Hi guys!

Well, I wasn't planning on uploading so soon *coughs* but since you all have been begging another chapter I thought I had better upload before hordes of angry fanfic readers turn up on my doorstep demanding more of this story *is hiding in bunker just in case* and so I am happy to be bringing you chapter 14 of this story! I am so so happy how well my story has been received by you all, I will admit that I was somewhat uncertain of uploading it since none of my other stories no matter how hard I tried seem to get any feedback from the fandom's I wrote for. In all honesty, if I didn't get positive feedback, I was going to stop uploading and never upload on here again! Now, thanks to you all I have gotten some of my confidence back with my writing and I hope it shows in my story!

Update on the Heartland/Flashpoint story- Well, would you believe that I'm already at almost 24k words on it? I know right! I only started on it Saturday, but I've been getting as much down on it as possible so that I can finish it and get it on here for you all to enjoy! Currently, it is 9 chapters long, with lengths of chapters ranging from about 2.5k words to 4k words depending on where the story line is progressing per chapter (building up to a rather tense climax in about chapter 8) and then easing off as she story winds down to the end. I hope I have done the Flashpoint characters justice, I've only watched the episodes where Jessica Steen was in it (and might I add, she was AWESOME!) and after seeing her in that I was like, I need to write a story were Lisa is a cop. Without giving away too many spoilers, in the crossover Lisa is married to Jack after quitting the force four years prior and she has a daughter to a previous marriage (not Dan, this is an AU so her daughters father is and OC) the story is set about the same time as season 3? (So Lou isn't married, there is no Katie ect, its just the main family in the story, but they are only really mentioned. Lisa is the main character for once!) I just imagine the story being set around season 3, where the characters are younger lol.

Thank you to all who had reviewed! I can't believe that I hit the magic triple digits in reviews! You guys are awesome! I really really thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support, it is so appreciated!

Now, a word from the characters

*Jessie- *Glares at author* Well well well. Hello there. We meet again. What are you going to do to me this time?

*Me- Your still angry at me for that cliff-hanger I left you on aren't you? *Sighs*

*Jessie- You might say that.

*Lisa- Hey, why are you complaining? I'm the hostage here!

*Jack- And I'm still sitting over here tied up...

*Me- Oh you are all so dramatic! Don't worry Jack, I haven't forgotten you.

*Jack- That's comforting.

*Jessie- Are we going to write this chapter or what?

*Me- Alright, alright! *Puts hands up in surrender* Let's get into it!

Chapter 14

Jack pushed his wrists up and down against the ropes, trying to get them free. The rope was digging into his skin, and it was burning from the friction of trying to get out of it but he still tried. He had to get out. He had to do something. He had to get Lisa away from that man. He'd already seen what he was capable of doing, how close he had come to killing Jessie when he'd shot her. He wouldn't think twice of killing her, Jessie, and then coming back for him. He couldn't leave any loose ends, couldn't leave any witness behind. There was nothing stopping him from killing all of them.

Trying again, he yanked his wrists against the rope and finally managed to get his hands free. Quickly he stood up, looking around for the horses but they weren't in sight. They had long disappeared, Paint taking the rifle with him. He tried to think of what to do, the man had taken the radio and smashed it against a tree. Remembering his phone as he looked around, he pulled it out of his pocket then groaned inwardly as he saw there wasn't any signal. He couldn't get help, couldn't ring for help on his phone. Of all the times to be out of cell range, it had to be right now. He would have to try somehow to rescue Lisa by himself.

His heart racing, he moved closer to the direction the man had taken Lisa. Hiding in the cover of the trees, staying sheltered and going quietly so he wouldn't alert the man that he was free he snuck closer. Please don't let me be to late. His mind pleaded as he got closer, hiding against the trunk of an Evergreen. He could see the man still had Lisa, still had that gun at her head. What was he going to do?

Jessie was standing at the mouth of the cave, obviously trying to reason with the guy but he couldn't hear what they were saying because the wind was carrying their words away from him. The girl looked frightened, but she stood with a poise of bravery. Something was strapped to her side. Was that, a holster and pistol? He couldn't be sure, not with being as far back as he was.

