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"Promise me we'll get out of here, Tonya. You've got to promise me!" "I promise, Libby. Not only will we get out, but we'll take Logan out on the way. He'll never hurt another girl by the time we get through with him. And he'll never see the light of another day either." Tonya grabbed her friend and clutched her tightly in her arms as Libby's tears fell down on Tonya's shoulder. "Don't worry, Libby. He's hurt us for the last time!"

"How can you be so sure that we'll make it out this time? And make it out alive?? After what happened last time??", Libby asked frantically. "I'm just not so sure, Tonya". "Well, losing faith isn't gonna help us. Trust me, Libby. We'll have the last laugh. First off, we need to figure a way out of here. Look around! Try and find another door or something. You never know!! As old as this place looks, they should have another way in and out!", Tonya directed her friend.

"I've looked everywhere, Tonya! It's no use!!", Libby replied, defeated. "How can you be like that, Libby? Look again! We're not gonna get outta here by lying on our backs and giving up!" Tonya was no longer afraid of her captor, Logan. Rather, this time around, the fact that he'd gotten to her a second time actually made her angry at herself. Very angry! "I just don't get how Logan got us this time!", Tonya remarked, confused. "I mean, BEFORE he decided to play doctor on my leg.. when I woke up in that bedroom."

Libby's face fell. She'd hoped Tonya wouldn't begin to question that night since, when she woke up in that bedroom, she'd obviously forgotten how she got there. Tonya watched her friend's face and knew that she knew something. "You've got to tell me, Libby! I know you know!" "I'm so sorry, Tonya!", Libby cried out suddenly. "This is all my fault!!!! I believed Logan and now Natalie's..", she sobbed uncontrollably as her body collapsed on the dusty ground. "I can't believe I did this to us!! Natalie's dead because of me and we're in this whole situation because of me!!" Libby cried.

Tonya was more confused than ever. How had Libby been at fault? Is she just upset and harmlessly blaming herself, knowing in her heart that she couldn't have caused this? Was she just that afraid of Logan? What did she mean when she said she "believed" Logan? Surely she didn't bargain with Logan! Tonya's thoughts were going crazy as she watched her best friend weeping on the dirty ground. Then, all at once, it all just came together. She said it herself.. she believed Logan and they were in this situation as a result of it. What else could it mean?

Tonya demanded an explanation from Libby. "Tell me what's going on, Libby! I have a right to know!!" Tonya's anger was suddenly being placed on Libby. Somehow, she knew Libby had betrayed her and Natalie for Logan's sake, but how? "I'm so sorry, Tonya... but he... I CAN'T!! PLEASE DON'T ASK ME TO TELL YOU!! LET'S JUST FIGURE A WAY OUT!!", Libby begged her friend. "No way, Libby!! I'm not letting this go until you tell me!", Tonya insisted.

"Ok, Tonya.. ok.. but please", she begged between tears.."please don't hate me!" "I won't hate you but I'm gonna be mad until you tell me the truth!" "Ok, Tonya.. It's just that.. Logan followed me that night you were taken from your room. He cornered me behind my house and I was just so scared. He was calling me Emily, as usual and telling me how much he loved me!! He's crazy!!" "Keep going, Libby", Tonya interrupted, desperate to get Libby back on point. "He promised me that.. he promised me..." "WHAT?! WHAT'D HE PROMISE, LIBBY?!" "Allright!! He promised to let me go if I help him get you and Natalie! Are you satisfied NOW?! I'M A HORRIBLE PERSON! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANNA HEAR?! I SET YOU UP TO SPARE MYSELF ONLY I GOT IT IN THE END!!"

Tonya just sat and listened to the whole tale of betrayal from Libby and didn't know exactly HOW to take it all in. "There's no WAY this is real!", Tonya thought to herself. "My best friend selling me out!" But the more Tonya thought about it, the more she realized that Libby probably didn't have a choice anyway. Logan may have killed her and at least this way, they were both alive. Besides, the every-day rapes she's had to go through have surely been punishment enough. Much less the guilt she felt, especially when Logan killed Natalie and stabbed her in the leg.

"It's ok, Libby. We can get through this", Tonya said. "What?! How can you just sit there and forgive me like that?! I don't deserve that. I am scum!! Didn't you hear what I DID to you?", Libby asked, confused. "Yeah, I did and ya know what, I don't care. I know why you did it and it doesn't matter to me. Fact is, we still have a BIG problem. Logan! I don't really have the energy to focus on all the stuff that's already happened that quite frankly, we can't change. What we CAN do, is change the outcome of this situation instead of just rolling over and dying and letting Logan defeat us or sour our friendship. To hell with him!", Tonya cried out. She waited for Libby's response, hoping that she'd gotten through to her. She watched as Libby stood up slowly and lifted her head up. "You're right, Tonya. To hell with Logan Clemmons!"

With that, Libby wiped her swollen, wet eyes and began searching frantically around the room for a way out. Tonya, still weak from just waking up and her wounded thigh simply watched her friend. Her leg was really starting to hurt her now!! She looked down at her blood stained nightgown and saw that her leg had started bleeding and was becoming stuck to her gown. As she was sitting on the floor with her back to the wall, she decided to try to pull the gown off of her wound while her friend searched for an exit. She began to pull upwards on her nightgown until she came to the wound and cried out suddenly in pain. Her dried blood had glued her thigh to her nightgown.

Tonya's scream caught Libby's attention and she rushed to her friend's side. "Oh my goodness, Tonya!", Libby remarked as she saw what caused her friend so much pain. "You shouldn't just pull on it like that! If the blood's dried like that, you could make it start to bleed again if you force it." "Well, I can't just leave it stuck to my nightgown, Libby! It could get infected!" "I know that, Tonya but at least let me go get that water Logan threw down here this morning. I can pour it over your nightgown and you can pull it off then, when it's good and lubricated", Libby replied as she ran for the gallon jug. "Hurry, Libby!! This really HURTS!!", Tonya cried.

 "Ok, ok. Here it is." Libby started to pour a little water onto the nightgown as Tonya screamed in pain. "It burns! It burns!", Tonya cried. "Be easy", she pleaded as Libby began to slowly pull back her nightgown. "Almost... almost.. there!", Libby said. "Oh no". "What?!" Tonya cried, her eyes blurry from her tears. "Don't look at it!", Libby said as she tried stopping her friend by covering her eyes. "Libby, what's the big deal? I know it's probably bad", Tonya stated, removing her friend's hand from her face. "But really, how bad could it......be?" Tonya's face fell and she nearly fainted from the sight. "What has he done to me?"