Hi Guys,

Thank you for your reviews, it means a lot to me! You will all be pleased to know that work on a Heartland/Flashpoint crossover has been started (thanks to the interest you guys showed in me writing something like that) and I'm pleased to announce I already have almost 8k words done on it in the last 2 days (I haven't been feeling well this weekend so I got my thoughts together in the middle of the night and have been doggedly working away at writing it on my phone. All my stories are written on my phone, so I think if you guys hate typing on a phone you can all appreciate what I go through to bring you these chapters) My goal is for the crossover to be finished before I start uploading it (I have a terrible habit of starting writing something then get distracted and don't get back to it) and I'm aiming for it to be about 20-25k words long... I'll continue uploading this story while I write the crossover, but their might be a little bigger gap in uploading them. I want to keep a nice amount of chapters sitting there to upload...

I apologize that this is a short chapter, but after I gave you a nice lone one, I'm sure you'll all forgive me. *Hides under bed*

Thank you to everyone who wished me well for my doctors appointment, I'll let you guys know how it turns out... Now, let's have a word with our characters, they've been dying to share their thoughts since the beginning of the story (and well, a friend suggested it would be a good idea to let them have a lil say.

*Lisa- So, after ending the last chapter on a terrible cliff-hanger, what can I expect for myself in this chapter?

*Me- Well, your mostly silent with a chance of mortal danger.

*Lisa- *Faints*

*Jessie- Why are you doing this to us? Haven't I been through enough already? And Lisa, your just being plain mean to her. Having someone with a gun to her head like that.

*Me- Hehe nope.

*Jessie- You are so mean.

*Me- I know I am, don't you just love it?

*Jessie- *Stares with hatred*

*Jack- *Sitting away tied up* Hey, have you forgotten me over here?

*Me- No, just sit tight Jack. You ain't doing nothing in this chapter.

*Jack- *Grumbles*

*Jessie- *Glares* Let's just get into this, shall we. Knowing my luck, this guy is going to somehow be related to me...

*Me- And let the games begin!

Chapter 13

'Jessica Hawkins!'

Jessie jumped as she heard her name echoing through the mountain ranges and she wheeled around. She knew that voice, knew who it belonged to but she hadn't expected him to find her so soon. She felt frozen to the floor as she tried to think of what to do. She had been so resolved, so determined that she was going to face him and end this but in the heat of the moment she faulted. She just wanted to run and hide, run as far away from his as possible. She wasn't brave as she thought she was, she was just a coward.

'Jessica, get out here this instant or I'm going to blow this woman's brains to bits!'

What on earth? A shiver ran up her spine. He had someone hostage, and it was because of her. Her feet felt like lead, but she got up from where she was sitting and slowly she walked to the entrance to the cave. Cougar and Warrior went to follow her, but she waved them back and made them stay hidden. Walking out of the cave, she looked out where the voice had come from in the direction of the trees. Her blood boiled as she saw Matt walking up, pushing a woman in front of him. She squinted, trying to make out the woman's face as he came closer. Was that, Lisa?

Her eyes widened as she saw it was Lisa held at gunpoint by the man and a silent rage began to boil inside her. He pushed her closer, not twenty meters from her now in the middle of the clearing. Her heart pounded, her wounds were throbbing but she couldn't let him see that she was afraid and hurt. She forced herself to speak, and when she did she was surprised at the tone of authority that came out. 'Let her go Matt!'

'Oh, so I guess she is worth something to you then.' Matt snarled, stopping in front of the girl a small distance away from her. He shoved the gun harder into the woman's temple, a small smirk of satisfaction slipping across his mouth as he felt her almost buckle from the pain. 'I've been watching you Jessie, nice little friend you made here.' He nodded down at the woman he was holding hostage in a headlock. 'It's a little bonus that I found her out here on my way to you.'

'Let. Her. Go.' Jessie struggled to keep her voice even as her thoughts raced. Lisa would never come looking for her on her own, she knew Jack would have been with her. Where was he? Had Matt already down something to him? A spark of hatred ignited the already smoldering fire inside her as she saw how pale and frightened Lisa was. A vision of her mother's murder flashed through her mind but she forced herself to stay out of the past and look at reality. This was her worst nightmare come true, she had pulled Jack and Lisa into a dreadful situation and it was all her fault. She locked eyes with Lisa, and the feeling that had come over her returned. She had to do something, she had to stand up to him. Again she repeated what she had told him, trying to keep the fear out of her voice. 'Let. Her. Go. It's me you want, not her.'

'How kind of you to be so concerned about her Jessie. It's real touching.' He pushed Lisa a step closer, a smirk of satisfaction coming over his face as he saw the girls expression. 'You know, it's going to be a real treat this. Seeing your reaction when I kill her. Killing that man you were living with was satisfying, but not as much as seeing the look on your face now. Oh, it reminds me of Judith, your mother.' He purred, his deep evil voice scaring the woman held in his grasp. 'She had that same look on her face as you do now right before I killed her.'

