Anything italicized is someone's thought bubble.

"Casey?" Gregg asked in complete shock as the young cat next to me smiled at his old friend.

"Gregg, I know this is a surprise to you, but..." I began to say when out of a nowhere, Gregg ran up to him and hugged him quickly.

"I thought you were dead." Gregg said as he pulled away after a small bit.

"Everyone thinks that." Casey said, smiling. I guess he was expecting Gregg to be super mad at him for keeping this a secret. "But I'm not, dude."

"I can see that." Gregg said as he pulled away from Casey.

"But he will be if we don't help him." I interrupted the little reunion as I opened my laptop to do some research.

"Why? What's going on?" Gregg asked as he looked over at my laptop.

"Those men from last year, are after Casey." I answered him as I found the article of the broken mine shaft from last year. "Yea, this article says that some bodies were found, in funny robes, in the old mines last year."

"But why are they after me then? They're supposed to be dead." Casey asked.

"Well, like you said, there were most likely some that couldn't make it that night." I answered.

"What can I do to help?" Gregg asked, making us look up at him. I was hesitant to say anything just yet, but an idea came to my mind. My house was on the verge of getting taken away from me and my parents, and there really wasn't much room for Casey to stay here for who knows how long this little mystery was going to take place. So, I spoke up.

"Do you have enough room at your place for Casey to stay? He needs a place to hideout for a bit." I asked, which made Casey look at me for a small bit before going back to looking at Gregg. Part of me saw hurt in his eyes, and part of me saw sadness. I should ask him if he's alright later.

"Yeah! Of course! We have enough room for three!" Gregg answered with a smile, which made me smile with relief before hearing a knock on the front door downstairs.

"Who else could be coming here?" I asked as I set my computer down on my bed and went downstairs with Gregg and Casey following suit. Casey put up his hood as he did so.

We hit the bottom step, and froze when we saw a man in the same robes from before at the door. My dad was to engrossed in his show that he didn't hear the door, thank God. I gulped as he looked at me, with cold dead eyes, looking more gray than anything else.

I looked at Casey with worry as I felt his hand grasp mine. "Its okay." He whispered to me before he knocked again. This time, my dad groaned and went to answer the door.

"Run." I said as we all ran out the back door, while I heard my father begin to talk to the man.

We ran as fast as we could. We ran over fences, and little dog houses before making it over to Bea's house. We quickly banged on her door, waiting for an answer when she fianlly answered. She still had a cigarette in her mouth as her drooped eyelids showed us that she was tired.

"Gregg? Mae? Stranger? What are you...?"

"No time, Bea! Let us in, please!" I interrupted her before she quickly let us in and shut the door behind us. Thankfully, her father wasn't home.

"Man, dudes! That was close!" Gregg stated as he wiped his brow from sweat.

"Yeah." Casey said.

"Mae, what is going on?" Bea asked me before I took a deep breathe. I quickly told Gregg something in his ear, and he immediately nodded his head before pulling out his phone.

"Mae?"

"I'll, er...we'll explain once Angus gets here." I said.

Sorry for the long wait. My grandma had passed away on April 21st, and I just wasn't feeling like writing for a while. But I am back, and I will try to post regularly. Here's hoping I do lol.Anyway, thanks for reading, and I'll see you in the next chapter. Ba-bye!~Brittany Bauer