Disclaimer- Supernatural and all its characters belong to the CW and Kripke

Disclaimer- Supernatural and all its characters belong to the CW and Kripke.

Previously on Supernatural- Mrs. Sheppard was getting worried. The boys had been in the bathroom for quite a while now. After asking several parents to watch the children, she rushed over to the bathrooms. Walking in her worst fear was realized. The boys were gone.

The zoo was a flurry of activity. Zookeepers had immediately blocked off the exits and thoroughly searched the entire park for the three missing boys. When the search yielded no results, the police were summoned to the scene. The police had taken control of the situation as soon as they arrived. Some of the cops questioned Mrs. Sheppard, the children, and anyone else in the area at the time of the disappearance while others conducted another sweep of the zoo looking for the missing children. The search once again turned up nothing but the policeman questioning Mr. Smith got what he thought was a lead. Using his walkie-talkie he filled the lead investigator in on the confrontation in the bat hut between the missing boys and two older boys. The description of the two older boys was broadcast on the police radios and within minutes the two boys were spotted and hauled into the makeshift headquarters the police had set up at the entrance to the zoo. After questioning the boys, the cops concluded that while they may be bullies, they definitely had nothing to do with the disappearance of the small boys. Letting the boys go the investigation was back to square one.

Mrs. Sheppard, Mrs. Perdue, Mr. Smith, and the other parents were doing their best to keep the children and themselves calm. Their hopes that the boys had just wandered off had been dashed when no trace of the children had been found during two thorough searches. Hoping for the best but fearing the worst Mrs. Sheppard had called the school and let Mr. Bonner know what was going on so he could call the parents before they heard it on the news. Now all they could do was wait and try to keep the other children occupied.

John had spent his quiet child-free day researching a hunt in a nearby town with his good friend Bobby Singer. John had searched old newspapers in the town library for any information on a spirit haunting a secluded stretch of highway while Bobby had questioned people around town. They met back at the house around one to compare notes and decide what to do from there. Glancing at the clock John realized it was almost time to go pick up Dean. He grabbed his keys from the table and was headed out the door when the phone rang. Changing directions he trudged to the phone and answered.

Bobby watched as his friend's face changed from calm to rage to terror in a matter of moments. From John's half of the conversation Bobby knew something had happened to one of the boys and whatever had gone down was bad. Hearing John end the phone call by slamming the phone down and seeing his old friend slump down on the edge of the bed head in hands freaked Bobby out. He walked over and placed his hand on John's shoulder. "What's wrong, Johnny? Something happen to the boys?" he whispered.

John slowly raised his head and stared at his friend. "So that's where the boys got that kicked puppy look from" Bobby thought as he looked in John's eyes. After a minute John finally said the two words Bobby had hoped never to hear again; "Sammy's missing."

"What?" Bobby asked.

"Sammy's missing. He went to the bathroom with his two friends and no one's seen them since." John informed him. "They locked the zoo down and searched the whole place but the boys aren't there."

"Can't they ever get a break?" Bobby thought as he watched John attempting to pull himself together. "Don't worry, Johnny. We'll find him. We always do. The little runt's never been very good at hide and seek." he said smiling at the memory of a smaller Sammy hiding his face behind his hands thinking that if he couldn't see them, they couldn't see him.

John stood up, squared his shoulders, and stared at Bobby his expression the total opposite of earlier. The scared father look was gone replaced by the face of a hunter determined to get his prey. "Let's go, Bobby. We need to get Dean and head to the zoo. We both know the police couldn't find a clue if they tripped over it." John ordered as he marched to the door. Both men jumped into the impala, and it roared to life speeding toward the school and Dean.

Dean leisurely strolled to the principal's office. He was in no hurry to get there. He tried to figure out why Mr. Bonner had called him to the office in the first place. He hadn't played any pranks lately. That stink bomb in the girls' bathroom hadn't been his doing. Okay he had done it but there was no way anyone could prove it. Reaching for the door knob he took a deep breath and opened the door hoping he wasn't in too deep.