Jessie's eyes flamed. 'Matt, you and I both know it's me your after. Just let her go, you don't need her to get at me. She hasn't done anything to you.'

'Neither did that Indian scum, but it was your fault I killed him.'

'My fault? What did I ever do to you?' Her voice was getting louder now as she started to get angry, her fear getting replaced by hate, hurt and exasperation. 'I was five for crying out loud! All I remember was that I tried to keep out of your way as much as possible! I would hide under the bed whenever you came into where we were. I never did anything to you!'

'Just being my daughter is all the reason I need.'

My daughter? Her heart skipped a beat as his words tore deep into her soul. A shiver ran up her spine, causing her to feel like she was about to throw up and it wasn't from the pain she was in. He was, her father? Her voice faltered a little as she tried to find words too say. 'Daughter?'

'Your mother never told you?' Matt laughed, his expression one of pure amusement at her finding out he was her father. 'Yeh, it's really amazing what family turns out to be sometimes.' His voice changed as he looked at the girl, his expression changing back to one of hatred to match his voice. 'I wanted your mother to get rid of you. I told her to abort you and but she wouldn't. She wouldn't get rid of you, not even after you were born. It was bliss for five months when you were thrown into foster care but your mother would never stop fighting for you. It's because of you that we were arguing that night. The night she died. I never wanted you, never wanted her to have you. You are nothing more then something that took her attention away from me. She was my belonging and you took her attention from me. I hated you, have hated you for so long, you piece of trash. That night I killed her, I would have killed you too had you given me the chance.'

Never wanted. Jessie felt like she had been slapped across the face. So, that was his true feelings about her but hearing him speak it took everything to a whole new level, gave it a whole new meaning. He had wanted her dead even long before she had been born. 'Well, sorry for being born.' Her tongue lashed out in sarcasm. What else could she say? 'But my mother never belonged to you, she never belonged to anyone. Attention for you? All you used to do was force yourself upon her so she would let you have your way and you would beat her into doing that. How about when you dragged by her hair across the gravel road outside that shack we lived in? Blood pouring from where you had whipped her just because she wouldn't get you a cup of coffee. You abused her, all she was was something for you to take your anger out on.'

'And you were another thing for me to hit.' Matt twisted his mouth in a gruism smirk, still holding the woman with the pistol to her head. 'You will never amount to anything, your just a worthless piece of half-breed trash. No one will ever want you, no one will ever love you.'

'That's not true.' She tried to convince herself. Her voice wavered a little as she tried to keep the fear and pain out of her words. 'My mom loved me in her own way.'

'Yeh, loved the fact that when I was taking my anger out on you she wasn't getting it. No one will ever want a broken kid like you.' He chuckled evilly. 'I loved abusing you. It was so fulfilling to hear you cry, see you try and run away when I would get the whip out. Remember the nightmare now? The nightmare of the torture you went through? I enjoyed killing your mother, and I'm going to enjoy killing this woman just to see the look on your face. And then, I'm going to murder you too. I've waited a long time for this, it is most unfortunate though that this poor soul got dragged into this mess too.' He motioned to Lisa then paused for a moment, looking at the girl. 'You know what, killing you isn't worth it. I think a lifetime of remembering what I've put you through would be so much more enjoyable for me to watch then to feel your life between my hands. I hope you remember what you used to receive. It was quite satisfying hearing you scream for me to stop hitting you and your feeble attempts to fight back. You were never going to be able to stop me and you can't stop me now.'

'I'll never forget it.' She growled, knowing that he was only saying these things to keep her distracted, to make her break down. She wouldn't let that happen, couldn't let it happen. She would break later, not know. She looked back to Lisa, seeing her fear reflected by the woman's eyes. She needed to get her away from him, and quickly. She could see the man getting edgier by the moment. She had to do something, she knew what he was capable of and he wouldn't bat an eyelid at pulling the trigger on her. Her mother, lying on the floor, blood pouring from her head flashed through her mind but she forced it away. She had to focus, she couldn't let what happened to her happen to Lisa. 'Let her go Matt.'

*Jessie- WHAT! YOUR JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE! *Stares with mouth open*

*Me- Yep, sorry.

*Jessie- I hate you.

*Me- Those are harsh words to the one who created you.

*Jessie- I guess we'll leave it here for now. You and I will be having words later.

*Me- *Rolls Eyes* Well, I guess that's all for now folks. I need to go calm an angry OC down. Till next time then.

Let me know guys if you liked the dialogue between Me (the author) and the characters.. If you guys think its funny, I'll continue to do it when I have the chance but if you don't, I'll leave it out. Hope you all enjoyed, and I love leaving you all on another cliff-hanger (my friend now calls me #queenofsuspence since telling her about my Heartland/Flashpoint story line, and the cliff-hangers I leave you guys on) I hope you guys will forgive me, I do love my cliff-hangers. Anyway, till next chapter, Adios!