Silver stood up slowly, Mr Cannon's hand still gripped firmly around her thin wrist, her blue eyes glistening with fear as she stared at his hand. "Done already?" He asked her unpleasantly.

She tried to subtly tug her wrist from his grasp, which only made him grip her tighter. "Uh-uhm. No I was just.."

"Just what?" He jerked her wrist towards him, causing Silver to gasp in pain, and he snatched the CD out of her hand. "Helping your little friend spread more lies about me?" He said waving the disc in front of her face.

She shook her head quickly, clenching her teeth, as she looked him up and down. "I know what you did to her, you disgusting prick!"

A sharp pain shot through her cheek as Mr Cannon's free hand slapped her. "It'd be in your best interest to watch your mouth young lady." He said, as he tucked a strand of stray hair behind her ear. Silver jerked her head back, and eyed him cautiously. She tried her hardest not to show her fear but it was becoming increasingly harder to do so now that he was getting violent.

"You're not gonna get away with this." She shook her head.

"I think I already have." He grinned. "It's been almost four months, and Naomi hasn't said a word to anyone, and all you have to go on is a piece of plastic." He said holding up the disc.
"One crack, even a scratch could erase all the contents on this. And then who would believe you?"

Silver eyed the disc, then looked back at Mr Cannon. She tried to snatch it from his hand , but he simply grabbed both of her wrists in one hand. He let the disc hit the floor and proceeded to step on it forcefully, causing it break into five seperate pieces.

"Oops. Clumsy me." He said grinning wickedly. "You were right. I should have just asked Navid for help." He threw her wrists down aggressively, revealing bruises that were already starting to form. "Now what am I going to do with you..?"

But before Silver could find out, she took off down the hallway, grabbing her phone off the floor in one fluid motion. She wasn't athletic, but her long legs made it easy for her to sprint down the hallway. She could hear him behind her picking up speed as he chased her through the halls of West Bev. She checked over her shoulder to see how close he was and when she turned back around, she clipped her sister's shoulder.

"Silver!" Kelly exclaimed as she grabbed Silver's arm gently but firmly. "What on earth are you doi-" She stopped mid-sentence and her eyes widened in fear and worry. "Silver what happened to you?" She touched her baby sister's cheek gently and ran her fingers over a bruise that was forming under her eye.

Before she could answer, Mr Cannon turned the corner, nearly running into the two sisters. "Mr Cannon?" Kelly said, her arm wrapped protectively around Silver. "What's going on?"

"Your sister was running in the halls so.."

"You were running after her, to what? Tell her to stop?"

Silver turned her head toward Kelly but kept her eyes on Mr Cannon. "He was chasing after me so I wouldn't tell anyone.."

Kelly looked at Silver and narrowed her eyes. "Tell anyone what?"

"Miss Silver.." Mr Cannon warned.

"That he raped Naomi." She said firmly. She wasn't afraid of him anymore, Kelly made her feel safe and invincible. Mr Cannon hurt her best friend. He humiliated her, violated her. He abused her.

The color drained from Kelly's face as she heard the words that came out of her sister's mouth. "Wh-what?" She looked towards Mr. Cannon. "Is this true?"

He scoffed and shook his head. "The girls won't let the sexual harassment ordeal go, Ms Taylor. They're simply looking to cause a ruckus."

"Silver!" The three of them turned to see Navid rushing towards them. "Silver, hey. Uh.." He looked at Mr Cannon in both disgust and fear. "Can I uh, talk to you for a minute?" He said turning back to Silver. "It's really important."

"She can't right now Mr Shirazi." Mr Cannon said, eying Silver.

"I wasn't talking to you."

"Excuse me? If you'd like to remain chief editor on The Blaze I suggest yo-"

"You raped Naomi Clark. You're a sick, sick bastard you know that?"

Kelly looked from Navid to Mr Cannon in shock. "Is it true?"

"They're lying Kelly."

"No no I have proof."

"What? How?" Silver asked.

"When you went for lunch today I went into the Media Lab to get a flash drive and I saw the discs lying on the table. I figured I'd burn them all to the hard drive in case you didn't finish or whatever. Anyway, I came back after school to print a set plan. I wanted to see what Cannon had you working on, so I clicked on one of the files I burned. And that's when I heard it." He said giving a look of disgust to Mr Cannon.

Kelly looked over at Navid. "Heard what?"

"He left a mic on in his office when he raped her. We thought it was audio for his documentary." Silver said shakily.

"Thats a lie!" Mr Cannon exclaimed.

But moments later, LAPD officers stepped behind Mr Cannon. "Miles Cannon?"

Mr Cannon whipped around. "What?"

The officer slapped cuffs on his right wrist and turned him around to cuff the other. "I'm officer Blake from the LAPD. You're under arrest for the rape of Naomi Clark. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say, can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney, if you cannot afford an attorney one will be provided for you under Legal Aid."

Navid, Kelly and Silver watched as the officers dragged Mr Cannon out of the school. Kelly sighed in confusion and turned her attention to Silver. "Are you okay?"

Silver nodded. "I'll be fine.." She took a breath and looked over at Navid. "Thank you."

"No problem." He said with a nod.

"Well, I'm gonna go call the board, let them know whats going on. Then I'll take you home." Kelly said.

"Actually.." Silver said, "I'm gonna go see Naomi.. if that's okay?"

Kelly gave her sister a small nod and touched her shoulder. "Of course."

Silver smiled sadly at Kelly then looked at Navid. "I'll see you later?"

Navid nodded. "You bet. Good job."

"You too."

Silver turned and walked down the hallway out to the parking lot. She put on her helmet, slipped her RayBans on and hopped on her baby blue Vespa. She rode out of the parking lot and soon she was on the highway, headed for Naomi's house.