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MAJOR! SPOILER FOR LIES: I am re reading the books, and I got thinking, at the end when Astrid tried to get Mary away from the kids and everyone told her she could not do that. They must have felt stupid when they saved the kids just before going over the cliff with Mary. Serious "I told you so" moment.

Also, I am SO annoyed! Someone put the plot of "Plague" on Wikipedia and I want to read it but I do not want to have any spoilers before I read the book! Damn! Just one more week! Just one more week!

Strawberry-fluff: Np, I am really into the Gone series at the moment and with the next book coming in a week I should be even more into it!
Atchair: I have to wait another WEEK for Plague! :( I wanna read it and I am desperately trying not to read any spoilers! Anyway, thank you again, lol loving your reviews. My personal favourite book is Hunger cause I like how the darkness uses Caine :D

Chapter Ten: "Are We Going To Save Sam Or what?"

He was just about to sit down and eat when someone just popped up in front of him so quickly that Sam nearly spilled his dinner down his front. He jumped to his feet and rose his hands only to have Taylor stare at him, barely centermeters away from his own face. Sam's hand, still held out only it passed Taylor and pointed at the wall behind of her, sheepishly fell back down to his side and he gave a weak grin before sitting down again, just beginning to relax. It was only then that he spotted the worried and anger look on her face.

"What is it?" Sam asked, frowning up at her.

"What do you think?" Taylor shouted, almost as if she was angry at him "Caine's! Kidnapped! Lana!"

Sam froze on the spot, he dropped the fish he had been holding back onto the table and stared at her like she had just grown a second head. He had a strange feeling inside of him. He was not sure... But he felt strange, as if he had been expecting it. He was not surprised that Caine had betrayed them even after they helped him, but he still felt awful and just as angry as Taylor looked. For a moment he was almost surprised that he was NOT surprised, like he should have trusted his brother... But then it was still Caine...

"Show me" Sam stood up, hands on the table, leaving the fish for Astrid, or her to give to Little Pete or Mary or even just John.

Just as they ran out the house, Taylor bouncing along ahead of him, disapearing and appearing a few feet ahead, Sam heard Astrid calling him. He ignored her. The last thing he needed was one of her famous looks, "I told you so" mixed in with the words "if we lose Lana, it will be you fault, Sam". He knew it was all his fault and he did not need Astrid pointing it out to him!

"Up there!" Taylor pointed at the hotel, or just next to sit where a visible sight of tiny figures moving, but they were so small that he wasn't sure if he was seeing them or not.

"Alright, go and get Edilio and maybe some of his soilders if you can. You shouldn't worry too much" once they heard Caine was involved they would definately want to help shoot him down. Especally if the healer was in trouble as well.

"Yes sir, meet you up there" Taylor winked at him, grinning, eager to help take Caine down.

"No! Stay away! You could get hurt!" Sam snapped

"Should I go and call Brianna back then?" Taylor asked slowly, wincing slightly

"YES!" Sam yelped, Brianna could be killed!

"OK then" Taylor bounced and Sam began to run towards the hotel.

He stumbled and had to ignore a lot of questions from other kids as well as from himself! But it was not as bad as he thought it would be. Sam was tempted to check up on the rest of the Coates kid but gave up, they were probably with Caine in the first place, why waste time on a hunch? So he just pushed on. At one point Edilio joined him but he said nothing, just loaded his gun and ran beside of him, a few other people joined him but most were either not listening to Taylor or heading there on their own. Sam's vote was for the second one.

Sam could not believe he had been so stupid! He had let Caine into Perdido Beach and risked everyones lives! And now they were going to lose Lana because of it! Sam was so angry at himself he almost slowed down just to slap himself. After he had seen Caine so badly injured and pitiful, he had to help him, he was his brother! He felt practically guilty because his mother had chosen to keep him and give Caine up where he then went to an awful boarding school. It was pity and guilt that made Sam help him, but now he knew, you should not pity people like Caine. They should be hated instead!

"Move!" Sam snapped as a few men stalled, seeing there were more people than they expected to be with Caine.

A few people rose there guns. Before they had a chance to fire, someone knocked the guns right out of there hands, one by one, kicking them away so that Drake's men could grab them first, they were so shocked that none of them tightened there grip on there guns.

"What the..." Sam began then remembered sharply "Bug!"

Bug reappeared further down beside of an unconsious Lana and... and Sam saw him... Drake, holding Caine against him. Caine was shivering, crying softly as if he was in some kind of pain.

"Drake! Let him go!" Sam demanded, suddenly realizing, people had it wrong. Caine was not the one that did it, it was Caine. His brother was innocent. All thoughts of hating Caine disapeared in that instant.

