Charlie was working on his algorithm that was scattered all over the walls. Numbers written in white chalk and variable all over the place. When Larry stepped in, Charlie was surprised.

"Hey Larry. What are you doing here?"

I just wanted to ask if you figure out where she could have been taken."

Charlie wrote the last number in his answer and solved it.

"I have figured out the different places that se could have been taken. I just finished it. Meet you at the FBI."

"OK Charlie."

Larry thought: What if Megan is already dead. No I can't be so pessimistic. Think about it Larry, if Megan would have already been dead, then Charlie would see it in his math. Or would he? He said it was ALMOST foolproof. I should hurry to the FBI.

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"Don, I just got some info on Megan's case." said Charlie almost out of breath, "The most probable and most isolated place is here. This is 10 miles from the center of L.A. It's an abandoned warehouse."

"O.K. We'll go there and see if she's in there." Don said.

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David counted down from three, and busted the warehouse doors open.

"FBI. Nobody move" an FBI agent shouted in the empty warehouse. As odd as it may have seemed to them, Megan was not found anywhere in the warehouse.

Charlie heard footsteps, so he automatically stood up

"Where's Megan?" Charlie said. He though that if they would find her, she would be with them.

"She wasn't in the warehouse" Don responded.

"How could that happen"

Larry came into the room "Where's Megan?"

"She wasn't in the warehouse"

"What! Is she's already dead!?"

"I might have forgotten something in my equation. I'll go home and try to look at this from another point of view."

Charlie was frustrated. How could his plan not work. What was he missing?

"Charlie, can I come with you. I just want to see you work and, perhaps, speed it up?" Larry was hoping that he could help Charlie in any way possible to be able to find Megan.

"Sure you can come."

As they were driving in the car, the car in front of them was moving very slowly. Charlie was getting frustrated, so he took another road, longer than the normal road that he was on but got there faster.

When Charlie entered his basement, he paced, thinking. What variable did he leave out.

"Larry, what did I leave out. Why was my answer wrong."

"Maybe you need some fresh air."

Larry and Charlie went to the garden the sun is supposed to set in 2 hours, but it felt so dark.

"Poor stray dog" Charlie said, "he didn't even suspect the skunk to spray him."

"I can even smell him from here" Larry said. They were both holding their noses, clearing their minds of all worries.

Suddenly, Charlie realized something that he should have known a long time ago "I have to go. Hop in. No time to explain."

Larry didn't know what was going on. Did Charlie figure out the missing variable, did he see Megan across the street? They were at the FBI quicker than Larry even expected.

"I figured out what I have to do. I know what the variable is. It's..." Charlie said

Muahahahahaha! Cliff. I don't wan't to torment you guys, but I thought the Chapter might end better with a Cliff. Plus I'm sleepy and studying for my midterm in Algebra which is on Thursday, so I might not post on Wednesday.