Gia did everything she could. She looked up Thomas' last known address, contacted former foster parents (who were no help and explained a lot of his behaviours). She reached out to his old social worker to see if there were any places he used to run to when he ran away. She checked old brothels and sent out officers to investigate known ones.

They all led to nothing, and Thomas, still, refused to talk.

"Dammit!" Gia shouted and kicked her desk, causing Tiger to look up. "It's like he just put her in a black hole! There's nothing!"

Tiger tilted her head. That couldn't be true. Sarah had to be somewhere, and Gia would find her.

"Oh yeah, do you want to look," Gia said and turned the computer monitor to the cat.

"You know, I know there's a spiritual connection that's like mind reading and stuff," Rebecca said. "But you still look nuts when you talk to her."

"Shut up," Gia growled.

"She's out there somewhere. Are you sure you checked everywhere Thomas could go? Twice? Like, closets and cupboard and behind bookcases and…"

"He's not a mastermind," Gia said.

"He's outsmarting you," Rebecca retorted. "Look, this guy kidnaps his baby sister and tries to break his mother out of jail. He didn't bring Sarah to the meeting location and he kept her when he came to collect his mother. Clearly his intention was to keep her. This guy is family driven."

"What?"

"I mean, it makes sense. He was ripped from his parents when he was young, then placed in one shitty home after another. From the sound of your phone calls, his foster parents were just as bad for him as his regular parents were, maybe even worse. As much of a dick as my dad turned out to be, I'd rather be with him than stranger dick. Hell, you had to convince me to leave, remember?"

Gia nodded her head.

"So, check family properties, or stuff like that. Drex, Kathryn, someone must have owned or visited some place that would make Thomas feel safe – feel close to his family."

"Long shot, but I've tried everything else," Gia said and did a search for properties or rental agreements until Drex's name, Kathryn's name, or some of their known alias. Drex's properties, where he kept and broke in his girls, came up, as well as some hotel rooms that he had booked and small home deep in the forest.

"Okay, this might be something," Gia said. "He's got a cabin in the woods."

"Creepy. Can we check it out?"

"I'll get the Rangers on it," Gia said and texted what she knew to Kelly. "I've got to write up a report that's sure to get this asshole thrown into some sort of legal pit."

"Legal pit?"

"You know, legal torture," Gia shrugged. "I keep my hands clean, he suffers and never even thinks about doing something like this again."

"Ah. Legal pit. Did Jordan approve of legal pits?"

Gia's silence spoke volumes and Rebecca chuckled, "Well, I can at least see why he did all the paperwork now. Have you ever considered therapy?"

"Serena's my therapy."

"Serena's got no therapy degrees," Rebecca reminded her. "I mean like, serious, intensive therapy."

"I only want to see scumbags suffer. That's pretty well adjusted in my books."

"Yeah, like Dexter," Rebecca muttered.

-Ninja-Steel-

Calvin drove down a long dirt road as he struggled to stay on the path. He had no idea where he was going but was sure Kelly's directions weren't going to steer him wrong.

In the truck with him were the other Rangers. Once Kelly had received Gia's text, they agreed to go while Shane and Serena stayed behind, just in case there was another location they could check out. They wanted to find Sarah as quickly as they could and driving back into the city from a remote cabin in a deep forest wouldn't be the way to accomplish that.

"Are we there yet?" Preston asked but Kelly shushed him. Calvin smiled when he saw a small, two-story cabin appear through the trees.

"I think that's it," he said and stopped the truck. While they had Thomas in custody, Kelly had brought up the point that there was no guarantee he had been working alone. They had tricked Thomas with more people than he expected. It wouldn't have been unfair for him to do the same.

"Brody and I will search the property," Levi said to Kelly. "You guys head inside."

Kelly nodded and as quietly as they all could, she led the team inside. Preston tapped Kelly's shoulder and suggested to her that they check upstairs while Hayley and Calvin remained on the ground floor to look there. Though the cabin wasn't big, Sarah had to be hiding somewhere here. As Kelly and Preston headed to the second floor, Calvin started by opening the closet, while Hayley checked in the bathroom.

"It's not a big place," Calvin whispered as he looked to Hayley, who had moved from the empty bathroom to the kitchen. She started by opening the biggest cupboards there, but as they turned out empty, she moved on to the smaller one. Calvin knew Sarah was small, as she barely came up to his shoulders, but the cupboards and drawers Hayley was searching suggested she was looking more for parts of Sarah, instead of for the whole pink Ranger.

"Can we save those for last?" he asked, and Hayley stopped looking. "I'd rather start with places where we might find her alive."

