A/n Hello my lovelies. As I said before TMIR is coming to an end but I will be writing a sequel. (Technically it's in my drafts on Wattpad already) I've loved this book so much and loved writing it that I want to make a series out of it. Not entirely sure how big of a series, so just going to be a sequel to start off.

Cassidy Clarke POV

Leon kicked the door open leaving us to face Kyle, Grant, Aspen, and the Slater guy whom we went up against before, except now his face was burned up.

Mamma Mia, here we go again...

Now is really not the time to break out into a musical number...

"You fucking bitch" Aspen seethes at me.

Chuckling, I awkwardly wave at her. "Hey Sis, look! I'm not dead!" I state sarcastically with a smile and an overly large amount of weird hand gestures. Her surprised face turned into a scowl.

"Not yet at least. I guess I'll have to do it myself." She states darkly as she then made her way towards me, on the farther side of the control room.

Most cliche thing ever to say in the moment.

But, let's be honest, she's never been original in her life.

I looked to Leon, who was glaring at Kyle and Grant, while Slater came over towards where Aspen was.

Leon spares me a glance before whispering heatedly to me "deal with your sister and Slater and get to that computer. Then we can blow them to kingdom come."

Leon then makes eye contact with Kyle who seems to nod in response. They both slowly release their guns from their grip and kick them to the side before drawing knives and walking towards one another.

I turn to Slater and Aspen.

******

I hear Slater groan in pain from behind me as I slam Aspen down to the wooden floor boards.

"Why? Why do you hate me so fucking much?! What did I ever do to you?!" I scream in her bloodied face curtosy of the broken nose I had given her moments before.

She spat blood out of her mouth to the side of me before staring up with such hatred in her eyes that had me doing a double take.

A sudden had grasped my hair and dragged me off of Aspen. I yell out a strangled yell, before sinking my nails as deep as possible in the mystery hand.

I was then slammed into a wall, knocking the wind out of me. I looked up to see Grant hovering over me and out the corner of my eye Slater was helping Aspen up.

Leon and Kyle had fallen out of the shattered window roughly 20 minutes ago during their fighting while I was fighting Slater, Grant as well as my sister on my own.

My chest heaved up and down attempting to get a good amount of air back into my lungs. My eyes darted to Slater and Aspen to were making their way towards myself and Grant who was hovering over me.

Think think think. What can I do to get out of this?!

Fuck!

My eyes darted to a can of hair spray near me along with a shiny silver lighter that I had seem fall from Slater's pocket when I first tackled him to the gound when what seemed like hours ago.

Time to get crispy you bastards.

My hand numbly reached out and clasped the small silver object tightly in my shaking hand.

As Aspen and Slater got close I saw Aspen had a belt in her hand that I no doubt knew was not for keeping a garment of clothing up but a more terrifying use.

None of them seemed to see me sliding purposefully towards the can if hairspray resting next to a turned over bookshelf.

"Look at that, she's so scared she's cowering away" Slater chuckles.

I was scared - okay that's a lie, the feelings I was feeling currently came under the title of 'fucking terrified beyond belief' but being hyped on adrenaline had my mind racing of ways to get out alive.

Aspen had a most terrifyingly sinister smile on her face, I had seen it before, many times before, when we were younger and I was her little ragdoll to play with.

"Why? Why? What did I ever do to you?!" I yelled as tears spilled from my eyes, my voice and mind begging for an answer I'd wanted to know for my whole life.

Grant and Slater were off to the side, to most likely stop me from running while they let Aspen finish me off.

"You should have died!-"Aspen yelled at my face as she clutched the belt tighter in her grip. "-you are nothing, you will never been anything, I hate you. I hate you with every part of my being, why?-" she chuckles darkly.

I'm so close to the can of hairspray by this point that I felt the cold metal touch my taut and hot skin.

"-why not?" She laughs as she lunges at me and I grasp the can and flick the lighter aiming straight at her.

I let out a strangled scream as my hand came in contact with the fire storm that just ingulfed her.

Her screams were ringing in my ears and I heard Grant and Slater run towards us and I directed the stream of fire towards them attempting to ignore the ache in my limbs and the bite of the fire was having on my arms and hands. Grand and Slater's screams created so much noise that through exhaustion and aches I had to drop the lighter and can.

I was shaking. Why? Why? Why not?

Tears were streaming down my face by this point my eyes darted to Aspen who laid in front of me.

Lifeless, that was the only word I could find. Her hair was burnt, parts so badly I could see Charing on her scalp. Her hands were a mixture of black and bright red where blisters were forming quickly. But her eyes, her eyes - my eyes - were staring right at me.

A wave of complete exhaustion ran over me. I crawled with what energy I had left away from my dead sister.

A groan had me shifting my eyes towards Grant who was getting up. My eyes grew wide. I had barely any strength to stand let alone fight him.

He chuckled. "Looks like Slater was good for something afterall - a human shield" he laughs as I groan and attempt to push my limos faster and further towards the gun that rested near the shattered window Kyle and Leon had fallen through.

Mere milimetres from my gun, a tight grip on my ankle dragged me back.

Grant clutched my wrists in his hands and shoved them down into my back at an awkward angle that had me groaning in pain and tears spilling from my eyes.

"You've been a pain in my side since we met" he hissed while pushing his knee into the small of my back, that had me yelling and heaving in pain.

"You fucking deserve it." I hiss through my tears and pain. I hear him growl in anger as he applies more pressure with his knee and hands on my wrists and back that has me shouting in pain.

**

It feels like a second passes and the weight on my hands and back is gone. I barely had the energy to keep my eyes open let alone move myself out of the painful position. Shout and screams fill my ears along with the sound of pounding footsteps.

"Cassidy?"

Drew? My eyebrows furrow in confusion.

"Drew?" I ask, my voice comes out in a harsh and pained whimper.

"Hey, yes I've got you." Was the response. Arms enclosed around my body as I'm pulled up against his chest.

"But you need hel-"

"Shh I got you, Xander owed us a favour and I refused to sit there and do nothing." My head fell onto his shoulder, and lollied back and forth staring blankly at the ceiling above us.

Drew's hand found my hair and ran his fingers through it. I was still in pain but somehow content in his arms.

"Let's get you up and out of here" Drew said as he stood up on shaky legs. I could see his faced was painted with pain as he helped me get to my feet.

"No." I say as I fell into his inbrace.

"Cassidy-"

"N-no. I promised Leon I'd get to the computer" I harshly whisper.

Drew seemed to nod in understanding and helped me over to the computer.

Leon rounded the corner of the computer desk - which seemed to be the only think intact of the office-like control room.

His eyes seemed to soften at taking in the sight of me in the desk chair.

"Did I leave him enough to you?" I ask referring to how Leon wanted to take on Grant for himself. "Hmm? Slightly tenderized for to your liking?" I hum.

He gives me a genuine smile as I fell Drew's hands petting my hair softly.

Sticking the USB into the slot my program runs before a file pops up.

A/n hello my lovelies, sorry for the long wait, so I thought have a long second last chapter. I'll be posting the last chapter plus information on the sequel soon.

Thanks for reading TMIR.

Till next time...

Xx