A/N: Y'all should know by now to expect graphics...

Travis slowly opened his eyes, immediately wincing as he felt pain return to his head, sitting up straighter, beginning to realize he was sitting upright in a chair, groaning quietly.

"J-Jack?"

He could feel his hands tied together behind him, his ankles tied to the chair as well and as he looked around, he didn't recognize anything. It looked like he was in some sort of warehouse, but he didn't see anybody else around and it was completely quiet.

Travis frowned as he sat up, coming to his senses, looking around for Jack, asking for him quietly, starting to get worried, hoping he was alright.

"Jack?"

He started moving his hands a little and they brushed up against someone else's, quickly realizing Jack was tied up to a chair directly behind him.

Travis's eyes went wide. "Jack?!" He felt at his friend's hands, who wasn't moving, Travis able to feel the rope around Jack's wrists.

"Jack! Wake up, Jack. Wake up!"

He heard Jack groan softly and begin to stir and Travis perked up, holding his breath, quickly relieved when he heard him. "Jack!"

Jack groaned and lifted his head, opening his eyes tiredly, his head hurting from Zack having hit him, blood down the back of his neck. "Ugh, wh-where are we? T-Travis?"

"Jack, I-I dunno where we are, but we have to get out of here….c-can you reach my hands? Can you untie the rope?" Travis frowned, trying to look back at him, doing his best to try and pull at the rope around Jack's wrists but it was difficult.

Jack reached his hands back and soon felt around Travis's wrists as well, trying to do the same, starting to pull on the ropes, working to get him free.

"Ah damn, come on….al-almost." Jack said quietly under his breath as they each tried to get the other free, Jack finally managing to get Travis's ropes slightly loosened, continuing to pull.

"Come on, come on…."

Travis held his breath as he also tried to work on getting Jack's hands free, pulling the best he could, both gasping and looking up when they heard a door open, hearing footsteps and voices starting to come closer.

Travis looked up with big eyes as Zack and Jace came towards them, quickly looking scared, leaning back to try and be closer to Jack, wanting to be holding him or at least be touching him to feel comforted. Jack meanwhile looked up with narrow eyes, his lips curling up in anger, looking at Zack and Jace murderously.

Zack had his gun stuffed into his pants where they could each see it, Jace walking up beside him, looking quiet, Zack just looking happy, smirking.

"Whoa, looks like our little two fighters of fire are trying to help each other escape…! Can't have that….Jace."

Jace just wordlessly went over and grabbed at Jack's chair, who growled and tried to kick him, Jace dragging Jack away from Travis, who quickly shook his head no, teary-eyed, trying to look back.

"N-No. Jack…."

"You coward! You're a coward, Jace, you hear me?! Untie me so I can kick your ass again!" Jack growled and struggled against the ropes. "Let us go!"

Zack started laughing, his voice sounding cruel, looking as if he was enjoying every minute of this, Travis trying hard not to start crying, looking terrified.

Jace walked back over to Zack, leaving Jack where Travis couldn't look back at him and vice versa, the two of them spread far apart, unable to reach other now.

"There. Much better." Zack huffed, looking pleased, grinning at them.

"What the hell do you want?!" Jack suddenly snarled at them. "Let us go!"

"Oh ho ho ho! Looks like pretty boy here is loosing his temper…! Testy, testy!" Zack sing-songed, Travis watching them with a sniffle.

Jack growled again, furious. "Listen you son of a b****, you better let us go before I-"

"Before you what-?" Zack interrupted, starting to come over to him with a sly look, Travis quickly frowning.

"Zack no, d-don't hurt him…."

"You're a just a little helpless guy all tied up right now so what could you possibly do to me?" Zack smirked as he ignored Travis and came right up to Jack and bent down in front of him, smiling dangerously.

Jack glared, looking beyond angry, looking like he could lash out and wrap his hands around Zack's throat and choke him right there.

His green eyes flickered with anger, while Zack's green eyes flickered with delight.

"Let. Travis. Go." Jack growled, looking him in the eye. "If you're going to hurt someone, hurt me, not him. Now let him go."

Zack just continued to grin, eyeing him closely, smirking. "Hurt someone? Hurt you? Oh, that-that's not exactly what I had in mind…no no, what I had in mind was something….entirely different." He started to talk slower, looking more sly than ever.

