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Chapter 10

"I'm surprised he let in so easy," Haley mentioned.

"I told him," I wanted him to be there for his kid," responded Brooke.

"Wait," Haley stopped for a second. "What do you mean his kid?"

Brooke smiled; she finally let the cat out of the bag.

"I'm pregnant," admitted Brooke.

"Is it Luke's?" jumped in Peyton.

Brooke looked back at Peyton. Of course that would be her reaction!

"I'm not sure yet," she said quietly almost to herself.

Meanwhile…

"What do we do?" Nathan asked Joey. The watched Lucas's hunched over body in the thick snow as it rested calmly against a tree. They watched as the blood thirsty bear waited to attack.

"I don't know, if we startle the bear it might attack, but if we wait here it might attack your brother anyways," revealed Joey.

Nathan watched as the massive creature approached Lucas. It was a rug of black fur that neared about 10 feet tall and about 10 people wide. Dark beady eyes that matched its chocolate fur. Occasionally you could see the large rows of pointy teeth as it inhaled or exhaled. Neither Nathan nor Joey doubted the bear's superior strength.

"Should we distract it or something?" questioned Nathan.

"How in the hell should I know?" snapped Joey. "I'm no bear expert."

"Just figured since you live near here you must have had a run in with one before," commented Nate.

The bear walked closer to Lucas, its large wet nose smelling the air. It was identifying its next feast, as large or small as it may be. It sniffed the entire air around it before it began to purge against Lucas.

"I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING," insisted Nathan.

Joey grabbed him once more. "WAIT."

They both watched in amazement as the bear just sniffed Lucas. Nothing more!

"He might just be passing by and ensuring Lucas isn't a threat," told Joey.

It was true! The bear sniffed Luke up and down but to Nathan's surprise Joey was correct, it must not have been hungry! After mere moments of smelling the famished boy it just strolled off on its merrily old way. And to think Nathan thought he would have to fight the large creature.

Once the bear was out of sight both Nathan and Joey ran to Lucas's side. He was still sleeping as hard as a rock! They both flopped down on their knees beside him.

Joey placed his ear upon Luke's chest to ensure a heartbeat as Nathan shook him awake.

"He's alive," Joey insured. "His pulse is weak though."

"Luke come on wake up," Nathan shook Lucas hard now. He wasn't going to rest until his brother looked him in the eye at least.

Joey felt Lucas's forehead for a temperature, there definitely was a difference in heat between his head and the rest of his body.

"Lucas wake up!" shook Nathan.

Lucas opened his eyes faintly and squinted at Nathan.

"Thank god," insisted Nathan.

Lucas opened his eyes and saw an arrangement of blurs. He couldn't focus his eyes on anything but he could hear Nathan's voice. He remained silent for a while trying to focus on his brothers face. He just felt so numb, like it was all some horrible dream he couldn't wake up from.

"Lucas say something," ordered Nathan still shaking him.

Lucas now broke out in shivers. He couldn't control his body now that he was awake.

"Luuucas caaaaaan youuuu hear meeeeee," enunciated Nathan. He drug out the words as if Lucas were deaf.

"Shuuuuut up," Lucas croaked back at him kind of joking. He wanted to smile at his brother, he was happy he was there but given his current circumstance he decided not to waste what strength he had left.

"We have to get you out of here," rushed Joey.

Lucas whipped his head around. He hadn't noticed the other boy before.

"Don't freak Luke, he's a friend," promised Nathan

Lucas needed no more convincing than that, he trusted Nathan. It's not like he could have done anything anyways if the boy was some crazed murder. What would he do spit on him? It's not like he could feel below his waist anyways, it felt numb like before, the kind of feeling you have when your foot falls asleep.

"Can you walk?" asked Nathan unsure if what Brooke had told him was true.

Lucas just shrugged his shoulders, talking just irritated his sore throat.

"Let's sit him up first," said Joey. "It's getting late!"

Nathan looked up at the tops of the trees, he could barley tell one from another. It was getting darker by the seconds. He dreaded another night!

