OKAY SO HERE'S CHAPTER 12…I'M REALLY SORRY THAT I HAVN'T UPDATED IN A WHILE…I WENT ON AN UNEXPECTED VACATION TO MY AUNTS…NO EXCUSE I KNOW…

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Chapter 12

Sam couldn't move. Her body hurt all over. She was almost positive that she had a few ribs that were either bruised badly or broken. Her body was still tense from the gunshot. She had thought for sure that he was going to kill her but he didn't.

"Why?" she thought, "Why wouldn't he kill me."

She was barely able to keep herself awake. She felt the blood that trickled off her face onto the ground. She was bruised and battered. Sam had vomited up blood and she knew that that wasn't a good sign at all. It meant that she had internal bleeding. But Sam wasn't worried about all that. The only thing that she had on her mind was Brooke. She didn't want Brooke to see her like this. But even though she felt this way the thing that she wanted most was for Brooke to comfort her, to make her feel safe.

Julian stepped on the gas hard and the car skidded to a halt. Brooke wasting no time at all opened her door and took off running. The only thing that she was feeling at this moment was fear. Sam was out there somewhere hurt, possibly dead. She needed to find her. Brooke's heart was beating super fast and it felt like it was about to explode out of her chest.

"SAM!!" yelled Brooke at the top of her lungs, "Sam where are you?"

She was barely holding the tears in. But it was starting to become too much for her. The tears formed on her bottom eyelids and they burned like acid. She tried to wipe them away because her vision was becoming blurry but the tears kept coming. She stopped at a huge tree and tried to catch her breath. Then she put her hands around her mouth and began to yell again.

"SAM!!" she repeated not even sure if Sam was conscious or in any way able to respond.

But she had to try. This was Sam, her daughter. She had to find her…she had to.

In the distance she could hear a voice yelling out her and Sam's names. There was no doubt in her mind that it was Julian. She had left him back there. She'd taken off without warning. She called back to him and in a matter of seconds he was at her side. His breathing was heavy from all the running. He looked into Brooke's eyes and saw the pain and worry.

"We'll find her." reassured Julian.

He was trying to convince this to Brooke as much as himself. The phone hadn't been on speaker in the car but he had heard the gunshot clear as day and he was barely holding it together himself. But he had to for Brooke and for Sam.

Sam could hear voices in the distance calling her name but she didn't have the strength to call back to them. She looked at Brooke's phone which was inches in reach. She slowly grabbed the phone with the hand that wasn't holding her stomach and dialed her call number, with great difficult because her vision was hazy. She waited for the voice that belonged to the one person she needed to hear, Brooke, to answer the phone.

"Sam!" exclaimed Brooke, "Honey where are you? I need you to tell me where you."

"Mom." she said weakly and dry of any emotion, "There's…….a………a….."

She was losing focus and consciousness by the second.

"Samantha stay with me please. There's a what? C'mon I know you can do it baby please tell me where you are." pleaded Brooke.

"A stream…." said Sam.

"Okay stay on the phone."

Sam knew that this wasn't going to be easy because she was getting weaker and weaker. Suddenly she heard running. It was above her, on the top of the hill but she couldn't look up to see who it was.

Brooke and Julian stopped running when they got to the ledge. Brooke looked she looked down. She saw Sam on the ground. She and Julian jumped down and Brooke ran to Sam. Julian got on his phone and called 911.

"Yes I need an ambulance at the far east side of the woods. I have a 15 girl who's been attacked and she's badly injured, please hurry." said Julian before hanging up.

"I'm sorry." said Sam to weak to cry.

Brooke wanted to hug Sam and comfort her but she was afraid of hurting her. Sam's body was covered in blood and she was hurt badly. She pushed the hair out of the hair out of Sam's face and saw the bruises. It immediately reminded her of one thing…the attack.

Sam closed her eyes. She didn't want to see Brooke's reaction when she saw the bruises in her face. She knew that Brooke was going to be thinking about the attack.

"This is all my fault." she thought to herself.

If she hadn't gone off and disobeyed Brooke by leaving the hospital she wouldn't be in this mess, and the fact that she took Brooke's gun didn't make anything better. She should've listened to Brooke, who was only trying to keep her safe in the first place. She blamed herself and there was no changing that.

"Open your eyes Sam." said Brooke.

Sam did as Brooke told her. Brooke looked into Sam's eyed and saw the guilt, pain, and regret in them.

"I love you so much you hear me?"

"Yes."

