Gabriella gasped as Rick swung her over the banister. She let out a small scream as she fell, but, the fall stopped. Cracking her eyes open, she saw that someone dressed in all black had caught her. Gabriella stayed relatively silent as they dragged her down the halls.

"I like this one. She's silent," the man dressed in black grunted.

"Relax, Fred. You'll have your turn with her," Rick said. Gabriella's body tensed at the words. There were several meanings to them, and she didn't know which one she was more afraid of. Just then, they came to the basement of the Tipton. Gabriella recognized it as Arwin's work area. Rick lifted a picture of Carey off a power box. A bookcase to the left swung open, and they dragged Gabriella in. Rick picked up a large key and unlocked a barred door. They threw Gabriella in and she hit the floor with a thud.

Gabriella turned on her side as tears began to roll down her face. First the gang, then Troy, and now this? How much worse could this day get?

"Gabriella?" Gabriella turned to see seven figures huddled together at the far end of the room.

"Taylor?" Gabriella's eyes widened. "Sharpay? Kelsi?" She scanned each of their faces, hoping to god that she wasn't dreaming. "Chad, Zeke, Ryan, Jason?" Before she could get another word out, they had engulfed her in a huge hug, forcing her to fall back on the floor. Tears came to each teenagers eyes as they sat there piled on the floor.

"Gabriella, we were so worried about you…" Gabriella heard Taylor's muffled voice say.

"We couldn't believe it when we found out," Sharpay said.

"Wait." Gabriella sat up. "How did you find out?""Oh, Sharpay bought it off a rookie," Chad said, waving his hand. "What are you all dressed up for?"

"Oh, it was for a Halloween party," Gabriella said. She attempted to smile and push back the tears. Luckily, it was dark, so no one could see the silent tears slipping down her face. But they could feel it.

"Gabriella," Chad started slowly. He was like a big brother to her, and could easily tell when she was feeling upset. "Where's Troy?"

Gabriella took a deep breath and let it out, closing her eyes. The picture of Troy and Maddie kissing seemed burned in her mind…

xXo0oXx

Troy ran down the hall and skidded around a corner. In the process, he knocked over a potted plant, but he didn't care. Suddenly, an arm appeared in front of his vision. He didn't have enough time to avoid it. The arm smacked into Troy's neck, causing him to lose his breath and fall to the ground. His vision grew blurry as two figures stood over him…

xXo0oXx

"And… I ran," Gabriella finished, breathing deeply. She fisted away a few tears before lying on her back. "I don't know whether or not he followed me, since Rick caught me. But… I didn't want to know."

"I'll kill him," Sharpay and Chad growled at the same time. They stared at each other in shock. They hardly agreed on anything. Zeke placed a hand on his girlfriend's shoulder; she looked over at him and smiled.

"Do you want to know now?" Kelsi asked quietly. Gabriella nodded her head a little, but then she remembered that it was too dark to see.

"Yeah," she said softly. "Yeah, I do want to know."

Suddenly, the door to the room opened and someone shoved another person in. He hit the floor with a loud smack and the door shut behind him. Whoever had opened it had locked it again. Gabriella studied the person who was on the floor before her carefully.

"Troy?" Gabriella gulped and looked down at the crumpled heap in front of her. Troy picked up his head and looked at Gabriella. She seemed to be glowing in her white dress, her stressed and scared features illuminated by the white glow of the dress.

Troy coughed and pushed himself up. Sharpay crawled over to him, her jeans scraping against the cement floor. "Troy? Are you okay?" she asked. Troy nodded his head, wiping at his bloody lip. "Good." Sharpay brought back her hand and slapped Troy across the face as hard as she could.

Troy's face swung around as his cheek began to sting. "What the hell was that for?!" Troy shouted, pressing both hands to his cheek.

"That was for what you did to Gabriella!" the gang shouted in unison, immediately knowing why Sharpay had slapped him.

"No, you don't understand—"

"Oh really?" Gabriella's harsh voice sliced through the air, disrupting Troy. "Because it looked as if you and Maddie were pretty cozy. I mean, you were making out, for Christ's sake!" Troy glanced at his best friend, his girlfriend, and now, possibly, his ex-girlfriend. She only said something like "for Christ's sake" when she was really pissed off.

"Gabriella—" Once again he was cut off by Gabriella.

"No, Troy I think it's you who doesn't understand!" she shouted, tears coming to her eyes. "I loved you! Do you understand that?! I loved you! And now… now… now I don't know what to think. We just witnessed a murder, and you kiss me, and then, not even a week later, you make out with Maddie? How long this been going on?" Tears were pouring down her face now, and her body shook with sobs. Everyone touched her shoulder gently, as if they were trying to give her their courage and support. Gabriella looked over her shoulder and smiled gratefully, thankful for such great friends.

"She came on to me!" Troy shouted, finally losing it. He stood up and slammed his fists against the wall. "She's the one who kissed me! I'm sorry that you think I'm some sort of man whore, but you know that I would never hurt you. Never!"

"I never said that," Gabriella said quietly.

"You may not have said it, but it sure as hell was implied," Troy snarled. He glanced down at her harshly. "Do you feel broken now? Or do you still feel like going?"

"Troy," Gabriella said, shaking her head. "I met my breaking point a long time ago."

Author's Note: I so sorry I haven't updated! But, this is a filler chapter, so… anyway, school has been a living hell, and I'm sorry that I didn't update. I'll try to be better, but it'll be hard. Anyway, you'll get an extra long sneak peek at the next chapter because I haven't updated… enjoy!

Next time on Breaking Point…

Troy took Gabriella by the arms and pulled her up. The gang was already far ahead of them, running down the streets of Boston. Rick let out a strangled yell and ran after them. When he finally caught up, he grabbed the back of Gabriella's dress. She kept on going; she didn't stop. Instead of stopping Gabriella, the dress ripped all the way up to her knees. Attempting to keep up her pace, she pulled off the ripped portion of the dress, letting it float away behind her. Her dress was now up to her knees, which made it easier to run. She silently thanked God for her choice to wear flats.

What Rick said next made them stop. "If you don't come back here, I'll shoot!" His voice rang out, bouncing off the skyscrapers. Every single person stopped what they were doing to stare at the crazed man pointing a gun at London and Maddie.

The nine teenagers skidded to a stop and looked pleadingly at each other. "Come here," Rick demanded.

No one moved.

"COME HERE!"

Still, no one moved.

Rick sighed, but you could see the maniac glint in his eyes. "Fine, if that's the way you want it…"

BANG!!!