Lucas crept past the boy's locker room, unsure of what he might find, he didn't know if anyone had been shot or hurt or what he might see. He looked around and could not see anything other than student's books lying on the ground which they dropped as they ran out. Brooke meanwhile was still watching, she suddenly heard footsteps coming her way and shut the door and got under the desk. She got her phone out and let Lucas's phone ring twice. It couldn't be Lucas, he went the other way. Brooke just sat there hoping they would go away. The footsteps stopped, why had they stopped, Brooke thought. The door handled moved and the person walked in.

Lucas felt his cell go, his first thought went to Brooke, he hoped she was ok. He quickly made his way back and was surprised to see the door wide open, he made his way to the desk and looked under it. NO BROOKE

He was absolutely terrified now, where was she? What had happened? Was she ok?

All he knew was that he had to find her.

Brooke meanwhile was in the school hall up against the wall and tied up. There were 3 guys with guns, there were about another 30 odd people that she could see in the hall, she suddenly saw Bevin and Skillz, she wished they were safe but at the same time she felt relief that she was not alone. One of the guys walked over to Brooke and removed whatever it was that he had over his face. Brooke was not sure where she recognised him but she did know she had seen him somewhere.

"Well well well, what do we have here, Miss Brooke Davis, captain of the cheerleaders, miss popularity, student body president, quite impressive résumé" he said. Brooke just shrugged her shoulders not wanting to offend him

The guy just looked at her, "You don't even know my name do you?" he asked Brooke.

Brooke wished she could think of his name but it just was not coming to her

"No I guess I don't" Brooke replied honestly

"Well I know all about you, all your little friends have made my life hell, your so called jock friends steal my clothes in Phys Ed, your cheerleading team have made it so no girl will go near me because of the rumours you started about me and you, well you just ignore me and look at me as if I am dirt" the guy finished

"Look I'm sorry ok, that's all I can say, I will sort it out, please just let us all go" Brooke pleaded. She never knew she had brought this guy so much misery

"Well Miss Davis I am sorry but I just can't do that, especially you, as the ringleader there is no way you are going anywhere, you see its about time you learnt how the past has a habit of catching up with you" he said

"I've apologised already and believe me I mean it but this is just so screwed up, bringing guns to school, holding us all hostage, you are total psychos" Brooke said and instantly regretting it as you felt a fist come into contact with her face. Her head snapped back and hit the wall.

Lucas had heard the whole thing, he had to get her out of there, they were never going to let her go easily and they had made their feelings pretty clear about jocks so going in there really was a bad idea. There was a rather loud bang and 2 of the guys were going to check it out. Lucas realised this was the perfect opportunity. He waited til the other two guys were out of sight and then pulled the lever.

Suddenly the whole school plunged into darkness, Lucas knew he did not have long til the reserve power kicked in, he crept in the door and snuck up behind the gun man, this was a big risk but he had to do something, he knocked the guy out with a bat he had found in Whitey's office and the guy fell to the floor. He picked up the gun and scooped Brooke up, the rest of the students in the hall started to exit the hall the opposite way to which the other two gun men had gone, Lucas quickly scooped Brooke up in his arms and ran out the door with the other students. He knew the other 2 gunmen would not be far behind them and would have probably turned round as soon as the lights went out. Brooke just kept her mouth shut as Lucas carried her, this whole thing was like a nightmare. Whatever it was which had got his attention Lucas was very grateful for. All the students managed to get to safety and the police moved into the school. The paramedics were checking over any injuries, it seemed that although 4 shots had been fired none of them had actually hit anyone so that was a big relief.

Lucas had gone to see his mum and had left Brooke with the paramedics as she could not walk anywhere without the crutches so they were giving her some new ones. Karen had never been so relieved to see her son.

"Lucas don't you ever do that to me again, you hear me" Karen said to him

Lucas just let his mum embrace him, he knew he meant the world to her and she would be lost without him and he should have done what she said but at the same time at least this whole situation was finally over.

