Shit! I'm updating late again and even I hate myself when I do that but I just needed a break badly so I could get back to my normal self and get rid of my writer's bloke. Enough of my ranting, let's get back to the story.

The night before Wayo's call

"What the hell has your son done to my daughter?"

Mr Panichayasawad's face hardened, he grunted before slamming the phone down, "get your ass here immediately. We need to talk."

He turned back to his wife and son who was watching him expectantly in hope that it might be some news about Wayo. He shook his head and his wife deflated and started crying again. She might get sick at this rate but at least she can cry and show her fear for their son, contrary to him, he has to be the strong one. Kit tried his best to calm her as he tried to keep his tears at bay too. Wayo was their light and it was very terrifying to think that something bad has happened to him. If this would be the case then he would never forgive himself, afterall he didn't stop his son when he decided to venture out so late at night.

The butler came in followed by Ming who was still in his superman pyjamas.

Kit frowned at him, "what are you doing here?"

Ming looked at him expressionless but he soon became worried when he caught sight of Mrs Panichayasawad. Taking a step forward he asked hoarsely, "what's wrong? And why did you call me so late concerning Yo?"

Mr Panichayasawad sighed and put a hand on his shoulder, "Wayo is missing, son."

Ming's face turned pale as he gasped at him, "missing? What...how?"

My Panichayasawad indicated him to take a seat and he followed sitting beside his wife, "he went to some club to meet Phana's sister. Now they are both missing."

Ming fisted his hands to stop them from trembling, his best friend was missing? All sort of possibilities started coming to his head, each one more horrible that the other. Shaking his head, he told him to think positively but the negative thoughts persisted as he imagined different scenarios from all the horror movies he loves watching. Biting his nails worriedly he sent his mother a text so that she could come to console Yo's mum, but who was going to console him? The possibility that his best-friend might be sacrificed for the rising of Satan was too terrifying. He stiffened suddenly when he thought of the possibility that Wayo could be sold into the porn industry and be forced to make porn videos with Kayla. He mentally recoiled from the image.

"Cut out your dirty thoughts or I swear I will knock you out." Kit warned him with the meanest stare he could brought forth.

Ming gave a scare jump and swallowed hard as he felt the death glare on him. However, he quickly gain his ground and glared back at him, "what are you talking about?"

Kit gave him a bored expression, "with a brain like yours, what else are you capable of thinking beside dirty things!"

Ming looked at him in disbelief, he always get creeped out when Kit guess exactly what was on his mind, as if he was a mind reader. He wanted to argue and challenged him but he couldn't in front of his parents. For them, Ming was an angelic boy just like Yo and they loved him dearly. At the thought of Yo he instantly became anxious. What kind of disaster has his friend gotten himself into now?

At Pha's office

"Where is he?" Mr Kongthanin asked the guard who pointed towards his office.

Mr Kongthanin striding psst him as he tried to keep his neutral face on. Even if he appeared his usual self, he was worried deep inside. His baby girl was missing and he was terrified. He may be hard on his children but he loved them dearly and now that his youngest was missing, he needed to see his sons to assure himself that they were alright. His wife has preferred staying in the car, she was calling Kayla's friends and asking whether they heard of her. He approached Pha's door and knocked. He waited and when their was no reply, he opened it and entered. What greeted him was a shock. He took a step back and survey the damage of what was once an impeccable office room. The TV was crashed against the nearest wall, the sofa was overturned and even Pha's computer was thrown across his desk. Papers were scattered everywhere and his curtains were ripped off. It was as if a madman has raged in here.

Stepping over the chaos he searched for Pha calling out his name. A door at the end crashed open against the wall and Pha stood at the entrance glaring at him with bloodshot eyes

"What are you doing here?" He asked in a deadly voice.

"I'm your father so I was worried. Look in what state you are, what's happening to you?"

