Title: Vanished

Summary : Two missing person's cases. Victims never found. One

suspect found, but could not be tied to the actual disappearences.

Exactly A year after the first and second missing persons case. Two

more go missing. Gil is faced with having to find his wife and

daughter knowing that it may never happen. Catherine and Lindsey

have vanished.

Disclaimer " I don't own anything...


CHAPTER 1

Hank Darrin, his wife Elizabeth and their daughter Kady waited in

the restaurant to be seated.

" Kady" Hank looked down at his daughter " Why are you squirming

like that"

Kady gritted her teeth. " I have to go to the bathroom" she

replied " I told you I had to go before we left but you insisted I

wait."

Hank chuckled to himself " I didn't know it was that bad I'm sorry

sweetheart" he paused " I didn't want to miss our reservations. It's

a big day for you, your twelve today. Your last year to be as

childish as you want cause next year you'll be a teen."

Kady rolled her eyes as the waiter approached them.

"Three please, non smoking" Hank ordered " Oh and where is the

restroom?"

The waiter smiled and pointed toward the back of the restaurant.

"Thanks" Hank commented. Looking down to his daughter. "There you

go, look for us when you come out well be up here." He pointed to

his daughter and she raced toward the restroom.

Fifteen minutes later Hank and his wife were still waiting.

"What is she doing in there " Hank complained getting a little

annoyed

Elizabeth shrugged " Calm down "I'll go get her."

Elizabeth kissed her husband and headed toward the back of the

restaurant and down the hallway. Just before the end of the

hallway was the restroom. Further down, a fire exit.

Elizabeth stepped in the restroom.

Hank looked at his watch, another ten minutes had passed and he

wanted to order. He jumped from his seat more upset then before and

streamed toward the back of the building, he reached the restroom

marked women and knocked on the door.

A minute passed and a young women walked out.

"Excuse me " he stopped her " My wife and daughter are in there can

you tell them to hurry for me?" he smiled

The young women shook her head " Sorry sir I was the only one on

there."

Hank made a face and burst into the room. The women was right she

was the only one in there.


Catherine was the first on scene but she was certain Ecklie would

send Gil to help her supervise. She hated that, as much as she loved

Gil, she didn't need supervision from her fiance not on how to do

her job anyway.

Catherine walked toward the bathroom. Brass already inside.

"What do we have?"

Brass turned to her " Elizabeth and Kady Darrin, came to have

dinner with husband/Dad, " he paused looking over at Hank who was in

the hallway. "Said his daughter went to the bathroom and after a

while she hadn't returned so his wife went to fetch her and they

both vanished."

Catherine nodded " Well, they couldn't have gotten out the small

window" she pointed as she headed toward the hall. " Fire Exit" she

pointed heading towrad the door. "Don't let anyone touch this "

Brass nodded " I'll guard it with my life"

Catherine headed back toward the bathroom when she saw Gil coming

toward her " Great" she whispered " What are you doing?'

Gil smiled " We'll hello to you to" he paused knowing she had every

right to be upset, for some reason Eclkie kept sending Gil to be

lead on all her cases.

"Ecklie " he offered up " Not my choice."

Catherine rooled her eyes "whatever" she shook her head " You want

to take the distraught husband or do you want ot process?"

Gil raised his eyebrow " Wanna tell me what is going on first?"

Catherine nodded " Walk with me" she smiled " Elizabeth and Kady

Darrin, went to the bathroom and vanished"

"Short version" Gil replied

Catherine nodded " Talk to Brass" she looked behind him " Where is

your team?"

Gil shrugged " Greg is coming and Sara well..Ecklie thought she

should take some time off." he pasued " Wher is yours?"

"I see" Catherine replied turning to open her kit." Warrick is

outside interviewing guests"

"I'll process" she decided "Hank Darrin is all yours."

Catherine began dusting for prints on the fire exit. And since Greg

had arrived he began processing the restroom.

Gil lead Hank outside of the area and began asking him qeustions

along with Brass.

"Mr Darrin, I know this must be hard for you and I can assure you

we are doing everything possible to find your wife and daughter. Did

your wife have an enemies, any one that might want to hurt her or

your daughter or even you?"

Hank shook his head " NO, Elizabeth was friends with everyone,

Kady to,I have had a few interactions at work but nothing serious

just guy stuff." he replied trying to hold back his emotions. "

Everyone loved them."

Gil nodded " have you noticed anything strange, maybe a prank call

you thought nothing of, or maybe someone hanging around?"

Hank shook his head no " NO, nothing like that."

Gil nodded seeing it was to much for him " We'll be doing the best

we can, I can guarantee there are a lot of people looking for your

family."

Gil nodded to Brass and headed back toward the scene.

"You should go home. Mr ,Darrin, we'll be in touch soon."


Back at the lab. Greg and Mia went right to work processing the

saliva found on the stall handle. Other then several prints which

was common in a public washroom. that was all the clues they had.

Catherine had found a seven sets of prints on the fire escape door,

only three were useable. She rushed the back to the lab to have

them run through afis.

Waiting for the results Catherine joined Gil in the break room.

"Brass is still with Warrick interviewing all the employees and the

guest ,we can't do much more until we get our results."

