A/N: She's baaaaaacckkk! Sorry 'bout the weirdness of last chapter. Girl/Boy/Family drama sucks. Don't worry, with the combined effort of Fifi, my siblings, my BFF, and Kay (one of my FF friends) I'm back! Now who's ready for chapter 13!

Responses to Chapter 11 Reviews:

Demi: Good. I have an irrational fear of Mary-Sues, so this story is freaking me out a little. So many OCs... so many opportunities for Mary-Sues.

Guest: Yes! Becca/Jaden! They're so cute! Thanks, your an AH-mazing reviewer.

Reader277: Me too. Have you noticed all of my updates are at like midnight? I'm sleep deprived often. CAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDDYYYYYYYYYYYY!

ane-cahill-39: I know, I've boarded my windows and locked the doors. Now all I can do is wait for you not to hate me anymore...

NInja Lover 2000: So are you still Tris? I know! It's spellcheck! I swear! I think I fixed it. Did you like Nat's POV in Chapter 12?

Asdfghjkl: I know. I love Jada anyways though, and I don't even know why.

KatnissCahill: HW is evil! EEEEVVVVIIIILLLL! Little Mermaidman for ya. Duh, Hope and Rebecca are meant to be best friends.

MyVeryWildImagination: Glad you liked it!

Chapter 12:

Perks of Being a Book Nerd: Yeah, Rose did pretty good. Except for that random line at the top of the page that I can't get rid of.

Reader277: I'M BAAACK! And I feel much better, thanks.

Epic Books: YOUR CRAZY TO THINK I CAN'T RECOGNIZE YOU'RE YOURS AND YOU'RES. Lol, I love intentional typos. They make me laugh. Uh yeah. Russ and Jaden are jerks. Big time. I laughed when I reread this and Maddie came in. Is that conceited of me?

anne-cahill-39: Because. Russ and Jaden got into a fight. Over girls. And guys' testosterone levels rise at times like that.

NInja Lover 2000: I UPDATED ON TIME! WITHOUT USING YOU AS AN EXCUSE TO MAKE MYSELF WRITE! THE WORLD IS EEEEEENNNNNNNNDDDDDDIIIIIIINNNNNGGGGG!

Guest (who I'm assuming is Demi): Yeah, Rose is nice like that. Luke and Taylor... not so much.

Panko: See? That's what I told her! HAHA ROSE! DENY IT NOW!

Okay. Another short chapter guys, sorry.

Disclaimer: I don't own the 39 clues or the Wizard of Oz and any of it's characters.

Lukas POV

Lukas dropkicked Chad, one of Isabel's workers. She had all but begged him to work on his martial arts skills since he was out in the field so much. And Lukas was all but powerless to resist the only family he had left, especially when she was that worried about him.

"Ah! There's my fierce warrior!" Isabel cooed, giving him an air hug since he was so sweaty.

"Hey Isabel," he muttered, trying to escape his grandmother's cooing.

"Did I do the car bomb right?" Lukas asked while gulping down a water bottle.

She grinned her slightly maniacal grin, "Yep. Excellent job, Lukie!"

"Sweetness. Anything else for me to do?" he asked.

"Yes, actually, there is. It's time for the master plan to get rid of those inferior peasants once and for all!" Isabel threw her head back and gave a laugh that reminded Lukas of the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz.

"B-but we're saving my s-sisters and cousins, right?" he stuttered slightly despite himself. What could he say? It was in his blood.

Isabel looked shocked for a moment, but composed herself so quickly that Lukas wasn't even sure if he saw anything, "Yes... Hope, Rebecca, Maddie, and Maria. Of course we will." She leaned in and whispered the plan in Lukas' ear.

He nodded eagerly.

Hope POV

"You freaking... I can't... ugh!" I was so mad I couldn't even form coherent sentences. How dare either of them?! I thought Jaden was my friend, and Russ... well let's not get into Russ.

"How could you?!" Rebecca screamed at both of them. They both looked destroyed.

"Look, 'Becca-" Russ started, but I interrupted him, "No, you don't get to call her that! No one who calls my best- my friend those awful things doesn't get to shorten her name like that!"

Rebecca shot me a grateful look. I felt another pang of guilt for what I said all those months ago.

Russ slunk back to his spot against the lockers.

"Well, do you have anything to say for yourselves?!" Maddie exclaimed, giving them the "mommy glare of disapproval". They just sat in silence.

"God, I hate both of you!" Rebecca and I both yelled before storming out.

We ended up outside the school, standing in awkward silence.

"So, about that fight-"

"I'm sorry," I blurted out, trampling over whatever she was about to say.

"What?" she looked surprised.

