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It took a moment for Nick to realize he was in his bedroom, in his house. Without Amanda.

The bed felt empty.

He rubbed his eyes a little, letting himself wake up slowly. It was still early but he got up anyway, he'd slept for a long time. Nick reached to his phone, no missed calls or texts from Amanda. He was somewhat disappointed, he hoped she'd at least sent him a text to say everything was fine. But Nick figured she was probably tired herself, with everything that's been going on with investigation about her father, and she had a long day in court yesterday.

He'd see her at work.

The thought made him smile as he walked into the bathroom so he could take a quick shower.

"Morning" Fin greeted him when he walked through the elevator doors. Nick figured he must have just got there himself.

"Morning" Nick smiled at him "did you get any rest after yesterday?"

Fin nodded "that was a crazy one, and I've had my share of crazy days"

"We all have" they walked to their desks.

After about half an hour Nick checked his phone again, mo messages from Amanda. It wasn't like her to be late without calling "where's your partner?" he asked Fin.

Fin raised his head from the file he was reading "I don't know, she hasn't said anything"

"It's getting kinda late" he got up to grab a drink from the fridge "just sayin" he tried to sound casual but as the time passed an alarming feeling started to grow inside of his mind.

"I'll call her" Fin dialed her number but shook his head after a moment "voicemail"

"Weird" Nick sat back down, where could she be?

"Yeah, it is weird" Fin looked at him "I'm sure she'll show up soon"

Fin tried to call again after fifteen minutes, this time it didn't go straight to voicemail but she didn't answer.

Nick tried calling her from his phone a couple of minutes later but his call went straight to voicemail.

"Ok" Fin said "this is weird"

"Hey" the two men heard a voice and turned.

"Hey, how was your meeting with Barba?" Fin asked.

"Could have been better" she replied "we talked about the trial yesterday, he thinks the perp might walk, so we need to try and find something else, where's Rollins? I wanted to talk to her about it"

Fin and Nick exchanged a look "she's not here, we're not sure where she is" Fin told her.

"I see" she looked at Nick.

"We tried calling her but she won't pick up, sometimes it goes straight to voicemail and sometimes it rings but…" he said.

Olivia looked unhappy "Give her another half an hour and then go check her place" Olivia walked to her office.

Half an hour later Fin and Nick left the precinct to and drove over to Amanda's place.

Fin knocked but there was no answer, he tried again, and after a moment they heard something, barking.

"That must be her dog" Fin said.

"I don't like this" Nick looked at the door, something was definitely wrong, he could feel it now. At the station he tried to look calm, as if he wasn't going out of his mind. But now he was certain of it.

"Maybe we should get the super to open the door" he looked at Fin.

Frannie started barking again, she was close to the door.

"I'll go get him" Fin nodded "but if we're wrong Amanda's going to kill us"

Fin got back a short time later with a key to the apartment. Nick watched as he unlocked the door, he hoped to see Amanda in there. He didn't care if she would scream and get angry at the two of them, Nick didn't care if Fin would see something of his there. All he wanted was to see her inside, to hear her tell them she overslept, to hear her say anything.

The moment the door was opened Frannie almost jumped on Fin "hey girl" he tried to calm her down as she seemed a little restless.

Nick walked past them and checked the bedroom and bathroom, she wasn't there. He tried to call her again, voicemail.

"Look at this" Fin called him and Nick walked over to him.

"Amanda wouldn't leave Frannie's bowl empty" he looked at Nick.

Fin was right, Amanda always made sure Frannie had enough water, with the long hours she worked she had to do that.

"She must be thirsty" Nick picked up the empty bowl and filled it with water "there you go" he placed it in front of the dog.

"We better call Liv" his eyes focused on Frannie.

"Yeah" Fin nodded "what are we gonna do about her?" he gestured at the dog.

"We can't just leave her here" Nick patted her head "I could drop her off at my mom's, she always liked dogs"

"Your mom is the squad's sitter, ha?" Fin chuckled, he knew Nick's mother had helped Olivia with Noah a couple of times.

Fin took his phone and dialed Benson's number.

"After Fin called me I tracked her phone" Liv let her fellow detectives know once they entered her office "it turns on and off every few minutes" she handed them an address.

"This is where the signal's coming from?" Fin asked "it's a known spot where homeless people live"

"Let's go check it out" Nick didn't want to waste another second.

"Go" Olivia watched as they hurried to leave, she hoped that they would find her and that she was alright.

There weren't many people at the address they got from Benson. Nick counted eight people, but there were probably more in the area.

"Try calling" he suggested and Fin took out his phone and dialed.

"It's ringing" Fin let him know and they both looked around, trying to see if something stands out. Fin tried calling again.

"Hey" Nick said and gestured with his head at someone. It was a bearded man, it was hard to tell how old he was. He had something in his hand, and from a distance it looked like a phone.

The detectives made their way to him and he raised his head to look at them for a moment but then turned his attention to what he had in his hand.

Fin called again and the object moved. They looked at each other, thinking the same thing.

"Sir" Nick started and the man looked at him again "I'm detective Amaro and this is detective Tutuola" he showed him the badge "we believe this phone doesn't belong to you"

The man looked at the phone "finders keepers" he said "finders keepers"

Nick was about to talk again but the man kept on repeating the phrase "finders keepers, finders keepers"

"Hey man" Fin raised his voice and the man looked at him "it's finders keepers, not stealers keepers, where'd you get it?"

