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After taking one last look at Lily's mutilated corpse Emma limps in the direction of the door, stopping when she realises that Joe isn't following behind her. "Joe? We need to go the FBI will be on us if Ryan Hardy's here." She says quietly. Joe looks back at her for a moment. "Yes my dear we better be off." He turns to follow her. "Joe." Ryan calls from the floor. "What is it Ryan?" Joe stops. "They may be out there already, Claire's probably already called them." Ryan warns him, shocking both Joe and Emma that he would warn them. "Claire eh. Mmmmm." Joe smirks. "Joe." Emma rolls her eyes. "Looks like we may have a problem with escaping. Ahh well it's something I excel at." Joe smiles heading toward Emma, yet before he reaches her he turns back and pulls Ryan to his feet, supporting his weight. "Joe what are you doing?" Emma looks at him a little shocked that he is helping out there enemy. "All will be explained later my love, now let's get out of this place."

Heading back down the corridor Joe and Ryan came down this time with Emma they search for the way out. "Why Joe?" Ryan asks through gritted teeth. "If I just left you there then you probably would have bled out which wouldn't be very useful now would it?" Joe replies. "Would." Emma mutters under her breath, yet says no more not wanting to push Joe. "It would be easy for you and your cult as you know this allegiance between us expires when we leave this place. Everything will go back to normal Joe." Ryan explains. "If I let you die Ryan I would lose part of my inspiration as your character hasn't been killed of yet and I would be ever so bored if I lost one of my main characters and it won't go back to normal Ryan. This is only the beginning of something new." Joe smirks then adds. "Also if I let you die Joey would again be fatherless and with him already losing one father, losing a second would just be terrible and I won't do that to my son." Joe sighs making Emma close her eyes at the mention of children yet it also makes her feel slightly better as if Joe is so worried about Joey then the prospect of another child that he can raise himself may not be so bad. "That's rather considerate of you Joe." Ryan mutters trying to keep the sarcasm out of his voice. "Maybe one day I don't know you could bring Joey to me when you finally rid yourself of my wife and join the cult." Joe says clearly. "What?" This stops Ryan in his tracks. "Ohh come on Ryan if nothing this little expedition has proven how alike you and I are and how if we were to work together, be on the same team we could quite frankly rule the world." Joe smirks. Ryan says nothing as deep down a part of him, no matter how small it is believes that Joe is regrettably right.

They walk on through the corridors in silent until Emma stops, a wave of dizziness and nausea passing over her. No she mentally tells herself, not now this can't be happening now, she thinks as she leans against the wall, her wounds not making the matter any better in fact they sting her painfully and fresh blood appears every so often. "Emma? Emma love are you alright?" Joe pulls her out of her thoughts as he grabs her arm. "I'm ok, I'm ok just the cuts." She shakes it off yet she stumbles. Joe catches her before she can fall. "I've got you love don't worry." He slides his free arm around her shoulders and without even thinking she slides her arm tightly around his waist for support, making Joe smile slightly. "Mandy! Ohh shit I forgot Mandy she was with me when the twins kidnapped me. Did she find you?" Emma says suddenly. "Yes she contacted me. Didn't realize that you cared for her so much love." Joe smirks. "I don't! I just knew you'd have my head if I didn't save her." Emma replies. "She's very grateful for what you did Em, as am I." Joe smiles at her, making Emma glow with pride at Joe's praise and is suddenly very glad she did save that terribly annoying girl Joe seems to love so much. "She accompanied me to come and fetch you, she should be outside waiting." Joe adds. "As is Claire, who's probably called the FBI. I don't think you'll escape from this one Joe." Ryan chooses that moment to pitch in to the conversation. "It's me Ryan, escaping is my middle name and you can distract Claire for me can't you?" Joe smirks at Ryan. "Joe I should have killed you I'm not helping you escape." Ryan growls. "Ohh come on it would be so boring if I were to be locked up, you wouldn't be able to do without me which is why I didn't leave you to die back there as I wouldn't be able to do without you to occasionally piss off and gather inspiration from as I said and anyway you owe me. If it were not for me your mate wouldn't have gotten his revenge on lily Grey." Joe reminds him. "It's not that easy Joe." Ryan warns. "Well I don't like easy Ryan."

After walking for a considerable amount of time the three finally find the door they came in through where a bored, frightened Mandy sits right outside waiting for them to return. "Joe!" Mandy cries happily as the man she images as her father walks out of the building, covered in blood, supporting Emma and Ryan. "Mouse! Have you had any bother?" Joe asks immediately, relived at not being able to hear any sirens or yelling from that blasted FBI. "No Joe did you kill Lily?" She asks quietly. "Ohh yes. I most definitely did and her two bastard sons along with it." Joe snips, remembering his most recent victims and what they did to Emma, his most devoted follower. His high priestess. He looks at her, actually incredibly relieved to see her alive, she looks back, biting her lip before promptly kissing Joe passionately. Joe pulls away abruptly. "What is it with you and your timing." He murmurs. Mandy looks away from the two lovers, feeling incredibly awkward about having to witness that. It was bad enough at Korban where she could actually hear them going at it practically every single night and there long make out sessions that she swore once lasted an entire day! But in a way she is relived to see Emma alive, neither of them had ever got on really but she kind of admired Emma for all she had done for Joe and the cult and she knew that Joe valued her greatly and that's when she remembered something the other day when she was out with Emma, a small stick poking out of her bag on the back seat. She had recognised it immediately, having seen many of them at her old home with her mother being a prostitute and all and had been meaning to ask Emma about it but with what has happened to her maybe it was positive…. "Emma, can I have a word." Mandy whispers quietly. "What?" Emma looks over at her, moving out of Joe's grasp. "You know when we went out the other day, the day before we were attacked. I saw something in your bag and I just wanted to know if." Mandy stops as Emma glares down at her, yet feeling incredibly anxious inside. Fuck she knows and if she knows she's going to tell Joe. Emma thinks rapidly. "Say nothing." Emma hisses poisonously. "Ohh my god Emma are you pregnant?" Mandy cries, her suspicions practically confirmed, except she realises that she said that a little bit loudly than intended. "What?" Comes the dangerously quiet, disbelieving voice of Joe, yet before anyone can respond a loud cry is heard. "RYAN!" Claire runs toward the group screaming at seeing her partner practically on the floor beside her ex husband, her ex husbands psychotic whore, who she once trusted with her sons life and some unknown child. She brandishes a gun she had stolen from the FBI, firing two shots each perfectly hitting her ex husband Joe Carroll…

Authors Note: thank you so much for reading, please tell me what you think. I've tried to stick as close to the characters traits as possible, however there may be some divergence because of which side I wanted to win