“Anna!” Elizabeth yelled before Jonathan covered her mouth with a white liquid. She dropped to the floor unconscious.

        “Elizabeth!” Anna cried then ran to her friends side. When she saw Elizabeth wasn't breathing, she glared up at Jonathan, still holding his gone. “Look what you’ve done!”

        “She's just unconscious for a while,” a voice said from behind her. Turning around, Anna saw Thomas. The man she hadn't seen for a few years. “Nice to see you again, Anna.”

        “Wipe that smirk off your face, Thomas. What have you done to her?” Anna yelled, making her way over to Thomas, her hands now in fists.

        Thomas pointed to the door she had come in. “Get out of here.”

        “No. I don't care if you kill me. I won't let you get away with this,” Anna said, crossing her arms over her chest. She sat down on the chair where Elizabeth had been tied up. “I won't leave without Elizabeth.” She was scared to death about what would happen, but she looked strong.

        “Always the devoted friend,” Thomas said, rubbing his chin. “Kill her too," he said to Jonathan, then disappeared.

        Jonathan knelt beside Elizabeth's fragile body. Her face had turned all white and her forehead was dripping of sweat. He picked her up and put her safely onto a bed that was in the corner of the huge room.

        He walked over to where Anna was sitting and he pushed her up with force. “I wish I didn't have to do this to you too,” he said sadly. “I'm really sorry.”

        “No, you're not!” Anna snapped. “Just kill us and get it over with. May your soul be forever torn.”

        Grinning from his study, Thomas watched as Anna and Jonathan argued over whether Jonathan really felt sorry for killing her and Elizabeth.

        “You should have listened to me, darling. We could have been on our honeymoon right now.” He laughed then turned his attention back to his paperwork. As he was writing, someone came up from behind and hit him over the head with a stick. Thomas had no time to move, he fell to the floor, blood coming out from his head.

        “Don't mess with me.”


        Elizabeth woke from her knock out when Anna and Jonathan were talking across from her. She rubbed her eyes continually. She had never felt so sleepy in her life. “Anna?” she said softly, yawning.

        Anna turned from her conversation with Jonathan. “Oh Elizabeth, you're alright!” She reached out to touch Elizabeth’s forehead. “We were so worried about you.”

        Elizabeth glared at Jonathan, then looked back at Anna. She started to weep. “I want to go home.”

        “We've been kidnapped,” Anna said. “I'm sorry. We're stuck here.”

        Things weren’t looking very well at all. Anna started to wonder what had happened to Justin.

        “I'm sorry too,” Jonathan said, walking up to them. “I don't know what Thomas is thinking. He tells so many stories about you and him. He says when you two were together, he was the happiest he's ever been.”

        “So he has to kill me? I thought he loved me!” Elizabeth yelled through tears.

        He watched from the corner as the love of his life cried. He had done what he could to keep Thomas out for a while so he could get Elizabeth and Anna out and call the cops.

        He grabbed his cell phone from his pocket and quickly dialed the police station.

        “Yes, there's a kidnapping at John's Hall on 32nd Street. I've knocked out the kidnapper. Just get here fast! There are two females. One has been knocked out but seems okay now…”

        Justin looked back at Elizabeth as he shut his phone off. He didn't want to scare her so he slowly walked up behind her and gently placed his hands on her shoulders.

        Elizabeth jumped up from where she was sitting. She turned around to see Justin standing there, cell phone in hand. “What...how did you.…”

        Justin didn’t say anything. He pulled her tightly to his body, fresh tears still on his cheeks. She sobbed into his chest.

        Justin looked at Anna, a tear escaping his eye. “Thanks for everything, Anna.”

        “How did you get past Thomas?” Anna asked him. He smirked. “What? What did you do to him?”

        “He's out cold for a while,” Justin replied, not taking his eyes off Elizabeth.

        He sat down beside her, taking her hand in his. “Are you okay? Did he hurt you?” He wiped a little speck of dirt on her cheek

        “No...He hit me a few times but other then that I'm fine,” Elizabeth replied, leaning her head against Justin's chest, crying. “Why....why did he do this to me?”

        “I wish I knew,” he said softly, then he heard sirens. “It's okay now, the police are going to take him away.”

        Elizabeth got up and looked away from Justin. She couldn't tell him. It was just too hard. She loved him so much.....

        “Elizabeth? Honey, what's wrong?” Justin asked as they all watched Thomas, who was still out cold, being dragged into the police car. He saw the tears in her eyes, and how scared she looked. “It's all over, he's gone.”

        “It’s not over!” Elizabeth screamed. “It’ll never be over! Never!”

        Justin felt helpless. He just held her close and let her cry in his arms.

        “He raped me, Justin.” She broke the silence between them, still sobbing, but her words were audible. “He raped me,” she whispered.

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