With few leads to chase down in trying to learn the identity of the mysterious Shade who seems to be responsible for a rash of abductions of street kids, Peter has no one to turn to except the police. Given the name of one detective in particular, he attempts to find out who the Shade is. What he learns leads him to call in a little help. Especially if he wants to wrap this up with enough time to meet MJ at the airport to try to resolve their problems.