"What?" Dana and Phil said together

"This man is insane, you can't risk your life just to help us." Phil said

"I can, and I will." I said

Dana and Phil weren't sure what to say, so they just stood there staring at me.

"Selene, you can't do this, we have to save her our selves." Dana said

"Well, you obviously aren't doing a very good job, he got away." I said

"Well, fine, I guess you can help, but if you die….." Phil said

"My grandmother will sue you." I said, acting like I was serious,

Dana and Phil both stared at me wide eyed.

"Uh, kidding," I said very afraid that they couldn't tell I was joking.

"Oh," they both said, and then laughed nervously.

Phil, Dana, and, I all prepared to rescue Keely, none of us thought that it was going to be easy, and we were right. Of all of us, I was the most nervous, both Phil and Dana had been kidnapped by Tanner before, I hadn't. I had no idea what he was capable of, but I knew I had to do this, for the complete ass I was for telling the newspaper about them.

"So, Selene, how old are you?" Dana said

"14," I replied

"Same age I was when Tanner kidnapped me,"

"Interesting," I said

Phil didn't want Dana to talk to me, I could tell. He thought I was a backstabbing trader, which I was, so I didn't blame him. We got into his car and started the car. We had no idea where he would be going, but we knew he had a house here in Boston, so we looked up Kirkpatrick in the phone book and found the address, and went there.

"Here we are," Phil said, unbuckling his seat belt.

"This actually doesn't look that bad," Dana said

"Well, it was his mother's house." Phil said

"Too perfect," Dana said laughing

"Yeah," I said, sighing

Dana and Phil ignored me, and went about talking about Tanner, I stared out the window, looking at the house, I could see Tanner, holding some kind of gun, it looked like, I had to do something.

"Phil, Tanner's in that room, holding a gun." I said

"Where?" Phil said

As soon as I showed him, he jerked open his door, and ran to the front of the house, Dana and I ran after him. He banged on the door, and couldn't get it open, he tried like eight times before finally saying,

"Selene, can you help?"

I said, "Um, sure," I walked up to the door, and felt where it was hollow, and shoved myself against it as hard as I could, and it fell open.

"Open sesame," I said.

Phil, Dana and I ran in the door, and up the stairs, we could hear a woman screaming.

"Keely!" Phil yelled.

We followed the scream into a large room, where Keely was tied to a chair wearing only her undergarments.

"Damn it, what the hell are you doing to her!" Phil yelled running to her

Dana took a step back, she saw Tanner's gun, I wanted to run out of the room, and out of the house, but I knew I couldn't do that, I had to stay and help them.

Phil was so sick of all of this happening, both Dana and I could tell he was going to kick Tanner's ass. We were a little afraid that he might kill him, but he deserved it, so we weren't going to stop him.

Keely was afraid also, she watched Phil beat the crap out of Tanner, in somewhat awe, none Dana nor I were sure if she wanted him to do that or not. Phil took one last punch at Tanner, and he fell to the floor, not dead, but indeed knocked out.

"Phil," Keely said, from behind him.

"Oh, my God, sorry." Phil said, going to untie Keely

As soon as she was untied, she and Phil kissed, Dana and I watched, we were happy that they were happy. Then, we saw Tanner rise from the floor, as Dana and I yelled at the same time, "He's behind you!" I had never yelled so loud in my life, I thought my voice box would explode, Phil and Keely turned just as Tanner grabbed Keely, and smacked Phil so hard he fell to the floor.

"Dad!" Dana screamed

"Phil!" Keely screamed

I had absolutely no idea what to do, all I could do was stand there.

Dana looked at me, then at Keely, then she grabbed a table lamp and walked over to Tanner, she help the lamp like a bat, then she said, "This is the end, I have had it with you torturing my family, so I have but one thing to say to you, lights out asshole." Dana swung the lamp and it hit Tanner so hard I heard a smashing sound, like his skull had smashed, then, he fell to the floor with a loud bang, and then Dana fainted.

Keely and I were so scared, we just looked at each other, then she ran to me, and hugged me.

"Thank-you, I don't know what would have happened if it weren't for you." she said

"What?" I said, "I didn't do anything."

"Dana wouldn't have had the courage to do that if it wasn't for you, she could never just bash someone's head in like that, she just couldn't."

"Your inner strength comes when you least expect it, That's what my grandmother always says."

"Not your mother?"

"No, I don't have a mother, or a father, I don't know where they are or what happened to them, I just have my father's last name."

"Wow,"

"My grandmother isn't even my real grandmother, my mother gave me to her best friend when I was like 1 month old, and she gave me to her mother, who is my grandmother, although she isn't actually my grandmother."

"Sounds confusing."

"It is, but you get used to it,"

"What do your friends say?"

"I'm home-schooled, so I don't have many friends, just Spencer, that you met,

"Oh," Keely smiled at me, then she said, "We better call an ambulance, so we don't loose Phil and Dana."

Keely, still in her undergarments, called the ambulance, and they took Phil to the hospital, they just gave Dana smelling salts, and she was O.K.

"Mom, did anything happen with you and Tanner?" Dana asked

"No," Keely answered

"Good," Dana said, almost relieved.

Keely, who was now in clothes, stood up, and went to the receptionist to ask her something.

"Selene?" Dana said to me

"Yes?" I said

"Thanks,"

"For what?"

"I don't know how, but you somehow gave me the courage to kill Tanner, I wouldn't have been able to do that otherwise,"

"Well, why do you assume it was me, maybe you saw your parents in trouble, and you just acted out of protection for them,"

"Maybe,"

Dana and I hugged, we were still hugging when Spencer arrived at the hospital with my Grandmother.

"Selene!" Spencer and my grandmother both said

"Are you alright?" My grandmother said, hugging me so tightly, I couldn't breathe.

"Yes, I'm fine."

"Good, I- I don't know what I would have done without you," Spencer said, also hugging me.

Spencer wasn't the type of person who hugs other people, so I expected that there was something more to it.

"Selene, I wanted to apologize for what I said before, I never would have thought you'd actually help them save Keely, I would have felt horrible if something had happened to you, I don't know what I would have done." Spencer said

I just stared at him, I had no idea what I was supposed to say, so I just said, "I would have missed you, had I not made it back." I felt totally stupid after saying that, but it got my point across.

Spencer smiled at me. Thank God my Grandmother broke the awkward silence by saying, "O.K., I want to meet the people you risked your life to save."

"O.K.," I said, "This is Keely Teslow, and Dana Teslow-Diffy."

"Hi," Keely said, standing up to shake my Grandmother's hand

"Hello," my grandmother said, shaking her hand,

"Nice to meet you," Dana said, also shaking my Grandmother's hand

"Nice to meet you too," my grandmother said

After the greeting was over with, Keely, Dana, and I were called into Phil's hospital room.