Eli's POV

Back at the dance Eli was at a table gambling when he realized that he hadn't seen Clare yet. Curiosity got the better of him so he started to go look for her. He ran into Adam, who was talking to Drew and Ali. He asked them if they had seen Clare. Adam shook his head and Ali said "She went to go find Fitz"

His eyes must have shown his true feelings because she quickly added

"I'm sure she has her phone if you are worried about her."

He breathed a sigh of relief and sent her a text asking where she was. He waited and waited but nothing. He said he'd wait a little longer, and if he still hadn't heard from her he'd go looking for her. He was already on thin ice with her for the ipecac conversation and didn't wanna push it. He couldn't help but wonder what was keeping her from answering.

Clares Pov

I heard my phone go off and I knew who it was but I couldn't answer it. I was standing backed onto a corned terrified with Fitz trying to go much farther then I wanted to go. I had to think of something but I couldn't. His hands were all over me. His lips moved from my shoulder up my neck to my ear and whispered in a harsh voice "Don't worry I'll be gentle, you're gonna forget all about your little boyfriend" I did the only thing I could think of. I pulled him into a kiss and when his arms were around me I kneed him where it counts.

He fell to the ground and I took off running down the empty hallway. Where was everyone? I heard something behind me and so I turned around. Fitz was coming up behind me running and he wasn't happy. I heard him say in a low voice "You're gonna pay for that, bitch" I saw he had something in his hand by the way it gleamed in the moonlight. My mind was going crazy with terror. My heart was starting to race. I was fast but he was faster. I felt something slash across my back. I fell to the ground in pain. The next thing I knew he had me pinned against the lockers holding a knife menacingly over me.

Fitz: Now what would be the best way to get back at your boyfriend…kill him no that's too easy he wouldn't suffer enough...I KNOW…. what if something were to HAPPEN to his little girlfriend?

The tears streamed down my face as I was slammed into the locker. The pain was unbearable. I asked what he was going to do. He looked me square in the eyes and said "I'm going to make Eli pay by taking away something he loves, I WAS just going to steal you from him but since you've already shown that wasn't possible I'll have to do it another way" He started to laugh and traced my face with the knife, not cutting me but close enough to put a wave of fear through my whole body.

I tried to scream, but he began to punch and hit me to shut me up. I felt blood filling my mouth and I felt my lip split. I tried to scream again, but this time he punched me, he got my eyes and he used such force that my head smashed against the lock on the locker. I thought he was going to kill me right then. I just cried, not wanting him to know how much pain I was in.

Eli POV

DAMN IT WHERE IS SHE I thought to myself. he was sick of waiting so he left the gym and went looking for her. He checked every classroom and even in the boiler room though he knew Clare wouldn't be there. He called her name down the empty hallways hoping for an answer but nothing.

Then out of nowhere someone ran up to Eli, it was Clare's ex K.C. he looked horrified. He was friends with Fitz and he told him that Fitz brought a knife to the dance. They split up and search all over the school. Yelling and screaming her name.

Millions of thought race through Eli's mind

How could I let this happen, nothing better happen to her,

As I was running down another empty hall I heard Simpson come over the Pa System and say the school is on lockdown, moments later I heard an ear shattering scream coming from the adjacent hall K.C. Must have heard it to cause we both showed up at either ends of the hall

They looked further down the hall and saw Clare lying on the ground on a puddle of blood

"CLARE" We both screamed

I ran to her but K.C. got there first he checked her pulse and she was still alive then called 911. I looked down and saw blood pooling on the floor. The color had drained from her face and her breathing was shallow. I gave K.C. my jacket and told K.C. to stop the bleeding by applying pressure to the wound and to stay with Clare while he hunted down Fitz. I took off in a rage.