Author's Notes: This is the second chapter, obviously. The idea I'm going for is to introduce Nicole and Jess in this chapter but also have them start on the case of Andy being kidnaped right away. Have fun. Don't get too scared. ;)

TakenChapter 2

"Nicole, Jess," Antonio said and waved for them to follow him into the conference room. Their boss was standing in the far corner next to a bulletin board with pictures scattered all around it.

"New case?" Nicole asked.

"Former Army Colonel, Dr. Andy March Campbell. Last seen in her car outside her local grocery store while her daughter was inside," Pollock started.

"Why didn't she go in with her?"

"Apparently, she has a broken ankle and was in a cast from her foot to her knee, therefore, making her not able to walk around to buy food," Antonio filled in.

Pollock gave him a look that made Antonio lower his head and let his boss continue.

"Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The jet is waiting. Antonio will brief you on the way."

They all nodded and headed out of the room. Within fifteen minutes, they were all at the airport and ready to leave.

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"So, are there any suspects yet?" Nicole asked.

"None so far. Local police have questioned colleagues and family already but nothing has really surfaced. The only thing they figure is an angry patient who wanted revenge or some psycho who just randomly picked his victim."

Jess picked up a picture of the missing woman and noted the white lab coat with name-tag and stethoscope hanging around her neck. Her brown hair was pulled into a twist with strands hanging down, seeming as if she did her hair up like that often. She wore nice clothing but comfortable enough to work long shifts in. Her smile said 'hurry take the picture so I can get back to work'.

Jess glanced from one picture to another before her mind took a familiar turn and her visions arose from within. The present faded away as imaginary took over.

Andy was standing in a kitchen. The walls were painted vibrant colors, the counters a gray cement and it resembled a house of modern structure. There were plates full of spaghetti sitting on the counters. She was wearing a skirt with blouse, a stethoscope around her neck. Her eyes were staring straight ahead of her, no sign of sadness or fear, just a look of abandon hope and she stayed that way for several minutes. A man walked into the room from her right side and the vision focused on him. He was wearing normal clothing but had an apron tied around his body. His hands held a basket full of folded laundry. As he set it down, his eyes glared at Andy. The vision flashed closer towards them as the man stood next to her, evil in his eyes. It zoomed in on Andy's face as a bruise was forming around her left eye as if somebody had just taken a pen and drawn it in there. Her clothes turned to rips and blood stains appeared from nowhere. Her eyes lowered as if she was ashamed and the man next to her slowly faded away.

The blood on her clothing continued to appear and started to drip to the floor beneath her. Andy still stared as Jess snapped back to reality, breathing heavily, eyes wide.

Nicole glanced over, dropping the paper she had been holding onto the seat next to her.

"That's a vision look..."

"Yeah, she was standing in a kitchen, a man was next to her. Their roles were switched. She was the working woman and he was the stay at home Dad. Blood appeared all over her and there was a bruise right under her left eye...and then he faded away."

"Maybe the man was the kidnapper?" Antonio suggested.

"Could be. Something didn't feel right though," Jess said seriously, a look of sad wonder on her face.

"You think there's violence?" Antonio asked.

"What else explains the blood and bruise."

"But why just one bruise..." Nicole analyzed.

Jess shrugged. "I don't know..."

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Nicole rang the doorbell of Andy Campbell's house in Philadelphia. There was already a police car in front of the house along with another silver Mercedes Benz, the license plate with a heart on it followed by the word 'doc'. Jess stood next to her partner, waiting patiently for somebody to answer the door. When it swung open a black man stood, a worried expression on his face.

"Hello sir. FBI," Nicole said and flashed her badge. "We're here about Dr. Campbell. You must be Dr. Milo Morton," She added while looking down at her note pad, his named scribbled on the little piece of paper.

"Yes, I am. Please come in. Thank you for coming."

They nodded as they walked in. Milo led them into the kitchen where everybody was sitting around the table. Jess stopped dead in her tracks, pulling Nicole back with her.

"What?"

"This is the kitchen," She said. "I mean, it's the same arrangement, just no cement."

Nicole looked around and thought a minute. "Where was she standing?"

"Near the fridge, as if I was looking at her from that entrance over there," Jess answered and pointed towards the doorway she was talking about.

"Do you think that's in connection with the kidnaping or the actual person?"

Jess shrugged. Nicole nodded and motioned for them to join the rest at the table.

"I'm Agent Nicole Scott. This is Agent Jess Mastriani. We don't like to waste time so we're just going to get right to the point. We're here to help, to find Dr. Andy Campbell no matter what. Umm..who is Jessica Campbell?"

Jessie turned in her chair and raised her hand. She didn't speak but Nicole didn't question why considering tears dripped down her face in a semi-gray from her mascara.