He had to come up with something, something quick. He wouldn't let this man murder Lisa or Jessie. There was no way he was going to let him kill either of them without a fight. Lisa. His heart ached for her, and he realised then just how much he cared for and loved her. He hadn't even told her he loved her, and now he might never get the chance. He couldn't live with himself if this man murdered her before his eyes, especially if he didn't at least try to save her. He had to do something. He just needed a plan…..

"Jack should have told us by now if he's found the girl or not.' Tim grumbled as him and Amy beside him continued riding through their section they had been assigned. Caleb was behind them, the boy looking more at Amy then for the girl they were seeking and the saddle the horse was wearing was getting uncomfortable, adding to his grumpy mood. 'I'm going to find out if he's found her or not.'

'Dad, just leave it.' Amy protested, nudging Spartan into a canter as the trail widened. 'He'll radio when he finds something. Lisa and him are probably still trying to track her down.'

'Or spending so much time making goo-goo eyes at each other to actually look for Jessica. I'm not waiting any longer. I'm radioing.'

'Dad-' Her protest fell on deaf ears as he pulled the palomino to a halt and grabbed the radio from his belt. She looked back at Caleb who chuckled when she rolled her eyes. She knew they would radio when they had found her. 'Just leave them be.'

'Come in Jack. Can you hear me?' Tim ignored her as he held the talk button on the walkie-talkie down and spoke into the mouthpiece. He waited for a few moments, but there was no reply. 'Jack?'

'He's probably busy.' Caleb urged his horse forward. 'Come on, try to talk to him later.'

'Fine.' Tim put the radio back onto his belt and followed after Amy and Caleb. 'When I find him I'm-'

'That's going to have to wait.' Amy cut him off, seeing two riderless horses eating grass in a clearing in front of them. Paint and the grey Lisa had been riding. Her eyes frantically searched for the two people who had been riding them. Jack and Lisa were nowhere in sight. 'Caleb, Dad, look.'

'That's not good.' Caleb glanced down at the horses.

'Thanks for pointing that out, Genius.' Tim urged his horse into a gallop as Amy and Caleb followed close behind. Paint and the grey looked up as they heard the riders and turned tail to flee. 'Amy, you got the grey?'

'Yep.' Amy grabbed the lasso off her saddle as she galloped Spartan close to the gelding and threw the lariat around the horse's neck. Quickly winding it around the saddle horn, she slowed Spartan down until they had stopped, then looked over at her Dad with Paint. 'Something's wrong. Paint wouldn't leave Grandpa.'

Tim grabbed Paints broken reins and pulled the lariat off from around his neck, then looked around at the clearing. 'Jack? Lisa?' His voice echoed back a reply, but that was the only sound other then silence. 'Lisa? Jack?'

'Where were they headed?' Caleb asked, grabbing the grey's reins so that Amy could get her rope of its neck. 'They must have dismounted and the horses run off on them. That, or one of them came off, the other got off to help and then the horses bolted.'

'A cave not far from here.' He answered, talking again into the radio but getting no reply. 'I'm not sure where it is been quite some time since I was out this part of the ranch.'

'I know where it is.' Amy tied her rope to her saddle then picked up the reins. 'Follow me.'

Jessie looked at Matt with fire in her eyes as she again told him to let Lisa go. She could see Lisa was on the verge of collapsing, the way the man's arm around her neck stopping her from breathing. She had to do something. She was about to black out or get shot. Her leg protested from standing for so long but she grit her teeth through the pain. Slowly, ever so slowly she began to inch her hand closer to her pistol. Her heart pounded. She could miss him completely and get Lisa, there was so many things that could go wrong. One fraction of an inch was all it would take. If she killed him, Lisa would be a witness to murder. If Lisa got killed, she couldn't live with herself. There was only one thing for it, and that was to shoot the gun out of his hand. She could only pray that it wouldn't come to that. She couldn't be sure of getting the pistol with the first shot, there was so- She forced herself not to think of it as she tried to speak with authority. 'Last warning Matt. Let. Her. Go.'

'Oh Jessie, Jessie.' Matt snarled, smirking at her as the woman tried to speak, his hand covering her mouth. 'That's not going to happen.' His finger went to the trigger. 'Say your goodbyes.'

