DISCLAIMER: Nope still not mine.
SUMMARY: Tara's run off. Tommy's scared because the stalker has focused on Tara now.
Tara had run until she couldn't run any more. She found herself standing in front of Jason's house.
She fished her keys out of her pocket and unlocked the front door, ducking in before anyone noticed her. She locked the door behind her and walked into the kitchen. She looked up at the window where the bullet had nearly caught her in the head.
Her eyes filling up with tears, she walked into the bedroom only to stop dead in her tracks. Kim's bedroom was trashed. The bed had been sliced up and the pillows had been thrown across the room.
Tara felt her lungs start to close up. "Tommy!" she managed to croak out just before she slumped unconscious to the floor.
"We have to find her! That sick freak's targeted her!" Kim didn't want to be sitting around waiting for Tara to come back.
"Kim, calm down. We'll find her." Jason turned to Tommy. "And when we do, bro, you'd better be ready to explain what made you so angry. She needs to be told."
"Jason, I didn't want her to run off like that. I was angry that he'd even think to threaten her like that. If he touches her in any way…."
"He won't. But we can't keep her in the dark about this. She's too smart for that."
"Tommy, why don't you go with Kim to look for her? Billy and Hayley can be a team. Then we'll have Connor with Kira and Trent with Ethan," Jason suggested.
"I think I should stay here. I can search the house and the yard for her. She might not have gone very far."
"Tommy, just relax," Kim said. "We'll find her."
Tommy sank down on the couch with his head in his hands. Everyone else left the house.
"She wasn't at her place. What makes you think she'd be at our house?" Kimberly asked as Jason pulled up to their home.
"She feels safe at our house. That's why I think she might be here." The two of them got out of the car and headed for the door. Jason kept Kim behind him as he stepped inside the door.
"Tara? Tara, are you here?"
"Come on out, Tara. Tommy's not mad at you. He's mad at the man who's been stalking me. Please come out, Tara. Don't do this to us."
Kim walked into her bedroom and gasped. She saw how badly the room was trashed. "Jason!"
Jase came running into the room to see the fact that someone had been in the bedroom. The mattress had been slashed and torn apart. The pillows had been shredded and thrown across the room. The pictures of the old gang had been shattered and torn up. Across the mirror, the guy had written 'Slut' and 'Whore' in lipstick.
Then he looked at the floor just inside the door. Tara was still laying unconscious on the floor. "Tara!" He knelt beside his sister and brushed the hair back from her face. "Sissy, wake up. Please, sissy, please wake up."
Tara stirred, turning her face up toward her brother. "Jase? What? How? What's going on?"
Jason helped her sit up and Kim sat down on one side of her as he knelt in front of her. "Are you okay, Tara?"
"I-I-I think so." Tara shook her head a little bit, trying to restore her memory. Suddenly, she remembered what had made her run from Tommy's house. "Oh God! Tommy!"
"Tara, calm down. He's not mad at you. The guy that did this is the one that he's mad at. He made specific threats toward you. He threatened to …."
"Kim, don't."
"She has a right to know what that sick bastard intends to do." Kim looked at Jason with an expression that said she was going to tell no matter what he said.
"What are you two talking about? What did he threaten?"
"The note that was attached to the rock that came through the window said that maybe he should introduce himself to you. He thought that you might be a lot of fun. He even had the gall to ask if you would scream when he took you."
Tara's eyes were wide and her face was pale. "Take me to Tommy. Please. I want Tommy." Her voice was shaky and Jason wasn't sure if she could stand on her own.
Kim took one arm and Jason took the other to help the young woman to her feet. The two pulled their hands back to see if she could handle standing alone. She wavered a bit but managed to remain standing.
The couple escorted Tara out to the car where they made certain that she was safely ensconced in the back seat before they got in the front seat for the drive back to Tommy's.
Tommy was sitting at the kitchen table hoping that someone would be calling soon with word that Tara was safe. 'I can't believe I let that note get to me so badly. I should have controlled my temper.'
Suddenly, the phone rang. He jumped a little bit before grabbing the phone and answering it. "Hey, Jase. Did you find her?"
"We have her safely in the car and are on our way back to your place. Bro, Kim's already told her what the note said."
"What did she say?"
"Just that she wanted you. She wanted us to bring her to you."
Tommy sighed. She still wanted to be around him. He would make sure that she was safe. No matter what it took.