"We're going to have to ask you a few questions," Jess said.

Jessie nodded and got up to follow them into the next room. They sat on the couches and began.

Jess looked around the room and noted the pictures, books, etc. She glanced toward the kitchen entrance she had been talking about and her eyes widened. Andy was standing in the doorway, the same look as before. The kitchen behind her had disappeared and the walls, ceiling, and floor were now made of cement.

Jess glanced toward Nicole and Jessie again but they were gone. She knew she was inside another vision. Her eyes traveled back to Andy's. There was a baseball bat lying on the ground next to her as the same thing started happening as before. Blood and the bruise appeared. This time Andy's eyes darted around, searching for help.

"I've failed," She whispered.

"Failed at what!" Jess asked desperately. She always talked back to the people in her vision, mostly only to be disappointed.

"I've failed," Andy whispered again.

Jess's breath increased as a shadow walked behind Andy. It was a mere silhouette. A man, but not the same size as the previous one. It picked up the baseball bat and tapped it against it's other hand. Jess noticed motion of his hands as he stopped tapping the bat and wrapped his arms around Andy's waist. She stared confused as ever, before both Andy and the shadow faded away and the kitchen turned to normal.

"Does she always blurt out things like that?" Jessie asked, looking at Jess.

"Oh, umm ignore her, but excuse us for a second," Nicole said plainly.

Jessie shook her head before placing it in her hands to let more tears drain from her eyes.

"What was it this time," Nicole asked after they walked into the foyer.

"Umm...the same Andy, only no kitchen, it was just cement walls. And no man, but a shadow of a man. He had baseball bat and then was hugging Andy from behind..." Jess said, her forehead crinkling as she slowly rubbed it.

"Maybe the shadow symbolizes a past lover. Maybe the kidnapper," Nicole stated.

"The cement though...the counters were cement...now the walls. Maybe like a basement or something," Jess said, looking at Nicole.

"At least we're getting something. Let's keep working on it though," Nicole said and went back to Jessie to finish questioning her.

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"Luisa Delgado?" Nicole called standing in the middle of the Rittenhouse Women's Health Clinic.

"That's me," Lu said from behind the receptionist desk. She was standing behind Lana with her usual white lab coat and patients file.

"Dr. Luisa Delgado?"

"Still me..." Lu said, annoyed, looking up from her patient's file to the two women approaching.

"FBI," Nicole said, in ritual, and they both flashed their badges.

Lu rolled her eyes and threw her file down next to Lana. "First cops, now you guys?"

"We're here to help," Jess said reassuringly.

"Right..." Lu responded and walked towards her office.

Nicole and Jess followed her, exchanging glances on the way.

"Dr. Delgado, when was the last time you saw Dr. Campbell?" Nicole asked.

Lu sat down in her chair behind her desk and sighed. "A few days ago."

"How did she seem?"

"What do you mean?"

"Did she have any kind of particular mood?"

"Yeah, she was mad because of her ankle," Lu answered and Nicole looked around her office. "What does that have to do with anything?"

"We're just trying to figure things out," Jess explained.

"What things! I have nothing to do with this! Why are you here questioning me when you could be out trying to find my partner!" Lu blurted, anger revealing itself more.

Nicole stood and leaned over Lu's desk. "We are trying to find her, no matter what you believe Dr. Delgado. We find missing people, that's our job, just like yours. We both save people's lives so if you don't mind I'd prefer if you didn't raise your voice at me and waste my time." She stated harshly.

Lu swallowed past the lump in her throat. "What else can I do for you?" She asked politely, realizing that they weren't kidding around.

Nicole nodded and sat back down. "You've known Dr. Campbell for awhile now, correct?"

"Yeah..." She said, shrugging and Nicole glanced up at her. She cleared her throat. "Yes."

"Is there any history of violence in Andy's life that you know about?" Nicole asked.

Lu stared at them and then adjusted herself in her chair, now resting her arms in front of her on the desk. "Yes, there is," She said and Nicole and Jess gave their full attention. "A little over a year ago...Les, Andy's ex-husband, husband then though...umm..hit her."

"Abused her?"

"Once, yes."

"Was their continuance of this abuse?"

"No, he did it once...she kicked him out after pretty damn good convincing from me, and then he moved away."

"Do you have pictures of where he hit her?"

"In her patient files which are confidential," Lu said.

"Dr. Delgado, we need to see those pictures," Nicole responded.

"Not necessarily," Jess blurted out. "Dr. Delgado, did Dr. Campbell have a bruise under her left eye from the abuse?"

Lu's eyes widened. "How did you know that?"