"Don't think like that, Cal," Hayley shook her head. "Thomas didn't have her phone on him when Gia took him in. I'm looking for that. For proof she was here."

"Oh," Calvin said.

"Check behind some of the furniture," Hayley suggested to him and Calvin nodded. He walked over to the living room and glanced behind the couch and the bookshelf that was there, before he too started to open some drawers. When he pulled on the drawer to the side table, Sarah's phone appeared.

"Aha!" he said and lifted it to show Hayley, "You're a genius, babe."

"Let's hope she's still here," Hayley said.

"Hey, guys!" Preston called from upstairs, "There's an attic in this place. It's small, but we'll be up there. You'll have to shout if you find something!"

"Got it!" Calvin called back. "Sarah's phone is here. That means we're on the right track."

"We'll find her," Hayley promised and then moved out of the kitchen. As she did, she tripped on the old mat that was on the floor. It was tattered and faded, indicating it had been there for a while.

"Hayley!" Calvin called when he saw her disappear behind the cabinets. He rushed over to help her up. "Are you okay?"

"Wasn't graceful," Hayley said. "But I'm fine. Stupid mat's become a tripping hazard. Probably time someone threw it out."

"Right, I'm sure that was next on Thomas's list," Calvin chuckled. "Kidnap Sarah, break mom out of prison, replace old mat."

Hayley let out a little laugh as she kicked the rug aside, so as not to trip over it again. When she did, she saw a door leading under the cabin.

"Okay, that's got to be freakier than an attic," Calvin said as he lifted the latch and pulled the door up. It revealed a staircase that descended into the dark. "Uh… ladies first."

"Great, chivalry now," Hayley muttered and shook her head. She took her phone out of her pocket and turned on the flashlight as she made her way down. Calvin was right behind her.

"What? I've got your back," he said.

When the stairs ended, Hayley flashed her light around the room. Sarah's bright pink shirt was a beacon in the dark.

"Cal!" Hayley said and grabbed Calvin's arm for a second before she raced over. Calvin turned on his light and followed, racing behind Sarah to start working on the ropes keeping her bound while Hayley checked up on the pink Ranger.

"Sarah?" she called and gently tapped her cheek, rousing the pink Ranger slightly. "Sarah, it's Hayley, can you hear me?"

As Calvin removed the gag, Sarah groaned.

"Sarah, are you okay?" Hayley asked.

Sarah groaned again. Calvin freed her arms and started to work on her legs.

"Come on, Sarah," he said. "You got yourself this far. Don't lose us now."

"I can't," Sarah finally muttered out.

"We're here now, Sarah. Hang on, we've got you."

The ropes fell away from around her legs as Calvin finished and Sarah started to push herself up. She was a little shaky, so Calvin sat behind her to keep her steady while Hayley looked her over with the light.

"Are you hurt?" Hayley asked.

"I can't do this," Sarah answered

"You're safe now," Hayley promised her.

"I can't do this," Sarah repeated and Hayley grew more concerned.

"What?"

"Do you smell smoke?"

"What?" Hayley frowned and sniffed, but she couldn't smell anything but musty wood and sweat.

"Let's just get out of here," Calvin suggested as he picked Sarah up. Hayley collected their phones and lead the way up the stairs, shining the light so Calvin could see where he was stepping.

"No luck in the attic," Preston called down as he and Kelly made their way to the ground floor, just as Calvin and Hayley were coming up. "Guys? You still here?"

"We've got her," Hayley called out and appeared from behind the cabinets. Preston breathed a sigh of relief while Kelly rushed over.

"Sarah!"

"Can you guys get Brody and Levi and tell them to meet us at Nitro?" Calvin asked.

"On it," Preston said and rushed out, with Calvin, Hayley and Kelly following him out. Hayley took the keys to Nitro from Calvin's pocket and unlocked the truck before Kelly opened the door. Calvin set Sarah down across the back bench and Kelly climbed in after her. She let Sarah rest her head on her lap.

"Are you okay?" she asked her girlfriend, but Sarah didn't answer. Her eyes were open, but she was staring off into the distance, so Kelly started to count. When Sarah came to, Kelly breathed a sigh of relief. "Not even a minute, good."

Preston returned, with Levi and Brody right behind him. As they were about to jump into the back seat, they realized it was full.

"Maybe we should have taken two cars," Brody said and scratched his head. From his seat at the front, Calvin pointed to the back of the truck.

"She's got plenty of trunk space," he said.

"You want to put us in the trunk."

"Not putting my girlfriend back there," Calvin chuckled, then pointed to Sarah, "Definitely not putting her there."

"Let's just get home," Preston said as he moved to the back of the truck to climb in.