A/N: Thank you so much for all the awesome reviews I got. You guys rock! Here's the next chapter. Will Tommy be able to save Jude? Or will he be too late. Read and find out.

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Chapter 21

Tommy looked at the young man with a worried expression. "What's wrong with Jude?"

"She just left the party. And she looked upset." Spied said quickly.

"Alone? She left by herself?!" Tommy yelled. Some people looked up to stare at him, he ignored them and turned his attention back to Spied.

Spied just nodded his head in response.

"How long ago?" Tommy said in a lower voice.

"Just five minutes ago. She left through the back entrance."

Tommy didn't want to call too much attention to himself so he walked as quickly as he could to the back, without anyone noticing his urgency.

Karma saw him and her heart started to beat faster. "Maybe Jude already left and he won't catch up to her." She thought.

Tommy stepped outside. His heart stopped. Jude's car was gone. He quickly went back inside. He saw Spied, Karma, Patsy and Jaime all huddled around each other.

"Her car is gone. Did she say anything to you? Any of you?" Tommy asked frantically. He had a bad feeling about this.

The group all shook their heads.

"Mason." Tommy whispered. Before he left to talk to Darius, Mason was talking to Jude. He found Mason in the crowd.

"Mason have you seen Jude?" Tommy asked.

Mason shook his head. " We were talking in the studio but her phone rang and I left."

Tommy furrowed his eyebrows. "Her phone? Who was it?"

"She said it was from your house. It was your niece , Sam."

Did something happen at home? No. Jude would have told him. Tommy made his way back outside. He opened the door and someone pulled on his shirt. " Tommy what's going on?" It was Sadie, Spied standing beside her. Spied had went to tell Sadie there was something going on with Jude.

"I don't have time to explain now Sadie. But I think something is wrong with Jude. She left in her car. I have to go find her." Tommy said leaving her.

"My sister? I'm coming with you." Sadie said quickly.

"Me too." Spied said.

"I don't think so." Tommy said looking at them both.

"Do you want to waste more time arguing or do you want to get going?" Sadie huffed. " Besides didn't you and Jude ride up here together in her car? What were you planning to go look for her in?"

Tommy had actually not thought of that. " That's what I thought. Come on we'll take my car." Sadie said quickly.

Karma grabbed the back of Spied's shirt, just as he stepped outside. She knew Kevin had a gun. If it got bad , she didn't want Kevin to hurt Spied.

Spied didn't have to turn around to know who was holding him back. "Karma let me go!" He said in such a harsh tone.

That made Karma let go and step away quickly. She watched as the group went to Jude's rescue, fearing the worst. " What have I done?" Karma whispered to the night air.

The whole ride, Tommy dialed his house but no one answered. "No one is answering the house phone. What about Jude's cell?" He asked Spied, who was sitting in the back.

"No. It goes straight to her voicemail. She must have shut it off." He answered.

Sadie was looking ahead to the road, trying to concentrate on getting to Tommy's house as fast as she could. " Let's not fear the worst guys. Maybe Sam felt sick and Jude didn't want to worry you, Tom." Sadie said.

Tommy shook his head. "Sadie? Spied? When we get to the house I want you to stay in the car."

Sadie just nodded her head. She felt a knot in her stomach. Spied also reluctantly agreed.

Jude was racing down the dark streets of Toronto. She prayed she could talk some sense into Kevin. She finally pulled up in front of Tommy's house. She ran up the walkway, but before she made it to the door, it opened. She stopped suddenly at the doorway. The house was lit inside but no one was in the entryway. She took her keys in her hand to use as a weapon if she needed to. Jude slowly made her way into the house. Suddenly Sam ran up to her.

"Jude!" She hugged the little girl and carried her. Jude didn't notice she was crying until Sam spoke.

"Jude why are you crying?" Sam said. Her voice sounding concerned.

Before Jude could answer, she saw Kevin. She put down Sam just as he grabbed her by the arm. Rachel called Sam and the little girl ran to her. " I missed you Jude." He whispered in her ear. " But now I get to have you all to myself." Jude stared at him. His hair was a different, lighter color, probably so the police wouldn't recognize him.

The house phone started to ring and Kevin looked at Rachel who was now holding Sam's little hand. " Don't answer that." He said putting his free hand in his jacket pocket. It was obvious Kevin had some sort of weapon in there. If Jude was glad about anything, she was happy Sam didn't know what was going on. That their lives were in danger. Jude looked at Sam. The little girl knew something was amiss but didn't know what.

"Jude and I are going on a little trip. You tell your daddy Jude is safe with me." Kevin told Sam and pulled Jude next to him. He felt Jude tense up and he smirked at her.

"No! Jude. Why are you leaving? Are you mad at us?" Sam said starting to cry. Rachel tried to keep Sam from running to Jude.

Jude looked into Kevin's eyes. There was no sympathy in them, not like the last time she had seen him. She looked back at Sam. They needed to leave soon, before Kevin harmed Sam or Rachel.

"I love you Sam and tell your daddy I love him. I always will. " She winced when she felt Kevin squeeze her arm more harshly. She didn't care, it was worth the pain. Jude looked at Rachel who was still holding on to Sam. " Take care of them." Jude told her. The older woman nodded her head sadly and Kevin took Jude outside, shutting the door against the screams of the little girl who yelled for Jude not to leave.

Jude felt the cool night air hit her wet cheeks. She was silently crying, wishing Sam hadn't seen her leave. It broke her heart to hear Sam's pleas.

