Authors Note: I really like this song "Panic Room" by Au/Ra and thought it might go ok with this chapter. Also this chapter might be disturbing for a few of you, if so please forgive me.

Scarlett POV:

The club is overly crowded tonight. I tried to get Atticus to go on the dance floor but he still declines. So I'm out here dancing trying to mingle in with everyone. No one knows me so I'm basically dancing all by myself.

My dress is cobalt blue with lace all over it. It comes right about my knees. I decided to wear my hair down and the curls hang just right all the way down to my lower back.

I'm dancing and not noticing that I'm so far into the crowd that I can barely see Atticus. Someone comes up behind me and places his hands around my waist.

"I thought I would never see you again."He is practically yelling in my ear because the music is so loud.

I turn and it's the handsome wavy blonde guy that bought me the drink the week before.

"I don't get out very often." I smile and continue to dance with him. His hands are all over me. Before I know it we are in the back alley of the club.

I want him to stop, but I don't. His lips on mine are so warm and when he trails off to my neck, I think I'm going to melt. I have never been this close to anyone. My heart is pounding so fast and I have chills running down my spine. If Zane knew what I was doing he would kill me. Dammit, Zane is on my mind now and I know I need to stop what is happening.

"Stop, I don't think I can do this." I said it loud enough for him to hear me.

"Baby it's all good, I'm not going to hurt you." He says as he continues to kiss me. His hands are going up my dress and he is so close to my panties.

I push him away but he pulls me back into him really harder than I expected.

"I said stop; don't make me hurt you." I shout back.

"Baby, believe me you couldn't hurt me if you wanted to." He snorts and continues to grab a hold of my ass.

This time I push him hard and he snaps. He has something white and tiny in his hand. "Here take this it will help."

"I'm not taking that; I don't use drugs. I'm not that kind of girl."

"Just open your mouth and swallow it." He is practically forcing the damn thing into my mouth.

I knee him between his legs and he doubles over. This only pisses him off more. "I said take the damn pill bitch." He shoves it in my mouth by holding my nose with one hand and forcing it in with the other hand.

I'm gagging and I bend over making myself throw up the pill. When I stand back up I right hook him in the jaw and then my Krav Maga skills take over and the next thing I know he is knocked out flat on his back on the street. I want to kill the bastard and as I get ready to kick him again the back door opens and Atticus is staring right at me.

"What the fuck! Are you alright?" He looks really pissed.

"Just taking out the trash." I smile back at him.

He doesn't laugh at my joke; instead he is on his watch asking Ashton to come to the back alley to pick us up.

"Get in the damn car." Atticus orders me.

I do as I am told, but he shuts the door. I watch as he picks up the man I just knocked out and he puts him in the trunk of the car and then he gets in the car.

"What's going on?" I ask.

"Don't worry about it, it's being taken care of."

"You just threw that guy in the back, what the hell. What is going on?"

"Zane's orders don't worry about it."

"What is he going to do with him?"

Atticus is now ignoring me and quite frankly it is pissing me off. We pull up to the house and Zane walks out to the car and opens the door on my side.

"Get out and go on up to your room." He tries to look away from me.

"NO!" The hell I am, I want to know what is going on.

"Don't make me ask you again?" He glares at me now.

"What are you going to do with him?"

He doesn't say anything.

"I said what are you going to do with him?" This time I say it like a spoiled brat but I want to know dammit.

He turns to me and I thought he was going to backhand me however he looks really pissed off and he says, "You know what get in the fucking car."

"Why?"

He doesn't say anything; instead he grabs my arm and shoves me in the car. Then he slams the door and tells Ashton to go. So now I'm in the middle of Zane and Atticus and neither one of them are talking. I don't say a word the whole way.

When we pull up at the old warehouse, Zane gets out. "Get the fuck out." He orders me.

I get out and watch as Atticus goes to the back of the car. The guy is trying to fight back to get away however Atticus hits the shit out of him and knocks him out again. Then he carries him inside and he ties him to this chair that kind of looks like one you would use at the dentist office.

We wait for him to wake up and when he does he looks around and then starts to struggle against the restraints.

"What the fuck!"

"There you are you little prick." Zane glares at him and hits him in the jaw enough to not knock him out but to make him more aware of what's going on.

"What the hell man; what's going on here?"

"You tried to hurt my daughter."

"What the hell you got the wrong guy man."

