While things may have been relatively smooth for Cain the past few months, it was not so for Abel. The investigation was wearing him down and the additional knowledge of Cain's blackouts did not help. He hid his emotions from everyone so he seemed his usual self, but paranoia and distrust was gnawing away at the back of his mind, growing and growing while he waited for the inevitable turn to occur.

He didn't expect it to be on Holly's birthday though. It was one of the few times besides Halloween that she could truly have fun with friends and family and Abel had wanted to make it special, so he was decorating her cake. For being a dead man, he had a bit of culinary knowledge that he loved to bring out for his daughter.

When he heard the door open and close but didn't hear anybody come in, Abel went to look and was completely off guard when he was ambushed. It was an automatic response to fight and he was about to return to his ghost form when he felt something close around his neck with a sharp click, stopping him from being able to incorporeal. That made him stop in shock and gave them the opening they needed to bind his hands and forcibly shove a gag in his mouth before covering his head with a bag and carting him off, Abel doing his best to kick his attackers and let out a very muffled shout.