Anna was scared to death, and she tried not to let it show. One of the guys must have used chloroform on her. She started waking up in a haze when the car jerked to a stop. She glanced up and saw that they were at a warehouse building in the middle of nowhere.

Hopefully she prayed it was the same warehouse that Joe was staking out. Joe would never let anything happen to her. Anna hoped Joe didn't do anything foolish though. She knew about what happened to Iola and what he went through. She prayed it wouldn't happen to her.

One of the guys jerked her out of the car and dragged her into the house. "So we have one of the girlfriends of the Hardy boys." Anna winced they must knew who was following them and that is how she got tangled into this mess.

She looked him dead in the eye, "Yes and you just wait till they get here." The guy laughed in front of her and slapped her across the face so hard she crumbled to the floor.

She cried in pain. "Get up little bitch." He grabbed her by her hair pulling her up and then slammed her head thru a small wall that looked like was being an added on part to the run down warehouse building. The man then threw her across the floor. She was in full on pain and was sobbing. The guy walked up to her and kicked her in the ribs. Anna prayed to God for the boys and Nancy to find her soon. Then she started feeling cold and the room was starting to grow black.

Joe tensed up as soon as he heard the cries. Oh God he thought I got to get in there. A million horrible scenes were racing through his head, Iola in the car blowing up, Nancy and Frank shut in coffins, him almost drowning in chocolate, constantly being taken, tied up, and beaten.

Joe knew all too well what criminals were capable of. He looked through a window and saw Anna crumbled against a wall as one of the guys was laughing and the other was headed back towards her. He saw the door and sprinted and busted through the door and punched one of the guys in the faced and grabbed his gun and pointed it at the guy headed towards Anna, "Move I dare you. I would love to shoot you."

He turned around and charge towards Joe. Joe hit him in the face with the butt of the gun. The guy came back and started to swing but he missed. Joe punched him with all his might and he fell to the ground. Joe started kicking him. The guy was laughing; he actually had the nerve to laugh. Joe punched him in his face, stood up and grabbed the gun and pointed it on him. Joe moved to get a better look at Anna. She was bleeding and her eyes were closed. He wasn't even sure if she was breathing.

The guy laughed, "Shoot me because that is the only way to keep your girlfriend safe. Just wait till I get my hands on your brother and that pretty girl of his. You will suffer."

Joe looked at her then him and slowly started to feel his finger push a little harder on the trigger. "I will shoot you. Get against the wall now."

The guy struggled but managed to move towards the wall and Joe kept glancing at Anna he couldn't tell if her chest was moving. Suddenly he heard someone at the door he looked, about to move the gun but didn't he kept it pointed at the guy who hurt his girlfriend. It was Frank.

Frank glanced at Joe the look in his eyes was scary and he looked at Anna. Anna had blood matted in her hair, some nasty cuts, and bruises already forming. Her jeans had rips in them and her clothes were dirty with blood on them and she no longer had on her shoes. Frank looked back at Joe. He had never seen so much hate and anger in Joe's eyes before except once after Iola was killed. Nancy came up behind him, she jump at the sight before her. He motion for her to go to Anna. She walked that way and kneeled down to check on Anna. Frank gently walked to Joe, "Joe, don't do this. Anna will be okay."

Joe glanced at Frank, "You don't know that."

"Just stop okay. This isn't you."

Joe spoke with so much hurt and anger in his voice, "Frank, she hasn't moved. I think she is gone like Iola."

Frank remembered all too well when Iola was killed. It was their senior year and they were at the mall for a political campaign. Iola returned to the Hardy's car to get some stuff for the campaign and next thing they knew the car had exploded and flames were high in the air. Joe had rushed to the car and it took a miracle to restrain him. He hoped it hadn't come down to something physical between him and Joe to prevent his little brother from doing something stupid. Frank happened to be a year older than Joe and at times it was a burden.

Frank glanced at Nancy who was checking for a pulse. It killed him to see his little brother in this much pain. Nancy look at Frank with a worry look then her eyes sparkled, "Joe there is a pulse a small one."

Joe still had flames ready to shoot out of his eyes, "He needs to pay. She might not make it."

"Joe, Anna needs you right now, not revenge on her attacker." Joe slowly started to lower the weapon giving in to what Frank was saying. Frank rushed to Joe and grabbed the gun, "He isn't worth it. Go to Anna."

Joe sighed and said quietly, "it would be for Anna or you." Frank looked at Joe with a sighed. He knew Joe probably would have pulled the trigger if Anna hadn't still been hanging on. He kept the gun pointed at the guy and pulled his cell out requesting for an ambulance although he figured his dad had already arranged one.

The medics, cops, and Fenton Hardy all rushed into the warehouse. Fenton went straight to Joe and Nancy and he let out a little gasp when he saw Anna. Fenton's chest dropped when he saw Joe almost in tears putting pressure on some of the wounds and begging Anna to stay with him. The scene looked too familiar to Fenton his twenty five year old son already lost one love and he didn't want to see him lose another.

Nancy was continually checking her pulse and Fenton saw her sigh a breath of relief when she saw him and the medics. "Sir, you are going to have to move." One of the medics said to Joe while gently shaking him but it was almost like he didn't hear them.

Fenton grabbed his son and pulled him back and Joe struggled and fought to get back to Anna's side. "Joe, the medics need to help her." He nodded but watched them as a hawk as they worked quickly and got her ready. "Sir, we are transporting her now, would you like a ride." He nodded and threw Nancy his keys.

Fenton grabbed Joe's shoulder, "we will follow behind."

"Thanks dad." Joe yelled as he followed the medics.

Joe was sitting in the waiting room. He was having flash backs of sitting there hoping that somehow the doctors could bring Iola back to life. Joe was all but about to start a scene when Nancy, Frank, and his parents walked in the hospital. His mom looked a nervous wreck, "Joe, where is she?"

Joe shook his head, "they are working on her."

Frank sat beside him, "are you ok?"

Joe looked at Frank and Frank could notice the tears that were welled up in his eyes. Joe looked a mess, his hair ruffled, his gray tee-shirt had red stains on it from Anna, and jeans had dirt and blood smeared on them. Frank understood how Joe felt. Joe had been on the side Frank was on watching him suffer as Nancy was hanging on the verge. Frank had also seen him go through Iola's death and he prayed he didn't have to watch his brother go through that again. "She has to be okay. That is the woman I am going to marry."

Frank nodded and placed his hand on Joe's leg. Nancy sat down on the other side and Fenton stood beside them. Fenton knew his son was hurting, "If it helps we found the missing girl along with three others."

Joe looked up at his dad, "that's good, but right now Anna needs to be okay."

Fenton understood, "She will be."

A cop slowly walked towards the group, "Fenton, I need to get statements." Fenton pulled the man to the side, "Davis, you will get them. Right now they won't be able to answer anything till Anna is okay."

He nodded, "I understand I will check back in a few hours we still have some work to do at the scene." Fenton shook the man's hand and thanked him.