Each of the guys had a section of the house, searching through and then throwing things here, there, and everywhere. Embry and Paul searched for clues in the kitchen, Sam and Quil were in the living room, while Jake, Seth, and Jared were in the dining room.

"Wait a minute…have any of you eaten any of the snacks from the cupboards since Leah disappeared?" Paul asked as he looked inside the cupboards that were usually full of snacks and found them nearly empty.

Every shook their heads.

I don't recall anyone snacking on anything. In fact, we haven't had much of an appetite lately." Jake inquired.

"Not only that, Leah and I always made sure to stack the cupboards full of food, given our huge appetite." Seth added.

"Well it looks like our kidnappers had some snacks." Embry said as he peered into the back of the garbage area and found lots of Doritos bags, cookie containers, and candy wrappings in a pile.

"Looks like their aim was pretty bad too cause not one of the garbage landed in the trash." Sam said.

"But wait a minute…They attempted to throw their garbage in the trash, but they still trash my fucking house?" Seth said with a growl.

"Well it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know Leah put up a fight. Even if they never wanted to result in violence, they still did cause Leah would never be kidnapped willingly." Jake said with a closed fist, remembering the blood on the doornob.

"So those bastards had the audacity to eat our food while Leah was what? Unconscious?" Jared asked angrily. "Seriously?"

"Who knows? They probably made her watch." Sam answered quietly.

"Well its obvious that that's our first clue. We haven't been eating much since Leah was gone and we never did a full cleaning. We've had takeout for the past weeks or Esme would send food over for us in her glass plates. We've always thrown our pizza boxes outside in the drum cause we know they wouldn't fit in the trash bin." Quil said in thought.

Not only that, but even though Jake, Seth, and Jared knew how to cook, what was the point? They weren't hungry much and the need and feel for food was low. And because they would be out searching, Esme would always have food waiting at her house for them, even though she didn't have to, but that was just they way she was. The guys didn't trust them fully because of their kind, but Esme have always been nice to them and the Cullens have been very helpful in the search and also surprisingly patient when Seth or Jake would lose their temper and take it out on them.

"So whoever took Leah is human." Sam confirmed.

"Humans with supernatural abilities or humans who had help from supernatural beings. Our life is anything but normal so I wouldn't be surprised if there are other supernatural beings out there." Embry spoke.

"I agree, but how in the world would they know about Leah?" Seth asked.

"I just have a feeling that someone we know is involved in this." Paul said with a hand on his chin in thought.

"Yeah, but who? Everyone we know is suspect and they've been asked and they've all denied knowing or doing anything." Jared replied.

"They could deny it all they want, but someone or all are lying. Paul could be on to something and I believe this was an inside job. Now my instincts are telling me that there is a clue here somewhere. We just have to find it and once we do, we'll know everything." Jake added.

Seth closes his eyes in deep thought, his mind flashing to images of all the suspects. He paused on each one and watch their movements, their facial expressions, everything. One would think that if you knew people for a certain amount of time, he would be able to read them well, but he couldn't. It was so unnerving and he wondered if he ever really knew the people in his life at all. At one point, he even thought of his pack brothers as suspects, but he brushed the thought off just as quickly. It was the paranoia of his wolf talking and they were all together when Leah was kidnapped. He also doubt they would've hired other people to de their dirty work because his brothers' and Leah's relationship improved greatly over the last couple of months.

Quil watched Seth quietly, waiting for any sudden moves. Since Seth's wolf been out, and after what happened with Paul, all of them have been on the lookout on Seth. "Are you okay Seth?" He asked softly, yet firmly. The Beta in him not letting his voice get too soft.

Seth opened his eyes and they were flickering between his wolf's colors and the human one. "I'm fine." There went that deep voice again and the guys' shoulders tensed at once.

Seth blinked once, twice, three times and then his eyes were back to normal.

"Thought you zoned out for a little while there Seth." Jake said weakly.

"I did…My mind was going somewhere I didn't want it to go." Seth admitted.

Paul looked at Seth worriedly. They still haven't said a word to each other since Seth came home. Hell he couldn't even be in close proximity without hearing a growl or snarl directed at him. His instinct was to growl right back, but he didn't want to start a fight and he knew part of Seth's treatment towards him was his own fault. He just hoped Leah was found soon so he could formally fix and apologize to both her and Seth.

Sam raised an eyebrow but said nothing. He continued looking through bookshelves and the cabinets.

"I have an idea." Embry announced, the tension disappearing.

"What?" Paul asked.

"I say we take these cookie containers and the Doritos bags to the vamp doc. He could maybe check for fingerprints or DNA or maybe find something else entirely. We could get a lead and then follow it." Embry answered brightly. He couldn't get a scent since the garbage is over two weeks old, but fingerprints and other DNA lasts much longer.

"This isn't an episode of Law and Order: SVU." Paul replied.

Jake put up his hand to pause Paul and then turned to his best friend. He smiled weakly and spoke. "Hmm…That does not sound like a bad idea. Carlisle has many advanced equipment so maybe he will find something. Good thinking Em." Jake smiled a little more brightly this time.

Sam rubbed his chin in thought. "Maybe we'll find more than a lead. I may not trust those vampires, but the leader is a smart man and he would know what to look for. We will definitely find out something. I still don't trust them though." He confessed, not letting his wolf's natural instincts against their sworn enemy go. They may have teamed up in the past, but the fact remains, they're still vampires and he would never fully trust them.

"I understand cause I feel the same way Sam, but Embry does have a good idea and the Cullens forever owe us anyway. I say we collect." Jared said, surprising them. His attitude wasn't bad either. He spoke like it was normal to just over there and demand his needs be met.

