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"Do you remember when we were kids, and we would build forts out of the bed sheets and chairs from the kitchen?" Kaidbri asked. She and Kallie had been alone for at least an hour, and neither of them had really said much. There wasn't much they could say at this point. Neither had a plan and neither knew what the next few hours would bring, let alone the next few days. They had no idea where they were or who was out there looking for them. Any plan of action was a blind lead in a new direction. Kaidbri and Kallie both realized it was a path they might have to take, and the trail they had been taking all along.

"Yea," said Kallie, " If it was raining outside we always built a fort to play in."

" Remember when we would sneak around the house pretending we were on some kind of mission?"

" Ha! Those days were a lot easier," said Kallie with a smile, " Look how different the missions are now. Life or death."

" Lexi always lead us around like a troop commander," grinned Kaidbri, " I bet if she were here, she would know what to do."

" What do you think she would say, though, Bri," Kallie asked, " Even this would have been too deep of a situation for her to handle."

They sat quietly for a while, both lost in thoughts of times past. Kallie remembered vividly the time Lexi had snuck them around the house and into their parents office.

The office had been off limits since as long as the girls could remember. Lexi had snuck in and climbed up on the desk. She had seen the computer her parents had brought home and had wanted to see what it did. It was a replacement for the old computer her father constantly complained about. Lexi had peeked around the corner several days ago to see her father playing some kind of game. Different colored squares and rectangles dropped from the top of a black box and stacked at the bottom. From what Lexi had seen, the shapes were supposed to fit together.

" Come on guys," said Lexi to the twins, " It looked like fun, and Mommy will be on the phone for hours with Aunt Beth. She's sick so Mommy will want to try and make her feel better."

" Alright Lexi," said Kallie, " But we have to hurry!"

Kallie smiled as she remembered her father walking into the room while they were figuring out the computer. They never did get to play Tetris that day, but they did get in a lot of trouble. Their parents had been furious. Kallie's heart panged slightly as she thought about how they had been told that they would be punished and have to go to bed early the rest of the week. That punishment had stopped the next day when they found out that Aunt Beth had passed away.

" I miss them, Bri," said Kallie sadly, "I know its been well over a month, going on two, but I miss them just as much as I did the day we found out they were killed."

" Me too," said Kaidbri.

The girls sighed and rested their heads against each other's. A twig snapped off to the left, and Kaidbri stood, hoping that the boys had come back. To her surprise, it wasn't the boys. Kaidbri felt the color drain from her face, and she took a step in front of her sister.

" Hurry up Murphy," said Conner, " We don't want ta be out here all damn day."

" I'm just makin sure we didn't miss anythin. A trail or footprint, somethin. Anythin."

" It's not goin ta just appear cause we want it ta."

" Aye, but its worth the good look cause we're out here."

Conner shook his head and turned about. They had been gone for over an hour, and they still needed to walk back. He had an uneasy feeling in the pit of his stomach and didn't like it. Something felt wrong.

" Murphy," said Conner, his voice a bit firmer than before, " Let's go."

Murphy frowned at the anxious look on his brother's face, and decided not to argue. Whatever was bothering his twin, they needed to put it to rest. His brother had enough anxiety over the last few days, and it was clearly beginning to turn his hair gray. Murphy chuckled slightly at the last thought, and followed Conner as he lead the way back to the girls.

Just as they rounded a turn in the river side and passed a large rock that helped to hide their camp site, Murphy stopped in his tracks. He saw Conner reach inside his coat and pull out his gun.

" Quiet," Murphy whispered, putting his mouth as close to Conner's ear as he could manage, " They might still be in the area."

Conner nodded and crept around the campsite. His eyes followed the clear footprints that had made his breath stop. The scene in front of Conner nearly choked him.

Kaidbri thought about the gun just inside her pocket. She had meant what she said when she told Conner that she didn't know how to use one. The only time she had ever fired a weapon was at Murphy and Conner's father. And she hadn't really taken the time to understand how the contraption worked. Kaidbri swallowed the lump in her throat and tried to remember what Conner had said.

" Bri?" asked Kallie, unable to stand and see what she was looking at, " You see a bear or something? Your face is white as snow."

" Wish it was a bear," Kaidbri whispered, her eyes telling everything her twin needed to know.

" Oh."

" Been looking for you sweetie," said the man before her, " You've been quite the problem for my boss. But now that you and your sister seem in need of help, how about a compromise? You come with us willingly and we may spare your life."

" It's not much of a compromise if you ask me," said Kaidbri, her voice cracking, " You're going to take us either way."

" Well, I wasn't asking you," said the man, taking a step forward. His gun looked a lot bigger than Kaidbri's, and she realized if she needed to shoot at him, then she was going to have to wait for the right moment. Her heart sank as another man stepped out from the bushes. This was going to be tricky. Kaidbri's mind began to race and she hoped that Conner and Murphy would soon be back. She had no idea what to do.

A/N: Well I broke a few bones, and now they are healing (hence the absence from writing and updating). This is good because I can sit and write again, but now I have to go back to school. Updates aren't going to be as fast, but the story will get finished :)