Gabi drove towards Brianna's house with Abigail in the passenger seat. "Wanna listen to music?"

"Sure." Abigail shrugged.

"Okay." Gabi turned on the radio and the song "Cold Hearted Snake" by Paula Abdul came on. She grinned. How fitting for this situation. Unable to help herself, she sang along. "He's a cold hearted snake/ look into his eyes/ uh-oh/ he's been tellin' lies…" Gabi glanced at Abigail, who was just staring out the window. Gabi continued. "…he don't play by rules/ uh-oh/ girl, don't play the fool, now…" She playfully poked Abigail in the side.

Abigail looked at her friend with a mixture of concern and annoyance. "Don't poke me, please."

"Sorry."

"And this is a stupid song." Abigail complained.

"Okay, okay. I'll change the station." Gabi did so, and the song "Creep" by Radiohead started playing.

Abigail sighed and changed the station herself. She flipped through stations that played songs like "Torn" by Ednaswap, "How To Be A Heartbreaker" by Marina and the Diamonds, "Shake It Out" by Florence + The Machines, and "Mama Mia" by ABBA; before shutting it off.

Gabi pulled in at the curb across the street from Brianna's house. "Wanna come in? She might have hot chocolate, since you didn't get any at the Pub."

"No, it's fine. I'll just wait out here and try calling Ben again." Abigail replied.

"Are you sure? 'Cause you seemed really upset they didn't have hot chocolate." Gabi shrugged. "I'm sure Brianna has some, and she'd love to make it for-"

"Okay, what the hell is with you?" Abigail snapped.

"What do you mean?" Gabi asked innocently.

"Ever since we left the station, it's like you're trying to keep me away from my apartment!" Abigail exclaimed. "You're stalling. Why?"

Gabi sighed in defeat. "You wouldn't believe me."

"Try me." Abigail said.

"We- Sonny and I- think Chad is being set up." Gabi admitted. "By none other than Ben."

Abigail chuckled in disbelief. "Come on, seriously? Why-why would he do that?"

"Well, think about it: who hates Chad? Who would set him up?" Gabi asked. "Ben kind of fits the bill."

"Ben was with me while Serena was being strangled to death. He couldn't have done it!" Abigail argued.

"Unless he snuck out while you were sleeping…" Gabi supplied.

Abigail just shook her head. Why would Gabi say such an awful thing about Ben? Unless… "You're jealous."

"What?" Gabi asked, surprised.

"That's why you're accusing Ben of being the Necktie Killer. You're jealous of what we have!" Abigail exclaimed.

"I know it's hard to believe, but-"

"No! You know what? You have no proof that Ben is the killer." Abigail glared at Gabi and pointed a finger at her. She sighed in frustration. "Just…take me home. Now."

Gabi swallowed, sighed, and nodded. "Okay. Let me just text Brianna to tell her to keep Ari longer." She texted "Hey, my plan didn't work. I'm taking Abigail home. Would you mind watching Ari a little longer?", then pulled out and started driving. Brianna texted back "Sure." Gabi called Sonny, but it went straight to voicemail. She then tried to call Will, but it also went to voicemail. Gabi's heart pounded nervously. They finally made it to Abigail's apartment. Abigail climbed out of the car, slammed the door, and stormed inside without a word. Gabi exhaled slowly. On the one hand, she could just leave and let Abigail put herself in danger. Or she could help her out no matter how rude and ungrateful she's being. She sighed, grabbed her phone, car keys, and pepper spray and climbed out of the car. "Oh, I'm going to regret this, I just know it…" She ran inside just as she heard sirens. The elevator doors were just closing, so Gabi sprinted up the stairs. By the sixth floor, she was sweaty, sore, and out of breath. She stumbled out in the hall just in time to see Abigail turn a corner.

XXX

Abigail couldn't believe Gabi's nerve! How could she think that Ben is the killer and that he is setting Chad up? He would never! She was about to open the door when Gabi walked up to her. "What do you want, Gabi?"

"I wanted to apologize." Gabi said sincerely. "I might have jumped to conclusions."

Abigail softened up a little. "Apology accepted. I'm sorry I snapped."

