ShadowDragon357, sorry about the spacing. That was not me that did that, but I can't change it. I am sorry. I would never make her do that, but she doesn't know about Danny and Paulina yet. She knows that Danny likes the Hispanic but she was fortunate enough not to see the whole Paulina sitting with Danny thing. *Breaths sigh of relief* That would have crushed her completely. I also don't do suicide I can imagine the pain, but I don't think that the Sam that I have seen would do that. I believe that she is strong enough to get over that kind of rejection. As for the whole abuse thing, I can relate. I was in a similar situation growing up and know for a fact that the system works for the most believable side no matter if it is right. It truly is about connections. Sucks. Glad to hear that something in the system works though. I wish them luck. Thank you for the longest review I have ever received. La Reyna Phantasma, thanks. Awesome, but not my most gruesome. I have written DBZ fics that make most people wonder where I get such images. I have updated twice in one day since some of my readers *Smiles* have told me that they like my updates. Hellbreaker, definitely I know that you figure my stories out pretty quickly what I do, but I think that I might throw you a big loop in this one. I hope that you enjoy. That was a lot.


Sam opened her eyes to find herself in the dark, not a speck of light in the room with her. Where was she? Reaching out she felt the ground, the cool feeling of cement letting her know that she was not in her room. Taking a few tentative crawls forward she managed to knock her head into a wall, a small curse escaping her lips as she reached up to touch her throbbing head. That was when she noticed that her long locks were gone replaced with what she could tell was a boy's trim. All the time it had taken her to grow her hair out only for some creature to take it away.
"You fucking bastard!" she screamed as she hit the walls with her small fists, the sound echoing in the stillness that surrounded her. "When I get out of here I will kill you!" Falling back she pulled her now throbbing and bruised hands into her lap. Finding the wall again she leaned against it with a sigh of frustration. Where the hell was she and what happened to her parents?


"So, did you figure anything out before we were force out?" Tucker inquired as he sat down on Danny's single bed, the mattress dipping at the weight. "Dude, you need a new mattress." The halfa in question paid no attention to him as he sat down at his computer.
"I did notice that she was in the middle of packing and that most of her clothing was still in the closet, but I need to see inside that car, but that will have to wait for tomorrow as I have a feeling that we will need all the sleep that we can get tonight."
"Why do you say that?" Tucker inquired as he reached into his pocket to grab his PDA. Danny turned to him.
"I think that a ghost has Sam and I -"
"SHIT!" the techno-geek screamed out in panic as he began searching his other pockets, his teal eyes huge. "SHIT SHIT SHIT!" The halfa watched his friend in confusion as the human male danced around re-checking his pockets.
"What is wrong?" Tucker looked at his friend, the look on his face one of pure fear and confusion. "Are you okay?" The male in question shook his head. "I can't read minds no matter what else I can do. Tell me what is up."
"She-e is gone-e!" the male stuttered out causing his friend to smack his own head in irritation as he frowned at his friend. That was a no duh since that was who they were trying to find.
"Well, duh! We kne-" He was cut off again, but this time by a glare that could melt dry ice. "Tucker?"
"My PDA is gone!" With that Danny fell to the floor, a sweat drop appearing on his head as his feet twitched. He sat up quick enough as he put his face in Tucker's.
"You are freaking out over an object that you have like dozens of while Sam is missing? Really?"
"When you say it like that you make me sound uncaring," his friend stated. "That was my newest on. I still had like five more payments on her." Tucker frowned at Danny now, a scheme forming in his eyes or was it a lecture. "Besides, look who is the pot calling the kettle black." The halfa looked confused. "Yeah, you are so careless. You were the one that was tardy to the last lunch date that we have had for years."
"That is nothing," Danny said. "Sam would understand." Tucker shrugged as he turned from his comrade.
"I don't know. I mean you know how she felt about those lunches and you missing one makes it seem like you don't care about what she wants. In turn that makes her assume that you don't care about her."
"Tucker! Sam doesn't care about such things. If she had had the opportunity that I had yesterday then she would have done the same thing." Tucker shook his head.
"I doubt that kissing the Ice Queen is on Sam's list of 'things to do before I die'."
"That wasn't what I meant and you know it," the halfa growled. Throwing up his hands in exasperation he turned away from his friend. He was beginning to think that the dark-skinned male was seeing things. Sam had never put much stock in the little things, not that he had ever noticed anyway. She hadn't even allowed them into her house until a year after they had known each other because she hadn't really trusted that her being rich wouldn't change their opinion about her. He had been hurt at the time and sometimes it still hurt that she had kept something this personal from him. He felt that there was more that she was hiding from him, but couldn't place it. Well, there was the fact that she had never let them into her room, but she had claimed that she was entitled to her privacy. Even her parents were not allowed and maybe part of the fact was the way her parents still managed to enter her room that had made her demand that no one enter her room to this day. "Let's concentrate on the fact at hand. Sam is missing and one of her parents is dead while the other has been hospitalized. That is the most important thing right now."
"That and my PDA is missing." Danny growled.
"Once again. Not important, Tucker." He walked over to the bed and plopped down next to his male friend. "Let's knock out for the night though."