If Jo's encounter with Vikram had gone a little differently and Danny had showed up a few seconds later. I'm just playing around, so if you want me to continue you have to let me know.
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Thwack! Danny falls to the ground and my immediate instinct is to rush over to him, but Vikram, Danny's deranged father, lunges towards me. His fingers barely miss wrapping around my sleeve and I dart off into the woods, hoping that Danny is alright.
"Give me that phone!" Vikram shouts right behind me. I turn left, right, anything to lose him, but his footsteps remain behind mine. the leaves and sticks crunch underneath my feet as I run, giving away my location. My face strings as stray branches whip across my face and I almost trip at least a dozen times on large rocks and roots. When I think he's gone, I slow down and listen carefully. Bushes rustle nearby. Nope. I continue to run, picking a random direction.
I skid to a stop, mere inches from running straight off the side of a cliff. I turn around to find a new route, but Vikram is already towering above me.
"Little bitch." He says before grabbing me and pushing me towards the edge. I scream for help, but no one is around for miles. I resist and pull backward, but Vikram is just too strong. To avoid being thrown over the edge, I grab Vikram in what can only be described as a hug and hang on for dear life. He grunts and tries to separate us with no such luck. I finally let loose when he throws his fist into my ribs and knocks the wind out of me.
Vikram's hands wrap around my throat and I frantically claw at his fingers, begging for one more breath. He pushes me back to the very edge of the cliff and I suddenly realize, I am going to die. My feet lose contact with the ground as I dangle in space for a fraction of a second.
"Jo!" Danny yells just before he hits his father in the back with a branch. A surprised Vikram releases me and I don't even have the breath to scream. I manage to grab onto the edge of the cliff, but most of my torso and my legs are dangling off the edge uselessly.
"Jo, hang in there!" Danny shouts, not even realizing the pun. He and his father are in a fistfight, battling for possession of my life. I try to pull myself up, but I have the body strength of a hamster and instead focus on not falling and definitely not looking down. I kick my feet against the smooth surface of the rocks in front of me, trying to help myself stay up. The loose dirt and leaves beneath my fingertips shift and I lose a few more inches, the only things above the edge my shoulders and up. Danny hits Vikram in the face, Vikram throws Danny to the ground, Danny gets up and slams into Vikram, I can't even tell what's happened after a few seconds, all I know is that they're moving closer and closer to me. Vikram turns his head and smirks at me before moving his foot back and stomping on my right hand.
"No!" Danny screams as I cry out in pain. I slip and I'm only holding onto the cliff by the fingertips on my left hand, unable to do anything with my other hand, which is mangle and an ugly shade of purple.
Danny finally gives his father a smashing blow to the head, causing him to fall unconscious on the ground a few feet away from the cliff edge. My whole body is quivering as I can feel my fingers giving away because of my weight.
"Danny!" I cry out. Just as Danny dives to his knees my fingers slip and I scream and close my eyes. Danny's fingers close around my wrist and I feel my decent jerk to a stop. I look up with tears in my eyes and Danny is struggling to hold me up, much less pull me up. He doesn't have a good hold on my wrist, and I struggle to grab his back.
"Danny." I whimper, feeling myself slip.
"Just hold on Jo." Danny begs. He reaches down with his other hand and places it next to his other one. He leans backwards and heaves me upwards a foot and readjusts his position so he can pull me up another. Finally, with one last pull, my head reaches the same level as the cliff edge and Danny moves one of his arms under my right arm and pulls me the rest of the way onto the platform. I collapse and just press my cheek against the Earth, just glad that it's there.
"Jo, are you ok?!" Danny asks. He pulls me into a hug and I just sit there, stunned, staring at where Vikram's body was a minute ago. I start sobbing and Danny pulls his phone out of his pocket, clearly unaware that his father could be hiding in a bush nearby.
"Lacey, you need to get here NOW." Danny says into his phone. He gives directions to the old church and hangs up before Lacey can ask any questions.
"D- Dan- Danny, he's g- gone." I stutter, pointing with my left hand. Danny's eyes widen, but he looks back to me immediately.
"Don't worry about that right now, I'm going to get you help." He tells me. He slides one arm under my knees and one under my back and lifts me into the air, beginning the walk back to the church. I lean my head against Danny's shoulder and my tears soak into his T-shirt. I almost got murdered tonight.
"Oh my god Jo!" Lacey exclaims as Danny lays me down on my back on one of the old pews. I'm in too much shock and I don't have enough energy to sit or stand yet.
"What happened?!" Lacey asks as she kneels next to me.
"Vikram tried to kill her." Danny says, running his hand over the top of his head to put strands of hair back in place.
"Oh my god." Lacey says. She reaches for my hand, but I hiss in pain and she looks down at it.
"We just need to get out of here before he comes back." Danny says in concern.
"Of course." Lacey says. Danny picks me up again and carries me behind Lacey, who leads us to her car. Danny gets in the back with me and Lacey gets up front, starting the car and speeding away from the area with record time.
"I think I'm ok." I finally breathe as we drive along a quiet road back to my house.
"We should probably take you to a hospital." Lacey says, motioning towards the hand I have cradled in my lap.
"No, it's fine, I'll wrap it up, I really just want to go home." I tell them.
"Let me see." Danny asks, holding out his hand. I clutch my injured hand close because I'm sure they'll take me to the hospital if it looks anywhere near as bad as it feels.
"Alright, here we are." Lacey says, putting the car in park in my driveway. I open the door and hop out. Both Lacey and Danny start to get out to, but I stop them.
"I really just want to be alone right now." I tell them.
"You shouldn't be alone right now." Danny says as I walk up to my front door. They both look hurt as I walk into the house and lock the door behind me.
Vikram's POV
She knows that it was me who killed Tara and Regina, and she knows how I framed Danny. She can't know, no one can know. There's only one way to make someone un-know something. To kill them. I guess I know my next victim. Jo Masterson.
Let me know if you want me to continue.
