Since I so cruely made you all wait for the next chapter -- I updated it with two chapters...and a wonderful cliff hanger. I suck at cliff hangers -- so I decided to slip one in anyways...

Now I meant to put this at the end of the last chapter -- but I was sort of in a rush to update (unwedded father was one...we all know we all live Brian Austin Green....) so Iforgot it. But just in case any one's wondering where all the cameras did go...here it is...how interesting...

Living Room: 5 cameras (I said that in a previous chapter)

Dining room: 3 cameras. (Since there is no door separating the dining room and living -- some of the cameras from the living has footage of the dining room as well.)

Parents room: 1 camera.

Hallway: Two cameras it's a rather long hallway...?

Freddy's room: 1 camera. (Katie and Zack had persuaded him -- Freddy wasn't exactly open to the idea of people watching him. Marta had suggested he put a camera in the bath room...but apparently he 'decided' not to...for obvious reasons...

And there you have. Sorry for the 'long' wait. These chapters are -- oddly enuff -- becoming easier to write.

Thanks smiles4100 for the idea of using ned -- I had actually meant to take up your idea of them lying and stuff...but then it totally slipped my mind and I just sort of let it all play out naturally. Hope you guys don't hate me for that. Review review...REVIEW!!!...this won't take longer than four days...I swear it!

The chronicals of life and death

You have been dying since the day

you were born

you know it has all be planned

the quartet of deliverance rides

a sinner once a sinner twice

no need for conffession now

cause now you have got the fight of your life

The trio outside of the building ran as fast as they could around the house and through the front door. Josh was still squeezing as hard as he could on Freddy's poor wittle neck - red skin was already starting to appear above and below Josh's thick hands. "Get off!" Zack bellowed -- jumping at Josh. Josh looked up - a little surprised - but soon recovered. The pain he had once felt before had already disappeared. Josh lifted a hand and swatted Zack away. Zack wouldn't give up -- he jumped to his feet -- only to freeze when Josh pulled out a gun that he had been concealing.

"You see this?" Josh sneered - aiming his hand gun at the trio. "It has three bullets. I had intended to use them on that bitch upstairs...but I think you three are more suitable for it."

Zack's eyes dropped down to Freddy -- who was unconscious underneath Josh. "Is he dead?" Zack demanded - stepping forward.

"Zack," Sara ground out, eyeing the leader of the group.

"No - unfortunately he's not dead yet," Josh sighed miserably. "But he soon will be -- along with you three and that whore upstairs. It's rather unbelievable -- she'll probably die of grief -- while she was snoring so peacefully upstairs -- her bastard down stairs was being straggled to death."

"Too bad that's not gonna be the ending," Zack snapped evily. He was nearly a completely different person.

"Oh yeah?" Josh asked calmly.

"Oh yeah," Zack snapped loudly, taking a tentative step forward.

Josh cocked his gun and aimed it solely at Zack's abdomen. He was so caught up in the situation at hand -- he didn't hear the back door open. He didn't hear the back door shut. The next thing he heard was the cock of a gun mere centimeters from his own head. "Freeze," came the cool voice. "Drop the goddamn gun."

Josh turned his head slightly to get a better look at the cop. He recognized him faintly. Josh slowly withdrew his gun and lifted it slowly. The gunshot echoed throughout the quiet house - and Josh dropped lifelessly onto of his step son. Justin, Sara and Zack all let out a loud breath that none of them were aware they were holding.

"You kids alright?" Officer Rebelle asked unemotionally. He knelt down beside Josh and shoved him off of Freddy. Rebelle lifted his walkie-talkie to his mouth. "I need an ambulence. We've got one dead and one severly injured."

"Chase Rebelle, man?" Justin asked off handly.

Officer Rebelle looked up from Josh to look at Justin. "O'Connor," he chuckled invitingly. "What's up!" They came together and did than 'guy' hug thing that guys usually do - y'know patting each other on the back and such.

"Shit," Justin answered tiridly. "Thanks for...showing up?"

