AN: Sorry it's late guys but thanks for the reviews and keep them coming…the more I get the quicker I will post new chapters. Any way here is the last part of chapter 5. Enjoy guys!

Chapter 5 - Part 3

"I have actually had a good night." "Yeah? With me?" Troy asked shocked. "Yeah with you." She looked up at him."You know Troy your not that…" Troy cut her off by pulling he close to him and pulling her to the floor as gun shots rang out in the ballroom.

Troy's training kicked in as soon as the first round was fired. He pulled Gabriella with him to the floor and used his own body as a shield. So that he was hovering over her as she lay almost fully on the ground. The only other sounds besides the gunshots where screams. Those screams filled Troy's head and brought back memories. Memories that he did not want to remember. One's which haunted his dreams at night and his mind during the one's he would be stuck with until his death and after.

'Pull yourself the fuck together Bolton' His mind screamed at him.

He shook his head and looked down at Gabriella and then back around the room. The rounds had not stopped and he knew that it was more than one shooter. He could see the rest of the security team run in with their own saw Leon with Carlos and Maria.

"Troy….Troy…" It was Gabriella she was looking up at him from the floor.

There was a look of terror in her eyes as she watched the scene un-fold. She could see people running, taking cover under tables, some just standing there like a dears caught in headlights. They both saw some people on the floor with blood pouring from wherever they had been shot.

"Troy…" She tried again, but had no luck he was still looking around the room.

Carlos Montez gave one look to his daughters bodyguard. One look was all it took for the young boy - in his eyes - to take action. He saw him move more over his daughter to protect her from whatever was going on around her. Carlos watched as he pulled on her arm and tell her something. He was his daughter nod. He saw the fear in her eyes, and the tears, which ran down her face. He watched as she reached for her shoes and pulled them off and gripped them tightly in one hand.

As Troy grabbed the other and pulled her up. Carlos looked at his daughter one last time before Troy pulled her gently but quickly through the crowded dance floor. Leon was pulling at his own arm. Which pulled his attention off his daughter. He nodded to Leon and pulled his wife close as they made a dash for the exit. Carlos didn't have time to look back and knew he had nothing to look back to. She was no longer there. She was no longer there and he was not sure when he would see his little girl he would see her again.

Once both Maria and Carlos where safely in the get away car, Maris trapped her husbands hand and looked up at him.

"Carlos. She will be fine." Maria had to hold back the tears as she tried to convince her husband and herself that their only child would be okay.

"She has Troy." That was the last thing that was said as the car speed off to it's planned designation with Leon driving.

Troy caught Carlos looking at him. And he knew what he had to do. He moved his body over hers more, as bullet smashed into a person that was just next to them. He reached for her arm and pulled her closer to him - if that was even possible.

"Princess take your shoes off." She didn't even argue she reached for her shoes and held them in one hand as Troy held her other.

"Okay now there is a back fire-exit door. It's on the other side of the room. Okay." Gabriella nodded to every word that came pouring out of his mouth.

"I want you not to let go of my hand. Whatever happens Gabriella don't let go of my hand." It was the first time he had ever called her had always been Miss Montez of Princess never Gabriella.

Gabriella just blinked at him and he nodded to her. Troy stood and pulled Gabriella to her feet with him. He held her hand tighter and pulled her behind him as they ran as fast as Gabriella could run will dodging bodies of people standing or lying on the floor. Gabriella felt her bare feet transfer from a hard wood floor to a soft, prickly carpet that irritated the souls of her feet. She kept her head down the whole time will clutching her shoes in one hand and Troy hand in her other. Her long dress trailed behind her.

If it had been a sane moment she would have cursed the dress for being too long and for her being too short. But this was not a sane situation. She was running for her life as bullets where fired across the room at her fathers business party. It was far from a sane situation. That five minute walk Troy had done earlier when he did surveillance now felt like a five hour run. It was like he could see the door but he could not reach it. All most as if he was running on a treadmill. He did not look back once. Not once not to make sure Gabriella was okay or if the gun-men were chasing them. There was no time he had to get her out and that meant, keeping his head forward and B-lining for the door.

Finally he reached the door. And crashed into the handle and the door was forcefully thrown open. And he and Gabriella fell through it. Once over the thresh-hold Tory turned around. He saw a room that was now more chaotic than before. More bodies lay around the ballroom. Possibly…more likely dead. He could not see Carlos Montez which meant he was safe and no longer in the building.

'Or he could be dead Bolton!' His brain held at him.

'Yeah or that.' He found himself answering himself in his mind.

Gabriella was clutching her side when he turned to look at her.

'Shit!'

