Sophie giggled. She and Fitz were doing Cognate training, which involved revealing embarrassing secrets.

You really glued feathers to some of your clothes, and pretended to be a dinosaur? She transmitted to Fitz.

He smiled slightly. Hey, it was to entertain Biana, since she was sick.

You're a good big brother.

You have no idea.

Sophie burst into a fit of giggles again.

Okay your turn! Fitz transmitted.

Before Sophie could reply, Keefe jogged up. "Having fun staring into each other's eyes?" he smirked.

Sophie turned red. "What do you want, Keefe?" she asked, a little harder than she had intended.

"Hey, no need to be so harsh, Foster. Anyway, Dex made a new gadget that he wants to show us. He kept bothering me until I agreed to go get you guys."

Fitz and Sophie exchanged a glance. They simultaneously got up, and followed Keefe to where Dex was sitting. He was fiddling with what looked like the ability restrictor Sophie had been forced to wear.

"Dex, what is that?" Sophie asked, her voice shaking.

Dex's head jerked up. "It's not an ability restrictor, I swear. It's something else entirely. It's supposed to help Amy wake up sooner."

Amy had fainted after she had seen Sophie. The Neverseen had implanted a drug inside her. It had been a week, and she still hadn't woken up.

"I don't really trust that," Sophie said slowly.

"It won't hurt her-"

"No, Dex," Sophie said, almost shouted, firmly.

Dex recoiled, scooped up his devise, and walked away.

Sophie sighed. "I shouldn't have said that, should I?" she asked, turning to Fitz.

"It wasn't exactly.. the most ethical thing to say," Fitz said carefully.

Keefe snorted. "You could say that again. His hand brushed against mine when he walked off. He was depressed."

Sophie's eyes started to well with tears, and Fitz glared at Keefe. Keefe realized his mistake too late, and attempted to redeem himself.

"Foster, I'm sure it's-"

"Quiet, Keefe," Sophie snapped.

"Look, I shouldn't have said what I did." As he spoke, he took her hand.

Sophie sntached her wrist from his grip. "Leave me alone," she growled. She stormed away.

Keefe and Fitz exchanged a look. "She got.. Emotional," said Keefe finally.

"Yeah, she's usually more level-headed than that. I think it's just been hard for her, ever since Mr. Forkle's death, and Amy," sighed Fitz. "I'll go find her."

"I could do it," Keefe offered as Fitz started to walk away.

Fitz shot him a side glance. "I think I should do it."

Keefe's shoulders slumped. "Yeah."

"Hey," Fitz said. "She'll come around. You'll be back to team Foster-Keefe in no time."

Keefe smiled weakly at him. "Thanks."

Fitz walked to Sophie's room, planning what he was going to say. He knocked on the door to Sophie's room.

"Come in," he heard Sophie say. He turned the knob, and sat down on Sophie's bed next to her.

"Keefe didn't mean it," he said after a while.

"I-" Sophie was cut off from the sudden appearance of a person in her room.

Fitz's jaw dropped in shock. "Alvar?" he asked in disbelief.

Sophie scrambled to put on her sucker punch, fumbling with the switch. She couldn't inflict, because all she felt was a deep nothingness.

Fitz, in the meantime, froze in shock. "What are you doing here?" he spat angrily.

"You could always surrender," Sophie offered.

Alvar strode to Fitz, but he never got far enough. Sophie sucker punched him in the face.

"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't knock you unconscious," Fitz growled.

"Because I'm your brother?"

Fitz laughed bitterly. "You are no brother of mine."

Alvar pulled out a melder. "Resist, and I'll shoot her," he said, pointing it at Sophie. "Or, you could do what I say."

Fitz's expression darkened. "What do you want?"

Alvar didn't reply. Instead, he tossed a leaping crystal to Fitz. We are going to light leap to that place. Just you and me. Now."

Fitz looked at Sophie, and her eyes pleaded with him to not do as Alvar ordered. Swallowing hard, Fitz did it anyway.

Alvar grabbed Fitz's arms, pinned them behind Fitz's back, and stepped into the path. It closed behind them.

Sophie finally came out of her trance. She tried to track him, panicking when she couldn't find his mind. She stretched out her consciousness, frantically searching for his thoughts, and his location. Nothing. She couldn't find him.

The realization of what had just happened hit her. Fitz had been taken. Not knowing what else to do, she screamed. She felt the breath whoosh out of her, and she gasped for air. Fitz had been taken. She racked her brain, trying to figure out where they would've taken him. Fitz had been taken. She tried to figure out why. Fitz had been taken. She needed to tell the others.

She dashed downstairs, and tried to find the others.

She found Keefe where she had left him. "You need to come with me, and help me find the others."

Keefe looked at her curiously. "Why?"

Sophie gave him a sharp look. "Just come."

After a bit of searching, they found Dex. "You need to come with us, and help us find Tam and Linh," she said, repeating her message.

Dex gave her a funny look, but said nothing, unsure of whether or not he was in her good graces again.

They quickly found Tam and Linh, who were together.

"Alright Foster, spill," demanded Keefe.

"Fitz was just captured. By the Neverseen," she breathed, gulping down tears which threatened to come. "I tried to track him, or find his thoughts, but.. I couldn't. I think Gethen must have done something to stop me from finding him."

There was stone dead silence. Everyone froze for a few seconds, and then realization sunk in. Everyone had a shocked and scared expression on their face.

Keefe looked lost in thought. "I wonder which hideout they took him to."

Sophie turned on him. "That's what you're worried about?" she asked incredulously.

"No. But if we know which hideout he's in, it would be easier to find him."

Dex pulled out a gadget from his back pocket. He pushed a few buttons, and frowned deeply. "I can't track his panic switch. They must have destroyed it."

Linh looked troubled, but said nothing.

Tam looked at Sophie expectantly.

Sophie turned to him. "What?" she asked when she saw his expression.

"I'm sure you have a plan," he replied simply.

"Not really.." Sophie started, but trailed off. "Actually.."

Tam smirked. "Show us what you got Sophie."

Please Review!