Chapter 8

(A/N This is the same night as chapter 7, around 9 pm, and Jess has been missing for about 8 hours.)

Colin had been totally oblivious to what had happened to Jess. He had been in a top-secret undercover job that not even his boss could interfere with. When it was finally over, the first thing he did was call Jess to tell her that he was finally coming home. The 9 days he had been undercover had been the longest 9 days ever because he missed Jess so much.

Colin called Jess's cell phone 3 times but always got her machine. He began to get worried about her so instead of going home he went to talk to his boss to see if there was anything he had missed while he was gone.

"Hi sir." Colin said as he walked into Hamilton's office.

"McNeil, you're finally back." Hamilton said glad to see him.

"Yes, thankfully. I have missed Jess so much, but when I tried to call her, she never answered her cell phone. Do you know if anything is going on?" Colin asked him.

Hamilton just gave him a concerned glance before sitting down at his desk. He couldn't think of how to tell Colin what had happened with Jess. "McNeil" Hamilton began to say. Colin already knew that from Hamilton's voice and look that something was very wrong. "I received a call earlier today from Mastriani's boss."

Colin already knew where this was going. He mind raced with the possibilities of what could have happened to Jess. Had she been shot, was she hurt, was someone trying to hurt her? Part of him knew that he wanted to know what was going on with Jess, but part of him didn't want to know at all that why he wouldn't be heart-broken if anything was extremely wrong. He felt the tears build up in his eyes and he prepared for the worst. "What's wrong?" Colin asked Hamilton.

"He told me that she was kidnapped and they believe it was by a murderer who was involved in their previous case." Hamilton told Colin sympathetically.

Colin tried to find the right words to say. He couldn't believe what Hamilton had just said. "Do, do they know for sure that a murderer has her?" He never realized how hard it was going to be to ask that question until he had to.

"No, but they are pretty sure. He went missing at the same time Mastriani did." Hamilton told him.

"I have to go help them find her." Colin said still trying to put everything together.

"Alright, you go ahead. I'll meet you there so I can help out too." Hamilton said.

Colin just shook his head in agreement as he turned around to leave. As he walked back to his car a single tear fell down his face as his fear for Jess grew as time passed.

"Neither Becky nor Daniel has a second property listed in their name." Antonio stated as he leaned back in his chair and stared at his computer screen.

"That still doesn't rule out that they don't have a second property. That just rules out that they don't have one in their name." Nicole said even though they both already knew that.

"Where else could they be?" Antonio asked.

"I'm out of ideas Antonio." Nicole said. At about that same time Colin walked over to Antonio's desk.

"What do you know about her?" Colin asked them.

"Colin, hey. I'm guessing Hamilton told you about Jess." Nicole said.

"Yes he did. Please tell me you know something that could take us to her." Colin almost begged for good news.

"No, we thought we might've but no luck." Nicole said just as upset as Colin was.

"And a murderer could have her?" Colin asked.

"Yeah. We believe Daniel Johnson murdered the last missing person that we found and he knew Jess. We think he might've wanted revenge from her." Antonio told Colin.

"We're trying to figure that out." Nicole said.

"Well agents, we need to hurry. If he is playing by Deanna's schedule, Mastriani has about 10 hours left." Pollock said as he and Hamilton walked around the corner. "Agent Hamilton is here to assist us along with agent McNeil."

"The more help the better." Nicole said.

"Alright, let's think. Becky wasn't at home so she probably has something to do with Jess's disappearance." Antonio said.

"What if Jess's visions weren't only about Deanna, but about herself too? All the clues of the kidnapping are just like Deanna's kidnapping was so why wouldn't her visions be about her too?" Nicole asked.

"They could be, but we're not looking for her body just yet. We need the place Deanna was held before she died." Antonio said.

Colin just stood there listening to them helplessly at this point because he didn't know much about the previous case and he knew they were working as hard as they could and he didn't want to slow them down.

"Then we know it was a dusty, moldy type place. Like somewhere that hasn't been occupied or used in awhile." Pollock said.

"What about alias names for them?" Nicole asked.

"Already tried and I come up with no aliases." Antonio said.

"How about the friend? Jamie." Nicole suggested. Everyone looked at her slightly puzzled. "Deanna's friend that was there with Becky when they discovered Deanna was gone."

"What about her?" Colin asked trying to get involved.

"Maybe she knows something about where Becky might go or she might know who one of her close friends are that might know something." Nicole said.

"You three go talk to her. I want everything she knows about Becky." Pollock ordered Nicole, Antonio and Colin.

"Yes sir." Antonio said as the three got up to leave.

"Are you alright Colin?" Nicole asked him off of his worried look.

"I don't know Nicole. I was gone for 9 days and I missed just beyond words. Then I come home and a murderer has kidnapped and has a deadline before he kills her? I can't, I don't know what to do, how to help, and I'm going to be devastated if I never get to see her again." Colin said trying to keep his emotions together.

"Colin, I'm going to promise you the same thing that Antonio promised me. Jess will be alright and we will find her in time, I promise." Nicole promised Colin.

"I know but it's still that what if question." Colin said.

"I give you my word, there will be no what if, we are going to find her in time." Nicole told him.

"I trust you Nicole." Colin said. "Now let's go save her." Nicole just smiled at how much confidence her, Antonio and now Colin had that they would find Jess before she was hurt.

Jess ran hoping she wouldn't be seen, but before she could get hardly anywhere, Daniel noticed her. "Becky, she's getting away!" Daniel yelled. Daniel and Becky stopped fighting and ran after Jess determined not to let her get away.

Jess got out the front door and thought she was safe, but then she felt someone jump on top of her and knock her to the ground so hard that it knocked the breath out of her. As she hit the ground, she felt a wave of pain shoot throughout her body. "Thought you could get away from us did you?" Daniel asked Jess in an angry tone.

"I thought I had a chance." Jess snapped back. Daniel was still on top of her, making sure that she wasn't going anywhere.

"Why don't both of you just shut up and get back in the room so that you can tie her back down Daniel?" Becky asked him sarcastically.

"Get up slowly." Daniel told Jess. Jess only obeyed because of the fact that Becky was pointing a gun at her and Daniel would probably beat her to death if she tried to escape. All three of them walked back into the room where Jess had been and they tied Jess back down in the chair except this time they made sure she couldn't get up.

"Now why don't you just stay here and we'll be back to chat some more." Becky said as her and Daniel left the room.

Jess just sighed as she leaned her head back against the wall. She was getting nowhere fast and she knew it. She kept wondering if Nicole, Antonio or even Pollock had noticed she was missing, not just asleep at home. She felt so helpless because there was nothing that she could do to escape from the people that would probably kill her. The fear that she had tried to fight back for so long was finally starting to get to her. Tears filled her eyes as the reality of what was going to happen set in. She wondered if she would ever be able to talk to her friends again. What about Colin? Did he know about her? When he found out what happened how would he react? All of those questions raced through her mind as time was slowly slipping away before she could no longer be saved.

Thanks to all of my reviewers! Sorry I took so long to update... I'm having to get ready for school to start... Next chapter... what do they get from Jamie... and will they find Jess in time? Please R&R... 6 reviews and I'll update.. I promise as soon as I get the 6th review chapter 9 will come up! Lexie