He looked back at the school and for some reason he saw Mouth coming out of it, he thought everyone was out by now so what was Mouth doing

"Mouth" Lucas yelled to get his friend's attention

Mouth slowly walked over to Lucas

"Mouth have you only just got out?" Lucas asked, surely he couldn't have, he probably just needed to get something that he left there or something like that

"Yeah, I was in the AV room, I had a bit of an accident I was putting away some things on the ladder and it slipped and boxes fell, I fell"

Lucas just looked at him so Mouth continued

"So I managed to get up and put some of it away but I was going to be late for class so I came out and there was a cop aiming his gun at me, and now I am here" Mouth said still not quite understanding what was going on

"So you were the one who made that big bang?" Lucas asked still rather in shock

"I…guess….so" Mouth replied

"Mouth you don't get do you? If you hadn't have fallen then we would all probably still be in there, you were the one that caused the distraction, you're a hero Mouth" Lucas said giving his friend a slap on the back

"I'm a hero" Mouth stuttered, not really believing it, it was all so surreal

"Yeah you are, we owe you one" Lucas replied

"Luke you could never owe me anything, in fact you are always saving me so how bout we call this even" Mouth joked

"Sure Mouth, whatever you want, I better go I need to find Brooke" Lucas said as he walked away.

Lucas made his way back over to the paramedics to see if Brooke had been given some more crutches so she could actually walk.

"So is she ready to go?" Lucas asked the paramedic

"Yeah she should be good but you may want to keep an eye on her as she took quite a blow to the head, there was a little blood but we have cleaned that up and it should be fine" the paramedic finished

Lucas had no idea that Brooke had hit her head that bad, he hadn't been able to see that, he should've checked she was ok he thought to himself.

"Can I see her? Lucas said

"Yeah she is just round there" the paramedic pointed

Lucas made his way over to Brooke

"Hey, how's the head?" Lucas asked

"It's fine just a bump really" Brooke replied, after what had happened today she really didn't want to make a fuss, considering what could have happened she thought a bad head was pretty lucky.

"Well I've still got to keep an eye on you apparently so I don't think it's just a little bump" Lucas replied

"Ok I guess my head hurts quite a lot" Brooke admitted

"If anything had happened to you I would never have forgiven myself Brooke, its my fault you were on your own, its my fault you got found, we should have just stayed put" Lucas said, sure she only had a bump on the head but it could have been so much worse and it all would have been his fault, why did he always have to be the hero, why couldn't he just have waited.

"Luke its ok, we are all fine, no harm done, you did what you had to do and you saved us, don't beat yourself up about it, I'm proud of you" Brooke said, maybe Lucas should have stayed and not left her but what was done was done and everything worked out in the end

"I'm just sorry, I put you in danger when that was the thing I was trying to avoid" Lucas said, he hadn't meant to put her in danger but it still happened

"Lucas Scott stop apologising this instance" Brooke said, in her eyes he was a hero and that's all that mattered

"OK OK no more I promise but do you want to hear something weird?" Lucas said

"Sure" Brooke said

"Mouth was the one that distracted them, he is the real hero, without him none of us would have got out" Lucas replied

"You're kidding me, Mouth? As in short weedy Mouth?" Brooke said not really believing it

Lucas just nodded his head

"Who knew!!" Brooke said in amazement

"So how bout we just go home and try and forget about today" Brooke suggested wanting to get this whole day out of her head, who knew one day could turn out so terrible, although it could have been worse. She just wanted to try and get back to normal, anything that distracted her from thinking about this day

"Sure sounds great" Lucas replied

"Luke I know I have got some crutches but do you think you could carry me to the car, its just I'm feeling a bit light headed" Brooke asked, that bang to the head had really made her feel dizzy and she was not sure she would be able to hobble to the car.

"Anything for my pretty girl" Lucas replied

They both knew though that they would never forget this day, the day when they almost lost each other but the fact was that they were lucky enough to still have each other and that was something for them both to be grateful for.

Hope you enjoyed, would love to hear what you think of this chapter so please review and thanks for the reviews from the previous chapter.