"Haley, shut up." Peyton pleaded, knowing Haley was never one to back down.
"Haley is it? Hmmm as in Haley James?" The man asked.
"…How do you know my name?" Haley replied confused.
"Are you Nathan Scott's girlfriend?" The man questioned.
It was in that moment that Haley realized who the man standing in front of her was. The blue eyes, raven colored hair…how could she have missed it? This was none other then Dan Scott.
"And you must be his father." Haley finally said.
"Ahh so you have heard of me, all good things I hope." Dan laughed out.
"More like that you were a piece of shit that wasn't even fit to walk this earth." Haley spit back.
"And there goes that mouth again." Dan laughed out.
"What do you want….Mr. Scott?" Peyton asked, deciding to the sarcasm battle that was bound to start at any moment.
"I want to know where my son is, naturally as his father I am quite concerned as to his where abouts." Dan said with a straight face, before slowly breaking out into a smile, laughter filling the hallway. "Oh my, I just, wow that was funny to me."
"You are a sick bastard." Haley replied.
"Well well, you sure are quite the spit fire, hmmm? I wonder how fast these comments will come out when I crush your throat." Dan retorted with a smirk.
"Well if my throat was being crushed I don't think it would be my spit fire like tongue you should be worried about, more like the foot connecting with your crotch." Haley replied overly sweet.
"What is wrong with you?" Peyton asked with a sigh, knowing that at any moment Dan could fire his gun and kill her and Haley.
"Nathan!" Screamed Lucas as he followed his brother, damn could he run. With a quick glance behind him to see Brooke hot on his heels Lucas kept going, knowing Nathan was going to try and get into the school that was only a couple of minutes away.
When the building came into view Lucas couldn't help but let fear over take him. Everywhere he looked cops and SWAT team members were hovering, waiting for anyone inside the building to make a move.
"Nathan!" Lucas called again, noticing his brother had stopped.
"I am going in." Nathan said simply when Lucas had caught up.
"You sure as hell are not!" Brooke scolded as she joined the boys.
"She is right Nathan, you are not. We are." Lucas said.
"What!" Screeched Brooke.
"I can't let you go in with me, I can't lose you and Hales." Nathan replied, looking at his brother like he was nuts.
"I am going with you Nate, you can't stop me. Besides do you really think that I could bare to lose you and Hales?" Lucas asked.
"…you two are both insane." Brooke put in, though she knew they weren't listening.
"Okay, but we have to be smart…how are we going to get in?" Nathan asked.
"HEY!" Screamed Brooke, finally gaining the attention of the two brothers.
"You two listen, and listen to me right now. You are not going into that school. I love Haley, she is my best friend, my family…but we have to be smart. If we go in there that just adds the risk to the death toll rising from this. We have to sit and pray that she will be okay, you two going in there like two chickens with their heads cut off will not help anyone!" Brooke said.
"Brooke…it's Hales…my Hales." Nathan pleaded.
"No." Brooke said simply.
"You can't stop us." Lucas said, seeing the hurt flash into Brooke's eyes as he spoke.
"Nathan if you go into that building…we are no longer friends….and Lucas…if you go?…We are through." Brooke finally stumbled out, shocking the twins.
"….Brooke…." Lucas tried, stepping closer to his girlfriend.
"No…I am already trying to bare the possibility of losing Haley…I am not going to risk you two as well." Brooke cried out, tears pouring down her face.
Nathan looked between his brother and Brooke, and the school. Brooke meant the world to him…but Haley was his world…he had to make sure she was okay.
"I love you Brooke, you are my best friend…no matter what…remember that okay?" Nathan asked before quickly taking off for the school. Lucas and Brooke watched on horrified as people yelled for the raven haired boy to not enter, but he didn't listen. He ran straight into the school without looking back.
"I cannot believe he went in…did…did I mean nothing to him?" Cried Brooke.
"No Brooke, you mean everything…but like he said Haley is his everything. There is no you without her to him…kind of like you to me." Lucas tried to explian.
"Lucas…we have to help him." Brooke said after a couple of minutes.
"I won't run into that school just to have you break up with me." Lucas said honestly.
"…I thought my threat would work on Nate…it didn't…we have to go in an help." Brooke replied.
"We?" Asked Lucas.
"Oh no Broody, you go in, I go in." Brooke answered simply.
"…I…but…no…and then…" Lucas stumbled out. Brooke knew this would be completely outrageous to him, so she didn't wait for his answer, instead she took of running into the school.
"Brooke!" Panicked Lucas, before he too ran into the school.