"Make me" Drake snickered, he was suddenly tempted to drag Sam along too. Couldn't hurt, after all. He whispered to the guard beside of him "Take Sam, whenever and however you can" Then he turned and began to leave, taking Caine and Lana with him. Bug was picking Lana up and slinging her over his shoulder casually.

"Wait! Drake!" Sam screamed, hands up, but they would do no good. Not only would he not his Drake but he would hit Lana and Caine! And what would that do for them?

"Go on, Sammy, I dare ya" Drake smirked turning and facing him, Caine lying in front of him.

Sam shivered, slowly lowering his hands back down to his side. Then Edilio was stepping forward raising his gun, a gun he had hidden in his pocket and he held on tightly so Bug could not disapear and knock it out of his hand, but he did not shoot. Sam looked around but he could not see Bug anywhere... Hadn't he just been holding Lana? Now Lana was in the arms of some large bulkier guard.

"Take Caine for all we care. But leave Lana. Powers do not work but I am pretty sure a gun will" Edilio snapped

"Try, Edilio, I have more men, some with powers others with guns. What are the chances they'll hit you before you hit me?" Drake was loving every minute of this.

It was as if the whole world was put on pause. No one moved and no one spoke. Guns were held out but not fired. Smiles, like Drake's shark one, held its place and did not so much as twitch. They were having a staring contest with one another, daring the other side to make the first move, wanting to fight but too afraid what would get hit in the cross fire.

Then Drake turned and began to walk away, carrying the shaken and shivering Caine. Lana was carried along behind of him...

... And there was nothing any of us could do about it...

"We need to do something" one of the guards snarled

"Like?" another demanded

"We can't let them get away with the healer!"

Sam couldn't take it anymore. Darting forward he ran after Drake. A few people shouted at him to come back, the rest all cheered him on and tried to follow. Sam was not sure if they managed to follow him, because a lot of the guards moved forward to stop him, only one managed to reach Sam and then he just let him pass. Any other time Sam would have been curious, but for now he was just angry and wanted to throw Drake down!

Just as he reached them he saw them climbing into a large van. Lana was lying down in the back, a guard was in the diver seat with a small gun, another was in the back with Lana, tying her up and Drake, he was in the front and holding Caine on his lap like a baby. Caine's head on his shoulder, still whimpering and crying softly in tight pain. His head was still burning and he only had one comfort so he clung to Drake desperately.

Sam ran at them desperately, running and jumping into the van, tackling the other guard down and rolling away from the unconsious Lana.

Just as he went to Lana's side he heard Drake scream "NOW!"

The doors of the van slammed shut and Sam was locked into darkness. Sam shouted and stood when the van began to move, he lost his balance and fell back down to the ground, knocking his elbow on the hard metal surface.

"What the!" Sam gasped, sitting up

"Hold on tight, Sammy" Drake called back.

"What are you doing, Drake?" Sam screamed, standing but the van turned sharply so he fell and collided with the wall of the van.

"Just hold on tight" Drake repeated

Sam growled and rose his hands up "Let me go or a blow a hole in the door!"

"I wouldn't do that if I were you" Drake snickered

"Why not?" Sam growled, normally he would have ignored him but there was something in the way he spoke that made Sam pause.

"The doors and walls, floor and ceiling are all made out of a special material, it will bounce around. Might not be too bad for you but the healer is unconious so she wont be able to heal you or herself" Drake laughed nastily.

Sam paused then reached over and grabbed the guard in the van, he was young, eleven maybe... he had knocked his head was in a daze. The minute Sam grabbed him he lashed out but it was pointless when Sam's hand was held out in front of his face.

"Let me go or I'll kill him!" Sam screamed

"We both know you wont, and even if you do, what will I care? I have plenty of other people" Drake said. He said it in such a bored voice that it shocked Sam for a moment. After a long moment of silence he heard Drake laugh loudly "Just sit back and wait Sam, you'll be out of there soon enough"

Sam scowled and grit his teeth together tightly. He had no choice.

Up front, Drake smirked when he heard Sam stop fighting. He looked down at Caine. The tears were slowing down but they were still coming.

Drake reached up and wiped the tears away with his thumb, then ran his gently over his lips.

He smirked to see his collar was still firmly in place. His pet either left or forgot about it. Drake looked up and waited in silence...

Back at Perdido Beach

The guards had tried but they were all knocked away, kept from helping Sam. Then they heard him shout, the minute he was shouting Drake's men turned and dived into the neast cars, driving off with no explanation. No one had actually known that they had kidnapped Sam until a few moments later when Edilio put the pieces together.

By then it was too late.

