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Previously on Taken….

Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head and everything went black. The last thing he remember before passing out was hearing Melinda scream.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

David towered over Jim with a shot gun in his hand. He had used the butt of it to knock Jim out cold. Melinda curled herself up in a ball and hid her face in her arms.

David reached down and grabbed Jim's arms, he glared up at Melinda, "Stay here! If you move I will kill him!" David threatened. Melinda lifted her head off her arms to look at him. "Is that understood?" He sneered. Melinda nodded her head as a tear slid down her cheek. David then drug Jim by his arms to the house.

Melinda watched in horror as David drug Jim up the steps and into the house. She wanted so badly to escape to run away and try and find help, but she knew David would kill Jim. She couldn't let that happen, she promised herself that Jim wouldn't get hurt because of her. She didn't dare move from where she was sitting for fear that David would accuse her of trying to escape and simply use that as an excuse to kill Jim. So she sat there, curled up in a ball, waiting for David to come back out.

David drug Jim through the house and down the stairs. He maneuvered him so it would be painful but not painful enough to cause serious damage, he wanted to be the one to do that. If he was going to win Melinda over, then he was going to do it through Jim.

Once they had successfully made it to the bottom of the stairs he left Jim lying on the ground while he ran up to the kitchen to grab a chair and duct tape. He then carried the chair back downstairs. He placed the chair next to Jim and pulled him up so he was sitting in it. He then proceeded to duct tape him to the chair. He duct taped his wrists, ankles and torso to the chair. Once he was sure that there was no way he could escape he went back upstairs to retrieve Melinda.

"Get out of the car…NOW" He yelled as he approached the car. Melinda was startled and attempted to get out of the car but was too weak. David grabbed her roughly by the arm and lifted her into his arms. He carried her bridal style back into the house and down to the basement. Once back downstairs he chained Melinda back up to the hook in the middle of the room. "I'll be right back." He told her as he walked up the stairs. Melinda instantly looked over at Jim, another tear streaked down her cheek when she saw him. She had waited so long for him to come to her rescue, and now here he was, knocked out and tied up, her worst nightmare has come true…

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"I know you are babe, I am too, but listen to me…I will keep you safe. No matter what it takes, they will have to go through me in order to get to you." Jim swore to her, "I will keep you safe, Mel I promise!"

"That's what scares me…" Mel whispered.

Jim had a confused look on his face, "What scared you?"

"I don't want anything to happen to you, if you were to get hurt trying to protect me…" Mel looked down, "I don't think I would be able to handle it."

Jim moved so he was now sitting down in front of her, he gently put his hand on her chin and pulled her head back so she was looking at him, "Mel, I would rather die a thousand times then to see you hurt once. If I were to know that something happened to you because I didn't protect you, I think I would fall apart inside. Mel I will protect you, if something happens to me, then I am ok with that, as long as you are safe."

Mel simply stared into his blue eyes as a tear made its way down her cheek.

Jim wiped it away, "Hey, I'm going to be ok babe, we're going to be ok…nothing is going to happen."

"But what if it does?"

"Well then, we'll be ready for it…and we'll fight it together."

His last words echoed in her mind…we'll fight it together….together…She knew that if they were going to get out of here then it was going to take both of them.

Just then she heard David walk down the stairs, she instantly turned and looked at him, she was surprised to see him carrying a plate of what looked to be food. She eyed him cautiously as he set the food down and walked back upstairs. "I'll be back when he wakes up!" He yelled over his shoulder as he slammed the door shut behind him. Melinda instantly scooted her way over to Jim, she placed her hands on his leg and gently shook him.

"Jim!" She whispered as she shook him. "Jim, baby please wake up!" But it was no use, Jim didn't even stir, no matter how hard she tried she couldn't wake him. "Jim baby please I need you!" She cried. Suddenly she felt a shooting pain in her stomach. She doubled over in pain and placed her handcuffed hands over her stomach. She cried out in fear, she had feared for a while now that there was something wrong with her baby. She hadn't felt it move since the knife attack, and now she was really terrified. "J-Jim!" Melinda cried out again. But Jim still didn't move. Melinda knew that if her baby had any hope of surviving then she needed to eat something. So she cautiously drug herself over to where the food was and eyed it hesitantly before eating it. After she had finished her as much of the meal as she could, she slowly crawled back over to where Jim was, she her head in his lap. She tried to fight the tiredness that was sweeping over her but she eventually surrendered and drifted off to sleep.

An hour later…

Jim slowly began to regain consciousness, he was confused and disoriented. He had no idea where he was or why he had a splitting headache. The last thing he remembered was…was…Melinda. Then it all flooded back to him, finding Melinda, trying to rescue her, then everything goes black. He tried to lift his arm to ease the pounding in his head but couldn't. He looked down at his arm and noticed that he was duct taped to a chair. That's when he saw her. Melinda still had her head on his leg as she slept. Jim tried desperately to move free his hand so he could reach her but it was no use. He gently moved his leg back and forth, trying to wake her from her sleep.