"It's okay." Gabi smiled.

Abigail sighed. "Do you want to come in? He's probably not even home yet."

"Sure." Gabi nodded.

Abigail opened the door, walked in, flipped on the light. She gasped as she saw her fiancé holding a broken wine bottle over his head about to stab Sonny, who was slipping in and out of consciousness. Abigail saw Chad hanging out the window, Will on the floor by the open fridge with a red necktie around his neck, and Paul (much to her confusion) with the TV fallen over his head; all unconscious. Ben turned to the women, practically foaming at the mouth. Gabi gasped in horror at the sight.

Sonny came to and turned towards the door. He made eye contact with Gabi. He mouthed the word "Run". Gabi took a deep breath, grabbed Abigail by the shoulders and dragged her out of there. Ben stood and started after the women, but Sonny grabbed his ankle and made him fall. Ben turned back to Sonny, who fell unconscious again.

Gabi pulled Abigail down the hall. "Come on, come on!"

Abigail stopped and pulled Gabi back. "Wait, Gabi! I can calm him down."

"Abigail, listen to me!" Gabi grabbed her shoulders gently. "Ben is not in the right state of mind to be calmed, not even by you. We have to get out of here before he-"

Ben appeared and grabbed Abigail. "Don't you run away from me!"

Gabi sprayed pepper spray into Ben's eyes, which caused him to scream and let go of Abigail. Gabi shoved Abigail towards the elevator. "Go!"

Abigail ran towards the elevator. Gabi was about to go after her, when Ben grabbed her by the hair. Gabi screamed as Ben pinned her to the wall, squeezing her throat. "Who else knows about this? WHO ELSE KNOWS?!"

Bang!

Ben yelled in pain and let go of Gabi, clutching his bleeding shoulder. Gabi gasped and coughed and stumbled down the hall behind Rafe, who was holding the smoking gun.

"Gabi, you okay?" He asked.

"Yeah." Gabi nodded. "Rafe, he's the necktie killer. I saw a red necktie around Will. He's in Ben's apartment with Chad, Paul, and Sonny. They're all unconscious. When I walked in, he was about to kill Sonny with a broken wine bottle."

Rafe signaled for the officers to go into the apartment. The paramedics followed. Rafe held Ben down and handcuffed him. "Ben Weston, you're under arrest for the murders of Serena Mason and Paige Larson, and the attempted murders of Marlena Evans, Will Horton, Sonny Kiriakis, Chad DiMera, Paul Narita, and Gabi Hernandez."

Ben started sobbing. "No…no."

"You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say or do will be held against you in a court of law. You have a right to an attorney." Rafe continued. "Do you understand your rights?"

"I had to do it, I had to." Ben continued sobbing.

Rafe pulled him to his feet and handed him off to one of the officers. "Get this piece of crap out of here."

"Abigail…Abigail…" Ben was marched past Abigail, who was hugging Hope and crying. She just stared after her fiancé in utter shock and disbelief.

Rafe and Gabi hugged. Gabi sniffed and blinked away tears. "Are you okay? What exactly happened?" Rafe asked.

Gabi exhaled slowly. "It's a long story."

"Okay, well, we'll talk more at the station." Rafe put his arm around Gabi's shoulder.

XXX

Hope walked off the elevator to the nurses' station. Kayla walked up to her. "Hey, I heard about Abigail. Is she okay?"

"She's fine." Hope assured her. "She's shaken up and shell-shocked. Jenn's on the way to the station to be with her. How are the vics?"

"Chad and Paul got the worst of it." Kayla sighed. "They both suffered massive head trauma and internal bleeding. They're in comas. No telling when or if they'll ever wake up. Will suffered minor brain damage, but with medication and therapy, he should recover fully. Sonny got a mild concussion and some blood loss. We're keeping him here overnight for observation."

Hope nodded. "Will Sonny be okay for questioning?"

"I'll leave it up to him." Kayla shrugged.

"Great. Man, this has been quite an eventful night." Hope sighed and shook her head.

"Yeah, really…"

Sorry this is short, but I wanted to get this up.