A/N-Please don't shoot me! I had standardized tests, and a load of crap to deal with this week. Anywho, here's the next chapter! Enjoy!

You Found Me

Saving Elle

Elle Woods had finally had enough. She was starving, bruised, scarred (emotionally as well as physically), and out of hope. All month she had sustained herself by believing, somehow, that someone knew she was here, that someone would find her, and save her. All month, her hope had slowly dwindled as bit-by-bit Callahan beat her defiance and her hope out of her. And now, as she lay, once again, locked in the closet, trembling, and hurt, her hope had finally run out.

"That's it!" she whispered to herself. "I'm done!" And Elle Woods, the beautiful bubbly girl from California, began to plan her final escape.

Emmett, Paulette, and the girls of Delta Nu had finally perfected 'Operation Legally Blonde', and had completed the preparations. Emmett's apartment was filled with more pink then he had ever hoped to see in his life, but he had never cared less. The only thing that mattered to him was that they were going to save Elle. If the price was

DeltaNu-ifying his apartment, he would take it. And indeed his apartment had been turned into a female paradise. Paulette, Margot, Serena, Pilar, and Kate had bought an entire dresser full of pink pajamas for Elle, all of her favorite foods, movies, and even TV show seasons. Paulette had personally provided every shade of pink nail polish her salon supplied as well as the latest in hair and skin care products. Emmett's guest room had been Elle-ifyed as well, with pink sheets, comforters, pillows, etc. Bruiser had been brought to Emmett's apartment as well, with everything he could possibly need. Everyone had been so busy getting ready to rescue Elle that they hadn't had time to worry about much else. The girls in particular had thrown all of themselves into turning Emmett's apartment into a place Elle could come to recover from her ordeal. But on Thursday morning, the night of Callahan's dinner, there was a decided mood of tension, apprehension, and worry. Emmett couldn't sit still. He was anxiously going over every detail of the plan in his mind, looking for ways it could be thwarted. They were going to succeed. They had to. If they didn't…well he just wasn't going to think about it. The only thing to think about was ways the plan could go right. He would rescue Elle, and have Callahan locked away for as long as he possibly could.

"OK, everyone lets go over the plan one more time." Emmett began—

"EMMETT!" the girls all screamed in unison.

"We've been over this like an M to the ILLION times!" Serena threw her hands in the air

"Chill pill, please, Emmett, everything is going to work out perfectly!" Margot sounded very exasperated.

"For serious, Emmett, we all know what we're supposed to do!" Pilar rolled her eyes.

"Really, we promise." Kate tried to calm down her nervous friend.

Paulette patted him on the back. "We'll get her back, Emmett, we will."

"Alright, I'm sorry" Emmett put his face in his hands. "I'm just so scared. I don't know what I'm going to do if we don't get her back, or if there's something seriously wrong with her, or…" he broke off, sitting down, his face covered as he tried to hide the tears.

"Shhhh" the girls crowded around him, all anger forgotten. "We miss her too." Margot whispered, sitting next to him. She and Paulette each put an arm around Emmett's shoulders, their tears joining his, as they thought of their imprisoned friend.

The beeping of Emmett's watch jerked them from their tears. Everyone jumped to their feet. It was time to get ready.

An hour later everyone was positioned and ready to go. Emmett was dressed in the suit Elle had bought him, Margot next to him in a short pink dress ready to pose as his girlfriend. Serena and Pilar were ready with the backup car and Kate and Paulette were staying in the apartment getting the things they had bought ready for use.

"Alright, girls, this is it. We're gonna get Elle."

Emmett felt like he need to say something else, but he was too nervous.

"Well," he motioned to Margot. "I guess we'd better go, we'll be late."

They exited the apartment silently, and called a cab. The plan was for Serena and Pilar to follow half an hour after the dinner had begun in the backup car, and for them to get Elle and sneak out and make their escape.

Emmett and Margot arrived at Callahan's right on time. Everyone from the firm was there, and they greeted Emmett politely. Emmett was so jumpy he had trouble answering them normally, and some of the more perceptive lawyers gave him strange looks that he ignored. They would understand later. Emmett was so anxious to find Elle; he was barely able to sit through the beginning of the dinner. He knew he must wait until at least 45 minutes after the dinner began or they couldn't count on the car being there. So he waited, tapping his toe for Margot's phone to ring, the signal that all systems were "go". Minutes passed. To Emmett they felt like hours. They couldn't have only been here 10 minutes. 15 minutes, 30. 45 minutes. Where were they?? Finally, almost an hour after the start of the party Margot's phone rang. Conversation stopped momentarily as everyone checked their phones for the mystery caller. Margot looked at hers and her face grew serious as she pretended it was gravely important.

