Now this is the chapter...I actually almost cried on. :'(

All of you going to hate me again for another cliff-hanger...but I had no choice.

Enjoy

Chapter Seventeen:

I was in the back of the van along with Abe's other guardians. They all looked as nervous as I did. Scott had grown on them too. My heart was racing with fear. What if we were too late? I didn't want to think like that, but everything is possible.

I started to think back to the talk I had with Dimitri. I told him I w0ouldn't do anything stupid or reckless, but I had a feeling I was going to break that promise. But if it was me or Scott who had to die, I would choose myself to die. Because that's what you do when you love someone, you sacrifice yourself for their life.

Suddenly the van stopped and the back doors opened to my father. We all got out of the van to see a 9 floor business building. You could tell it closed down as the place was like desert.

As we entered the building, the first thing we saw was a mess of a reception. Dust and papers everywhere. Jake managed to find the lights and turned them on, making us see more. There was an elevator not far from the reception desk. The doors were open but no lift. On the door way there was tape and a sign on it saying "OUT OF ORDER". Going to stay away from that.

"Okay," Abe started "You guys go that way and make your way up. We'll go this way. You have your cell phones if you find anything. Be back here in an hour's time." Everyone agreed and we split up.

I was with Abe, Jake, Benson and Kyle. We searched the ground floor first of the left side. Then we went up the stairs to the first floor. Once again we only searched the left side. As we went to the second floor and searched, I had this funny feeling when we went passed this hall.

"Hey," I said and paused to the look down the hallway. "Where does that lead to?"

"On the map of the building," Benson started, "It's a hallway for the cleaners."

"Why?" Abe asked.

I pressed my lips together, "I have this feeling...like we should go down there."

There was silence until Abe said, "Alright then, let's go."

I put out my hand, "Maybe you guys should go on the way you're going and I'll go this way."

"Rose, I don't want to leave you alone." Abe said.

"Dad," I smiled at him. "I'm 18 and a guardian, and I got my cell. I think I can look after myself,"

Abe studied me until finally agreeing, "You call me if anything happens."

"Come on," I said as I walked backwards into the hallway. "What's the worst that could happen?"

The cleaners hallways were the same as the other hallways. Covered with papers and dust. I was on the last floor when I gave up. I couldn't find Scott anywhere and I was starting to give up.

As I was heading towards the stairs when something caught my eye. A door marked with the words, "CLEANERS ROOM". I don't know why but something told me to have a look.

I went towards the door and slowly opened the door. I opened it to see the place empty, apart from desks and draws all over the floor like that have been –

I stopped myself.

The way the draws from the desk had been thrown looked...I don't know...weird. Like someone was fighting with another someone or someone was in a rage. And something in me told me to keep looking around.

As I came to a clearance in the room, I saw something that stunned me to the core.

I walked up towards it kneed down, pressing my fingers on top of it.

It was blood.

And it was recent.

It could be Scott's blood.

ABE'S POV

I shouldn't let her go on her own. It was me being stupid for a moment. If anything happened to her or Scott...former best friend or not, he was going to hell.

"Hey boss!" Kyle called from in front of us. We we're on the 8th floor and Kyle was standing in front of an half opened door. "You better come and see this."

We walked to where Kyle was and opened the door and what I saw shocked me.

The room was filled with pictures. Not just any pictures. Of Rose and Scott.

I walked into the room and looked at the dates of the pictures. Some of them were recent and others were old. He had been watching them. All along. And waiting for the moment for his revenge.

I was now actually fearful of what he might do to Scott.

ROSE'S POV

After looking around the room more for ten minutes I left and headed for the 8th floor. As I got to the end of the stairs my cell started to ring. I picked it up to see no caller ID, I thought it might be Abe so I picked it up.

"Hathaway," I sighed.

The person who asnwered with a voice so scared and young wasn't who I thought it would be.

"Rosie!" Scott shouted into the phone.

My whole body stopped and my eyes widened. "Scott! Where are you!"

"I'm on the 7th floor of the building! The bad man took out some of Daddy's guardians! I managed to get his phone while he wasn't looking! I'm so scared Rosie!" He sounded breathless from running and I could tell he was crying.

"Don't worry! I'm on my way! Stay on that floor!" I shouted through the phone.

"I couldn't! The bad man was following me and I had to go to the 6th floor!"

I took a deep breath, "Okay, find somewhere to hide and stay there! I'll find you!"

"Okay Rosie..."

I hung up then and started racing down the stairs. I called Abe's cell and waited for him to pick up.

He picked up on the third ring. "Hello."

"Dad! Scott called!" I shouted through the phone as I ran down the never ending stairs.

"Where is he?" Abe asked.

"On the 6th floor! I told him to hide and that I would find him!" This time I was screaming.

"Okay, we'll meet you there." Abe hung up then.

Right now I was on the 7th floor and coming onto the 6th floor.

My heart was racing like there was no tomorrow. I could hardly breathe. I knew he was hurt because of the blood in the cleaners room. But it could have been Richard's. Either way, hurt or not, I had to get to him. He was my little brother and he was too young to be used like this.

I then finally came onto 6th floor and ran through the cleaner's hallways to the normal hallways.

When I got into the normal hallways, I put my hands to my mouth and shouted. "Scott!"

I ran down the hallways and continued to call Scott's name. I knew it was a bad move, but if he knew I was near, he would feel more safer.

As I turned a corner, I stopped and gasped.

Richard was there. He had raven black hair with really dark green eyes. He was wearing gym clothes with a big coat. But it wasn't him who shocked me. He had Scott around the throat wuth his arm. I could see a bit of blood on the top of Scott's head, but apart from that, he looked fine. Scott struggled out of Richard's grip, but wasn't strong enough.

"Stay back!" Richard shouted walking towards the out of order elevator.

I put my hands up, "Please!" I felt tears running down my cheeks, "He's just a boy!"

"Yeah!" Richard replied, "So was my son!"

Suddenly, Abe and the other guardians, appeared at the other end of the hallway. Richard was one step away now from falling down the hole, with Scott tightly in his grip.

Abe took a step forward, his hands hands up like me. "Richard," Abe said. "Don't do this!"

"Well dear friend," Richard said coldly, "You should of thought about that a long time ago!"

Richard took another step back, him and Scott falling into the hole.

"NO!" Me and Abe screamed together.

Then Richard and Scott fell through, Scott's screams were like a nightmare.

Another cliffy people...

Don't kill me!

I'm sorry!

I'll update soonish

Hope you enjoyed this chapter!