AN: Sorry it's been so long since I updated, but I was having problems with this chapter. I'm not really happy with it. I couldn't get it the way I wanted and I didn't want to make you guys wait any longer, so here it is. I hope you like.

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Chapter 15 – The Note

"Zan!" Beth said quickly sitting up from the couch.

"What?" he said, wondering why she was so excited.

"Mom and Dad are in the future!"

"You're just figuring this out?"

"No, stupid, I've known it all along!" she said rolling her eyes, clearly irritated that he didn't understand her meaning. "If they're in our time then everyone is going to think they are us." she said slowly so he would get the point.

"So? Everyone thinks we're them. What's the big deal?" he asked clearly not getting her meaning.

"What's the big deal?! We know how to act! We know what's going on! We know everyone! We know the importance of not changing or messing with things! Do they know what happened? Do they know to pretend to be us? Do they even know about us?" she said now pacing.

"Whoa! Calm down, Sis! They're smart, I'm sure they figured out what happened and know to keep a low profile."

"That's just it! How are they supposed to keep a low profile when they know nothing of the future? They don't know anything about us, who knows what they'll do! They could really mess things up for us, Zander! I mean…....Oh no!……..Andon!" she said yelling her boyfriends name when she thought of the possibilities.

"What about Andon?" Zan said with disgust.

"What about Andon?! I think what you should be asking is what will Dad do to Andon! He hates him as much as you do!" she said obviously worried.

"Beth, I don't think Dad is going to do something to a guy he doesn't even know. Remember, Dad from this time hasn't meet Andon yet." he said, secretly hoping that his dad would do something.

"You think?" Beth asked, feeling slightly better at Zan's words.

"Of course." he said and hugged her to further prove his point.

"Thanks." she said when they pulled apart. "I really needed that. You're the best big brother a girl could have."

"Don't I know it." he said laughing. She shook her head and rolled her eyes.

"Modest much?" she said. He only smiled at her comment.

Several hours later they still had no idea what to do about the crystal. Frustrated and getting tired they both decided to call it a night and figure out what to do in the morning.

"Well, I guess I'll go back to Gran's." Beth said as she started to gather her things.

"Are you sure you want to do that? I mean she was pretty upset when we left." Zan said.

"I'm gonna have to go back there eventually. I might as well make it sooner rather than later." she said as she picked up the car keys and headed for the door.

"Wait a minute! What do you think you're doing?" Zan asked as he stood in his sister's way.

"What are you talking about." she said looking everywhere but at him.

"Did you actually think I would let you drive over there?"

"Zan, come on." she whined.

"Okay, I'll let you go."

"Really!" she said happily.

"Sure. If you can show me your driver's license." he said folding his arms and smiling at the sudden change in her face.

"That's so unfair! Why won't you let me drive? It's not like you haven't let me drive before! What's so different about now?" she said clearly mad.

"What if something happened? We're lost in time and since our parents aren't here it's my job to take care of you and keep you safe. And you driving when you're not allowed is not keeping you safe." he stated. Unsurprisingly, his speech had no effect on Beth.

"What are people going to think if they see Michael driving Maria around in her car? I'm pretty sure mom didn't let dad drive her everywhere in her own car."

"You have a point. Okay, fine, you can go." he said giving up.

"Yeah! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You're the best brother in the world, Zander!" she said jumping up and down.

"So you've said. Beth, just promise me you'll be careful."

"Promise." she said still smiling, she turned and walked out.

Beth pulled into the driveway and parked the car. All the lights are out. That's a good sign, maybe she's asleep. Then I won't have to fight with her again. Beth thought.

When she got to the front door she noticed it was slightly opened. Worried, Beth put her hand out in front of her to use her powers if necessary and slowly opened the door the rest of the way. She glanced around the room once inside and saw that the house had been ransacked. The whole place was a mess.

Beth ran from room to room looking for her grandmother. "Gran! Gran!" she screamed not caring about the consequences. She just needed to know that her grandmother was safe. When she had looked everywhere possible she leaned up against the wall and slid down to the floor. Shocked, confused, and scared she sat on the floor wondering how this could have happened. Stories of the Special Unit and the Skins that she had heard all her life kept going through her head.

Come on Beth, keep it together! How are you going to save her if you don't get off you butt and do something! She told herself. So Beth got up off the floor and went back upstairs to her mother's room. She grabbed the address book that was still sitting where she had left it earlier. She found her dad's number and picked up the phone to call her brother. He'll know what to do. I hope. Luckily Amy and Jim never cared to get the new phones that everyone in the future had, so Beth knew how to use it.

"Hello?" came Zan's voice from the other end.

"Zan, you have to get over here right now!"

"Beth? What's wrong? What happened?" was his worried reply.

"There's no time, just get over here now!" Beth said and hung up, then went downstairs to wait for him.

Zan was so worried; he broke every law to get to his sister as fast as possible. Once there he quickly ran inside and found the house turned upside down and Beth sitting in the middle of the living room floor staring at a piece of paper.

"Beth, what happened?" Zan asked gesturing to the destroyed house.

"It was like this when I got here. Gran's missing too." she said sadly, still looking at the paper.

"I found this after I came down here to wait for you." she said holding the paper out for him to see. Zan grabbed the paper and saw that it was a note, it said:

If you ever want to see her again, bring the crystal to 25963 Branson St.Wendsday at noon. Come alone and tell no one.

The Following

"Gran's been kidnapped!" he said shocked. She barely nodded.

"And who or what is The following?" he asked.

"I don't know, but they have her. If they have done anything to her I'll kill them." she said truthfully as she got up off the floor.

"We can't do anything now, so let's go back to Dad's and figure out a plan. Don't worry, we'll get her back." he said putting his arm around her and leading her out to the car.

AN: The address is just one I made up off the top of my head. By the way I REALLY ENJOY REVIEWS!!!.