"Mel." He whispered as she started to stir. Melinda looked up when she realized Jim was moving. She looked up at him and put her hands on his leg. She wished she could do more but David positioned them just far enough out of reach where she could only reach his legs.

"Jim, you're awake!"

Jim looked down at her bloodied hands on his knee and sighed. "You know…you're more beautiful every time I see you!" Jim whispered to her lovingly as he stared into her eyes.

Melinda's eyes were brimmed with tears threatening to pour over at any second. "I thought I was never going to see you again." She cried as the tears broke loss and rolled down her cheeks.

"Hey, shhh please don't cry, I'm here now." Jim soothed her.

"But now you're in danger, Jim he's gonna hurt you!" Melinda warned him as Jim remembered back to what she told him when she first started having her dreams.

A tear slowly rolled down her cheek as she continues, "He got really mad and beat me, then he said that you were never coming to save me. I told him you would and he said fine, then he would find you and bring you to me so I could watch him kill you."

Jim instantly pulled her back into another hug, only this time he held her tighter then the first time and tried to comfort her, "Hey listen it was only a dream…right?

"That's the thing, it didn't feel like a dream, it felt more like a vision. It felt like someone was trying to warn me." Mel sighed as another tear trickled down her cheek.

Jim shook his head to clear his thoughts. "Babe, I know you're scared, I am too but that isn't going to happen, ok? we will find a way out of this, we always do right." Jim smiled down at her.

Melinda wasn't convinced though, "Jim, you're duct taped to a chair, I'm handcuffed to a chain that it attached to a hook on the floor, unless you have some parade of cops following close behind you or a master plan, I don't think we're going to be able to work our way out of this one." Melinda sighed as she looked down.

"Mel, look at me, please…" Melinda looked up at him and stared deeply into his eyes. "I need you to promise me something." Jim said as he looked at her.

"Anything…" she whispered.

"I need to you promise me that, no matter what happens to me, that you will escape if you get the chance."

"Ji-"

"Mel, I need you to promise me that you will do whatever it takes to get out of here."

"Jim I can't leave you here, I won't." Melinda cried.

"Mel, please, promise me that you will escape if you get the chance. I don't care what he does to me as long as you are safe." Jim said as a tear rolled down his cheek. "Please Mel…"

"I promise."

"I love you Melinda Gordon." Jim smiled down at her.

She couldn't help but smile back up at him, "I love you Jim Clancy."

"There's that smile I love so much. God baby, I was so worried about you. Mel, I'm so sorry. I should have been there that morning. I should have protected you better. I should have found you sooner." Jim took a deep breath before continuing. "When you called me and I heard him hit you, I just about lost it. Then when he hung up after you refused to lie about our love, I thought I had lost you forever. I-I couldn't stand the thought of having to live without you. My life wouldn't be worth living." Jim said as he lowered his head.

Melinda laid her head back on his knee as she sighed deeply. "I don't blame you for any of this Jim, you're here now, that's all that matters to me." She replied as she breathed in his scent.

Suddenly they heard footsteps upstairs. "Jim he's coming!" Melinda whispered fearfully.

"Shhh Mel, it's alright, I'm right here." Jim said as he eyed the door. The door flew open as they both jumped in surprise.

"Awe, look at how pathetic." David slowly strolled down the stairs. "Jim I applaud you," He stated as he started to slowly clap his hands, "I really do, you have her convinced that you love her. That is some act my friend! I don't know how you did it, but I'm impressed." He sneered as he finally neared them.

Melinda tried to scoot closer to Jim but it was useless she was as far as she could go, Jim felt her move and tried to scoot closer to her with no avail. David knelt down next to Melinda and gently stroked her cheek, Melinda knew better then to resist, so she simply clamped her eyes shut as she whimpered. "Melinda and I have been having a lot of fun, haven't we?" He snickered.

Jim's stomach flipped as he saw him touch her. "Don't touch her." He shouted.

David smiled back up at Jim, "Oh Jim, you have some things to learn. Like I can do whatever I want to her and you can't stop me."

"I swear if you lay one hand on her! I will-"

"You'll what Jim? Beat the shit out of me? Oh that's right…you are tied to a chair, you can't!" David mocked as he inched his face closer to Jim's. He then reached down and kissed Melinda hard on the lips.

Jim's fought against his bindings, wishing he could lunge at this bastard and beat the living daylights out of him. "You fucking bastard! LEAVE HER ALONE!" He yelled as he pulled and tugged trying to free himself.

David pulled out of the kiss and looked Jim in the eyes. "She's mine now!" he growled. He then reached down and pulled Melinda off of Jim.