Travis was listening as he trembled, his eyes watery, glancing over at Jace now and then as he was the only one he could see but Jace wasn't looking at him, just watching Zack and Jack.

"Trust me, it's not going to hurt…Just ask Travis, he knows. In fact, I think you'll like it." Zack grinned, slowly starting to lean in closer, suddenly cupping Jack's head in his hands, quickly beginning to kiss him on the lips.

Jack quickly shook his head to get away and protested, struggling in the chair, but Zack held him still and just chuckled under his lips, kissing him roughly.

"Ever kiss another man before, Jack?" He murmured, kissing him deeply, Jack trying to kick at him with a growl but couldn't, his ankles tied.

Travis was listening, not sure of what was going on, wide-eyed, fearing Zack was hurting his friend, wanting Jack to be okay, sniffling quietly.

Zack finally pulled away, panting with a smile and Jack quickly snarled loudly, shaking his head with a furious look, spitting at him.

"Gah!" Zack snarled, wiping it away quickly, slapping Jack hard, getting to his feet to walk away, looking angry.

"Gag him. I've had enough of him." He huffed to Jace, who just nodded, going over.

Travis shook his head no quickly, tears in his eyes, frowning deeply. "No, no, please don't hurt him, please!"

Jack growled and tried to move away but Jace gagged him, Jack quickly growling, his voice muffled, Zack just smirking.

"Alrighty now, now that that's done, let's get to the rest of this business. We're not having as much fun as we should be. Besides, remember what we told Travis would happen if he blabbed that we haven't done yet?" Zack grinned as he started coming over to Travis, whose eyes got wider.

"No, no….pl-please…" Travis shook his head no, wishing this wasn't happening, praying a miracle would happen and him and Jack would be saved before anything else happened.

Zack just nodded with a smirk. "Yes….hell yes." He grinned as he pulled out Travis's phone which he had swiped while Travis was unconscious, Travis beginning to cry as he watched him start to dial, shaking his head no.

"No, no! Please, I-I-you can't call her, I won't let you do anything to her, stop!" Travis pleaded, gasping when Zack suddenly pulled out his gun and held it straight up against his head, Travis squeaking in fear, going rigid.

"Get over here, Jace, shut him up." Zack just huffed and Travis whimpered as he could hear Jack's muffled protests behind him, continuing to watch Zack in fear as he put the phone up to his ear, nearly choking on a sob.

"N-No!" But Jace came over and cupped a hand over his mouth to quiet him, Travis whimpering as he tried to shake his head no, his voice muffled, crying as he trembled with fear, the gun still to his head.

He couldn't take his eyes off of Zack, watching him fearfully, his heart practically stopping when Zack smirked and started speaking into the phone.

"Hello, Vic."

Vic frowned at the unfamiliar voice over the phone, her caller ID having said it was Travis but this was clearly not him, making her frown.

"Uh, who is this?"

"My name's Zack, I'm a friend of Travis's." The man stated, sounding a little cheerful and Vic frowned.

"Hold on, are you the same Zack that showed up on my doorstep not too long ago?"

"In the flesh, babe!" This Zack person seemed to laugh and Vic frowned, a little perplexed.

"Um, whatever, can I talk to Travis?" She just asked, wondering if Travis could clear it up for her.

"Oh actually you can't right now, no, he's uh, he's a little tied up at the moment…." Zack seemed to chuckle, Vic's eyebrows furrowing.

"What is that supposed to mean?" She demanded softly, hearing Zack clear his throat, his voice suddenly turning serious.

"Alright, sister, just listen: I've got your best friend here with me and if you don't do what I say, I'm going to kill him."

"What?" Vic's eyes widened, a wave of fear washing over her quickly as she began to frown.

"Yes, my buddy and I have a gun pointed to his head and we're not afraid to use it."

Horrified, Vic suddenly thought she could hear muffled whimpers in the background as Zack spoke, frightening her further, quickly getting scared for her best friend.

"Who-Who the hell are you? Wh-Where's Travis? Is he alright?!"

Zack seemed to scoff. "Relax sweets, he's fine. But if you want him to live, you're going to have to do as I say, otherwise you're never going to see your best friend again."

Vic suddenly wondered if she should call the police, wide-eyed. "Wh-What do you want? Is-Is Travis alright?!"

