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Thursday 9.15am.

38 hours missing.

"That was Kelly, Samantha's boss on the phone." started Jack. "Sophie was due to come in at 8, and she didn't show up. Danny and Martin can you go over to her apartment, it's West 28th. Block 3, apartment 4b."

Danny nodded, scribbling it down in his notepad.

"Miss Boyd, FBI open up!" called Danny through the door. There was no answer.

"Miss Boyd." called Martin. "Open it up." he said to the super.

Danny and Martin went through the open door, and saw a woman lying unconscious on the floor.

Danny looked at Martin shocked and went to check her pulse. "Got a pulse, but we'll need an ambulance."

While Martin called an ambulance, Danny got on the phone to Jack, explaining what they had found and that they were going to the hospital to find out what happened.

About an hour later, Danny and Martin were in the hospital. Sophie had woken up, and they were trying to find out what had happened.

"Miss Boyd?" asked Danny. Sophie was sitting in the hospital bed, the doctors had checked her over and she was fine- no concussion or anything. "I'm Agent Taylor, and this is Agent Fitzgerald." He showed her his badge.

"What happened?"

She looked at him warily, as if unsure that she should trust them and tell them.

"You can trust us." Danny promised reading her mind. "Has this got something to do with Samantha Spade?"

Sophie looked puzzled. "You know Samantha?"

"We've been working on her case for the past few days." answered Martin.

"We're just trying to find her." added Danny. "Please if you know anything..."

She sighed. "It was David."

"He did this?" asked Martin, gesturing to her bruised face.

Sophie nodded. "He was looking for Samantha, she left him a few days ago. I got back from visiting family late last night, and she turned up a few hours later...she was so upset, and scared. I'd never seen her like that before."

"Was she scared of David?" asked Martin.

"Yeah, she said that he had been so angry."

"Did she tell you why she left?" pushed Danny gently.

Sophie's eyes filled with tears and she nodded.

"She had several bruises on her face that I saw as soon as I opened the door, so I kind of guessed. She told me what had happened. She said that she had found out she was pregnant and she had decided to tell David. But uhh...she said he didn't take it to well and he hit her and pushed her down the stairs."

Danny and Martin looked at each other shocked.

"That's when she had enough and decided to leave. She told me that when he'd pushed her down the stairs...it caused her to lose the baby." she paused, sniffing slightly. "We'd been sitting in my living room for a while, just talking- trying to figure out what she could do. Then he showed up, I don't know how he found out where she was but he did. He forced himself in and started shouting. We tried to get him to calm down y'know. But he grabbed Samantha, and I tried to pull him away. That's when he hit me...I remember I was sort of dazed...Samantha got angry at him for hitting me, but he just snapped and kept hitting her. I tried to stop him but he hit me again. I fell on the floor, and I saw him grab Samantha and then I guess I passed out."

"So you think he took her?" asked Danny when she had finished.

"I think so." she replied.

"Any ideas where he would go?" asked Martin.

"Ummm..." she paused. "Sorry I can't think of anywhere- I don't really know him."

"Okay." said Danny getting ready to leave. "Thanks for talking to us."

"You will find her right?" she asked worriedly.

"We hope so." answered Danny.

Sophie sighed, "Kelly and I suspected he may have been abusive...but I suppose we didn't want it to be true so we just left it."

"From what we found out, Samantha did keep it very secret."

She smiled sadly. "Yeah, she's never talked much about herself, guess know we know why."

"We'll let you know when there are any developments." said Danny.

"Thanks for your help." said Martin.

Danny took out his phone as soon as they got out of the hospital and dialled the office.

"Jack? We talked to Sophie in the hospital. She said Samantha turned up at her place late last night, and later David turned up. She said he got mad, and he was the one who attacked her. She also said that she thinks he took Samantha. You know that arguement that David and Samantha had, that made her leave? Well apparently David hit Samantha and pushed her downstairs, which made her lose the baby."

Danny listened to Jack more a moment, "Okay. We'll do that then come back to the office."

Martin looked at him questioningly when he hung up the phone. "So what are we doing?"

"Jack said to go to their house and have another chat to David."

Martin nodded. "Right."

"What did Danny say?" asked Vivian when Jack turned back around.

Jack sighed. "David lied about the arguement they had. According to the friend, Sophie. He got more violent and pushed her down the stairs- which made her lose the baby."

"God, poor her." said Vivian, her eyes involuntarily filling with tears for Samantha. She couldn't imagine the heartache that would cause, and to go through that twice.

Jack nodded. "He somehow found that she was at Sophie's last night, and turned up there. He attacked Sophie, and apparently took Samantha. Danny and Martin are going to check out the house."

Vivian sighed, "She was so good with Reggie. She would have made a great mom."

Jack smiled sadly, patting Vivian's shoulder. "We'll find her."

"If he did take her...God knows what he's done. We don't know what he could be capable of, what he's thinking." said Vivian with a heavy heart, not wanting to accept the fact that they may not be able to save Samantha.

Jack sighed and looked sadly at Samantha's picture on the missing board.

Not knowing what to say he patted Vivian's shoulder again and went into his office.

Danny and Martin pulled up outside the house. Getting out cautiously, they went up the path, noting that his car wasn't there.

"You think he's in?" Martin asked.

"Doesn't look like it." Danny replied. "Let's try."

Danny walked up to the door, followed by Martin. He knocked loudly, calling "FBI, open up!"

There was no answer. They tried a couple more times, before leaving to head back to the office.

40 hours missing.

"There was no one at the house." said Danny to Vivian and Jack who were all gathered around the conference table.

"So David has taken Samantha somewhere?" questioned Vivian.

Martin and Danny nodded. Vivian sighed sadly, their nods confirming her fears. Jack glanced at her concerned. "You still okay to work on this case?" He had noticed her becoming more and more involved in the case, and getting more and more disappointed when a lead was shot down. Almost as if she blamed herself for not noticing anything months ago (even though there was nothing she could have done). He knew that everyone had cases which would affect them, and this seemed to be one of Vivian's, partly because she knew the missing person. He had assumed that as Vivian hadn't known her well, she would be okay to work on the case. But now he was starting to wonder.

She nodded determinedly, "Of course Jack." she replied. "So where do we look?"

Jack continued to give her a concerned look for a moment, "Well, Viv can you talk to the sister again, ask if she knows anywhere they may go- holiday place or something?"

She nodded, and hurried over to the phone.

"Danny, can you put an APB out on the car. See if we can catch them on the move. Martin, can you do some deeper checks on the husband- go back to the house with Danny see if you can find anything."

Martin nodded, going over to tell Danny.

Jack sighed heavily. He knew they were running out of time, the husband had her and God knows what he was capable of doing. They had to find her, fast.

"Jack, we're going to the house now." said Martin.

Jack nodded, "Okay, keep in touch."