"Kc…Open up! We know you're in there, so don't try to hide"

Kc knew that voice all to well. It was Lex, and boy, did he sound mad! Kc had no choice but to open the door. There was no escaping from this little hole Kc dug himself, and his sister into.

Kc- "Oh, Hi guys, what are you doing out here?"

As Kc shut the door quickly behind himself. He knew that Abbie was aware that It was his tribe at the door, and not just a lost person.

Bray- "How long did you expect to get away with this?"

Kc- "Get away with what?"

Yep, the playing dumb act. It never worked, but it was worth a shot.

Ryan- "Don't play dumb. How long has your sister lived out here alone?"

"Sister? What Sister? I come out here to gamble once a week in the afternoon."

Lex- "Liar!!!"

"NO, I'm telling the truth, I swear it!"

"I followed you here! I heard your conversation! And I quote… "Hey, sis." No… You don't have a sister… Liar!"

Alice- "Kc, why didn't you tell us?"

"All right! So I have a sister. You've figured out my secret. She doesn't like to be bothered, okay!?"

Dal- "Come on Kc. At least let us meet her. We've come all this way."

Ellie- "Come on Kc. We'll be nice. Look, we can even leave Lex outside if you like."

"I guess you can all come in to meet her. But then you have to go!"

Kc turns around, and opens the door. He walked into the shack, closing the door, so Abbie couldn't see who was at the door. Abbie had put on her face paint by now. She drew 5 small silver lines from the bottom of her now silver outlined eyes. She had put silver sparkles on top of her now light-blue lips. Her hair was tied back with a blue, and silver striped bandanna. For having done all that in the short time Kc was outside being questioned by his tribe, She did a great job. And now she looked 10 times better than she did before. If that was possible.

Kc- "Wow, you look great."

Abbie- "Thanks. I felt like dolling myself up for once. I figure I can go to the market before it closes. I can trade the batteries from my Game Boy. Anyway, who was at the door?"

"My tribe, The Mall Rats. They're here to meet you."

"Oh Kc, I trusted you…"

"It's not my fault! Lex followed me!"

"It's okay. I guess you can let them in. I mean, they have to find out sometime I guess. Well what are you waiting for? Let them in all ready!"

Sure enough, Kc let them in. One by one all of the Mall Rats came into the small shack. Taking care to analyze their surroundings with their eyes. For a small shack it seemed great. A small river behind the shack, Well protected with trees, and very well hidden. The Mall Rats surrounded Abbie's bed, Where she was sitting with her legs now folded. She was wearing her favorite pair of blue jeans, and a baby-blue shirt that had a dark-blue peace symbol on it.

Kc- "Are you sure you don't want them to leave you alone?"

Abbie- "I haven't had someone over the house since Sandra died. Besides, It would be rude not to let them meet me after they came all this way."

Lex- "Wait, you knew Sandra? How?"

Abbie- "I don't mean to come off like a rude person or anything, but I would like to know to whom I am talking to before I enter a conversation."

Bray- "Hello, my name is Bray, And I am the leader of your brother's tribe, The Mall Rats."

"Well hello Bray, And everyone else. My name is Abigail, but I prefer to be called Abbie. Please, everyone, make yourselves at home."

Lex- "Hi there Abbie, My name is Lex. And might I say that you look beautiful."

"Well, Thank you Lex. You don't look so bad yourself. So you're the famous Lex that Kc is always going on and on about? Sandra Told me all about you."

Lex- "How did you know Sandra?"

"Oh, San and I go way back. We used to go to school together. I guess you could say we were best friends. When the Grownup's died, and Sandra saw Kc, she knew, that I would never leave Kc alone, and she asked him about me, and my boyfriend, then, he was to be my husband. Anyway… San knew of a nice spot in the forest where there was a small brook near by. And that's where Chris and I built this little shelter."

Lex- "Why didn't my own wife tell me?"

"I made her swear never to tell anyone. My legs weren't working so great then, and I had fear, that Chris was going to get the virus. He was slowly getting sicker by the day. I didn't want him to infect anyone with the virus. Well, later on he told me that he was sure that he didn't have the virus, but he did have cancer, and not much longer to live. And sure enough, 3 months after we married, he died."

Lex- "And Sandra knew about Chris dying, and she didn't tell us?!!!!"

Abbie- "Yes, and so did someone else, who is standing in this room, who is not named Kc."

Bray- "Who else knew?"

Abbie- "Shall I tell them? Yes, I will. It was Jack."

Everyone looked at Jack, with an evil glare. Even Ellie was upset to hear that Jack knew someone was out here dying, and he didn't utter one word about it.

Ellie- "Jack, How did you know?"

Abbie- "Can I tell them? Chris was Jack's Older brother."

Ellie looked at Jack in shock. This person whom she had thought she knew everything about, didn't tell her much.

Ellie- "So you and Jack are brother and sister in-law?"

Abbie- "Yep, well, ex-in-laws."

Alice- "Why do I feel so UN-informed?!"

Ryan- "Welcome to the club."