The worse part was probably having to explain to everyone else what had happened, especially Astrid. Everyone stared at them as if they should have done something to save Sam. Taylor and Brianna sat, Brianna had an ice pack on her head. Neither said anything but both of them were shaking with anger. Dekka was cursing the day Caine Soren was even born. Only a few people actually blamed Drake.

They all hated Drake, probably more than Caine, but they had not saved Drake, not invited him to stay with them. Brianna and Taylor know what they saw, Caine had been the one to knock Lana unconsious and so he had been the one to help Drake kidnap her. They HAD given him a place to stay and saved him.

After that had happened, Astrid asked about Diana, Penny and Panda.

They sent people over but no one had seen them. If they had gone with Drake and the others after kidnapping the healer then they hid well because no one had actually seen them.

After a while Dekka asked the question that was on all of there minds.

"So, are we going to save Sam or what?" Dekka scowled

No one answered her, they were all waiting for an answer as much as she was.

Then finally Taylor stood up, she gave a short glare at Astrid for not doing this sooner "We save him of course!"

"But..." a young child soldier whimpered "But what about Drake?"

"What about him?" Brianna's turn

"He's too strong for us! Now even the freaks wont work!" the boy sobbed

"We have to try" Astrid mumbled then shouted louder "We MUST try! Sam is the strongest one of all of us and the most chance and defeating Drake in the first place, or anyone else for that matter." she tried her hardest not to look at Zil and his crew.

"But..." the boy began again

"Shut it!" Taylor snapped "No one is asking you to go! So stay out of it" she turned to face the council "I volenteer to go and help"

"Me too!" Brianna said so fast a few people didn't understand her and gave her odd looks.

"I'm in" Dekka nodded stepping up beside of them.

"I'll go" Edilio and two of his men stepped forward, all holding there guns up. Astrid recognised them as Eric and Liam.

Astrid stared at them, she stepped down and walked up to them "This is going to be dangerous for all of you"

"We know that" Edilio smirked

"I wish I could come..." Astrid mumbled

"Don't" Brianna put a hand on her shoulder and grinned "You'd be pretty useless there. But you'd be plenty of use here. Don't worry, we'll bring your boyfriend back in one piece"

Astrid stared at her and smiled, grateful tears filled her eyes and she sniffed, quickly wiping them away and nodding her head quickly in her thanks. She would have said it but she was afraid that her voice would seeze up in the middle of her sentence. Brianna and her shook hands quickly before Astrid apointed Edilio in charge.

Then, everyone else watched as the group turned and made there way towards the end of the street. They would need to use a car but then it would be down to there own two feet to get in and get Sam out.

Back at Coates

It was very bright when Caine woke up. He felt hot but some reason shivered, prising his eyes open to see Drake was in the bathroom, dipping a white piece of cloth in the sink. Caine looked around and gave a small yawn before he rubbed his eyes and looking around the room. He looked down at himself and realize that he was completely naked! His body covered in sweat and his heart racing as he realized, he was naked and Drake was next door!

Suddenly Drake was above him, sitting by the bed and wiping down his face with the cloth. He took a sharp intake of breath but then relaxed, the cold water on his hot skin felt good.

"Good to have you back, pet" Drake whispered

Caine shut his eyes and let Drake wiped down his face. Then he felt the cloth dab at his neck... Shoulders... Chest...

"Stop!" Caine gasped, trying to sit up but everything burned

"Shh" Drake leaned forward and kissed him

It was like the one before, softer and sweeter than normal. Caine did not react, he felt Drake push him down and climbed on top, laying over him and kissing him.

Caine reached up, placing his hands on his shoulder and trying to push him off but his body was too weak and he could barely straighten his arms.

Drake ignored him and pressed his full weight down, kissing him deeply. He slipped his tongue into the kiss and gave a small smile as Caine whimpered against him. Then he pulled back sharply and trailed kisses down his chin and down his neck. He nibbled on small parts of the skin and smiled when Caine hissed or whimpered. He loved watching Caine fight but he loved it even more when Caine fought against him but he still got his way.

"Hold still" Drake whispered, he felt hot and pulled his shirt off, leaned down and kissing Caine again.

"No! Stop!" Caine mumbled, turning away "I won't. You can't make me."

"Oh, can't I?" Drake smirked, leaned down and kissing his neck.

"No! Diana's not here! You can't black mail me!" Caine shouted

"How do you know she isn't here?" Drake smirked as Caine froze, he nibbled on a soft spot of his collar bone.

"You... Don't..." Caine shivered

"Yes I do" Drake lied "Now... Hold still"

Caine stared at him, he shut his eyes and cringed as Drake kissed him again. This time, he chose not to fight back.

"Don't worry" Drake whispered "I have another pet, but you'll always be my favourite"

Somehow Caine was not comforted by that thought.

TO BE CONTINUED

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