"Tom, come look at this." Diana said to her partner.

They rewound the security tape and played it back again.

There was a man, mid-forties, going bald, in an average jacket and jeans. He was looking around the convenience store and then he picked up a soda. A few seconds later, he was gone.

"Returnee 2893, Larry Howard. Abducted on April 26, 1976. Lives in North Carolina." Diana said, reading off a sheet of paper.

"Do you have an address?" Tom asked.

"Yes. 21 Gunther Rd., Mars Hill, North Carolina." Diana told him.

"Driving or flying?" Tom looked at a map of the United States.

"Flying. It's the other side of the country." Diana said.

"When do we leave?" Tom picked up his briefcase.

"We need to be at the airport in an hour. Go pack your bags; we may be there for a while." Diana said.

"I'll meet you back here in 20 minutes." Tom told Diana as he walked out the office door.

Tom hopped in his car and took off towards his house. He was home in 5 minutes, and in 10 more minutes, he had packed and was ready to go. On his way out the door, he realized that Kyle would be here without him. He left a note on the fridge with sixty dollars for food.

"I'll call him while we're on the plane." Tom thought to himself as he headed back to work.

In another 5 minutes he was standing in front of Diana, who was ready to go.

"Your car?" She asked him.

"Yeah, my bags are already in it." Tom said as they left the office, locking the door behind them.

They silently walked out to Tom's car. Tom helped Diana put her bags in the trunk, and then they were off. In a half hour, they had boarded the plane.

"What's the plan?" Diana asked Tom.

"I don't really have one. I figure we'll land and then drive to Larry's house." Tom said with a sheepish grin.

"Not exactly a well thought out plan." Diana said.

"Yeah, I know. But I only had a few minutes to work on it." Tom said, avoiding Diana's eyes.

"Well, now you have 6 hours to figure out a better one. We'll do it together." Diana looked at Tom.

"Let's get to work." Tom said, still looking away from Diana.

For the first two hours, they worked on a plan. They were going to stay at the only hotel in the area, and it wasn't a chain hotel. But then again, it was Mars Hill. There were no chain restaurants. The closest McDonalds was 30 minutes away, and a mall was even farther. There were only 10 rooms in the hotel, and 9 of them were full from a family reunion, so Tom and Diana were going to have to share a room. In the morning they would walk to Larry's house, and once there, they would try to talk to him.

"Are we done planning?" Diana yawned.

"Yeah, I guess so." Tom told her.

"Great. We still have 4 hours, and I'm taking a nap." Diana informed him.

Tom looked out the window. There wasn't much else to do. After a little while, he decided to call Kyle.

"Hey Kyle." Tom said when Kyle answered the phone.

"Where are you?" Kyle asked.

"On a plane, headed to North Carolina." Tom told his son.

"When are you gonna be back?" Kyle opened the fridge.

"I'm not sure. Listen, there's money on the fridge, it's for food. If you want, you can stay at the with your cousins." Tom told him.

"Is Shawn there?" Kyle got out the milk.

"Nah. Since when is Shawn ever there?" Tom looked over at Diana.

"I think I'll stay here." Kyle said as he poured some milk.

"Fine with me. You know my number, and the other emergency numbers are on the door." Tom looked around the plane.

"Got it, Dad." Kyle dunked an Oreo into his milk.

"See ya, buddy." Tom said as he hung up.

"Oreo, milk's favorite cookie…" Kyle said to himself as he ate the rest of the bag.

Tom stared out the window. Not that there was anything to look at, all he could see was white. As he reached into his bag, Diana's head fell onto his shoulder. He sat back up. He didn't want to disturb her.

"Soda?" The flight attendant asked as she rolled her cart by.

"No, thanks." Tom quietly replied.

The woman nodded and proceeded to the next isle.

Tom looked at his watch, three more hours. Just then, Diana woke up.

"Hey." Tom said, looking down at her.

"Oh, um, hi." Diana sat up immediately.

"Three more hours." Tom told her.

"Yea, great." Diana looked away.

They talked for the rest of the flight, not about anything important, but mainly about Kyle, Shawn, and Maia. In what seemed like much less than three hours, a voice came over the intercom.

"Buckle your seatbelts, we will be landing soon." The voice said.

Tom buckled his seatbelt, and then, without thinking, he buckled Diana's.

"Um, thanks." Diana awkwardly said.

"Yeah, no problem." Tom looked at the flashing seatbelt sign above them.

A/N: I'm not really sure how long the flight would be, but 6 hours seemed close enough.

Thanks to my reviewers, this is my first fanfic and I wasn't sure how it would turn out.

Larry Howard was actually abducted on that date (according to my screensaver and desktop) but the ID number was random…

I don't own Oreos or McDonalds, or The 4400 characters (though I wish I did). Basically, all I own is the idea for this story, so please don't steal it!

Mars Hill is a real place, but I don't think there is a Gunther Road, and if there is, well…I'm not sure.