A.N.- I'm back. Apparently people didn't necessarily like the last two chapter it was the lowest reviews I had gotten yet. But I do thank all who did review, favorite, and follow. You inspire me, and this chapter is for you. I'll see you on the other side.


Maya had reached new levels of panic. Riley was nowhere to be found, she had checked all the floors and main areas multiple times. She hated to admit it, but she needed back up. She ran up to the door and knocked frantically, Lucas opened the door.

"Maya, what are you"-

"Where's Farkle?" The worriedness was evident in her voice, Farkle instantly showed up at the door without hesitation.

"Gale Force 9." Maya stated as a fact. Farkle's face drained. It was a code system that the two had developed for the Riley Protection system. Lucas looked between the two.

"What's going on?" Farkle turned suddenly towards Lucas.

"You gots to go." Lucas's face looked perplexed.

"Farkle," he tried to interject.

"You gots to go." Farkle repeated as he pushed him in the room and closed the door.

"She's gone Farkle." Panic edged her voice.

"What?" Maybe he hadn't heard her right.

"She's not anywhere in the resort." Blood withdrew even more in his face. Lucas opened the door not exactly thrilled with the way his friends were acting. He intended to get answers from the two.

"Guys."

"Stay there." It was an order. Farkle didn't knows what Lucas would do if he found out Riley was missing. When it came to Riley, Lucas tended to stay on the more irrational side.

"We need to find Mr. Matthews." Maya whispered trying to avoid the prying eyes of Lucas. Unfortunately for the two, Lucas heard them, he knew something was wrong. As Farkle and Maya ran off to find Cory, Lucas; against orders, followed.


"Mr. Matthews!" Cory whipped around surprised that Maya was out past curfew. He left the other chaperones and pulled the two aside.

"Maya, Farkle, you know the rules, you can't be out past curfew."

"Something's happened to Riley." Maya's voice dripped in urgency. Cory's mouth became agape praying that he misheard her.

"What?" All three turned to see Lucas standing in the doorway; so much for secrets.

"Lucas." Maya stepped forward addressing him.

"Maya, if something happened to Riley, I need to know."

"Thanks Maya, I'll let them know." Cory hurried off leaving the three kids to find the ski patrol emergency staff. Maya tried to leave, but Lucas grabbed her shoulder.

"Maya, what's happening?"

"Riley is missing." Lucas's face grew a pale white.

"Missing." Maya saw the panic start to spread across his face.

"We need to find her"- Lucas was about to bolt when Maya grabbed his arm.

"Lucas you can't go out in the storm."

"But Riley"-

"Will be alright. Mr. Matthews is telling the ski lodge patrol they will find her." Lucas's muscles seem to relax, but the intensity was still in his eyes. Maya released him.

"I hate feeling useless." He gritted his teeth. What if the storm came in and they found her too late. He shook his head; he couldn't afford to think like that.

"Come on Farkle."

"Where are you going?" Maya shouted at the two retreating figures.

"To wake up every guy on our floor to see if anyone has seen her." Maya felt her knees go weak after they walked away. She had to be the strong one, the level headed one. Her body collapsed in a chair as her thoughts ran like wildfire. Riley wouldn't have done anything stupid after their fight would she?

An unsettling feeling dropped to the pit of her stomach. Riley better be ok, because Maya didn't know how she would deal with the loss of her best friend.


Riley was losing hope. At first she tried not to, but as time passed it was less likely that they would make it to her in time. The pain in her leg had subsided for the most part if she didn't move it. There wasn't much that she could do, but let her mind wander; it blocked out the cold entering her body.

Farkle would miss her; he would be the silent type that would let her death destroy him from the inside. She knew he cared for her. She would miss Smackle and his wedding and them taking over the world. She half smiled, the world would be better under Farkle's rule. She was sure of it.

Maya would grieve openly. She could always put her pain into her art Riley had no doubt that Maya would go on to bigger better things with or without her. She tried to suppress the thought of Maya missing her because it was painful. Plus it was hard to stay mad at her when the thought of dying was so prominent.

Lucas...His name warmed her heart. She was scared of death that she would lose him out of her life, but now she was on the front door of death, and she didn't act on her feelings. She thought she could distract herself with Charlie, but in the end he wasn't Lucas. When she kissed him, she expected to feel something, even if it wasn't a summer's rain, she expected her stomach tied in knots. She felt nothing. She was going to tell Maya that when the fight occurred, she hoped that her best friend would be excited for her. It was the moment that she realized her true feelings towards Lucas.

'If I get out of this alive, I'll revisit our relationship.' She promised herself. She knew she was never guaranteed another day but she knew it wasn't her time.

