A/N: Wow! Is till can't believe how many reviews I'm getting! It's amazing! It makes me feel all happy inside. Now, I know it took me longer than it usually does to get this chapter up, but I couldn't really figure out how I was going to write it. Plus, I was a tad bit lazy. Hehe. Well, it's here now and that's all that counts! I just got on spring break, so that's why I had some time to write this. It's not super long, but at least it's something, right? Some people might get a little mad at me for this chapter, but I hope you will continue to read it! I think there will only be one more chapter after this one. I'll try to make the last chapter really long. Thanks again for reviewing!

Disclaimer: I don't own it... yet. (Evil laugh)

Previously:

Luke wandered through the school, trying to be as quiet as possible. He had no idea where the hell he was going. He just knew he had to find Rory and get her out of there. Soon enough, he heard voices through two huge doors leading into the cafeteria.

Lorelai finally got tired of arguing with the officer. She turned away from him, frustrated, expecting to see Luke, but he was nowhere to be seen.

"Luke?" Lorelai asked, confused.

She started walking around looking for him. He wouldn't just leave her, would he? After searching for a few more minutes, she started to panic.

Where was he?

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Meanwhile, inside of the cafeteria, Rory was starting to pull herself together. She had to get out of there somehow. She glanced around the cafeteria, in hopes of finding someway out. Oh, God! What if I don't get out? What if I'll never see my mom again? What if the gunman kills us all? No. He can't do that. Someone will come and help us. Someone will get us out of here.

Tristan scooted over beside Rory and took her hand.

"Hey, are you okay?" He asked her with a concerned look in his crystal blue eyes.

"Well, I'm not exactly 'okay'. What if we don't get out of here? I have to get out of here, Tristan! I need to see my mom and-"

"Rory, stop. We will get out of here. I promise you that. One way or another, we are all going to get out of here safely." Tristan said calmly.

"How can you stay so calm about this? He could shoot you at any minute! He could shoot any of us!" Rory whispered harshly.

"Someone has to stay calm about this. You can't just start freaking out. I know that it's scary, but we all have to stay calm. He won't shoot any of us. I won't let him, okay?"

"Okay. So, how exactly are we going to get out of here? We can't really just walk through the doors and there is no other way out." Rory told him.

"I'll figure it out. You just have to trust me, alright?"

"I do trust you, Tristan, I just don't want you to end up getting shot by doing something stupid." Rory whispered.

"That won't happen." Tristan said confidently.

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Luke stared at the two big doors in front of him. He was almost positive that these doors lead to the cafeteria. He had to do this. He needed to get Rory out of there. He took a deep breath and pushed the two doors open. As he did so, the gunman turned quickly and pointed the gun at his head.

"What the hell do you think your doing in here!" The gunman angrily shouted at Luke.

"I just need to make sure everyone was okay." Luke said calmly.

"Luke! What are you doing in here?" Rory asked him.

"I just needed to see if you were okay." He said to her.

"I'm fine, you just need to get out of here."

"Get the hell out of here! You coming in here was a bad idea. I'm starting to get really pissed off here. They haven't brought me the money yet! Someone is going to die. I told them to get the money to me in half an hour. Half an hour, damn it! It's been 35 minutes. I said I was going to start shooting people if they took too long." The gunman turned around and faced the students. Rory scooted closer to Tristan and he put a protective arm around here.

"So, who's going to be the first to die?" The gunman angrily shouted.

"Please, just leave the kids alone. You don't need all of them. Let them go and just keep me." Luke tried reasoning with the gunman.

"No. I need everyone here. Eventually on of the parents will give me the money."

"Please. We can talk. I can help you." Luke pleaded.

"No one can help me!" The gunman yelled.

"Rory, I want you to head towards the door with the others." Tristan whispered to Rory.

"What? We can't do that. He will see us." Rory said confused.

"I'm going to distract him so you can get out."

"You can't do that, Tristan! It's too risky. He'll shoot you!" Rory exclaimed.

"Well, that's a risk I'll have to take. As long as you're safe everything will be alright." Tristan said.

Tears started to form in Rory's eyes. "I can't let you do this, Tristan."

"I have to, Rory."

"Rory couldn't let him do this. She wouldn't risk him getting shot for here. Rory opened her mouth to protest but Tristan cut her off.

