hey guys! i really appreciate you reading my story! i think you're gonna loove the next two parts. they are awesome! so make sure to tell me how you like 'em. (:

also, these parts are normally broken up into much smaller parts, but i decided to be nice, plus like i said last time, i wanted to try and limit the number of parts to this episode.

so here you go! enjoy! (:

You're not Tommy, thought Jude. It wasn't Tommy at all. She froze. How in the hell—?

The person stepped in the door without being asked and smiled. "Hey Jude," said a soft voice. "Nice of you to let me know you were in town."

Jude took a few steps back. She couldn't believe it. How was this possible? "Uh.. hi.." she said apprehensively. Her heart beat picked up as she started to get more nervous, but she couldn't seem to move other than step away from her visitor.

The person smiled again, "That's all you have to say to me, hi?" they said. "I think I deserve more than hi."

Jude looked at the person and shook her head. "Uh, no. I don't think you even deserve hi." she said. Even though she really didn't want it to be Tommy, she was really wishing it was. This was nothing close to Tommy. It was the exact opposite. For one thing Tommy didn't wears skirts, or have long black hair with blonde bangs. "Megan, you need to leave." she said. She tried to make it as firm and powerful as she could, but her voice cracked at the end, making it sound like a weak and feeble request.

"Jude, I can't leave. We have an album to work on remember?" she asked stepping in the house completely and shutting the door. When she did, Jude instinctively took two steps back. "Come on Jude, I'm not going to hurt you." she said innocently.

Her voice was so soft and angelic. It was weird to think that some so seemingly harmless could be evil in the core. Jude narrowed her eyes turning her fear into anger and adrenaline. She gave out a fake laugh, "Like I'm gonna believe that!" she scoffed.

Megan looked at her, "I've never hurt you before Jude." she said in disbelief. It was like she had no recollection of the last time they had encountered. Her big eyes blinked in hurt that she was being accused of being such a monster.

Jude laughed defiantly, "I can't believe this!" she said. Suddenly the fear was no longer present, nor was the anger. Both were replaced with annoyance. Megan was probably the most mental person she ever met, but for some reason she wasn't scared. She was just annoyed that she was in such denial. "I'm not going to forget how you threatened me with a hammer, Megan."

"Jude, I wasn't threatening. I was inspiring," she said. "And it worked. 2 am is awesome!"

Jude shook her head. This was getting a little too crazy. "Megan, you seriously need to leave. I'm going to call the cops if you don't." she said.

Megan smiled, "Uh.. I don't think you'll being doing that." she said.

"And why not?" said Jude defiantly. "Why wouldn't I do that?"

"Because," said another voice from behind her. "The phones don't work." The voice was obviously a man's voice and coldness seemed to freeze every word that came out of his mouth.

Jude froze. She definitely knew that voice. And the icy tone had sent the fear shooting back into every cell of her body. "Why don't the phones work?" she asked refusing to turn around. Her voice was shaky. The sheer terror was evident in every word.

"I cut the phone lines. I knew that you'd want to call for help, so I thought ahead." he said with a smile in his voice.

Jude heard his footsteps walking closer to her, her heart started beating faster. "I've missed you Jude," he said putting an arm on her shoulder. She immediately shook it off.

"Aw, you don't want me to touch you?" he asked.

Jude remained quiet. That was a really stupid question in her mind. She just stood there looking at Megan and letting him breath down her neck. Her breathing became slightly ragged, and not in a good way. His hot breath sent shivers down her spine, and she felt sick.

He walked around her, and stood next to Megan smiling. "I've missed you Jude." he said. His face was chiseled and unshaven. His long brown curly hair was unkempt and messy. Hunter hadn't changed much since his last encounter with Jude. Except maybe the passionate gleam in his eye had become brighter. It was clear why he was here. And this time there was nothing standing in his way. The excitement was practically oozing from every pore in his body.

Jude just stared at them. She wished she had told Tommy to come over. At least she wouldn't be alone right now. Her palms became sweaty as realization came over her. This wasn't like last time, where Megan could have possibly killed her. This time, her death was certain. Hunter was going to make sure of that. She desperately tried to think up a plan, but it seemed impossible. Hunter and Megan weren't going to stand for anything this time. So without any way to contact people outside, how was she going to get out of this mess?

"Aw, what's the matter?" asked Hunter with a disgusting sneer. "Cat got your tounge?" She hated the way Hunter looked at her. It was like a butcher looked at a piece of meat. It made her feel even sicker.

"Well it better not stay like that. We've got an album to work on," said Megan. "I'll be right back, I gotta go get the equipment."

