The story has run it's course so here is the conclusion to Gone.

Chapter 13

David and Jim met Otis and several deputies at the Loren's house. They surrounded the house and Jim knocked on the door.

"Mr. and Miss Loren, Chicago PD. Please open the door," snapped Jim. There was no answer. David braced himself for the entry.

"We're moving in," exclaimed Jim. He kicked in the door and he entered followed by Otis and David. The house was empty and dark.

"Search it. Top and bottom," ordered Jim. His deputies fanned off.

"She here David?" asked Jim. David was looking the living room over.

"Not sure yet," replied David.

"Jim. We found something," shouted Otis from the kitchen. Jim and David hurried into the spacious kitchen. The house was deserted. An open door led down a staircase into a bottom floor. The deputies were standing outside of a small room. There was a mattress with some blood on it. They had also found pieces of duct tape.

"Test the blood. Sarah was here. See if the Loren's own any other property," ordered David. Otis hurried to go do that.

"Christ, right under our noses," snapped Jim. He shook his head.

"I'm bringing these two in," he muttered.

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Sarah fought against her dance coach's husband. These two had done this to her? What was going on? She kicked Daryl Loren and he said the word her mother would faint at. He slapped her.

"You better pipe down, bitch," snapped Daryl. He twisted her arms and tied them behind her back. Dawn came up and shoved the shock in her mouth. They taped it in placed and then tied up Sarah's legs. They threw her in the trunk and slammed the trunk closed.

"We'll take her to Darrow's Pond. I can cut a hole there," explained Daryl as he got into the car with his wife.

"Sounds good. Sooner the better," replied Dawn. They kissed and Daryl smiled. He looked forward to killing Sarah Baker.

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Otis found that Daryl Loren's uncle had a cabin in the woods. They raced over to it and stormed the cabin. People had been here recently.

"Perimeter search," ordered Jim. "Now." His deputies fanned out and David searched the small cabin.

"Anything?" asked Jim.

"No. But we need to find her soon. They're killing her tonight if they haven't already," explained David. Jim sighed.

"Is there a body of water around here?" asked David.

"Darrow's Pond," replied Jim. David grabbed Jim's coat.

"We're going there," exclaimed David.

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Sarah tried to scream and fight against her captors as they dragged her over the snowy and frozen pond. Daryl threw her down and then started to cut a hole in the ice. Sarah's lips were strained from the gag and chapped and bleeding from the cold. Dawn took out a gun.

"It won't hurt, Sarah," assured Dawn. Sarah glared at her. Then she heard the sirens. She rolled herself over and saw the cop cars coming. She smiled as best she could.

"No. What the hell?" asked Daryl. "Give me the gun!" Dawn threw her husband the gun. Sarah closed her eyes, getting ready to die. Then Daryl shot Dawn in the head. Dawn collapsed forward into the cold water Daryl had exposed.

"Excess baggage," exclaimed Daryl. He pointed the gun at Sarah.

"Drop the gun!" exclaimed Jim, hurrying over the hill. He had his gun out. Daryl cocked the gun and Jim fired twice. He caught Daryl twice in the chest and Daryl fell backwards. But not before he got a shot off. The bullet found Sarah's stomach. And the world went black to her.

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The Bakers, including Jake with his arm bandaged, gathered in the waiting room where Jim was. Sarah was in surgery to get the bullet out of her. David and Jim had kept her alive on the ice. Kate hugged Jim.

"Thank you, Jim," she exclaimed. Jim nodded.

"How is she?" asked Jake.

"She's ok. They got her into surgery just fine," replied Jim. David arrived at that moment. He sighed and walked over.

"Dawn Loren's died at the age of two. Her name was Sarah Madeline Loren. She looks a lot like Sarah. Something was triggered in Dawn Loren which made her want to take Sarah and eventually kill her. Daryl was just along for the ride," explained David. Kate had to sit down. Jim nodded at David and shook his hand.

"Thank you for your help," exclaimed Jim. David nodded.

"I need some coffee," he replied. He went to leave and Jim followed.

"Why aren't you in the FBI still?" asked Jim. David smiled.

"I proved that the deputy director's son was stealing from the bureau. They black listed me," replied David. "Sometimes we can go after the wrong people." He smiled and left to go get coffee. Jim scratched his head. He had a headache.

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Sarah was on life support. She was ok for now but only time would tell. She would need therapy and her family to help her get through this. But they stood in her room and waited for her to wake up as the snow fell outside. Sarah was home.