What's Cookin' in the Kitchen?

Chapter 10 - Capture

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A/N: I own nothing, except the characters you don't already know.

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Cody watched his brother drop from sight, and then he followed. They had dropped into the boy's restroom that much they could tell; however, they needed to go outside into the hallway to figure out just exactly where that was. Cody stayed right on Zack's heels as they peered out the doorway to see if anyone was around. They didn't see anything, so they started out the door, listening for footsteps or voices in the distance.

As they walked down the hallway they started checking out the doors to see if they could tell where they were. As they came upon the first classroom they could see that they were in the wing of the school that had been shut down. That made them feel a bit safer, however they also knew that they had people looking all over the school for them.

"Hey Codes, do you think we could find something to eat before we go back up in the tunnels?" Zack whispered to his little brother. "We missed lunch and I skipped breakfast this morning."

"I guess so, but I don't know if there is anything still available in this wing. We don't want to get too close to civilization you know."

"Yeah if we don't find anything on this hallway we will just go back up and keep searching. What time is it anyway?"

Cody checked his watch, "It's only one fifteen, we still have two hours before school is out. Do you think we should call Mom?"

"I don't think so not yet, we still have a shot of getting out of here without getting caught." Zack replied.

"You really don't think we'll get caught?"

"I don't think the teachers will be able to catch us…" Zack started.

"But what about if they called Skylar's men. That thought scares me to death Zack. They may be waiting for us outside, how are we going to get home. Should we even go home?"

"Cody, relax man, we will get out of this. Have a little faith."

Zack had no way of knowing, because it was so quiet, but they were being watched as they looked for the vending machine.

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Just around the corner was the well-dressed man that Zack had peeked at in the storage closet. The man was hiding from them, just as he knew they would be from him if things were reversed. He was content to just watch them for now; at least he finally knew where they were. Besides he couldn't get back to his hiding place with them wandering around his wing of the school anyway.

After he got the call from Nurse Candle earlier, he was incensed. He got over it fairly quickly however; as he knew they wouldn't get very far. His associates would be able to find them since the incompetent teachers couldn't seem to; really two teenage boys shouldn't be that much trouble. So as he watched, he was wondering what he was going to do with them since he was taking his business out of the country over the weekend. Contrary to popular belief he really didn't like having people killed, especially when he could force them to work for him.

He was sure he would need a couple of runners when he got there, and since there were two of them he could use that in his favor. He would only send one out at a time to make sure that his orders were being followed; he would keep the other one with him for insurance. If it worked out he might just keep this school on his payroll and start a new business…

He decided to watch them for a little longer before he called his men to come and get them. He was curious at how close they seemed to be, considering they were brothers. He and his siblings were never that close when he was growing up, in fact it seemed that all they did was argue. Watching these brothers, he wished that he had been closer with his family. All they wanted from him now was either to get money from him, or most just disowned him for what he had chosen as his career. They didn't want to be associated with a known criminal.

He kept his eye on them for a little longer and decided as they found their vending machine that now was the time to text his help to come and pick up his new prize.

BOSSMAN: pick up 2 vending machine my wing ASAP

#1WEASEL: U Got It Boss, B There N 5

He looked up from his phone to make sure the boys were still there. One was leaning on the wall drinking a bottle of water, while the other was still trying to figure out what he wanted.

'Perfect, take your time.' He thought to himself as a satisfied grin formed on his face.

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"Come on Cody we gotta go, we don't have time to window shop." Zack smirked at his little brother.

"Ok I'm just having trouble deciding between the Peanut M&M's or the Snickers. I wonder… fifty… seventy-five… one twenty-five… fifty… sixty… seventy-five… two twenty-five… two seventy-five… yes, ok Zack I'm ready." He said as he put the coins into the machine and got both choices.

After the machine finished it's noisy operation, the boys heard a noise that they had been dreading, and it was getting closer.

"Cody, did you hear that?"

"Yeah I think its footsteps. We better run, big brother."

They took off at a full run, headed for the vent they came down from. They could hear the steps behind them getting closer, but both were too afraid to turn around and look.

"We have to hide or they are going to catch us." Cody whispered.

"I know lets try ducking in the girls room." Zack offered quietly. "They won't look there, and maybe we can get into that vent before they figure it out."

They ducked into the girl's room, forcing the door closed quickly and quietly. They heard the steps go past and then they stopped, but they stopped too quickly, telling them they were still close by.

'They went to the boys room.' Zack gestured to Cody.

"We have to hurry." Cody mouthed back.

Zack held his twin up so he could open the vent cover, all the while listening for more footsteps. Cody got it loose and put it inside the vent, crawled up into the shaft, he then turned and put his arm down for his brother to grab onto so he could pull him up, when all of a sudden he got yanked back out of the vent falling flat on his face.

When he looked up from the floor, he saw Zack standing where he left him glaring, a guy had a gun to his neck with one hand and the other over his mouth. He got really angry and started to get up and rush the guy holding his brother, he wasn't that big. He got shoved back down onto the floor so fast it knocked the air out of him. When he looked up again he saw the guy holding Zack shake his head indicating for him not to do that again. He also saw what hit him as he looked up, and up again.

