Kate sobbed hysterically sitting on the couch whilst Kim and Jessica tried to comfort her, but failed miserably. No one had been able to find Jake and he'd been missing for four hours now. It was two a clock in the morning and most of the kids had been sent back with Kate, Lorraine and Nora. Whilst Tom, Bud and Charlie were still out looking for Jake, to make matters worse Mike and Sarah still hadn't come home yet either. Nigel and Kyle normally full of energy sat silently on the rug starring solemnly up at the clock as the second hand ticked round. Lorraine was chewing on her nails sitting next to the phone, deeply hoping it would ring and say they'd found him. Nora meanwhile had just put baby Tom down to sleep in his travel cot, before collapsing back down onto the couch. It was like the life and soul had been sucked out of the Baker family.

"What about the train stations?" Bud yelled over the rain and thunder that had started, but Tom shook his head

"There closed and we've already contacted them" Tom replied getting back into the car, as Bud slid in the back seat, leaning through the gap in-between the chairs.

"How about the park?" Charlie suggested hopefully

"Nope Lorraine, Jess and Kim went there and saw no sign of him" Bud replied sadly, running a hand through his soaked wet hair.

"This is ridiculous where is he?" Charlie yelled frustratedly banging his head back against the headrest.

"Don't worry buddy we'll find him" Tom replied encouragingly, though he still had doubt filling the back of his mind, but determined not to show it. They were going to find Jake, they just had to.

"Maybe we should go back" Mike replied looking up at his younger sister, they were camped out under the bus shelter waiting for the rain to lighten up.

"No…we can't not without Jake" Sarah yelled and Mike stepped back nervously

"…I'm sorry…I'm just worried about him" Sarah replied softly rubbing her eyes, Mike nodded and wrapped his arms around his older sister.

"Do you remember when we ran away that time?" Sarah asked her younger brother cuddling up against him.

"Yeah we got so hungry we ended up coming back half and hour home, to discover mum hadn't even found the note" Mike laughed, causing Sarah to giggle.

"I still remember Jake ranting about it…we used to have fun the three of us, didn't we" Sarah replied softly and Mike nodded.

"Yeah all the sneak outs and plots and plans…I miss them" Mike replied looking up at the sky.

"So do I…" Sarah sighed, following her brother's gaze up to the sky, she watched a glimmer of light speed across the sky, please let us find him she thought to herself.

Meanwhile Jake Baker had pulled together enough energy to stand up and managed to wake himself from the dazed state he was in. Walking through the empty dark skate park, he pulled his jacket closer around him, not that it helped when it was soaking wet. Trudging along he stopped as he heard footsteps spinning around he came face to face with…nothing. He shrugged it of, his mind was probably just playing tricks on him, it happened to people when they were tired. He continued walking before stopping as he heard a rustle in the bushes, he ignored it and continued walking and kept his eyes on the gate.

"Now what's a young boy like you doing out here all by yourself" the hairs on the back of his neck rose as he heard the icy tone, he knew only too well. Moving to turn around he felt a sharp pain at the back of his head and then nothing…