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Chapter 2

"Jake, do you know how to use that?" asked Miles Baker with a grin as Jake fiddled with a video camera.

"Yes I do," replied Jake as he got ready to shoot Sarah's opening dance.

"When does Sarah come on?" asked Miles.

"After Emma's solo," replied Jake.

"Emma?" asked Miles.

"Emma Morgan. Sarah's best friend and my future girlfriend," exclaimed Jake with a grin.

"In your dreams, Jake," muttered Kim. Jake narrowed his eyes at his younger sister. Kim and Miles roared with laughter. Emma was standing on the sidelines with her coach and two other girls. Jake couldn't see Sarah.

"I don't see, Sarah," announced Jake.

"She might be getting ready in the locker room," offered Miles.

"She was ready when she left," explained Jake.

"Maybe something came up," offered Kim as she stood up. She too seemed a little worried. Not panic worried but worried that Sarah would miss the opening.

"I'm going to ask Emma where she is," exclaimed Jake. He handed Miles the camera and ran towards his sister's friend. A few of the dancers giggled and waved as Jake passed them. Emma was taking a moment to calm herself when Jake walked up.

"Hey, Emma. Have you seen, Sarah?" asked Jake.

"She went to put her stuff back in the locker room," replied Emma.

"When was this?" asked Jake. Emma bit her bottom lip in thought.

"Five minutes ago," answered Emma. "She might be calming herself."

"I'll go see," offered Jake as he headed towards the locker room, ignoring the coaches protests. He found the locker room empty at first glance.

"Sarah? Sarah, you in here? Emma's about to dance," explained Jake. Silence. Only the slight hum of the air conditioner. Jake walked further into the locker room. He heard loud music start up outside. Emma was no doubt taking the floor.

"Sarah, come on. It's starting," exclaimed Jake, now getting a little nervous. Could that bitch Carla Freeman have ambushed Sarah again? Tonight would be the perfect night to do it.

"Sarah, are you OK?" asked Jake. No answer. Ok now Jake was a little scared.

"Sarah?" he whimpered a little. She wasn't one for jokes during a big dance night.

"Sarah, come-" Jake stopped when his eyes fell on Sarah's dance bag. It was lying near some lockers on its' side, it's contents spilling out. There was a tiny droplet of red next to it on the floor. Jake knew right away that was blood. He had spilled a lot of his own. Jake felt the bottom of his stomach drop out.

"Oh my God! Sarah!" Now it became serious.

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Jim Morgan watched with pride as Emma brought down the house with an awesome solo. All that hard work of hers was paying off. She finished with an awesome flip and was congratulated with thunderous applause. She waved to the crowd and then ran over to Jim.

"You were so great, baby!" shouted Jim as Emma leaped into her father's arms.

"Honestly?" asked Emma as Jim put her down.

"Scouts honor," assured Jim.

"Are you going to stay for the whole thing?" asked Emma as she looked up at her father with pleading eyes.

"I left my cell phone in the car," replied Jim. Emma smiled and hugged her father again. It really sucked having a detective as a father. Jim rarely made it to big dance events. So it thrilled Emma that he was here tonight.

"Um, Mr. Morgan?" asked a small voice from behind. Emma and Jim turned around to see Jake standing behind them, his face as white as a ghost.

"Jake, you OK?" asked Emma.

"I think something happened to Sarah," exclaimed Jake.

"What do you mean?" asked Jim.

"In the locker room," explained Jake, pointing. Jim raised an eyebrow and headed for the locker room. If this was some kind of joke he was going to ring that kids neck. Jim entered the locker room and immediately felt that something was wrong. It was too quiet. When he found the bag, the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end. His eyes fell on the drop of blood. There was a trail of blood leading out one of the doors. At first glace, it appeared that Sarah Baker had been attacked by someone and possibly, just possibly, been kidnapped.

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Sarah Baker moaned as she came to. The last thing she remembered was someone pushing her down onto the floor. Hard. Sarah found she couldn't move her lips. They stung and Sarah realized they had split open when she fell. They really hurt. Why couldn't' se move them? Wait, they were wrapped around something. A piece of rope. Sarah felt like screaming when the truth dawned on her. She was tied up and gagged. She felt movement. Oh my God, she was in the trunk of a car. Sarah tried to kick against something but her legs were tied tight. There was also a piece of rope tied around her stomach. If Sarah moved too much, the rope dug into her flesh. Sarah felt her heart racing. She hadn't been this scared since Carla used a water bottle the wrong way against her. Sarah's mind raced as she was taken to an unknown location.

