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"You and Skylar are Jedd's daughters?"
Alyssa nodded. "You probably hate us now. I shouldn't have told you."
Honestly, Ross was pissed. He was so pissed that Skylar didn't tell him. But this was Alyssa, not Skylar. So instead of yelling, Ross pulled Alyssa into his arms. "I don't hate you. Thanks for telling me the truth."
Alyssa nodded again. "I also need to tell you something else, but please don't tell Sky that you know this from me."
Ross nodded. "Okay."
Alyssa sighed. "Sky and I used to have another sister, named Lillian. She died when she was 17, that's a few months ago. Don't ask me how, but our dad killed her."
Ross gasped. "What? Why would he do that?"
"Lily - that's what I call Lillian - was mad that our dad was a most wanted criminal. She stood up to him, and then he... he pulled the trigger." Alyssa sobbed.
"Hey, hey, it's alright. It's okay." Ross comforted. Alyssa immediately stopped sobbing - which surprised Ross.
"How old are you?" he asked.
"I'm 9." Alyssa answered. "There's still something else, though."
"What is it?" Ross asked again.
Alyssa sighed heavily. "Dad beats up Sky at times, when she didn't listen to him. Sky uses make-up to cover her bruises. Dad could be very violent at times."
Ross sighed. "I know. He did that to my brother. Did he hurt you?"
Alyssa shook her head. "No, he never hurts me. He thinks I don't know about Lily and Sky. But I know everything."
"Ross?" A voice called. "Who are you talking to?"
Ross looked beside him to see Ryland sitting up. "Skylar, what are you doing here?" the younger boy asked.
Alyssa groaned. "I'm not Skylar! I'm Alyssa. Just plain Alyssa. Alyssa no-middle-name no-last-name!"
"Woah, calm down, Lyss! Hey, can I call you that?" Ross asked.
Alyssa shook her head. "No. Never call me that. Call me Ally."
Ryland stared at Alyssa until his vision went back to normal, and instead of seeing Skylar's black and blue hair, he saw Alyssa's brown hair with one pink highlight. "Why Ally?" he asked.
"Yeah, Ally's my character's friend. Why Ally? I wanna call you Lyss." Ross agreed.
Alyssa shook her head madly. "No! Don't call me that! Just don't! That's what dad calls me, but I hate it!"
"Okay, okay, we won't! We won't, Ally. Okay?" Ross calmed.
Alyssa nodded. "Okay."
"I'm sorry, but Ally, can you do me a favor please?" Ryland asked.
Alyssa shrugged. "Yeah, sure. What is it?"
"Can you maybe, um, get us some food, and blankets? We're really cold here, and well, except Ross and I, the others are all passed out. Please?" Ryland asked.
Alyssa shook her head. "Sorry, I can't. Sky's getting you guys some things right now, although I don't know when she'll be back."
A small thud was heard, then footsteps. Ross and Ryland immediately tensed and held onto each other. Alyssa just smiled. "Hey Sky."
Skylar smiled back and kneeled down in front of everyone. "Hey Ally. Why are you still here?"
"Waiting for you. Where were you?" Alyssa asked.
"Sorry it took me so long, but I have to sneak in and that's hard. I don't want da- Jedd, to find out." Skylar answered, taking off her backpack.
Ross and Ryland relaxed and let go of each other. "It's fine, Skylar. I know about your dad." Ross said. Ryland shot him a 'What do you mean' look, and Ross shot him back a look which said 'Tell you later'.
Skylar sighed. "I'm assuming you're mad at me right now for not telling you?"
Ross shook his head and folded his arms. "Oh, I'm pissed. But since you've been helping us, I'll let it go."
Skylar smiled. "Good. Cause I got you stuff that'll make you happy." She unzipped her backpack and took out six packs of food, water, and even snacks. Then she took out a huge plastic bag filled with clothes for both boys and girls, but mostly boys. Then, she also took out 6 jackets, five for boys, and one for a girl. "There. It's all I could get."
Ross and Ryland gasped. "All you could get?" They asked in unison.
"Skylar, that's really...that's a lot. Thank you so much!" Ross exclaimed. He went to hug Skylar, but he held himself back.
Skylar giggled. "That's alright. You can hug me. I love R5, remember?"
Ross smiled and they hugged. Then they pulled apart.
"Skylar, you're so hot!" Ross stated.
Skylar looked slightly taken aback. "Um, thank you?"
Ross shook his head. "No, not that kind of hot. I meant, you... your body temperature. You're so warm."
Skylar looked relieved. "Oh. Gee, I thought you were... never mind. Oh, and I'm having my normal body temperature." She touched Alyssa's hand then said, "Ally is too. You're the one who's cold, Ross. I have to admit, it's like a refrigerator down here. So grab a jacket."
"Already have!" Ryland stated, putting on a maroon leather jacket.
Ross picked a brown one up and put it on. "Oh gosh! It feels much better!"