"All you have to do is get here as soon as you can, alone, without telling anybody else what's going on, you understand me? If you tell anyone about this, anyone, Travis dies!" Zack growled and Vic flinched, feeling herself almost nod into the phone, scared, already starting to grab her keys to go for her car.

"Okay, Okay, I won't tell, I promise!"

"And especially no cops, if you call the police, your friend is f****** dead!"

Vic nearly gasped, tears in her eyes. "Okay, alright, I won't call the cops I swear, just don't hurt Travis!"

"Good. So when you show up, it better just be you there." Zack sneered, starting to tell her the address of the abandoned warehouse where he and Jace had ran off to, Vic listening as she hopped into her car, frowning deeply.

She could hear the muffled whimpering again behind Zack's voice which she could only assume must be Travis, her eyes welled with tears, scared.

"Okay, okay, I-I'm leaving now," She whimpered softly as she waited for Zack to finish, starting to drive off. "Just please, tell me if he's alright, please don't hurt him!"

"Well then, you can hear from him yourself, sweets." Zack spoke and then Vic could hear him moving the phone around, practically gasping when she heard Travis.

"Vic, don't do it, don't listen to them! Whatever you do, don't come here, it's a trap, it's a trap!" Travis's voice rushed, sounding terrified, Vic wondering if they really had him at gunpoint, knowing he must be so scared right now.

"Travis?! Travis, are you alright?!" She cried with a deep frown, her eyes brimmed with tears.

"Vic, don't come here, no matter what! It's just a trap! They're going to ra—Oww!" Travis suddenly yelped in pain as it sounded like somebody hit him and he quickly began to whimper, sounding hurt.

"No! Travis!" Vic shouted fearfully, holding her breath when she heard Zack speak again.

"Ignore him. If you don't do as I say, we'll kill him. Understood?"

"Yes, yes, I understand, I'll be there, just please don't hurt him!" Vic pleaded in a scared voice, eyes wide with fear as she heard Zack chuckle.

"Thank you, Vic. We look forward to seeing you there." He said slowly with a sort of happy voice before he hung up, Vic's heart racing as she put the phone down and tried to focus on driving, a million thoughts running through her head but they were all on one thing and one thing only: rescuing her best friend.

Vic walked in when she discovered the door was left unlocked, wandering in cautiously as she gripped her purse tightly, wide-eyed as she quickly began to look around.

Quickly she spotted Travis.

"Travis!" She then spotted Jack not too far away from him, eyebrows furrowing, not understanding why he was here either, seeing he was tied up as well. "Jack?"

Then she noticed Jace was standing beside him, getting even more confused. "Jace?"

Both Jack and Travis were shaking their heads no at her, Jack unable to speak, each of their eyes wide. "Vic, no! Get out of here, run!" Travis shouted with a pleading voice, looking scared, horrified to see she had even came, not wanting her hurt.

Vic didn't listen to him, only coming closer, looking at Jace, wondering if he was being held captive too, but then why would he be untied and not the others…? "What's going on here?"

"Vic, no, he's—!" Travis shouted but then another voice spoke, startling Vic.

"Oh yeah, you don't know yet, do you?" Zack smirked as he appeared behind Vic, coming towards her. "At least Travis managed to at least keep that a secret before he went on and blabbed…." He snorted, rolling his eyes.

Vic turned to face him, wide-eyed with a sort of accusing look, quickly spotting his gun, knowing he must be the one behind all this, Jace meanwhile now coming up behind her as well.

"Wh-What's going on? Le-Let them go." She spoke in a shaky voice, trying not to look too frightened, eyeing Zack closely.

"V-Vic, run, please, run!" Travis was whimpering behind her, sounding like he was crying.

"What's going on?" Zack repeated with a sly look, coming closer with a grin, approaching her. "I'll tell you what's going on as soon as I-" He started to reach out and grab her arm but Vic's eyes went narrow and she swung her purse, hitting him directly in the face before he could touch her.

"Gah!" Zack cried out, faltering.

Jace wrapped his arms around her throat to grab her but Vic reacted quickly and pulled free, whipping around as she grabbed pepper spray out of her purse, spraying it in his face quickly, Jace immediately screaming in pain, stepping back to hold his face, unable to see.

Zack snarled and wrapped his arms around her firmly, cussing when she tried to fight him, forcefully pushing her to the ground as he got ontop of her, Vic crying out in fear, doing her best to struggle and fight against him.

