Hello once again. I shall return to write more Stranded. I know I have taken a long vacation but I want to finish what I started. It seems many people want it so I'll let you guys have it! I'm going to be adding more details to the other chapters as well. Here's Stranded chapter 10!

Chapter Ten: The Three Disappearances--- Part 1

"Maybe we should search for him?" Tyson implied. "Even if those goons have taken him they couldn't have gotten too far, right?" Tyson asked. Hope was in his eyes. He wanted to believe his words but the truth was much more realistic. Lee could be gone and there was nothing anyone of them could do about it at the moment. They were powerless to stop the unstoppable.

"Yeah…" Mariah said halfhearted. Lee was one of her best friends, but she knew far too well what had happened to him, even if she didn't want to believe it.

"We should split up into pairs," Kai suggested. "That way we'll have more safety and they can't get us all at once. You never know what they're planning next. This will also give us a chance to track down anymore clues to Lee's whereabouts…and find out what the Men in Black want from us." Kai said with his arms crossed, his serious expression never left his face.

"I feel like I'm in an episode of Scooby Doo," Tyson laughed with his arm behind his back. He grinned from ear to ear. "Okay, gang," Tyson joked mimicking Fred from the show. "Kenny, Mariah and Ray go see if you can find the Men in Black. Hilary, Kai, and I will make a trap to catch them in. Then Kenny will be the decor and lead them into our trap."

Kenny gulped, terrorized. His body trembled from the thought.

"Ah…I'm just kidding chief," he smiled. "I was just trying to lighten the mood."

"Well it's not helping, Tyson!" Hilary cried. She marched up to the boy and got up in his face. She grabbed his shirt's collar and pulled him towards her in a hasty manner. "This isn't the time for your silly games. This is serious! Lee could be in danger. He could be hurt and your foolishness isn't helping him or any of us!" Pure anger and hatred shown in her eyes for the boy at the time.

Tyson could tell she was angry. He felt slightly guilty for playing around at such a dire time. His stomach knotted, giving him a sick feeling. A feeling of guilt and wanting. He wanted to be able to do more. But he couldn't. He didn't know what the Men in Black were planning and what they wanted. He felt utterly useless.

The boy hung his head down in shame. "I'm sorry…," he whispered.

His reaction greatly surprised the girl. "What…?" she questioned. Her grip on him loosened. She took a step back and released him.

"Your right, Hilary, this isn't the time for games," he replied. "I'm sorry."

The girl turned her gaze away from him, a little ashamed and embarrassed for giving him such a hard time over the issue and for blowing up in his face. "No, I'm sorry, Tyson. I shouldn't have scolded you like that," she whispered softly, not wanting the others to hear her.

"Ah, it's alright, Hilary!" Tyson said looking up at her and smiling. "That's just how you are. You're just worried about everyone. You don't want them to get hurt."

A smile graced the girl's lips. She nodded. "Yes," her voice was soft and gentle.

"With that settled," Tyson began, "let's go find the others!" he yelled, throwing a punch straight up toward the sky.

The sun beamed down upon them, as if smiling, a content smile. Its light wished them good luck but the darkness was greater than the light that day…much greater…

"Kenny, Ray, and Mariah will go out and search for Lee. Kai, Hilary, and I will search the area for clues of some sort," Tyson explained his plan of action. "Let's do our best everyone! We have to find Lee! And find out what kinda of mess we have gotten ourselves into when we landed on this crazy island."

"Right!" everyone agreed!

"Come on, Mariah, let's go!" Ray said grabbing a hold of the cat girl's arm. He gently pulled at it to gesture "Are you ready". She nodded. A soft smile spread on her lips. A light of hope shown in her bright eyes. She allowed Ray to lead the way.

"Yes, let's find Lee," the girl smiled.

The two headed off deeper into the forest, followed closely by Kenny. Tall trees greeted them from all directions. Their green leaves sparkled with morning dew. Mariah smiled at the beauty, giggled, and hugged Ray's arm.

Ray glanced down at her. A smile graced his lips. He returned his thoughts to finding Lee. He was filled with renewed determination. I just have to bring Lee back, the boy thought, I must…for Mariah's safe. She won't ever smile as pure again if I don't…

"Let's see if we can find any clues about what happened to Lee," Kai said turning to Hilary and Tyson.

"Right, let's get to work!" Tyson cried, determined to find something that would help them solve this mystery.

"Hey, Tyson," Hilary called to the boy.