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Flashback

Sarah had just ended with dance practice when Carla cornered her.

"Hello Sarah" Carla said cruely. Sarah glared at her.

"What do you want?" Sarah asked in a cold voice. Carla and her friends laughed.

"You're about to find out" Carla said. Carla's friends shoved her down onto the floor.

"Get off of me!" Sarah screamed.

"Shut up!" Carla shouted, shoving a sock in Sarah's mouth. Sarah fought to get away from the girls.

"Aw, look, nobodies here to help her," Carla said, faking a frown, "What are you guys waiting for? Get me the bottle!" One of Carla's friends jumped up and grabbed an empty water bottle. Carla snickered as her friend handed her the bottle. Carla proceeded to shove the bottle onto Sarah's belly button. Sarah's muffled screams couldn't be heard beyond Carla's ears. Carla laughed again and continued to push the bottle. The squirming Sarah did didn't help her one bit. Carla got Sarah's belly button stuck in the bottle pretty good. Once she figured her work was done she got up and ran, followed by her friends. Sarah took the sock out of her mouth and tried to sit up. Her belly button was killing her and soon she started crying uncontrollably.

Emma heard cries from the end of the hallway. She slowly made her way down there and found Sarah lying on the ground.

"Oh my God Sarah! Are you okay?" Emma asked. Sarah shook her head.

"I'm going to try to get this thing off okay?" Emma asked. Sarah nodded.

"Do it! Now!" Sarah screamed when Emma hesitated.

"Okay!" Emma replied. She took a deep breath and pulled on the bottle.

"Ouch! Emma that hurts!" Sarah shouted.

"I'm sorry! It's like stuck!" Emma sighed.

"I have to call an ambulance, Sarah, this thing isn't coming off" she said. Sarah sighed.

"Well do it quick because it hurts really bad" Sarah stated. Emma used her cell phone to call an ambulance.

A Few Minutes Later

Emma lead the paramedics to Sarah. They put her on a stretcher and carried her to the ambulance. Emma rode in the back and called Sarah's family. The ride to the hospital seemed to take forever even though it was only a matter of minutes.

They wheeled Sarah into the hospital to get looked at.

"Yeah, I think we're going to have to operate to get that off," the doctor said. Sarah sighed, "the sooner the better" Kate and Tom rushed into the hospital. The doctor repeated the information to them.

"Well, get it at then" Tom said. Kate sighed, this hadn't been the first time Carla had picked on her or even hurt her but this was far worse than anything else she had done.

They started wheeling Sarah into surgery five minutes later.

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Sarah started to cry as the car continued to move forward. She may never see her family again. That thought terrified her more then what horror could be awaiting her.

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Kate couldn't believe this was happening. It couldn't be. Sarah was missing. The competition had been stopped and the gym shut down. Everyone was forced to go outside and wait as police searched the area. Kate stood with arms around Jake. He hadn't said a word since informing Jim Morgan that Sarah was missing. He just stared ahead with a blank expression on his face. He was really disturbed by the whole thing. Kate and Tom exchanged glances as Jim approached them. The Bakers were tucked away in their own private corner. Kate handed Jake over to Nora as she and Tom went to talk to Jim. His face was blank so Tom couldn't read his expressions.

"Find anything?" asked Tom.

"The blood drops lead to the maintenance parking lot. There were fresh tire tracks in the snow near where the blood ends," began Jim.

"Oh my God," cried Kate.

"I'm sorry. Sarah has been abducted," explained Jim in a gruff voice. Kate broke down at that dreaded announcement. Jim sighed as Tom put his arms around his wife.

"We'll doing everything we can to find her," assured Jim. There was no reply as Kate continued to wail. Jim stepped back so the Bakers could have some peace. He looked around at all the cops still relentlessly searching. Dogs had been brought out and helicopters were being brought in. Jim somehow doubted it was going to be easy to find Sarah. In fact he had partially convinced himself that this wasn't going t end well. God did he wish that was lie.