Meanwhile…

Larry sat beside the torched car; his eyes were fixated on the small black body bag next to the car however. She was dead, she burnt to death! It was his fault for not paying attention to the road!

"Mr. Sawyer may we have a word with you?" asked a young officer.

"If I said no would that stop you?" asked Larry clearly not in the mood.

The officer sighed and sat next to Larry on the side of the road. He tugged his jacket around his body due to the chill in the air.

"It was my fault," revealed Larry. "I wasn't paying attention to the road when it happened." He fiddled with the bandage around his leg. The paramedic had informed him it was only a hairline fracture but it hurt like hell!

"Were you intoxicated in any way?" asked the officer.

"No I just had my mind set on other things," he revealed.

"Like what?" the officer pressed.

"The whole reason we came out here is because were worried about our kids." told Larry not making eye contact with the man but instead keeping an eye on the body bag.

"Where are they?" he asked.

"They went to my cabin for the weekend and we fear that maybe something happened because we can't reach any of them," he insisted.

"Where is your cabin?" asked the officer.

"About another 20 miles up the road," he whispered.

"You know the snow storm cut out all the reception in the area they may be fine and you're just over reacting," the officer tried comforting. He knew the man had a lot on his mind.

"I have this bad feeling and so did they," Larry said finally looking the cop in the eye.

"Did you know her really personally?" the cop asked. "The woman who died."

"She was the mother of my daughters ex love," told Larry. "Her son is going to be crushed!"

Meanwhile…

Lucas choked violently as Nathan sat him upright. His lungs felt like they were bursting over and over. Lucas let out a faint cry as his entire body shook in pain and in chills. His face nearly rested in the snow as he spit what was out from his lungs. A spray of thick blood sprayed out of his mouth and stained the white glistening snow.

"Oh my god," worried Nathan.

Lucas looked down at the snow and wiped the dripping blood off his chin. His eyes started to tear up, he tried with all he had to hold them back. He didn't want to cry in front of them.

"He's spitting up blood," Nathan whispered in awe.

"Hypothermia has already set into his lungs!" noticed Joey. "It's only a matter of time before his body overheats or he looses too much blood."

Lucas leaned back against the tree again and glared at Joey out of the corner of his eye. He knew he wasn't doing well but he definitely didn't want to know the gruesome details.

"How long?" asked Nathan.

"Not long," worried Joey.

Meanwhile…

His truck is just beyond those trees Peyton told Brooke. It's not much farther!

"I hope he's still there!" prayed Haley.

"I just hope Nathan found Lucas and he's still ok!" worried Brooke.

"We all do," sighed Haley thinking about her husband.

They emerged out of the trees not long after. Thankfully Adam, Joey's father was still waiting there in his beat up old pick up.

At first sight of the three girls he jumped out his truck and began yelling.

"Where in the hell were you guys?" screamed Adam. "I told you not to be too long but instead you want to know how long you were? 37 minutes. If you want a ride you better hurry up and get your asses in my truck fast! Now where is Joey?"

"He went on with Nathan to find our friend Lucas," told Peyton. Brooke huddled in between the two girls; she really didn't like the new guy's attitude too much. She wondered why he was in such a hurry.

"WHAT!" yelled Adam. "We have to go!"

"Look Mr. who ever you are we appreciate you waiting and everything but what's ten more minutes to save another person's life going to harm you?" yelled Brooke. "My boyfriend is out there on the verge of dieing and all you care about is being on time to what ever shenanigan you have to attend. Have some class!"

Adam smiled and slowly approached her. "Unless you all want to drown to death I advise you to get you're asses on the back of my truck and pray we get to you're friends and my son before it's too late!"

"What does drowning have to do with anything?" screamed Brooke with her hands at her hips. "Unless that's a threat."

Peyton and Haley gave Adam a pleading glace and Haley sprung her hand across Brooke's mouth to shut her up."

"Good idea," Adam said glaring at Brooke.

"Hey what's the big idea?" muffled Brooke.

Haley and Peyton led Brooke quickly to the back of Adam's truck and to shut her up they quickly explained the situation about the breaking Damn near the bridge.

