"No!" Lisa screamed, pulling her arm away. Jackson sighed. "I'm not doing it! You can't kill him!"

"Lisa," Jackson snapped, leading her down the hallway. She stumbled over her own feet and pulled Mel behind her. "Stop trying to be the hero of the world. It's not going to make a difference if you comply or not."

Lisa screamed and kicked his shin, taking back off down the hallway. She scooped up Mel and heard Jackson curse.

Lisa stumbled down the stairs and flung open the front door. Mel started to cry as Lisa heard Jackson thunder down after her. Her heart thudded and she began running. Her only hope was to Harry and Betty's, which was at least two, three yards away.

"Please be home," Lisa cried. Her bare feet scratched and twisted horribly on the cold, rocky ground, but she kept running. She heard Jackson's footsteps behind her and tried to quicken her pace, but it was to no avail. Jackson's arm sent her reeling backwards to the ground. Luckily, Mel leaped out of the way in time to avoid being crushed by Lisa's body.

Lisa tried to scream and flailed her arms but Jackson pinned her to the ground and slid a hand over her mouth.

She still flailed her head back and forth. Mel began crying louder.

"What were you planning to do, Leese, hm?" Jackson said in a singsong voice. "Tell the neighbors? Like I said before, just two more bodies to dispose of."

Lisa jerked her mouth away. "You don't have the gumption."

"Do I , Leese?" Jackson sneered. "Do you really want to test me?"

Lisa paused, trembling partially from the cold, but mostly from fear. She glanced over. Mel was gone.

"Jack-" she began. He cut her off.

"Don't you ever pull a stunt like that again if you want your cousin to live," he ordered. "I crossed the line by trying to have something with you, Leese. I'm not about to let my feelings get in the way of the job, so don't even try to manipulate me again."

"Jack-" Lisa tried to say again, but his hands were at her throat, cutting off air flow.

"You want to know what they'll do to your cousin if you slip up again?" Jackson mused, still pressing Lisa's neck. She let out choked noises. "They'll cut off her limbs slowly, and keep her alive and awake the whole time. Then they'll do what they please, and the whole time you'll be listening to her screams. On my phone. As she dies. How does that sound, Leese, hm?" Lisa's eyelids began to flutter sleepily.

"Sounds pretty damn good, huh?" Lisa let out one more kick at Jackson and he knocked her hard in the face. Lisa felt an ice cold blood sliding from a cut on her cheek. Suddenly two simultaneous gasps announced Betty and Harry's presence. Jackson quickly glanced over where Betty was holding Mel.

Lisa took his moment of uncertainty to knee him hard in the gut. She choked in air as he moaned in pain and she lept up, snatching his gun from his belt loop.

"Run!" Lisa screamed to the neighbors. "You have to go, now!" Suddenly she heard the sirens and realized they'd called the police. She aimed the gun at Jackson, shaking.

"This isn't the end, Leese," he grinned as he ran away, shutting himself in his car before she could even think about shooting. Then he was gone.

Lisa slid to the ground, head in hands, her body shaking in violent, sobbing convulsions. She felt a hand on her shoulder and looked into Mel's tiny face. The child collapsed into Lisa's arms or rather, Lisa collapsed into hers.