Jess looked at Nicole, then back to Lu. "Do you know where we can get a picture of Andy's ex-husband?"

Lu looked at both of them. "There's probably one in her office..." She finally said and grabbed her keys from her desk drawer.

They all stood and Lu led them to Andy's office. When she unlocked the door, they walked in.

Jess paused, feeling a connection to the room and then glanced at Nicole.

"Has anybody been in here since Dr. Campbell was last?" Nicole asked, looking around.

"No, not in here," Lu said, closing the door behind them.

Nicole returned Jess's look and they both pulled inspection gloves out, pulling them onto their hands.

"Don't touch anything Dr. Delgado," Nicole said plainly. She reached over and flipped on a light.

"Are you going to find evidence in here?"

"You never know," Nicole responded.

"Nicole," Jess said from behind Andy's desk. She had her back to them, holding something in her hands.

"What is it?" Nicole asked and walked towards her partner.

"This is him..." She said and turned around. "Is this Les?" Jess asked Lu, turning the picture to show her.

Lu's eyes darted to the picture and then back to Jess. "How did you know that?"

"This is the man in the first vision..." Jess said towards Nicole.

"The one in the apron?"

Jess nodded. "Dr. Delgado, I need you to tell us everything you know about this man...now."

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Jess sat on her bed in her hotel room staring at various pictures of Andy. Nicole was in the room next to her and Antonio was in the room after that. The clock on the beside table ticked interminably but Jess never noticed. The pictures stared up at her and she questioned what they were trying to tell her. Ever since she'd had her job in the FBI, her whole life had changed. She rarely slept while working on cases and a home life was practically impossible. It was full of hotel rooms, visions, and late nights trying to figure out one puzzle piece after the next.

Jess gathered the pictures up and put them back into the folder they came from. She pulled down the covers, crawled under them, and switched off the light next to the bed. Her eyes fluttered and then shut, finally allowing her to relax, or so she hoped.

The dream came quickly, as if jumping at any opportunity to reveal itself to her.

It was a restaurant, but there was no name. Just a building and the insides were all cement. There was a few tables but the only one occupied was in the middle. Four people sat at it, three of them in previous visions. Andy was in the middle, her same outfit but no blood or bruise yet. Les was to her right and the shadow man was on her left. Then there was another shadow next to Andy. It was in the figure of a woman but closely resembled somebody familiar. Andy sat blank as the other three ate spaghetti from china dishes. They all drank wine and then it started happening. A Violin was heard in the background as both Les and the shadow man snapped their heads in Andy's direction and the bruise started forming. The blood came and her head bowed in shame. The shadow of the woman raised one of her hands and placed it on Andy's shoulder in what seemed like trying to comfort her.

Jess sat up quickly and looked around the hotel room. It was dark, just like it had been when she had first fallen asleep. She noticed somebody in the corner, near the door and she turned on the light next to her only to see Andy. She was covered in dry blood and Jess could smell her. It smelt like she was inches from death.

"Help, I've failed," Andy said and faded away just as Jess was getting out of the bed to approach the imaginary figure. She looked around the now empty room and rubbed her forehead. She tried to slow her breathing and calm herself before analyzing her newest vision.

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"I had another one last night," Jess said groggily when meeting Nicole for coffee the next morning.

"Anything new?"

"Yeah. There was another shadow and it was a woman. I think she was trying to comfort Andy. Umm..they were in a restaurant eating...spaghetti. Let's see..." Jess said and tried to remember more. "Oh, there was a violin playing in the background."

"The cement has got to mean something, it's been in all three so far."

"Basement?" Jess asked.

"Maybe. What about the spaghetti though? What is that supposed to mean?" Nicole questioned and looked around.

Jess shrugged. "I don't know but I think we need to start questioning the ex-husband. After all, he's in the vision and it's not pleasant when he is."

"We'll have to do that later tonight. We've already scheduled interviews with the chief of staff at Rittenhouse and any witnesses at the grocery store. But, meanwhile, let's get Antonio this new information."

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Les looked at Milo out of the corner of his eye and shook his head. "You're in love with my wife."

Milo lifted the clear glass full of water to his lips, taking a long drink of it. "Ex-wife," He answered, not looking at the man next to him. They were in the kitchen alone, the girls upstairs resting.

"It's just a label," Les said angrily. "She's still my wife, the mother of my kids."

"She is the mother of your kids," He agreed with a nod. "But you're not married anymore."

"You can't just waltz in and take over completely, Morton."

Milo shook his head sadly, at last looking at the insecure man. There was fear on his face, fear that was quickly wiped away until only anger was left. "I'm not trying to take your place, Les. Not with your kids, not with Andy. I couldn't," He said simply, shrugging slightly. "But your marriage to her didn't work out. Don't you think she deserves to find someone who can make her happy?"

