Summary: Not all Heroes have capes. When the daughter of the British Ambassador to the US disappears, FBI Missing Persons join forces with and MI5 secret service agent in a race against time. Events unfolding soon reveal that not all is as it seems. Rated M for language.

Disclaimer: I do not own Without A Trace or it's characters. The rest are all mine!

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How It Begins

"C'mon Stacie!" Three girls, no more than 17-years-old, ran across the grass of a local High School giggling.

"Lizzy," one, blonde, turned to a pretty brunette, "What if you get caught?"

"So what?" the brunette had a strong, educated English accent, "Daddy, will tell me not to do again and then leave Jess to deal with me. And we all know what Jess lets me away with."

The three girls laughed.

"Come on," the other blonde said, "I want to get a new skirt for Friday night."

They reached a junction and Lizzy waited for the lights to change while the other two girls ran across the road. Lizzy squealed. "You could have got yourself killed!" she yelled across the road.

"Well we didn't!" they called back, laughing, "Come on!"

Lizzy looked up and down the road and decided to wait until the bus that was heading her direction passed.

"After this bus!" one of her friends called. They smiled at her and watched as the bus passed by. She was gone.