"Yeah, what is it, Hilary?" he replied.

"You can start by searching Lee's clothes," the girl said smiling sheepishly.

"What?" Tyson exclaimed. "You know that sounded so wrong." His cheeks burned red.

"What are you getting all excited about? You know what I mean," the girl said, eyeing him. "Get to work."

"Oh! I get it. You don't want to touch the clothes because they're covered with blood."

"Of course not!" Hilary cried. "His shirt is covered with blood! It's groooooossss!" she said shaking her head. The thought seemed to frighten her.

The boy chuckled. Kai just sighed and shook his head, continuing his work to search for clues.

"Do you freak out at the sight of your own blood when you get a paper cut?" Tyson questioned.

"No!" Hilary answered harshly. "That's different!"

The boy opened his mouth to reply but was interrupted.

"Will you two stop fighting!" Kai scolded. "I'll take a look at the DARN thing!" He stomped past the two and bent down for a better look at the cloth. The once yellow shirt was drenched in a thick layer of a red liquid. The strong smell of the liquid burned the inside of the teenager's nose.

Kai picked up a near by tree branch. With the small branch he lifted the cloth up and began to analysis it.

"…" Tyson and Hilary fell silent at the older boy's sudden out burst.

"He's using a stick…" Tyson whispered in a dull voice.

"Yeah…what a man…" Hilary replied.

Tyson turned to Hilary. "Hey, sorry I teased you…you know…about being afraid to touch it…" the boy apologized.

"Huh? Oh, it's okay…" the girl blushed. "We seem to be doing a lot of apologizing lately."

"Yeah," Tyson replied. He paused. "Well, we better give Kai a hand and search for clues as well."

"Yeah."

"Where could he have gone?" Ray questioned with slight doubt. He glanced around the area, scanning every nook and cranny. Did they really capture him…?

"I-I don't know…" Mariah whispered in a sorrow filled voice. Reluctantly she added, "Do you…do you think those men really did get him…?"

"Don't say things like that, Mariah!" Ray yelled. "We can't give up hope. We can't give up on Lee…" his voice drowned out. "We just can't…" His body trembled.

"Oh, Ray…" Mariah whispered.

"That's right!" Kenny cried. "We can't give up! We'll keep searching until we get an answer to what we seek!" The small boy made a tight fist.

"Yes! I finally got to speak this chapter! Yes!" Tears swelled up in the boy's eyes-er-yeah- and slide down his cheeks.

A terrible thought entered the girl's mind. If they got Lee what stops them from capturing us? Fear engulfed her. The thought swirled through her mind. "What if they come after us next!" Mariah screamed, tears flowed out of her eyes. Her body began to violently shake.

"Mariah…don't…" was all Ray could manage to say. As much as the boy wanted to believe Lee was alright he just couldn't help but think, in the very back of his mind, Lee was gone. He knew. The signs, the clues, all pointed one way; Lee had been captured. Those men had taken him just as the others had been taken.

Ray turned his gaze away from the girl. Not wanting her to see his expression. It gave away to what he truly believed and what he didn't want her to believe. A feeling of guilt clouded his being. He had been powerless to stop what had happened to his friends; Gary, Kevin, Max, and now Lee.

"AAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIII!" A ear piercing scream echoed throughout the forest. Birds left their nests and took off into the sky, in a hurried fashion. They squawked loudly as they flew into the distance.

"What was that?" Questioned ray, his voice was frantic. He glanced around the area in which the cry had came from.

"I don't know," answered Mariah, "I think it might have been Kenny!"

"Kenny!" Ray hollered. "Where are you!"

"Kenny!" the cat girl shouted.

"AAHHH!" The small boy cried as he ran towards the two. His arms were outstretched forward as he galloped towards them.

"What is it Chief?" the cat boy questioned worriedly. "What happened?"

"A…" the boy began. A-A-A GIANT SPIDER!" Kenny screamed at the top of his lungs. The boy pointed toward a certain tree. Even from the great distance between the teenagers and the tree a large, black, hairy spider was in plain view. With it's fuzzy legs it inched its way up the tree.

"AH!" Kenny cried as he trembled, biting his nails.

"….Chief…" Ray sighed. Mariah and him both sweat dropped.

"Don't get so excited over something like that," Ray warned. "We were really worried about you.

"Yeah, we thought something horrible had happened to you," Mariah added.

"Those creeps could be around here and you screaming like that could give our position away."

