A/N I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING! PARTS OF THIS EPISODE ARE TAKEN FROM SEASON 4 EPISODE 13 I DO NOT OWN IT!

The next morning everyone was up and out early. They jumped into the car and set out in search of the wild mustangs.

"All right, my friend Pete, a forest ranger said he saw the mustangs on this far north side." Matt said as they drove.

Kris nodded and made sure not to blink even once in fear of missing something. Matt chuckled. "Kris, it's ok to move. I doubt we will see anything around it. They were spotted much further up."

Kris sighed and nodded. She turned to the back seat. "Dani, I can't believe you're here with me and not watching Tiger's Eye train. Thank you."

Dani chuckled. "Neither can I." she teased. She and Kris shared a smile. Kris looked to Jillian. "You too, thank you for helping."

"Of course." Jillian smiled nicely.

Kris turned back around and looked around no sign of any horses. She sighed. They drove for what felt like forever before finally stopping. Kris flew out of the car and looked around frantically for any sign of a horse or Wildfire.

"We have horse tracks…" Matt said.

She spun and went over to him. "But which way did they go?"

"My they headed up river along this trail?" Matt suggested.

Junior came over from the other side. "What do you think?"

"We're close." Kris said more to herself than to Junior. She had no idea if it was true or not but she had to believe it. She wouldn't let Wildfire go without a fight.

They continued to drive for a while. Soon they ended up in the meadow where they had gone to search for the horses the first time.

"Haven't been out here in a while." Matt said.

"Yeah, since your mom's old horse died."

"Didn't we all play truth or dare?"

"I wouldn't want to play that now." Kris mumbled.

"Why got something to hide?"

"No."

"Nothing?" Junior asked. "Everyone has something to hide."

"Everyone?" Kris asked.

Junior nodded. "Everyone has to have something that is their own."

"I do." Dani said.

"Well not me." Matt said.

"I don't." Kris said.

"You don't have anything to hide? You have no fears, no jealously, no anger? None of those evil little thoughts that pop into your brain and then they scare you because you can't believe you thought them in the first place?"

"Ok, now you're scaring me." Matt chuckled.

Kris just quickly looked away from Dani.

"Ah, ah, I knew it!" she smirked.

"What don't we know about your Furillo?"Junior asked.

"Nothing! Really, my life is an open book."

"Yeah that not too many people have read."

"What does that mean?" Kris asked.

"You know what it means."

"What evil little thought could you have possibly come up with that scared you?"

"Nothing! Just let it go!" Kris said.

She turned away from them and looked around the window. Matt chuckled. "We all know each other way to well."

Suddenly Kris saw horses running a full speed. She looked through her binoculars to get a better shot. Matt drove faster to keep up with the horses. "Do you see Wildfire with them?"

Everything inside Kris was screaming to say yes, to just lie and say yes, but instead she just sighed. "No."

"Are you sure? We can go after them." Matt told her.

Kris sighed and put her binoculars downs. "No," she shook her head. "That's ok. I have to stop."

"Are you sure?" Matt asked once more.

"Yes. Let's just go home."

Nobody said anything. They all just watched as Kris slowly broke down. She covered her face and looked out the window, so nobody could see her tears forming and slipping down her cheeks.

Everyone could see.

"Kris, just because he isn't with the Mustangs doesn't mean we won't find him." Jillian said.

"Yeah, the police will find him." Junior said.

"I'm sure he's fine wherever he is." Dani said.

Kris just sniffed and forced herself not to cry.

"Baby, it's ok. We're going to find him." Matt said.

Kris just shook her head ignoring her friends. Matt reached over and took her hand giving it a squeeze and kissing her knuckles. The others reached their hands up and touched her shoulder to comfort her. She cried softly as they drive back home. That evil little thought Dani was talking about, the one Kris had was about letting Wildfire go…but she couldn't think like that. It scared her too much.

They got home and Dani had to leave. Pablo and Jean came over and hugged her tightly. No words were needed in that moment. Kris squeezed her eyes shut to force back tears. She pulled away and said "It's time for me to move on."

She walked back to barn forcing herself not to cry. Everyone sighed. Matt didn't wait another second before going after her.

He found her in the barn, in Wildfire's stall, clutching his name plate tightly to her chest, as she cried breathlessly.

"Oh Baby," Matt cooed. He went over to her and pulled her into his arms she cried into his chest. "We're going to find him, Kris, we're going to find him." He promised as he rubbed her back and comforted her. She cried herself to sleep that night. Matt just sighed. He knew this wasn't going to be the first night she cried herself to sleep and it surely wasn't the last either.

"WILDFIRE! WILDFIRE! WHERE ARE YOU, WILDFIRE?" Kris screamed.

She and Matt had been sleeping when she was once again haunted by a nightmare.

"WILDFIRE! WILDFIRE! WILDFIRE WHERE ARE YOU?"

Matt woke up to her screams and shook her. "Kris, Kris, wake up."

Kris shot up in bed with a scream. She was breathing heavy as she looked around the dark room. "Wildfire!" she screeched.

She threw the blankets off her and went to climb out of bed but Matt grabbed her. "Kris, Baby, where are you going?"

"Wildfire!" she screamed.

"Baby, he's ok. Just go back to sleep." Matt said.

He honestly didn't want to tell her she was gone right now. It would only upset her more.

"Wildfire! Wildfire! Let me go! Let me go!" Kris struggled as she cried hysterically trying to break free from Matt.

"Kris, Kris, Kris, you need to calm down! You can't go near any horse like this. You're too upset."

