Title: Vanished
Summary : Two missing person's cases. Victims never found. One
suspect found, but could not be tied to the actual disappearances.
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.

VANISHED chapter 6


Eric Baker drove freely down the road. He had long since past the state lines and he was heading toward freedom. He sighed and threw the hat and fake mustache he had, had on into the back seat and smiled at his reflection in the mirror. The disguise he had worn worked perfectly,. If the cops were looking for him, they would never even know how he had slipped passed them.

He looked into his review mirror, not a car in sight and he was heading home. He had to get out of Vegas. It was risky keeping them there as long as he had.He almost made the same mistake with Elizabeth and Kady. But he wouldn't do that again. He had finally found them. Two perfect participants . He would finally have the family he wanted. The family he had lost almost three years ago with out ever knowing what really happened to them.But his life and his luck were changing.


Catherine opened her eyes when she felt the car come to a halt.

She wasn't sure what day it was or the time for that matter, heck she wasn't even sure if it was day or night. What she did know was that she had been in this trunk for a long time and she was surprised that the two of them hadn't suffocated yet.

As Eric Baker stepped out of his car she heard the footsteps coming toward the trunk. Thinking that they would stop and she would finally face her abductor, she was surprised when they passed her and faded into the distance.

Not sure if he or she had left them there to die, she called out to her daughter who hadn't made any movement.

"Lindsey?" she whispered not wanting to startle her.

Lindsey didn't answer.

Catherine's heart began to pound. Why was she not answering?

"Lindsey?" Catherine called again frantic,"LINDS?"

Lindsey moaned and opened her eyes. "Mom?" she called out, At first not realizing where she was, then it hit her. " MOMMY?" she screamed.

Catherine tried to flip herself over. " Lindsey..sweetie I'm here."

"Mommy, what's happening?" she sobbed tears filling her eyes " I want dad, Where's daddy? Why hasn't he found us?"

Catherine sighed, Why hadn't Gil found them? She didn't have any answers for her daughter. " Lindsey calm down baby, you have to be brave and be strong."

"I'm scared mom" Lindsey replied " I want to go home."

"Me too baby." Catherine responded as she tried breaking free of her retrains " me too."

Both of them were trying hard to break free. So hard in fact they never heard the footsteps return and before their eyes the trunk lid flew open and before them stood their captor.

Without word Eric reached in the trunk and pulled Catherine out.

"Mommy?" Lindsey screamed as he slammed the trunk leaving her by herself " Mommy please, I'm scared."

Catherine pulled away "Let her out, she can't breath!"

Eric shook his head and dragged her toward the house " She's fine, I am going back for her in a minute. I want to get you settled and make you feel comfortable."

Catherine looked around her. There was a small cabin, not that small but not extreme. She looked to her left, the ground and everything around it was covered in snow. In the distance she could see mountains, and the area around and surrounding was covered by trees. It would be hard for anyone to find her and Lindsey...They weren't in Vegas anymore.

Pulling her fighting figure toward the cabin, He kicked open the door and lifted a resisting Catherine inside.He then turned and smiled

" Home sweet home."

TBC