Sammy, Nolan, and Christian sat trembling in the back of the van. The two men up front were quietly talking and the other man sat with his back to the passenger's seat watching the three boys and twirling his knife. Sammy stared out the side window of the van trying to memorize the different signs and buildings that flew by. But they had been riding for an hour now and there was just too much to remember. Sighing he looked at his friends and was about to say something when the van suddenly came to a halt.

Michael stood up and walked over to kneel down in front of his prisoners. "Alright, kiddies we're home. Now we're going to walk into the building and up the stairs the same way we left the zoo. You don't speak or holler or try to get anyone's attention or your friend here gets hurt." he informed them as he pulled Sammy into his arms again. Michael led the way to the van's side door that was already standing open. He stepped out with Sammy held tightly to his side as the others grabbed Nolan and Christian. None of the boys made a sound as they were carried into the building and up four flights of stairs to apartment 4D. Jade quickly unlocked the door and stomped inside followed by the others. Walking to the back bedroom the men threw the three little boys on the bed. "Now listen up." Michael commanded. "You three are going to stay in here and not make any noise. Got it?"

"Don't worry guys. We're not going to hurt you as long as you behave." Mark added seeing the kids' frightened faces.

"Don't coddle them" Jade spat out. "The little brats aren't worth it. They're just a bunch of crybabies. Their parents ought to thank us for taking them. Come to think of it their folks probably don't even want them back." He added laughing as Christian started crying.

Seeing his friend cry was the last straw for Sammy. They had no right saying all those mean things. Determined to set things straight Sammy slid off the bed and approached Jade little hands balled into fists. "Don't you say that! Our parents do too love us and they're gonna find us!" he shouted at the kidnappers. "And when my daddy gets here, you'll be sorry! 'Cause he's gonna kick your butt till Hell won't have it again!" He punctuated his threat by stomping on Jade's foot and kicking him in the knee once again. The next moment was like a blur to Sam. He suddenly found himself on the floor and the left side of his face felt like it was on fire. Tears stung his cheek as they made their way down his face. He looked up as he heard Jade's voice.

"Consider that payback, kid" Jade laughed leaning down to grab Sam again. As he reached down to touch the little boy he was tackled when Nolan and Christian came to Sammy's rescue. Yelling, "Leave Sammy alone!" they knocked into the man and started hitting every part of him they could reach. They managed to get in a few good punches before Mark and Michael snatched them both up and threw them back on the bed along with Sammy. Mark and Michael then drug an extremely angry Jade out of the room kicking and screaming about taking care of the brats for good.

The boys heard the click as the men locked the door behind them. Breathing out a sigh of relief Nolan and Christian turned to look at Sammy. They could see a huge red handprint on Sammy's cheek and a small cut right below his eye. "Are you okay, Sammy?" Nolan asked.

Sammy glanced at the closed door before looking back at his friends. "Yeah, I'm alright." he finally whispered. "What about you guys?"

"We're okay." Nolan responded looking down at his hands. "I'm sorry, guys. This is all my fault."

"No its not" Christian countered as he wrapped his arm around his friends' shoulder. "It's their fault not yours" he said pointing to the door.

"Yeah, Nolan he's right" Sammy announced. "Don't worry about it. We'll get out of here. We just have to figure out a way to let our dads know where we are. You guys got any ideas?"

The three boys put their heads together and sat thinking of ways to get out of their current predicament.

By the time the Winchesters and Bobby made it to the zoo John was incensed. He had trusted Mrs. Sheppard to take care of his son and she had lost him. He was going to have a long talk with her about responsibility once he found her. After identifying himself to the police at the parking lot, John and company were escorted to the makeshift headquarters to be questioned. Once the questioning was finished John gave a photo of Sammy to the police and asked where he could find Mrs. Sheppard and the others. Heading toward the picnic tables John's anger grew at the person he blamed for losing his baby boy.

