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This chapter somewhat follows the 30 second premise.

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Logan

Dick caught up with Logan on his way out to the parking lot, he'd decided that he didn't want to hang out there by himself, so he asked Logan if he could tag along with him and Veronica, Logan didn't have the heart to tell him no so he agreed.

But when they reached Logan's truck they both stopped.

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30 seconds.

Its amazing what can happen in your mind in only 30 seconds.

For Logan, first came the confusion.

What?

What was wrong with the tires?

Then came the realization;

Someone had slashed all four of the tires on his truck.

Then came the anger;

Who the hell would do this?

It was that last question that bothered him the most because that last question he had an answer for.

And that answer…was Duncan Kane.

It took 30 seconds for all of that information to sink in and for his mind to finally freeze.

And it froze on Veronica's face.

And that's when Logan started to run.

Dick

Its amazing what can happen in your mind in only 30 seconds.

But it took an extra 30 seconds for everything to sink in for Dick and that 30 seconds had given his best friend a 30 second running start.

It took Dick 10 seconds to get into his truck and start it.

15 seconds for him to get out of the parking lot.

And another 20 seconds to catch up to Logan running down the street towards Veronica's apartment.

He pulled up ahead of Logan and yelled for him to get in, Logan did and it was another 20 seconds before they were back on the road.

Dick ran every red light and blew through every stop sign the entire 20 blocks to Veronica's.

20 blocks that took them another 305 seconds.

430 seconds all together.

But the worst part about those 430 seconds…

The fact that they both knew that 430 seconds was 430 seconds to long.

They would be to late.

Duncan

Duncan had arrived at Veronica's apartment right as she was being dropped off.

He waited for her to go inside and then went up to the door and found the extra key exactly where it always had been.

He was a little surprised she hadn't found a new hiding place for it, but this was a good thing, this would make it all so much easier.

When he let himself in he heard her shower running so he just walked right into her room and up to the shower.

He stood a few feet away and could barely make out her form through the semi shear curtain.

She yelled out thinking he was Logan. "Why don't you join me Logan?"

He cringed, fucking Logan, it was always about Logan.

But it didn't matter, he was so close, closer than he had been since this had all started. A few more minutes and Logan wouldn't matter anymore.

When she hadn't gotten a response to the request for Logan she pulled back the curtain a little.

And when she saw him she froze, she didn't move or say anything.

30 seconds was all it took.

He hated the fact that she looked scared, he was doing this for them.

He could see the millions of questions and escape scenarios running through her mind.

And then her mind just seemed to stop and he knew it had stopped on Logan.

So he knew it was time to move.

But the weirdest thing about the 30 seconds it took for him to finally stop right in front of her….

She never did scream….

Not even when his fist impacted with the side of her face.

He had needed to do it he told himself, she wasn't going to go willingly.

But it hurt him to do it, way more than it hurt her.

He caught her as she fell into the shower curtain, wrapped the plastic material around her and set her on the bed as he grabbed a few items of clothing for her. Then he threw her over his shoulder and left the apartment.

He was two blocks away when he saw Dick pull up at Veronica's building.

He watched through the rear view mirror as Logan and Dick both jumped out of the truck and ran to her apartment.

It was sad, he thought.

Logan was really gonna miss her.

So what did you think? Review please!

In case you didn't catch it Duncan's "Logan was really gonna miss her" was a throw back to episode 2:1 when they are getting on the bus for the field trip. Logan looks at veronica and says "hey wait, I'm gonna miss you." I thought it would be a good way to end it because Duncan was once again taking veronica from Logan.

just in case...there were 490 seconds (30 for logan 430 for logan and dick and 30 for duncan) referred to in this chapter but i only used 430 for the title, because logan's 30 fits in to the dick and logan segment and duncans is a carry over from veronica's in chapter 13. plus 430 is the big issue in this chapter. just thought id clear that up in case that confused anyone.