"Go put the rest of them on everyone else, guys. You might get hypothermia." Skylar said. Then she looked at Alyssa. "Ally, go to sleep now. It's midnight, dad's gonna yell if he found out you passed the curfew."
Alyssa nodded and did as she was told.
Once Skylar looked back towards the boys, she saw that they were practically shoving food in their mouth, and everyone else already had a jacket over them. A pink one over Rydel, dark blue ones over Riker and Ratliff, and a dark green one over Rocky. All of them were also woken up already.
"What, um, what happened?" Rydel asked.
"We passed out, that's what happened. Right?" Riker said then asked.
"Guess so." Rocky said.
"My head hurts." Ratliff groaned.
"Um, I got you some food, and clothes. I think you should all go take a shower before morning." Skylar said, then she stood up. "I have to go now. Goodbye guys."
She went to climb the ladder, but was stopped by Ross calling her name. She turned around. "Yes?"
"You said 'Goodbye'. You never said that whenever you leave. What's up with you?" he asked.
Skylar sighed and tears brimmed her eyes, but she wouldn't let them fall. "I'm never going to see you guys again."
"What?" Everyone asked in unison.
Skylar sighed again. "This is the last time I'm ever gonna see you again. You'll get moved away this afternoon. I know where my dad is gonna take you guys, but I can't tell you."
Ross stood up and walked over to Skylar. "Why? Please, tell me. Where are we going?"
Skylar shook her head. "I'm sorry, Ross. I really can't say."
Ross took her arms and that's when he noticed the bruises, but he ignored them for now. "Please, tell me. I need to know. Please."
Skylar finally let the tears fall. "He... he's selling you guys. You're going to different places."
Ross pulled his hands away from Skylar and stepped back, almost tripping on his own feet. "What?" he gasped.
Skylar was full on crying by now. The tears washed away her make-up and revealed her bruises. Everyone gasped, but she ignored them. "I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! If I wasn't one of your fans, dad wouldn't have recognized you! I'm so so sorry! You're all in this mess because of me. I'm so-"
"Stop right there." Ross interrupted. "Just...stop. It's not your fault, so stop saying sorry." he stepped towards Skylar and held her hands again. "It's not your fault. I don't wanna hear that again, okay?"
Skylar reluctantly nodded. "Okay." She was wondering why no one else joined in their conversation.
"So, um, Skylar, since this is the last time we're seeing each other, can I tell you something?" Ross asked.
Skylar nodded, knowing where this was going, so Ross continued, "I...kinda...sorta... like you."
Skylar blushed, but she felt bad because she didn't feel the same way towards Ross. Well, she liked the band, but she didn't like Ross in that way. Her favorite in the band was Rocky.
It wasn't until a few seconds later that she noticed Ross leaning in. She started leaning in as well. No. She thought. No, Sky, stop. This is wrong, this is so wrong.
They were leaning in, and just as their lips were about to meet, Skylar whispered, "This is enough." They pulled away from each other, but were still holding hands.
"What do you mean?" Ross asked.
Skylar shook her head. "My lips are pure. I don't want to have my first kiss with the wrong person."
"What?" Ross asked again.
Skylar shook her head again. "My lips are pure. I'm sorry." she pulled her hands away from Ross. "I'm so sorry." She went and climbed halfway up the ladder.
"Wait!" Riker called.
Skylar turned around. "Yeah, what?"
"Are all of us going to get separated?" Riker asked.
Skylar sighed and nodded. "I'm sorry."
"Wait, how about these food wraps and jackets? I kinda caught on to the fact that Jedd's your dad, so what if he found out that you helped us?" Rydel asked.
Skylar shook her head. "It doesn't matter now. He found out and caught me sneaking in, but he let me come here anyway. I really have to go, guys. I'm really sorry."
She went and climbed up the ladder until she reached up the hole. Then, she started taking the ladder up when she heard someone, probably Rocky, yell, "It's not your fault."
She sniffed and put the ladder back in its place, then closed up the hole. Right after, she whispered, "That's not what I'm sorry for. I'm sorry for what's going to happen."
Jedd appeared from a corner of the room then grabbed his daughter's shoulders. "Did you do it?" he demanded.
Skylar nodded and let her tears fall again. "Yes. They'll all be unconscious in five minutes, except Ratliff. The others will be unconscious for six hours."
Jedd smiled and kissed Skylar on the forehead. "That's my girl." He stroked her hair once, before roughly pushing her to the wall and then walking away.
Skylar slid down the wall and softly cried. "I'm so sorry, guys. I'm so sorry."
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" Laura yelled right after watching the video. "NO! I'M NOT GONNA BELIEVE THIS BULL-! THIS IS NOT RIGHT! THIS IS NOT F-ING HAPPENING! I'M NOT GONNA BELIEVE A D- ABOUT THIS! STUPID! F-ING! BULL-ING! BA-!"
