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A/N: Woohoo! I'm on a roll here! I just finished Chapter 20 of my GG fic (I Tried To Get Back To You.) Someone reviewed that they didn't know if X knew she was pregnant, and the answer is in this chapter. Carrie thought she had lost the baby when she typed him the email. I wasn't too specific about the email, but I will put some details in this chapter of it. Thanx for all ur wonderful reviews (keep them coming)!!! ;)

Chapter 6: Nightmares Become Realities

X parked his motorcycle behind Kevin's car and climbed off of it. He took his helmet off and placed it behind the seat of his bike. His hair had grown longer than it used to be and X could now run his fingers through it. Carrie had convinced him to grow it out and stop dying it black. He felt weird at first, but he now realized he looked sexier than before. His whole style changed when he met her. X no longer dressed in all black. He wore low-rise boot cut jeans with his same black T-shirts and a leather jacket. His brown hair landed at his nose and loose strands sometimes fell into his gorgeous brown eyes.

Walking towards Kevin's car, X noticed they weren't getting out. He stood next to Carrie's door and lightly rapped at her window. She nearly jumped out of her skin when she heard the noise. Sighing in relief, she opened her door, and informed X that she wasn't going in. He gave Kevin a questioning look, which made anger start to build inside of her. She had to be the poor victim and now her boyfriend and brother were acting as if she had lost her mind! Well, she'd sure show them who was crazy. She unbuckled her seat belt and stormed out of the car.

"I guess you're ready to go in, now?" X innocently asked.

She spun around and screamed, "NO! I'm not going into THAT house! I'm going for a walk, since my boyfriend and my brother want to treat me like I'm not even here!"

Carrie stalked off in a huff as Kevin and X helplessly watched. Kevin realized it was hormones from her pregnancy, but X was still completely in the dark about the whole thing. His thoughts went back to her email, where she had told him that Sam had just raped her. That was what the email said. Sam raped her. Period. The end. It was short and too the point, which was very un-Carrie. She was known for babbling endlessly about God knows what before coming to the point of her story. Many times she completely forgot her point; it was one of the things X loved about her.

"Carrie, wait please," X pleaded with her.

Carrie willed herself not to cry as she turned around. She was always one of those girls that would watch a movie like Titanic without shedding a single tear. Sure, Carrie felt sad when she saw that movie, but it wasn't anything to cry over. Lately, she had been feeling stupid for crying over every little thing. Fear haunted her everywhere she went. Danger lurked behind every corner, and her nightmares were getting worse. At the hospital she had been given mild painkillers that helped her sleep, but they wore off after a few hours and the nightmares came to life once again. Different scenarios played out in her dreams where Sam would somehow find her. He would rape her again, or beat her worse than he had the time before; the worst one was where he would kill her child. Carrie quickly pushed the thoughts of her night terrors out of her head in order to keep her tears at bay.

"What do you want?" she asked him.

He sighed, "To talk to you. I'm sorry, but I don't know how to act around you now."

His honest answer softened her demeanor, "Okay, I guess we can go into he house."

X smiled and held out his hand, which she gratefully took. He squeezed her hand as they walked into the Camden house, not knowing what to expect. Carrie knew she'd be fine, but she couldn't help looking over her shoulder at the surrounding area to see if she could spot anyone that looked dreadfully familiar. Fortunately, she didn't see him anywhere and she felt safe as she followed her brother into the house to meet the rest of his new family.

*****

The man grinned as he watched her enter the house. From where he was hiding, he could see everything going on. It had only taken him a couple of days to find her, and he wasn't about to let her get away this time. He lit a cigarette as he relaxed and waited for the best time to snatch her. Sam knew that Karen already knew what he had done. He considered their marriage was gone, and he wanted the little bitch to pay for that.

In a few hours he knew it would be safe to leave from his place. Taking out his 9-mm gun, he ran a rag over it to clean it of any fingerprints. Sam had no interest in killing her, or wounding her in any way. If he did, he wouldn't get to be pleasured anymore. He desperately needed that, but first, she was going to pay for ruining his marriage. Poor X, too bad he's going to die before the day is over. Sam thought to himself as the rain clouds started to gather.

*****

Carrie had greeted the huge family when she came in, and Lucy's mom had shown her to her room. She was going to get her own room that was formally Ruthie's. The walls were covered in Hello Kitty things from when she was a child. Carrie felt comforted by the decorations because they represented the innocence she had lost. No, not lost, taken from her. Mrs. Camden and Kevin knocked on her door to ask see how she was doing. She responded with a meek okay.

"I was wondering if you had any more clothes to wear since you can't live in those," she told her lightly.