Pha's nose flared up as he regarded his father with heated eyes. Clutching Wayo's shirt tightly in his hand he approached him in a couple of steps and breathed fire in his face, "what happened to me? Are you seriously asking me that!" He pointed a finger at his own chest and shouted, chest heaving, "my lover is fucking missing! And on top of that my baby sister also had disappeared. This is what is happening to me. I am loosing mind!"

His father stared at him in disapproval. He eyed him head to toe, "you look like an addict! Look at your state, this is not my son. I can't even recognize you. And don't forget Phana, it is also my daughter who is missing but I'm not letting myself transform into a mad person like you are right now."

Pha gave out a short laugh and looked seriously at his father, "this is what I became ever since I have known Wayo. I can't even breathe without him, how do you suppose I remain sane without him!"

Mr Kongthanin turned heels and walked out saying, "I'm going to his place right now. If you want you can come along."

Pha paused for a second before he collected himself and ran after his father. Entering the car he saw that Forth was already there with his mum. With one look at his face his mum beckoned him to her and she hugged him tight, trying to console her son as much as possible. Forth was busy on the phone, he was sending out search troupes and alerting all the police stations. His father got in and grunted to the driver to take them to the Panichayasawad's residence.

Once they arrived they got off in tensed silence and followed the butler to the living room where everyone was gathered. There was even Ming's parents along with Yo's parents. Pha glanced around and tensed immediately upon seeing Mr Panichayasawad. Growling he stalked to him and grapped his collar making him stand on his toes as he shouted, "why the hell did you let him out of the house at this hour without supervision!"

There was some shouting before Pha was immediately tackled to the ground by the security guards and Kit was by his father's side glaring at him. Pha struggled wildly and snarled, "if anything will happen to them rest assure that I will ruin you!"

Mr Panichayasawad straightened his clothes as his wife and son circled him worriedly. They were all shaken by what just happened, and even Pha's parents were stunned into silence as they watched Pha struggling like a crazed person. Forth went to help him after Mr Panichayasawad signalled the guards to let him go. His big brother brought him to a sofa trying to calm him down. Phana looked defeated, a daze look came upon his eyes as he let himself go and cried silently for the first time that night. His mother sat sadly beside him and cried along with him. Mr Kongthanin took a deep breath and said to Mr Panichayasawad, "I can't help thinking that if your son would have stayed at home or didn't met my daughter at that time, she would have been sleeping comfortably in her own bed right now like she is supposed to do."

An icy silence descended upon the room. Forth stepped hurriedly between them as Mr Panichayasawad scowled at his father threateningly, "let's cool down and think logically. This is not the time for us to be blaming each other, we must find them no matter what. Arguing over it won't help, we must come together and think of a solution. That's why we are here right?" He looked at him father and Mr Kongthanin nodded tightly. Ming's father was looking at them in disbelief, he shook his head and muttered, "I can't believe you guys are fighting like this, we are supposed to be friends not rivals."

"Well, we became distant once his son seduced my engaged son." Mr Kongthanin replied dryly and Pha's head shoot up. He let out a small sarcastic laugh as he stared at his father in anger, "you don't even know what you are talking about dad. I fell for him the first time I saw him and he was going to be mine no matter what."

Mr Panichayasawad poured five glasses and walked over to them. "You should have prepared yourself Code because I believe your son. I should have known myself the first time he was trying to steal my baby Wayo."

Mr Daechapanya shook his head and exclaimed, "that wasn't normal at all. I mean what child would want to take a baby home after looking at him for five minutes only." He turned to Pha, "hell son, you really fell for him the very first time. I can't believe that we didn't see it."

Mr Kongthanin aka Code stiffened and scowled as he thought back to that time. He accepted a glass and drank it at one go, making a face at the burn at his throat. Mr Panichayasawad gave Forth and Mr Daechapanya one glass but Pha declined murmuring, "I promised Yo to never touch alcohol again."