"Those damn kids are going to get themselves killed!" Screamed a cop.
"So Haley James, where is my son?" Asked Dan again.
"Sons. You have two." Haley said simply.
"No, I have one, the other was a mistake." Dan replied.
"How is it a mistake if you had twins?" Asked Haley.
"Easy, that first one was supposed to die, they told us so. They said his heart wasn't right…however when he came out of the womb he was fine. There is the mistake." Dan explained.
"That is a miracle, no a mistake." Peyton argued.
"Look girls, I don't want to hurt anymore kids then I have to. Where is my son?" Dan asked getting frustrated.
Lucas and Brooke had caught up to Nathan, who was shocked to see the two.
Brooke walked right up to him, looked him straight in the eyes, and then slapped him as hard as she could across the face.
"Brooke." Nathan whispered out in a strangled plead.
"If you ever do something this stupid again, I will not be able to forgive you. You are risking your life…you Nathan Scott are someone I feel the deep need to protect, and running into a building with some crazy kid who has a gun is not letting me protect you." Brooke harshly whispered.
"Haley." Nathan said simply, hoping it would explain everything.
Brooke however just sighed before pulling the distraught boy into a hug.
"Never do something this stupid again." Brooke sternly said.
"Okay." Nathan whispered.
Brooke then turned to Lucas, and pulled him into the most passionate kiss they have ever shared.
"Wow." Lucas mumbled out.
"We better be able to share a lifetime more of those kisses." Brooke advised.
"I will keep you safe, if you keep me…deal?" Proposed Lucas.
"Deal." Brooke replied.
With that the three teens turned the corner, and what they saw stopped them dead in their tracks, and Nathan to let out a yelp of fear.
Haley's eyes went wide as she saw who now stood behind Dan. She saw Nathan's body start to shake in fear, she saw Brooke look on confused, and she saw Lucas shake with rage.
"So, girls where is he?" Dan asked again, not noticing the new presence.
"Where is your son that you kicked out of the house who you are now here to hurt so even if they were around they should be running away to hide?" Squeaked out Peyton, who had also saw the new group of teens behind Satan himself.
"…uhhh sure?" Dan asked confused.
"Ohio." Haley said simply.
"Or behind you." Lucas said, causing Dan to jump and quickly point the gun at him.
"Who the hell are you?" Screamed out Dan.
"Seriously?" Asked Brooke, cocking an eye brow in shock, while slowly moving in front of Nathan who was to scared to move, poor boy was as white as a ghost.
"Well well well, look who it is behind the slut. The one and only Nathan Royal Scott!" Exclaimed Dan with an evil smirk.
"Don't look at him." Spat out Lucas, his protective side coming out.
"Oh I am so rude, where are my manners?" Dan quickly turned behind him and addressed the girls behind him. "Why didn't you two remind me to introduce myself to our new guests?"
"How silly of us." Deadpanned Haley.
"I am getting really sick of you girl." Dan cracked, taking a step closer towards Haley.
"You get the hell away from here." Nathan spoke up.
"Excuse me?" Dan asked, his fury turning towards his son.
"Get. The. Hell. Away. From. Her." Nathan said slowly.
"Excuse me?" Dan asked again. "What gives you the right to even speak to me? Look at me?"
"I…I am not…you are not…" Nathan stumbled out, feeling like he was back under his father's clutches.
"You are such a pathetic waste of life. You still can't even form a full sentence you little piece of shit?" Dan spat out.
"Hey! Leave him alone you sick bastard!" Brooke yelled.
"And you would be?" Asked Dan.
"Brooke Davis." Brooke replied simply.
"And the blonde mess standing next to you?" Dan questioned.
"…Lucas…Lucas Scott." Luke finally spoke up, raising his eyes to meet his fathers.
Dan for a second looked shocked, and almost nervous. Quickly however he masked such emotions.
"Lucas Scott? As in my mistake of a first born? Who knew I would see you again?" Dan asked evilly.
"I never wanted to." Lucas replied.
"Look, this whole family reunion is really starting to get old. All I want is for Nathan to come with me…it really is a simple request….I will let the rest of you go if Nathan comes with me right now." Dan offered.
"No way in hell." Brooke stated firmly.
"You are not walking away from this with my boyfriend." Haley growled out.
"Sweetie, you are bleeding a mile a minute out if the gun shot wound in your arm there, I don't really think you will be stopping me from doing anything." Dan pointed out.
"Your shot?" Asked Nathan quickly looking over towards Haley.
