The villa was silent when we walked in. Neither Celia nor Lumina was anywhere to be seen. "They probably went upstairs," Marlin said. We walked up the stairs. Lumina's door was closed. I knocked on it and no one answered. Marlin knocked as well. "Dr. Hardy, are you in there?" Still, no one answered. I opened the door and looked in. Celia and Lumina were sitting on the floor, back to back. Their hands were tied together and their mouths were covered. Marlin and I untied them.

"Celia, are you alright?" I asked.

"I should be okay. Dr. Hardy gave me an antidote for the poison," Celia replied.

"How'd he know the antidote for the poison? Daryl just invented it a short while ago."

"We know," Lumina said. "That's how we ended up tied up in here." I looked at her curiously. "We asked Dr. Hardy how he knew the antidote when he had never seen the potion. He had already brought Celia up here to lay her on my bed. He somehow managed to tie us up. I asked what was wrong with him and he said that he's working with Daryl and Kyle. He left to go and talk to them."

"But we didn't see him on our way back from Daryl's," Marlin pointed out.

"He must've gone another way," Celia said. "I don't know what they've got planned, but it won't be pretty."

"What are we going to do?" Lumina asked. "We can't stay here, but if we leave, they might go after Grandma Romana and Sebastian."

"We'll figure something out," Marlin replied.

"Well, we'd better figure it out fast. They'll be back soon and then we'll be in trouble."

"So, what do we do?" I asked.

"Nothing," someone replied. I spun around to see Kyle at the door. Dr. Hardy and Daryl were standing behind him.

"How'd you get back so fast?"

"I was already at the door to the lab when you and Marlin left," Dr. Hardy replied. "You just didn't pay any attention."

"We had a deal Jo," Kyle said, walking up to me.

"You didn't keep your end of it," I replied, slowly backing up.

"Oh, did I forget to mention that I knew Lumina would get Dr. Hardy and Celia would live? Sorry."

"You're terrible!"

"Thanks, I try." I walked into the wall and stood against it. I knew what Kyle wanted, and I knew that with Daryl and Dr. Hardy on his side, he would most likely get it. Kyle was close to me and I was looking for a way out. "There's no way out this time," Kyle said softly. He stroked my cheek gently.

"Don't touch her!" Marlin exclaimed. He tried to advance on Kyle, but Daryl grabbed him. Daryl was, to my surprise, stronger than Marlin and held him back. Dr. Hardy somehow got Lumina and Celia tied up again. Then he and Daryl held onto Marlin. Kyle laughed softly. He grabbed my arm and pulled me around as he turned to face Marlin.

"You must realize by now; I always get what I want," he said. "Keep him here," Kyle ordered Dr. Hardy and Daryl. Then he pulled me out of Lumina's bedroom, down the stairs, and out of the villa. I couldn't see very well in the dark, but I noticed as Kyle pulled something out of his pocket with his free hand. I realized it was his gun. Marlin had left it behind in the lab. "Now, you scream for help and whoever comes to help you dies as well, understand?" I nodded. Kyle took me to my property and up to my house. He opened the door and pushed me inside. He closed and locked the door behind him.

Lola and Freedom looked up when they heard the door open. Once the door was closed and locked, they jumped off the bed and ran up to Kyle, barking angrily. "Lola, Freedom, stop," I exclaimed. But my dogs wouldn't listen. They didn't trust Kyle and I think they knew that something was up. Kyle looked furious and ready to hurt them. "Kyle, open the door and they'll run out." Kyle looked at me.

"I'm not falling for that Jo. You're staying in here."

"No, listen to me. If you open the door, they'll leave. I'll stay here." Kyle pondered this. Then he pointed his gun at me.

"Sit against the back wall." I did as I was told. "If you so much as move from that spot, I'll shoot you." Kyle turned and opened the door. Lola and Freedom refused to leave him alone though.

"You have to outsmart them." I couldn't believe I was telling Kyle how to get rid of my only distraction. But I couldn't risk him hurting, or killing, my dogs. "You have to figure out how to get them outside while you stay inside."

"And how am I supposed to do that?"

"I can't think of anything. Sorry."

"Don't play with me Jo. Tell me how to get them out."

"They'll follow you until you leave the property. If you can find a way to trick them into staying in the barn or the chicken coop, then you can come back here with no problem."

"This door had better still be open when I get back." Kyle walked out and Lola and Freedom followed him. I sat against the wall, terrified of what was coming. I stood up and quickly crossed the room to the front door. I closed and locked it, and then sat down against the wall it was on. I knew it would make Kyle furious, but it might keep him busy long enough for me to figure a way out of my situation.

Kyle's POV

I led Jo's dogs into the barn and then got outside before they could follow. I turned to see Jo's door closed. I stormed up to her house, furious that she would contradict me. I turned the doorknob, only to find it was locked. I started pounding on it, getting angrier and angrier.

Jo's POV

Kyle started pounding on the door and I hugged my knees. It was terrifying, for I knew that if he got inside, he would surely kill me. After a couple minutes, all went silent. I was going to open the door to see if Kyle had left, but then realized that that's what he wanted me to do. He wanted me to open the door so he could get in. I stayed seated where I was.

He started pounding on the door again another couple minutes later. "Jo! Open the door!" he yelled. I didn't move, hoping that he would eventually give up and go away. I knew that he wouldn't, though. I didn't make a sound either. I guess part of me thought that I could trick him into thinking I had left. I knew that that would never happen though.

It was when the ax hit my door that I screamed. I remembered at that moment that I had an ax outside. I had completely forgotten about it. Kyle hadn't though. The ax hit my door a second time. Then Kyle reached in to try and unlock it. He got the door unlocked and then opened it. He walked in, gun in hand. It took him a moment to look and see me. "I am going to kill you!" he practically screamed. He wrapped his hands around my neck and slammed my head against the wall. Then he pulled me up and pushed me against the wall again.

"Kyle… please…" I said quietly. He grabbed hold of my shoulders and started shaking me furiously.

"You think you can get away with this!?! I'm going to teach you who's in charge of whom here!" Tears were flowing down my cheeks as he shook me. Finally, my knees buckled and he let go of me. I looked up at him.

"Please…"

"Please? You think you can beg your way out of this? I don't think so." Kyle pointed his gun at me, ready to kill me.

"Kyle, if you let me live, I'll get back together with you."

"What?"

"If you don't kill me, I'll get back together with you. I won't leave you this time either." Kyle lowered his gun and looked at me, unsure of if I was telling the truth or not. "I'll even move back to the city. I'll leave all this behind."

"And you're not just trying to get out of this? You mean what you're saying?"

"I mean it."

"Alright. I'm going to go back to the city tomorrow. You have three days to be back at my apartment. If you're not back by then, then I'm going to come and kill you. If you're not here, then I'm killing your friends."

"I'll be there in three days then." Kyle walked out of my house, leaving me sitting on the floor of my house in tears.