DALLAS STAR BAR, BACK ALLEY

As Gage and Sonny raced into the alley behind the officers, neither man noticed that Sydney wasn't with them. Sonny's only thought was to get to Amanda and Gage wanted to take down Tamberelli before he had a chance to hurt another woman. But what they saw was not what they wanted.

The alley was filled with rangers and several other men, mostly shouting indecent words at the rangers. But Amanda was nowhere to be found. Sonny recognized one man's voice; it was the man who had led Amanda out to the alley. Sonny walked over to him, Gage at his heels.

"Where's the blonde?" Sonny asked.

"Suck it, cop."

"I'm going to ask you again, where's the blonde?" Sonny asked, getting impatient.

"I'd tell him what he wants to know before you regret it," Gage added, implying Sonny would hurt him if he didn't tell.

The thug knew he was done for. The seething look in Sonny's eyes refused to back down and the thug knew he better give it up while he still had his teeth.

"That blonde bitch is gone."

"Where?"

"I did what I was supposed to do, I delivered her."

"Delivered her to whom?" Gage asked.

"Tamberelli."

"Where did he take her?" Sonny asked.

"Said she was going to be one fine conquest, but he had to get the brunette first."

"What brunette?" Sonny asked as Gage surveyed the alley. Before the thug could answer, Gage was off on a dead run. Sonny chased after him.

"Slow down! What's going on?" Sonny called out.

"He's got Syd!" Gage shouted as he rounded the corner to the van. The back door stood open and Sydney was nowhere in sight. Gage noticed a puddle on the ground beneath the door and dropped to his knees. It was blood.

"He's got both girls," Gage said.

"What do we do now?" Sonny asked.

"We call in the Calvary."

RANGER HEADQUARTERS

Walker and Trivette were waiting for Gage and Sonny. When the two men entered, Walker was getting off the phone. He had called Manhattan SVU to notify them of what had happened and Olivia told him she and Fin would be on the next flight out. Walker looked at Gage.

"What happened out there?"

"I have no idea, Walker. Amanda and I went into the bar, just like you said. We had a drink, we danced, and then it was time for our 'fight'. She went to the bathroom and came back out hollering at me for looking at other women. We exchanged some words and I left, doubling back to the van."

"What else?" Trivette asked.

"We heard Rollins over the speakers. Some guy approached her and offered to take her to meet a 'real man'. He was leading her to the back alley and once Gage joined us in the van, we heard her shout. Something like 'Get your hands off me!' Sydney called for backup and we charged in. We didn't realize Sydney wasn't with us until the guy told us Tamberelli said he needed to get the brunette too," Sonny finished.

"Walker, we need to stop him. I can't lose Syd," Gage said tears in his eyes.

"I know Gage. We all know how much you love Sydney and she loves you too."

"You know?"

"Of course, I am your boss. I've been doing this a lot longer than you," Walker said with a soft smile.

"We need to get Rollins back too," Sonny said.

"And we will get them both back. I just finished speaking with your lieutenant. She and another detective will be flying out immediately to assist us."

"She's probably bringing Fin."

"I believe she said a Detective Tutuola?'

"That's him. Everyone just calls him Fin."

"Okay, let's start getting security footage from all surrounding cameras. Trivette can get that. Gage, I want you and Detective Carisi to question the thugs we arrested tonight. Someone knows where Tamberelli is keeping the girls and I want to know which one it is."

ABANDONED WAREHOUSE OUTSIDE DALLAS

Sydney's head was killing her. It felt like she got run over by a mac truck. She slowly opened her eyes, but the pain was too intense and she closed them tight. She could faintly hear her name, but couldn't recognize the voice. She knew it was female.

"Sydney? Are you awake?"

"Mmmhmmm."

"Sydney?"

"Who are you and what do you want?"

"It's Amanda. Are you okay?"

"What happened?" Sydney asked, trying to open her eyes again. She succeeded this time, only to find a chain around her ankle. She saw Rollins also chained.

"I don't know how but Tamberelli made us. He grabbed me and said something about needing to get the brunette. Once he saw Sonny and Gage take off out of the van, he clocked you."

"Where are we?"

"I have no idea. He had someone help load us into another van and blindfolded me. He didn't worry about you, you were out cold. Then they drove us here, wherever here is."

"How long we were in the van?"

"I don't know, maybe 20 minutes or so."

"So we have to be near Dallas. Maybe on the outskirts."

"What do we do now?" Amanda asked.

"We can try to figure a way out of here."

"And if that doesn't work?"

"We wait for the calvary," Sydney said.

RANGER HEADQUARTERS

Shortly after 6:00 am, two people walked into Ranger Headquarters. Walker looked up to see the older brunette female and the dark-skinned male as they entered. He stood and went over to them.

"Lieutenant Benson?"

"Yes but please call me Olivia; you must be Ranger Cordell Walker."

"I am, but Walker is fine."

"This is Detective Odafin Tutuola," Olivia said, making introductions.

"Nice to meet you, I wish it were under better circumstances," Walker said, extending a hand.

"Call me Fin and I agree."

"So what's the latest?" Olivia asked.

"We haven't heard anything since the girls were taken," Walker said.

"Have you pulled security camera footage?" Fin asked.

"Yes, Ranger Trivette is going through it now."

"Where is Detective Carisi?" Olivia asked.

"Down in the ranger gym. I sent him there with Ranger Gage."

"How's he handling this?" Olivia asked, clearly concerned for her detective.