"I'm fine, I promise." Haley weakly smiled, however her pale exterior and dizzy state seemed to tell Nathan something different.
"Let them leave and I will…I will go with you." Nathan said after a few seconds.
"No!" Shouted Lucas.
"Hmm, you will come, no hassle from your stupid lazy ass friends, if I let them leave?" Dan asked.
"…yes." Nathan whispered.
"I am not leaving you with him Nate." Lucas replied.
"Uhh guys?" Peyton called, Haley had just passed out in her arms and she was getting really scared for the girl's health.
"Baby?" Nathan asked, walking past Dan towards his girlfriend. "Come on sweetie open your eyes."
"Uh oh, tick tock, time is running out on the clock. I guess it's time for a decesion to be made, are you all going to die? OR are you going to have Nathan come with me while the rest of you walk free and get your friend to a medic?" Dan sing songed.
"I…Haley?" Lucas stumbled out, not knowing what to do. He couldn't let Dan take Nathan…but he couldn't let Haley die either. Thankfully however he didn't have to make the choice.
"FREEZE put your weapon down!" Shouted a cop, who had just entered the building.
"All these interruptions are really getting annoying." Sighed out Dan.
"Let the kids go! Put your gun down!" The cop shouted again.
Dan quickly surveyed the area, if he was going to get out he was going to need a bit of help. Suddenly his hand shut out as he dragged Nathan in front of him acting as a human shield.
"Nathan!" Screamed Brooke, fear for her friend over coming her face.
"Stay back or I will kill him!" Shouted Dan. "I am going to take him and go out to my car. No one is going to follow me or come looking for this…piece of shit!" Dan ordered shoving the gun harshly under Nathan's chin.
Lucas looked towards his brother, he was as pale as a ghost an shaking horribly. Luke had heard some of the stories of what Dan had done to Nathan, he knew Dan only wanted to do worse now…and that would kill him.
"Let him go Dan." Lucas said through gritted teeth.
"Nope." Dan laughed evilly, before slowly backing down the hallway towards the exit. "If anyone tries to come after me, the kid dies…sooner."
With that Dan broke out into a run, dragging Nathan behind him.
"Damn it!" Shouted Lucas as he punched a locker, sending vibrations up his arm to his shoulder.
"Luke! Calm down!" Yelled Brooke.
"Calm down? You want me to calm down? How Brooke, how do you expect me to just relax? Dan took Nathan, Haley is shot and the police are just standing here like a punch of idiots!" Screamed Lucas.
"Listen kid, we have to follow procedure, but we are going to get your brother back…it just has to be on the laws terms, not yours." Explained one cop.
Medics had rushed in and were now loading Haley into an ambulance as Lucas and the cop continued to argue.
"You guys need to get into your cars, and go get my brother." Lucas yelled.
"Lucas Scott! You stop yelling at that man right now! We are going to get Nathan back, but we have to let the police do their job! You yelling isn't going to solve anything!" Scolded Brooke.
"Brooke…he will hurt him." Lucas said, his voice cracking.
"I know baby, that is why the police are going to work as fast as they can." Brooke soothed, knowing how scared Lucas must feel for his brother. "Right now, I think we should follow Haley to the hospital, let the police figure out their next move…okay?"
"…Okay." Sighed out Lucas. "What are we going to tell my mom?"
A couple hours later Nathan awoke chained to a basement wall.
"Fuck." He sighed out, partially in pain, partially out of fear.
"Hmm, I guess that is five minutes added onto todays lesson for foul language." Dan Scott spoke, coming into the light and into Nathan's view.
"Dad, what the hell are you doing?" Nathan asked.
"What I should of done a while ago." Dan said simply, before hauling Nathan to his feet and hooking the chains around a hook, forcing him to remain standing.
"What does that mean?" Nathan asked shakily.
"It means, you have failed me so many times in so many ways…it is time for you to be punished." Dan said simply, before removing his belt.
"Dad?" Nathan squeaked out, as Dan ripped the shirt off Nathan's back.
"I never wanted to hurt you…I just wanted you to learn." Sighed out Dan.
"Dad….don't…I…I won't tell anyone what you did I promise!" Nathan yelled out in fear.
"I haven't done anything except be a father, and yet you still screwed up…there are consequences for screwing up…take them like a man!" Scolded Dan.
Nathan didn't know what to do. His father seemed…possessed. Sure he had always been a very evil man, but this seemed to be extreme.
"Dad…come on please?" Nathan pleaded one more time.
"I said take it like a man, not like the piece of shit you are!" Dan scolded again before slapping the belt against Nathan's skin…over and over.
