William ran into Dana's room. He needed to warn her about Aaron and John.Busting open the door he realised it was too late.

Dana was lying on her bed, sliced open and blood and organs savagely tossed around the room. She was clearly dead. Her body was pale and the stench in the room made him realise she had been dead for a while.

He was too late to save her.

The innocent teenager was left to die a horrific death because he couldn't get there in time.

There was a laugh that came suddenly from the corner. It sent a shiver down his spine.

Aaron!

Aaron was sitting on a chair and was covered in blood. He sat there watching William and licking his blood covered fingers.

"You think you can get away with killing my brother?" He said. "You have no idea what hell you have unleashed upon yourself."

William felt sick. He wanted to run out of the room but his feet were glued to the ground, eyes moving between the sick look on Aaron's face and the horrible site of Dana's body.

Suddenly he felt someone move behind him. He spun around and saw John standing there, smiling.

"Now that wasn't too hard was it? I knew you had it in you." He said.

William was confused, he looked down at his hands and realised it was covered in blood He had a knife in his hands too.

"NO!"

William jerked awake, breathing hard and wiping cold sweats off his face.

The worst think about having a nightmare is knowing how easily it could become reality.

William slid off his bed and got dressed quickly. He needed to find Dana before Aaron realised what he did to Adam and came for revenge.

******

Cristy was exhausted but she did not sleep that night. She needed to keep an eye on Dana.

After finally getting Adam in her custody, Cristy kept him heavily sedated in the Maxwell basement. John said it would be the best place to deal with him without Aaron knowing.

By then her mother, Helen, got back to her text and said she would bring Dana to her and then they would decide what to do with the pregnant girl.

Since they could not drug her or tie her down without harming the baby, keeping an eye was the only option left.

Cristy stretched and let out a yawn, then settled down on her chair comfortably to watch Dana snore on the couch.

She wondered what it was like to be pregnant. To have a living creature grow inside your body.

Dana did not look pregnant yet but the way her arms were unconsciously wrapped around her body told Cristy that she would be a protective mom.

Sigh! Cristy scrolled down the messages on her phone to keep awake.

Minutes after William left, John had arrived. He had texted her to keep their hidden basement locked because Aaron was accompanying him home.

She had never seen Aaron like this before. The usually cool headed guy was pacing the room talking about his 'pain in the ass ex' who somehow got pregnant and wants to hold him responsible.

Cristy kept a straight face. Nobody else except her mom, knew about Dana and she wanted it kept that way. She knew Aaron and her dad would have torn the child out of Dana before it could even see daylight.

Dana's phone vibrated. It was her mom. The plan to keep her father and Aaron busy was successful. Now all she had to do was make an excuse to leave and let Dana to her house which was just behind John's mansion.

"I think I'll help mom find the boys. She seems to be having trouble." Cristy said getting up to leave.

"Cristy if you find them, I will let you keep them both! All I need is that girl." Aaron said making it sound like a great reward. But Cristy was not interested.

"Thanks but you can keep them all. I am going to the city in the morning to sign up for some classes." Cristy said coldly.

"But we haven't got them all yet. We only have two of the six!" Aaron whined. "Can't you do that another day?"

"Both my parents are helping you! You don't need me. Besides its the last day to register and I need to do it quickly." Cristy said turning to go.

"Since when did you want to go back to college?" John asked suspiciously. "You never talked about this before."

"Dint I?" Cristy said feigning innocence before turning and rushing out to her house.

She just made it in time. The moment she slipped in from the back door, the bell rang. Walking slowly she tried to catch her breath and opened the door to let Dana in.

Vibrate... Vibrate... Vibrate

Cristy woke up with a jump. She had fallen asleep, curled up on the chair.

She got up and stretched and froze mid stretch. Dana was not on the couch.

Panicked she ran to the kitchen to see if Dana was there. She wasn't.

"What's wrong?" Came a voice from behind.

"Where were you?" Cristy said, sighing in relief.

"In the bathroom." Dana said. "Morning sickness."

"You poor thing, come let me make you breakfast." Cristy said making her sit at the counter as she took out eggs from the fridge.

"Next time wake me up. It's not safe you know." Cristy said.

"You looked exhausted, I dint want to disturb you." Dana mumbled. She looked miserable. "Did you hear from your mom? Could she get my mom out?"

Cristy dropped the pan in the middle of scrambling the eggs and ran to her phone which had vibrated and fallen to the ground.

6 missed calls from mom 4 text messages.

Mom: I can't find the boys. But I guess I can't expect them to wait by the hedge all night. It's really cold.

Mom: why aren't you answering? Is Dana safe with you?

Mom: It's been a long night. You father is worried the boys will talk about the maze. Nothing is in news yet.

Mom: If I don't hear from you by morning, by which time your dad thinks you should have been driving to the city, then I am coming over.

Dana quickly texted back: Everything ok! Fell asleep.

Mom: let's talk about the girl. I have a plan.

Dana read her mother's plan and thought it was crazy! How could they possibly pull it off?

The smell of scrambled eggs filled the air and Dana ran to the kitchen.

"Oh, the eggs were getting burnt so...." Dana said as she took the eggs off the stove and emptied it on the plate.

"I'm so sorry I was just distracted." Cristy said.

"Is everything ok?" Dana asked "is my mom-?"

"I don't know. My mom hasn't come back." Cristy said grimly.

Dana looked as if she was going to cry. "What do we do?"

"Finish your breakfast. We are getting out of here." Dana said holding Dana's hands.

This was Helen's plan:

1.Gain Dana's trust.
2.Go into hiding together.
3.Once the child is born..........Kill her.

Looks like Dana was even more foolish than they originally thought.

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Dana is in big trouble!!! Will William get to her in time? Or will his dream turn into a reality?

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