"Nah -- just doing my job," Chase stated lamely...then they both broke out in laughter. Justin and Chase were the same type -- slackers. Chase had had a number of odd jobs -- he was a college failure -- but now he was a cop. Claiming to be just 'doing' his job. "Hey man, you got a job here?"

Justin nodded. "Yeah -- got one the other day."

Sara nodded this time. "He washes trucks for a living."

Justin gave Sara a look. "Please. Sara. Try not to make it sound so glamorous, will you?"

Chase chuckled. "See you two are still together. Heard about you mom, Sara. I'm sorry, she was a pretty good friend."

"It's fine," Sara stated quietly. "I'm sure she would be glad that you decided to save our lives."

"Do you guys need to go to the hospital?" Chase asked in a robotic tone - as if he was hired to ask that particular question.

Zack shook his head. "Nah. He didn't touch any of us."

"Except for you," Justin added.

Chase eyed Zack. "You sure you're alright?"

Zack gave Chase a look. "I'm fine."

"Right...so, Chase, this is Zack. Zack this is Billie's brother -- Chase," Sara introduced cheerfully.

"You're the one who left her with an abusive bastard?" Zack asked lightly. He wasn't accusing -- just asking.

Chase was quiet for a little bit. "...No...Her mother kicked me out..."

Zack nodded. "Ohhh...so that explains it..." It was sarcasim.

Marta eyed the computer screen. "Why's he so concern about you?" She asked Billie hotly.

"Freddy's unconscious..." Katie stated worridly.

"Chill, Kate," Billie stated calmly. "Chase said he was severly injured -- not dead."

"Can you believe that psycho just shot himself in the head..."

The three girls nodded in agreement before all freezing...that was a male voice. All three of them turned around at the same time. Stefan...

"What are you doing in my room?" Billie demanded.

"What are you doing with these chics in your room at..." He eyed his clock. "6 in the morning?"

"Sleep over," Billie shot back. "What is to you?"

"Do my aunt and uncle know of this...sleep over?" Stefan asked accusatingly.

"It was a last minute thing," Billie snapped. "Does you aunt and uncle know of this...intrusion of my privacy?"

"Do they know that two of their guests and their own son has left the primacies withOUT their permission?" Stefan growled.

Billie paused. "...um...no...?"

"I'm telling!"

Billie jumped to her feet. "Have you ever been a patient in a hospital, Stefan?"

Stefan nodded victoriously. "I had my tounsels removed once," he added.

All three of the girls rolled their eyes. "You wanna find out how they treat their dead?" Billie asked.

Both Katie and Marta jumped to their feet now - to join in. "You can't just threaten him," Katie murmured to Billie.

"You wanna bet?" Billie snapped. And that's when all four of them broke out in the argument -- their own chatter covering up eachother's statements.

"I'm afraid I'm gonna be forced to take you three down to the station," Chase said warily - as Freddy was lifted into the ambulence. "For a statement...we do have a dead body, after all..."

"...I'm on parole..." Justin pointed out - a little concerned.

"And who's fault is that?" Sara snapped. Justin and Sara exchanged glares.

"It's alright," Chase interupted their eye feuds. "This won't hurt any of you -- you guys were the victims. We just need your statements -- I was there -- I know that none of you were to blame."

"Even if you werent here...well...he wouldn't have killed himself...but we have it all on tape," Zack pointed out. He then pointed to the main camera - that was slyly placed behind two plants. "We set up the cameras before all this happened."

"Why?" Chase asked as he led them to his car. Justin took the front seat while the others took the back.

"That bastard was hitting on Jones," Justin said simply.

"So - instead of bringing this to the cops that litter this place -- we decided to gather evidence first," Sara added.

"What about his mom?" Zack asked. "She's still asleep..."

Chase shook his head. "I searched the place -- I didn't see anybody else."

"Then where is she?" Zack asked lamely.

"Work," Sara said calmly. Zack and Justin both looked at her. "I saw some of her schedules -- she probably left before Freddy woke up -- so he didn't know she wasn't there. She's at her job."

"But...We have cameras...wouldn't Billie have noticed?" Zack asked. "She hasn't been to sleep in like...four days..."

Sara shrugged. "What if Billie had noticed?"