"Gabriella!" He let the door go and it slammed shut. He rushed to her side and allowed her to put her upper body weight on him.

"I'm fine. Just a stitch." She promised him as she stood up straight holding her own body weight.

"You sure?" he looked her over to make sure there was no blood or anything damaging to her petite body.

"Troy I am fine. We should go." She said referring to the ballroom.

Without a word he grabbed her hand and pulled her down the narrow hallway which lead to a set of stairs that wound downwards.

"It leads to the basement of the hotel." He said urging her to go down first.

"How do you…" He cut her off as the descended the stairwell.

"Your dad, had me run through a plan B." Troy said. Gabriella's feet hit the last step and she turned around to look at him.

"A plan B? Why? What the hell was wrong with me sticking with him and his big fucking security team?" There she was typical Gabriella.

"Look Gabriella…" He grabbed the upper part of her arms. "…I don't have time to tell you everything. I only have time to tell you that your dad wanted you safe tonight. And that the safest place was with me. So I am now doing my job by keeping you safe. Which mean we have to go." He said looking at her."Gabriella I don't have time! I just need you to listen and do what I say." Gabriella never had a chance to speak she just nodded.

There was a loud bang which came from above them indicating the fire-exit door had been thrown open.

"Move. Now!"

This time Gabriella grabbed his hand. Instead of him grabbing her hand. Troy pulled her along behind him as the moved as quickly but as quietly as possible along the dark room. It was filled with loads of random things. Such as; spare chairs and odd tables along with some broken objects. Laundry bins and trollies. The list of random crap that filled the large room was endless. But Troy managed to guid Gabriella around all the objects in the dim light room.

Gabriella saw they were making their way to an old looking grey door. It was on the opposite side to where they had came down the stairs. Gabriella could hear the footsteps above the set of stairs get louder and heavier. Meaning they where getting closer to finding them. They could also hear voices. Deep voices they where however talking in Spanish so both Troy or Gabriella had no idea what they where talking about or shouting about. All they knew was that they were after them.

After finally reaching the door. It may have only taken them about two minutes it had felt a lot longer. But that was only because her heart was pounding and she was not focusing or thinking about anything other than

'Someone is trying to kill me!'

On the other side of the door was an underground car park. A rather large underground car park. From what they could both tell it went further up but also went further down. Maybe only by about four levels. The concrete felt cold on Gabriella's bare feet. And rough with small stones stabbing into the souls of her feet as she followed Troy arose the car park. It was empty she saw no cars or anything.

"What now?" She asked him looking around franticly.

"Shh…" He hushed her will counting he quest across the car park.

Once they reached the other side they walked up a small ramp which lead to the floor above the one they had entered on. Still the car park was empty. She began to panic. There was no cars, no people only them.

'Who the hell…' her thought however was cut off when she saw a black Audi pull down the ramp on the far side of the car park.

She hid herself behind Troy scared of whoever was driving that car. Troy however was making advances towards the car. He felt a tug on his hand and looked back at her. He saw the look of uncertainty in her eyes and knew she was scared beyond believe and she was no way getting in that car.

"Hey. Come on." Troy pulled on her hand but she didn't move.

"Gabriella we have to move." They both heard the door on the floor bellow open. And they where bound to hear the car's running engine.

"Princess this is plan B. Trust me." And she nodded somehow that statement he made, made her trust him.

It made her follow him and help her into the back of the black car. He closed the door and climbed into the passenger seat. He had barely closed the door when the car tyres screeched as it was reversed back up the ramp and spun around in a ninety degree angle.

Gun shots where fired their way but it made no difference they where on foot and Troy and Gabriella where in a car. Gabriella was thrown slight around in the back as the car spun and sped forward heading for another ramp before she was the exit of the car park. She didn't even have time to comprehend anything. She looked out the back window and saw men. Loads of men. All with guns and in black and shooting at the car as it drove past them. She ducked in the back of the car. And curled herself up into a ball on the back seat. And she didn't look up again until Troy spoke to her.

"Dude get in." Was the voice that came from the passenger seat as Troy placed Gabriella into the back of the car.

Slamming the door shut he saw the gun-men make their way quickly up the ramp. He reached for the passenger door and opened it was quickly as possible. As soon as his back-side hit the seat the drive reversed the car rapidly back up the ramp. Causing the passenger door to slam shut with the G-force. Troy was thrown about in his set as the car turned.

"Fucking drive Chad! Drive!" He said looking at his best friend.

The car was thrown forward and they where making their way up and out of the car park. Troy saw man after man on all levels of the car park. All dressed in black and holding guns. Some where firing them at them. But the car was bullet proof. So Troy had no concerns. His main concern was making sure that Chad did not stop the car.

