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Amy awoke when she heard voices.
At first, she struggled to lift her head, and it took her eyes a while to adjust to the little amount of light in the room.

But when she did, she saw Emma holding her gun, Audrey, tied to a radiator and still unconscious, and Kieran.

Amy gasped and attempted to point at him, but she, too, was chained to the other end of the radiator.

"Amy! You're awake!" Emma breathed out.
"It's him!" Amy panted, looking over at Kieran. "Kieran did this! It's all him!"

"What're you-"
"DON'T!" Amy yelled, cutting Kieran off. "I saw you! You knocked Audrey out before doing the same to me!"

To Amy, Emma looked as if she was trying to say something, but couldn't.

"And Eli..." Amy muttered just about loud enough for the rest of them to hear. Her vision blurred as she glared at Kieran. "Where the hell is Eli, huh?!"

"Amy, you've gotta listen to me! Don't believe a thing he says!" Kieran defended.

Just then, Eli limped into the room with blood soaking part of his shirt.
When Emma saw him, she held up her gun and pointed it at him.

Once Eli saw Amy, his eyes widened. "Amy!"
"Oh my God, Eli!" She cried.
"Your nose! I-it's bleeding!" He stammered.
"Who cares about my nose! What the hell happened to you?!" Amy asked. She then realised that Kieran must've punched her hard for her nose to have been bleeding.

She then noticed the knife in his left hand.
"Eli... Eli, what happened?" Emma questioned.
"What the hell are you doing, put the gun down!" Amy yelled at Emma.
She ignored her.

"I followed Kieran from the hospital, and the second I got in the building, he comes behind me and stabs me!" Eli panted, clutching his bleeding stomach.

Amy gasped as the tears began to trickle down her cheeks. She tried so hard to break free from the chains, but she couldn't - they were too strong.

"So, I played dead and called the police and told them it was Kieran." Eli finished.

"What? I didn't stab you!" Kieran defended.
Amy madly laughed. "Can't you see, Emma? It's Kieran!"

Eli limped towards Amy, holding his knife out at Kieran as he passed him.
"Hey, stop! Stay away from her!" Emma ordered.

Since she had a gun in her hand, Eli did as he was told.
Amy's lip quivered as he backed away. She turned to Emma. "What the hell are you doing?!"

"Emma, I could've ran away! But I heard your voice and I knew Amy was with you, so I came to help you!"

"Do not listen to this! He probably stabbed himself!" Kieran spoke up.

"Are you crazy?!" Amy yelled.
"You think this is me?" Eli cried. Amy's heart snapped at the tears in his eyes.

"I don't know what to think." Emma responded.
"How about you lower the gun!" Amy shouted. "Emma, don't do this. Please!" She pleaded.

Emma ignored Amy. "Tell me why you were in Lakewood last October."
"It was because of Kieran! Okay?" Eli explained.

"Listen to this. He just twists everything!" Kieran laughed.
Amy tried to free herself again, but failed. "Kieran can you just give me the goddamn keys so I can actually move, please?!"

"What makes you think I have the keys?" Kieran laughed again.
"I can think of so many reasons!" Amy snapped.

"You remember that girl in Atlanta that had the restraining order against me?" Eli asked both Emma and Amy. "That was Kieran's fault. He liked her, too, and he lied to her mom! Said-said I was posting naked pictures of her online or something!"

"Because you were-!"
"NO, YOU WERE!" Eli yelled. "That's why I was in Lakewood, to get back at him!" He panted. "And that's why I was at the funeral! And then I saw all you guys and... I-I couldn't do it! I don't know! That's the truth! That's all there is!"

Amy watched as Eli practically pleaded for his life.
"He's telling the truth, Emma!" Amy shouted.

"He's working you. He was obsessed with that girl and he's obsessed with you!" Kieran pointed at Amy.

"I'M NOT!" Eli shouted, just as loudly as before. He turned to Amy, taking heavy breaths. "I know you believe me, but I love you. I love you so much and I would never do anything to hurt you or your friends-"

"He's the killer!" Kieran yelled.
"Son of a-" Eli charged at Kieran and held out his knife.

The loud sound of a gun firing stopped Eli, and he stumbled backwards, before falling to the cold floor.

Amy cried out as Eli weakly turned to his side, attempting to look at her.
Amy shook the chains around her wrists and cried out Eli's name. He didn't answer. He didn't even move.

Amy turned to Emma. "WHY THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT?!" She screamed.
Emma stared at Eli in shock. She took deep breaths as Kieran ran to her side. "Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God... Amy... he was gonna stab Kieran!"

"I know, I know. It's okay, it's okay." Kieran reassured his girlfriend, taking the gun out of her hand.
"You should've let him!" Amy screamed as the tears continued to stream down her cheeks.

"No! It's over!" Kieran told them, pulling Emma into a small embrace. "It's over."

Amy continued to tug at the chains as Audrey groaned. "Where am I?"

Amy ignored her. She watched Eli lie there lifelessly with her tears clouding her vision.

"Audrey!" Emma called.
"Hey. What's happening?" She grunted.
"It's over. I think it's over." Emma put her bloody hands on Audrey's cheeks.

Amy watched as Kieran walked up to her. "You're safe, Amy, trust me."
She shook her head. "No I'm not!" She yelled. "You killed the only guy I ever felt safe around! I loved him!" Amy cried.

Kieran shook his head and fiddled with the chains around her wrist, trying to break her free. "You've gotta calm down, okay? If you were with him, you'd end up just like that girl in Atlanta. I saved you."

"You saved yourself!" Amy spat. "You saved yourself from being exposed! Exposed because you're the killer! I SAW YOU!"

Audrey looked over to see Eli lying on the floor, before looking at Amy - she was a mess.
"What the hell happened?" Audrey breathed out.

"We're calling the police." Kieran said as he stepped away from Amy, leaving her still chained to radiator and holding the gun at Eli.

Emma attempted to free Audrey, but just like Amy, the chains wouldn't break.

"You will safe again, Emma. You too, Audrey - and especially you, Amy."

"What did you just say?" Emma asked, catching Amy's attention. She fell silent.

"We're calling the police." Kieran repeated.
"No. No, not that. What-? Before that. You just said... I will feel safe again?"

Kieran didn't answer. He cluelessly stared at his girlfriend as if he had no idea what she was talking about.

"He said something just like that on the phone."
"What?" Kieran scoffed.
"The killer." Emma answered. "The killer said, 'You will never feel safe again.'"

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