Zack opened his mouth to argue but then closed it slowly.

"I want you to get rid of that kid, honey." Shelby shook her head. "We can send him to boarding school - I'll pay for it. I just hate it when kids like him nose around my business all the time."

Freddy sat silently in the living room -- taking everything that was being said in the kitchen in - that was being said bout him behind closed doors. This was the first boyfriend he'd seen shelby with that he actually didn't hate completely -- so the boyfriend just had to end up hating him. "I can't." Shelby's voice was weak. "He's my kid - I can't just abandon him in some boarding school."

"It's either me or him -- you pick." His voice was angry now -- and Freddy as much as Shebly suspected what would happen after ---

"Alright, I pick him." Still weak.

He growled loudly, like some caged animal -- and brought up his hand -- before slapping shelby hard across the face. Freddy was on his feet now -- he had done pretty will with looking the other way -- but nobody hits on his mother while he's around. While he can prevent it. Especially no drunk.

That was the first time Freddy had ever ended up in the hospital -- he had lung failure and a few cracked ribs. He sure believed that no matter how many boyfriend's hit on Shelby -- they never hit on him -- he was never home -- and that's the way they liked it. But Josh was different - he hit on Freddy on a regular basis -- and ALWAYS wanted him home. Sure -- he JUST put Freddy in the hospital -- but he is obviously by the far the worst boyfriend Shelby could've chosen.

"What's the matter with him?" Katie whimpered. "Why hasn't he woken up yet?" It had been a few hours -- The cops had gotten their statements from justin, sara, zack -- and then he went and got them from billie, katie and marta -- now all he 'wanted' was a statement from Freddy. He had called Shelby hours ago -- but she worked in a different state -- and still hadn't arrived yet.

"Calm down, Katie," Marta commanded soothingly, rubbing her friend's back. "He'll be just fine. He's Freddy..."

"Ah...man....guys, how could i have let this happen?" Dewey asked in a (somehow) more concern voice than Katie. "I knew what was happening. Who's stupid idea was it that i didn't do anything?"

"Freddy's not dead, Dewey," Zack stated in a firm tone. "He's still unconscious but he's NOT dead. So can we please save the guilt unil he's dead?"

"Until?!!!?" Katie gasped loudly -- giving Zack a look. "Until!!!" She repeated.

"Well I didn't mean it like that..." Zack muttered.

A moan from the bed alerted the rest. "Freddy?" Katie asked -- her voice actually full of hope. Katie leaned forward and gave Freddy a long -- tight hug. Freddy didn't argue -- he just opened his eyes -- and tried to return the hug -- a long with a few groans. "Are you alright?" Katie asked when they parted.

"Fine." Freddy answered in a husky voice. Freddy grined at Katie. "How do i look, m'love?"

"The handsomiest a man has ever been," Katie answered in the sweetest voice she could muster.

Freddy gave her a somewhat 'pained' smile. He wasn't looking too good -- his face was just covered with cuts and bruises -- you could hardly see any peach on his face. Luckly Josh hadn't really 'hit' anything major -- he didn't break a jaw or an arm or anything like that -- he didn't break a bone -- he didn't do much. But he still did a lot. Everyone could see that.

Freddy winced and sometimes groaned every time he moved - he was still breathing hard - and apparantely found it rather difficult to talk. But he didn't need to talk. Katie told Freddy how it all went down after he had passed out -- and Freddy couldn't seem happier -- even if Josh had killed himself.

So things were pretty much looking to be pretty bright.. -- or so they thought.

That concludes the chapter. Sorry -- I would've updated the same day I began this chaoter...but you see...there was this static shock and teen titans marathon...oh it's the greatest ever...i actually saw a few episodes of both shows that I've never really seen before...it was great... however -- they did say they were going to end the teen titans marathon with an all new episode - that was scheduled to air on this up coming friday - the 22nd. But last saturday Cyborg left the titans for the titans east - who were secretly being controlled by brother blood -- if he left -- if he's STILL in the east -- then how come he was in this episode?!!!? It's annoying. I'll have to do some research. It was a good episode tho. I loved! But anyways...review review REVIEW!!...