Erin Lindsay's POV

"We got surveillance footage from a couple who lives across the street," I said, walking into the room.

Hailey nodded, "Showed a grey sedan and two guys with who we suspect is Naia. She was unconscious, they must have knocked her out somehow and then kidnapped her."

Voight nodded, "Get the licence plate?"

"Yup, running that now," I said, typing it into the computer. "Can someone update the family?"

"On it," Kim said, picking up the phone.

Atwater came in and smacked a picture of Naia onto the case board and wrote underneath her name and her age.

"Naia Johnson, twelve," He said, turning to us, "Kidnapped at school during recess." Kevin then turned back to the board and pinned up three more pictures. Three girls, none of them could have been older than eight.

"Lily Smith," He pointed to the first picture, "Seven, went missing about two weeks ago."

Atwater then pointed to the second picture, "Megan Park, six. She went missing exactly one week ago. And that last one is Jane Wong, eight, she went missing four days ago."

I felt my gut turn, "You think it's all somehow related?"

Jay nodded, "There's more, Mouse is still printing."

"We did some digging and it led us to Daniel Anders," Adam said, pinning up a picture of Daniel next to the pictures of the girls. "This guy has a whole bunch of charges which makes us think-"

"He's selling the girls for dough," Atwater said, finishing for Ruzek. "The only strange thing is that Naia is so much older than the age range of the others. I mean, she's twelve right? Before her, the oldest girl which we think was kidnapped by Daniel was Jane Wong, who's eight. That's four years."

I nodded, "They're getting desperate. Probably the younger the better, the more money they can sell them for." I then turned my attention back to tracking the licence plate and wasn't too shocked by the result.

"Vehicle's stolen," I announced, "These guys know what they're doing."

Voight nodded, "Alright, split up. Atwater, Ruzek, go and get some information out of the original owner of the car. Lindsay, Upton, why don't you update the family in person. It's a lot to take in over the phone. Halstead, Dawson and Burgess, keep getting information on this Anders guy."

I nodded and got up while Ruzek came over to get the name of the original owner of the car.

"They're at the firehouse," Kim told me and Hailey and I thanked her before we headed off.

"This guy's sick," I said as Hailey drove. "I mean, selling girls? These girls are just kids. Megan, she was six. It's awful!"

Hailey nodded in agreement but stayed silent. I sighed and slumped against the side of the door, propping my hand underneath my head.

"You're quiet," I commented. Hailey hadn't said anything the whole car ride and I was curious what was on her mind.

Hailey shrugged, her eyes not leaving the road. "It's nothing," She mumbled but I knew she was lying.

"Come on, spill," I said and she shrugged again.

"It's just, how are we supposed to tell them that Naia was kidnapped by a bunch of creeps who plan on selling her for some cash. It's bad enough that she's missing but that she was kidnapped and by people who are going to sell her," Hailey shook her head, "This is going to be rough,"

I nodded, "That, it will be. We just have to be straight forward. There's nothing to sugarcoat."

"Like ripping off a band-aid," Hailey added as we pulled up to the firehouse. She parked the car on the street, making sure not to block the driveway and we hopped out. I walked ahead of Hailey and opened the door next to the big garage-like doors. Nobody was on the apparatus floor so they were most likely all in the common area.

When we walked in, all eyes immediately turned towards us and I scanned the room.

"We're looking for Matt Casey and Gabby Dawson," Hailey said when I spotted them sitting on the couch next to each other.

I gave them a tiny smile, "We have some news about Naia, is this a good time?"

Matt nodded as he stood up, "Absolutely, do you need a more private place?"

"Whatever works for you," Hailey replied.

Gabby and Matt exchanged glances before sitting back down. "You can tell us here," Gabby said and Matt nodded.

I looked over at Hailey who had her poker face on.

"Do you mind if we sit?" I asked, motioning to the armchairs and Matt nodded.

"Of course," He said and Hailey and I each took a seat.

I looked over at Hailey to see who would start. She didn't look back so I turned my attention to Matt and Gabby.

"We did some searching," I began, "And it led us to a guy by the name of Daniel Anders."

Gabby nodded, "So you think he took her?"

"Not exactly," Hailey said, "When we looked into Daniel Anders, he has numerous charges against him and a history which makes us think he kidnapped Naia to..." Hailey trailed off and I jumped in.

"We think he's going to sell her," I forced the words out of mouth before I could stop myself. "We've pulled up other missing children's cases and we think that they're all related."

Silence.

It was followed by Gabby's sobs as she cried into Matt's shoulder.

"I promise you we will do everything we can to find her and the other girls," Hailey said. It was easy to miss but I spotted the slight quiver in her tone. "We'll tell you as soon as we get an update."

As Hailey and I walked back to the car, I put a hand on her shoulder. "You good?" I asked her.

Hailey nodded as we got into the car.

"Yeah, let's just catch this prick,"

Sorry, this took a while to upload. I had written out half the chapter and then didn't like the way it was going so I deleted it and restarted. Anyways, hope you're enjoying the story.