Travis screamed as he watched, shaking his head no in horror, crying out as he watched them, terrified, tears running down his face as he tried to yank at the ropes desperately to get free. "Vic! NO!"

Vic managed to punch Zack as hard as she could in the nose, making him scream, but he quickly roared in anger and slapped her as hard as he could, Travis and Jack both able to hear the sound, horrifying them further.

Jace shook his head after wiping at his eyes that were now red but he was still able to see, coming back over to them and joining Zack ontop of Vic, each starting to pull and rip at her shirt to get it unbuttoned, hitting her when she would fight them.

Travis cried out and couldn't watch as Vic screamed out and kicked and flailed underneath them, unable to defend herself with two of them, Travis horrified at the sound of her cries, making him sob.

Jack meanwhile was watching in fury, pulling and struggling at the ropes like a madmen, snarling under his gag as he practically hopped up and down in the chair, trying to get free to save her, watching in horror when Zack and Jace would hit her, crying out.

By now they had gotten Vic's top unbuttoned and were each pinning her down to grab at her, mostly Zack, who laughed the entire time, Vic crying as blood ran down her face as they wouldn't stop hitting her as she did her best to struggle, gasping and choking when Zack got his hands around her throat and squeezed, choking her just for the hell of it.

He laughed when he finally let her go, Vic screaming out when she could breathe again, kicking and shoving at them to get them away but she was terribly weakened, her face bleeding badly, Zack just punching her again, cackling.

Travis was sobbing from where he remained tied in the chair, unable to watch but he could hear how awful it was, fearing they might kill her, crying out. "V-Vic! Vic!"

Vic, though hardly with any strength left, was still trying to fight and get their hands off her but Jace smacked her and quickly she went limp as she fell unconscious, going still, Zack just laughing.

Travis raised his head when her screams had abruptly stopped, his heart stopping as he thought she may actually be dead. "V-Vic?" He peeped through tears, daring to look.

Zack huffed as they each stepped away from her, leaving her there on the ground, her chest still exposed, Jack quickly growling at them in anger, furious.

Travis sniffled, shaking, breathing heavily as he looked over to see his best friend lying lifeless, tears sliding down his face as he stared, in shock, feeling like he couldn't breathe as he nearly started hyperventilating. "V-V-Vic…."

Zack and Jace both made their way back over to him, Zack grinning. "Well that was fun….time for some more." He bent down and started untying the ropes that held Travis down, who hardly noticed, unable to move, still in shock.

Zack got the ropes untied and Travis came back to his senses, jumping to his feet, not taking his eyes off Vic as he shoved past Jace and hurried over to her.

Jace frowned and looked upset as he turned after him but Zack just watched as he got to his feet with a smirk, not looking worried.

Travis raced over to Vic's side, quickly falling to his knees before her, trembling. "V-Vic? O-Oh Vic…."

Vic was still unconscious and her face hadn't stopped bleeding, looking pained even though she wasn't awake and Travis whimpered as he gazed down at her, crying as he gently began to cover her chest back up with her shirt.

"Vic, I-I'm so sorry….!" His voice shook as he choked on a sob, guilty that she had gotten hurt, knowing this wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for him, hating that he had let this happen when he should've tried harder to protect her.

Sobbing, he laid himself gently across her unconscious form, head resting against her stomach, taking her hand in his and giving it a squeeze, remaining close against her as he cried. "V-Vic….I'm sorry, I'm sorry….this is my fault….please forgive me…."

Jack watched with a sad look but Zack started coming over, peering down at Travis over his friend as if he were enjoying the sight before him, reaching down to grab him by his shirt when he felt he had seen enough.

"Alright, alright, it's your turn, hotshot…."

Travis let out a strangled gasp as he got grabbed and quickly tried to pull free, his eyes still on Vic as he reached out towards her, but Zack quickly threw him to the floor, Travis colliding into the ground hard, making him whimper.

He was going to start trying to get up or at least try to defend himself as he saw Zack starting to reach for him again but then Travis knew there wouldn't be any point and besides, Vic had just gotten beaten up all because of him; perhaps this should be his punishment, perhaps he should just stop trying to fight it and accept it now.

Besides, he was just so tired and scared it probably wouldn't do him any good anyways. So Travis remained still, shaking badly as he sniffled and cried, yelping when Zack grabbed him off the floor and punched him with a laugh.