Ming looked back and forth before sneakily taking the one glass remaining on the tray. He took a sip but he spurted it out and started coughing when he caught his mother's death glare on him. Shrugging defensively he mumbled, "what? I'm worried too and I'm old enough to be drinking whiskey now..." He trailed off and continued weakly when he saw his father staring at him,"...I think." He can't very well say that he was used to drinking whiskey ever since he was a teenager.

They continued staring at him until he pouted moodily and extending his hand slowly to put it back in the tray but Kit snatched it from his hand and finished it at one go. Ming gave a cry of surprise as he stared at him.

"What?" Kit demanded loudly when he felt Ming's eyes on him.

The boy just shook his head dumbly, "I can't believe that you drunk that at one go. It was very strong."

Kit snorted as he signalled the butler to fill his glass again, "I can drink you dumbass. Did you think that only you can drink like a buffalo and not get drunk?"

Ming gasped as he glanced fugitively at his parents before whispering furiously, "shuuuh! Don't let my parents hear."

Kit looked at him with a calculator glint in his eyes. It was at that time the Ming knew he was screwed. His heart started pounding loudly as Kit opened his mouth and spoke loudly, "do you want a glass? Don't worry it's not stronger than what you are used to. But i guess you can take stronger than that because I heard from Yo that you are an expert in drinking."

Ming glared darkly at him as he heard his father's warning, "we will talk when we will get back home son." There goes his late nights at the club and his basically his freedom. Now he was sure that his parents would wait for him every night and check whether he drank too much. Cursing Kit underneath his breath he got up and went to sit far away from him as possible to prevent himself from strangling the little man. Mr Panichayasawad called for attention and they started discussing on what to do. Forth suggested to alert the media and to encourage anyone to come forward if they saw or heard about Yo and Kayla. Mr Panichayasawad agreed and even promised a generous compensation to anyone who would come forward with any kind of news.

They avoided the topic of Pha and Yo's relationship for the rest of the night and concentrated only on finding their missing child. Morning approached and Code decided that they have to take their leave now and let the rest of them rest, none of them has closed their eyes except for Ming who was snoring lightly in a corner with his head on his mother's lap and a leg thrown on his father. Pha was in Yo's room, he laid down on his bed surrounded by all of his stuffs since his scent was the only thing keeping him sane at the moment.

Mr Panichayasawad thanked them all for their help and offered them breakfast before they leave. Ming woke up immediately upon hearing food and Pha was forced down by Forth and his mother to eat something. However, no one was in the mood for food. They were too worried and Pha don't think that he could swallow anything pass his tight and dry throat. Even Yo's mother couldn't eat because her stomach was clenched too tightly. They all played with their food in a tensed silence.

Ming glanced around and cleared his voice. He bent towards Kit who was beside him and whispered loudly, "it didn't happened with me."

Kit turned to glare at him for a few seconds before he sighed and reluctantly asked, "what didn't happened?"

Ming gave him a smug smile, "you always shouts at me when I take Yo clubbing or something like that. You accused me for corrupting him and I remember clearly all the times you told me he could be drugged and kidnapped or something worse like that all because of me. You see, it didn't happened with me so I am not that bad of an influence to him."

Kit put his fork down loudly and snarled, "is it really time to talk about that!"

"Ohh admit it! You can't even recognize that Yo was always safe with me and always will be."

They challenged each other in a staring competition as the atmosphere grew more tense. Mr Kongthanin broke the moment as he stared daggers at Ming, "do you mean that my daughter is a bad influence for him then?"

Ming jumped a foot high as he was brought back to the present. He was so focused on Kit that he didn't realised everyone was listening on their conversation. He shivered at the way Pha's father was looking at him. He nodded without thinking and started shaking his head frantically when he realised that he almost admitted it. Mr Daechapanya gave Ming a stern look before saying quietly, "we are not getting back to this. We have already decided that we are not blaming each other. Our priority right now is to ensure that the children are save and sound wherever they are. "

Mr Kongthanin opened his mouth to argue but he got interrupted by the phone ringing. Mr Panichayasawad sighed and got up tiredly, the phone has been going off restlessly since this morning. Many people were calling to offer their support and there was also journalists, policemen and relatives calling. He lift the phone off the hook and demanded, "yes"

After a few seconds sniffling sounds came back to him and his knees nearly gave up as he recognised that sound. He gripped the edge of the table tightly and shouted hoarsely, "Wayo? Is that you son?"