"God, help me." She whispered.


"What if she"-

"Farkle, you're not helping right now." Lucas snapped. Lucas was starting to get frustrated, no one had seen Riley. Some of the student didn't know who she was. He was starting to give up hope, but it wasn't an option. They still had three rooms and they could still know something. Lucas pounded on the door, few seconds later a sleepy Yogi answered.

"Lucas?"

"Yogi, have you seen Riley?"

"Last time I saw her she was heading to the slopes." Lucas's hear dropped. So Riley was out in the storm, his Riley was in severe danger.

"Friar." Luca's eyes shot up to meet Charlie.

"What are you doing?"

"Looking for information about Riley; she's missing." Charlie's smirk faded.

"Where you should start is Maya."

"Maya?" Lucas repeated.

"Yeah, she was probably one of the last ones to see Riley."

"What?" Lucas had to suppress his anger but he felt betrayed by one of his best friends.


"Maya!" The blonde turned to see the boys, a worried smile on her lips. She ran up to them.

"Did you find out anything?"

"Probably too much so." Farkle replied.

"Maya, why didn't you tell us you saw Riley before she disappeared?"

"Because we got into a fight, ok?" She snapped at the two before her eyes softened.

"Sorry, it was a bad fight." She wouldn't go and do something dangerous would she?

"But you're Riley and Maya, you two would figure stuff out." Maya shook her head.

"She gave back the ring." Farkle's eyes widen.

"Not ring"-

"Power." Maya finished sadly. A silence fell between the trio. Lucas was the first one that could bring himself to speak.

"Maya, how did Charlie know you were the last one to see her?" Maya tried to keep a straight face but it faltered the tiniest bit.

"She was with him wasn't she?" Maya's lack of response was Lucas's answer.

"Oh." His voice was completely dejected.

"Lucas, that's not the bad part," Maya said hesitantly.

"What's the bad part?" He asked.

"Our fight was about you two. " She had officially caught his interest.

"I caught Charlie and her kissing." She watched Lucas's heart break one second at a time.

"Lucas," She reached out for his arm but he brushed past her and kept walking.

"I need some air."


"We were just talking and then she kissed me," Charlie bragged to his buddies. Lucas's fists bunched up, but then he saw Riley's face in his head.

'Don't lose control,' he unclenched his fist.

"Hey Friar, did you hear? Riley and I are on our way to becoming the next big power couple." Lucas tried to ignore him, but it was like rubbing salt in the wound; he couldn't ignore it for long.

"So this is what it is to be like to be you. Must be hard to watch the girl you like treat you like the brother you are. Don't worry though I'll take good care of her." The blonde haired boy pushed him against the wall and raised his fist hovering over Charlie's face.

"Go ahead Friar, you know you want to. It's the brotherly thing to do." His fist flinched taking aim.

'Lucas stop,' Riley's voice rang through his head.

"Mr. Friar," He froze then dropped his fist to see Cory Matthews.

"Come with me." His classmates let out some oohs as he passed them. Cory took him to the other room.

"Are you dealing with it the right way Lucas? I can't save you every time the anger gets the better of you."

"I wasn't asking you to." He snapped back.

"Lucas, I know you're worried about Riley"-

"This is your fault." He pointed his finger at Cory.

"If you didn't tell me to take a chance with Riley-And now she's out there. I feel useless here. I should be out there." Lucas angrily rambled not connecting any of the dots in-between.

"No Lucas, it's not safe." Cory's heart was breaking for the teen.

"I don't care!" Lucas yelled. Cory wrapped his arms around him. Over the year Cory had developed a soft spot for Lucas. He knew that the boy cared very much for his daughter and would treat her right.

"She'll be fine Lucas." Cory repeated over and over again hoping that if he repeated it enough, it would be true.


Riley's body was getting colder. The snow was falling at a more rapid pace. She had given up yelling, for she realized it was futile. She felt her body shutting down, her vision was becoming blurry. All she could think of was friends and family. If she wasn't trying to prove anything then she wouldn't be in this mess.

"Over here." She heard voices in the distance. No she must be dreaming, this couldn't be happening, but then she heard it again. She tried to yell and lift her hands, but they were completely numb. She started to black out. The last thing Riley Matthews saw was people headed in her direction before she blacked out.


A.N.- Poor Lucas. He finds out the girl he loves is missing and dying in the storm then with Charlie and feeling useless. But Riley is found. :) Only a couple more chapters. On the last one I'll post a couple different story ideas for my next story and you guys can vote. Please Review, Fav, Follow.

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