(A/N-- A warning, some part of Maggie's scene may be graphic for some of you.)

She called out for her daughter and didn't get a reply. Worry started taking over, and Bianca just dropped the candies and ran over to the swing set. She completely freaked out!

Miranda was missing...

TBC...

Chapter Six

Title: Maggie's Chances? Part One

-AMC-

Bianca feverishly started to search around the premises of the park, but Miranda was no where to be found. She didn't want to waste any more of Miranda's valuable time to be saved, so she called Emergency.

"911 Emergency, what's your emergency?" the Operated quickly said.

"Oh! My daughter's missing! Please help me, you got to help me! We were at the park and she just disappeared!" Bianca yelled out hysterically.

"Ok ma'am, the police are coming soon. Stay calm and we'll be right there."

Bianca nodded, not realizing that the operator couldn't see her, hung up and started pacing, breaking down into fresh new tears. She didn't even hear the sirens of the police officers' cars because she was so preoccupied with the terrible thoughts running through her head of how her daughter was. She didn't even know they were there until Derek Frye tapped on her shoulder. Bianca turned to face him with her watery eyes.

Derek looked surprised, "Bianca? Oh no, is it Miranda?"

Bianca nodded and quickly took out her wallet from her purse. She gave Derek so many pictures of Miranda.

"This is when she was five. Oh and this is when she was a Chili Pepper for Halloween that year. And this is her school picture last year. And this is the picture I took recently of her," Bianca said as she passed along the pictures to Derek, "oh Derek, you have to find her!"

"Don't worry, we will. Hey you," Derek pulled a cop aside, "take Miss Montgomery to the station and stay with her until I get back."

"But Chief, we have a witness," the cop informed Derek.

Bianca's eyes shot up to the cop, and Derek said, "That's good news! Take them both to the station and put the witness into the backroom. I'll be there as soon as possible."

The cop nodded and led Bianca and the witness to his car, and they were off to the Pine Valley Police Department.

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After Bianca left with Miranda in her arms, Maggie felt desperate and decided to walk into the darkness. It seemed an endless hall leading to only God knows what, but then, Maggie saw a door on the right side. Curious, she opened it and a wind sucked her into the room rather violently; and Maggie blacked out.

Then Maggie woke up with a blinding headache, and as she recovered, she checked her surroundings. She was in hers and Bianca's bedroom in their Paris apartment. She got off the bed and went up to the window and opened the curtains. The Eiffel Tower stood before her, and she could do nothing else but smile at the sight. She heard the door open and someone coming inside. Maggie turned around and finally got the chance to see the love of her life looking back at her, happy and in love.

"I made some breakfast for you," Bianca said, smiling.

"You?" Maggie laughed, "Who are you, and what have you done to Bianca?"

"So maybe I popped them into the toaster and waited for it to be cooked," Bianca laughed.

Maggie and Bianca spend the rest of their time together eating their breakfast. Maggie noticed a ring on Bianca's left hand as she picked up her drink, and she looked down at her own left hand. There was a ring on it too. To symbolize their love. Maggie smiled even bigger.

"I can't believe we actually did it," Maggie said as she lifted up her left hand.

"Get used to it. I know I have," Bianca said as she leaned in for a passionate kiss, but before she could touch Maggie's lips, Miranda comes running into the room.

"Mommy, come downstairs and read me a story pleaseeee!" Miranda begged.

"I'll be down there in a minute, honey," Bianca said as Miranda ran out of the room. Bianca faced Maggie and was about to say something when Maggie interrupted.

"No, that's okay. I have to take a shower anyway. Go on and be with Miranda, and I'll be down there when I'm done," Maggie said as she leaned in for the kiss they didn't get to have. Bianca got up and turned around to leave when Maggie spanked her. Bianca stopped in her tracks and gave Maggie a smirk; Maggie just shrugged her shoulders and flashed the Stone smile. Bianca left the room, and Maggie grabbed some things she needed and hopped into the shower.

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Bianca arrived at the Pine Valley Police Department with the witness. She was led into Derek's office by the police officer as he took the witness to the backroom. She sat down on the bench, but she got restless not knowing what was happening to her daughter. She got up and started slowly pacing back and forth; the more she thought about Miranda being missing, the more worried she got, and the quicker she paced back and forth.

Kendall was with Josh, and they just arrived at Derek's door. Kendall opened the door and saw Bianca practically sprinting back and forth, gnawing on her fingernails and very deep in her thought. Josh witnessed this scene with amusement and intervened to gently stop Bianca from overloading.