"Not well. I take it that he and Detective Rollins are close?" Walker asked.

"I wasn't sure how close until now. I knew something was going on between them but I wouldn't have guessed they had gotten this close," Olivia muttered.

"Liv, we all knew that Carisi and Rollins were getting closer. It just that none of us said anything," Fin told her.

"I know Fin, but I'm their boss. I'm responsible for them," Olivia said, almost sullenly.

"Hey Walker, I think I got something," Trivette said, coming back into the room.

"Good. Ranger James Trivette, this is Lieutenant Olivia Benson and Detective Fin Tutuola from Manhattan SVU."

"Pleasure," Trivette said, shaking their hands. He turned back to Walker. "I think I got something."

"What?"

"I found this when looking through the footage from the corner store across from the bar," Trivette said, going to his computer and pulling up the file. Everyone else gathered behind him as he played the clip.

On the clip, it showed a man shoving a blindfolded Amanda into a black van. Another man tossed an unconscious Sydney in as well. Then the second man got in the driver's seat as the first man got in the passenger seat. The van then drove off, the license plate blacked out, most likely from paint.

"The passenger is Tamberelli," Fin said.

"Are you sure?" Walker asked.

"I've seen that bastard's ugly mug enough to know it's him."

"Do we have any way of finding that van?" Olivia asked.

"Plate's out. Tamberelli was smart enough to know to paint over it," Trivette said.

"Have we checked all cameras located on the road they were headed on? Someone must have seen something," Olivia said, starting to get frustrated.

"Lieutenant," Walker began before changing his tone. "Olivia, I know how much you must care for your detectives. I feel the same about my rangers. We are doing everything in our power to find Ranger Cooke and Detective Rollins."

RANGER GYM

Gage was punching away at the bag, imagining it was Tamberelli and wanting to inflict as much pain as possible. He could only imagine the sort of things he was doing to Sydney and that made his blood boil. He didn't want, but he could picture Tamberelli leering at her, his hands all over her soft body. He could see Tamberelli inflicting pain on the woman he loved.

Sonny watched Gage as he delivered blow after blow to the bag. The determination in Gage's face was fierce; he could practically see the veins in Gage's neck. Sonny knew that determination because it mirrored his own. Sonny was desperate to find Amanda; he couldn't and didn't want to believe what Tamberelli could be doing to her.

"I'm going back upstairs. I can't just sit around and do nothing," Sonny called out to Gage. The ranger stopped his punches and turned to face the detective.

"Walker told us to cool off; we're no good to the girls to be all hot headed."

"I can't just do nothing. I need to find Amanda."

"You don't think I don't feel the same way? It's killing me, not knowing where Syd is or what he's doing to her. I read the file, the way he brutalizes the women he attacks. I don't want to think about what he could be doing to Syd."

"You love her, don't you?" Sonny asked his voice softer.

"More than anything. That's what makes this so hard. But I have to have a level head if I'm going to try and get her back. But I will be in top condition to take him down and I will get her back."

"Is that why you're beating the hell out of the bag?"

"I need to do something and this helps."

"You're really good. I've never seen anyone with moves like you got."

"Thanks."

"How long have you practiced the martial arts?"

"I started after my parents died. My sister and I were placed in an abusive foster care group home and after endless beatings; I knew I had to fight back. So I started taking lessons."

"I'm sorry. That had to have been tough."

"It was, but we made it through. It made us who we are today. I wouldn't change that because it led me to Syd," Gage said, slumping down on the bench and wiping his eyes with the back of his hand. Sonny sat next to him.

"You know, when I first came to SVU, I thought Amanda was so beautiful. I thought she was a person I could see myself with. But she had a thing going with another guy in the squad and I settled for being her friend."

"So what happened?" Gage asked.

"The guy left, wanting to be closer to his kids in California. Then she had a relationship with another guy, who was temporarily in charge of the squad while Liv was out. She got pregnant but the guy wouldn't give up his undercover work for her. So she was determined to raise the baby on her own. I couldn't let her do that so I made it my mission to be there for her."

"Sounds like you might get how I feel about Syd."

"I do because I feel that way about Amanda. After she had Jesse, something changed between us. I know I can get on people's nerves sometimes and I know I talk a lot, but with Amanda, she seemed to find it endearing. She slowly let me into her life and now I can't imagine my life without her. I want to marry her, to be there to take care of her and Jesse. So yeah, I know how you feel."

"You know you're not a bad guy Carisi. I'm sorry if I've been an ass."

"Don't worry about it. I've been an ass too. But at least now, we're on the same page."

"Yeah, we need to get our girls back."

"And you will," a voice said from across the room. Both men looked up to see Walker standing there with Olivia and Fin.

"Fin, Lieutenant. When did you guys get here?" Sonny asked, standing.

"We just got here. I'm so sorry Carisi," Olivia said, crossing the room and embracing her detective.

"We'll get Amanda back. Nobody is gonna keep her from us," Fin added, giving Sonny a pat on the back.

"We're going to get Sydney back too," Walker said, coming to Gage's side. "I've never seen you open up to someone as much as you have to her. She truly is your other half, as Alex is mine."

"Thanks Walker."

"So what do we do?" Sonny asked.

"Guys! I got it!" Trivette said, running into the gym. Everyone just stared at him.

"Got what Trivette?" Walker asked.

"Detective Rollins is still wearing her tracker! We know where they are!"

"Let's go get our girls," Gage said to Sonny.

"Lead the way, Gage," Sonny said as the two men headed out of the gym, the others on their heels.