"Keep going man."

"I'm going! I'm going!" Chad said steering the car up the last ramp before flooring it to the exit. Once out of the car park it was as if the car had a new leas of life. As it only got faster as Chad drove it down the empty streets.

"Don't stop driving." Troy said looking over his shoulder to make sure no one was following them.

"Got it."

"Take us up on to the high way and keep driving." Troy said looking from the back window down to Gabriella.

"Which way?" Chad asked revering to which direction on the highway.

"Mexico." Was all Troy said as he turned back around in his seat."Mexico?" Chad asked stunned at his friends decision.

"Mexico." He repeated.

Chad joined the highway and headed south down towards the Mexican boarder. Troy sat stiff in his seat he could not relax. He would not allow himself to relax, if he relaxed she would die and he could not afford for her die. He could not live with himself is she died. Turning in his head he saw Gabriella. She was curled up the drivers side of the car against the door. Her head down and she was shaking.

"She okay?" Chad asked looking at Troy for a moment before retiring his eyes to the road.

"She will be. Just keep your eyes on the road okay. And keep heading for Mexico." Troy said.

"You got it."

Troy climbed carefully over the middle section of the car to get in the back. He sat next to Gabriella and placed a comforting hand on her back.

"Hey." He could tell she was crying from how much she was shaking. She slowly raised her head to look at Troy. He gave her a small smile but she didn't give him one back. Her bottom lip trebled as more tears poured out of her eyes.

"Come here." Troy had taken his suit jacket off and laid it beside him.

He held out his arms and took her in them. He puller her small frame towards him. She automatically wrapped her small shaking arms around his middle and held onto him for dear-life. She rested her head on his chest and closed her eyes. As Troy rubber her back up and down with his hands. He was comforting her they only way he could at the moment and it was not with words. After five minutes of sitting like they where. Troy moved so his back was against the door on the right side. And he pulled her so her upper body was laying on him.

While he hugged her and repeated softly in her ear;

'That it was going to be okay.' and 'That he would not let anything happen to her.'

After a while her treats stopped and she just lay still on Troy's chest. His hands altered from rubbing her back and playing with the ends of her hair. She was calm and still at the moment. They had only been in the car for twenty or so but it felt like longer to all three of them. Gabriella looked up at Troy.

"Hey Princess." She almost cracked a smile. He really was not the jackass he had portrayed himself to be on his first day or in front of all the other security team. He really was sweet. But then again he was being paid to do this.

'It's not as if he would do this if wasn't being paid. Right?' She asked herself.

"Hi." Her voice was so small that Chad could not hear her in the front of the car.

"Where are we going?" She whispered again. Troy looked from her to Chad and he spoke.

"To Mexico Miss Montez." Chad never turned around once.

"Mexico?" Gabriella sprang up.

"What about my mum and dad?" She asked Troy.

"Hey. They are fine. Right now they are on a plane to Spain." Troy said sitting up as well.

"Spain. They are going to Spain and I am going to Mexico. Why can't I go to Spain too?" She had never been so confused in her whole life.

"Gabriella. Those guys. They have ways. Ways which means because you did and can not leave on a private plane…" Chad jumped into finish what Troy was saying.

"That you can not leave this country without them knowing where you are going or where you are staying. Making it unsafe for you." Chad said looking at her in his rear-view mirror.

"But crossing the boarder to Mexico is?" She looked from Chad to Troy.

"It is much easier to cross land than it is to cross sea. Trust us." Chad said.

"What he means to say is… that we can get you across the boarder undedicated. But we can't get you across the sea, without national government help." Troy said.

"Yeah and Troy is not exactly on their favourite persons list right now." Chad butted in.

"Shut it and drive Chad!" Troy snapped at him.

"What does he…" Troy cut her off.

"It doesn't matter what he means. What this means is that we have a few connections. I can get you into Mexico undetected and hide you until it is save for you to return home."

"If ever." Chad said under his breath. Troy leaned forward and slapped the back of his head.

"Driving!" He exclaimed.

"Shut it!"

"Like underground stuff?"

"Kind of." Troy said looking at her.

This was way too much for her to take in. Way too much. Spain, Mexico, Car, Guns, Men, Killing, Her, Him, Dress, Party. It was all too much.

"Gabriella you are just going to had to trust us. Me." Troy said grasping the sides of her face so she would look at him.

"Okay?" He asked once more.

"Okay. I trust you." She said looking into his deep blue eyes.

"Okay." he looked at Chad.

"Did you get everything?" He asked him.

"Yeah. Mrs Potts very helpful. Enough clothes and stuff for you both in the boot." Chad said referring to Gabriella's maid.

