Jimmy, Toby and Anna arrived at the safe house.

"How the hell did this happen?" Jimmy yelled at an officer as he got out of the car.

Toby and Anna went right over to the bomb squad.

"I don't know sir. We were watching over the entire area."

"Apparently not! How many officers are here?"

"There were eight out here this morning."

"Eight?" Jimmy said, confused, "I only have seven signed up to work out here everyday."

"I know. I count every morning. But there were eight officers here this morning."

Jimmy was very angry, "And you didn't bother to question that? What kind of officer are you?"

"I'm sorry sir. I figured you just added someone for more protection."

"Did I tell you I was sending an extra person here this morning?"

The officer shook his head, "No sir."

"I didn't think so! Right now I have to deal with the fact that there was a serial killer in the area and he went completely unnoticed! If this got out to the public we would be ruined! I'll deal with you later! Now get out of my face!"

"Yes, sir."

Jimmy walked over to Toby and Anna.

"James was here," He said.

"What?" Both Toby and Anna said in shock.

"He was disguised as an officer."

"And nobody noticed that?" Toby asked.

"Apparently not!" Jimmy rubbed his eyes, "Sorry for yelling at you, this just isn't a good day."

"Don't apologize boss. No one is having a good day."

"Did you ever get a call from Cody's guards telling you that they made it to the new safe house?"

"No, not yet. Should I call them?"

"I want you to stay here with the bomb squad," Jimmy turned to Anna, "Would you call for me please?"

Anna nodded, "Of course."

Anna walked away from all the noise and called one of the guards. There was no answer. She then called the other guard. No answer.

Anna walked back over to Jimmy, "I called both of the guards that were taking Cody. No answer from either phone."

"Are you kidding me?" Jimmy said, not believing what a horrible day today was.

"Sorry sir. I can go out to the safe house and see if they got there. There may just be something wrong with the phones."

Jimmy sighed, "You and Toby go together."

Toby and Anna got into the car and drove off.

Cody's heart was beating so fast, he felt as if it were going to explode. He tried to speak but no words would come out of his mouth.

"I can't believe I get to see my Cody up close again," James said as he looked up and down Cody's body. "You've grown up so much."

Cody still couldn't speak. He took the gun that was in his hand and pointed it towards James.

"Now Cody, that's not nice. We're friends remember?"

"We are not friends!" Cody said once he found his voice.

"You're making me sad. Why would you do that?" James asked with a confused face.

Cody didn't reply.

"Cody, I have been waiting to see you for so long. I never thought this day would come. I couldn't believe it when I read the paper and saw your name in there. You were investigating my case. How's that going by the way?"

"Why are you doing this?" Cody asked. His voice was shaky.

"Come on Cody, put the gun down. You know you don't want to hurt me."

Toby and Anna pulled up to the safe house.

"I don't see the car here," Anna said.

"No, but I do see a light on in the house."

"Let's go."

Toby and Anna got out of the car and hurried inside.

They saw the officer lying on the ground in the living room so they quickly pulled out their guns to check the house. They went into the bedroom and saw the other man lying on the ground. When the house was cleared they made sure the officers were alive. Once they found out that the officers were unconscious they called for the medics to come.

Toby was about to call Jimmy, to tell him that Cody was missing, when the officer in the living room began waking up.

"Can you tell me what happened?" Anna asked.

"It was Cody," The officer whispered.

"What?"

"Cody did it."

"Did you hear him Toby?" Anna asked.

"Yeah. What do you mean Cody did it?"

"He was looking at his phone then all of a sudden he just hit me in the back of the head."

Toby and Anna walked off to the side of the room, "Why would he do that?" Anna asked.

"I have no idea."

"My gun!" The officer called out.

"What?" Toby asked.

"My gun is gone!"

Just then the medics arrived. They took both of the officers to get checked out.

"This doesn't make any sense," Toby said.

Anna shook her head, "There had to be something on his phone. He was looking at it right before he knocked them out. We need to get back to the office."

Anna and Toby quickly entered the office. Anna got right on Cody's computer.

"What are you doing?" Toby asked.

"Looking," Anna replied.

"For what?"

"Anything."

"You know you're more like me than you think."

Anna glared at Toby, "Will you just help me?"

They searched for a while until Anna came upon Cody's email address.

"He kept himself signed in. Maybe he got an email."

She looked and saw the subject, 'To my Cody'. She clicked on the message, "Oh my God! Look Toby!"

They both read the email. Toby ran to get Zack and Cody's case file.

"Okay, I know where we need to go. Come on!"

"Why did you come back?" Cody asked.

"Can't we just talk Cody? Just put down the gun and we can talk," James said.

"Why did you come back?" Cody yelled. "Why didn't you just stay away? You could have been free forever!"

Anna and Toby pulled up behind Cody's car. "I'm gonna go up ahead," Anna said, "You wait for the backup."