Jace watched nearby as Zack hit Travis everywhere and threw him to the floor over and over, Travis not making any effort to defend himself, Jack trying to call out through his gag as he watched too, struggling against the ropes, hating to have to watch his friend getting hurt.

Travis landed on his side as Zack hit him again and he gasped in pain, panting, hurting badly by now after getting hit several times, whimpering but still he didn't move, not bothering to, just looking up with big, teary eyes, frowning when he had to spit out blood from his mouth.

Zack kicked him and laughed, picking him up and hitting him a few more times as he threw him to the ground again with a smile, Travis holding back groans of pain, his face bleeding, terribly weak now, tears slowly moving down his face.

Even if he wanted to move, he wouldn't even be able to now, his body in too much pain.

Zack stood above him with a dangerous gleam in his eye, his wide smile seeming to take up half his face, slowly reaching down to pick up Travis again.

"And now for the moment I've been waiting for…." He grinned as he wrapped an arm around Travis's chest and pulled him to his feet, taking out his gun and pointing it at his head. Travis let out a small squeak but still didn't open his eyes, pained, struggling to even stand up straight, Zack holding him up.

"See you in the afterlife, sucker…." Zack smiled, eyeing him closely, finger moving towards the trigger.

Jace quickly took a step forward, a hand extended, wide-eyed. "Whoa whoa, Zack, what are you doing?"

"What's it look like I'm doing, dumba**?" Zack sneered at him, Travis faintly whimpering in his grip as he shook. "I'm going to kill him."

"Kill him? You can't kill him, you never said you were going to kill him, I-I never agreed to have any part in killing him…." Jace frowned, his eyes big, looking genuinely concerned.

"Relax, it's not like you're the one doin' it."

"No, Zack, you never said you would kill him. Th-That's murder. You can't kill him, I-I won't let you." His eyebrows furrowed as he swallowed hard.

Zack scowled as he raised a brow, slowly lowering his gun a little, Travis managing to peek an eye open with a faint whimper. "What do you mean I can't kill him? I'll do whatever I want." Zack huffed and Jace continued to frown.

"You can't kill him, he doesn't deserve that, I-I'm not having anything to do with it, you can't! I-I won't let you kill him!"

"What the hell do you care if I kill him or not, it's not like you actually care about him." Zack sneered.

"I do care about him!" Jace shouted, wide-eyed. "And I won't let you kill him!"

Zack's eyebrows slowly furrowed, eyeing him closely as he took a step closer, Travis quickly wincing as he had to move with him, hurting badly.

"You've fallen in love with him, haven't you?" Zack talked slowly with a frown and Travis opened his eyes at the words, looking at Jace who didn't answer, though his troubled expression of big eyes and deep frown said it all and Travis felt his mouth fall open, shocked.

Zack started to laugh, grinning. "You actually fell in love with him! Ha!"

"Yes, I love him!" Jace frowned as he balled his fists at his sides, licking his lips nervously. "So what?!"

Travis was still frowning deeply with his mouth agape, wide-eyed, not able to believe it, shocked.

"Well now it means that it's only going to be that much more enjoyable for me when I kill him." Zack grinned and pointed the gun back at Travis's head, who quickly flinched.

"No!" Jace cried with a frightened look and leapt forward, tackling Zack to the ground, knocking all three of them down, Travis yelping though luckily the gun didn't go off.

He managed to crawl away a little as he sat up quickly, frightened as he watched Zack and Jace begin to fight, Zack trying to punch Jace away and reach for his gun with a snarl but Jace fought him back.

Quickly they were wrestling, each one of 'em swearing, Zack punching Jace in the nose. "You traitorous bastard!"

Jace rolled Zack onto his back to pin him down, punching him back with a snarl, looking just as furious himself.

Travis watched fearfully, shaking, gaping, honestly not sure who was going to win, flinching when he saw Zack kick Jace off him and scramble towards his fallen gun.

"Lousy son of a-"

Travis gaped and almost whimpered as he crawled away further, frightened as Zack grabbed his gun and pointed it straight towards him, Travis fearful this would be it for him, terrified.

"No!" Jace screamed and kicked the gun out of Zack's hand, who yelped, the gun sliding across the floor.

Zack cradling his hand, Jace practically scrambled after the gun, fumbling with it as he picked it up.