"No we don't; Scar come over here."

I do as I'm told and walk over to the guy so that he can see me.

"Oh that fucking bitch."

Zane hits him in the guts and the guy is coughing. "Don't ever call her that again or I will cut your fucking tongue out."

"There is no way in hell that is your daughter and she is a fucking bitch." He spits in the floor.

"I told you not to call her that you fucking idiot." Zane walks over to a table and picks up a very thin knife as he walks back over to him he turns it back and forth in his hands for it so shine against what little light is in the room.

"You're not going to do shit to me man, let me go."

"Really now, Atticus..."

Atticus walks over to the chair and pries the man's mouth open. The guy is struggling and fighting against them but there is no use, there is nothing he can do. Zane reaches into his mouth and pulls out his tongue. Blood splatters everywhere and the guy is gasping, blood gurgling in his mouth. He is trying to talk but no one understands him.

"You see in my world, no one tells me what to do. And no one fucks with my family."

The guy is trying to scream.

Zane holds out a little longer. "Oh you want to know what we are going to do next. Well you see no need to worry your body will be in shock soon...and you will bleed out and soon enough you will die a very slow death.

Zane walks back over to the table and grabs a scalpel and hands it to me. "You want to be a big girl, you do it."

I watch as Atticus pushes the chair all the way back and the guy is laying all the way back.

"Do what?" I ask in confusion.

"Cut his guts out."

I don't argue with him. I know how to do a lot of the cutting from classes that I had. I know in the back of my mind that I'm already in enough shit with him so I will do this if I have too. I walk over to the guy and I am standing so close to him.

"I told you no, now look what you are making me do." I take the scalpel and slice it from his chest all the way down almost to his dick. Blood is oozing out everywhere. He is shaking and the look on his face I know I will never forget.

"Go on...take it out," he orders. I reach into the guy and pull out his intestines. The guy is screaming and thrashing about but soon he goes still...almost dead.

Zane takes the saw and cuts right through his chest. Then he hands me another tool. "Here, I want you to take out his heart."

I take it out and hand it to him; it is still beating as he places it in the Ziploc bag. Then he tells me to take out the liver, the lungs, and the kidney and so on until the guy is hollow inside.

Zane cuts down the limbs into small sections and throws them into the nearby tub. I watch as he pours acid all over him and it starts to eat away at his flesh.

We clean up the mess that we made, no one says anything. And no one talks on the drive back home.

When we get there, Zane tells Atticus bye and then doesn't even look at me. As we walk into the house he says, "That should never had happened. Let's go to the workout room."

"I know, I'm sorry."

"Sorry for what?"

"Everything." Because I really am and honestly I don't know what part he is more pissed off about.

"You know he is the one who drugged your drink last time. I was already out looking for him. Why the fuck were the two of you in the back alley."

So this is what he is really pissed about. "I was dancing and I didn't realize I was out there until it was too late."

"Uh! So you weren't doing anything then?"

"No...well just kissing, it was nothing really until he tried to shove a pill down my throat but I took care of him. Atticus didn't have to help me."

"I told him too."

"Why? I can take care of myself."

"I see that and you did do well tonight but you disobeyed me and how dare you talk back and question me."

I should have known better. "I didn't mean to sir...I'm sorry."

We are in the workout room and he is furious with me. I can see it in his eyes. "Take off your shirt, and then stand over there by that board. Look to the wall."

I don't ask why. I take my shirt off leaving on my bra. He comes up behind me and grabs my right hand and straps it above my head and then he reaches for my left hand and does the same. I feel him unhook my bra, so that my back is now bare to him.

"I'm going to give you ten licks; if you scream out so help me I will go harder do you understand."

I shake my head.

"Scar say it dammit."

"I understand sir."

The first whip was sharp and I jumped. I counted with the tears welled up in my eyes by the tenth lick I was sobbing quietly. When he reached up to undo my hands, I fell to the floor.

"Don't ever disobey me again. If I fucking tell you to do something then do it."

"Yes sir."

He turns and walks away from me leaving me there to get it together. After I caught my breath I get up and make my way up to my room. I lie on my stomach and cry myself to sleep. Why do I stay here, why?

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Authors Note: So what do you guys think about the characters? I really like Scarlett, and feel like she can handle herself, as for Zane not sure yet but you have to understand he is a very dominate male and expects everything his way or no way.