Sam was beginning to lose conscious she couldn't fight it. Her eyes began to close and everything was going dark for her. She was past pain now her body was completely numb besides the cold sensation that was beginning to flow through her. She was barely able to concentrate on Brooke who was becoming more of a shadow in her vision.

Brooke saw this and tried to keep Sam awake. First she was just calling Sam's name but when she realized that this wasn't working she began to shake her. But it wasn't enough Sam was now unconscious.

"Julian where is the damn ambulance she's not waking up." asked Brooke furiously not taking her eyes off of Sam.

Before Julian could say that they were on there way they heard the sirens in the distance. The road was on the side of them and it was hidden by trees but it did have a few breaks where they could see the cops and paramedics coming. Julian ran over and waved the paramedics down. They pulled up. Two paramedics got out. They went to the back and got the gurney and equipment. Julian led them to Sam.

"Ma'am I need you to move away from her so we can help her." said one of the paramedics.

Brooke didn't move a bit. Julian pulled Brooke away from Sam. Brooke buried her face in Julian's chest and began to cry. Julian wrapped her arms around her. He watched as the paramedics carefully placed Sam who was still out cold on the gurney. They put a neck brace on her and strapped her in. Brooke and Julian followed the paramedics to the ambulance. There were two cops there.

"Miss can we ask you some questions?" asked the female officer.

"No right now I need to be with my daughter." said Brooke.

She got in the ambulance with Sam. Julian drove to the hospital in his car.

When he got there Brooke was in the waiting room. She had face in her hands and she was crying. Julian went by her and hugged her. Then they sat.

"How is she?" asked Julian.

"I don't know they won't let me see her." said Brooke.

"I called Lucas and Peyton. He said that he was going to call Haley and Nathan and there on their way." explained Julian.

Brooke laid her head on Julian's shoulder.

"Thank you. I don't know what I'd do without you." said Brooke

She was on the verge of exploding. She wanted to kill Xavier and she was going to. As soon as she knew that Sam was okay and she held her in her arms, he was as good as dead. The cops had taken her gun as evidence but there was more where that came from.

Soon Peyton, Lucas, Haley, Jamie, and Nathan arrived. All of them hugged Brooke. Then they sat and listened as she explained what had happened. Julian took Jamie to the cafeteria.

"She came to see Jack because X attacked him. He's in a coma. She was supposed to wait here until Julian went to pick her up at eight but she didn't. She took my gun. I don't know when she did it or why but she did. I'm guessing she went to his house. I was getting mad because she hadn't called me back after I left her a message to see if she was okay. When she called me I was mad but then I heard her crying on the other line. X was after her. I told her to hide that I would come for her. She did" explained Brooke, "Me and Julian drove to the woods where she said she was. I told her to stay on the line. I kept her talking so I knew she was okay. Then she heard someone coming. I told her to stay quiet and still until they left. Soon she thought they were gone. But then I heard her scream."

Brooke could still hear it. It made her angry. Peyton put her hand on Brooke's knee.

"Sweetie are you okay?" asked Peyton.

Brooke nodded.

"I heard her trying to fight him. He was hurting her. I screamed for him to stop but he didn't. Then it was quiet. She wasn't screaming anymore. Then I heard his voice. I told him that I was going to kill him. He said, 'You know you really shouldn't have a gun there harmful to children' and he shot the gun. Then he said 'let the games begin Brooke Davis' and then he was gone." said Brooke.

Peyton hugged her. Haley put her hand on Brooke's leg.

"Are you Samantha Davis' mother?" asked a doctor.

Brooke and everyone stood up.

"Yes I am her mother." said Brooke, "Please tell me she's okay."

"Sam has a few bruised ribs. She has massive internal bleeding and lots of is very badly bruised. She is lucky to be alive." said the doctor.

"And the bullet…"

"I'm sorry…there was no bullet…your daughter wasn't shot."

"But I…is she awake?"

"No but you may see her alone."

"Tell her that we all love her very much." said Haley.

Brooke just nodded and followed the doctor as he led her to Sam's room.

OKAY SO IT'S NOT MUCH BUT I HAD TO PUT IT IN. SORRY AGAIN ABOUT THE NOT UPDATING FOR A WHILE. I'M GOING ON VACATION SOON AGAIN BUT I'LL TRY AND UPDATE SOON.

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COMING SOON….

BROOKE EXPLODES….

SAM RECOVERING…

THE MOMENT EVERYONES BEEN WAITING FOR…