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A/N: Here's the next chappie!! Thanks to all who reviewed. As always, please R&R. My muse loves the attention. :D I also do not own Taylor, Maddy or any characters from Without A Trace. Many thanks to Axellia and Aphina for being my betas! As soon as I get 5 reviews, I'll update again!

Chapter 43.

Sixteen Hours Missing

Danny looked down at his cell phone, when it rang for the fifth time in the previous hour. "Damn it, Taylor. Get the hint, I don't want to talk!" he growled as he rejected the call again. He glanced around the front of the zoo again, looking for anything that would give him a clue of where Cory had been taken.

As he stared down at the bloodstain on the concrete, his mind began to fill in what had happened. He could imagine her kneeling down next to Cruz's body, trying to stop the blood flow. The only thing that he couldn't reconcile was that he knew Cory would have fought back, but yet there were no signs of a struggle at the scene.

Danny closed his eyes, trying to completely shut off his emotions so he could think rationally, but it didn't work. Every time he tried to think about it, he couldn't help but feel her terror. Finally, disgusted with himself, he stood up. Making up his mind, he began the long walk to the lab, confidant that he could make Mac listen to him. Let him at least look at the evidence.

In the lab, Mac had joined Stella, Lindsay and the FBI agents to plan out their raid. Stella looked at Mac and said in an undertone, "Taylor said that the C4 was the key. Why?"

Mac thought carefully. "Well, as far as I know, there have been no major thefts of C4 in the US or any allies. So if we can trace what the composition of the C4 is, then we can find out who made it. The benefit of the C4 is that we can trace the chemical composition even after detonation to find out the manufacturer."

Stella nodded as the group decided to split. Lydia was taking the lead.

"Okay. Here's what we have. We have two different warehouses on the docks, so we are splitting into two teams. Agent Wells will lead Team One; I will be leading Team Two. I've split up our personnel the following way. Team One: Mac, Lindsay, Detective Maka. Team Two: Stella, Hawkes, Detective Flack. We will have the full support of the FBI SWAT team behind both teams. Everyone get ready. We leave in thirty minutes."

The assembled group nodded at their assignments and began to prepare to the leave. Stella had just finished strapping on her bullet proof vest, when she saw Danny walk into the lab. Cursing in Greek, under her breath, she made her way towards him. "Danny? What the hell are you doing here?"

"I came to help look for Cory, Stella," Danny replied with an edge in his voice.

Stella shook her head. "Danny? You can not be anywhere near this lab right now. You are too personally involved." Stella paused as her phone rang. "Bonasera?"

"Stella, it's Taylor. Do you know where the hell Messer is?"

"Standing right in front of me, against orders."

"Can you tell him to get his butt to the FBI? They won't let me help on the case until he clears it with them and I have some information that might help."

"Sure thing, Taylor. I'll send him over right now." She shook her head as she hung up the phone and glared at Danny. "Daniel James Messer! I'm going to tell you this once and you had better listen or so help me God I will kick you from here to Texas. Taylor has been trying to get in touch with you."

"So?" Danny replied.

"She is trying to help the FBI find Cory but since she is a reporter they are not cooperating. They want you to okay her to help. Get over there now!" Stella almost shouted with a vigorous finger point.

Danny hung his head in defeat and with slumped shoulders, followed Stella's orders.

Taylor was pacing around the FBI's office like a caged animal. Danny watched her, with sympathy in his eyes. "Pacing is not going to make him get here any faster."

Taylor looked at him. "I know, but it's something to do. I hate feeling like this. God, it's frustrating!"

Martin looked up and around Taylor to see Danny striding towards the doors with a sense of purpose. "I think your waiting is done. Here comes Detective Messer."

Taylor let out a sigh of relief. "Messer!" she yelled as he walked in. "Why were you ignoring my calls?! I'm trying to help you find Cory," she scolded him.

"Sorry, Drew, but how can you help?" He glanced furtively around the room as he drew up close to her. "Please tell me you haven't seen her," he whispered.

Taylor rolled her eyes dramatically. "No, you doofas! As far as I know she is still alive," she concluded in her own whisper.

Danny nodded as he looked at Martin. "Hi."

Martin smiled at him. "So she really does know you guys?"

Danny smiled. "Yeah. Her and Cory are pretty good friends."

Taylor felt vindicated. "Thank you! So Danny, can I help now?"

"I guess."

"Why are you asking me?"

Taylor looked around in confusion as both Danny's spoke at the same time. She pointed to Danny Taylor. "I was talking to you," she said as she shook her head. "Dear Lord, this is going to be confusing! Danny Messer meet Danny Taylor. What do I call you to prevent this confusion? I obviously can't call you Taylor because that's my name…But to call you Danny…" Taylor trailed off.

Messer laughed his first real laugh in almost a day. "Here's what you do. You call me Messer, him Danny and we'll call you Drew."

Martin looked at him. "Why Drew?"

Taylor shook her head. "You don't want to know."

Messer smiled, "Like Nancy Drew. She likes to solve mysteries!"