"Excuse me, everyone, its an emergency, I need to take this." She left the room, Emmett looked after her, trying to look concerned rather than impatient. Margot would leave for a few minutes, then return, pretending that a sudden dilemma had arisen at her job, and that she needed him to take her home as soon as possible. Then they would search the large, fancy house for Elle. Finally, Margot re-entered the dining room, looking severely flustered.

"I'm so sorry, everyone, we need to leave, this can't wait. Emmett, come on!" she tugged at his jacket impatiently. Wow, thought Emmett, she could be an actress.

"Thanks for everything, sir," Emmett addressed Callahan, then the rest of his co-workers. "I'll see everyone tomorrow, I guess." Then he turned and hurried after Margot.

Elle was sitting in her closet, the sharp glass shard she had snagged during her last "session" with Callahan trembling in her hand. This was it she had to do it. She had endured more than any girl should have to take, and she was through. If this was the only way out then so be it. At least she could have the satisfaction that Callahan hadn't done it himself. Not directly anyway. As she placed the sharp edge against the vein on her wrist, Emmett's face swam to the front of her mind again. She bit back her tears. She wished she could see his face one more time, hear his soft sweet voice in her ear. But if she could, she wouldn't be here. She would be with him. And there would be no need for glass with sharp edges. Or veins, or wrists or any of it. She shook her head once more. This was it. She placed the edge against her wrist and pushed hard. It was a good, sharp edge and cut instantly. She ignored the pain and the blood trickling down her arm. The only thing in her mind was escape as she carved deeper and deeper into her own flesh.

Emmett and Margot hurried down Callahan's long narrow hallway, opening doors, searching for the right room.

Omigod, it hurts, Elle bit her lip in an attempt to keep from crying out. Omigod, that's a lot of blood. Ew! Ow, ow, OWW!! She dropped the glass, and clutched her wrist, wanting to end the pain. She rocked back and forth, crying softly.

They were a few meters away from the door to Callahan's office. Emmett and Margot became more and more frantic every time they opened a door that clearly had no potential for kidnapped girls.

Her sobs grew louder as her wrist throbbed more and more painfully, bleeding all over her already filthy clothes.

Emmett reached the office first.

"Margot," he whispered. "C'mere. There's a bunch of other doors in here, and it's a big room. You stay by the door and I'll look for her."

Margot nodded, her face pale, and lined with fear.

Emmett entered the office quietly, his ears straining to hear any noise that might indicate Elle's presence. At first he hear nothing. Then, a soft cry came from one of the doors on the side of the wall. Emmett approached on tiptoe straining his ears for the sob again.

"Elle?" he whispered "Are you in here?"

Elle's sobs continued to increase in volume and frequency as she looked at the deep gash she had made in her wrist.

Emmett had definitely heard someone. He approached the door to the closet.

"Elle?" he asked louder this time. "Is that you?"

Maybe this was working, Elle thought. Maybe she was dying. She was hearing things that couldn't possibly be there. Emmett couldn't be outside calling her name. All the same, at the sound of his voice, real or not, her heart lifted. She tried to stand up, but found she was too dizzy, and fell to the floor, unconscious.

Emmett heard a thud from the closet. He was sure Elle was in there. Please, he thought. Please let her be ok.

He pulled the closet door open, and saw her at last. For the first time in a month the girl he loved. Unconscious and covered with blood. He dropped to his knees beside her.

"Elle!" he cried. "Please be alright, please!" Tears were running down his face again, as he shook her. "Elle! Wake up, Elle, wake up!" She couldn't be dead. She couldn't. She had to be alive. "Elle!" he shook her harder. "No, no, no, no, no! ELLE!" He gathered her up in his arms, not caring that her blood would stain his expensive suit. He held her close to him, stroking her head, as his tears ran into her hair. He kissed the top of her head, her forehead, her lips. "Elle" he whispered. "Please, god, no." He cradled her in his arms, and sobbed. Margot heard his cries and ran into the room. When she saw Elle, bloody and broken in his arms, she gasped and fell to her knees, her cries joining his.

A/N-The next part just had to be another chapter; it felt too melodramatic to have it all be right here. Anyways you know how I love to write cliffhangers, even if I am giving you the next chapter at the same time. D

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