Two days had passed and the team was still waiting for a reply. They continued going over the new missing people reports, done by the Kidnapper, by recording information on the families and documenting them with the rest. Sam spoke up while holding multiple papers at once, "Skylar, last week there was a total of twelve vanishings, and last night we filed a report for three more; the last three were a mother, father, and their only child, linked to a bus hijacking two weeks before. Apparently the family wanted to rob the passengers of their belongings and pawn them at a shop for money," he then accidently dropped the pile and began resorting it on the floor.

Skylar sighed, "At this rate we can't believe what the local television broadcasts say about the people who disappear, we can only rely on evidence. The media will tell false stories from time to time on the Kidnapper's acts if it gets their ratings up. However, keep this in our file to see if we can backtrack any information on this family for later. Right now, we're waiting for a reply, Marg is heading back from the office now; her arrival will be any minute with Bob accompanying her."

"If we do in fact here back from the imposter, are you going to hear my brother's thoughts on the note too?" Josh questioned as he sipped his cup of coffee.

Skylar made eye contact with the chief, "Correct, I already planned on doing so to test my suspicion on him. "If he has the same answer we have as a group, then it will only confirm my suspicions. I will keep this to myself though, as it will draw attention towards him, and that's the last thing the Kidnapper would want." From the camera placed outside, Skylar could Marg's car pull up and check in with Bob in the passenger seat, "They're here, prepare yourselves."

Marg looked eager to report the good news to the team, "Skylar, we've received a reply, there's an address signed for the NPA," she handed her the letter.

Skylar looked and scanned it over multiple times very quickly, than came to a conclusion," Seems like he wants us to keep guessing without enough back-up evidence. That's what he wants us to think right now, and start fretting over it. However, I'm not scared or intimidated one bit by this particular person, nor the Kidnapper himself. I may be risking my life, but that's not as important as of right now. Bob, could you please read this and tell me your opinion?"

She handed the papers over to him. Bob examined and analyzed them carefully, "He states that 'if he does not receive the evidence and or progress that we've made, that he will make an appearance and will infiltrate the NPA in search of Skylar to get her out of his way, as well as the rest of the task force and anyone related to them. His act will take action tomorrow at five o' clock in the afternoon.' He wants us to fall right into his hands, by showing our faces and eliminating all of us, that's obvious, but the real goal here is to make direct contact with the Kidnapper and join forces with him."

"Yes, you are correct, I'm not surprised, I expect you to figure that out since you're the one who wrote the letter," she smirked again to herself, "However, since I still suspect you Bob, you will be with Marg and I when we meet this person face to face. I have a plan already set up in my head: We will have Sam post as a witness to how the Kidnapper commits his crimes on live TV, the imposter will pose this as a threat and would want to eliminate anything in his way. That is when the staff of Fox News will move in and replace Sam and the commentator with dummies, and as soon as the perpetrator moves in, Chief Josh will tail him at a safe distance in his car with tinted windows. Thus, cornering him and having the police squad move in and apprehend him."

Bob's eyes lit up a little bit too much for Skylar's tastes, "That's a brilliant idea Skylar, now at this rate we'll not only catch him, we'll figure how the Kidnapper does his vanishings!"

"I do also, and Sam? Will you be willing to play the act of the target?"

Sam gave a determined look in his eyes and fixed his tie, "Even though I would be risking my life, if it means solving the case, I'll do anything."

"Good, everyone we will meet tomorrow three hours before and prepare ourselves. Please check in and hand over any necessary supplies that you think we should have with us, except the police masks of course. Marg has volunteered to scan them over, before we use them," she grazed her hand over in the direction of Marg while she was listening intently and excused herself before leaving the room with her work phone in hand that had vibrated in her pocket.

Bob's thoughts had been dominating his mind during the plan was set up and confirmed with everyone, "Just as I expected from Skylar. She'll fall right into the trap of the imposter not really being my unknown ally with that little note I sent to him. If this all goes well, you'll have a fake handbook, and ready to meet your demise."

The evening moon came earlier than expected, ready to shine brightly and watch every move that the task force makes to catch the imposter. Skylar, Marg, and Bob were surveying the set-up broadcast, and awaiting the time where the capture would begin. The chief and Sam were over at the television station watching the plan commerce. The commentator spoke into the microphone; "We are back ladies and gentleman with a special show with our witness answering questions to hidden information about the Kidnapper! We have put these screens up for safety purposes, for our faces not to be shown. Are you sure mister that you have clues pertaining to these criminal acts?"