"I'm sorry I said that about you 'cause I know it's not true otherwise I wouldn't have gotten so mad at Russell for saying exactly the exact same thing I did. And you're right, I'm a terrible friend. I was just so upset because my dad got blown up and Devin broke up with me and Lukas was AWOL still and my parents screwed our lives up and-" I was cut off by her hugging me.

Wow. We were interrupting each other a lot lately. Seriously, it was becoming a habit. And I actually hugged her back. You have no idea how good it feels to get your best friend back after not having her for months. Seriously, I don't know how I survived without 'Becca.

We broke apart.

"Devin broke up with you?" she asked. I nodded.

"Oh my God, Hope! I'm so sorry!" she said.

"Yeah, so what's up with you?" I asked, remembering how upset she was at the hospital.

"Uh... well... my dad..." she broke off as tears started to form.

"'Becca, what is it?" I asked.

"Dad's cheating on this blond girl that works at the hospital Ian's at and he was making out with her and I got mad and I kind of... wrecked his car..." she looked up as if she expected me to explode.

"That was you?!" I exclaimed. She nodded guiltily.

I, however, grinned, "Becks that was amazing! You handled it better than I would've. I would've kicked her skinny little ass, and you know I would."

"You have no idea how much I missed you," she said.

"Same here, gurl," I replied.

"Yay! You guys are back together. Well, as fantastic as that is, Isahell Demon at 6 o'clock," Maria whispered, spontaneously showing up behind us with Maddie. We turned to face what was either a child or a really small girl watching us from across the street.

"What do we do?" Rebecca asked.

"Well, I for one am pretending it's a blond nurse that works at the hospital Dad is in," I growled, stalking over to them.

Rebecca grinned and followed, while Maddie and Maria looked totally lost. Ah, inside jokes. Never get tired of 'em.

Upon seeing us they (as usual) ran away. This time I wasn't taking any crap, though. I chased after them, ignoring my pumps' protests.

Jump over a knocked over trash can here, dodge a pedestrian there, avoid that swerving car, it was all kind of a rhythm. He/she came to a point where they could either go down an alley or jump on a bus.

I know, seemed like a pretty clear choice. So imagine my surprise when they chose the alley.

We cornered him (I could see his gender now that we were close) against the wall.

"Get ready to die," I taunted, smirking my non-Kabra smirk.

He stood up angrily, and I could see in his sunglasses-covered eyes that he wouldn't go down easily. But hey, it was four against one. We take him down, get info on Lukas, and then hire Darren and Eric to do whatever they please with him. Easy peasy.

I punched him in the jaw before he had time to react. My punch was countered with a drop kick to the stomach. I crumpled to my knees.

"Hey! Stop dropkicking people! It isn't nice!" Maddie yelled, attempting to grab his neck. He dodged her blow easily and started after Maria.

Maria, being the only one of us who wasn't good at karate, went down after one clean punch to the face.

Enraged, I jumped up and, ignoring the nausea from said jumping up, jumped on him, tackling him to the ground.

Relentless, I clawed and punched and kicked and everything else.

"No.. Hope! Stop! It's me..." he gasped. I screamed and jumped off. Screamed. No, no, no! Not him!

"Lukas..." I whispered sadly.

Devin POV

Devin had just finished making out with Molly Bridges in the janitor's closet. And he had to say, it had improved his mood. Seriously, who ever said a good rebound never worked out?

He was pretty broken up about Hope, though. They had dated for all of high school and like half of her middle school. Seriously, they were the kind of couple that was supposed to last forever.

Well, life screws us all, doesn't it?

But what was he supposed to do? His girlfriend got him stabbed, ran off with her sister and cousins to God knows where, and then ignored him completely. It was the only rational thing he could think to do in that situation. But that didn't mean he didn't miss her...

Suddenly, his phone beeped. He turned it on, forcing himself not to read into the fact that his screen still showed a picture of him and Hope. Instead he read the text:

Might want to go to Los Angeles, Mr. Vanderwall. Your girlfriend's days are shortening.

Isabel sends her regards.

-L

Underneath it was a picture of Hope. Not just any picture though, a stalker picture where she clearly had no idea the photos were being taken. He ran out without a second thought.

Meanwhile...

"Ms. Kabra, Devin Vanderwall is on his way to L.A." that pesky blond girl said. Isabel smirked at the thought of all the drama that would cause.

"Ma'am, if you don't mind me asking, why are we sending Devin to L.A.?" the blond asked.

Isabel sent her away without responding, refusing to tear her eyes away from her own personal soap opera.

A/N: So, I got 7 reviews. SEVEN. Did my readers die? I love you all but I know more than seven people are reading this. I'm looking at YOU random reader who hasn't reviewed yet! Don't get me wrong, I love every review I get, but I'm losing reviewers. So I'll update on Saturday if I get 10, but I'll update earlier if I get more.

Love y'all.

-Emory