Kenny looked down in shame. "I'm sorry guys."

"It's alright," Ray said trying to comfort him, "Just don't let it happened again. All right?"

The boy with glasses nodded, "Right."

Suddenly a small cracking was heard. Much like the sound of a breaking branch or a dried leaf being stepped on. With Mariah's and Ray's keen sense of hearing they had heard the soft noise and had fell silent. They carefully glanced around at their surrounds.

"What is it guys?" Kenny whispered nervously.

"Sssshhhh…" the two warned bringing a finger to their lips. The boy caught their drift and also became silent.

Another soft cracking sound echoed. This time the noise sounded much closer and threatening.

"Eeeeee…" Kenny squeaked, "Guys like me are always the first to go…!"

"There…!" Ray cried in a low whisper. Ray pointed, his index finger outstretched, to the very spot behind the boy with glasses.

"Kenny! Behind you! Watch out!" Ray shouted, warning the boy.

Kenny gulped and slowly turned in the direction in which Ray had been pointing to. "See…what did I tell you…Guys like me are always the first to go…"

A man dressed in all black stared at the boy from behind a large tree trunk. His expression was filled with malice. There was no doubt about it, he deeply enjoyed torturing people. His eyes seem to glow red with the thirst of blood. They wanted blood, they wanted to kill.

"Run!" Mariah screamed in a high pitch voice. She was terrified. Her eyes darted behind of her. Run! yelled in her mind.

"Kenny, get out of there!" Ray yelled, afraid of the safety of his friend. He did not want to lose anyone else.

The man drew closer, inching his way slowing towards the trio. A wide, evil grin was glued on his lips. He chuckled softly, content with what he was about to do. The dark man brought his hand to a pocket on his shirt. And slowly withdrew an object in it. It's silver blade gleamed with the sun's rays. Casting a blinding glow.

Kenny let out a horrified scream. "AAAAAAAIIIII!" The boy quickly turned and ran towards his friends, past his friends. Ray and Mariah also began to flee. They soon got ahead of the small boy.

"Come on, Chief!" Ray cried.

From a top a tree something leaped down in front of the three. The teenagers came to a halt. Another man slowly got to his feet. A wicked grin was also plastered to his lips. The joy of murder was great for the malevolent man.

The other man in black came up from behind them. He flipped his knife's blade, letting the glare of light dance. The second man stepped closer. He also brought out a knife. He held it up for all to see.

"We're surrounded…!" Ray whispered through gritted teeth. His heart raced as did all the others, beating faster and faster.

"What can we do…?" Mariah shuddered. A tear slide down her cheek.

"Don't cry, baby," one of the men laughed. "You can still from some fun with us. We're put you through something that will give you such a thrill."

Mariah gasped and clung to Ray, burrowing her face in his shirt. Ray gave the man a glare, full of malice and hatred. The man just snickered more.

"Don't worry about me Ray…" Kenny whispered. Ray stared at him in utter shook. "You just get Mariah out of here."

"What about you, Chief…!" Ray cried. He did not want to abandon his friend.

"I'll be fine," the younger boy replied. "Just get out of here! It's your only chance. I'll distract them. But you have to get out of here." Kenny warned. "I won't forgive you if my death's in vain!"

Ray nodded saying he understood, "Gotcha." Kenny nodded as well. "Be careful, Chief," Ray whispered.

Ray grabbed the girl's arm. He pulled her, but she reluctantly struggled, not wanting to leave the other boy. "We have to go now, Mariah! It's what Kenny wants!"

At last the girl allowed him to pull her. The two broke off into a sprint towards the second man, but swirled to the right, heading into the trees and bushes.

Kenny followed them up until they turned. He stopped, allowing himself to be easy prey. The second man grabbed him around the waist and lifted him up. The other man came up to the two. With his left hand, the one not holding the knife, hit the boy with great force in the stomach. The blow smarted and knocked the wind out of them, causing him to fall unconscious. The man then flung the boy onto his shoulder and disappeared into the trees.

Mariah glanced back at Kenny and saw the scene. A tear escaped her eye. "Kenny…" she whispered but continued on running.

The first man turned towards the direction they had gone. He began to chase after the two, quickly gaining speed.

"He's gaining on us, Ray!" Mariah franticly screamed.

The two continued to flee from the man, desperately hoping they could escape his clutches…

To be continued…

There, new chapter! I added so much stuff from how I had it originally written! I hope you guys enjoy. Ja mata! See you soon!

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