Both FBI agents began to laugh, while Taylor smothered a groan. "Hello? Missing agent. Can we get back on track here?"

All three men fell silent at her words and Taylor nodded in relief. "Okay. Here's what I have. Cory had a dream about being kidnapped, but she couldn't find anything in the FBI files, so she asked me to see if I could find something, since I have contacts over all the country." She withdrew a flash drive from her pocket. "May I plug this in?"

Martin nodded to her. "Sure."

She put in the flash drive and quickly pulled up some documents. "So here is what I found. I had my friends scour the newspapers for any articles involving a kidnapping in Dallas around 1978. I got a couple of hits back. From the Dallas Morning News and from the Dallas Times Herald. The articles reference the kidnapping of a two year old Corrine Reid from a park in Dallas in October. But here is the odd thing here is, I also got a hit from the New York Times."

"Why is that odd," Danny Taylor asked.

"Because if a child is taken across state lines it automatically becomes a matter for the FBI. So why couldn't Cory find any records when she searched your database?"

Martin looked at her. "That's a really good question." He was about to say more when Jack, Elena, Vivian and Sam walked into the room.

Jack looked at Taylor with a hint of exasperation on his face. "I thought I told you to leave?"

Taylor squared her shoulders. "And I told you that I wasn't here for a story. I'm friends with Cory and have some information that may help to find her."

Jack looked at Martin and Danny in disbelief. "Boss, she really can help," Martin said with conviction. "Agent Reid had been having dreams about being kidnapped. Taylor found some supporting evidence to that, but says that Agent Reid looked in the FBI's database but found nothing. She was just telling us about it."

Taylor nodded as the group sat down at a round table. "So, anyway. There were references in the newspapers that she was kidnapped in Dallas, but was recovered in New York City. Why wouldn't it be in the system?"

Jack looked at her, a little respect coming to his eyes. "How long ago was this?"

"October of 1978."

Vivian looked at her. "Maybe it hasn't been added to the computer yet. That was pretty long ago."

Jack sighed. "Danny? Why don't you and Sam go down to the archives? See if you can find something out."

Taylor nodded, her gut telling her that it wasn't the answer. "I'm good for research. It's what I do best. Let me help?"

Jack shook his head. "No. You're not an agent."

Both Danny's shook their heads at that. Messer looked at Jack. "Look, this is my fiancée that we are talking about. I know Taylor. She's damn good at researching and would be useful for her to go."

Danny Taylor looked at him. "Look Jack. She knows her stuff. Messer trusts her, the NYPD crime lab trusts her, why can't we?"

Jack sighed. "Fine. You're in charge of her, though."

Taylor nearly bounced with joy as she followed the two agents out of the office and towards the archives.

Lydia did a voice check with everyone. They had planned on hitting both warehouses at the same time. "Team One, Agent Wells. You guys ready?"

"We are. We'll go on your mark Agent Sanchez."

Lydia nodded as her team got into position. "Okay. On three. One. Two. Three. Go!"

Both teams entered the warehouses, guns drawn. Lydia looked around and noticed some wires and such on a table. "I think we have it!" she yelled as the team raced to secure the location. "Team One. You got anything?"

"Other than dust, no," replied Agent Wells.

"You might as well get over here after you've looked around. I think I found where they made the bomb."

"Lydia! Stella!" Hawkes called out. "I have what looks like bomb making tools, plus a map of the subway."

The team made their way to the table where Hawkes was standing. Stella looked down at the table and studied the map of the subways. "It looks like they had a couple of different locations planned out. Look, all of these locations are circled in red. I'd bet that this is where they were planning on putting the bombs. We need to process this and get everything back to the lab."

She quickly turned around and started issuing orders to the agents already investigating.

AN:So, things are starting to come together! Go read Gotham's Heroes. We updated a new chapter!

CSI junkie - Thank you! I'm blushing right now. I'm glad that I've got you so wrapped up in the story. So, right now I have up until 51 written and I think that I have maybe 10-15 chapters after that before I feel the story is complete. Originally it was supposed to end after this storyline, but my muse interjected something in and now I have to wrap that up!

Soccer-Bitch - I'm glad you liked it. What does the costume look like? And what movie did you see?

Aphina - I like Danny's desperation, too. It shows how vulnerable he is. Flitting to different people is a wonderful tool to use, since everyone sees what's going on differently. And yeah...I just couldn't imagine Stella saying that Cruz died and told Taylor who sees ghosts what was going on. It would have created much drama (although, I think that Lydia would have believed her). You should know how much I research! Wikipedia is my best friend!! (lol)

Axellia - So...Have you seen Child's Play yet?? You're fav chappie? Awww...I'm glad you like it! Angell and Cruz are my fav pairing right now. They're so good for each other! Yes, you can hug Danny. He needs it! Especially with what I have planned. You really need to write a Taylor Taylor thing. It would be hilarious! I had so much fun writing that part of it.

babes - Thanks. Okay. Let's see now (doing the math in my head--I actually have a response to that in an up coming chapter). I think she's 10 weeks in. She's due on July 4th and we are at the end of November, early part of December right now. (:p)