A / N – Thank you all for your kind reviews so far. And thank you to the 'Guest' reviews as well; I appreciate your kind words. I have to admit at getting emotional as I wrote this chapter, kind of something to do with something I am going through personally at the moment. Anyway, here is the next update. After this, I may not get chance to update again till next week.

Oh, just a reminder, Jeff's current thoughts as he reflects on this story is in brackets, bold and in italics. WARNING – Content hinted at may be upsetting.

Jeff found himself slowly coming to in the woods. As he started to wake up, his head throbbed with pain with a feeling of nausea sweeping through him. As he slowly opened his eyes, his body jerked as the need to be sick overwhelmed him catching him completely off guard. Jeff steadied himself against a nearby tree, he brought his hand up to his face touching his eyes letting out a groan. Slowly the woods stopped spinning as the pain in his abdomen came to the fore. Jeff lightly rubbed his stomach in the hopes to soothe the pain but this didn't work.

As he took in his surroundings, he remembered what had happened to him, but, more importantly, what had happened to Dixie. His blood ran cold as he glanced around not being able to see her anywhere. He was filled with utter dread and fear.

'DIXIE?' he shouted as loud as his body would allow him to. No response.

'DIXIE WHERE ARE YOU?' Jeff continued. Still no response.

'DIX PLEASE ANSWER ME' He was becoming increasingly worried at the silence that surrounded him, the uncertainty of not knowing whether his partner was dead, alive or injured was a feeling he wanted to get rid of and quickly.

Remembering that the men dragged her backwards towards the woods, Jeff slowly turned around still using a tree to balance himself in that direction. As much as it scared him to death as to what he would find, he had to go after her. He had to help her.

'DIXIE' Jeff continued to shout as he waded into the woods. Still nothing.

'DIXIE PLEASE' Jeff was practically pleading now, this was one feeling he didn't want to ever experience, not now, not ever.

'DDDDDDDDDDIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE' He called once more tears starting to form in his eyes as he continued to move into the woods.

(I don't think I can truly describe the fear I felt at this point. Unless you have experienced it, you could never imagine how I felt knowing that the person I love in this world had been dragged away from me, had been attacked, injured, God only knows what. Nothing can describe the feeling of helplessness and shear fright).

Jeff caught sight of their ambulance still parked up on the road. A small glimmer of hope rose from within him as he wondered if Dixie had got away, ran back to the ambulance and locked herself in. No matter how small that hope was, Jeff was determined to cling onto it.

Making his way up the grassy embankment, he kept his eye on the ambulance and his surroundings, the last thing he needed was to be jumped or taken by surprise again. When he got level, he almost ran over in the hopes that he would open the door to find Dixie in there, safe. Jeff slowly put his hand on the back door handle to pull it open, closing his eyes as he did so keeping the mental image of Dixie running towards him throwing her arms around him in relief.

But

No

Nothing

An Empty Ambulance

No Dixie

Just Silence

Jeff felt tears run down his face, where was she? What have they done to her? Will I find her? Will I be able to help her? Immediately, the Paramedic in him took over as he grabbed the Response Kit, Oxygen Bag and a blanket. She would need help when he found her, he needed to be prepared. Swinging it onto his left shoulder, he closed the back doors and scanned the road. Where could they have taken her?

Jeff didn't know what direction to take, if he went the wrong way, he might lose her, if he went the right way, would he find her or would he walk straight into an ambush? (What would you have done? It is hard to really write down what was going through my head at this point, as I am writing now, I am feeling sick and upset. I felt helpless, I still feel like I really let her down. Nevertheless I had to find her; I had to be with her).

Deciding to head back into the woods, Jeff made sure he had his radio on him. He could have radioed through to control, but he wanted to find her first. Control could wait.

Jeff carefully stumbled through the woods keeping a eye on the path a head, to the side and behind him all the time looking for any clue as to where Dixie was, checking he was not being followed. He decided against calling her name out in case he alerted the men that he was coming. He wanted to be a quiet a possible, he thought that was the best hope Dixie had.

As Jeff pushed back some branches he came into a clearing. He froze, feet rooted to the stop as he saw her on the floor. She was alone sitting up against a tree hugging her legs, head buried down into her knees. As he stood there unable to move, he noticed that her normally well brushed and straightened blonde hair was a mess with bits of leaf, grass and other foliage in it. But that wasn't what made him stop. That wasn't the worst of it.

(What I am about to tell you is far from pretty, in fact it is nauseating, but, Dix wants me to write everything down, so I shall. Maybe by reading this, you can understand why I froze, why I couldn't run over to her, why I was violently sick there and then).

No, that wasn't what made him stop, he had realised something, something that made his blood run cold, made his face turn white, made him cry harder, made him sick, sick to the stomach. Dixie was sat wearing nothing but her fluorescent Ambulance Coat, her boots were thrown in the bushes next to where Jeff was stood, her trousers and belt were in a heap on the floor in the middle of the clearing.

'No, oh my God please no.' Jeff whispered to himself as the tears continued to fall. 'Please, not to Dixie, please God no, not to her.'

A /N – Well, something to ponder as to what really happened to her. I hope the content in this chapter has not gone too far and I have not offended anyone. Thank you for reading.