Chapter three is here. Wrote it yesterday, but didn't have time to upload it. The meeting scene with Nigel and Marianne, the rescue scene, and the scene where we're offered to stay with them were written by DarkHououmon. Thank you DarkHououmon. Enjoy.

By Mini Marianne

Darkness...That was all she could see. Chelsey moaned, then slowly opened her eyes. She was shocked to find herself facing the cloudy blue sky! She bolted up, then looked around. Kacie, Anil and Brany were also waking up. "What happened?" Anil yawned. "What'd we miss?" Kacie added, yawning herself. "Where are we?" Brany finished. Chelsey looked around warily. All she could see was the sky and grass all around. There were very few trees and no signs of civilization anywhere, which began to make them worry. Then again, the only people they didn't want to see again was the Blackburns. Speaking of which, where were they?

Chelsey looked down at herself and then at her friends. There was not so much as a scratch on them. The only mark was the red spot on Chelsey's face where Sloan had kicked her. "This is just very weird." Anil said. "Skip the weird. Go straight to creepy." Chelsey answered. "The Blackburns wanted to kill us and they had the chance. So why are we still alive?" Kacie wondered. "Who cares? We're all alive and that's what matters." However, Anil quickly brought their fears back up. "What if they come back?" The children weren't about to hang around and wait to be killed.

"Let's get out of here!" Chelsey shouted, gesturing everyone to join her in their sprinting. They ran along side a nature pathway, and collided with someone. The group struggled to their feet, and looked to see who they had run into. It was Nigel and Marianne Thornberry.

"Who...are you?" Nigel asked, raising an eyebrow slightly. Marianne nudged him a little, and looked at the 4 kids.

"You look lost.."

"Actually," Chelsey said, almost sarcastically, "we're four kidnapped kids who have been set free...where ever we are..." She thought for a moment, and grinned almost evilly. "And we're radioactive..." She raised her arms up in a stalking manner. "So watch out for our acid breath!"

Kacie gently nudged Chelsey. She rubbed her arms in embarrassment. Kacie rolled her eyes. She slowly shook her head, and was busy thinking about why Chelsey did that while Anil walked in front.

Anil asked, "Can you tell us where we are?"

"Kenya." Nigel responded.

The group gasped. Chelsey shook with fear. "As in...Kenya, Africa?"

Marianne nodded, a look of concern on her face. "Yes."

Kacie broke out of her trance when she learned what continent she was on. "This is not good..." She whimpered.

"We'll probably be dead by the end of this month...and I'm only giving us extra time in case we're lucky enough to find food..." Chelsey quickly said, as she fell to her knees in shock.

"Thanks for your help." Anil said. The group nervously followed him and vanished from sight. Nigel and Marianne found that a bit strange, but shrugged it off and continued. They were searching for the white rhino. However, when a noise come from the bushes, that's not what they would find. "Mayeb it's the white rhino..." whispered Nigel and Marianne got the camara ready. "Or maybe it's two poacher bend on catching you..." a dark voice said from behind the bushes. Nigel and Marianne backed away, startled, the gasped at who stepped out...

Not too far away, the gang of teens were debating on what to do. They were stuck in another world. They didn't know if their family was there, and even if they had family in that world, how could they get to it? They were in Africa for crying out loud! "We can't just sit here..." But Kacie held up a hand for silence, then quickly pointed in one direction. "There's the Blackburns!" The teens freaked. The instantly dove into the tall savanna grass and peeked over in the direction Kacie had pointed.

"Yes, and look who they caught." Chelsey pointed a finger twoards the Blackburns new hostages. "Nigel!" "And Marianne, too!" Anil cast a look at Kacie. "What do we do?" "We can't let the Blackburns see us." "You're stating the obvious, Kacie. No offense, by the way." "No offense taken." Then, creeping like cheetahs sneaking up on gazelle, the four teens followed the two poachers to who knows where.

Meanwhile, the Blackburns were forcing a tied up Nigel and Marianne to walk. They marched through the tall savanna grass. Finally, they stopped...Right under an acacia tree. "We'll be back." Sloan turned to walk away. "But we aren't taking it easy on you two." He narrowed his eyes angrily.

"So just hold tight." Bree sneered as she and her husband disappeared into the distance.

Nigel and Marianne looked at each other, a look of dispair on their faces. Then they heard another noise. Thinking it was the Blackburns, they braced themselves. But out of the bushes didn't come the poachers, but kids. They were the same kids they met earlier.

"What?" Nigel was stunned. "What are you doing here?"

"Saving you." Chelsey walked over. She started working on the knots binding Nigel's legs together.

Marianne tilted her head to one side. "Shouldn't you be with your family?"

Anil answered this. It froze the Thornberrys' blood. "We got no family here..."

Kacie, who seemed to have taken the leader's role despite her shyness, barked an order. "Shh! The Blackburns are coming back sooner or later!" She pushed Anil a little, an attempt to get him to start untying a knot. "Work fast!"

Chelsey looked up. She was almost done freeing Nigel's legs. "She's right! Keep moving!"

Brany was untying Marianne's hands, but was growing tired. "I'm going as fast as I can." She gasped.

A few seconds later, the binds became undone on both Thornberrys. The four children gathered around them and helped them to their feet, the they bolted like frightened rabbits, not wanting to be around when the Blackburns returned. They were quickly followed by Marianne and Nigel. After running a little ways, they felt the were far enough away and slowed to a stop.

Marianne rubbed her arm. She looked at the four children in front of her. Gratitude registered on her and her husband's faces. However, they were saddened after they had learned these kids had no where to go, no family nearby. They needed help. "You...really have no where else to go?" Marianne asked first, breaking the long silence.

Anil frowned with depression. He lowered his hand, and shuffled his feet a little. "Nope. Nowhere." He murmured softly, but loud enough for Marianne and Nigel to hear just a tad.

Nigel thought for a moment, then came up with an idea. "You can stay with us." The children looked at him, puzzled. It seemed as though they thought they would be a burden. "No trouble at all." The man smiled, and added in, "Stay as long as you need to."

Brany grinned widely. "We're very grateful."

"That's so kind of you." The shy Chelsey added in, blushing a little. Anil and Kacie didn't say a word, but it didn't take much to realize they were grateful too.

So on they walked, not thinking about what lay behind them, but what lay before them...

To be continued.

How was it. Good? Bad? Once again, the meeting scene with Nigel and Marianne, the rescue scene, and the scene where we're offered to stay with them were written by DarkHououmon. Thank you DarkHououmon. Anyway, please read and review.

I'm Eliza Thornberry's mother, just shorter...with messy brown hair and dark green eyes.
Mini Marianne