They stood in the lobby of the theatre hosting Nationals. No one was talking much due to nerves and everyone kept looking at Mr. Shue for instructions. Rachel was the first to break the silence.

'Mr. Shue I'm going out for some air'

'Ok, just don't be too long'

She waked round the side of the theatre and began pacing. She had never been so nervous and she didn't want it to take over and ruin their chances. She snapped out of her train of thought and realized that she was being watched.

The man in the car staring at her looked as if he was in his early twenties. He looked nervous and kept combing his dark hair back from his face. She assumed he was a member of the competition, until he got out the car and started towards her.

Rachel jumped as he walked rapidly with determination on his face.

"doyounowhereicanfindher" he stuttered out

"Uh what?" Rachel wanted to be back with her friends but something told her this man only wanted help.

"I said do you know where I can find her" he said sounding irritated. He held out a picture and Rachel gasped in shock.

"Who are you?" her heart was beating fast she wasn't sure she wanted to tell him.

"Please its important, if you know her just go get her"

Rachel backed away but did as she was told. She entered theatre and went straight up to Santana.

"What do you want Manhands?" she said as she played with Brittany's hair.

"There's someone outside who wants to speak to you" she said brushing off the insult.

"Um…Ok…are you sure? Cause I don't know anyone in New York Berry"

"I'm positive now go before we miss the competition!"

Santana didn't retaliate to Rachel's pushiness, she just got up and left. There was a feeling inside that told Rachel she shouldn't have let her go herself. She looked at Brittany, who was now sitting on Artie's lap. She didn't want to go alone but Brittany couldn't fight her way out of a paper bag. It had been two minutes and Rachel was beginning to worry. She decided to go see if Santana was ok.

As she walked out the doors and Quinn ran up to her.

"Hey, what's going on? You look like you've just seen a ghost"

"I'm such an idiot, a guy came up to me and asked for Santana and I let her go herself" tears formed in Rachel's eyes.

"Look its ok Santana's tough…but just incase let's hurry.

They turned the corner to see Santana in tears and the man trying to pull her towards his car.

"Get off me" she cried.

Without speaking Rachel and Quinn both had the same thought. They ran towards the guy and pushed him off Santana. All four of them fell to the ground. The man had hit his head on the pavement and was trying to snap out of a daze.

Both Quinn and Rachel grabbed one of Santana's arms and ran. They ran towards their hotel, which sat in the Square across from the theatre.

They suddenly heard a more friendly voice chasing them.

"What the hell you guys? We all have to be accounted for at least an hour before we go on!" Mr. Shue cried.

"Don't worry about it we just have to get her cleaned up" Quinn called gesturing to Santana, who was still in tears.

Mr. Shue threw his hands in the air and walked back to the theatre.

As they entered their hotel, the small Chinese woman at reception began shouting "Two to a room! Two to a room!"

"Got it!" Rachel called back as the climbed the stairs.

They placed Santana on Rachel's bed and locked the door. Quinn put both her arms around her and held her until her tears eased up. Rachel stared out into the eerie square incase they had been followed.

"Do you think we should have told Mr. Shue?" she said.

"Probably" Quinn answered "But that wasn't exactly on my mind" she trailed off.

"San, are you ok? What the hell did he want?"

Santana took a gulp of air and let a few stray tears fall.

"He w-wanted me. He says h-he knows who I am and that he w-wants me to go with him…he said he had a g-gun and that he wasn't a-afraid to use it".

There were tears in Rachel's eyes as she looked at Santana, she had never seen her so vulnerable.

There was a knock on the door and the three of them jumped. Rachel moved slowly towards the door and was caught of guard when it burst open. The man jumped forward and hit Rachel with the gun in his hands and she fell unconscious to the floor.

Santana and Quinn screamed in shock and Quinn pulled Santana to the bathroom. She barricaded the door. Santana was shaking, with tears streaming down her face.

"This is all my fault" she said barely audible.

"If you so much as make a phone call I will kill this little bitch" the man shouted

Quinn stopped, she has just been about to call Mr. Shue Instead she texted 'In trouble. Need help. Locked in a bathroom with San. Rachel is hurt'

Quinn put her hands on Santana's face to try and calm her down.

"Look Hunni, I'm not going to let this man hurt you ok? So when I open this door I want you to run as fast as you can to Mr. Shue and I will hold him off"

"No" Santana breathed, "He has a gun I can't leave you Quinn what if he hurts you"

"Don't worry about me, it's you he wants I can only hold him off for a few seconds so when I say run I mean run as fast as humanly possible ok?"

"Ok" she said wiping tears from her eyes.

Quinn slowly stood up pulling Santana to her feet. She looked at her phone 'I've left everyone with Ms. Holliday, I'm on my way'. Quinn wiped a tear from her eyes, she was so proud to have a teacher like Mr. Shue, she knew he would do just about anything for them.

She quickly hugged Santana, "remember the plan" she whispered.

She flung the door open and jumped on the man.

"Quinn!"

"Go! Santana run!"