"Why didn't it? Were you dating her, sleeping with her before the divorce?" Les asked, anger clear. The emotion seesawed, swelling as the tide did before whittling down to nothingness as his companion merely laughed.

"If you can ask me that, Les, then you don't know Andy." After a beat of silence, he continued quietly: "And it's no wonder that your marriage failed."

Les stood from his seat at the table, glanced at Milo once more, and left to go upstairs with his daughters.

Milo placed the glass of water in the sink, not wanting anymore and moved into the living room. He smiled at the familiar surroundings. His eyes stared at the doorway to the foyer, the very spot where he and Andy had first kissed. Well, first real kiss anyway. He had kissed her in his office once when he first starting taking interest in her but they didn't consider that their first kiss. Next, his eyes moved to the couch where they had made love numerous times but only when Jessie and Lizzy weren't home. They had danced near the windows in the open space to their favorite music. They had memories of the few holidays they've had time to spend together. Now, it was all empty with the thought of Andy never coming back. Milo couldn't bear it as he quickly fell onto the couch, his face falling into his hands. Tears, a sort of rare thing for him, fell down his cheeks as he looked around again, praying that they would find the woman he'd come to love.

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There was a knock on the door and Les answered it considering he was the only one downstairs. Jessie and Lizzy had finally fallen asleep in Jessie's bed, holding onto each other for comfort. Milo had retired to Andy's room, going over the things running through his head.

"FBI," Nicole said, flashing her badge at the familiar looking man that she'd actually never met.

"You must be the agents trying to find her, huh?" He said and led them inside politely.

Jess followed her partner, running her eyes over the man. He looked different from the way he did in her visions. He had aged, wrinkles no longer able to be hidden and the bald spot on the back of his head expanding.

"Mr. Campbell, I presume," Nicole said.

"You can call me Les," He said nicely and they sat in the kitchen. He offered them anything to drink or eat but they said no thanks. With a sigh from him, they began.

"Les, when did you arrive in town?"

"Just this morning. Jessie had immediately called me. I got here as soon as I could."

"Can you describe your relationship to Dr. Campbell to us?"

"Our relationship?" He asked and hesitated, trying to find the right words. "Well, Andy and I were married for over twenty years. Now we're divorced because of...inconsiderable differences," He said, muttering the last few words.

"Inconsiderable differences?" Jess asked.

Les looked at the two women, deciding to not hide anything. "Andy and I got into a heated argument one night a long time ago. I lost my temper that one time and without thinking, I hit her." He answered simply, taking in the nasty looks. "From then on, nothing was the same. We tried to work things out but it just didn't happen. So, now we're divorced, I live in California, and we share our daughters equally. Is there anything else I can add?"

"Where were you three nights ago, Mr. Campbell? The night that your ex-wife was kidnaped?"

He took in a deep breath, now realizing that he was being questioned more intensely now. "I told you, I live in California. I was there. I didn't get here until this morning."

"Do you have proof of that?" Nicole asked smoothly, staring him down.

"Not on me, but I can get proof if that's what you need."

"Well, as the law goes, until you have proof, we're going to have to take you into custody. Please stand up so I can handcuff you."

"What!" Les yelled, enraged. Nicole took out a pair of handcuffs and nodded for Jess to place her hand on the gun at her waist.

"Mr. Campbell, don't make me do this roughly," Nicole said and he started breathing heavily.

"But, I didn't-"

"Mr. Campbell, please stand up and that's the last time I'm asking."

Les ran his eyes from one woman to the other and then stood, turned around and let her grab his hands to lock him up.

Footsteps came down the stairs and Milo appeared as Nicole was escorting Les towards the front door.

"What in the world?" He asked and walked towards them.

"We're taking him into custody," Jess answered without Milo even asking. She looked him in the eye, knowing that he was perfectly capable of handling Andy's household without her ex-husband there.

Milo stared at Les amazed with anger. "You son of-"

"Dr. Morton, please do not engage," Jess said and opened the door for Nicole.

"Mr. Lesley Campbell, you are being taken into custody via that you are now a suspect in the kidnaping of Dr. Andy March Campbell. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law-" She said, her voice soon fading as she placed Les in the back seat of her car. Milo stood in the doorway, watching them take him away, not believing what just happened. The only things that ran through his head was the fact that he didn't even think about Les having been involved and how was he going to tell Jessie and Lizzy.

TakenChapter 2

Author's Notes: MUAHAHA! I hope this is getting more interesting for you guys to read! I've really enjoyed writing it and you know what, I really enjoy getting reviews! Till next time, 3 Shannon.