"I'm not giving you a choice, Rory. Tell the others what to do and when I get up, you all go out the door." Tristan told her forcefully. Rory just sat there in shock. Why was he risking his own life for all of them? Rory knew that Tristan was stubborn, so there was no way to talk him out of it. A single tear ran down Rory's cheek and she looked up at him. She leaned up and kissed him.

"Please be careful, Tristan." Rory said to a shocked Tristan. She went over to the others and told them Tristan's plan. Now all they had to do was wait for Tristan to go over to the gunman.

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Meanwhile, Lorelai was getting worried about Luke. She knew that he wouldn't just leave her there while Rory was inside. Where could he be? Wait, he wouldn't go inside, would he? No, he couldn't. There was no way to get in there without someone seeing him. But where else could he be?

Lorelai ran up to an officer. "Hi, um, I know your probably sick of me by now, but I think my friend is inside. I don't know how he would have gotten inside, but I can't find him anywhere. There isn't any other way inside, is there?"

"I don't know. This is a big school. He could have snuck through one of the side doors." The officer said.

Tears welled up in Lorelai's eyes. "No. He… he couldn't do that!"

"Are you sure he's not out here?" The officer asked her.

"I'm sure. I've looked everywhere."

"Well, then the gunman probably has him held hostage also. There is nothing we can do at the time except wait. The gunman has raised the price to $5,000,000. He said if anyone makes him mad in there, then he will shoot." The officer told Lorelai.

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Tristan took a deep breath and stood up. He slowly walked over to the gunman.

"What the hell are you doing? Go sit back down!" The gunman yelled at Tristan.

"Look, I just want to talk." Tristan told him calmly.

"Sit down before I make you sit down." He told Tristan

"I'm not going to sit down until we can talk." Tristan said. He looked over at Rory and he nodded at her. Rory nodded back and told the others to follow her. They started slowly inching towards the door as Tristan kept talking to the gunman. Luke noticed the others moving towards the door and realized what they were doing. He walked up to the gunman and stood beside Tristan.

"Ok, you guys are really starting to piss me off! And you don't want me to get pissed off at the moment." He added. Then the gunman noticed the others moving towards the door.

"What the hell do you think you are doing? This is not a game!" The gunman yelled as he pointed the gun at Rory, who was leading the group out.

"Um, just finding a more comfortable position. This floor was really starting to hurt me." Rory answered. The gunman had an angry glare in his eyes. He was not going to take this from some girl. Tristan saw the gunman starting to pull the trigger. Tristan did the first thing that came to this mind; he tackled the gunman to the ground and tried to wrestle the gun away from him. They both had a hold on the gun. Luke jumped in and tried to grab the gun away from both of them. The gun was pointing towards Luke. The gunman got a hold on the trigger and pulled it back. A loud gunshot echoed throughout the cafeteria. Everyone except Rory ran out of the cafeteria screaming. Rory couldn't move though. She just sat there in shock as Luke fell to the ground with blood seeping through his shirt.

Tristan was even more determined to get the gun away from him now. He punched the gunman in his face with all the strength he had. The gunman's eyes shut. Tristan took this as an advantage and took the gun away from him. He quickly ran over to Luke's side and checked his pulse. He lowered his head when he felt no pulse. He looked up and found Rory sitting down on the floor, her eyes wide with shock. Tristan went over to her and pulled her off the ground.

"I'm so sorry, Ror," Tristan said to her. "We have to get out of here before he wakes up." Tristan whispered to her. He put his arm around her and pulled her to him. She leaned her head into his chest and started to cry. Luke couldn't be dead. He just couldn't. Nothing could hurt Luke. He's never even gotten sick. He couldn't be dead now. As Tristan was comforting Rory, another gunshot echoed through the cafeteria and Tristan fell backwards onto the floor as Rory screamed.

Well, there it was! What did you think? I know you probably hate me for killing Luke, but it was necessary. Now, what is going to happen to Tristan? Will he survive or will he die too? (evil laugh) It's so much fun to see you squirm. Well, I can't exactly see you, but you are probably squirming and it's pretty funny to picture. Hehe. Well, I'm already starting on the next, and possibly final, chapter. I'm not exactly sure when it will be up, though. I'll try to get it up here by this weekend, but no promises. Please review and tell me what you think!

Roxy