When all three girls sat on the back of Adam's flatbed Adam took off quickly down the dirt road towards his son and the others. He pressed the petal to the floor and sped off down the icy road.

Meanwhile…

"We understand fully but we can't let you pass the bridge Mr. Sawyer," informed the officer. "If you're kids left last night then there is no possible way that they could have crossed that bridge because we closed it off two nights ago."

"Where would they go then?" asked Mr. Sawyer now on edge after the accident.

"I don't know maybe they took a detour down one of these side roads or something," he said pointing at one of the dark streets on his left side. It was practically night time now. Only a small hint of light came from the sky.

"We'll can one of your officers help me search for our children?" begged Larry.

"We're all guarding the bridge right now, it will have to wait." insisted the officer. "Maybe you should have one of our officers give you a lift to a hotel or something down the road so you can rest. We'll look for your kids in the morning if they still don't show up. Or we can take you to the hospital to be with your friend."

"What if you're damn does break though and their down one of those roads and don't know," asked Larry. He was now on the verge of being an emotional train wreck.

The older heavy set officer just looked at him in sadness. He didn't know what to do at the moment. Should he follow orders and guard the road or follow his head and help this poor distraught man?

Meanwhile…

Lucas shook fiercely, he was so cold. His chest burned as did his throat.

"Lucas we need to get you to the hospital fast," worried Nathan. "Joey's dad said he'd give us a lift but we need to hurry. The damn in town is breaking as we speak."

"Just leave then, I'll just slow you down and you know it," insisted Lucas leaning against the trunk of the large tree. He wrapped his arms around his chest and shook in the freezing snow.

"Shit!" Joey said lifting up Luke's pants leg and looking at his discolored legs. "Look at the color of his skin. And look at his toes, their becoming frostbitten."

"Wow your intelligent!" mocked Lucas already aware of his legs. He also didn't want that pointed out so bluntly.

"Sarcasm it's a sign of fear," Joey said shooting a comment back at Lucas.

Lucas just rolled his eyes. "Leave Nathan, you shouldn't have come after me to begin with."

"You're my brother Lucas I'm not going to leave you behind!" he yelled.

"NO you would rather watch me die right!" he yelled back. "Those were your words if I'm not mistaken."

Nathan sighed. He was hoping Lucas forgotten his last crude comment. "Look I was angry when I said that. I don't want you to die Luke. I was just pissed because you hid your heart condition from all of us."

Lucas still glared at his younger brother.

"I'm sorry ok," apologized Nathan. "I didn't mean it."

Lucas sighed as well. "I guess I shouldn't have lied either but I didn't want to lose the game," he croaked.

"Well see my side then, I didn't want to lose my only brother!" commented Nathan.

"This is all very heart wrenching you know but you two can talk when were getting out of here ok," mentioned Joey. "We need to get Lucas out of here."

Nathan quickly stood up and grabbed onto Luke's left arm. Joey followed and grabbed Luke's right. They both attempted to stand him up. Luke's knees buckled underneath his weight however which forced Nathan to grab around his waist. "Luke try and stand up."

"I can't feel my legs," he groaned.

Joey let go of Luke's other side. He just stood there.

"Whoa!" yelled Nathan. "Don't let go yet."

Joey didn't respond he just stared ahead.

Nathan was busy trying to hold Lucas up so he failed to look ahead. "Joey grab onto him."

Joey just took a big gulp and stepped backwards.

"Nathan," Lucas began shaking more violently now. He had caught a glance of what Joey was staring at.

Nathan dropped Lucas down hard on the ground; he couldn't keep him standing in that position without the help of Joey especially now that Lucas was shaking even more. "What in the hell!" he yelled looking back at a trembling Joey and Lucas.

"Don't move!" warned Joey looking ahead with Lucas.

Nathan didn't listen though. He ended up turning around to see what the big fuss was about.

A load roar was heard as Nathan turned around and faced the 500 pound black bear. It stood on its hind legs looking down at the three guys. Nathan stopped dead in his tracks as did the rest of them.

