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Chapter One: Miseria Cantera-The Beginning

A Random Hotel Room

Peyton woke up in a cold hotel room. Disoriented and feeling a hangover coming on she tried to stand up to figure out where she is. She stood up only to fall to the floor. Pain shooting up and down her leg, she laid there helpless on the floor. Her mind goes racing. Where am I? What happened? How did I get here?

Just then she remembered her cell phone in her purse which was lying on the other side of the room. Slowly she crawled toward it. Suddenly she heard footsteps outside of the room and she freezes. The footsteps were coming closer and closer to the door. They suddenly stop in front of the door. The lock jiggles back and forth before it stops and a voice calls out and the person walks away. Again Peyton slowly crawls toward the purse, tears streaming down her face from the pain of her leg. She finally reaches her purse and reached in the purse for the cell phone. She finds it and frantically dials. She put the phone up to her ear, her hand shaking. The phone rings once... twice... four... five times before the sound of someone picking up,

" Hello this is Lucas..."

" Lucas," Peyton screamed into the cell phone, " You have to help me, I'm trapped in some hotel room...", only to hear, " I can't come to phone right now but if you leave a message I'll get back to you." Peyton terminated the call and quickly dialed Haley, then Nathan, Mouth, Rachel, and finally as a last resort, Brooke. Each person she called, she only got a voicemail. Godammit, where are you guys? She thought as the tears streamed down her face.

Karen's Cafe

Lucas walks into the cafe to see Haley rushing around waiting on customers.

"Whoa hey, slow down, your pregnant remember? You don't wanna rush around and end up hurting the baby." Haley stops and looks straight at Lucas.

"Do you wanna carry this thing in your stomach for nine months, no? Didn't think so. Besides I have to work, we gonna need the money."

" Sorry Hales, I just don't want anything to happen to my niece or nephew. Anyway, have you seen Peyton at all today? We were supposed to grab a coffee and she didn't show."

" Nope, I haven't seen her since school yesterday. Did you check her house?"

" Yeah, and the door was locked. I knocked a couple times but she didn't answer. I just have the feeling that something is wrong." The cafe door opens and Nathan walks in. He comes over to Haley, hugs her and gives her a long kiss.

" Oh my Mr. Scott, you certain do know how to take a girl's breathe away."

" And how is my boy doing today?" Nathan looks down at Haley's stomach.

"It hasn't even developed sexual organs yet Nate, how do you know it's a boy."

" I just do, besides Dan was good at producing boys." He looked over at Lucas smiling who smiles right back.

"Hey Nathan, have you seen Peyton today? We were supposed to meet for coffee an hour ago and she never showed."

Nathan looked over to him. "Nope, not since yesterday."

" Alright, I'll go check her house again. Tell your wife to slow down. I don't want anything to happen to my nephew." Lucas walks out of the cafe and into a cool breeze. He shivers. Something isn't right with Peyton. I can feel it. Lucas walks toward Peyton's house...

Lucas' Room

Lucas checked Peyton's house once more. This time when he checked, the door was unlocked. He checked out the house. Everything was in its place, except Peyton wasn't there. Where are you Peyton? Lucas was really getting worried. Lucas walked over to his stand where is cell phone had been charging. After removing the charger, and turning on the cell, a message popped onto the screen: One Missed Call. He then checked the incoming call log to see that it was Peyton. Thank God. He then dialed her cell phone number and waited for her to pick up.

The Hotel Room

Peyton has been lying on the floor for what seemed like hours. Her leg was killing her and she was at the point of loosing consciousness from the pain. She had called her friends a couple more times, only to get no answers.

"Where the hell am I?" She said to the empty room. Just then her cell phone began to ring. She picked it up to see that it was Lucas. Oh thank God. She answered the phone.

"Lucas, Lucas you have to help me, I have no idea where I am. I am in some strange hotel room. I think my leg is broken." Tears were streaming down Peyton's face. "Please you have to help me... Luke, Lucas..." The phone died as Peyton lost consciousness.

Back At Lucas'

Lucas waited for the Peyton to pick up her cell. It finally did.

"Hello Peyton, where are you? We were supposed to meet for coffee. Did you forget?" He was met by static. He heard a couple words on the other end through the static.

"Lucas... Help... No Idea... Hotel... Please... Luke" Lucas looked at his phone.

"What? Peyton I can barely hear you. Where are you? I'll come get you Peyton, it's alright. Where are you? Peyton... Peyton..." The call ended.

Lucas looked at his phone to see that the call was lost.

"I have to find Peyton." Lucas said out loud to himself. Just then a shadow from behind Lucas came up and cracked him in the back of the head with a baseball bat. Lucas, loosing consciousness, fell to the floor...