Kidnapped rating: PG 13

Disclaimer:I do not own anyone or anything from Higher Ground.

Summary: Its after Morp (Kat's Graduated) and Scott and Shelby are finally reunited again. But all their time together wont be a happy Horizon one. No, some evil people from Scott and Shelby's past are back with a plan!

CHAPTER 3: Discovered

"SHELBY! SCOTT!" Peter screamed in surprise.

"Ah, Mr. Scarbrow. Its good for you to drop by and pay us a little visit." Walt said sarcastically.

"I thought you were in jail!" Peter exclaimed.

"I guess you were wrong, Peter Boy." Elaine said.

"And you!" Peter said looking at Elaine "What are you doing here"

"Well Walt, and I decided that Scott and Shelby needed some punishment for the pain they caused us."

"The pain we caused you!" Scott screamed. "What about the pain you've caused us! Does any one care about us!" He said on the verge of tears.

"Yeah, Scott! Of course. All of us here at Horizon care about you. If we didn't there would be no Horizon." Peter said. "Well Elaine, Walt. It was sure nice seeing you again but I don't care what you think.... I am taking these kids back to Horizon and away from you."

"Well, Peter I was kind of hoping you'd stay a while and we can chat about old times." Walt said as he pulled out a gun and cocked it. 'SIT!.... NOW!" He pointed the gun at Peter to make him sit. Peter backed off and him, Scott and Shelby backed into a corner to sit, angry.

*****

It had been 2 hours since Peter ran off to find Scott and Shelby and Sophie was getting worried.

"Why are we sitting here and why are Peter, Scott and Shelby missing?" Daisy asked dryly but with a touch of concern for her friends and counselor.

"Well, Daisy. When we woke up Peter couldn't find Scott or Shelby so he went to look for them. I don't know where they are and I'm starting to get real worried." Sophie explained. "Lets get back to Horizon and I'll radio Curtis so he can have a search and rescue party ready when we get back. I just wish Peter had taken the other radio with him so we could communicate."

***** Peter, Scott and Shelby had been sitting in silence for about an hour.

"Kitten!" Walt called.

"Y-y-yes?" She answered nervously.

"Come with me, Shelby" he demanded

Shelby reluctantly stood up and walked off with Walt out of the cave.

***** "CURTIS! I still haven't found Peter or the kids."

"Ok, well since you guys are back I can start the search" He explained. "I have already sent the Ridge Runners out with 2 policemen and they have been gone for an hour."

"Good! Now maybe we will find Peter and the kids soon. I'm getting so worried. They problem is they all might not be together."

"What?" Curtis said

"Well when we woke up Scott and Shelby were missing. But that doesn't mean that they ran off together. Scott could have gone searching for Shelby or vise versa. And Peter might not have found them yet so they might all be split up." Sophie explained.

"Ok, just calm down." He started to speak louder. "Ok, listen up, team! I want the Sundogs and Officer Ralph, and John up North." They ran off. "Trackers, Sam and Troy that way." He said pointing east. "And The rest of you can go South because Ridge Runners went west. Make absolute sure that none of you wander off. We don't want anyone else gone missing, okay?" They all nodded and went their own way.

*****

After about 30 agonizing minutes of Scott and Peter biting their nails off, Shelby came in slightly shaking. She sat some logs down and went to sit with Peter and Scott. She tried to sit down calmly but her legs were shaking.

"He didn't do anything.... just made me carry like 20 pounds of wood back to the fire. I'm only shaking cause it was cold." She said trying to sound normal. But, Scott knew what had really happened. He stood up and got face to face with Walt.

"OKAY, I want to know what really happened" Then he pounced on Walt.

***** A/n: Sorry its so short. I guess its a chapter where I got a little