Chapter 1

"So how's college?" Becky asked her little sister who was in the middle of her freshman year at Georgetown University.

"Stressful. Way harder than what you described." Deanna told Becky as they enjoyed an afternoon together. A rare occurrence now that Becky had got her job as a lawyer and Deanna had started college to get her criminal justice degree because she loved what her sister did.

"Just think, I was in your same position what 6 years ago?" Becky said as she jokingly tried to remember.

"Yeah. You were lucky that you got to get a job as a lawyer 2 months before you graduated." Deanna told Becky.

"You'll do it too. I have faith in you." Becky reassured her sister.

"If I can keep up with college, I mean I have no spare time now." Deanna reminded her sister.

"Ok, listen. You remember high school, when it was so hard to keep up in your freshman year but then magically it got better as you became a sophomore, junior, and senior." Becky told Deanna.

"Yeah, I do." Deanna said remembering how she had struggled in high school.

"That's how it will be in college. Give it time, it'll get better. I promise." Becky said as she gave her sister a hug.

"Ok, I will." Deanna said as she smiled. "Well, I'm finally home and I better study for the midterms next week. What such fun."

"You'll do fine." Becky said as she laughed at what Deanna was saying.

"I know, I know, I always do." Deanna reminded her sister because Becky always pushed her to do her best.

"Yeah you do. Well, I'll let you get going. I'll see you in a couple hours for the party?" Becky asked her sister.

"Yep, I can't believe it. I'm going to be 19." Deanna said a little surprised and excited.

"It does go by fast. And I can't believe that I'm 25." Becky said. "And one day you are going to be right where I am."

"I can't wait." Deanna said as she smiled. "See you later Becky."

"Bye Deanna." Becky said as she watched her sister go in her apartment and then she drove off.

7:30pm that night

"Deanna, you there?" Becky yelled as she knocked on the door really hard. There was no noise coming from inside. "Come on, this isn't a time for jokes." Becky seen Deanna's car so she walked over to where it was and everything looked like it did when she left justa fewhours ago. She went in her car and got out Deanna's spare key for her apartment.

She went inside and started to look around to see the place a little messier than what Deanna would have liked, but she couldn't find Deanna anywhere. "Deanna where are you?" Becky yelled out to her sister. Still no answer.

"Hey." Jamie, Deanna's friend, said from behind Becky.

Becky jumped a little from hearing Jamie. "Hey."

"I saw the door slightly open so I came in. Is everything ok?" Jamie asked Becky.

"Deanna isn't here and this place is too messy for her to not have picked it up." Becky said.

"But I saw her car." Jamie said.

"I know, but she's not here Jamie." Becky said as she looked Jamie in the eyes wondering where her sister could be.

The Next Morning 7am

"No case in two days. There has to be a big case coming up." Jess said nervously as her and Nicole stepped off the elevator.

"Nah, it's just quiet right now. Next thing we know we'll be trying to solve 5 cases at once." Nicole joked.

"Have you ever had to do that?" Jess asked curiously.

"Not yet I haven't, but I've had to work two totally unrelated cases before and that was frustrating." Nicole said.

"It sounds like it." Jess told Nicole. "I just know Pollock has to give us a case today. He doesn't like it when there isn't a case."

"I know, we hardly ever get a break. Let's take advantage of it." Nicole said as her and Jess sat down at their desks.

Jess looked at her partner suspiciously. "What are you thinking?" Jess asked a little fearful.

"I don't know. Just maybe if there is no case today-" Nicole said before Pollock cut her off.

"Which there is; a new case that is." Pollock said from behind them. "And it's a major one too."

Jess gave Nicole the 'I told you' look. "Should we get Cortez sir?" Nicole asked Pollock.

"Yes, and then meet me at the bullpen." Pollock said as he turned and walked off.

Nicole looked at Jess with a surprised expression. "What? I just knew it." Jess said laughing a little.

"Wow." Nicole said. The two then walked off to go and get Antonio. "Hey Antonio. Pollock needs us. We got a big case and Jess just "knew it" so she says." Nicole said jokingly.

Jess just rolled her eyes at Nicole. "Ok." Antonio said as he got up and walked to the bullpen with Jess and Nicole. "I'm curious Nick. What are you talking about Jess just knew it?"

"Oh, she just knew we were going to have a big case today, spoiled all the fun." Nicole teased.

"Oh really?" Antonio asked looking at Jess.

"Oh whatever, you knew it too, you just didn't want to admit it." Jess said.

"No, I was actually expecting another day with no case." Nicole said smiling.

"Yeah, as you say." Jess said sarcastically.

"Ok little ones, our new case." Pollock said as he handed a folder to everyone. "Deanna Williams, 19 years old as of today. Graduated as a senior with excellent grades from high school in May, and started Georgetown in August. She is going for a criminal justice degree and her sister is a lawyer. Her and her sister, Becky who is 25, were hanging out together mid afternoon yesterday and Deanna had her birthday party planned for 8 last night. Becky arrived early for the party and couldn't find Deanna anywhere and that's when she called us."

"So Becky, the sister is a lawyer?" Nicole asked trying to make sure she had everything straight.

"Yes, so this could easily be an attack on her." Pollock said.

"Wow." Jess said a little surprised.

"Right. Cortez, I want you out there on forensics. Scott, Mastriani, go interview the sister and the friend at Deanna's apartment." Pollock ordered them.

"Yes sir." Nicole said as they all walked off to go do what Pollock had ordered them.

