"Move away from the girl."

The voice was familiar to Tori but she couldn't place it at first. David Vega's partner, Gary, emerges from the shadows with his firearm pointed squarely at Lucas's brain. He contemplates complying but keeps his knife steady at Tori's face.

"Don't do it, motherfucker. Think about it. You know what we love more than getting our hands on a cop killer? Scum who drags their families into it."

Lucas thinks better of it and extends his arm, both letting Tory breathe and allowing the blade to drop to the floor with a ping. Gary grabs his extended arm and puts the steel bracelets on him. Tori runs from her spot and positions strategically behind Gary like he was a shield.

"It's okay," Lucas smiles. "Just another case of circumstance and typical LAPD brutality."

Tori massages her throat. "I don't think so, asshole." And like the Babe before his legendary swing, she points seemingly into the distance. But Gary could see she meant the air vent. "Got you on camera. All of it."

She looks at Gary as he handles the retrained Lucas. "How did you find me?"

"I didn't. Your dad called and asked me to keep an eye on the house because he would pick you up. Then I get a call that he received a text from you saying you and Jade were getting a few things."

Jade!

Tori ran past the cop and creep toward the stairs where she left Jade. She turned her over and cried when she began to come around.

"Oh, wow," Jade rubbing her head. "What happened?"

Tori didn't answer but instead helped Jade to her feet. "It's okay, babe. They got him."

Jade looks at Tori's cheek. It was bleeding. Must have gotten closer than she thought. "What happened to you?"

"Lucas."

"What?"

"It's okay. It's okay. He's in handcuffs now."

Before Jade could say anything further, Gary enters the foyer with Lucas in tow. "Hey, West, long time no see."

Jade flashed back to being questioned about the Wanko's Warehouse incident. "You did good."

"Gee, thanks." Gary beams.

"Where's my dad?"

"On his way with backup. Just radioed him. Do you need to go to the hospital, Tori? Are you alright?"

She nods and Jade just looks at both her and Lucas with fiery eyes. "What did you do?" she asked her former "employer."

"Nothing, thank God." Gary interjects.

Jade glares at the monster, imagining he should burn for just the thought of harming Tori or anyone else in her life. And then there were her parents.

"Tori," Gary asks. "How did you know about the camera?"

She stares at the floor. "I put them there."

"Them?"

Jade had to act fast. She knew nothing about any cameras in her house but she couldn't let Tori fly at the mouth. If she said the wrong thing, it wouldn't be usable evidence.

"Yeah, Tori and I were trying an experiment. We wanted to make one of those 'Paranormal Entity' kind of movies. We were hoping to show it to school."

Tori points above their heads. "They're here and there throughout the house. This one caught the two men that ruffed up and shot Jade."

"And the one in my bedroom?" Jade asks looking at Tori.

She was so embarrassed. "Yes…"

"Then you also have where I was attacked, too."

Gary raises his hand. "Anywhere there isn't a camera?"

Tori thinks for a moment. "Dining room."

Gary secures Lucas to the chair by intertwining the handcuffs and the back of the chair with a bike chain Jade found in the closet. He couldn't move.

He turns to Jade. "Jade, could you keep an eye on Mr. Lucas for me? Tori and I will wait outside for her dad and the others."

Before they leave her, Gary turns back and says, "It's going to be about ten minutes."

Jade winks and from behind her back produces a golf club. A five iron, to be more precise.

She approaches the demon from her nightmares with relish. "Funny thing. The pawn shop was only interested in the woods." She then raises up her club. "My game sucks, but they say my swing is improving."

When cops arrived, they found a very conscious, though very sore, Lucas. He was still tied to the chair but on the floor. Jade had already ditched the golf club and told Mr. Vega that "he fell…a couple times."

Jade drops her backpack and duffle. Tori drags in a trash bag as big and probably as heavy as her. She gives her a look.

"I don't have suitcases, okay" Jade shrugs.

"Well, that's everything."

Jade looks a little sad. "The bank takes the house tomorrow. Strange how my whole life fits into a couple of bags."

Tori squeezes her tightly. "It'll be okay. Dad says you are part of this family, now."

"It was either this or my uncle in Seattle."

Jade sits down on Tori's bed and pats it. "Sit."

Tori comes over and sits next to her.

"Why did you have cameras in my house?"

"Truth?"

Jade looks at her like she asked the dumbest question.

"I followed you one day. I even stowed away in your backseat."

"Uh-huh." Her eyes were staring right into Tori's soul.

"Remember that night when the electric company shut off your house?"

Jade nods.

"I was there. I saw you right up until you fell asleep. I felt so bad for you, I don't know what came over me. Probably the same thinking that made me answer your phone back at the hospital."

Jade inhales and exhales slowly, making Tori nervous.

"I just wanted to figure out what was wrong and I knew you wouldn't admit you were having problems. I'm sorry."

Jade slaps her. How dare she?

She then grabs Tori's face and kisses her. I could've bled to death that night.

She slaps her again. She had no right.

Tori was then the recipient of another kiss. And she went through all this for me? Me.

Tori looks at Jade not knowing what to expect next.

"I," Jade begins. "I should be pissed but I have a hard time staying mad at you." She presses their foreheads against each other. "You're making me soft, admit it."

"What's wrong with that?" Tori lays down on the bed. Jade joins her and they look into one another's eyes. Next thing Tori knew Jade's pretty eyes were shrinking to narrow slits. "You falling asleep?"

"Yeah, so tired."

Tori wraps her arms around her as Jade buries her head into her chest, listening to her heart. The ambient sound was so soothing to her. It made her stop thinking about death and dying for long enough.

"Tori?"

"Yes?"

"Could you do it again? Sing it to me?"

"What?"

"That lullaby from the other night. Sing it for me, please?"

Tori closed her eyes along with her love and she began to hum, each vibration Jade felt as she drifted off.

A/N: That's the end, folks. I hope you all enjoyed yourselves. This was the longest and darkest one I have done yet. I think I will do something smaller (maybe a one shot) for my next one. And definitely much sweeter. So, for now, thank you all for making this my most viewed, favorited, followed and reviewed story on the site. I love this site and admire all of your talents. Peace!