Carrie simply shook her head negatively. Kevin felt angry when he thought of her as a child. She was so carefree and Carrie loved to talk. She would rattle on about anything, but the excited sparkle in her eyes made you listen to her with all your attention. Now, she was a timid teenager whose eyes were clouded with fear and hatred. Kevin knew she despised what her life had become, he knew he had to keep her from ruining her life completely and falling into despair.

Annie spoke again, "Hm, well I'll see if Lucy has anything for you to wear. If she doesn't I'll be more than happy to take you shopping."

Carrie nodded again and turned her head from the smiling woman. Her happiness was making Carrie feel worse. Mrs. Camden was being so kind to her, but she didn't want anyone to be kind. Shutting out the world is the only thing Carrie wanted to do. She had already started by deciding not to cry any more. When Kevin looked into her eyes, she knew he was suspicious of what she was doing. He couldn't understand that Carrie couldn't face the world. Not yet, anyway.

Darkness soon enveloped the Camden house and its inhabitants began to prepare for the night. Carrie knew that night was when the terrible hallucinations came to her in sleep. They haunted her in her awakened state, but she had no control over her dreams. She knew she couldn't go to sleep, but it soon overtook her.

X was sharing a room with Simon, Lucy's younger brother. He was a cool guy and X liked him immensely. Simon had morals and integrity, and he wanted to kill Sam almost as much as he did. They talked about love and their respective relationships. By midnight, they were fast friends. X would have talked to Carrie, but she had shut him out, telling him she wasn't ready to talk. He had respected that, and decided not to push her. X and Simon dropped into their respective dream worlds, only to be shaken from them in a few hours.

*****

Sam waited for the right moment to make his move. He left his hiding spot after the last light flickered off. He stalked, confidently across the street and hovered around the house. He checked all of the doors and windows to look for telltale signs of a security system. When he felt confident that there wasn't one, he silently jimmied open the back door. He silently slipped through the kitchen and ascended up the stairs.

When he reached the top, he saw a wide hallway with half a dozen doors and another flight of stairs in front of him. He cursed under his breath and pulled his gun out. He took a step forward when he heard a shrill scream that was undoubtedly Carrie. Sam ran towards the door that Carrie was still screaming in, but before he opened it several people ran out of the assorted rooms.

"Don't move!" Sam shouted at all of them.

The color drained from Annie's face when she saw the gun in his hand. Sam rushed into the traumatized girl's room and grabbed her. Carrie thought she was still having a nightmare and shrieked louder as she clawed and bit her way free from his arms. He yelled as she ran from her room and down the stairs. Sam chased after her, but X had become collected since his temporary shock. Anger and hatred flared in him as he chased the raping son of a bitch.

X tackled him from behind, which surprised Sam. The gun fell to the floor and X slugged Sam in the face, hard. Sam reeled backwards and touched his bleeding nose. There was no doubt that it had been broken. Sam charged at X and hit him in his stomach with his head. The handsome young man flew backwards. Eric and Simon jumped in to help X when they heard someone stomping up the stairs. Sam was being held back by Eric and X and they looked over to see Carrie standing in the hallway with a kitchen knife in her trembling hand.

"You... asshole!" she called Sam in a strained voice.

X looked at her, "Carrie?"

"I hate you! I hate you!" she exclaimed as she started walking towards him with the knife aimed at Sam.

Sam smirked at her, "You wouldn't dare."

"You... son of a bitch!" she spat at him.

X knew he had to stop her, but she kept walking towards Sam. Eric knew Carrie was emotionally unstable after talking with her the night before. X tried to talk her into putting the knife down, but she wouldn't. He begged her to stop but she inched closer, still.

"You didn't kill my child," she murmured in a barely audible voice when she was about a foot away from him.

Carrie took another step forward, but before she could take a swing at Sam, Kevin ran up behind and told her to stop. She spun around angrily and cussed Kevin out.

"You don't believe me? Do you? You don't think this animal raped me!" Carrie wailed in hysterics.

Kevin's police training kicked in immediately, "Of course I believe you, Carrie. We all believe you. Just put down the knife."

In all the commotion, Sam was able to break free, and he lunged for Carrie. She yelped before cutting him with the sharp knife. He let out a cry of pain as he backhanded her. The knife went flying as he silenced her shrieks by clenching his fist around her throat. Carrie struggled against the man who raped her, but felt blackness closing in on her after only a few moments. She heard faint rumblings as her vision blurred. Carrie fought valiantly against the grown man, but eventually the darkness overtook her senses and she felt no more.

A/N: I know y'all probably all hate me!!! muahahahahaha I'm evil... lol! Oh well, the more u review the quicker I'll update! I want to thank my loyal readers, especially Camden-Kinkirk cuz ur a wicked awesome!!!