Tori's heart pounded loudly in her chest as she felt Stanley's sickeningly familiar hands grasp her body from behind. Her skin crawled at the feel of his warm breath on the back of her neck as he breathed heavily onto her hair. His arms tightened around her and he chuckled.

"I've been waiting for this moment, so don't scream. Okay, princess?" he breathed.

She gave a small nod before he jerked her to the side and dragged her across the road, moving his hand to wrap around her skinny wrist tightly, surely leaving bruises which would appear within the hour. She winced as his nails dug into her skin as he hauled her along the sidewalk.

"I'm so glad I finally found you, princess. Do you know how long I've spent watching you... waiting?" he asked casually as if they were just two normal people walking down the street having a normal conversation. But this was not normal, not even close.

Tori didn't trust herself to speak, so instead she kept her baby brown eyes lowered, staring at the sidewalk as they made their way along it. The wires taped under her clothes were a reassuring reminder that she was safe... Or as safe as she could be in this situation. She knew that Andre, her father and several other police officers would be listening in right now, preparing their next move. She just hoped that they made their move sooner rather than later.

They turned the corner of the street and a small van came into view. Tori's stomach sank as she instantly knew that she would be locked in the back of that van for a while with no way out. They approached the van and Stanley unlocked the back of it, swinging the doors open before roughly throwing Tori inside. She grunted as she fell face down onto the cold, metal floor of the van before Stanley slammed the doors closed and locked them, making his way round to the front and climbing in.

Tori sighed softly to herself and willed herself to stay calm as the van started up. She breathed deeply and reassured herself that this was only for a little while. She would be safe and sound again in no time.

She just prayed that the same would go for her friends.

Back at the Vega household, Andre, David and several other police officers sat around the wooden kitchen table as they anxiously listened in on Tori's situation. None of them spoke a word as they listened to Stanley speaking. Andre's fists clenched tightly by his sides at the sound of Stanley's voice coming through.

As soon as they heard the sound of the doors to the van closing, they stood up and immediately began to confer with each other and other officers on the phone. Andre stood anxiously as he waited for the verdict.

Finally, David hung up his phone.

"Lets go."

"I'm scared," Cat whimpered, wincing as Beck and Robbie twisted her cuff around her ankle, trying to force it off of her foot. She pointed her toes and the cuff slipped down another inch.

"It'll be fine," Jade assured her, stroking her hair with her good hand. She had to admit, though, that she too was nervous. She didn't want anything to happen to Cat. See, their new and improved plan was for Cat to make a run for it and try to find help somewhere.

"Well, well. What do we have here?" a voice suddenly appeared from above them.

The teenagers jumped in fright and looked up to find Jessica making her way down the steps towards them. They knew they had been caught. Cat's cuff was almost over her ankle, and everyone knew that Jessica had probably figured out what they were trying to do. Cat whimpered and grabbed onto Jade as Jessica walked over to them, her boots scuffing along the concrete ground.

"I've had it with you four," she spat, sneering down at the teenagers in front of her, "Come with me. Now. And don't try anything funny."

She unclipped their cuffs and dragged them up the stairs. On their way up, Beck and Robbie glanced at each other, both thinking the same thing before nodding. Cat and Jade jumped in fright as Robbie and Beck simultaneously reached out and violently shoved Jessica backwards, causing her to stumble and fall back down the steps.

"GO!" Beck yelled, he reached back and grabbed Jade's hand as Robbie grabbed Cat's.

Instead of making a break for it out the front door, they ran into the living room, frantically searching for the one thing they needed. Protection. Beck's eyes searched the room until he found what he was looking for. He made a bee line straight towards the empty fireplace in the corner and grabbed the gun he had found sitting on top of it.

"Hold it right there!" a voice screamed from behind them.

They spun around and found Jessica standing at the door to the basement, grasping a gun in her hand as she aimed it right at them. Cat's heart stopped as she stared down the barrel of the gun, her heart pounding deafeningly in her ears as her hand grasped Robbie's tightly.

Then, it all happened in a split second.

Before Jessica could even move her finger on the trigger of her gun, Beck beat her to it and squeezed the trigger on his gun. The teenagers jumped loudly at the deafening blow of the gun. They watched together as Jessica dropped her gun and collapsed to the floor, clutching her stomach.

Robbie quickly stepped forward and grabbed her gun which was now lying discarded on the floor in front of her. He shoved it in his back pocket before returning to his previous position, "Lets get outta here."

But before they could even take a step towards the front door, the door opened and a voice came from the other side, "Honey, I'm home. And I brought a frie-nd..." Stanley trailed off as he first spotted Jessica on the floor before turning and finding the four teenagers standing in the living room. Cat, Robbie, Beck and Jade each froze at the sight of Stanley, and then the sight of Tori who was standing behind him.

"What do you think you are doing?" Stanley spat at the teenagers, his familiar cold glare staring into the teenagers' souls, "Get back in that basement. NOW!" he screamed, advancing towards them.

But before he could get any closer, a shot was fired.

And everything went silent once again