"Yes, I have lots of evidence sir. For example, I was friend's with the family who recently went missing, and they told me they were going to resign from their specific jobs, because they felt as though the Kidnapper was watching them from afar. The next thing you know, they end up vanishing!" Agent Sam purposefully knocked over the screen, so the cameras could have only seen a portion of his face. The staff immediately rushed over and helped put the screen back up, backing away from where the show was taken place.

Meanwhile at the same time this broadcast was taking place. Michael or in this case, the imposter Kidnapper was watching intently. Debating in his mind on what to do next he made a decision, "That must be one of the guys I have to eliminate before I catch Skylar! I have to go there now, before it's too late!" He paged in onto his headset to another person, "You know what to do, I'll guide you in the direction your going by your earpiece, go now, and don't make a move unless I tell you too!" The person he'd given orders too was driving like a mad man to the TV station as if his life was on the line, and it was, to be truthful.

The car the decoy was driving had a portable television wired into it, so he could keep an eye on this specific show. The commentator continued, "The screen falling over might have been startling for you now, wasn't it? Would you like to stop the show for safety?"

Agent Sam responded firmly, "I'm well aware of the danger I'm in now, I'm doing this interview for the fate of mankind. I'm willing to do whatever it takes, let's keep continuing please. I debated whether or not I should share this information publicly, but I told myself it was the right thing to do."

"We'll be right back after a special from this company, then we'll announce the spectacular news folks!" The show cut to a line of commercials until the news was about to be broken out to hear by public ears.

Skylar cut into her microphone connecting to Josh, "Chief, there was a white mustang that just pulled out of a highway heading for the station right now at full speed, please keep your eye on it!"

"I'll do whatever it takes," he answered confidently. Pulling out of a ditch, the chief sped up towards the car at a safe distance, but still tailing him pretty good. Thankfully, the other vehicles obeyed the rules and kept out of their way to make sure no one else got hurt in this action-packed heist. Josh hesitated on putting his sirens on or not, considering that it might make the imposter take drastic measures in his driving. That could cost more people's lives.

"Damn, this guy's right on my tail, he must be working for the task force, as expected. My life will be spared if I do what he wants though; I just have to confuse him a little," the decoy decided to turn into the local police station that was working on the Kidnapper case. The strange thing was that it seemed no one has worked there for quite a bit of time because it almost seem deserted by the looks of it.

Skylar buzzed in on her headset again, "Chief! Is he pulling into the police station?"

Josh kept his eyes on him, even as the criminal ran into the building, "Yes, according to your plan. I'm pulling into out of view at the moment, so I'll be able to tail him again when he returns."

"Good, now what we will know is how the Kidnapper does his wishes. What he doesn't know is that the resume he's going for to eliminate Sam is actually a fake one that we hid in the files yesterday. Plus we installed cameras."

Bob switched positions in his seat, "You're always one step ahead of them aren't you, Skylar? "Well, not for long, soon you'll be mine."

Mr. Decoy tried a few times to locate where the file cabinets where in the building, but so got a hold of them. He managed to break the lock, by smashing his foot against the handle, breaking it into pieces. Flipping through the pages he laid eyes on what he was searching for, "Here it is! Now I have to write his name down," he took out a pen from his pocket and scribbled his name down in black ink, "There now he should be gone by the time I get over to the station."

As the trio watched closely on the culprit's actions through the cameras placed in the helicopter, Bob thought out loud, "Why did he write his name down? In case he forgot it?"

Marg leaned in, "He probably has short-term memory, he's not careful with his actions anyway…"

"There's something else going on here." Skylar closed her eyes and announced over the microphone, "Get the men into ready position with their helmets and assume he'll be able to make you disappear within the blink of an eye! Keep your distance and follow him!"

Bob clicked over his headset as well, "Are ready to apprehend him Josh?"

"Yes I am; I don't need my brother to tell me what to do. But I'm sure you already know that by now, eh?" Just as the moment he clicked out of his headset, the decoy ran onto the news set as quick as a bullet. The chief rose up from his hiding spot and raised his gun in defense, "Give it up! We have you surrounded; you're not getting away!"

