Troy finally snapped out of his frozen state, but didn't know what to do. He tried to think rationally, but the thought of never seeing Gabriella again, or the last conversation they had being a fight, kept him from doing that. The only thing he could think of was calling the police, so he ran inside, and did just that. Troy had never been this scared before, but he wasn't scared about himself; he was scared about Gabriella's safety. A voice on the phone suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

"911, what's your emergency?", the woman said calmly. Troy didn't wait more then a second before responding. "My wife, Gabriella Bolton, was taken by a man in a black car around an hour ago. I have no idea who he was, or where he was taking her. " His voice was incredibly shaky when he spoke into the phone. The woman replied quickly, "I'll file a missing person report. Did you recognize the car at all?" Troy shook his head, as if it could be seen by the woman on the phone. He then responded with a quick "no", and the phone was silent for a few seconds. "We'll have someone come to your house within the hour to talk to you; you must tell them anything that could help in finding your wife." Troy responded with a simple, "okay, thank you", and hung up the phone. Troy sat on the couch in the living room and started sobbing. He'd give anything for Gabriella to be in his arms again. It seemed like just seconds later that someone knocked on the door; Troy got up and opened it, it was a police officer. Troy told him to "come in", and Troy guided the officer to the kitchen table, where they both sat down.

The silence was quickly broken when the officer said, "I'm Officer Stone, I've come to ask you about what happened to your wife." Troy just nodded, looking like a scared child that was lost; he felt like one too. The officer's visit was short, while he asked Troy questions like "Do you know the car's license plate", and "What company made the car". Troy gave quick responses, just wanting it to end as soon as possible. When it was over, Troy just went up to their room, and sobbed on the bed, eventually crying himself to sleep.

Gabriella was doing no better then Troy was. She had also cried herself to sleep, hoping when she woke up the next day she'd be sleeping in bed next to Troy, and that this was all a horrible nightmare. But it wasn't a nightmare, it was really happening. When she woke up, a plate of food was next to where she slept, and although she couldn't tell what food it was, she had to eat something. All her mind could think about was Troy, and sleep, which she did most of the day. What seemed like days later, the door opened, and a man came in with a bat. His voice was loud and rough when he spoke, "Your going to learn how to act today". Gabriella was motionless other then a slight nod. He spoke again, "You might as well give up any hope you have of being found, because it won't happen. If anyone tries to find you, your husband will be killed, and if I feel like it, I'll make you watch." She didn't move a inch as he spoke, so he just continued. "We're gonna change you into exactly who we want you to be, regardless of how hard it is. If we have to, we'll brainwash you, got it?" We? There was more then just this 1 man behind this? He grabbed Gabriella by the hair and yelled, "GOT IT?!" She quickly nodded, and he threw Gabriella back to the floor. "Good, we've got a lot to do."

When Troy woke up the next day, there was a voicemail on their home phone. He played it, but it was just Troy's mom. He deleted the message and layed back on his bed. Troy had a feeling that the police wouldn't be any help in finding Gabriella. If they didn't help, he'd have to take matters into his own hands. Troy wasn't giving up on Gabi, even if it took years to find her. Without meaning to, Troy fell back asleep on his bed, getting just as bad sleep as last night.

It had been 5 years since Gabriella was last seen, and she had been announced dead by the police. Troy hadn't given given up on Gabi, but wasn't sure what else he could do. Troy wasn't sure if Gabi was still alive or not, but he believe she was alive. He couldn't explain why, he just had a feeling. Gabriella had been changed into a total new person in the past 5 years. She looked nothing like she used to, she was stripped of any memory of her past due to being brainwashed multiple times; she was treated like a bug on someone's shoe. She eventually gave up fighting, and gave into whatever they wanted her to do. She had been raped more times then she could count in the past few months, and was scared so much that she didn't even speak anymore. Troy had asked everyone he could about Gabriella, and nothing had helped. Troy jumped a little when the phone rang. The caller ID said "Chad", his best friend. They were so close that they considered themselves brothers. He slowly got up and put the phone up to his ear. He responded with a slow and sad "Hello?" There was silence on the phone for a second or 2, before Chad spoke. He spoke quickly, "I think I've found where Gabriella is." Troy's eyes opened wider then you thought was possible and responded with a bit of happiness in his voice.

"Where Chad?"

"I heard a scream that sounds like Gabriella when walking by that old abandoned house on the edge of town. It sounded like Gabriella but only you'd know for sure."

Troy couldn't believe what he had just heard; the first news about Gabriella since she was taken, 5 years ago.

"Chad, don't go anywhere, I'll be there as soon as I can." Troy quickly got his keys, got in his car and got to the house in under 10 minutes. This was the most emotion Troy had been showing since the incident.

Troy got out of his car, and kicked down the front door of the house. He yelled at the top of his lungs, "GABRIELLA?" Chad quickly followed Troy, yelling Gabi's name too. They heard a woman's voice yell, "STOP, I'M BEGGING YOU!" Troy went stiff when he heard it, because he knew it was Gabriella. He ran towards the scream, finding a room at the end of a hallway, when she suddenly screamed again. Him and Chad were able to kick down that door too, and Chad tackled the man in the room. Troy ran over the girl on the floor, who was in terrible shape. Chad had knocked the man out, and Troy picked up the girl, who screamed in pain as he did.

"PLEASE DON'T HURT ME STRANGER, IT ALREADY HURTS ENOUGH!", Gabriella yelled. Troy had a confused look on his face as he said, "Don't you remember me?" She just shook her head. Troy just wanted to get her out of here and to a hospital, but she had to stop fighting him first. He quickly said, "I'm a friend from your past, I've been looking for you for 5 years, back when you were kidnapped. You can trust me, unlike the monsters who did this to you". She didn't know why, but his voice soothed her, and she nodded. Gabriella stopped fighting, and Troy, Chad and Gabriella got in Troy's car and went right to the hosptial. Chad had to drive since Gabriella wouldn't leave Troy's grasp. When they got to the hospital, Troy explained who she was, and some doctors took her from Troy to run some tests. She was crying when she left Troy's arms, and as bad as she looked, Troy was happier then he had been in the past 5 years, because Gabriella was alive and safe.

Troy and Chad sat in the ER for what felt like days, when the doctor suddenly came out and spoke to them. "Are you related to Gabriella?" Troy said "I'm her husband, and this is my brother". The second part was a lie, but the doctor didn't know and gave them Gabriella's room number. Once Troy got it, he ran to the elevator, and pressed the button taking him to floor 7. He found Gabriella's room, and lightly knocked on the door. She didn't respond, so Troy waited a minute, and then entered. Gabriella was sleeping in the hospital bed. She looked nothing like herself, she was skinny enough that her ribs were visible, her entire body was pale, her hair was now blonde, and she had cuts and bruises all over. But Troy couldn't care less, Gabriella was safe.