It was a giant behemoth of a man whose huge arm shot out and yanked him up off the floor by his wrist. The man then grabbed him around the waist, threw him over his shoulder and started to carry him out of the girl's bathroom. Cody started trying to kick and hit the monster until the man grabbed his hands and held them down by his sides as he carried him on his shoulder. He could see Zack struggling to walk with the other man's arm now around his neck, as the other man was actually shorter than his brother, coming behind them.

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The two boys were taken down the hallway, thru a door that led down to the basement. As they went down the stairs they saw that the old school basement was different than they remembered. It looked like a luxury apartment. Both were shocked that all this was in their school and nobody knew, well almost nobody. They just stared at all the fine furniture and accessories. Zack didn't know that much about it except that it was really expensive, however Cody knew just exactly what brand and age everything was, and he could've quoted prices on how much each item cost. All together it all probably cost more than their mom could make in three years of working at the Tipton.

As they got deeper into the room, they were dumped onto a large brown leather sofa. Zack started to get back up and the man with the gun pointed it at Cody; that worked, he sat back down and just glared at him. They heard a noise and saw movement in the back of the room. When they turned to look, a man dressed in a chocolate brown Armani suit came walking towards them. Zack immediately recognized the man as the one that he had seen in the storage closet, although seeing him this close he could tell he was older than he first thought. He looked really old, probably in his forties at least, he thought to himself.

"You're the guy I saw earlier." He said to him earning him a whack on his left cheek from the Giant, snapping his head towards his brother.

Cody went to get up and Zack grabbed his arm. "I'm ok Cody."

"Glad to see one of you is starting to see the light." The man with the gun said with an evil grin on his face as he shoved the gun into Cody's chest, forcing him to scoot so far back into the couch it felt like it could swallow him. "Stay!"

"That's enough Weasel. I'm sure they have learned their lesson already, besides we don't want to offend our little guests now do we?" The man asked his associate.

"No Boss I guess we don't, not yet anyway." Weasel said glaring at the twins.

"I guess you are wondering who I am."

"No, we already know who you are." Zack spat back.

"Yes, you are Devon Skylar." Cody added.

"Well, aren't you two a couple of bright young men?" Skylar said to them. "I guess you know why you're here then."

"We were trying to help our sick friends." Cody told him as he looked sadly down at his lap. "I guess that's not going to happen now."

"Don't worry about your classmates, they will be fine as soon as Jeanine administers the antidote to them. I wouldn't want to harm any potential future customers.

"Our friends are smart enough not to get involved with someone like you." Zack angrily smarted off. He flinched as Weasel reached up to slap him; luckily Skylar stopped him before he got hit again.

"He's entitled to his opinion… for now." He told his thug. "I need you to go get that Nurse down here so she can administer the sedative to the boys. I don't need them wandering around the school causing anymore trouble."

"But Boss… "

"Don't worry Stu, I'm sure Tiny and I can handle these two."

The twins looked up at the enormous man and thought 'Tiny?' They both already knew just how strong he was, but the thought of being sedated terrified them both. There had to be something they could do to get out of this.

"By the way boys, I need to know something. What exactly did you do with the files you copied from Nurse Candle's computer? We can't let those get into the wrong hands now can we?"

They both just stared at him.

"Don't everybody speak at once now. Tiny." He said as he motioned for his gargantuan to help the boys think better.

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He wrapped one hand around Cody's throat and squeezed, just a little. Cody gasped as he started having trouble breathing, the man didn't cut his air off, he just made it really hard to breathe. He tried clawing the hand away with no luck, Tiny was just too powerful.

As Zack watched he thought the ogre was going to break his brothers neck. He jumped up to stop him, but Tiny just swatted him back down on the couch, like he was a bothersome fly.

"I'm sure there is something you want to tell me now, isn't there Zack?" Skylar asked.

"We didn't do anything with it, it's still on Cody's computer. Nobody knows it's there. Please let him go."

"Are you sure that is the only copy you have of my file?"

"Yes, please tell him to let go. Cody... are you ok?"

Cody was starting to turn red from not being able to breathe right. He tried to shake his head but the meaty hand around his throat kept his neck straight. He held his hands on Tiny's, if for no other reason than to support himself somehow.

"Zack…" He gasped out softly, tears falling down his flushed cheeks. He looked like he was going to pass out any second.

"Ok, Tiny that's enough we don't want him permanently damaged." Skylar said calling off his monster.

Tiny let go of Cody and he fell against Zack gasping for air. Zack had tears stinging the corners of his eyes as he comforted his little brother.

"I hope you were telling me the truth Zack, I can't always control Tiny the way I'd like to and he really hates it when people lie to me." The Drug Lord smirked at the older twin.

Zack felt a bruise coming up on his cheek. He then looked at his brother leaning against him still trying to catch his breath, a bruise starting to show up on his throat. He then turned his gaze towards Skylar giving him a dirty look, shifting to look fearfully up at the mammoth he saw him watching Cody with a content smile on his face. They had to get out of there quick, despite what Skylar told them about not wanting to kill them, he wasn't sure they would be able to survive Tiny.

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A/N: Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Thanks you guys for reading, hope you enjoy.