"You guys have it all wrong sir, I'm just here for a meeting," the decoy swiftly removed his gun from his pants pocket and aimed it at the chief, sending a shot through the air, so fast you had hardly any time to comprehend what was going on. As soon as his shot had been fired, he ran like the coward he was back to his mustang, starting the engine with so much adrenaline in his veins.

"Josh! Are you okay?" Bob yelled while paging his brother.

"I'm fine, don't worry about me, reinforcements are here. He pulled out a gun and nicked me on the shoulder, please do whatever you can with Marg and Skylar to catch him," he breathed as he calmed himself down.

Skylar turned around in her seat as she flicked the power on the helicopter, "Are you ready Marg? We have no choice, but to join in the pursuit now."

"I was born ready for this," she replied with a smile while loading her gun, and putting her helmet on for safety. Marg bravely stood at the edge of the step, ready in position to interfere if need be.

Police cars could be heard from the distance, as well the flashing red and blue lights that could be seen from afar. "Wow, even the police are joining in!" Bob commented being surprised, "Just a little bit longer, almost there."

The decoy working for Michael reflexively made a few turns and said out loud to himself, "Now, they have me cornered with police cars and a helicopter, I've got nowhere to go now," he wiped a bead of sweat dripping from his forehead.

Little did he know that Marg had a few moves up her sleeve; she locked in on the car with her police rifle and clicked the trigger as quick as you could blink. An echo of burning tire could be heard from a mile away at the impact one small bullet had on tires going over sixty miles per hour. The back right tire blew out, and thus the mustang began to spin in circles. "Target shot!"

Michael chimed into the earpiece the decoy had been given as he was hastily trying to control the wheel, "Do everything I say, and you'll live to see another day: Hesitate to step out of the car, and eventually give in and surrender to the police, I'll send another decoy in with the handbook to distract and rescue you…"

Skylar turned back to face Marg once again, "Marg, if he makes a move, you know what to do."

"Affirmative."

"You need to raise your hands and exit the vehicle! You are under arrest! Keep your back towards us!" the chief yelled at the mysterious man.

Skylar turned her headset on for her synthesized voice to be transferred over to a headset that the chief had now put on him, "We know that you've been making people vanish and posing as the Kidnapper or an ally. I'll do whatever it takes to make you answer us. You might as well give up and tell us how you commit the crimes you have done to innocent people."

After a few short breaths, he finally answered, "Look in my black bag in the passenger seat."

The chief moved in and swiped the bag, carefully opening it to reveal its contents, grabbing the handbook in the process, "There seems to be some type of book that he is hiding. Nothing is unusual about it, except there are rules written, no somehow formed into the notebook. We will confiscate the mysterious weapon and analyze it," he walks over to the chopper and gently places in it Skylar's hands for her to look at.

"This is it? A notebook? How can such a thing be magically enhanced to carry out evil deeds for humans?" she was confused at even the thought of it.

Bob leaned over and looked at the handbook, "Are those the names and sketches of people who have recently vanished?"

She nodded, "Yes, all of them are in here, every single one of them. There are rules in here too? It must be that you create a picture of the victim and write their name down. Where on earth did this thing come from?"

The student turned over in his seat so that his back was somewhat away from Skylar, and so see could the decoy and the police surrounding him at a good angle, "Now all I have to do is take the piece of handbook I've hidden in my jacket and write the decoy's name, since I already know his identity, that the ally of the Kidnapper sent me by a tiny note, then I'll discard of both of them," He pulls out a miniature pen and gingerly writes the culprit's name down, "A few more moments…"

Suddenly, there was a large gasp and commotion from the officers until the chief yelled in surprise, "T—The perpetrator has collapsed!" He jumps back, being shocked at what he witnesses next, "He's gone! No trace of him! Skylar and Marg, he's vanished!"

The detective watched their actions modestly, "So it is true, but how can that happen? Marg and I had our eyes on him and Bob for the whole time that happened… Then that means that there are two books out there. Bob, couldn't have done something as stupid as making the man vanish, would he? Of course, if he is the Kidnapper, he would do anything to get to me, that's a given," she folded her knees up to her chest, "The evidence has been taken into our hands, and the criminal is gone, there is nothing more than we can do now except head back to the headquarters and run tests on this weapon."