"Be careful," Toby warned.

"I will."

Anna sneaked up behind Cody. She kept herself hidden behind a tree.

"I had to come back," James said, he was beginning to get frustrated, "I didn't get to finish last time!"

"What are you talking about?"

"They came to fast! I had to leave before you and Zack were dead! For twelve years it has eaten at me that I didn't get to finish. You two were the only ones! So I came back, I found some boy who was living on the streets and I took him! And this time I finished. I figured that would be it. After that I would leave but I still felt like I hadn't accomplished what I came for, so when I saw your name in the paper I figured now was my chance! I would finish what I started."

"You killed a young boy because Zack and I didn't die?"

"You're damn right I did! I did that boy a favor. He didn't have a friend in the world! That's why I felt nothing afterwards! He was supposed to replace you but he couldn't!" James began to calm back down, "Nobody could."

"So why didn't you just do it? Why didn't you just kill me? Wouldn't that have been easier then all of this?" Cody asked, he was desperate for answers.

"You know me Cody. This was funner. A quick kill wouldn't have done anything for me. Doing things like this... It makes me feel alive. It keeps me breathing. For twelve years I felt dead inside. I felt dead because I knew you were still out there. The only thing that kept me going was that I knew you were waiting for me. I didn't know where you were or how to find you but I knew that someday we would meet again. I knew that you wouldn't be able to stay away from me."

Anger filled inside of Cody, "The only reason I am here is to kill you!" He said through gritted teeth.

James shook his head, "No it's not. If you wanted to kill me then you would have already."

Cody began to cock the gun.

"Cody don't!" Anna yelled as she came out of the woods.

"Who is that?" James asked angrily.

"Anna what are you doing here?" Cody asked.

"Cody don't do this! He isn't worth it."

"I have to! It will never stop if I don't end it now!" Cody yelled.

James tried to distract him, "Cody, I have never stopped thinking about you. Never. I still think of our bodies pressed close together. I think about the love that we shared. You remember that don't you?"

"Stop!" Cody yelled as he got closer to James with the gun.

Just then Toby arrived with the backup. Officers surrounded Cody and James. However they couldn't do anything cause Cody still had James at gunpoint.

James knew there was no way out of this one, "Do you still have the scars on your back? Do you remember that day? All you had on were dirty boxers. Your hands were pressed against the wall. I began to count as the whip slashed across your back."

"Cody don't listen to him. He's just trying to freak you out," Anna said trying to get Cody to drop the gun.

"One!" James began to yell trying to get Cody to the breaking point.

Cody began to cry. Hearing James count like that brought back all the painful memories.

"Two!"

Stop it!" Cody screamed.

"Three!"

"Four!"

"No!" Cody was crying even harder. It was like he could feel the whip on his back.

"Five!"

James smiled, "Six!"

Anna had to intervene, "Cody don't listen to him! If you shoot him you will only be giving him what he wants! He knows there is no other way out. He knows that he is trapped now! He's scared!"

Cody placed the gun on James's head.

"Seven!"

Cody cocked the gun and pulled the trigger.

Anna and Toby gasped.

Nothing came out of the gun.

Cody got right up to James's face, "There is no fucking way I'm letting you out of this one that easy."

James couldn't believe it. He thought for sure that his life would be over by now. That's what he wanted. He wanted Cody to shoot him. He hadn't realize, until the moment the police surrounded him, what prison would be like. He didn't think about what guys in prison would do to child molesters and serial killers. Not until it was to late.

Cody dropped the gun. Officers quickly ran up to James and placed him in handcuffs.

"I should have killed you when I had the chance!" James yelled. "You'll never get rid of me! I'll always be there!"

Toby walked over to James and knocked him in the head, "Oops!" He said, pretending it was an accident.

Cody fell to the ground and continued to cry.

Toby helped the officers carry James into the police car as Anna walked over to Cody.

She didn't say anything. She simply wrapped her arms around him. After a couple of seconds he put his arms around her and held onto her tightly as he cried.

No huge cliffy on this one. I figured I'd let you breathe a for a while:) So, only one more day of VBS left! WOOOOT! To answer 'purplewowies' question: Yes, VBS is Vacation Bible School. Also, you made some really great suggestions. Unfortunantly this Bible School is so out of order that none of that would work. Seriously, if I told any of those kids to write a report they would probably look at me and laugh. Today the boys were saying how horny they would say stuff like, "Joe is horny for Bob!" And these boy helpers in the class (they are around 15), they are just as bad. They egg on the children. I mean, I have nothing but respect for the church itself. I love the pastor and all but that is the worst Bible School EVER! Oh well, I should just thank God it's only one more day. Plus it's twenty hours of community service so I can get Bright Futures scholarships! Anyway, thanks for reading and reviewing! This story has gotten more reviews than any other story of mine! WOOO! You guys are awesome:)