"I want to see Wildfire!" she screamed through her tears. "PLEASE! I'LL DO ANYTHING! JUST LET ME SEE HIM! I WON'T BREAK ANYMORE LAWS, PLEASE!" she screamed on top of her lungs. She started to pant for air as she cried. "I NEED…WILDFIRE!"

Matt just sighed and hugged her closer. There was nothing he could do or say to make this better. Kris finally gave up and stopped struggling. For the second time that night she cried herself to sleep. Matt just wished there was something he could do to help her but deep down he knew the longer Wildfire was missing the worse Kris was going to get.

The next morning Kris woke up before anyone else and went to Wildfire's stall. It's where she felt the more comfortable and the closest to him. Once she got there she saw a note on the floor. She walked over to it and picked it up. She read over it and screamed as loud as she could causing all the horses to get spooked and rear up.

Jean, Pablo and Matt came running out of the hose and over to Kris. She was shaking. Matt took the letter from her hands and read it.

Dear Kris,

Missing Wildfire yet? I sure hope so because I know he misses you.

You've looked everywhere and still you can't find him.

Pity, but I've had my fun of watching you go crazy looking for him.

Now comes the hard part, well hard for you, easy for me.

I want 5 million dollars in cash if you don't get it to me by the end of the week Wildfire is going to die and his blood will be on your hands.

"There is no signature on here." Matt sighed.

"It's ok, we're going to turn this over to the police." Jean said. "They'll do the rest."

"No!" Kris screamed. "We have to get the money! We need to give her the money!"

"Kris, we don't have that kind of money and even if we did we have no way of getting it to her. This is a job for the police to handle." Pablo said.

Kris just started to cry and shake in fear. Matt pulled her into his arms and she cried into his chest. "Matt, I'm so scared." She whimpered.

"I know, Baby. I know. We're going to find him, I promise we are going to find him."

Matt just hoped he could keep his promise. Kris would never survive it if Wildfire dead.

Kris calmed down after a few minutes. Matt stroked her hair softly. "Baby, can I ask you a question?"

Kris sniffed and nodded.

"What is it about cops that scares you so much. I mean, we learn at a young age that cops are our friends and they help us and we need to trust them."

Kris nodded. "Yeah." She said her voice cracking. "But what they don't tell you is that once you do something wrong they hold that against you for the rest of your life. No matter how much you've changed or no matter how much you try to do something good they still punish you and they judge everything you do and everything that goes wrong in your life is automatically your own fault and you're the cause of it. I don't trust the cops because even though they won't say it I know deep down they're just blaming me and think I've stolen Wildfire…again. I don't trust cops because they have never once given me a reason to trust in them. I know you do and I'll won't do anything to break the rules Matt, but you have to understand. I just can't trust them the way you do. I don't know if I ever will."

Matt sighed but nodded. Her pasted haunted her way more than he knew and he had a feeling it was something she'd carry it with her the rest of her life. "I understand, Kris. Now I do understand. I'm sorry I didn't before."

"It's ok." She whispered. "Maybe if they find Wildfire I'll start to trust them again."

"If they don't we will. I promise."

Kris just nodded. "I know we're going to find him, it's the condition he's going to be in…if he dies…"

"Hey, hey, hey, no, listen to me, Kris Furillo you listen to me, what have I always told you about Wildfires, huh? What is the one thing I've told you since you came home?"

"Wildfires aren't easily taken out."

"Right, when we find Wildfire he's going to be fine. That's a promise."

"I hope you're right." She whimpered.

"I am."

But Matt was telling himself more than her. If he wasn't right she'd never forgive him and she'd never recover.

"Matt, can I tell you something and you promise not to laugh?"

"Kris, you can tell me anything. I'd never laugh at you."

"It's just…I think my nightmares are actually messages of some kind."

"What makes you say that?"

"All of my dreams are the same. There is a shadow of a person and they are…" Kris gulped back tears as she finished. "They are beating Wildfire to death. But in each dream the shadow of the person becomes more and more clear. After last night I can clearly tell it's a girl, I just don't know who yet."

"Does she ever speak, the woman in your dreams?"

Kris shook her head. "No, I never hear her voice."

"You might be on to something."

"Really? You don't think I sound crazy."

Matt chuckled and shook his head. "No, you don't sound crazy. If you can try to focus more on the person in your dream instead of what she is doing."

"That's hard. All I can hear is Wildfire and he crying out in pain and I can't move fast enough to help him."

Tears filled Kris's eyes as she shook her head. "Matt we have to get that money, please I know we can get it."

"How?"

"Rob a bank…"

Matt sighed and held her tighter. "No, that's not a good idea. You and I both know that."

"I just don't know what else to do." She whimpered.

"Kris, even if we did get the money we have no way of getting it to this girl? She gave us no clue as to where to bring the money or even meet her."

"I know that, but I just feel this urge and I can't help it." She whimpered.

"That's why I'm here. I won't let you do anything bad. All right?"

Kris nodded.

"I'm going to call Junior, Dani, and Jillian and see if they want to meet us at the hot springs. That should make you feel better."

"And seeing me in a bikini will make you feel better?" he mocked.

He chuckled. "Yep."

Kris sighed. "I don't know Matt."

"It wasn't a question, Kris, we are going to the hot springs even if I had to throw you over my should and carry you myself."

"Ok, fine."

Matt smiled and they both stood up and went into the house to get ready. Hopefully it would help distract Kris so she didn't do anything crazy.

A/N anyone want to take a guess on who stole Wildfire? I'll tell you if you're right. Leave me your thoughts in a review.

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