"Anybody got any food?" asked Nathan stepping back slowly.

"Nope," answered Joey and Lucas in unison.

Lucas's heart pounded at an extreme speed now. If his heart decided to chill on him before it definitely wasn't now. It began to send sharp pains up and down his chest. He grabbed his chest hard, he felt like he was having a heart attack. A big teeth clenching bear would cause almost anyone a heart attack though, even those without heart problems.

"I thought it was gone," swore Nathan.

"It was here before?" freaked Lucas.

"As you were sleeping," smiled Joey. His body was pressed so hard against the tree now that he was probably bruising his back.

Lucas gulped. "Yep and it's come back for all of us."

Nathan stepped back and the large bear let out a mighty roar. He pissed his pants at that moment. His jeans now sported a big wet spot.

"Damn," he whispered to himself.

The large blood thirsty bear flopped down on four feet and raised its left paw in the air. Nathan knew there was no way out at this point! The bear clenched his claw and swung it at Nathan.

Before Nathan could get swung at however Lucas grabbed onto his leg and sent him plummeting to the ground. The angry bears paw just missed him!

Now the bear was even angrier.

Nathan crawled on his knees to where Lucas was at. He stuck his back upon the trunk of the tree and looked up at Joey who was now trembling as well!

How were they all suppose to get out of this one?

Meanwhile…

"I've known for a month now," told Brooke holding on the bed of the truck as Adam sped down the road looking for his son.

"Are you keeping it?" asked Peyton?

"Yeah," smiled Brooke. She wasn't sure before but she was now! She wanted to keep the baby and have it grow up in a big house near the water. Most of all she couldn't shake the feeling of her and Lucas raising the baby together. It was going to be so wonderful!

"I'll be here for support," insisted Peyton hugging Brooke around the waist.

"So will I!" insisted Haley hugging onto Brooke's other side.

"I need Lucas to be there too though," Brooke said sadly.

Haley sighed and hugged Brooke even tighter. "He will be Brooke! Nathan won't quit looking!"

Meanwhile…

The night was here finally and the three boys could barley see what was just in front of them. They could however see what was going to eat them alive. They hadn't taken their eyes off the large bear.

The large bear clenched its razor sharp teeth and growled loudly.

Lucas looked over at Nathan who was now crying. He didn't blame him because small trails of tears were coming quickly out his own eyes as well. They were all scared shitless but who could blame them?

The mighty bear raised its paw again. This time they were all trapped and none of them could escape unless they ran.

"NATHAN RUN!" shouted Lucas. He wasn't going to watch his only brother get clawed to death on the account of him.

"I can't," cried Nathan.

"Joey go!" screamed Lucas.

Before they all knew it the huge bear lashed its paw out at Nathan and Lucas. Nathan dove over his brother at instinct. Lucas saved him and since he couldn't save himself he had to do something.

The bear's sharp claws tore apart Nathan's arm. Excruciating pain came almost instantly.

Lucas knew what Nathan had done but he was too weak to have stopped him. He felt his brothers blood trickle down his cheek.

Joey looked down at Nathan and Lucas. He decided to do something before he was next! He picked up a large stick and threw it at the bear it smacked the beast hard against the face.

"ARRRRRR!" the bear growled. Now he was pissed!

"NATHAN GET LUCAS OUT OF HERE!" Joey screamed as he took off running through the dark woods. The bear trailed hungrily behind him!

Nathan got off Lucas and grabbed his arm tightly as the blood poured out.

"You're bleeding hard!" noticed Lucas staring at his brother's open wound.

"It's only a scratch," lied Nathan. Clearly it was much worse.

Lucas took a big gasp and began vomiting out chunks of puke. Splatters of hot chunky mush splattered all over the snow. It was joined with the same red substance that poured out Nathan's arm.

Will the boys be ok? Will Adam catch up with them? Will it be Deb or Karen that Larry joins at the hospital? Will things ever get easier for the group or just keep getting worse? Keep reading and find out! Dun…dun….dun….