Nick stills a moment when he see the gun and then makes a move towards Lulu.

"Just stay where you are Fallin and keep your hands where I can see them."

"What do you want?"

"To take Lulu and Anne far away from you."

A surge of panic sweeps through Nick at the sound of Anne's name,and without a moments thought he hurls himself at Hartman. He hears Lulu shout just before the gun goes off and he feels a surge of pain in his shoulder, the impact throws him back. He can hear Lulu screaming and Anne begins to cry, then a pain explodes in his head and darkness descends.

He wakes up to pain and silence. At first he feels disoriented not knowing where he is, it registers that he is in the hallway of Lulu's house and it all come quickly back to him. He pulls himself to his feet while shouting Lulu and Anne's name. As he reaches his feet his brain swirls and he steadies himself on the banister. A pain shoots through his arm as he does so, he ignores it as the continued silence gets his feet moving. He looks in to the living room on his way down the hall, it is empty. He rushes in to Anne's room and dread slows his feet as he finds her cot empty.

"No, no, no."

He races around the rest of the house searching each room and calling Anne's name. He opens the door and shouts but no reply. He fumbles taking his phone out of his pocket and it hits the floor. He picks it up, it's still working and he calls 911.

"I need the police, my daughter has been kidnapped...She is 2yrs...Because I was attacked with a gun and when I woke up my daughter was gone...yes I've looked all over the house. Can you just call the police they can ask me these questions."

He rings off and calls his Dad.

"Dad...I-I-I-I'm at Lulu's, Anne is gone...she is been kidnapped...of course I'm sure...thanks dad."

The last words come out as a whisper, all Nick's strength energy drains from him and as he finishes the call he slides down the wall and sits with his head in his hands awaiting the arrival of the police.

Burton pulls up as close to Lulu's house as he can and with the amount of police cars parked with their lights flashing he knows that the nightmare, he is wishing, is all a mistake, is in fact reality. The arrival of a ambulance moves Burton out of his car and up the sidewalk. A police officer stops him at the door, when Burton gives his name he is allowed through immediately, He hears Nick's voice coming from the living room, from the doorway he sees Nick on a hard back chair, the distress evident in his face, before he can go any further he's pushed aside by two paramedics, who go towards Nick. Burton sees the blood on Nick's face and arm and can't believe that his son has been hurt again. He watches as Detective Grainger moves away from Nick to allow the paramedics access to him and Burton heads towards him.

"What's going on here? Where is my Granddaughter?"

"Dad"

"Nick are you alright"

Detective Grainger addresses Burton:

"Your son was shot and then knocked unconscious..."

"Shot?"

"It just grazed my arm dad, I'm fine."

"When he regained consciousness his daughter and her mother were gone."

"Did Nick see who did this?"

"Yes the Mother's boyfriend attacked Nick and we believe that he has the mother and child. We have an all points out on his car and police have gone to his place but there is no sign of them there."

Burton's attention in drawn once more to Nick,

"No, I'm not going to the hospital, it's not serious, I need to stay here."

He could hear the paramedic say something about concussion. Nick is shaking his head.

"I'll be fine, I know what to look out for. Look I need to be here, not in some hospital bed waiting hours to be seen by a doctor."

The Paramedic also shakes his head and steps away. Burton takes this chance to move close to his son.

"Nick are you sure about not going to the hospital?"

"I can't dad."

Burton nods his head:

"Okay son."

Burton turns towards the paramedic. "

I'll keep a close eye on him and if I see any problems I will drive him there myself."

The paramedics close up their case and leave.

"Thanks Dad."

"What happened?"

"Lulu asked me to come over, she confessed that her boyfriend hit her the other night when you called her and she was upset. She told me that Anne had done it. She said that he had been angry with her the last night as well and that it had to do with me. I could see she was scared so I offered to stay the night. I went home and got some stuff and as Lulu was letting me into the house I was shoved from behind. I fell on top of Lulu and when I rolled off I was looking at a gun. Harman said how I didn't deserve Anne and it made me angry and I went for him, the gun went off and hit me in the arm, it threw me back and then I guess he hit me on the head. I blacked out and when I woke up the house was empty. I looked all over but she was gone. I should have protected her, it's my job to protect her."

"You did the best you could, guns are hard to fight against."

Nick is lost in his own despair, as the hours have passed, he has withdrawn in to himself. His head is pounding, but he refuses all suggestions to lie down, he is in his daughter's room sat in the rocking chair, that he and Anne have shared many times, holding her favourite stuffed monkey. When he saw it in her crib anger flared within him that Lulu hadn't insisted that the monkey be taken as well. It opened the flood gates to the anger he's been holding back towards her. Thoughts that it was her fault that Anne was now missing, she had allowed an abusive man get near his daughter. But anger was a useless substitute and only distracted him for a short while before the pain in his heart started to send him to his knees , which is when he chose the chair instead. He rocks back and forth wanting, but not wanting at the same time. to think of Anne Without realizing his eyes droop and he is asleep.