Zack swore and started to get up, looking livid, blood coming out of his nose. "Jace, you motherf*****, I'm going to kill you!"

"Stay back!" Jace yelled, pointing the gun right at him, holding it with both hands.

Zack glared, smirking with a dangerous smile as he pushed himself up. "Jace, I'm going to kill you and then, imma kill your new lover, Trav-"

"No!" Zack was cut off as Jace yelled and fired the gun, shooting Zack in the chest, who fell back to the ground.

Travis gasped and tried not to scream when he heard the gun go off, watching the both of them in horror as Zack's shirt started to turn red with blood.

Zack's hand went over the fresh wound with a shocked expression, looking betrayed, eyes going narrow as he looked back up at Jace, moving to get up again. "Why you little-"

Jace fired again, Zack falling back to the ground, looking more pained this time, his exhaling breaths sounding like he was dying, not getting back up.

Travis trembled as he watched, holding his breath fearfully as Zack shook, clearly dying, his eyes going closed, letting out what seemed to be his final exhale, a sort of sigh.

Travis couldn't take his eyes away; sure he was used to people dying right in front of him, but even though Zack was a terrible person, he was still someone he knew and Travis just literally watched him get killed right in front of him.

By now Vic had regained consciousness and she too, along with Jack, watched Zack die fearfully from the other side of the room, everyone wide-eyed, including Jace, who shook.

He closed his eyes and almost seemed to shudder, lowering the gun, setting it down on the ground, just before Zack's feet. Seeming to be more relaxed now, though still appearing to be a little shaken up, he turned to Travis, looking concerned.

"Oh Travis…." He started but Travis flinched away and made to crawl away again, appearing spooked, looking up at him with big, fearful eyes, afraid he was going to hurt him.

"Hey, i-it-it's okay," Jace frowned at him, holding out his hands gently, talking in a quieter voice, looking sincere. "I-I'm not going to hurt you. I-It-It's over now."

Travis glanced once at the still body where Zack lay dead, frowning deeply, looking at Jace as if he didn't believe him. "I-Is it true? Wh-What Zack said?" He almost peeped, his voice sounding frightened, watching Jace come to him with a sympathetic look, though he still appeared mindfully cautious.

"I-It's true," He nodded, almost sighing, bending down to Travis's level, slowly putting his hands on his shoulders gently, looking at him with sincere eyes. "I-I wasn't supposed to fall in love with you, b-but I did. I was going to tell you, but I couldn't….this whole time, I…." His voice trailed off as he seemed to hang his head, looking away.

Travis didn't know how to answer, still shaking, avoiding looking directly at him, frowning deeply.

"Oh Travis, I'm so sorry." Jace lifted his head to apologize, looking so concerned for him, suddenly seeming like such a nice person who could never hurt anyone, Travis wondering where this side of him had been this whole time.

"I-I hate myself for what I did to you," Jace continued, his gentle hands still on Travis's shoulders. "Are-are you alright, are you hurt?"

It seemed like a pretty stupid question to ask since Travis's face was bleeding and he could barely move, Jace having been one of the ones who had hurt him just hours ago but even though Travis was badly hurt, that wasn't what he was thinking about now.

"My-My friends…." He looked at Jace with big eyes, just wanting them to be okay, knowing they had yet to get out of there and be safe. He felt so guilty for them getting hurt.

Jace frowned as he seemed to remember, giving Travis a nod. "Right, i-i'll help them…."

Jace stood and started heading over to Jack, Travis turning to where Vic lay on the ground, now sitting up, gaping when he saw her again, starting to crawl to her the best he could, wincing with pain.

Vic crawled towards him as well, looking frightened, embracing him when he came close enough, wrapping her arms around him tightly. "Travis, Travis, are you alright?"

Travis almost started crying as he hugged her, the two of them still on the floor, Travis not letting go of her, frowning deeply as she was shaking, hating that she was hurt, blood down her face just like his. "V-Vic! Vic, I'm sorry!"

"Travis, I'm scared, you-you're hurt…." Vic was breathing heavily, trying not to look over at Zack's dead body as she hugged him, Travis frowning deeply, just as scared as she was, still clinging to her.

"Vic, I-"

Jace suddenly yelped from across the room and the two of them gasped, looking over, seeing Jack was punching him, slamming him up against the wall, swearing angrily.