Jessie's hand flew to her holster, her hand grabbing the grips and the pistol clearing leather before a person could even blink. The gun went flying from his hand, a sharp 'ting' sounding as the bullet hit the metal. Lisa collapsed from his grasp as the man fell to the ground in surprise, clutching his hand as blood began to drip from where the bullet had grazed the skin. She held the gun steady on him, seeing Jack running up to Lisa out the corner of her eye. Her full focus returned to the man sitting on the ground trying to stop the bleeding as she forced herself to stay standing. She was the only thing protecting them from him, and it was a feeble barrier at that. The pain, it was clouding her vision but she wouldn't, couldn't, let him hurt Jack or Lisa. Slowly, she knelt and picked up the pistol he had dropped, throwing it out of his reach as she continued holding the gun on him. 'Don't move.'

Lisa struggled to breath as she rolled herself over, gasping for air as she pushed herself onto her hands. She felt someone lifting her up, and looked around to see that it was Jack as her vision cleared. She'd been so close to blacking out everything was still spinning as she tried to get as much oxygen into her lungs as she could. 'Jack-'

'Breathe Lisa, breathe. I've got you.' He pulled her into his lap, rubbing her back as she gasped for air. 'Steady, steady. Deep breaths.' She nodded as she slowly stopped hyperventilating and he helped her sit up. Lisa had been the one thing that he had been the most worried about, but now that he was she was okay his attention turned back to the severity of the situation. He looked at Jessie who was standing between the man and them, with her gun pointed on Matt. 'Jessie?'

She ignored Jack's calling her name, her attention held firm on the man in front of her. That man, he had done so much, put her through so much. Her finger stayed seated on the trigger as she rested her thumb on the hammer. 'Give me one good reason why I shouldn't shoot you now.' She held the gun aimed at the man's heart as he got to his feet and regained his bearings. Her heart was racing, sweat was pouring from her palms and her forehead as she held her aim true. She was going pale, weakened from pain but she forced herself to stay standing. 'You don't deserve to live.'

'You can't kill me.' Matt took a step forward towards her, trying to intimidate and weaken her by talking her down now that he saw that the tables had turned. 'You don't have the guts for it.'

'Watch me.' Her thumb cocked the hammer as she took a step back to maintain the space between them, so he couldn't try and grab the gun from her hand. A fire flickered in her eyes. 'You caused me more pain then you would ever know. You deserve to die.'

'Don't do it Jessie.' Jack cautioned, helping Lisa to her feet. He stepped closer to the girl, trying to figure out what was the best thing to do in a situation as tense as this. He kept his voice calm and low so he didn't frighten her as he placed a hand on her shoulder. 'Lisa is fine Jessie. You can put the gun away now. There is no reason to kill him in cold blood. You would be no better then he is.'

'Oh, I have reason alright.' She felt his hand on her shoulder but didn't even glance at him, her gaze fixed on the man in front of her. 'He made my life a misery. A living nightmare. You don't know the things I've been through, what I saw and received at the hands of this man. All my life I've been running from him. I think we both know it's going to end with one of us getting killed, and it's not going to be me.'

'Jessie, put the gun down.' Lisa pleaded, leaning against Jack as she tried to calm her pounding heart. 'If you kill him now that he's unarmed, it's murder. Just let the police deal with him. There is no point in you going to jail for the rest of your life.'

Jessie's finger stroked the trigger and she saw the man tense up. It would be so easy, so easy to pull the trigger but Lisa was right. The man was now unarmed and in a court of law it would be considered murder if she pulled the trigger. Slowly, she un-cocked the hammer and took her finger off the trigger, but still held the gun on him so he wouldn't attempt anything stupid. 'I pray you never take a breath without remembering the breaths you've taken away.'

*Jessie- WHAT!? I CAN'T KILL THE GUY! *Stares at author*

*Me- Jessie, Jessie, Jessie. Calm down.

*Jessie- HOW CAN I BE CALM!? YOU MEAN MEAN AUTHOR!

*Me- Yeah yeah, I know. At least Lisa is safe now.

*Lisa- We're still going to be having words, you and I.

*Me- I didn't kill you, so be thankful.

*Lisa- *Stares*

*Jessie- So, ah, what is going to happen with my father anyway?

*Me- I'll guess you'll just have to wait and see. Till next time folks, over and out!