Nicole and Jess soon arrived at Dakota's apartment. There were a lot of cops already there, but Nicole and Jess were able to get right in the apartment. They looked around for a minute before seeing Becky and Jamie sitting on the couch talking to each other. "Hi, I'm Nicole Scott and this is my partner Jess Mastriani, FBI. We're here to talk to you about your sister Deanna." Nicole said to Becky.

"Hi, I'm Becky her sister and this is Jamie her friend." Becky told Nicole and Jess.

"Hi." Jess said. "We heard that you're sister has started college for a criminal justice degree."

"Yes. She always admired me being a lawyer and so she wanted to do what I did." Becky said. "She always looked up to me. She always trusted me."

"Was there anyone that may want to hurt Deanna; maybe someone from an old case that you worked on?" Nicole asked Becky.

"No. No one from any of my cases; I haven't done any cases that are major or involve really bad criminals yet." Becky told Jess and Nicole.

"How long have you been a lawyer?" Jess asked.

"For about 2 years. I actually got hired 2 months before I was out of college." Becky told them. "Deanna always strives to be like me."

"When was the last time that you saw her?" Nicole asked Becky.

"About 5 yesterday, we had gone out for lunch and gone shopping together. She had her 19th birthday party planned for 8 last night and I got here at 7:30 and she was gone." Becky said as tears filled her eyes. "But her car was still here and unlocked and that's when I knew something was wrong."

"Was she acting any differently yesterday?" Jess asked with sympathy.

"No, she was the same as always." Becky said.

"Ok. We're going to find Deanna and she'll be ok." Nicole reassured Becky. Becky just gave a small smile.

"Can we have a moment alone with Jamie?" Jess asked.

"Yeah." Becky said. She stood up and walked away to go do something.

"How long have you known Deanna?" Jess asked Jamie.

"Since we were juniors in high school." Jamie said.

"Do you know of anyone that might want to hurt her?" Nicole asked.

"No, no one. We don't know many people at Georgetown because we moved to here from New York City once we graduated and Becky had already lived here." Jamie told them.

"Does she have a boyfriend that you know of?" Jess asked.

"She barely has time for anything other than schoolwork and she has never said anything about a boyfriend." Jamie said.

"Ok. Thank you. We are going to find Deanna and she will be ok, I promise." Nicole also reassured Jamie off of her worried look. Jamie just shook her head in agreement.

Jess and Nicole then walked outside to where Antonio was to see if he had found anything. "Any luck finding forensics?" Nicole asked Antonio.

"So far I've found some signs of a struggle in the car. Some hair and prints that I'm going to run off to who's they are." Antonio said.

"So there was probably foul play?" Nicole asked him.

"Unfortunately, yes. It has no signs of a runaway and inside shows even more signs of a struggle. But whoever took her, they were good. There's no prints or anything that we can find right now." Antonio told them.

"Who would kidnap a college freshman on her 19th birthday?" Jess asked out loud.

"I really don't know Jess." Nicole said.

Antonio continued gathering evidence from Deanna's car as Jess and Nicole were talking. Then a woman came walking out of the apartment complex and over to where Jess, Nicole, and Antonio were. "Excuse me." The woman said politely to get their attention. All three of them looked up at her. "Hi, me name is Casey and I live right beside Deanna." Casey told them. Antonio glanced at Nicole and Jess and then he went back to work.

"Hi, I'm special agent Nicole Scott and this is my partner Jess Mastriani." Nicole said. "How can we help you?"

"I thought you might want to see something that happened yesterday." Casey said as she pulled out her cell phone. Nicole and Jess looked at each other confused. She brought up a still shot of Deanna in the parking lot running towards her car. She then hit the play button on her cell phone.

The video showed her running towards her car and a guy was running after her. He caught up to her just as she was getting in her car. The guy dragged her out of her car and put a bandana over her mouth and just seconds later she fell to the ground. He then dragged her over to his car and drove off.

Jess and Nicole knew that the video would help, but there was no license plate seen anywhere on the video. "He must have given her chloroform." Nicole said.

"What is that?" Casey asked.

"It's a drug that causes you to go unconscious when you inhale it." Jess said.

"Will she be ok from it?" Casey asked a little concerned.

"Yeah she will, as long as he don't give her too much of it." Nicole said.

"When did you get that video?" Jess asked Casey.

"I had just gotten home from work and I remembered something in my car, so I went to get it and that's when I saw what was happening. So I took out my cell phone and taped it." Casey said forgetting about Jess's question.

"Ok. But what time did you get the video?" Nicole asked Casey Jess's question.

"Oh, it was probably around 7 pm." Casey said.

"Ok, can we take your cell phone so that we can have an expert analyze the video?" Nicole asked.

"Yeah, anything to bring Deanna back, she's so nice." Casey said.

"Thank you. You've been very helpful and we will stay in touch." Jess said as she took Casey's phone. Casey then walked back to her apartment as Nicole and Jess told Antonio about what they just got.

"What was that about?" Antonio asked them.

"She had captured Deanna being kidnapped on a video on her cell phone." Nicole told him.

"Really? That just made finding her a lot easier." Antonio said.

"Not exactly." Jess said. "There is no capture of a license plate or a picture of his face."

"Well remember, you work with the best." Antonio said smiling.

"Right. We'll meet you back at the office." Nicole said smiling too. Jess and Nicole got into Nicole's car. Antonio just watched them as they drove off.

Please R&R. Second chapter coming up within two weeks. Hope you enjoy it. (For all of my readers who read this that read 'When A Loved Friend Vanishes' The continuation story is coming soon, I promise. Don't worry I haven't for got about it!) Lexie