At the hospital, Haley was being released. The doctors said the shot was clean through, no surgery needed just some stitches and antibiotics. Lucas and Brooke were very happy to hear the news when they arrived and quickly pulled the brown eyed girl into a strong hug, being careful of her arm that was currently in a sling.
"Brooke where is he?" Cried Haley, seeing that Nathan was not with them.
"Dan has him." Lucas said softly, knowing this was going to upset her.
"What! How? What!?" Screamed Haley, tears masking her face within seconds.
"The cops are going to find him." Brooke soothed, stroking Haley's hair gently.
"What if it is to late?" Cried out Haley.
"Don't even think like that! Nathan is strong, he will fight." Lucas replied, also a little nervous that Dan may just kill his brother.
"Come on, lets go home. Karen is surely going insane." Brooke said, leading the group towards the parking lot. When they got outside, they saw Peyton waiting by her car.
"What are you doing her bitch?" Growled Brooke, not even remembering that she had been in the school with Haley.
"Brooke…I…" Peyton tried, not knowing what to say.
"Guys, Peyton it's okay. Peyton is…okay." Haley tried to phrase, not knowing how to work what Peyton really was.
"I know this is like super crappy timing, but I wanted to apologize for everything I have ever said or done to you. Being in that school…it made me think about a lot. I am a bitch, and I don't want to be…my Mom would not be proud of the person I am right now, I want to be someone she would have been able to brag about." Peyton said softly.
"Wow." Said Lucas, completely shocked by the blonde's new attitude.
"She apologized to me earlier, and I say she has been through enough. She is with us now." Haley said simply.
"I figured since you guys rode over here with the cops, you would need a ride…so I brought my car." Peyton offered, opening the door for everyone to climb in.
"Can you take us to my house…our house?" Lucas asked, happy that after all this they would all be living together.
"Sure, no problem." Peyton said.
If it weren't for the chains, Nathan wouldn't be standing. His back felt as if it was on fire. His Dad had left him a couple of hours ago, but he could still barley move.
"Dear God.." Nathan started to pray as fear consumed him mind. "Please, don't let me die. I used to pray for death, hell I tried to kill myself before…and then I moved back to Tree Hill. I don't want to die now, I don't want my father to win…and I want to be there for my family. I know I have the strength to beat him, I know I have the strength to hold out until Haley, Brooke and Luke find me…but I need help believing in that. Help me Lord, please…don't let me die now…I have overcome so much…don't let it be for nothing…and God? Please help Haley have some peace of mind, I don't want her to worry over me." He finished, closing his eyes tightly to fight off the tears.
"I am Nathan Scott. I am better then this." Nathan whispered out, finally standing up straight, not caring about the pain that seared through him.
"Well look who woke up." Dan laughed, walking back down the stairs.
"Wow Dad, you could only beat the crap out of me when I was chained to a wall, proud of yourself?" Asked Nathan, earning a hard slap across the face from Dan for his efforts.
"You pathetic waste of life! Don't you dare talk to me, don't even so much as look at me!" Dan shouted, a vein popping out in his neck.
"Whatever Dan, I cannot wait until the cops find you. They are going to lock up your sorry ass so fast you won't even have the time to blink." Nathan spat out.
"You know, I was going to be nice, maybe even offer you a chair or something…but now? Not so much feeling like I should be nice…in fact, maybe you are in need of another lesson." Dan spoke lowly, taking a step closer to Nathan.
"Go for it. Do you really think I care what you do to me?" Nathan asked, looking his father straight in the eye.
Dan just smiled in response before grabbing of Nathan arms and twisting it behind him so hard an fast Nathan was sure it was broken, and what made it worst was the chain cuffed to his wrist digging into his skin.
"What about now Nate? Do you care what I do? Would you care if I just ripped this arm right off?…Or are you to strong and proud now?" Dan questioned, a smirk planted firmly on his face.
"Go to hell." Nathan replied through clenched teeth.
Dan immediately let go of his son, anger seething through his body.
"This new attitude of yours does not amuse me Nathan." Dan said in a low, harsh voice. "I suggest you stop it right now."
"Or what? You will hit me? Whip me? Stab me? All things I have lived through before." Nathan replied in a bored tone.
"I mean it boy, back off." Dan retorted.
"Make me." Nathan challenged.
Dan raised his eyes to Nathan's, looking at how confident he suddenly looked. For a second, Dan almost felt the need to look away, however that feeling did not last to long.
