Michael had just gotten off the phone with Kyle, he hadn't seen Maria for a couple of days. Michael was really starting to panic now. He heard the knock at his door, he ran over and yanked it open, hoping to see Maria's face on the other side. "Maria..." His face fell, Isabel and Max stood looking at him, they had gotten there answer Maria hadn't turned up at Michaels. Michael turned and went back in followed by Isabel and Max. Max saw Liz sitting by herself on the sofa, she was crying silently. Max went to her wrapping his arm around her shoulder, she buried her face in his neck. All heads turned when they heard the door shut, hoping to see Maria. Instead Alex stood there his face white and he was holding something in his hand. Isabel went to him, she put her hand on his arm. "Alex? What's wrong?" Alex walked to the table and dropped what he was holding onto it. "I found Maria's phone, about five minutes away from here. It was just lying there. There's more, I also found her bag. Something has happened to her, I can feel it." Liz burst into tears again, Michael walked to the door. Out of frustration he hit the door with his fist, it went clean through, the others stared at him in silence. Michael felt bile rise in his throat, thoughts ran through his head. 'Why didn't he insist on walking her to the Crashdown? Why didn't he check up on her when Liz and Isabel came round to see if she was there? Why didn't he go to see her last night when she didn't turn up like she was supposed to?' He growled in frustration. Why's didn't matter now, only where, where was she?? Liz stopped crying, the others stayed quiet, nobody knew what to say, or what to do. Isabel spoke up. "I could try to dream walk her, it's worked before....it might work again." This brought everyone hope, they followed Isabel to the bedroom, Michael handed over the only photo he had of Maria. Isabel sat on the bed and took a deep breath before lying down. She moved around a little trying to get comfortable, which she was finding difficult, there was lumps and bumps and a couple of springs sticking in her. She looked over at Michael. "You seriously need a new bed." "Yeah that's what Maria said too." The statement had the others staring at him, he growled at them, he hadn't meant to say that out loud. "Forget what I said, Isabel can we get on with this." Isabel narrowed her eyes at him, she took one last look at the photo before closing her eyes, she took steadying breaths before she drifted off. TBC

Part 3