It was mid afternoon when Jenny and Julian got to Dee's. Her parents still weren't back, judging by the driveway which had no cars on it at all. The pair strolled up to the front door and rang the doorbell. No sound. Must have broken recently, thought Jenny, so she knocked. No answer. Jenny knocked again, this time quite a lot louder. Still no answer. Jenny looked up at Julian and noticed that he seemed on edge. His eyes were darker than usual, alert.

"Let's try the back, it's always open," suggested Jenny.

Julian nodded and followed Jenny through the gate to the left side of Dee's house and through the back door, open as usual. Jenny was about to call out to Dee when she noticed that the kitchen was completely trashed. Smashed glass, table overturned, cutlery and china littering the floor. Panic started to fester inside Jenny. Julian grabbed Jenny by the shoulder before she had taken a step forward, slowly moving past her to investigate. His eyes scanned the kitchen, before he and Jenny moved to look around the rest of the house. Nothing was tidy; every room was a wreck, as if something strong had decided to go on a rampage. That was when Jenny noticed something she had sen before. Something Julian had used in the seconds Game. One large section of the living room was darker, a perfect circle in the exact middle of the floor.

"Julian…"

He turned around and Jenny pointed to the darkened area and they both knew. Dee was gone and they had no idea where. Even if she was in the Shadow World, they would never get there without the other Shadow Men knowing. The big question was, what next? Jenny suggested that they call on the others to check that they were all okay.

Jenny and Julian visited Zach's first, no sign of him either. Jenny asked his parents to see if they had gone out anywhere, but the reply was that they thought he had gone to meet Jenny. Jenny reassured them saying that he must have not got her text and be down by the park. This was the same for everyone. The last stop was the park. Maybe they had all gone down there early, and Dee's place had been burgled or something less sinister than what Jenny thought. Jenny was hit with a big sense of worry when they reached the park. No one was in sight. Not even a single animal was there. The silence was deafening, creepy, unnerving. Suddenly, the sound of thunder broke the silence, making Jenny jump out of her skin moving closer to Julian. The ground opened up underneath them to show an all too similar gaping hole. As they fell down into the shadows, Jenny grabbed onto Julian, determined not to let go no matter what happened.