"You see how easy it was Jude? That's what you wanted right? No one got hurt. And now I have what I've always wanted. You." He whispered in her ear.

They stood in front of the driver's side of a black Ford Focus that was parked in front of the house. Just then she turned around when she heard the squeal of tires. A lime green Beetle approached, parking not too far from where they stood. Only Jude's Mustang between them. " No." Jude whispered. Her head whipped around to look at Kevin. He glared at her. "I swear I didn't tell anyone. They must have followed me." Jude said in a panicked tone.

Tommy stepped out of the car. The light from the street making Kevin and Jude visible in the darkness of the night.

"Quincy. You're just in time to say goodbye to Jude." Kevin grinned.

Tommy took a small step toward him and Kevin took something out of his jacket pocket. Jude gasped when she saw it was a handgun.

"Oh my God." Tommy heard from behind him.

"Damn it Sadie! I told you stay in the car!" Tommy shouted, but he didn't turn around to look at her. He didn't want to take his eyes off Jude or Kevin.

"No. Let her stay. She can say goodbye to Jude too." Kevin laughed.

"Jude are you ok?" Tommy called out.

"I'm fine." Jude said, although her tone said different. She didn't fear for herself. She didn't want anyone she loved to get hurt.

Tommy looked toward the house.

" Oh. Don't worry Tommy. Sam is fine." Kevin answered his unasked question.

"How does this psycho know about Sam?" Tommy thought.

"I was going to kidnap both of them, make you choose which one you wanted to save, but I decided to just take Jude, save you the trouble." Kevin chuckled.

"You won't get away with this Kevin." Sadie said. " The police will find you." Spied was now behind her, holding onto her shoulders. He didn't want Sadie to try to go over to Jude.

Kevin let out a cynical laugh. " The police? Yes. Since they did such a good job of finding me these few past weeks. I'm sure they will find me."

"Maybe he police won't find you, but I will." Tommy said taking anther step toward Kevin and Jude.

Kevin pointed the gun at Tommy. "Then maybe I should get rid of you so no one will find us." He smirked.

Everything seemed to happen in slow motion. Jude saw Kevin place his finger on the trigger. Without thinking, she grabbed Kevin's hand, just as he shot the gun, the gun moved. Jude thought it had missed Tommy, but when she turned around she saw Tommy fall back. Her sister screamed as she watched Tommy hit the ground. Spied kneeled down next to Tommy.

"Tommy!" Jude screamed. She started to run to him, but Kevin grabbed her, pulling her by the hair. Jude felt like something was chocking her. Along with her hair, Kevin had grabbed some of her star necklace and was choking her with it. The necklace snapped and fell to the cold ground. She saw one last glimpse of Tommy on the ground, before Kevin pushed her into the car through the drivers side and into the passenger seat. She was sobbing uncontrollably. They sped off and Jude turned around and watched as the image of Tommy on the ground, her best friend and sister kneeling next to him, began to fade. Jude curled up into a ball and cried. Kevin ordered her top put on her seat belt. When she didn't, he pulled over and put it on her himself. Jude felt numb. She looked out the her window and watched the cars they passed. She wanted, needed to know that Tommy was ok.

Sadie saw Jude move Kevin's hand just as he shot the gun. She screamed when she saw Tommy fall back onto the ground. Spied rushed to him and kneeled down beside him. Sadie heard her sister scream Tommy's name and saw Kevin shoving her into the car. Sadie tried to run after them, but Spied grabbed the edge of her dress, stopping her. She watched the car speed away and kneeled next to Tommy and Spied.

"Jude?" Tommy whispered.

"Oh my God! Tommy." Sadie said looking at him. "He shot you."

"No. Really?" Tommy said sarcastically.

"Where does it hurt dude?" Spied asked.

He tried to get up but he groaned in pain. " I think he just grazed my shoulder." Tommy winced.

"I don't think so dude. There's blood under you." Spied said when Tommy tried to get up.

Tommy gave him a relaxed look. Then panic crossed his face. " Jude? Where is she?"

"He took her. We need to call the police and an ambulance for you." Spied said standing up. He was surprisingly very calm. Sadie was glad someone was.

"No. I'm fine. Sadie? Go into the house and call the police." Sadie ran into the house and Tommy got up slowly.

"Spied? Go check on my niece and her nanny. Make sure everyone stays calm. They must have heard the gunshot." Tommy said grimacing.

Spiederman nodded his head and ran to the house.

Tommy stood slowly and managed to walk toward the spot where Kevin's car was.

Jude was gone. That psycho took her.

Suddenly something on the ground caught his eye. It was shiny. He walked up to it and noticed it was Jude's star necklace. The one he gave to her on their first real date. He picked it up and looked it over. He remembered what he told her when he helped her put it on.

Flashback

"When I saw the necklace I only thought of you. Not just because it matches your star ring. But because… girl, since I met you I knew you would be a star. I just didn't know you would be my star." Tommy told her.

Jude suddenly felt butterflies in her stomach. She had never heard Tommy talk to her like this. She smiled and leaned toward him across the table. He leaned in too and he felt her lips touch his gently. She pulled away slightly. " Thank you Tommy. I'm never going to take it off." She smiled.

End flashback

"I'll never take it off." Her word repeated in his head over and over again. Each time growing more painful. Tommy cried silently, clutching the necklace in his hand. His girl was gone and he wasn't able to stop Kevin from taking her.

A/N: I was going to end the chapter when Tommy got shot. But I didn't want to leave it in such an evil cliffhanger. I wanted you guys to know at least Tommy was ok. Review please.