Lea's condition was rapidly declining. She was beginning to have hallucinations and could barely hold herself up for more than a few minutes at a time. She was fighting to stay awake, not wanting to give James or his boss an opportunity to hurt her further. She knew if she couldn't find a way to esacpe soon she would die before James even got a chance to lay a hand on her. He had been coming and going what seemed like every few hours. He's getting anxious.

Just as the thought occurred to her he came back again. He put a plate of stale bread and a glass of water in front of her, "Come on bitch, time to eat." She looked at him, not saying a word. It wasn't like she had the use of her hands to feed herself and even if she did she wasn't about to eat anything that came from James. He shoved some of the bread in her mouth, forcing her to eat. "You better tell me about those monkey weirdoes ya been hangin around with," he said bringing his face closer to hers. She looked him in the eye, but said nothing. This stupid bitch needs to learn her place, he thought to himself. "Oh don't feel like talkin eh bitch? Well, maybe this'll change your mind." He swung his fist back and punched her in the jaw. Lea's head spins and she vomits from the pain.

"You think your little boy toy and his little friends can save you? Well I'm gonna make it so he, and no one else will ever want anything to do with you." He took out a big, sharp looking knife and slashed a long, deep cut down the side of her face. She saw the blood dripping onto the floor in front of her. "You think you can get anything you want with this pretty face of yours dontcha? Well you won't be pretty anymore when I'm finished with ya." He grabbed her hair tightly in his fist and cut it off, leaving it hanging around her cheek bones. "There, now no one will ever see anything remotely attractive when they look at you. You will have no one but me."

She looked back at him, blood dribbling down her chin, "Fuck you." She spat the blood that had pooled in her mouth in his face. She seethed with anger, "You think I care what you do to me or how I look? I could give a shit less and I will never go anywhere with you, even if you were the last human on this planet. I'd rather be dead."

"Suit yourself if that's how you want it. I'd be more than happy to just kill you right now, but you got work to do for the boss. Don't worry cupcake, when you're all done luring them here I'll grant you you're death wish." Lea struggled against her restrains, wishing she could beat the piss out of the sorry excuse for a man standing before her. She was infuriated, feeling nothing but hatred toward him. He laughed at her struggling and walked away, leaving her again to her own thoughts.

Lea thought back to how she had gotten the boys into this mess in the first place…
(Cue flashback scene)

Lea and Sam had been living together a little more than a year and Sam was beginning to insist Lea go out and meet people, specifically a guy. "Lea come on you have to start meeting people, you've been here for over a year and the only person you know is me!" Lea stared at her, "You know I can't do that." "Yes you can! Come on, no one has come looking for you yet, and you're so far away from all that there's no way they could know you came here. Besides I know the perfect guy for you!" Lea laughed, "Oh yeah? Just what makes this guy the 'perfect' guy for me?" "Because," Sam shouted, "he plays guitar and is just as engrossed in music as you are, I've heard him play a few times, he's really good. He's Micky's roommate, and he's in the Monkees with him. His name is Mike and he's reserved and polite and way fucking hot! Plus, he's got a sexy southern accent. So you should meet him." Lea smiled, "he sounds great and all, but I just can't right now, I'm not ready, I haven't dated anyone in years." I don't trust anyone. Sam frowned, "Oh ok, but you have to promise me that you will meet him eventually." Lea sighed, "Ok. I promise." Hopefully you'll forget it and never bring it up again.

Months went by and Sam kept bringing Mike up. Lea found it harder and harder to say no to her pleading roommate, but she just couldn't let it happen. Even if this guy did sound like a pretty awesome guy, she just couldn't let her guard down, even if it meant she would be alone. She had already stayed with Sam way longer than she meant to. It was just nice having someone to talk to, someone who would be there for you. Sam was enough of a risk, she didn't need anymore.

Finally, after trying to get Lea to agree for six months, Sam took it upon herself to thrust the two together. She told Micky about her idea and he was ecstatic, "That's an awesome idea, babe! Those two would be perfect for each other!" By this time Micky had met Lea quite a few times and had gotten to know her, at least a little bit. "Tell you what, I'll have Mike drive me over here next time and make him stay with me, then you can tell Lea he's coming right before we show up so she has no chance to go out or avoid it." And that was that, the plan was set.

The next week they put their plan into action. "Sam! I told you I wasn't ready for this…" but it was too late because at that moment the doorbell rang. Lea ran into her bedroom, "Oh come on Lea…" She heard the guys come in and Micky and Sam run upstairs. She also heard Sam yell down to Mike that Lea was here. Oh great, now he's probably gonna come looking for me. But he never did. She heard him rustling with something and then heard the familiar strum of a guitar. She stood at the door listening, oh my, he is very good Maybe I should go out there, it is awful rude to stay in here if he already knows I'm here. I really shouldn't, but… She eyed her bass in the corner of the room, and hesitated only a moment before grabbing it and opening her door. She snuck quietly into the living room behind him so he wouldn't notice her until she started playing.
(End flashback)

I was so wrong about him. This is all my fault, they're using me to lure the guys here. Who knows what they have planned for them. I can't just sit here and wait to find out. Gotta find a way out.

"You're sure you're ok here, right shotgun?" Mike was still iffy about this part of the plan. He wanted to be able to get Lea back, but he didn't want to leave Sam by herself. He knew in the end they didn't have a choice. "Yeah Mike I'll be fine. I just want to get her back," Mike smiled, "alright, but if things don't go according to plan I want you to get the fuck out of here and get the cops." "I will Mike, promise." With that she gave all the guys a hug and watched as they walked toward the warehouse. It's going to work. It has to.

The guys made it to the meeting place with 20 minutes to spare. Mike had wanted to make sure nothing could go wrong, that they could control at least. He paced back and forth willing time to go by faster, but to no avail. Peter grabbed him by the shoulders, "Mike, you're making me dizzy!" Mike frowned, "I'm sorry shotgun, I'm just so nervous. We don't even know what we're walking into. We have no idea who this guy is or what he wants from us. To top it off, I'm not even sure how well this plan is gonna work." Micky stepped up to his friend, "It's gonna work Mike, it's gotta. We're gonna save her, remember, we're the good guys." He smiled, but it didn't reach his eyes. Truth be told Micky was just as nervous as Mike, he just couldn't let Mike know that. Davy agreed, "Yeah Mike, it has to work. We've foil evil doers before and we'll do it again. Don't you worry."

Inside the warehouse Lea was still chained up, but she had found a piece of angle iron she had been able to reach with her foot. It was sharp enough that she could use it to at least stun someone if she had to. She was sitting on it hoping she could use it to get away before Mike and the others gave themselves up to this psycho.

James walked in just then announcing "It's almost 9pm. Time for the show to begin, I can't wait to see you watch your little lover boy fail. I'm gonna enjoy watchin you suffer. First though, I think it's time for you to meet the boss." The same shadowy figure she remembered from that first day appeared in the doorway, but this time he walked into the room toward Lea. She looked at him, but couldn't really make out any facial features. She squinted her eyes as he came closer and when she saw his face she gasped. "Micky?" she whispered. The man smirked, "Nah baby, I aint Micky."

Thanks to all my readers/reviewers. You guys are the best! I never meant for this story to be such a dark behemoth, but I really like how it's turning out. I hope you do too! ^_^