Song: All the kings horses by Kamina

I wake up in the early morning hours freezing. My body aches all over. I have no clue where I am, except there is a worn out dirt ground underneath me and corn stalks surround me. Where the hell am I?

I try to stand up but I'm too weak, broken so I fall back down. I hear wild noises rustling in the distance and all I think about is something is going to jump out and get me but what. I don't want to wait to find out.  

I crawl my way out. Dirt and mud dig into my nails; my fingers feel like they are going to fall off from the cold frost on the ground. I feel that I am not getting anywhere but then out of nowhere I manage to find a road.

I crawl to the edge and look both ways to see where the hell I am and nothing. I have no idea where the hell I am. There are rows and rows of corn on both sides of the road. I don't know how long I lay there before I feel the vibrations on the road and then screeching tires on the pavement. In the distance I hear a door slam and footsteps come closer to me.

"Oh shit...are you ok miss?" Comes an older male's voice.

I cringe and try to back away from him; panic floods my mind as I see him. I think of Anthony's dad coming back for me, thinking about more bad things that are bound to happen. When I glance up again I notice that it is not him, instead it is an older man with a solid head if grey.

"I'm not going to hurt you," he says  calmly and then dials a number on his phone. "We have a situation here on Northcutt road. Need to send an ambulance." He puts his phone down and comes closer to me. "What in the hell happened to you little lady?"

I don't say anything, all I can do is tremble; I am freezing. He backs away and goes back to his truck and brings over a blanket placing it easily over my naked body. Within minutes the ambulance is there and sirens. I wait to see my dad knowing that he would be the one that shows up but he is not there.

When I wake up, he is there by my side. He has been crying but I know he will not admit to it.

Sheriff Harlow:

Ten o'clock rolls around she is not home. I try to wait a little longer before calling around. Eleven rolls around and I still do not hear from her. This is not like her. I grab my gun and put it in the sleeve on my side. I get out my phone and start dialing numbers as I get in my patrol car.

I go to Jake's house first. If she is there she better be dressed is all I got to say. I bang on the door and his dad answers. "Kind of late ain't it Harlow...what can I do for you?"

"Jake home?"

"Yeah...he should be in bed...hold on I will go get him." As he turns I walk in behind him. I have to see for myself that she is not there. We get to the bedroom door and he knocks and goes in waking him up.

"Jake, Mr. Harlow is here needs to ask you something?"

"Dad...seriously," he yawns but when he sees me he stands up right out of bed. "Sorry sir what is is; something happen to Katana. Oh my god, what happened?"

"That is what I want to ask you. She hasn't come home and it's way past time. I just thought she would be with you. Have you seen her?"

"No! She said she was coming by here but I haven't seen her. I swear, I haven't seen her."

"Don't lie to me boy."

"Sir...I am not lying to you," he say with a worried tone.

I don't bother waiting. I leave and go to the next house. I think of her friends Sara and Bethany maybe she crashed at one of their houses. Bethany doesn't say anything. She can't remember where everyone went after they got back to the school. Over at Sara's house she starts crying.

"Look, I'm not mad. I'm just worried about her. When is the last time you seen her?" I ask again.

She shakes her head. "At Anthony's house."

"Wait, Why is that the last time you seen her?"

She shrugs.  "His little brother had ran out to the group she...she...picked him up she took him back to the house but his dad told her to go lay him down. She...she asked us to go in but he glared at us...daring us to leave. We waited but...but...the guys were leaving to go to the next house. Anthony came out and said that she had to use the bathroom and it may be a few mintues...and...and he would walk with her to catch back up to us."

"And you left her there? You didn't wait on her; she is your friend."

She starts to cry again. "I'm sorry...we thought she would come back out...before we left...and...and Anthony said she would catch up with us."

"You're sorry...that is all you can say."

I jump in my car and head out to Mr. Harper's place. All the lights are off. I bang on the damn door waking up the whole house. He comes to the door. I notice the bandage on his face.

"Have you seen my daughter?"

"No...why would she be here? This is private property sheriff without a warrant get your ass off my land."

"If you seen her...you better tell me. If you laid a hand on her I will kill you myself."

He bellows loudly and then burps. Disgusting pig. "Like I said she ain't here." He then hacks up a big hacker and spits right beside my boots.

"What happened to your face there?" I glare back at him.

"Wife and I got into an argument if you must know...look she was here earlier but left when they all left. I don't know where she is but if I see her I'll tell her you are looking for her."

"Is Anthony home; I need to speak with him?"

"He is still in bed. I'm not waking that boy up now you need to be going now sheriff without a warrant you have no say so in the matter."

It takes everything in me not to punch the shit out of him. Oh I will get the freaking warrant.

I get back in my car but something doesn't seem right. Where the hell can she be? I search all night. I wake up the damn department and everyone is going house to house looking for her.

At five in the morning I get a call, someone is being brought into the hospital and I have a sickening feeling that it is my girl. I speed off as fast as I can to get there hoping not to wreck the damn car.

Dr. Maxwell stops me in my tracks. "Harlow...stop...we need to talk." And I know right then that it is my baby girl.

"Where the hell is she...is she alright...what the hell is going on?" I don't mean to raise my voice but dammit to hell if she is gone I need to know.

"You may want to sit down for this." He gestures towards the chairs by the wall.

I wave him off. "Fuck that...tell me where she is?"

"She is having test run on her."

"Test...what kind of test...tell me dammit?" I bark at him.

"Harlow...she was left for dead...whoever did this meant for her to die."

I close my eyes and take a deep breath before opening them back up and slamming my fist through the nearby wall.

"That is not going to change the situation here. She was brutally beaten and...and..." He pauses for a second waiting on my reaction, "raped. I don't know if by one person or more. We are running test. She had dried blood under her nails along with skin. We will have the test done to see if we have any matches in the system. Look...Harlow, she is bruised up really bad you need to prepare yourself before going in there."

"Just tell me where she is?"

I follow him to her room. She is laying there black and blue, lifeless. My beautiful baby girl. Who would do this to you. And then it dawns on me, she scratched him...Harper.

I call it in and tell the guys to bring him in to press charges on him. I sit by her side and can't get over the sight before my eyes. Her face is swollen. Her neck is bruised from something that looks like she was strangled...claw marks in her neck like she was trying to find a way to get it off. I don't want to look at the rest of her body. I can't. I don't want to think about what happened to my pure baby girl.

I don't want to leave her but I have to. I get up and head out to the police station. He is waiting there for me. I walk up to him and pull the bandage from him cheek. "Your wife did this?" I question him.

He nods in agreement. "Like I said we got into a fight."

"Bullshit..." My hands go up around his neck and I am choking him out. My men come around me and have to pull me off of him. "My baby girl did that. What the fuck did you do to her?"

He bellows and grins, "Oh...that girl...was she your daughter...now that was a nice piece of ass." He then winks back at me just to piss me off even more.

The guys let me go and I hit the shit out of him. Not once but several times. "Motherfucker, she didn't deserve that. Mo girl deserves what you did I will kill you for what you did to her." I pull out my gun and hold it up to his head.

"Do it...I dare you," he laughs again, looking around the room at everyone watching.

My finger is on the trigger and it takes everything in me to not shoot his ass. If all the guys had not been here watching and talking me out of it I would have. This man doesn't deserve to live.