When they arrived home the box was gone from Kiba's doorstep. Oliver asked if he could visit with Kiba and had asked for him several times during the rest of his stay and each time she made an excuse.

Kiba had gone back to putting in as much work time as possible. He worked until late in the night on paperwork before heading home. He no longer saw the suspicious car outside the apartment and breathed a sigh of relief for that. A few nights ago he thought he saw the car outside his work but akamaru didn't seem on alert so he wrote it off. The next day when he went in he decided to give akamaru a break and dropped him off with his mother. He needed more alone time. He was hurting being that close to them but unable to see them. So he was gonna work until he was too tired to think then he was going to drink himself to sleep and wake up and do it again the next day. There was still more paperwork for the kidnapping case and they had gotten all but one child back but believed the child was still in the city.

Kate heard the knock on her door as she was washing dishes and her heart beat wildly at the thought that it might be Kiba.

"Kate?" A detective flashed his badge and she recognized him as one of Kiba's friends. "I've met you a few times but I don't always make it to the dinners. I'm detective Uchiha. I wanted to ask you a few questions and get a statement."

"I figured officer Inuzuka would have given you guys everything." She said bitterly.

"I'm sorry? Did they have him take a statement?" Sasuke asked confused.

"No but he was undercover wasn't he? I mean he knew about Tony and used my kid for bait. Let me guess you were in on it too?" She said with venom in her tone.

Sasuke put his hands up defensively. "We would never have used your son as bait. And Kiba was never undercover. He didn't find out about Tony or pretty much many details from the case until his captain talked to him at the hospital. I'm not sure where you got the idea that he or any of us for that matter knew about this before Tony wrecked his car with one of the missing children inside. That tore the case wide open until then we hadn't been able to get anyone but lower guys on the totem pole."

Kate's world bottomed out and she pushed past Sasuke. "Oh my god. Stay with Oliver for a few seconds I gotta talk to him." She didn't wait for an answer and went down to bang on Kiba's door. She heard nothing she raced back upstairs for her phone.

"He's at work." Sasuke said quietly. "He's been working himself dead for the past couple weeks."

"I'm so sorry. I was just so sure he knew all along." She said tearing up.

"I still need a statement, let me get that and then you can call him. I'll even give you his desk number."

She answered all Sasuke's questions distractedly and Oliver was even able to answer some. When Sasuke was done as promised he supplied her with Kiba's number.

She was torn on whether to call or not when she heard her son speak softly. "I miss Kiba."

"I do too baby." She replied. "I'm gonna make a phone call baby go play okay?"

Oliver nodded and she dialed.

"Officer Inuzuka" he answered brusquely.

"Kiba, don't hang up." She said quickly.

"Kate." He sounded tired.

"I just spoke to Sasuke and I understand now. I'm sorry Kiba."

"I can't talk right now Kate. I'm really busy with work."

"Kiba please listen. I know the truth."

"I can't. Goodbye Kate." And with that he clicked off.

She wanted to be angry but she knew it was her fault. She would wait for him to get home and corner him.

Kiba was exhausted as he left the building. He slowly made his way to his car thinking about Kate. She had reached out and he had stupidly shut her out. He didn't want to listen. They were better without him. No matter what his mom said. He heard a car approach but didn't really think until he was pulled into the car and a gun was placed to the back of his head. They drove for several minutes until they came to an alleyway. "This is for Ricky and now Tony too." With that several large men began to beat him. He fought back but was over powered quickly when they held him. He was hit and kicked several times. The last thing he saw before blacking out was the car that had been following him and the license plate. He finally had it and he blacked out.

Kate paced the floor. It was 1am and Kiba hadn't shown up. She had sent him a text asking if he was okay but had gotten no reply. Sure he was mad at her but he wouldn't be so cruel to leave her worried about him. That wasn't the type of guy he was. At 2 am she was on the verge of driving to the station to make sure he was okay when she got a call from Ino. "Have you spoken to or seen Kiba?" Ino asked.

"No. And he's not home, at least his car isn't here. Is everything okay?"

"No one can get a hold of him. His car is at the station and he had told some people he was leaving for the night. His mom called one of us to ask because he hadn't called to check on akamaru."

"I'm coming to help look for him."

"No. You stay with Oliver. You can't drag him out in the cold. It's freezing outside."

"Ino I love him." She said with her voice breaking.

"I know Hun. We'll find him and I'll call you when we do."

Kate was a nervous wreck.