Spencer gasped for air, “Ash … Ashley,” she whispered weakly.

“Poor little Ashley can’t hear you,” Carmen said with a smirk. “No one can hear you and nothing is going to stop me.”

Then it clicked, Spencer remembered the weapon her father had given her secretly for protection. Gathering up all her strength, the blonde stealthily reached her hand into her pocket. With trembling fingers she gripped the handle as tightly as she could.

In one fluid motion she produced her hidden knife and stabbed Carmen in the thigh. The karate instructor immediately let her go. Spencer’s body fell to the floor.

“Fuck!” Carmen screamed gripping her injured leg. “Where the fuck did that come from?”

The blonde rolled over onto her stomach and hastily crawled over to Ashley’s limp body.

“Ashley please wake up,” she rushed out shaking the unconscious rocker. “Wake up.”

“You fucking bitch,” Carmen growled.

Spencer turned to look at her. The blonde’s stomach churned sickeningly as she watched the karate instructor withdraw the knife from her thigh.

Carmen hissed at the slight pain. With evil gleaming in her eyes she menacingly limped towards Spencer. “You just made a huge mistake!”

Spencer’s eyes widened in fear as the twisted brunette drew closer. Setting her hands behind herself the blonde slithered haphazardly away from the karate instructor until her back hit a corner of the room. It was a dead end. She was cornered with nowhere to go.

“You’re gonna wish you didn’t do that Blondie,” Carmen snarled.

***

“Connect four!” Aiden shouted triumphantly.

“Elmer’s,” Ryan growled. “For the last time, we are not playing connect four, this is Uno!”

Aiden shrugged, “And your point is?”

“My point is-”

“Dude,” Glen chuckled patting Ryan’s shoulder. “Just forget it.”

“Hey guys, where the girls at,” Danny asked shuffling the cards.

“Grandma, Kyla, Chelsea, and Susan are out sight seeing with the Carlins,” Clay answered.

“And Ash took Spencer to her karate lesson with Carmen in the exercise room,” Brian supplied.

“They took the guards with them right,” Glen asked.

“Yeah, they’re heavily protected just like Alyssa wanted,” Eric answered setting down a blue five onto the deck.

“Eric, wait,” Ryan said. “You can’t set a blue five on a green nine.”

Suddenly they heard a distant “HELP!” yelled from another room.