Jude watched as Megan leave. She watched the brightness of the day gleam for a few seconds before it completely vanished. She wondered how something so horrible could happen on such a beautiful day.

Hunter looked at her and smiled, "Well, I heard that your basement is pretty sound proof." Jude stared at him. For some reason she just couldn't find anything to say. The only thing she did was nod. "Lead the way," he said motioning for her to go, the look on his face was deadly and dangerous. She did not have a choice as she turned and walked down the hall to the basement stairs.

Jude leaned against the far wall by her second album cover poster as soon as she got down into the basement. She didn't like it when Hunter was behind her, so she decided to make it impossible for anyone to do that.

She put her hands in her back pockets and felt her phone. How she longed to take it out. She wanted to call someone for help. But she had no idea how she was going to. She wanted to call Tommy and get him to come, but that would only put him into danger. So, she didn't know what to do.

Hunter walked over to her smiling, he gently touched her face with his finger, and she quickly slapped it away with his hand.

Anger seemed to flood his face, and she got extremely scared. But then all the sudden his face went soft again. "Fine, I won't touch you," he said. "Yet..." He added with a devilish smile. He walked away and stretched out on the couch.

Jude stayed against the wall. She was too scared to move from that spot.

Megan came back a little later carrying a bunch of stuff. Hunter got up to help her and started setting it up together.

Jude figured that because they were preoccupied, she wouldn't get killed for talking to them now. "So, what do you guys want?" she asked.

Megan looked up, "I wanna make the best album ever with you. But I needed some help," she said nodding her head towards Hunter. "I needed someone else to help me so you couldn't escape this time. And I found someone who wanted something from you too." she said as she continued to plug in things.

Jude looked at her shocked. As scared as she was, she still found energy to be annoyed with Megan for her diluted desire to an album with her. She knew Megan was crazy, but was she seriously that obsessed with working with Jude that she didn't even care if she died in the process? Jude looked up at Hunter, who was smiling at her, "And so what do you want?" she asked him knowing very well what the answer was.

He smiled at her mischievously, "You know what I want," he said. "Revenge." he gave her a wink before turning back to his work.

The looks he gave her were bad enough, but a wink? Oh no. That set off something inside her. She grabbed the lamp that was standing next to her and quietly crept towards Hunter with a look of determination. But just as Jude was about to hit him in the head with it, he whirled around and pulled out a gun and pointed it directly at her face. She stopped in her tracks. Her breath came out as a whimper as she tried to swallow the lump that formed in her throat.

"Drop it," he said quietly.

Instantly she dropped the lamp, letting it fall to the floor and shatter into pieces.

Megan looked up and grinned, "Jude, you need to just cooperate." she said.

Jude didn't dare take her eyes off of the gun that was still coming closer to her.

"You pull another stunt like that, I might just get what I want sooner than I thought," he said as he pressed the gun to the side of her head."Understand?"

Jude nodded quickly in agreement and Hunter withdrew the gun. Jude let out a breath that she didn't even realize she was holding.

"Okay, I'm done." said Megan. "Let's get started. I've already got an idea for your song. It's going to be called voice."

A switch clicked in her head. Megan had just given her a brilliant idea for an escape.

Called Voice? she thought. Voice call! That's it!

She started to well up in tears. They were fake, though it wasn't difficult because she had felt like crying this entire time "Uh, okay. But can I have a second?" she asked them.

Her captors looked at her, and then at each other and back at her.

Crap. She thought they would just say yes. She scrambled her brain to come up with something. "It's just, I'd like to leave a letter to someone, so that way he knows how I really feel." she told them quickly.

Megan narrowed her eyes, "A letter? To Who?"

"Tommy," she said quietly.

Megan rolled her eyes. "Whatever Jude, just hurry up so we can get started," she said giving Jude some paper and a pen.

Jude smiled at her, "Thanks Megan," she said with a smile as she walked towards the couch. "You're actually pretty cool. We should be friends again." she lied. She probably wouldn't even get out of here alive.

Megan beamed and nodded, "Yeah, I'd like that."

Hunter rolled his eyes, "Oh please." He was not a fan of this warm, fuzzy, rekindling of friendship that was going on. "Read it aloud Jude, and leave all names out of it." He didn't want any evidence that he'd been here.

Jude nodded, just before she sat down, she squeezed her phone in her back pocket activating the voice calling system. "Tommy," she said very clearly as she wrote. She heard faint ringing and adjusted the paper idly, buying herself more time. When she heard him pick up she started cry again.

"C'mon Jude!" said Hunter, "Get on with it."
"Yeah, you've got 5 minutes." said Megan.

Jude nodded, "Okay Hunter, Megan." she said clearly through tears.