"Laura, please calm down." Raini calmed. "You don't usually cuss, so please calm down."
Laura went on full on sobbing. "I just- I don't wanna lose them, Raini! You heard what they said on the video! We'll never see them again!"
Calum put a hand on Laura's shoulder in a comforting manner. "They'll come back. Trust me, they will."
Laura shook her head. "No, they won't. They won't come back. I just know it."
As soon as the hole closed, everyone turned towards each other, and Ross came back to the group. "Did she just..?" he asked.
"Sorry, Ross." Rocky said.
"No, I meant, did she just say that we're getting separated?" Ross corrected.
"No." Riker said firmly. "We won't. I'm not going to let us get separated. No way."
"But there's nothing you can do." Rydel argued.
"She's right. I mean, Riker, look at yourself. You won't be able to defend us." Ratliff agreed.
"Well, would you at least let me try? Or would you rather get separated from everyone for, I don't know, forever?" Riker snapped.
"Rik, please, not now." Ryland said, trying to ease out their communication.
"What do you mean; not now?" Riker almost yelled. "We're gonna get separated and you're saying 'not now'?"
"Riker, please don't. Yelling's not going to help us." Ross stated.
"I'M NOT YELLING! I'M GOING TO GET US OUT! DON'T ARGUE WITH ME ON THIS! NOW LISTEN TO ME!" Riker yelled.
Ross gasped and tears brimmed his eyes. He shrunk back and crawled into Rydel's arms. Riker just yelled at him, and in a way that hurt him mentally.
*Flashback*
"Get up and stand on that corner!" A man yelled at Ross.
"No, please, what do you want? Why are you invading out school?" Ross asked.
"JUST DO AS I SAY! DON'T ARGUE WITH ME ON THIS! SAY ONE MORE WORD AND I'LL SHOOT YOU! NOW LISTEN TO ME!" The man began to say various things as Ross reluctantly went to the corner that he was told to go.
*Flashback over*
"Ross?" Rydel asked, shaking her little brother as he stared into space. "Ross, what's wrong?"
When Ross didn't answer, everyone, including Riker, looked at him.
"Ross? Ross, what's wrong? Ross?" Rydel shook her brother again.
Riker went over to him. "Ross? Ross, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell at you. Ross, I'm sorry. Please tell us what's wrong."
Ross still didn't answer, so Rydel slowly sat Ross up and gently shook him again. "Ross?"
Suddenly, Ross fell onto Rydel's lap, causing her to yelp in surprise, but she eventually calmed down and stroked his hair. "Ross?" she noticed that his eyes were closed. "Ross? Oh My God! Ross? ROSS! Ross, wake up! ROSS!"
Everyone started yelling his name and tried to wake him up, but that didn't work. Then, one of the voices stopped and a small thud was heard.
"Guys?" Ratliff called.
Everyone looked at him and saw that he was pointing towards an unconscious figure on the ground; Ryland.
Rocky then crawled over to him and started shaking Ryland. "Ry? Wake up! Ryland? Ry? Ry! Wake up!" Right after that, Rocky himself passed out, then Rydel, and finally, Riker.
"What. Is. Going. On?" Ratliff asked himself, completely weirded out.
The hole suddenly opened and Jedd climbed down the ladder that was immediately put there. "Oh, so it took less than five minutes?" he mumbled.
"You did this to them? Wait, why is nothing happening to me?" Ratliff asked.
Jedd smirked. "First, Skylar did this to them. Second, I'm gonna need you to come with me." With that, Jedd grabbed Ratliff roughly and pulled him towards the ladder. "Get up there!" he ordered.
Ratliff reluctantly did as he was told and when he reached up the hole, he gasped. "Skylar? Alyssa? What are you..? Skylar, why?" he asked.
Skylar was crying, but she looked at Ratliff. "I'm sorry. I really am."
"I can't believe you." Ratliff said, shaking his head disapprovingly as he was lead away.
"I'm sorry!" Skylar's voice called from behind him, but he chose to ignore it.
When Ratliff was out of sight, Alyssa turned towards Skylar. "What are they going to do to him?" The younger girl asked.
Skylar sobbed. "They... they're gonna k-kill him."
"What?" Alyssa gasped.
"His parents wasn't able to be contacted, and Mr and Mrs Lynch didn't have enough money. So now they're killing him." Skylar explained, still dropping her tears.
"No!" Alyssa cried. "They can't! No!"
"Ssh, please don't make noise, Ally. Or we'll get in trouble. Ssh." Skylar hugged her sister and rubbed her back.
"Dad's going to do the same to him as he did to mom and Lily?" Alyssa asked.
Skylar nodded. "There's nothing we can do. Nothing."
A/N:
Oh no, what's going to happen? Lol is this angsty enough? Can't say much right now. Btw, if you're all wondering why I keep updating much right now, it's because after this update, I can't update as much, so...
R&R please!