Ben:

I heard Tory screaming in my head, it was driving me nuts but not in a good way. From this point, since she was in my head, she could literally see anything she wanted to see that happened to be floating around in my mind. It was really annoying. She screamed in my head, pleading for us to find her. I heard her pounding on the door but it echoed in my head.

"Tory, we're here, just hold on. We'll get you out in a second," I said, as the SWAT guy pulled out some bolt cutters and fiddled with the lock.

"Ben?" Tory squeaked on the other side, her voice broke from either fear or hoarseness.

"Yeah, Tory I'm here," what the hell was taking them so long on just cutting a damn lock, Shelton could have picked it faster than they were going.

I had to try something while they fiddled with the lock. I thought about this one time she had been running and I was just sittling on the beach just thinking about everything that happened over the course of the year. It seemed like she had been running for a while because she actually stopped and sat down next to me. Her long red ponytail looked like fire in the morning sun and her face was red. We just sat and talked for a good part of an hour. That's all I kept thinking about and I tried to fire words back to Tory. Tory can you hear me?

Ben? How are you doing that? I thought I was the only one who could do this?

I don't know, Tor. I just pictured you and me talking on the beach. Just you and me, no one else and now we're talking.

Ben, I'm really scared.

I know Tor, you're going to be fine and by this time tomorrow we'll be on Sewee and going out to Loggerhead.

I head metal hit the floor. "Finally," I hissed and Shelton laid a hand on my shoulder.

"Hey relax," he chided as the SWAT guys gave me a dirty look.

They pulled the door open and Tory stood on the other side, tears rushing down her face and a huge gash on her cheek. A little girl clung to her. She looked lost and actually afraid for once. She looked over everyone and relief filled her eyes when she saw me and the two numb skulls. "Ben," she breathed and ran into me.

Relief filled me and I grabbed her hand as a SWAT guy ushered us back down the hall. We followed him through the maze of hallways, passing another hundred rooms.

When we burst into the sunlight, before I could say anything, Tory was pulled away from me by two police officers. When I tried to follow her, another cop barred my way. "You three need to give her some space,"

"You don't understand-" Hi jumped in.

"No, sir. You do not understand. She needs to be checked out by a doctor before we can let her go," the ass cop said.

"Ben!" I heard my name over the crowed of people that rushed everywhere.

SNUP.

Crap, out of all the times for my flare to die, this had to be the moment.

"If you excuse me, I have a friend to attend to," I said after a backward glance to Hi and Shelton, who just nodded. I pushed past the cop and jogged over to her where she sat on the back of an ambulance.

I had no idea what to say to her. I couldn't think of one simple thing to say. "Tory, I-"

Before I could even try to say anything she threw herself into my arms causing me to pick her up and spin her around out of instinct.

"Ben, I don't care what you say and what you think, it was in no way your fault," she said in my ear.

I choose to ignore that because it was really my fault. I put her down gently and turned her around as her father walked up behind her. "Tory," he breathed a sigh of relief. He let her go and looked at her, he wiped a tear from her eye, "Tory, Don't you ever do that again," he said a tear rolling down his face, which made Troy cry harder.

She threw her arms back around him and he rocked her back and forth hushing in her ear, like a father rocking his newborn to sleep. It was the closest that I have ever seen them act together. Normally, it was awkward and them avoiding contact. He pulled her away from his shoulder, "You stay her with Ben while I calm Whitney down," he sat her back down on the back of the ambulance. "Keep a close eye on her," Kit said to me. I nodded at him and sat down next to her.

"Tory, I'm so sorry," I said looking at my hands.

"Ben, Don't start that, Please? I just want to forget it all. But it is not your fault." She said putting a hand on my back. A tingle ran up my spine and danced its way into my brain making my thoughts fuzz.

I just looked at her, trying to collect my thoughts. But all I could think about was her and how much I had missed her beautiful green eyes and her amazing red hair. I had to stop thinking like this. This was nowhere near the time for it. But she made my heart race.

"You're right. Lets find someone to fix up that cut," I said getting up, I offered her an arm and she took it. I lead her around the side of the ambulance, and a tall man stood digging around in the front seat. "Excuse me, Can we have her looked at," I said.

But when the man turned around, Tory screamed bloody murder, I whirled around to see her, "Tory, whats wrong?" I said, she kept backing up and stumbling and I had to keep catching her. With my arms around her waist to keep her upright, terror filled her face and tears rolled down her face.

"Victoria Grace Brennan, What it is wrong?" I said pulling her close to me, but she continued to sob.

She managed a few words, "It's Tellican,"

I pushed her behind me, and I snapped. "Stay back, I growled.

"She needs help," he said mockingly, taking a step forward.

"not from you," I said backing Tory behind the ambulance door.

The detective had heard Tory scream and was now on his way to meet us. I did everything I could to get him to notice the man standing in front of me that was holding a syringe filled with a clear liquid and smiling evilly.

Castle caught on and came straight behind Tellican. "I would put the syringe down sir," he said.

You know that look that criminals get when they get caught on television shows? Well that look was all over Tellican's face at the moment and he dropped the syringe and it hit the ground with a thud.

When he was being escorted away I let my flare drop. When I was sure I could move again, I hurried back to Tory who was sitting with Hiram and Shelton. She jumped up and once again threw herself into my arms and letting out a sob. "He's gone, Tor,"

She just sobbed.