"Well then let's to it." Seth said hurriedly.

"Before we even do that…" Quil paused. "Do you have any gloves laying around somewhere or something we cold use to put the garbage in? If we're really going to do an imitation of Law and Order, we might as well follow proper procedures." He said seriously, but with a smirk.

"You're right. Never touch the evidence cause it could be contaminated with our fingerprints instead." Paul said.

"Exactly." Sam smirked.

Seth hurriedly grabbed a dish towel from inside the closet and also a garbage bag from the cupboards under the sink. "Here you go; just put it in here." He said to Embry as he gave him the stuff.

"I still say we search the house first just in case we find something. Maybe if we do, then we won't need Carlisle." Jake said. His heart was pounding in relief at Embry's thought. They would finally get somewhere if Carlisle found something. He wouldn't get his hopes up though, but he would still have a little faith Carlisle would find something.

The guys all nodded and continued searching, throwing various items out of the way after they've been inspected.

Elsewhere, naked, still tied up, bloodied, weak, dehydrated, bruised and battered was Leah. Her breathing was labored and it hurt to even move her head in another direction. She kept calling out for Jake, her voice and face in a delirious state. "Jake…"

A figure walked into the room and observed the form on the floor. The figure shook it's head, hating to see the condition of Leah. But what could it do? It had no choice but to listen to orders. The smell in the room was so bad and it wanted to at least clean her, but couldn't. All the figure was ordered to do was to give her a little bit of water to drink and a light piece of loaf to eat in order to keep her strength up.

"Such a beautiful creature…If only she was a good girl, then maybe she wouldn't look like she looks now." A voice said, interrupting the occupant's silent musings.

"She needs help…She can't stay like this for too long. Her healing is very slow and every time she's healed, she gets beat up again. This is too much…She hasn't done anything to you or the others. Why?" The first figure replied.

"What do you mean 'why?' If she's healed then she'll be strong and try to get away." The second figured chuckled. "Not that she'd get very far anyway. I have to admit…She's a strong one."

"She keeps calling out for Jake. If it's not his name, then it's for Seth." The first figure informed.

"Ahh…her alpha or mate or whatever you want to call it and her brother. That's who she's calling out for, but they can't hear you now can they Leah?" The second figure walked over to her like a stalker and yanked her chin up to face it roughly. "You can keep calling out for them all you want, but they'll never find you. You won't ever see them, your brothers, or your son ever again."

Hearing about her son was what made her go off and she struggled with all of her might to break free. "No!"

The second figured laughed at her vain attempt in getting loose. "You're so full of spunk…Feisty. I love that in a woman."

"Leave her alone…please." The first figured called out, but stopped in fear when the second one looked at her firmly.

"Shut up or else you're going to look like her too! I don't know why you're even here to begin with." The second figure responded as he pushed Leah back onto the ground hard.

Leah fell back with a scream of pain and the first figure ran over to her quickly to help. Before she got too close, she was pulled back roughly by her arm. "Do not cross me. If you do, you'll end up like her." The mysterious being squeezed the figure so hard, that it winced in pain.

The first figure did not repply and tended to Leah, placing her head of top of it's lap. It took a bowl of water that was placed there earlier and wet a piece of it's garment with to wipe Leah's forehead. "It's going to be okay soon."

Leah said nothing as her body pulsed in pain.

The second figured sent the first a last warning glance then disappeared from the room.

It was nearing sundown when they guys turned the whole house upside down. It looked worse than when they first found it, their frustrations getting the better of them and they ended up throwing things all over the place.

"Fuck! A whole day of searching and nothing!" Embry growled out.

Jake surveyed the house again, seeing the huge mess, but he paid it no mind. There had to be a clue somewhere, they just haven't found it yet. "Sometimes we have to look at the bigger picture. Maybe there is somewhere we haven't looked."

Paul raised an eyebrow. "Really? Look around you, Jake. The place is a disaster. We've searched everywhere and found nothing. We're no closer to finding Leah than we've ever been." He said loudly in frustration and dwindling hope. The more time passed without finding something or Leah, the more his hope dwindled.

"Let's go to the Cullens now!" Seth barked out with the bag of garbage in his hands. "We could be over there getting some answers instead of wasting all of our fucking time looking for nothing."

Jake growled in warning, but remained quiet. Seth had a point, but something told him whatever they would find, would be the clue to everything. Before he could say anything, there was a huge pain in his chest from the alpha-mate bond and he almost doubled over. He struggled to catch his breath.

The guys' eyes all widened in fear. Quil was the first to move and he quickly made his way over to Jake. "Cuz what's wrong?"

Jake couldn't speak, but he knew it was Leah. She was in pain and he could feel it.

Quil kept him upright. "Jake…"

Jake waved him off. "I'm fine…It's the bond. It's throbbing like crazy and that means Leah is in trouble.

While he was trying to catch his breath and with Quil helping him, the others winced, but continued searching to distract themselves from the thought of their Alpah Female being hurt.

"Sam…Help me pull out the couch." Jared said.

The couch is almost pulled out into a bed when something small clinked to the ground.

AN: Yeah I know…Why did I end it there? Lol! Cause it's so much fun to leave cliff-hangers. And I know this chapter is short, but I wanted to get something out before I leave on my vacation tomorrow. So you won't be seeing any updates for a while. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. There were some clues in it, but they were very subtle. Maybe you guys caught on, maybe you didn't. Either way, it'll be fun hearing your thoughts so don't forget to review J