Pha shot up so fast that his chair got overturned. His weakened heart has been rejuvenated upon hearing Yo's name. They all circled Mr Panichayasawad as they watched him in anticipation and in desperation.

"Dad... it's me."

Yo's mum snatched the phone and cried out, "is that you baby? Where are you? Do you know how worried we all are."

Pha couldn't wait a second longer. He took the phone from her, "love? Yo? Is it really you? Get back here damnit! I'm going crazy without you baby.." his voice trailed off as he gripped his hair tightly and tried to gather himself.

Mr Panichayasawad snatched back the phone and asked in a trembling voice, "tell...tell me where are you. I'm coming to get you right now."

He couldn't hear Yo's reply because Mr Kongthanin was shouting at his ear, "Wayo? Is my daughter there with you? Kayla are you there?"

Kayle started shouting in the background and their was several voices all talking at once, they were demanding something and even shouting. It was all incoherent until someone else took the phone and said roughly, "5 million. Prepare your money and tell your friend also to get half for his daughter. I will call back against tomorrow at the same time. Don't try to act smart and get the police in this. Give us the money and take them back save and untouched."

The call got disconnected and the phone fell from his hand. He stood paralysed in shock and fear. Mr Kongthanin caught the phone and brought it to his ear shouting, "hello? Kayla.." he put it back when he realised that it disconnected.

Pha started shouting, "what happened? Did he tell you where is he?"

Kit was crying and mumbling at the same time, "why did he cut the call so fast? I didn't even get a chance to talk to him."

Mr Panichayasawad shook his head weakly, "I couldn't even talk to him. They wouldn't let him. They are demanding 5 millions for him and Kayla. The children has been kidnapped for ransom."

There was a shock silence and then everyone started talking and shouting at the same time. Mr Panichayasawad let them take out their frustration for a few minutes before shouting loudly gaining everyone's attention. He eyes has hardened and his tiredness was forgetting. Snarling through his teeth he said simply, "the hunt is out..."

Back to Yo and Kayla

Yo was still brooding about the fact that they didn't let him talk to his family as Kayla paced back and forth continuously.

"Will you stop? You are giving me a headache with all that pacing."

Kayla stopped and swirl towards him, "the solution is clear, stop watching me!"

"As if I want to watch you. I have no other options because this room is damned small and you are getting on my nerves."

She glared at him and resumed her pacing. Yo was about to shout at her again when a frantic knock was heard from the front door. They looked at each other blankly then ran like hell to their door and stood peaking through the small opening at the commotion happening in the living room. El was stiff like a rock while his men were talking nervously as one of them opened the door. A thug burst inside and exclaimed fearfully, "hell man! We are fucking trapped!"

El finally moved from his frozen stance and he demanded roughly, "what happened?"

"Now that they know these brats are kidnapped they are moving really fast. Words is on the street that they are checking all cars that the front camera caught leaving the club. Our van passed through the front before getting on the main road remember? It won't be long before they get here!"

El was deadly quiet upon hearing the news before he gave a shout of frustration and lifted a chair smashing it down, breaking it into pieces. "I told them not to involve the police, these rich motherfuckers can't ever listen for once."

Yo and Kayla flinched as their eyes went soccer size. El looked towards hatefully as he stalked over and punched their door. They stepped back hastily and started trembling. El thought hard for a couple of minutes before he swirled back to his men and commanded, "tied, gagged, and blindfold them. We got to save our skin first."

His men nodded and advanced purposely towards their room. Kayla drew back frightened and started shouting, "wh..what are you going to do to us? I'm warning you, even if you kill us my father will still find you and eradicate your entire family."