"No! Please where are you taking me! Please I want to stay with him!" Melinda screamed.

"Oh don't worry…I want you to watch." David replied as he pulled her over to the hook. He undid the chain from her handcuffs and attached them to hook itself, giving Melinda only inches to move instead of feet.

He then made his way back over to where Jim was.

"No! What are you going to do? LEAVE HIM ALONE!" she screamed as David continued to walk away from her.

"I'm going to do something I've been dying to do for a while now. I told you Melinda, he doesn't really love you, and I'm going to prove it." David said as he reared back and slammed his fist into Jim's jaw.

"NOOOOOOOOO! PLEASE DON'T HURT HIM!" Melinda pleaded.

David spun around and glared at her, "Shut up! Do you want me to bring the knife out again?"

Melinda's face turned pale at the thought of him cutting her again.

"That's what I thought, now shut up and watch!" he yelled as he turned his attention back to Jim.

He beat him mercilessly, Melinda cried hysterically the entire time. She didn't know what to do. But she couldn't watch this any longer.

David hit and kicked Jim over and over again. Jim had blood pouring out of his nose (which Melinda assumed by now was broken), his mouth, from the gash above his eye and in many more places. Jim occasionally yelled out in pain as David continued on. But he tried to be strong for Melinda, he hated that she had to watch this. He did everything he could to now yell out in agony.

When David became tired of using his fists, he pulled out a baseball bat and used that to slam down on Jim's leg. Jim couldn't stop the scream that followed that. Melinda fought desperately against the chains that bound her. She pulled and tugged but couldn't free herself.

The beating continued on for a few more minutes before David had finally had enough. He pulled out the knife from his back pocket and slowly walked around to the back of Jim 's chair. Jim had his head down, with blood trickling out of his mouth, he was sweating heavily and trying to catch his breath. David grabbed a handful of Jim's hair and yanked his head back, exposing his neck. He then held the knife to it and looked up at Melinda. "Time to say goodbye Melinda."

Melinda looked at Jim fearfully, their eyes locked on to each other. Melinda searched his eyes desperately looking for what she should do. Melinda suddenly knew what she had to do, she just hoped it would work. She looked at Jim trying desperately to tell him with her eyes that she knew what to do. Jim saw the determination in his eyes and shook his head in disapproval. Melinda looked into his eyes one last time before speaking, "WAIT!" she yelled, "just wait."

David looked at Melinda, "I…I'm sorry." Melinda stuttered as David got a confused look on his face so Melinda continued on. "I'm…I'm sorry I didn't…s-see it before. But I see it now. He doesn't love me, not like you do." Melinda stuttered as she begged Jim for forgiveness before looking up at David.

Jim shook his head, "Mel, no…"

"Shut up!" David yelled at Jim. He couldn't believe what he was hearing, could his plan of actually worked? "You what?" He asked Melinda as he let go of Jim's hair and walked over to where she was.

"I guess I was too blind to see it before, but I see it now. I-I lo-love you." Melinda almost threw up in disgust but she didn't let him see that. Jim was watching the whole thing and clamped his eyes shut as a tear escaped his eyes. He knew that it wasn't true, that she didn't really love him, that she was only doing this for them.

David bent down next to Melinda and undid the chain that was binding her. He then pulled her into him and kissed her deeply. Melinda wound her hands around his neck as she kissed him back. Melinda felt absolutely disgusted but she had to play along, if they were going to get out of here alive. Jim couldn't stand to watch, she was sacrificing herself for him, for their love. It broke his heart in two, he was the one who was supposed to be saving her, not the other way around. He admired her strength though, after everything that she had been through, she was still fighting for them.

David finally pulled out of the kiss when he needed to breath, "You have no idea how good that sounds coming from your lips." He sighed as he placed his forehead against hers. "I've been waiting for so long to have you in my arms like this!" He smiled down at her.

"Hang on, I need to go finish something," David said as he stood up and walked towards Jim.

Melinda's eyes widened in fear, "NO WAIT! Umm don't kill him."

David turned around and glared at her, "I thought you loved me!" he yelled.

"I do!" Melinda assured him as she quickly thought of what to do, " I love you so much that I can't allow you to kill a man! What if someone finds out and tracks his death back to you? I'm sorry but I can't stand the thought of you rotting in a jail cell." Melinda looked up at him. "Come on let's just leave him down here for now until we figure something else out." Melinda begged.

David looked back at Jim and sighed. "Alright babe, you're probably right. Come on." He said as he lifted her bridal style into his arms.

"Where are we going?"

"You're coming upstairs with me!" he exclaimed as he carried her up the stairs.

Melinda looked back at Jim who hadn't taken his eyes off of her, "I love you!" she mouthed to him.

"I love you too!" he mouthed back before he was engulfed in darkness…

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