"Bianca..." Josh started out but was kind of afraid to go on because of the way Bianca was acting, "please stop and tell us what happened."

"It's Miranda! She's...she's missing!" Bianca exclaimed as she got to the verge of breaking out in tears for the bazillion time in days.

Kendall gasped and covered her mouth with her hands, "Oh Binks..."

Josh was too stunned to speak or even to comprehend what Bianca had just said. Kendall engulfed Bianca into a big hug and never let go for a long time. Josh snapped out of his daze and hugged both of them, silently praying for Miranda's safe return.

A female police officer knocked on the door and peeked in.

"Miss Montgomery, Chief Frye wanted me to inform you that he is here and questioning the witness as we speak," the officer said, "he'll be here soon."

"Thank you," Kendall said.

The officer simply nodded and left, closing the door to give the three siblings some privacy.

"I can't wait anymore for Miranda; I've got to get out there and do something. I can't stay here. It's too much," Bianca said as she headed for the door. But she was unsuccessful because Josh had gotten ahead of her and blocked the door.

"Josh, I don't want to do this with you. Please move out of the way."

"I'm sorry, I can't do that. We're going to wait and let the cops do their job."

Bianca threw her arms into the air and plumped down next to Kendall on the bench and leaned her head onto Kendall's right shoulder, and Kendall did the same.

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Maggie tied back her wet hair as she jogged down the stairs that connected the bedroom hallway to the living room. As she got off the last step of the stairs, she froze in her tracks. The terrible sight she saw scared the hell out of her. Blood everywhere. Blood was splattered on the walls; some not-so-big puddles was on the hardware floor, and a bloody footprint was next to one of the puddles, facing the kitchen. Maggie walked over and stepped into the kitchen.

She saw Bianca sitting on the floor, next to a cabinet with her legs slightly spread apart. Her eyes were closed, and her right arm laid carelessly across the floor, her fingers propping up into the air. Her left hand was on her stomach, appearing to have tried to tender it to stop the blood flow. Maggie then found Miranda under the table, close to Bianca. Miranda was on her stomach, her eyes open staring off into space, and with blood trickling down from her ear. Maggie stepped over Bianca and Miranda and knelt down to check their pulse. Nothing. Bianca and Miranda were dead.

Then, Maggie heard footsteps walking into the kitchen slowly like the person was an intruder. Maggie quickly stood up and saw the person turn to face her. The person wore black clothes and had a ski mask on; the person was exactly Maggie's height and was holding a bloody knife.

Maggie stepped back and ran back into the living room when all of sudden the person tackled her onto the ground and turned her around so she could face the attacker. The attacker lifted her mask, and Maggie was stunned by what she saw. She saw the exact replica of herself.

"You killed us!" KillerMaggie said as she started to shake Maggie, "it's your fault! You killed Bianca and Miranda by leaving them, so I've seeked revenge on you. You will now suffer the same fate they did." KillerMaggie raised her extra knife up and was about to plunge it into Maggie when Maggie felt pulled away really fast back into the darkness by Frankie.

"You weren't supposed to see that," Frankie said as she closed the door. "Come on, let's take a walk."

Maggie nodded, still shocked over what she witnessed and she silently thanked that it wasn't real. Maggie hooked her arm with Frankie's as they slowly walked down the dark hallway.

"How come you don't want to come out of this coma?" Frankie asked as they continued walking.

"What coma?" Maggie joked as she tried to cover up her true feelings.

Frankie gave her a serious look, and Maggie knew she'd better open up while she had the chance since Frankie wasn't really there for her when she was alive. Maybe she was trying to make up for the time they missed.

"I don't think I can face Bianca after what I did. It wasn't just what I did: it was what you did too. We both hurt Bianca, but mine was much worse. I don't even deserve to see Bianca, much less talk to her," Maggie voiced out her feelings of doubt.

"It's exactly how I felt when Bianca found out...well before I died."

Maggie winced at Frankie's bluntness as they stopped next to a new door. "I guess you did."

"Come on, let me show you," Frankie said as she opened the door. "I'll go with you this time."

TBC...

-AMC-

A/N-- I'm so sorry for the lack of updates as of lately. I've been really busy with the holidays and studying for the finals which are about three weeks away. Never hurts to be prepared. Hopefully, I can write up the next chapter and post it up by the time I take the finals. Happy Holidays, everybody!