"In fact it would be just great if it wasn't for you." The shape shifter snarled at Emily. With the way his moods were swinging around, I was starting to think that he was just a little unhinged. Which was, of course, what you wanted in a homicidal monster…not.

If only I could at least keep him away from Emily until I could get myself out of these damn ropes. At least now that I knew he had tied me up with my own knots I knew that I was never going to break through by fighting to pull my hands free. But at least I now knew what I was working with…

"I…I don't even know you." Emily told him quietly.

I didn't know whether to be proud of her for being able to speak up without sounding completely terrified…or frustrated that she had just drawn more attention towards herself.

"Well I know you." He took a step towards her. "You're all the same, heartless monsters."

A look of sick understanding passed over her face. "That's…that's why you took their hearts."

Now I was definitely impressed, and also far too aware that I most definitely had a concussion, because I was still struggling to focus, and she was figuring out this thing's motives.

I'm sure I'd have figured a way out of this damn chair by now if my head wasn't still pounding so distractingly, especially now that the initial adrenaline rush of seeing him dragging Emily in had worn off.

I think he was also a little surprised that she was starting to work him out. I could see conflicting emotions cross his face. Sadness, hope…and then they were gone, shut down as quickly as they came to be replaced with another scowl. "Don't try and pretend you understand me." He snapped, kicking some of the debris on the floor at her.

She flinched away, the movement causing her to gasp in pain and grip her arm harder.

I saw fresh tears run down her face and yet, to my surprise, she kept talking to him. "Why did you…" She grimaced, clearly thinking about what he'd done to the bodies. "What did they do to deserve being…torn apart?"

"Stop!" He shouted at her, "You do NOT understand me!" He grabbed her arm and yanked her to her feet, causing her to cry out in pain.

"Let her go!" I shouted at him, feeling horribly helpless to stop him.

He shoved her into one of the chairs at the side of the room and started to tie her to it the same way I was tied.

"No! Please!" She struggled against him despite the pain it was clearly causing her.

He just thumped her injured shoulder, hard enough for her to scream and to take the fight out of her, then took the chance to quickly finish tying the ropes.

"I am going to kill you, just like I killed the others." He told her with a cold calmness.

"Please…" She whimpered, tears pouring down her face now that her arm was tied up, wrenched behind her.

He turned to me, "And you will watch me do it."

I tensed. This couldn't be happening…There had to be something I could do to stop this.

Then he laughed, a sound that made my blood run cold. "Think about that, while I go and get your dear Taylor. Wouldn't want her to miss out on all the fun."

"No!" Emily screamed at him as he disappeared out the door. "No…" She let her head hang as she sobbed.

She looked like it would take a single touch to break her. It just about broke my heart to see.

"Emily?" I spoke quietly. She didn't react. "Emily. Look at me Emily." I spoke gently but firmly.

She sniffed and looked up at me. She looked scared.

"No one else is dying, ok? We are getting out of here and we are going to get that monster before he can hurt anyone else."

She looked at me sceptically. "How? We're both hurt, and if you could get out of those ropes you would have by now."

I chuckled a little, "Not much gets past you, does it?"

She gave me a watery smile and shook her head a little.

"Well, don't worry. I'm fine, and I'm sure between us we can figure out a way to cut through these ropes." I smiled at her.

She rolled her eyes at me, "No, you're not. Doctor in training remember?"

I couldn't really argue that…I knew I wasn't ok. Didn't mean I was going to let her know just how not ok I was. Instead I shrugged, "Not going to stop us from getting out of here."

I wasn't even going to bother asking if she was ok.

"You see anything sharp?" I asked her, seeing as she seemed to be pulling herself together now that she was talking.

She sniffed again and looked around. "Nothing in reach…"

I followed her line of sight to the broken window of to my side. "Ah damn," I muttered to myself as I judged the distance.

"What?" She frowned at me.

I sighed, "This is going to hurt..."

Before she could realise what I was doing and try and talk me out of it, I tossed my whole weight towards the window.

There was a stomach turning moment of floating, and then I hit the ground…hard.

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