"I found it, found it" he put the phone behind his back "didn't steal, didn't steal, finders keepers"

"This phone belongs to a police officer" Fin continued "so you better give it back to us and tell us where exactly you found it"

"I found it" the man repeated.

"We understand" Nick said, trying to soften his voice "but we need to know where, it is very important"

"Or we can arrest you for the possession of stolen property" Fin shrugged.

"Finders keepers!" the man shouted.

"Sir, please calm down" Nick realized he got the role of the good cop "why don't we make a deal, you tell us where you found the phone, give it to us so we can return it and we will let it go" the man raised his eyes and looked at Nick "maybe we could buy you something to eat too"

"Ok" it took the man a few moments to think about it "two hot dogs, and a drink"

"No problem" Nick smiled "now show us where you got it from"

The man started walking and the detectives hurried after him.

He led them to a small street and placed the phone on the ground "found it here" he said.

"Ok" Nick picked the phone up "did you see anything? Anyone?"

"Did you see who left the it here?" Fin asked.

The man shook his head "hot dog?"

"Just answer our questions and we will get you the hot dog" Nick nodded.

"Two" he said "and a drink"

"Yes" Nick agreed.

"I didn't see who, but I saw a car, after the car was gone I found it" he pointed at the phone.

"You remember the car?" Fin asked.

"Black" he nodded "with a cat"

"A cat? A real cat inside it?" Nick looked at Fin.

"A sticker, a yellow cat" the man shook his head "not a real cat, now my hot dog"

Fin called CSU while Nick kept his word and bought him the food. He hoped the man might tell him something else but he had nothing to add.

Liv showed up there too, and she was talking to Fin when Nick got back.

"He doesn't know anything else" he let them know.

"There are a few security cameras in the area, we need to check them out" she looked at Fin.

"On it" Fin said, he exchanged a look with Olivia before walking away.

"Nick" she looked at him "when was the last time you've spoken to her?"

"Yesterday" he answered.

"And did she say anything?"

"She mentioned she was going to a meeting"

"Ok" she didn't take her eyes off him "and that's it? Cause we know"

"Know what?" Nick looked confused.

"Really?" she asked "Fin and I both know about your little secret" Nick looked away, stunned "this is not the time to talk about it, but you've got to be honest now because it could help us find her"

"Liv, I swear I don't know where she might be, I know she's been having a hard time with her father's case, it looks like he was in New York not long before he was killed and I don't know exactly what's going on, but she went to a meeting and…" suddenly it hit him.

"What?" Olivia asked since he went silent.

"It's not far from here, the GA meetings she goes to" he explained.

"So she went to a meeting and walked through here, do you think someone grabbed her?"

"I don't know" Nick felt a bit weak and had to lean on a nearby wall "I don't know"

"I put out a BOLO on a black car with a yellow cat sticker" she told him

"Black car with a yellow cat sticker…" Nick shook his head "our only hope is to find something in one of the security cameras"

"We will find her" Olivia really hoped so.

Not surprisingly CSU got nothing, nothing that could help them. But Fin managed to get every footage in the area. They've been going through it at the station.

Nick was getting more and more frustrated with every useless video, he was focused on the images, his eyes glued to the screen. But there were no black cars.

"Hey, I think I have something" Fin called.

Nick jumped out of the chair and hurried to Fin's desk.

"Check this out" Fin didn't miss Nick's reaction but he wasn't going to say anything "this is a pretty good angle on the street"

"Yeah" Nick agreed "so you got something?"

"I think so, let me show you…"

The camera covered a part of the street, for a while there was nothing, it was empty. But then a car drove by, a black car.

"And here is our friend" Nick said, it was the homeless man, he walked by and looked at the car he kept on walking and disappeared from the screen. He was back less than a minute later, holding something.

"That must be the phone" Fin looked at Nick.

"We should get TARU on it, maybe they could get something"

"I'll tell them to put a rush on it"

"I got a number" Fin said "partial plate of the car, I already got a BOLO out"

"TARU got anything else?" Olivia asked.

"The car was reported stolen two days ago, in New York" Fin replied.

"Two days ago?" Nick looked down at his hands.

"Nick, tell us what you know" Olivia leaned on the desk.

"You saw the video from the bank" he turned to Fin "after that she heard nothing from the detective and she had no idea why, so Amanda ended up calling a friend of hers, an ADA in Atlanta, she told her that her father had a ticket to New York, that the detectives think that maybe he was looking for her" he took a little breath "but Amanda had no idea about that, she had no contact with him"

"Do we have any proof of him being in New York?" Olivia looked at Nick, he shook his head in response to her question.

"Maybe we should call that ADA see if she knows anything else, we've got to let them know what's going on" Fin suggested, he was certain Amanda wouldn't hide something like a visit from her father.

"Fin's right" Olivia nodded and turned to Nick again "have you met her?"

"At the funeral" He replied.

"Call her, tell her what's going on and…" Olivia's phone rang and she answered "Benson… you have?" she looked away, Nick and Fin's eyes following her "ok, we are on our way, alright"

"What is it?" Nick asked the moment she hung up.

"They've found the car" she let them know, Nick had a concerned look on his face and it got worse as Liv continued "it's burned out and there's a body inside, it's…" she turned to look at Fin, Nick's expression being too painful to look at "they can't make an ID…"

"They set fire to the car with the body inside?" Nick already knew the answer but the nod she gave him hurt.

"Let's go" Fin said.