That was when Greg rushed in, " The prints came back we got a hit."

he paused " Eric Baker. Also an employee at the restaurant. Mia sent

down the results also and surprise , surprise the substance I found

which was saliva also belongs to Eric Baker, Arrested in 1998 for

suspision of involvement in his wife and daughter's disappereance.,

they also disappeared almost in the same fashion as our latest

victims."

Gil was quick to jump on his cell and told Brass what they had. He

agreed to bring in Eric Baker for questioning.


38 hours missing
While Catherine was with Eric, Gil had contacted Mr Darrin to see

if he knew Eric baker.As soon as he saw the picture he knew who he

was.

"I know him, I worked with him a while back,I kind of got him fired

from the office" he said handing back the picture . "So you think he

had something to do with this?"

Gil didn't reply " Were looking into him, he is an employee at the

restaurant so we have to speak with everyone."

Hank nodded " Can I listen in?"

Gil shook his head " I don't think that is a good idea. If we find

anything out we will let you know."

Catherine sat across form the suspect in the interrogation room .

"This is ridiculous, out of all the people I work with you pick me

out of the crowd you bring me down here and make me look look a

criminal." Eric complained as Brass lead him in to the room. Why am

I the only one here?"

Catherine dropped the file on the table " Mr Baker we found your

prints at the crime scene. Specifically on the fire escape " she

paused " the only way our two missing people could have left the

building."

"Yeah, that's because I work there I'm in maintenance, I clean the

bathroom and I test the fire escapes."

"When was the last time it was tested?"

"Tonight" he replied quickly

Catherine shook her head " So then you wrote in your log book that

it failed."

Eric smirked " It didn't fail, I tested it myself."

Catherine stood up " that's funny because when I opened the alarm

would have been activated, but nothing happened."

Eric shrugged " I don't know . why" he replied " I didn't see

anyone, I must have been on break."

That's right " she replied " We spoke with your supervisor she says

you took a break and were almost fifteen minutes late returning,

enough time to hide the two people you snatched."

Eric shoo his head " I didn't do it. I was late because I was

picking up my things from my girlfriend apartment just around the

corner."

"SO if we ask her she'll say you were with her?"

Eric shrugged " Probably not the bitch hates me ,I dumped her."

Catherine smirked " How convenient" she replied sliding down the a

picture of the Darrin family. " DO you recognize anyone here?"

"I told you" he snapped " I don't know these people." he said

sliding the pictures back toward her.

"Are you sure" she replied, not even Hank Darrin"

Eric shrugged " Doesn't ring a bell."

"You used to work with him back in 98, you don't remember? He got

you fired ".Catherine snapped "Mr Baker, what happened to your wife

and daughter?"

Eric Baker shook his head " Don't you dare talk about my wife and

daughter. I didn't kill them. I was cleared"

Catherine nodded "that's right you were cleared but it only because

you knew what you were doing."

Eric smirked at her " Whatever you say" he paused turning to

Brass " I guess you can't keep me.I haven't done anything wrong so

either arrest me or I'm leaving"

Brass cleared his throat "You're right but we'll be visiting you

real soon you can count on it."

Eric nodded " I'll be looking forward to the visit" he replied and

walked out of the room.


No more leads were found or given on the Darrin case and soon it was

put to rest and listed as unsolved. To this day no one has seen or

heard anything of Mrs. Elizabeth Darrin or her daughter Kady Rebecca

Darrin...Eric Baker the only suspect couldn't be arrested due to

lack of evidence, he went on with is life. Hank Darrin however was

never able to.


ONE YEAR LATER...

Gil, Catherine and Lindsey walked out of the restaurant and climbed

in the Denali.

"I have to stop at the grocery store before we got to the video

store" Gil smiled at Lindsey

Lindsey rolled her eyes. "Whatever dad" she replied " be quick

cause we want to get home."

Gil nodded and pulled into the parking lot.

"I'll run in " Catherine turned to him " I want to get some

munchies anyway. Lindsey" she turned " Come with me."

Lindsey nodded and jumped out of the car.

"Be back in a few" Catherine smiled kissing Gil on the cheek.

Gil watched as his wife and daughter climbed out of the vehicle. He

and Catherine had been married almost a year and the three of them

could'nt have been happier.

Gil turned the radio on and sat back in his seat.

fifteen minutes passed,

"Catherine must be buying the whole junk food aisle" he thought to

him self, I 'll give her another ten minutes and then I'll go in for

her. Gil looked at his watch. 8:48 the store will be closing in 12

minutes anyway." he whispered to himself.

Gil flipped the stations on the radio and before he knew it, it was

just past 9 and employees were coming out of the store,

Gil climbed out of his Tahoe.

"Excuse me, sir we closed at nine" the man dressed as a cashier

called to him.

Gil shook his head, no my wife and my daughter are still in there,"

"the boy shook his head, "we cleared the store sir, no one is in

there."

Gil shook his head in confusion " You have to let me in there, they

are probably in the washrooms or something...I saw them go in the

store and they haven't come out yet."

The boy smiled " you can ask my supervisor," he pointed " she is

always the last one out."

Gil ran to her " my wife and daughter are locked in your store!" he

yelled " you have to let me in there."

The women made face at him. " Sir calm down, I think you need to go

home and rest " she thought he was crazy.

Gil pushed the women out of his way, he was frantic and his head

was spinning, he knew this could'nt be happening to him, not to his

family. But it was. Catherine and Lindsey had vanished.