Summary: After a fatal car accident, Zack and Cody are given the choice of a foster home, or boarding school. When they choose boarding school, what will happen? Will the killer of their mother come back to finish the job?

Disclaimer: I own my characters, and boarding school. The normal TSL characters are NOT mine. I wish they were though. sniffle

'Come on, boys, in the car. I need to top-up on fuel.' Carey said to her sons, opening the doors of her new car.

'It's nearly dark, Mom. And it's starting to rain. Why do we have to come again?' Zack complained, climbing in the front of the car.

'Yeah, why can't we just stay here?' Cody joined in, climbing in the back. 'And how come I always have to sit in the back?'

'Because I got here first.' Zack said, doing up his seatbelt.

Carey rolled her eyes at her sons and got in the front, on the drivers side. Starting up the engine, she took hold of the steering wheel and pulled out of the parking space. As she drove along the relatively straight, practically deserted road, a car pulled out of a parking space and crashed straight into the front of the car. The car spun out of control, and the guy got out his car, grinning disturbingly.

'That's got to have killed at least one of 'em. Hopefully the mother.' He said, walking off. No-one noticed he'd been there.

Cody was the first one to wake up. He noticed that he was still in the car. He blinked once or twice, until everything was back in focus.

What happened?

He started to move, feeling a twinge of pain in both of his legs and his back. He slowly reached up, feeling the deep gash on his shoulder. Blood covered his shoulder and the seat behind him. There were a few cuts on his face, but not deep enough for Cody to really care about. He looked down at his legs, and realised. The seat in front of him, Zack's seat, had crushed his legs.

Zack! Mom!

'Zack?' Cody called out, rather pitifully. Any other time, and he might have been embarrassed. 'Mom?'

He saw his brother's blonde hair in front of him, but he couldn't see his mother's newly dyed red hair anywhere. He reached up, trying to ignore the pain, and stroked his brother's hair, surprised when it still felt silky, not like hair that would have usually been messed up in a car crash like this.

'Zack?' Cody called out again, a little louder this time.

No answer greeted him, except a siren. A few seconds later, a paramedic glanced through the back window of the car.

'Hey, there's a boy awake in here!' The paramedic turned to Cody. 'Are you alright, son?'

'Um…m-my legs hurt…a-and my back, but…what about my b-brother? And my mom?'

The paramedic looked solemn. 'We don't about your brother yet, son. But…your mom…she…I'm really sorry.'

Cody shook his head slightly. 'No, no, no…' he whispered.

'Sorry, son. She's dead.'

I'm very very sorry if any of you readers liked Carey, but it had to be done.

Please R+R!