"Okay we don't stop unless we have to. We can take turns driving…" Gabriella held him tighter.

"No I will drive." Chad said.

"Okay Chad will drive. We will stop and rest just before we reach the boarder. Get in contact with…" Chad once again cut him off.

"Yeah."

"Okay then once over we head straight to the house in Culiacan." Troy gave out his plan mainly to Chad but he knew that he couldn't keep Gabriella completely in the dark.

"Got it." Chad said.

And the car speed up. There where a few cars on the road not many seeing as it was after midnight. And as far as Troy and Chad could tell no one was following them. Troy pulled Gabriella back into his arms and leaned against the door. He held her until she feel asleep -which didn't take too long. Once she was asleep, Chad asked what the plan was.

"We head down New Mexico. Cross into Arizona. Head down to Douglas. That is what six and bit hour drive. Spend the day in a motel get her cleaned up. Cross at Agua Prieta. Head out and drive down the coast. It's nearly what seven hundred mile. Stop off in Navojoa. Head back out at night finish it to Culiacan. Breaks it up. Keeps us under the radar. With the stop in Douglas stock up and keep going." Troy explained to Chad.

"You sure. I mean Culiacan. Dude if…"

"Chad there is no if. As far as the Cartel goes they think I am dead. And no one will look for her in Culiacan. It's the last place they will look. And I have a step-up down there already. She will be safe." Troy said looking down at Gabriella.

"Yeah but will you?" Chad asked looking at Troy for a moment before looking back at the road.

"I don't matter. She will be safe. That is all that matters. And from now on Chad that is all that matters to you." Chad nodded his head.

"Okay good." Troy said pulling Gabriella closer to him.

There was no way in hell he was letting anything happen to her.

"Uncle." Scott Davidson said coming up behind his uncle with hi gun hanging from his hand.

"They got away. We tried but they are gone."

Samuel Martinez stood at the entrance and exit to the underground car park with a cigarette in his mouth. He pull out the smoke as he held it in his hand and turned to his nephew. He pulled his tie undone.

"You take whoever and whatever you need. Find her. Kill him and bring her to me alive." Samuel explained to his nephew.

"Whatever you do bring her back alive."

"Yes sir. But how do I find her?"

"Use your brain Scotty. Figure it out." He placed the cigarette back in his mouth. He took it out again and smoke puffed out his mouth.

"Take Devon, Connor, Marco, James and Kyle. Find her. Kill him. I would start with his friends. A Zeke Baylor and a Jason Cross. Do whatever just find her." Samuel threw the cigarette to the floor and put it out by standing on it.

"What about you Uncle? What are you going to do?" Scott asked.

"Me son. I'm going to catch a plane." A black SUV pulled up in front of them. He stepped towards the backdoor of the car.

"Call me with any updates." He said before getting in the car. He rolled down the window.

"Do not disappoint me Scotty."

And with that the car sped off leaving Scott to come up with a plan that would out smart a bodyguard. 'He's only a bodyguard who hard can this be." He turned to go back inside to collect the guys he would take with him on the search for one Gabriella Montez.

AN: And the chase is on! So sorry this is late guys but it is the run up to christmas so much to do and so little time to do it in. So thank you so so much for the reviews on the last chapter. But I think you can all do better and give me some more. It would be much appreciated. :)

So last part of chapter five! I did struggle to write this part and I know it feels kind of rushed but I guess in that situation everything is kind of rushed. So i hope that adds to what the characters are going through. I did so much research for the places and such for them to go.
I just decided Mexico cause it's cool. I was like looking on google maps for ages trying to decide where they could run from Albuquerque to and i picked Mexico. Don't really know that much about places round there so i google mapped it. The only places in the states i have been to are Florida and New York. So i think i got it right if not just go along with it - cause I am from a complete different part of the world - Scotland!

Anyway I didn't want it just to be Troy and Gabriella alone so I added in Chad for that extra dynamic. We will learn more about Troy, Chad and their history with Mexico later. It's not a pretty one I can assure you. Samuel is the bad guy and Scott is in on it. I's always the ones you are closet to who will stab you in the back. We shall be learning a lot more about all of that in chapters to come as I myself have just figured out how I am going to link this all together! Complicated much!

Anyway please please read and review constructive criticism is welcome as always just no flame or bashing my story. It has become my baby. I have sort of been working on another story as well but that probably won't be put up until this one is almost finished. Cause if I post them at the same time I will get way to confused. But please please review this guys please the more reviews i get the more motivated i will be write and post chapters more often.

And have a merry christmas I may have time to post one more chapter before christmas but if not think of this as an early christmas present.

Daddy's little girl.