Travis's eyes went wide, frowning deeply at him. "Jack, Jack no! Stop!"

Jack snarled and kept Jace against the wall, who frowned but didn't try and fight back. "No Travis!" Jack shouted, his fist raised. "Jace hurt you, he hurt all of us! I'm going to kill him for what he did to you!" He punched Jace in the stomach again, who winced in pain, nearly doubling over.

"Jack, stop," Travis called out again, frowning. "Please, he just saved our lives, let him go."

Jack growled and shook his head, clenching and unclenching his fist as he glared furiously at Jace, who cowered a little, frowning.

"Jack." Travis frowned as he watched, Vic's arms still wrapped around him tightly, Jack frowning as he didn't want to stop but he couldn't ignore his friend, scowling as he lowered his fist.

"Fine. I won't kill you. But only cause Travis said so." He gave Jace a shove with a final glare, quickly turning to come over to his friends, suddenly looking concerned.

"Travis, you alright? Vic?"

"Jack, are you okay?" Travis just frowned at him, keeping Vic close, frowning when Jack reached over to grab his chin, trying to examine his face and head.

"I'm fine," Jack just huffed. "You need to lie back, Travis, we got to get you to the hospital, now. Anyone got a phone, we need to call the police."

"I got my phone in my purse." Vic stated and started to get up, Travis grabbing her arm despite Jack trying to push him down onto his back gently. "Vic, no, you're hurt…"

"Travis, you're worse than I am, it's okay," Vic frowned at him and pushed herself to her feet, going over to where her purse had fallen.

"Travis, lie back…." Jack was trying to tend to him, Travis continuing to sit back up, hardly seeming concerned with his own injuries but rather theirs.

Jace bent down beside them to try to help and Jack snarled, immediately shoving him away. "Hey get away from him!" He snapped. "Don't you lay a finger on him."

"Jack," Travis frowned at him softly and Jack pushed him to his back gently, noticing he was starting to look weaker, frowning as he slid his arms under him and scooped him up, carrying him.

Travis winced at the movement and squeezed his eyes shut, looking pained.

"Easy buddy, I got you." Jack frowned down at him in his arms, noticing Travis's head was still bleeding. "We'll get you to the hospital. Vic?"

Vic, who was on the phone with the police, nodded and came over to Jack, looking at Travis worriedly as they started to walk out, Jack going as quick as he could with Travis in his arms, Jace following behind them.

"We'll take my car," Vic nodded to Jack as she gave the address to the police, the four of them heading over as soon as they were out.

"Jack, my head hurts….h-how bad is it?" Travis whimpered out quietly, seeming to become drowsy, his pain worsening.

Jack was starting to place him in the backseat of Vic's car, being careful. "Hey, don't worry about that, the doctors will help you out, alright buddy?"

Jace started to get in the back on the other side and Jack immediately came around and shoved him away, snarling. "Hey! You stay away from him! You're sitting in the front with me, where you can't touch him…." He snapped, glaring.

Jace frowned but kept quiet, going to the front, watching Vic get in next to Travis with big eyes, her quickly moving Travis so he was leaned up against her, head in her lap.

Jack hopped into the driver's seat and hadn't even put his seatbelt on before he ripped out of there, driving furiously quick.

Vic tended to Travis in the back after hanging up with the police but she could only do so much. "Jack, he's losing consciousness!"

She was using parts of her ripped shirt to try and stop the bleeding on his head and stomach but as soon as they became soaked it made little affect.

"Dammit!" Jack swore and drove faster, shaking his head, worried for Travis, knowing his injuries were bad, having watched Zack beat the life out of him right before his eyes.

Jace turned to look back with big eyes, frowning deeply. "I-Is he hurt real bad?" He looked guilty, watching Travis with a longing look.

Vic managed to look up at him with an accusing look, glaring. "Unfortunately yes, he is, no thanks to you." She almost growled and Jace frowned, quickly turning back to the front.

Travis couldn't keep his eyes open, his whole body hurting, his consciousness fading, shaking. "V-Vic?" He managed to whisper out, sounding pained and weakened. "I-I'm sorry."

His weight sunk further into her lap as he fell unconscious and Vic frowned at him deeply, her eyes teary, holding back tears. "Dammit, Travis, you're going to be okay!

You'll be okay…..!"

A/N: Decided to leave you all on a cliffhanger because I know you love them...