"That was amazing guys, we're going to kick some ass next week with this set!" Corey cheered. Kin and Kon high fived, before packing up their supplies. Laney followed suit, unplugging her bass from the amp and then putting it back in its case.

"So are we gonna celebrate Laney's escape from prison, or aren't we?" Kin asked, he was always looking for some reason to party with the band.

"I dunno, we haven't really talked about it have we... What do you think Lanes?" Kon asked, obviously being the party pooper.

"I don't care, we could just-" She cut herself off as her phone buzzed on the table, she didn't recognize the number, holding her finger up towards the guys she tapped the screen and held it to her ear. "Uh, hello?"

"I see you got out of the hospital with only a few scratches, that's too bad I was hoping you wouldn't make it."

"E-excuse me? Who is this?" Laney was panicked, Corey could see this and looked at her, she waved him off, she could handle this... right?

"Don't play stupid Penn, you know exactly who this is, and now the two of us are going to play a little game, I know Corey has you on his radar all the time, but I want to meet with you tonight.

You'll have to find someway to get out of the house without him following, if you don't show up at your house by 9 I'll be forced to take a different route, one that I'm sure you won't like. Do you understand?"

"Y-Yeah..."

"Good, unless you want your friends involved with this you'll come alone. See you then Laney." The line went dead before she could say anything, her blood ran cold through her body, and her hands were shaking. Obviously she wasn't out of the woods yet, she was a moron to have thought otherwise; Madison wasn't done with her, but she'd have to do this alone, she couldn't risk it. Madison wasn't someone to be reckoned with, she could get her hands on anything she wanted just by asking her 'daddy' for it.

"Lanes, you okay?" She jumped as she felt a hand on her shoulder, and turned around, Corey stood in front of her, concern written on his features.

"Oh... Yeah I'm fine... I'm going to have to take a rain check on the party guys... I uh... I guess I've got a date." She mentally punched herself, Corey looked hurt and instantly pulled his hand back from her.

"When, and with who?"

"Um, in an hour, and with Jake... Jake Dunnan." She fumbled over her words, it was already late, she'd have to make her escape soon. "I have to go home and change." She mumbled looking at the ground. "I'll be back here tonight okay?"

Corey reluctantly nodded, watching as she walked out of the garage, something wasn't right... It was probably just jealous.

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Fumbling with her keys she finally was able to get the front door open, it was dark and the clock on her phone read 8:46, maybe they wouldn't be here yet. It would at least give her enough time to grab the baseball bat from her bedroom. The door flung open, and she stepped inside, only to have a fist collided with her right cheek. She screamed, and stumbled into the wall, using it for support as her eyes adjusted to the dimmed room.

"What the hell?!" She barked, staring at the two figures that stood before her; the confidence quickly draining from her as she realized that next to Madison was probably the strongest man she had ever seen, and boy did it scare her.

"I didn't think you'd actually show."

"What did you expect, you threatened my friends." Laney stood back up, if she was going down she was at least going to fight back as long as she could. "Anyways what the hell do you want?" Laney didn't manage to duck the next punch to her right side, this time she knew the hit would at least leave her a black eye. "It's probably not very smart of you to be talking to me like that, I'm pretty sure I have the power here." She didn't want to admit it, but Madison was right. "So, just what do you think you're doing traipsing around with Corey... MY Corey?"

"Do you actually want me to answer this one, or are you just going to beat me up some more?" For that, she expected the punch and easily ducked it, but she didn't expect the second one to her stomach, the breath left her lungs and she sagged against the wall. "I'm not traipsing around with anyone." She took a breath. "Corey's being MY friend, he dumped you, why don't you just move on?" A fist pushed into her jaw, snapping her head to the left, and for a moment Laney swore she saw stars.

"You really don't understand that he will always be mine? If you don't promise to back off then this is going to be a very long and very painful night for you Penn."

Laney looked up at her through the red hair littering her face, "you honestly think that by beating me I'll back off of Corey? Are you that stupid?" Another hit to her gut, then two more. "He doesn't want you, and hurting me will only make that worse." One to her nose, it might be broken and another to her hip.

"You're right, but I already thought of that, how will Corey know who did this if you won't talk?"

"And why the hell would I ever let you off the hook?" The punches stopped, and Laney took the chance to catch her breath.

"Because if you talk, I'll not only kill Corey, but I'll kill the twins, and leave you alive to suffer. The band will be gone." Laney couldn't dodge the hit to her cheek, and she fell against the door, watching as Madison paid the man and turned to leave her. "If you don't believe me you can try it, but they will die if you talk." The door slammed and Laney was alone.

Somehow she managed to walk herself slowly up to her bathroom to inspect the damage; as she had expected her right eye was swollen shut, a bruise already forming around it, her jaw was puffy, with a dark shadow cascading down from her ear, her lip was split and her nose was bloody and swollen but as far as she could tell it wasn't broken. She pushed her flannel shirt off and pulled the camisole off her torso, she had bruises scattered along her stomach and hips, the colors ranging from black to green and to purple and they trailed up to her ribs, she couldn't breathe without her head throbbing in pain.

Laney stripped off the rest of her clothes and started a hot shower to wash the blood and dirt off her body, before stumbling into her room clad in a black towel. She dug through her closet, pulling herself into her Guns N' Roses shirt, and tucking them into a pair of black denim shorts, and pulling on a sweater and her black beanie. She grabbed her bag and walked out of her house, she would at least keep her promise to Corey... How she was going to explain all the bruises though was beyond her. Slamming the door behind her she unlocked her car and sped to the Rock stars house.

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