"Dear Tommy," she sniffed for dramatic effect as she continued to scribble down the words that she was speaking. "I just wanted to apologize for everything. Especially the way we ended things. If I'd have known that that was going to be the last time we were going to see each other, things would have been different. I don't want you to blame yourself for what's going on in the basement right now. You couldn't have done anything to prevent it. I just wish that someone could have called the police before it's too late. But I know that will never happen, so enjoy your life Tom Quincy. Love, Jude" she said. She started 'sobbing' when she got to the 'love Jude' part. It was a rather long statement, but she accomplished a lot. She had strategically gave Tommy enough information to get help, made it sound like a real letter that was to be left after she died, and played down the fact that they had been together so Megan wouldn't flip out.

"Okay, now that you've said goodbye, can we get on with this?" asked Hunter angrily.

She figured that Tommy had gotten the hint of what was going on, and she could drop the act. She sniffed and wiped the tears from her eyes, composing herself. She nodded and walked over to where Megan had set up the studio.

Megan smiled, "Yay! Okay, now like I was saying this song is called Voice." Megan continued.

Jude nodded, but was only half listening to her. Come on Tommy, hurry, she thought to herself. Please hurry.

Hunter sat on the couch wiping his gun off with a cloth while Megan and Jude were huddled together discussing what she the song would be about. Though Megan was being a bit of a dictator about it, trying to tell Jude not only what the song would be about, but what phrases and random lyrics she wanted in there too. If Jude disagreed she would just remind her who had the gun. "Uh, Megan?" Jude asked.

"Yeah?" she asked eager to hear Jude's insight on her ideas, not that she would listen to Jude anyway, but still.

"This really has nothing to do with the song," she said. She watched as Megan's face fell. "I mean I really wanna do this, but I've got a little more blocking my creative side." said Jude.

"WHAT IS IT NOW?" screamed Hunter from across the room.

Jude turned to him quickly, but tried not to look scared. Even though she was shaking inside. "I was just wondering... How in the world did you two meet? In jail?" she asked.

Megan laughed, "No silly. We met at St. Mark's a month ago."

Hunter anger appeared instantly on his face. He could not believe Megan had just said that. He needed to pick better accomplices.

Jude smiled to herself, "Ah. That explains a lot." she said knowing that St. Mark's was the place crazy people were sent.

Hunter stormed over to Jude, "Look, the only reason I was there, was because in my court case I pleaded insanity for a lesser sentence!" he said angrily.

Jude shrank away from him and nodded, "Okay, that's all I was wondering," she said. "No need to get mad about it. It's just such a strange combination."

Hunter glared at her, "Speaking of strange combinations, what about this?" he asked pulling out the magazine where her and Tommy were almost kissing.

Jude looked away and shook her head. "Stop it." she said. That picture cut deep in her heart, and it hurt worse this time, knowing that that might have been the last time she saw Tommy.

Megan took the magazine from Hunter, "Oh, real rich Jude." she said angrily. "You're with HIM again?" she said the word him as if it were a bug underneath her shoe. She rolled up the magazine and hit Jude with it.

"Ow!" she said. "I'm not with him!" she said defensively.

"Then what is this?" asked Megan angrily. "Paparazzi caught you and Tommy sucking face! That sounds like you're with him to me!" she said.

"WE DIDN'T EVEN KISS, OKAY?" screamed Jude at the top of her lungs as she stood up angrily as tears of pain and rage started to pour down her cheeks.

Megan took a step back and stared at Jude. She couldn't believe Jude just yelled at her.

Hunter came over and pushed Jude back down in her chair, "Whoa, there tiger. Simmer down," he said with a chuckle in his voice. He was enjoying this? Man, he was one twisted guy, no wonder he had ended up in St. Mark's.

"I told him I can't be with him! Okay?" she said through sobs. "Are you happy to know that my life sucks now?" she asked. She knew she was being a bit overdramatic, but she didn't care.

"Makes me happy," said Hunter.

"SHUT UP!" said Megan and Jude at the same time.

Jude looked up realizing Megan just backed her up.

Hunter looked shock and angrily walked to the other side of the room.

Megan sat down next to her, "Jude, I'm sorry." She said sympathetically putting her arm around Jude's shoulder. "But there's Voice, let's start on it." She sounded much too excited about that. Jude was on edge enough as it was, but that sent her over.

"You're not sorry!" Jude said angrily throwing Megan off of her. "And I'm not writing your stupid song! You'll have to kill me first!" she stood up, but was immediately put in a headlock by Hunter with the gun pressed to her head. She instantly regretted her choice of words.

"That can be arranged," he said.