Mrs. Sheppard was talking with Nolan's dad Ray when she saw the Winchesters approaching. She unconsciously took a step back as she noticed the look on John's face. He was beyond angry. He was pissed. Steeling herself she waited for the fallout grateful that Nolan's dad and Mr. Smith were beside her.

Striding up to Mrs. Sheppard it took everything John had not to grab her by the neck. Sammy's classmates staring at him was the only thing that stayed his hands. John ran his hands through his hair in an attempt to calm himself down a little. It didn't work. Putting his hands in his pockets so he wouldn't be tempted to use them, John finally found his voice. "What the hell happened Mrs. Sheppard?" he growled out.

Mrs. Sheppard released the breath she'd been holding. She quickly composed herself before answering, "I'm so sorry, Mr. Winchester. Like I was telling Mr. Sims the boys just went to the bathroom across from the polar bear pool. I could see the bathroom door from the pool so I thought they'd be okay. I didn't know there was another door on the other side."

Sensing that John was about to lose it Bobby decided to take over. "Why didn't you send someone with them or go yourself?" he inquired.

Mrs. Sheppard glanced at John for a moment before turning to Bobby. "We had split the class into two groups because some of the children wanted to see the snakes and some didn't. The boys refused to go into the woman's bathroom with me. I only had one father on the trip and he was at the snake hut with the other half of the group. I didn't have any other choice. Those three are such good boys that I didn't think there would be a problem. I'm so sorry John. I should have insisted the boys go with me." she explained.

John's breath caught as he heard Mrs. Sheppard speak. "I only had one father on the trip and he was at the snake hut with the other half of the group." "Oh God this was my fault. If I had just gone on the trip with them, Sammy would be here right now." John thought. Mentally kicking his own behind for choosing himself over one of his boys, John decided he was the one who needed to apologize. "I'm sorry, Mrs. Sheppard. I should have gone with you." he rushed out.

Ray Sims had been standing by listening to his friends blame themselves for this utter fiasco and he'd had enough. "John this isn't your fault and it isn't yours either, Mrs. Sheppard" he broke in. "The only people to blame are the ones that took our boys. Now let's concentrate on finding our boys instead of playing the blame game."

"He's right Johnny. We're not going to find Sammy standing here blaming ourselves and thinking about what we could have done." Bobby added. "Anybody got any ideas about who might have taken the boys."

As he finished speaking a very distraught man came running up to them. Christian's dad, Mr. Mathews, skidded to a stop in front of Mrs. Sheppard. "What happened to the boys and where were you?" he breathed out.

Dean quickly piped up not wanting to hear another round of who's to blame. "The boys went to the bathroom and someone took them out the back. There's wasn't a daddy to go in with them. It's nobody's fault and we're trying to figure out who might have taken them. There you're up to speed. Now let's figure this out and get the boys back." "What?" he asked seeing the amused looks the grownups were giving him. "He wanted to know so I told him."

A cell phone ringing stopped their discussion before it could begin. Frustrated Nolan's dad yanked up the phone and threw it open. Noticing that there was a text message from an unknown address, he almost erased it. John stopped him midstream. Opening it instead, he was greeted with a message from the kidnappers declaring that they wanted 3 million or the boys would be killed. Stating not to go to the police and that further instructions would be forthcoming, the message ended with a picture file. With shaking hands Ray opened the file revealing a picture of the three boys holding a copy of today's paper. Ray passed the phone to John. He'd seen enough.

John, Bobby, and Dean stared at the photo of Sammy and his friends. They saw red as they noticed the handprint and cut on Sam's face. John was clutching the phone so tightly that Bobby was afraid he'd break it. Bobby took the phone from John and handed it to Dean. "We'll get'em, Johnny. And when we do they'll regret laying a hand on Sammy. I guarantee that." he whispered.

Dean stared at the picture attempting to get past the handprint on his little brother's face. Searching the picture he looked for anything that could give them a clue about where the boys were or who had them. He was scanning the photo for the third time when something caught his eye. He couldn't believe it!

All eyes turned to stare at Dean as he began laughing and shouting "Way to go, guys!"