Sorry to everybody if the last chapter seemed rushed

Sorry to everybody if the last chapter seemed rushed. It was just that I wanted to finish it to warn you about the spammer known as Gema277 or something like that. I did notice however that my last update was my fastest update ever.

BTW, maybe you noticed that Cody died. He might be dead. He might not. I know I said I felt nice, but that was referring to the other stories on the polls, it was NOT referring to my story.

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Chapter 11

Do You Hear What I Hear?

Maddie's POV

Zack kneeled down beside Cody, crying. Tears were falling like rivers down his cheeks. His crimson, small lips were quivering. His face which had seemed so lively the first moment I saw it, was destroyed.

I had never seen anybody so broken before.

The van gave a large thump and Zack, Cody and I were jerked all over the van, hitting our heads, elbows and knees on the way. When the van seemed to regain place, a few screams from London followed and then everything was silent again, with the exception of the sound of the road below us.

Zack walked closer to Cody again and did everything he could to hug his lifeless body. He did not do a good job at it, for his hands were tied up behind his back. So the only thing he could do was hunch his shoulders forward and – in a way – hug his twin.

The minutes dragged on like hours and the deep, sad atmosphere around us seemed to – not evaporate – but become stronger, until it was a burden on top of Zack and me.

There was this one thing I wanted to tell Zack, and that was that he had to move on one day or another. But I guessed it was way too soon fro me to tell him that. Not even I could see myself moving on with Cody's death.

He and Zack were like my little brothers after all.

Before I even noticed, I was crying myself. I was not really crying.

Both Zack and I were crying. Cody was dead and there was nothing we could do. He was gone.

He was gone forever.

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A few minutes later we heard a dingle coming from the left side of the van. Zack and I both looked up and our eyes locked. There was this sound of a small bell tingling. Zack and I both knew it was a sound so familiar, we knew exactly where it came from.

"Do you hear what I hear?" I asked.

"Tippy!" Zack whispered.

Tippy the horse. Tippy had been one of the many adventured Zack and Cody had experienced together.

Mr. Tipton had this racist policy that anybody older that 55 had to retire from any job that had to do with his hotel line. Zack and Cody had offered to hide Tippy, but when things went out of control, this woman whose name I don't remember right now managed to abolish the policy and Tippy was saved from death from fatigue.

The sound that had come from was the jingle of the bell hanging from Tippy's neck.

Immediately, Zack and I then looked around for something sharp to cut the ropes on our wrists. We looked around and saw that there was this sharp object protruding from the bottom of the floor. It had probably come out of the tire when there was this big jerk of the car.

I then pressed my wrists to the object and moved my wrists down and up until my wrists were free from the rope. I then untied Zack and Cody and picked up Cody. When I headed for the door, I thought that the door could be locked.

"Maddie, Lucas is not necessarily the brightest crayon in the box, you know?" Zack said as he easily opened the door.

The road was dashing below us and there were no cars behind us. The only thing that was visible was the carriage that Tippy was carrying.

"Tippy! Come here quick!" Zack screamed over the roar of the engine.

Just as if it were magic, Tippy was actually running closer to us. Pretty soon, it was running right behind us.

"I'll jump first and I will try to catch Cody. I will help you get onto the carriage after I lay Cody in the seat!" Zack screamed.

I nodded and he jumped into the air. He managed to fall into the carriage, but that only caused Tippy to slow down, but only for a few feet. Soon the horse was where it was again.

Zack nodded as he extended his arms and flexed his muscles.

I nodded back at him and breathed in.

I took a few steps back and then watched the distance. After quick calculus, I ran three steps and then threw Cody to the carriage with all my force.

Zack luckily managed to catch him. He then laid him down on the carriage and extended his hand, expecting to help me when I fell to the carriage. He nodded again and I nodded back at him.

I took a few steps back and then ran the distance between me and the door. I jumped and fell on the carriage. I held Zack's hand and then he climbed on top of Tippy.

"Listen, Tippy, we need you to take us back to the Tipton." Zack whispered into Tippy's ear.

Tippy then gave an abrupt jerk and gave a sudden turn back the road it had gone through.

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Zack's POV

After a few minutes, Tippy got tired and began to slower the pace. It wasn't deadly slow, for we could already see the Tipton towering over the distance. I had climbed back to the carriage by now and was trying to help Cody heal his wounds, even though it wasn't any use now.

After a while, Maddie and I were cheering that we were close to safety. The Tipton had never seemed so precious, not after what had just happened. We were at least a mile from the Tipton when Maddie looked back behind the carriage and screamed.

There, heading towards us was the van, with London on the wheel.

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Sucky? I know. Please tell me what you think. This update beats the record for last update. Just telling you.