"You know Nathan, I have no problem killing you right now. How would Haley feel about this?" Asked Dan.
"You leave her out of it." Nathan snapped.
"But why? She sure is a beauty, how about I go get her…I could chain her up right next to you." Dan smiled as he spoke, sending shivers down Nathan's spine. "Would you like that?" Dan asked again.
"Again I say, go to hell." Nathan said.
Dan just rolled his eyes before picking up a knife, slowly dragging it down Nathan's chest, once again causing him to bite his lip in pain.
"I am sure we can…cut that attitude of yours right out." Dan laughed.
"Lucas!" Shouted Karen, pulling her eldest son into a hug. "Where is Nathan? How did Dan get him? Haley, how is she? How are you? Brooke?" She continued to question.
"One at a time Mom, I can't answer everything at once." Lucas soothed, leading Karen to the couch. "Nathan was taken by Dan, he came into the school with a gun and lit up the place…Haley was trapped inside and was shot in the arm…she is okay now, see?" Lucas pointed towards Haley who was sitting on a stool, arm in a sling. "Anyway, Nathan knew Haley was in the school and ran back in to get her out, Brooke and I tried to stop him but he didn't want to listen so we went with him. We all went into the school and at the first corner met up with Dan who was pointing his gun towards Haley and Peyton. We didn't know what to do, but then the cops got in…why they didn't earlier I don't know. So, Dan got nervous and grabbed Nathan, forcing him to be his shield and then ran off with him." Lucas finished explaining.
"Oh Lord!" Cried Karen, pulling Luke into a hug again. "Girls, come here." Karen motioned, also hugging them, but being careful of Haley's arm.
"It's okay Karen, the police are confident in getting Nathan back…and I trust him to fight through this." Haley soothed, just somehow having a gut feeling Nathan was going to be okay.
"He has been so…shaky these past months, I hope this doesn't break him." Karen said, voicing her fears.
"Nathan will fight this. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and Nathan is defiantly not going to let Dan Scott kill him." Brooke soothed.
"You are his best friend, do you know that?" Asked Karen.
"Yup, and I wouldn't have it any other way. He is my little man." Brooke joked, she had always made fun of the two week age difference between her and Nathan.
"And you Haley, you are his true love…you two are going to be together forever, I just know it." Karen mused.
"Of course we are, I love him with all of my heart, which is why I just have to believe everything will be okay." Haley replied, smiling as she twirled a promise ring Nathan had given her a couple weeks ago around her finger.
"Mom, he is going to be okay." Lucas said, pulling the woman into a strong hug.
"He just must be so scared!" Cried Karen, shedding tears for her lost boy. "So alone…"
Two Weeks Later:
"So are you sure this is the house?" Asked one officer.
"There is the black SUV." Said another.
"Remember, the kid is probably messed up. He has been in this house with his lunatic of a father for two weeks. Shoot to kill the father, but be kind to the boy. We know he has been beat, and we can't even be sure he is alive…but we hope so." The chief advised.
"What do we do if and when we find him?" Asked another cop.
"Get him to the ambulance, be gentle, and…remember he has a family who misses him…remember that." Answered the chief.
"So then, do we move in now?" Asked someone.
"Yup, lets bring him home!" The chief of police replied, hoping when the walked in they didn't find Nathan Scott dead.
"You have survived two weeks, and yet I am now very bored." Droned on Dan as he looked towards his bloody and battered son.
"Wonderful." Nathan replied, rolling his eyes.
"Not for you, I got my revenge, and yet it doesn't seem to be enough." Sighed out Dan.
"What else is there to do?" Asked Nathan.
"Hurt the people you love the most." Explained Dan as he raised a gun towards Nathan's head.
"Lucas!" Haley screamed awaking quickly from another restless nights sleep.
"Hales?" Asked the blonde, confused at why she would be awake and yelling so early in the morning.
"Remember how I told you in my heart I could just feel Nathan was alive, and okay? Hurt…but okay?" Haley asked quickly.
"…yea?" Lucas replied.
"…I…I can't feel that anymore. He is gone! I can't feel him anymore!" Cried Haley onto Lucas's shoulder.
"Haley…" Lucas tried, but he didn't know what to say. He knew how strong Haley and Nathan's connection was, so when Haley said she knew he was okay, Lucas believed her. Hearing her now, really did scare him, not only for himself but for his brother's well being.
Everything happened so fast for Nathan, he heard the safety of the gun being released, and at the same time he heard the sound of foot steps running down into the basement before … Everything went black, as gun shot rang through the basement causing everyone to freeze.