OK! I know this is a really short chapter, but I just had to write it like this! Maybe I'll be mean and keep you hanging for a few days after this... Mwahahahaha! ;)

"Get back here!" John yelled as he chased the love and obsession of his life around the cabin he had trapped her in. Kate slipped behind chairs and tables, anything to slow him down. Finally, running down a hallway, she saw the door. It was only a few yards away! So she made a break for it... but didn't feel John running behind her anymore.

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"Wait." Said Lily, walking up to them. "Do you hear that?" Everyone went silent. They could hear the pounding of footsteps. Two pairs of them.

Then, it sounded like only one pair was running. And they were heading for the door.

"GET READY!" Woody yelled as the police and SWAT team took their positions, guns bristling. Garrett, Jordan, Lily, Bug, and Nigel were all forced to duck behind a cruiser, but they made sure to stick their heads over just enough to see. They only had to wait a split second.

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Kate unlocked the door as fast as humanly possible. Then, turning the knob, she flung the door open. She saw all of the police, all of the SWAT, and all of her friends. She flew down the stairs, but she didn't know everything was about to go horribly wrong.

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They saw the knob turn from outside. Then, as if by miracle, Kate came running out of the cabin at full speed. And before anyone could stop him, Nigel flew out from behind the cruiser. When Kate saw Nigel running towards her, smiling and scared at the same time, she ran towards him. But, right before they met, a gun roared. Kate's face went pale as she collapsed into Nigel's arms. He fell to his knees, looking down at the dark red circle growing around the bullet hole in her back.

"IF I CAN'T HAVE HER, NO ONE CAN!" John Anderson yelled his final words before he was shot down on his front steps. The gun he had finally used lay on the ground.

"Kate? KATE!" Nigel screamed. He turned her slightly in his arms so he was almost cradling her. He kept talking as the others and the paramedics ran over. "Kate! Talk to me! Say something!" Kate slowly opened her eyes, wincing. A trickle of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth. She whispered quietly.

"You came for me. I..." She tried to say more, but the pain was starting to overwhelm her. She closed her eyes again.

"Kate? Kate, look at me! Hang in there, ok? Everything's going to be fine, I promise!" Nigel's voice was choking up. He was trying to convince himself to believe what he had just said. One of the paramedics gently tugged at her arm, signaling that it was time to go. He nodded, helping to put her on a stretcher as quickly as possible. She groaned, and Nigel whispered to her more. He climbed into the ambulance with her, but the paramedics had to turn away Garrett and Jordan; there wasn't enough room. So they watched, again, as the ambulance screamed into the sunset, knowing that this time, two hearts depended on it.