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Danny sighed. Angelo had killed his own sister, but she hadn't died without telling them something. "Our parents" He knew as soon as he got back to the station he had to look them up. Kate walked up next to him.

"Hey, you doing okay?" She questioned.

"No" He answered. He didn't elaborate and she didn't ask him too.

"How long has she been your partner?" Kate inquired.

"The last fiveish years." He responded.

"We are going to get her back." Kate assured.

"I know, but how much damage has already been done." He remarked. He walked out to the porch of Sofia's house. Forensics was going over the place to see if they could find anything. Angelo had been so quick to kill his sister. Was Maria even still alive? When they find her would she be able to recover? Angelo violated woman, it was part of his pattern. How could Maria escape that? Danny wanted to yell, scream, and cry out to anyone or anything that would listen. He punched the support splitting his knuckles.

"Damn it!" He cursed.

Sean tossed and turned in bed. A little later he heard his Dad's door open and then the sounds of the front door opening and closing. He sighed, maybe his dad had a lead on where Maria was. Sean closed his eyes and tried to sleep. He heard the phone alert. He picked up his phone and blinked as the phone's bright light shined his face.

Sam: Hey I just saw on the news that Maria's missing. Anything I can do?

Sean rubbed his hand over his face shaking the sleep away.

Sean: Nothing really...Dad is doing everything he can to find her. He can't really talk about it.

Sam: I get that. Mom couldn't talk about work either.

Sam: Are you doing anything to keep your mind off of it?

Sean: I'm trying to sleep.

Sam: Should I stop messaging and let you sleep.

Sean: No, talking to you is helping.

Sam: Okay. What do you want to talk about.

Sean: What's your favorite TV show.

Sam: The Office! I'm watching right now :p

Sean: Yeah I like that one too.

Sam: Who's your favorite character?

Sean: Dwight.

Sam: Really? I like Jim and Pam.

Sean: But Dwight was like AMAZING!

Sam: I liked him, but he wasn't as good with Jim.

Sean smiled, his mind was focused on this conversation and not on the fact that Maria was missing.

"You shouldn't have punched it!" Kate exclaimed, as they sat in the ER.

"I didn't mean to break my hand!" Danny shot back.

"I think you should listen to your partner." The nurse said as she adjusted the brace on Danny's hand.

"Punching things has a bad effect on the tiny little bones in your hands." The nurse added.

It was a few more minutes before Danny and Kate were able to leave the hospital.

"I'm taking you home." Kate declared.

"No!" Danny protested, but he couldn't really stop her. She was the one driving.

"You need sleep and you need to rest your hand." Katie urged.

"I need to find her." Danny muttered.

"People are working on it." Katie replied.

"Yeah, but I need to find her!" Danny shot back. "I promised she would be safe and now who knows what that psycho is doing to her."

"Danny, don't think about that-" Danny cut Kate off.

"He killed his sister Kate! His sister. What is going to stop him from doing the same to Maria." Danny slumped back in his seat. He could tell by their surroundings that Kate was taking him back to his house.

"We can start fresh in the morning." Kate stated after a long pause. "You are no help to her in this state."

Danny had to agree. Things were becoming blurry and he could feel his muscles pleading at him for a rest. He rested his head against the headrest.

Kate looked across a few minutes later and he was asleep. She had noticed a change in him tonight. She knew there would be a change. She hadn't seen him since Linda had passed away, but there was something new. He had been really shaken but his partner's disappearance, any cop would, but Danny seemed to be more emotionally involved. She couldn't help but wonder if there was more going on. Detective Baez had gone missing from Danny's neighborhood, she had heard that Baez was staying with Danny to avoid being found by Angelo. Kate couldn't help but hope Danny was moving on.

Danny didn't realize he had fallen asleep until Kate tapped him lightly on the shoulder and said, "I'm not carrying you in."

Danny shook himself to wake up his tired muscles.

"Thanks" He said, "Call me if anything, ANYTHING comes up." he emphasized opening the door.

"Night Danny," Kate smiled. "Oh,Danny!" She added. "What do you think Sofia meant by 'our parents'?"

Danny thought for a few moments.

"I have no idea." He answered truthfully and headed into his house, up to his room, and to bed. The words "our parents" haunting him as he fell asleep.

Angelo sat beside her on the bed. She tried to keep her distance.

"Maria" he said reaching for her hand. She pulled away but he forcefully grabbed it and held it tightly in his strong hand.

"What?" Maria answered averting her eyes from his.

"What happened to our baby?" He questioned. "You told me you were pregnant and then you just walked away from me."

"The baby died." Maria said her voice cracking with emotion. It had been his fault she lost her baby but she knew if she told him it would be her death sentence.

"Oh" He breathed.

Maria shuddered when she felt his breath on her pressed a kiss to her neck. How could he do this right after she told him their baby had died? She tried to pull away but there wasn't any room to move. She couldn't get off of the bed because of the handcuffs.

"God, why do you always pull away?" He demanded exasperated.

"I don't love you Angelo!" Maria cried pushing him away when he tried to kiss her again.

"You don't have to love me now." He said softly. "Just learn to love me again." He pleaded.

"No." Maria answered firmly. She instantly regretted it. He struck her.

"Think about that for a little while." He spat leaving the basement.

Maria lay on the bed. She looked at her arms and chest. She saw purple bruises already starting to form. She felt a tear slip down her cheek. She wanted to escape but how could she? She pulled her knees close as tears coursed down her cheeks. How many more days would it take for Danny to find her? She couldn't take it much longer.

I hope you guys liked that chapter. Due to health issues I've been in bed a lot recently and being in bed is boring so I started re-watching the Office. I just wanted to work a few my favorite characters :P

Also this is chapter 20!

Love Eliza