Hey guys sorry it takes so long, but it's the week of the show at our school and I'm always at school until real late, so by the time I get home, I'm exhausted. So I'm getting it as fast as I can. To all of you who reviewed and put up with the delays, Thanks!

FLASHBACK: EARLY IN THE DAY

STEVE'S POV

I saw him come through the door. I was ready, he wasn't gonna hurt Cassie ever again. I saw the door handle turn and I steadied the gun. He opened the door and came in. I jumped up and stood before him.

"Who's the bitch, now?" I asked.

I He stood there smiling at me, and then he sneered, "You,"

He was so quick I only got one shot off and I missed. He longed at me and wrestled me to the ground. We struggled for a bit, but finally we parted. We stared each other with our fierce eyes. Neither flinching for a moment. He grabbed the pistol and that had been flung from my hand. I gulped and took another swing at him. We fought a little more and then he pinned me. I knew I was done, but he just smiled and then hit me really hasn't really out yet when he put the gun a few inched from my head and then pulled the trigger.

CASSIE'S POV

Cassie ran up the steps and to a hall full of doors. She ran to the first and flung open the door to reveal a bathroom. She sighed and slammed the door. Next she ran across the hall to next and found a bedroom. She continued this process all along the hall. She never found what she was looking for, until she was in a panic and running back down the hall looking for the door she needed. Her leg was killing her and she needed to rest, but only for a moment. She stopped and leaned against the wall for support. She sunk down and looked up at the ceiling. She saw something, it was a string. She raised herself up with much difficulty and reached to pull it. She grabbed it and pulled. A door opened and a ladder came down. She squealed with delight.

A door slammed. She jumped and spun around, she heard the sound of boots thudding on the floor, she scrambled up the ladder and pulled the rope up closing the door. She needed to be as quiet as possible. She heard the doors slamming, how long would it take him to figure out that she wasn't in any of those rooms? She wasn't sure.

She got this instinct that she needed to move away from that door as quickly as possible. She slowly rose up and limped her way to the other side of the room. There was a window.

Suddenly the door fell down and a heavy thud came up the steps. She stumbled to the window and tried to open it, no use. She turned and saw a small chair and decided this was all she could do. She picked it up and flung it at the window. It shattered and she looked out and down. She gulped and turned around. She put one foot out and then the next, by now her dad was panting and standing at the entrance. He spotted her and came toward her she backed out onto the roof.

She stood on the roof and looked down. It was a two-story drop. She was hesitant and then she looked up and saw her dad running toward her. She turned and ran to the other side of the house following the roof, she ran along until she knew that she was above the porch. She looked down and saw the trellis.

She slowly shimmied down, but lost her grip and the trellis broke. She fell, and landed flat on her back. She gasped for breath and rolled over. She couldn't move, but she could wiggle her toes. She knew she just knocked the wind out of herself. She would be fine as long as she got up. It was too late. Her dad was on his way down. He jumped and landed on the porch, only he fell straight through the porch.

Cassie smiled to herself as she regained her breath. She knew he would have enough sense to do it and she knew it wouldn't hold his weight. She got up, staggering a bit, but she stood. She walked cautiously to her dad and looked at him carefully. He was still breathing, she smiled.

"Out cold," she whispered.

She stepped over him and he grabbed her ankle. He jerked her feet out from under her. She hit the floor hard. She gasped and grabbed her sore leg. She looked at him and he smiled. His yellow teeth were sickening.

"You think it's all over?" he said smiling his disgusting smile.

She kicked him in the face with her free foot and his nose busted. It spurted blood and he let go and grabbed his nose. She jumped up and ran into the house.

"Where's Steve?" she asked herself.

She stepped inside and slipped. She fell and rolled over. She looked at her hands and started to breathe heavy. Red! All she saw was red. She jumped up and ran around the corner, she stopped immediately. She looked down and saw a body. Steve's body. She fell to her knees and grabbed him to roll him over. As she did she saw the blood and the bullet hole in his chest.

"Steve! Steve!" she whispered. "Steve? This isn't funny Steve," she started to cry. "Steve! STEVE! STEVE!" she was screaming by now. She got up and looked

around. He had to pay. He killed her brother. Steve was all she had. She would avenge him. Then she saw the gun.

hey guys i hope you liked it! there is way more to come and maybe a little sooner. i'm thinkin about a sequel, but i'm undecided. i have to finish this onr first! i'm really sorry

to all of you who didn't want Steve to die, it's just that plays a major role in Cassie's fianl act of love.