. With the movement of the van and his hands bound he was unable to save himself falling. He hit the floor, his head ricocheted off the metal. His vision burst coloured spots, and his head exploded in agony right before darkness took hold and he passed out.

"UNCLE JAMIE" Nicki screamed, dropping to her knees by his head. "Uncle Jamie, please wake up" she touched his cheek, he was out cold. As the men three men in the van just laughed all she could do was kneel there and hold her Uncle and pray that they would get out of this alive.

Erin returned to her apartment around 11:30pm. It was dark, assuming that Nicki was already in bed & her younger brother probably snoozing on the sofa she tried to enter as quietly as possible. However it wasn't long before she noticed the absence of jamie, walking to Nicki ' s room wondering why jamie would leave her daughter alone she peeked into the bedroom and started to panic when greeted with an empty bed.

The sound of her phone ringing made Erin jump, going for her handbag she expected it to be jamie or Nicki explaining where they were but it wasn't. "Hi Danny, have you seen Jamie? He picked Nicki up from a party a while ago & they're still not home." The longer than expected silence from her big brother made Erin's stomach lurch "Danny, what's happened?"

Danny was at the scene, stood beside the wreckage of his kid brothers car, in his hand he held the small beaded handbag which contained his nieces phone & make up. "Erin, we've found jamie ' s car on 10th & becket. It's been in an accident." Before Erin could respond Danny continued knowing he had to get it out "and they're missing. We've got Nicki ' s bag & the keys were still in the ignition. I'm sorry sis, we don't know what's happened"

In her apartment Erin sank onto the sofa "oh god."

"I've got the officers checking with control & the hospitals to see if anyone has taken them there. As soon as I know anything I'll call. " danny assured her "maybe you should head over to dad's, I'll be in contact as soon as I can"

Erin nodded to herself and told her big brother she'd head over to her fathers place. Too in shock to argue or think any further she grabbed her keys and left. It then occurred to her,the road closure a block from her building it must have been for jamie ' s accident. She would have to detour around.