Sorry about the wait. I wanted to let the last chapter sink in.

I am going to be in so much pain tomorrow. It's been boiling hot the last few days here and I was sunbathing today and my back is red raw with sunburn. It doesn't hurt yet but it will in the morning! WHY CAN'T I GET A TAN!

Anyway enough talk, you're all probably dying to know what's gonna happen next.

A Life not with living

Chapter 14 – Things can't get any worse

"What do you mean we're leaving?"

"Something's not right; we need to get back to Beth's now"

"And, how do I get out of here? I can't go out; you know I can't go outside"

"It seems we don't have a choice, here" He threw his jacket to Max. "Put it over your head, we can pretend that you're my brother or something"

"After what happened last night? Eww…"

"Funny…"

"What exactly did Tyson say to you?"

"Something he would never joke about. Now come, we're wasting time" Max and Kai sneaked out of the room and believe it or not, out of the building. Climbing into a taxi they sped towards, to them, a murder scene. Suddenly, Kai yelled for the driver to stop.

"What is it?" asked Max.

"We're going somewhere else first"

A small pool of blood had appeared underneath the dead teen. No one could believe what had happened. Beth was hiding her face in her mother's blouse while still crying. Glen was also crying but she was extremely silent. Kenny had his hands over his face and you could hear him sobbing now and again. Tyson just stared at the body on the floor as tears fell down his cheeks.

"What a waste. Maybe that'll teach you to do as I say without question!" Tyson continued to ignore him as it still hadn't sank into his mind what had happened.

"You're a mean man!" Beth suddenly screamed.

"Why thank you my dear, I'm flattered" He gave a small bow and laughed at all their faces. Suddenly he frowned as he saw Glen take a few steps back towards the door. Moving quickly he held his gun up at her and used his fingers to motion her to walk towards him. Doing as she was told Glen slowly approached him while clutching to Beth for dear life. "Get in the corner and stay there, I ain't having you trying to escape now can I?"

"Ray…" Uncle looked at Tyson who bent down beside the corpse.

"It was your fault, you made me do it by not doing as you were told" Still Tyson ignored him and pulled the body to his own chest, not caring about all the blood. He looked different without his bandana and his face was very pale. He placed a hand on his chest, hoping…but he still didn't feel any movement. He had defiantly gone. But, what bothered him the most was, he still felt warm.

"We need to speak to Detective Sean right away"

"I'm afraid he's busy at the moment but if you…"

"But I have information on Max's Uncle! We know where he is!"

"Oh, right, I'll get him right away then!" A few minutes later he appeared.

"Max? You shouldn't be out of the hospital"

"But my friends need me right now and there's no way I'm letting Kai go by his self"

"Fine, now what can you two tell me?"

"I got a phone call from Tyson, he said he's at Beth's and that if Max wasn't taken to her house now then Ray would die" Sean looked a bit taken aback.

"There's not a chance it could have been a prank call?"

"No way in Hell would Tyson make a prank call like that, it's just too twisted, even for him" spoke Max. Sean thought for a minute and called to a nearby cop.

"Gather all able men, we're about to nab a big one"

"But what if he escapes again…with me…" Sean pulled out a shotgun from the cupboard beside them and loaded it.

"This time, he isn't going anywhere, guarantee it"

Kenny watched Beth and Glen whisper to each other while Uncle had his back turned to them. He didn't look at them for too long in case Uncle caught him looking and he turned his attention back to them. What were they whispering about? Was Glen trying to assure her daughter that everything would be all right? Tyson still had Ray in his arms. "Scared geek?" Kenny shivered as Uncle smirked at him.

Suddenly, without warning, Beth ran past them all and bolted out of the door. "Hey! Get back here you little shit!" But she had disappeared and he wasn't about to chase after her and give the other three a chance to escape.

"Run Beth!" shouted Glen. Uncle growled and slapped her across the face.

"You told her to do that didn't you?" He aimed his gun at her. "Good night" Glen hid her face in her hands but before he could fire Kenny leapt in front of her.

"Leave her alone!" Uncle lowered his arm and huffed.

"I wouldn't waste ammo on weaklings like you two" He turned to face Tyson who was giving him one angry look, tears still falling down his cheeks. "What are you looking at, cry baby? He was a waste of space anyway"

"He was my best friend! I'd know him for years and you take away his life with one shot!"

"Two actually"

"SHUT UP! Don't you even care? My best friend is never going to grow up, lead a happy life, start a family…find someone to love him…don't you even care!"

"Sorry…don't care one bit. And I hope your other friend brings Max here soon…for your sake"

Beth ran down the stairs, still in her swimsuit. Running out the front door and onto the street she began to cry again. Her mum had told her to go find help but she didn't know where to go. She didn't know anyone in the street and the place was deserted. She wiped her hands on the front of her suit and felt something warm on it. Looking at her hands she screamed slightly as little patches of blood appeared. "It must be Ray's" she sniffed.

She looked about and then ran down to the bottom of the street in her bare feet, which were starting to hurt. Still, she couldn't see anyone. A few more tears fell from her puffy red eyes; she had no idea what to do or who to go to. She sat on the pavement and cried loudly; what if her mum and new friends were dead also? All because she couldn't do one simple thing.

The sound of nearby sirens made her look up and she saw loads of police cars heading towards her. Several of them stopped in front of her and she stood up, starting to feel a bit nervous about all the cars. A door opened and someone she knew climbed out. "Beth?"

"Kai!" She ran to him and he picked her up.

"Beth, what on earth are you doing out here alone? And…is that blood on your swimsuit?"

"It's Ray's. The bad man killed him" She was still crying and found it hard to talk.

"He's…what?"

"Mummy and your friends are in trouble at my house and mummy told me to run and get help. But I couldn't find anyone and I'm scared"

"Beth, did you say Ray is dead?"

"The bad man shot him with his gun and I screamed" He was about to say something else but Sean came out.

"If what she's saying is true then we have to sneak in from a distance 'cause he's defiantly going to try and escape"

"I want to help you"

"No, you stay with me!" Beth thumped his shoulders in a temper. Kai ignored her and climbed in the back seat of the car where Max was hiding. He placed her beside the blond.

"You and Max are to stay here, got it?"

"NO! You'll get hurt! You're not going!" She pulled on his white scarf but he just pulled it out of her small hands.

"Don't worry. I'm too smart for him"

"Be careful" whispered Max. He leaned over and gave him a quick kiss.

"Eww" They laughed at Beth's screwed up face before the door closed and the two youngest were left in the car alone. Beth turned to Max. "You were in my house half dead, weren't you?" He laughed and nodded his head.

"That was me. Listen Beth, did you mean it when you said Ray was…" She looked away sadly and nodded her head.

"This is his blood. I don't like blood" She pointed to her stomach.

"I know, neither do I" Small tears fell down his cheeks. Beth crawled across the seats and sat in his lap, wiping the tears away.

"Don't cry. I was crying but crying doesn't make things any better. Mummy told that" Max smiled and brought her into a hug. She was right, things weren't about to get any better. They were getting worse…much worse.

Wow, depressing. Sorry again for the long wait. In the next chapter you're going to find out Uncle's fate, and also, you're going to get a really big surprise! But I'm telling you whether it's a good or bad one. You'll have to wait and see!